Re: AUSTRALIA 2018
They could send someone sleeping on stage and would still end up in the top jury votes...
Would be nice to have something atleast SLIGHTLY exciting, these soulless middle-of-the-road meh stuff we got so far weren't impressive to say the least...
I mean by now we know that "one-time thing only" was just code for "we, the EBU, do as we please... so let's make it permanent but let's call it 'invitations' instead...", so while I personally don't recognize Australia as an ESC country (should not be mixed up with any opinion about the country or its people in general, which I have nothing against what so ever), from an objective point of view I would still root for them if they sent a song worthy of rooting for... but judging by the route they're on it doesn't look likely... but I'll gladly be happily surprised!
Same here. While I personally think "Don't Come Easy" was hands-down their best effort yet, I need more to root for them.
To me, Australia is like Russia: they know they'll get some kind of support, yet they don't seem to want to make the most of it by sending riskier songs. So far, all I see is a hyped-up upgraded version of Denmark aka "Safeland".
And even if they don't want to go all out and stay within their "mainstream pop" segment, they could get inspired by other nations: Azerbaijan and Belgium for instance know how to retain some hint of originality while being obviously mainstream. So they could at least try to go the same route. But of course, I wouldn't refuse any more "out there" effort, being middle-of-the-road is what kills the contest for me.
I'm sure I'm one of the few members here who have posted more negative posts than positive ones in Australian threads since 2015, but it's because I genuinely would like to be impressed by an Australian entry for once - now that they're in for good.
Fingers crossed for next year.
I'd be shocked to give you my personal twelve points but who knows!
Send a riskier and more sophisticasted pop song and we shall talk about it in due time
