I was in that pool of people who stayed up to 5 a.m. to watch Eurovision live in Australia, and I can say, in the first semi, Birgit not only blew away my expectations of her, but she was by far, the best of the night. I found the favourites bloc of Denmark, Russia, Ukraine and the Netherlands quite underwhelming compared to Estonia. I prayed to the ESC gods that if there was any justice in the world, Birgit should qualify, and she did! 10th in the semi is wrong though, it should've been 1.
I didn't think she sung as well in the finals, but she still deserved a Top 5. Just a sweet, authentic, classic Eurovision song sung in beautiful Estonian. Much better than many of the other acts trying to look cool and begging for your votes...urgh.