Tim: Well, there’s less than a week to go until Eurovision, but we’ve still got a good few tracks that didn’t qualify to get through; shall we have a week of Saturdays?
One from the Melodifestivalen final, here, and an interesting one – came top by quite some margin in the Swedish vote, but the international juries weren’t keen at all, marking it second from bottom. When added together, it came a close(ish) second to Robin Stjernberg.
Tom: Can I add here that Melodifestivalen’s final is essentially an improved Eurovision? It’s shorter, the scoring system is better and much more dramatic, and there’s no bloody Graham Norton talking over everything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msJ0V-0AvCs
Tim: I’ve got to say I’m on the side of the juries, here.
Tom: Now that’s interesting, because I rather liked it. What do you think of it?
Tim: Well, it certainly wouldn’t be a middle of the table finisher – depending on the mood of the night, I think it’d either do very well or appallingly badly. It’s got a lot going for it – pyros, bright colours, memorable chorus line, interesting character who knows how to give everything he’s got – but it’s also got the whole rock thing going on, which really doesn’t do it for me in this instance. Sometimes that’ll triumph, but sometimes it just falters horribly.
Tom: Hmm. Perhaps, but I still think there’s a good track under there – admittedly, perhaps not a good Eurovision track.
Tim: Maybe it would have been a good entry – there is, after all, no risk of Sweden bombing out in the semi-finals this year – but I myself just couldn’t warm to it.