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Eurovision Song Contest
May. 25th, 2021 07:08 pmAfter skipping a year because of the pandemic, the Eurovision Song Contest returned and, at least for me seeing it on television, seemed largely as normal, for whatever
The UK managed to do even worse than last time: not only did they come last, it was with no points whatsoever. To put that zero in context, the winner, Italy, accumulated 524 points. I liked the Italian entry, though not appreciably more than I liked San Marino's which fared rather worse. I found the UK entry nothing special, especially the singer; not bad but not worth hearing again. I also didn't mind that the German entry did so poorly, it may have been strange but it was also tiresomely superficial. The Ukrainian song seemed far better and I have no idea what was going on with that. Some, like Belgium's, were even tasteful.
As usual, my preferences correlated rather more with the voting public's than the judges' verdicts. Strikingly, the Lithuanian entry was both my favorite and, it transpired, that of the UK voters, how very mainstream my tastes must be. With that, and finding the overall winner okay, I consider this to be a satisfactory year for it.
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The UK managed to do even worse than last time: not only did they come last, it was with no points whatsoever. To put that zero in context, the winner, Italy, accumulated 524 points. I liked the Italian entry, though not appreciably more than I liked San Marino's which fared rather worse. I found the UK entry nothing special, especially the singer; not bad but not worth hearing again. I also didn't mind that the German entry did so poorly, it may have been strange but it was also tiresomely superficial. The Ukrainian song seemed far better and I have no idea what was going on with that. Some, like Belgium's, were even tasteful.
As usual, my preferences correlated rather more with the voting public's than the judges' verdicts. Strikingly, the Lithuanian entry was both my favorite and, it transpired, that of the UK voters, how very mainstream my tastes must be. With that, and finding the overall winner okay, I consider this to be a satisfactory year for it.
