I was really surprised by how low the Swedish song scored. It was one of my favourites. As someone who hadn't heard any of the songs before (except for Iceland) Sweden came across as perfectly competent, but very popsong-by-numbers.
Also, UK getting zero points from both juries and the audience was so cold. Even Finland hasn't gotten zero points since the 80's. Although we have failed to qualify 8 times... :D We just buy our way in, so don't have to worry about quality... Also the UK has been a bastard to the rest of Europe for years, so. *shrug* I feel sorry for the poor guy, but am not surprised.
(this was actually the second best placing that Finland has ever got, after Lordi (Marion Rung in the 70's also placed 6th) - the best one we've had in the last 20 years was Softengine coming 11th in 2014) Yeah, you did good! Darcy much preferred yours to Italy's!
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As someone who hadn't heard any of the songs before (except for Iceland) Sweden came across as perfectly competent, but very popsong-by-numbers.
Also, UK getting zero points from both juries and the audience was so cold. Even Finland hasn't gotten zero points since the 80's. Although we have failed to qualify 8 times... :D
We just buy our way in, so don't have to worry about quality... Also the UK has been a bastard to the rest of Europe for years, so. *shrug* I feel sorry for the poor guy, but am not surprised.
(this was actually the second best placing that Finland has ever got, after Lordi (Marion Rung in the 70's also placed 6th) - the best one we've had in the last 20 years was Softengine coming 11th in 2014)
Yeah, you did good! Darcy much preferred yours to Italy's!