Franko: Well now. Having completely failed to remain conscious during the UK preview party and missing Ani’s performance, I finally get to hear it….
Sound check note perfect much like it’s predecessors. Oh if only they’d all been like this the last couple of days. There is a glitter ball projected on the backdrop. The backers appear out of a mirrored box which lights up before they come out and do the dance routine. This is looking very ominous indeed. The choreography is the best I’ve seen this year. Ani manages to appear on top of the box at one point in the space of a second which is no mean feat and we don’t actually know how she managed it. She sounds amazing. If this isn’t top 5 then there’s something seriously wrong. I hadn’t rated the song but it’s sold so well by all 5 on stage that you come away feeling that it IS a good song.
Unfortunately we have to move house now so can’t stick around but this would be worth sticking around for! And I’ve succeeded in staying conscious this time….
Phil: Bloody hell this is good … And I mean really REALLY good. The predicted Ukraine/Sweden showdown and shakedown may well be on here if we are really careful. Ani can sing – something we already knew – but seriously she really CAN sing and it all looks effortless when she is doing it. Lots of mirrors and lighting and heavy choreography and all sorts of things on stage make it visually – well – confusing in a good way really.
As has been pointed out on many many occasions that this is Eurovision by numbers – but they all add up in a Carol Vorderman stylee…. She is getting one from the top and 5 from anywhere else and getting 10 points for hitting the target correctly…
In short, it is visually perfect – vocally excellent and looks amazing….
This is walking into the final.
And now we are walking to our new house so probably nothing else from us today
See you – bye 😉