I'm not really a metal fan, and even in Eurovision i tend to find rock bands out of place overall - even so, i've been a big supporter of the respective metal entries in the last two years, and of course disappointed by the result.
When Ukraine chose O.Torvald, i thought it was an incredibly bold move for a country associated with pretty much one particular type of entry, and they did it RIGHT! For a while i really thought they might do the impossible and win two years in a row, against all odds, but the lead vocals failed in the final performance, and the result was no shock in the end. But still, it was the best metal entry since Turkey 2010, who of course came second place, a feat nobody came close to since.
Then this year, of course, AWS rocked the house - despite almost being last in odds charts, i seriously thought that they would bring the contest home, and even the not-usually--rock-digging Wiwibloggs team put them in the top 5 contenders to win. And boy, they DELIVERED! The song is the perfect culmination of metal in the ESC format, structurally similar to the previous year's effort but at once poppier and more brutal, and even being non-English doesn't seem to be a barrier, as even many non-Eurofans seemed to be affected by the emotion of the song. Their highly visual performance was one of the highlights in a night of one disappointing performance after another. And yet.... what happened?
When the juries ranked them so low, i gave up hoping, i knew they wouldn't get high televote points either. Sure i had other favorites, and i was thankful to God that Cyprus didn't win, but i just don't get why didn't Hungary do better? Both of these entries didn't even make the top 20.
Why are metal entries hardly getting any points, when it worked in 2010 and several times before that? Obviously it's down to the individual entries and their performance on the big night, but i got a feeling that wasn't the reason here. Has everyone who apprecciates metal stopped watching, or just gotten to appreciate other genres enough not to care for these entries? Has the attitude to musical variety and the preferences of staging changed so much since? Why do you think they both ended up so low?
When Ukraine chose O.Torvald, i thought it was an incredibly bold move for a country associated with pretty much one particular type of entry, and they did it RIGHT! For a while i really thought they might do the impossible and win two years in a row, against all odds, but the lead vocals failed in the final performance, and the result was no shock in the end. But still, it was the best metal entry since Turkey 2010, who of course came second place, a feat nobody came close to since.
Then this year, of course, AWS rocked the house - despite almost being last in odds charts, i seriously thought that they would bring the contest home, and even the not-usually--rock-digging Wiwibloggs team put them in the top 5 contenders to win. And boy, they DELIVERED! The song is the perfect culmination of metal in the ESC format, structurally similar to the previous year's effort but at once poppier and more brutal, and even being non-English doesn't seem to be a barrier, as even many non-Eurofans seemed to be affected by the emotion of the song. Their highly visual performance was one of the highlights in a night of one disappointing performance after another. And yet.... what happened?
When the juries ranked them so low, i gave up hoping, i knew they wouldn't get high televote points either. Sure i had other favorites, and i was thankful to God that Cyprus didn't win, but i just don't get why didn't Hungary do better? Both of these entries didn't even make the top 20.
Why are metal entries hardly getting any points, when it worked in 2010 and several times before that? Obviously it's down to the individual entries and their performance on the big night, but i got a feeling that wasn't the reason here. Has everyone who apprecciates metal stopped watching, or just gotten to appreciate other genres enough not to care for these entries? Has the attitude to musical variety and the preferences of staging changed so much since? Why do you think they both ended up so low?
