Welcome back!!! So what's happened since we last posted?
Hello, and welcome back to all!
First off, let me apologise on behalf of both Paul and I for not posting for a year! A few reasons caused the hiatus, but we are now back energised and ready for this year's contest!
Quite a lot has happened since we last posted!
The 2010 contest was an excellent one and it was refreshing to see a winner that bucked the trend of recent years in that a big four song won that hadn't qualified from the semi-final and also a "western Europe" country won. I think it was a stellar year for songs - so many good songs which I am still enjoying to this day!
My favourites in 2010 start with Tom Dice who represented Belgium. I just love the simplicity of the song with as the title suggests... just Tom and his guitar! It was also good to see him giving his all when singing the song. It was also good to see Niamh Kavanagh return to Eurovision, continuing the trend of past winners returning for another go. A bit of spice was also brought to the contest by Paula Seling & Ovi for Romania with their song "Playing with fire". Not only did we get lots of flames, we also saw a unique two faced seethrough piano!
I think in the end, the best song won and I think it was good for the contest as a whole. The big question for me is.... was Germany's win the deciding factor for Italy to rejoin? I suppose we'll never know, but they were always stating that they wouldn't return unless they had a realistic chance of winning. As Germany had suffered with very poor results prior to last year, I suppose their win in 2010 goes to show that any country can still win if you submit a good song!
I won't mention any more on Italy's return as I'm sure that Paul will want to post something on it as he's been obsessive about their return for years!! LOL
So, what do you think about last year's contest? Let us know!
First off, let me apologise on behalf of both Paul and I for not posting for a year! A few reasons caused the hiatus, but we are now back energised and ready for this year's contest!
Quite a lot has happened since we last posted!
The 2010 contest was an excellent one and it was refreshing to see a winner that bucked the trend of recent years in that a big four song won that hadn't qualified from the semi-final and also a "western Europe" country won. I think it was a stellar year for songs - so many good songs which I am still enjoying to this day!
My favourites in 2010 start with Tom Dice who represented Belgium. I just love the simplicity of the song with as the title suggests... just Tom and his guitar! It was also good to see him giving his all when singing the song. It was also good to see Niamh Kavanagh return to Eurovision, continuing the trend of past winners returning for another go. A bit of spice was also brought to the contest by Paula Seling & Ovi for Romania with their song "Playing with fire". Not only did we get lots of flames, we also saw a unique two faced seethrough piano!
I think in the end, the best song won and I think it was good for the contest as a whole. The big question for me is.... was Germany's win the deciding factor for Italy to rejoin? I suppose we'll never know, but they were always stating that they wouldn't return unless they had a realistic chance of winning. As Germany had suffered with very poor results prior to last year, I suppose their win in 2010 goes to show that any country can still win if you submit a good song!
I won't mention any more on Italy's return as I'm sure that Paul will want to post something on it as he's been obsessive about their return for years!! LOL
So, what do you think about last year's contest? Let us know!
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