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Eurovision review: France
Apr. 16th, 2011 10:03 amFrance won 3 Eurovisions within the first decade of the competitions existence. The next two decades they won an event a decade and since their win in 1977 they have not won an event. despite this, they are still considered one of the most successful countries in Eurovision, equal with the UK on wins and not far behind Ireland.
After only ever missing two contests, France they can at least be considered reliable. The two guarantees in Eurovision are France will be there and they will be singing in french (except in 2008 where the song was mostly in english)
Most of the time I am thankful that there is a 3 minute limit on songs, and though this song has a right to go 20 seconds longer, if it went for another minute and a half I wouldn't mind.
The song was not what I expected. it was opera, not this pop-rah bullsh!t, it was opera. OK, it sounds a bit Bolero, which one of my friends called "McDonalds Classical' (I am guessing he is referring to the fact that there are franchises serving this everywhere), but this is quality. This is far too good for Eurovision. I can see why this has come up as the favourite for the crown this year. It is is about 5/1, how accurate that is though, I don't know, after all this on the same UK site where you can bet on what colour hat the Queen will wear to her grandson's wedding.... and they say us Aussies gamble!
Frances potential depends on politics. the UK will avoid giving France points because they dont want France to have more wins than them. Ireland are unlikely to give France points because then France will be one win behind, and don't get my started on how Libya can affect them, however most other countries will vote for them though because lets face it, France is one of the few countries that can afford to host next years contest. If they don't win, they will be top three in a tight tussle for the hearts, minds and people of Europe... what happened to the innocent days when we didn't assume politics played a part in the results
After only ever missing two contests, France they can at least be considered reliable. The two guarantees in Eurovision are France will be there and they will be singing in french (except in 2008 where the song was mostly in english)
Most of the time I am thankful that there is a 3 minute limit on songs, and though this song has a right to go 20 seconds longer, if it went for another minute and a half I wouldn't mind.
The song was not what I expected. it was opera, not this pop-rah bullsh!t, it was opera. OK, it sounds a bit Bolero, which one of my friends called "McDonalds Classical' (I am guessing he is referring to the fact that there are franchises serving this everywhere), but this is quality. This is far too good for Eurovision. I can see why this has come up as the favourite for the crown this year. It is is about 5/1, how accurate that is though, I don't know, after all this on the same UK site where you can bet on what colour hat the Queen will wear to her grandson's wedding.... and they say us Aussies gamble!
Frances potential depends on politics. the UK will avoid giving France points because they dont want France to have more wins than them. Ireland are unlikely to give France points because then France will be one win behind, and don't get my started on how Libya can affect them, however most other countries will vote for them though because lets face it, France is one of the few countries that can afford to host next years contest. If they don't win, they will be top three in a tight tussle for the hearts, minds and people of Europe... what happened to the innocent days when we didn't assume politics played a part in the results