Name 5 such experts who weren't:
* Self-proclaimed experts on ESCForum or other ESC-based forums
* Nordic experts
I especially want to see sources where experts claim Armenia would make (excuse me, "needed to be in") the Top (10? 5?) in the final.
Stella had a disastrous live performance, and I'm not talking about the loss of audio during parts of the song. Her backup singers were pretty bad vocally and her vocals were just atrocious. She was, by far, the worst singer this year. At least the Portuguese were at largely on-key. And it's not like the dancing was anything to cheer for. And the lyrics weren't that great. It's a great dance floor tune, but that does't mean it "needs to" be in the final.
You know what else were hits? Rebecca Black's "Friday" (enjoyed ironically) and Justin Bieber's "Baby". Were either of those entries to compete in Eurovision with as horrible of a vocal performance as Stella's and her backing singers and as bland of a stage show as they had, would you have been as outraged by them not qualifying? Also, it should be noted that Stella performed much more poorly vocally in her semi-final than in the Norwegian national final, so all expert assessments were based on flawed evidence.
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10th May 2011 22:40
DominikS
Location:UK
Blog Entries:2Re: SEMI 1 DISCUSSION
Here in the UK, watching on BBC3, the sound was horrible on all but the last five songs. The first five especially were awful with the sound- the one microphone overpowering the rest, with every shake of the voice heard, not even Aurela Gace sounded ok. I could barely make out the music with Jestem and Haba Haba.
The songs with bad sound that qualified were the ones with the best performance from the lead singer, and the best visual aids. This helped Switzerland, Serbia and Finland. Iceland was far from perfect vocally but sounded bearable, and they had enough charm and a good draw after Croatia to help them qualify. Russia put on a good show and Alexej sounded ok, even if not heard at times (when a backing singer was supposed to take over). Eldrine actually sounded good, the lights and stuff gave a good atmosphere and the vocals were probably the best until then.
With hindsight, and discovering that Turkey and Armenia won't ALWAYS qualify, I understand the result. It's probably what I would've predicted as the result after seeing it all on screen.
Saying that, the result was also completely unfair due to all the technical problems- Germany really have to up their game for Thursday and especially Saturday!
From this forum.
