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Azerbaijan has given a new dimension to the phrase “over the top”. One of the few lines that you can make out in this awfully pronounced English is “save us from all this” and never has a line been so appropriate. Again the backdrop is the only think that’s working in the performance, as the camera work is awful and there’s so much going on on stage that you can’t distinguish anything from a mixture of pyrotechnics and quasi operatic screaming. Sadly this is likely to qualify because of the Turkish and Azeri diaspora, but it certainly needs a lot of work by the delegation to make it look good on screen.



Slovenia was the song that needed most improvement after the first rehearsals and I’m afraid that while it’s better today, it’s still a long way from a finished product. Rebeka looked far from comfortable on several run-throughs and vocally she was still shaky. Her two dancers now resemble space age couriers and the routine is too contrived for its own good. I don’t think the songs needs half the fluff that’s on screen and right now I think this is struggling to qualify.