Now, not so much because Covid. Surely it’s almost time to go home yeah? (hang on – you are at home!)
The astute amongst you would note that Greece is fifteenth in the running order. They swapped with Iceland who perform first thing tomorrow morning for… reasons.
Amanda is clearly a graduate of the Loreen school of diction because there is a hell of a lot of mumbling in the acapela start to this song , and whenever there is a low part of the song. Having said that, though, the song is strong … but, for me, the white dress contrasted with the dark blue staging makes it look and feel cold. I don’t know if that was the look that they were going for, but it doesn’t make me feel as though she cares enough about the person she is singing about, being lonely on stage is always a risk for any performer but couple that with the vivid contrasts of the lighting and the stage and after one run, I am not sure.
She says she wants the vocoder down in her ear and everything else up, which suggests the mumbling might not be of her own volition.
It sounds a lot better in the second and third run throughs and all my doubts melt away. Amanda clearly felt comfier with everything there and it showed in both the emotion that was put through the song (and yes, she could have been holding back) and how it was performed.
One of my colleagues described it as “haunting” – I wouldn’t go that far, but depending on which version of Amanda decides to show up at the jury final, I can see this one sailing out of the semi. In the final? Not so sure. It’s definitely in the top 3-4 from this half of the contest. That mumbling? Gone now the mix has been sorted.
Ooh now, #Greece is a bit good. Sparse and glacial in a pearlescant white frock, she wonders the stage looking haunted amongst a whole load of broken chairs. Not sure if the vocoder effect is being done with live vocals but that would be pretty interesting. Fabulous.
— EurovisionApocalypse (@ESCApocalypse) May 4, 2022
#Greece performed better than #Netherlands IMO. Amanda showed emotion and the staging told a story, which did not happen with S10. #Eurovision
— TVTips.UK (@TvtipsUk) May 4, 2022
Greece odds shortening/ now 5th fave on betfair exchange#eurovision
— dean barney 🇬🇷🇵🇹🇮🇹🇦🇲🇬🇧 (@UKDeanBarney) May 4, 2022
everyone working in the arena is so nice and kind. honestly makes the whole experience lovely
— Amanda Tenfjord (@amandatenfjord) May 4, 2022