Eurovision Song Contest - Testing Our Musical Limits Again!

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Once again the Eurovision Song Contest provided a mixture of mediocre musical talents, ranging from not too bad to simply awful!

The special effects were somewhat limited, but included a shower of lights that reminded me of the recent ash cloud seen over Europe.

Azerbaijan, the bookies favourite, kicked off the show, and whilst the song was reasonable, there were a few flat notes to consider.

Spain had to contend with a member of the audience joining the dancers, although many may have thought it was part of the act? Unfortunately, it made no difference to the quality of the song, which was pretty poor. Because of the unexpected visitor on stage Spain got a second chance to perform. However, it didn't help!

The entry from host's Norway was only average, as was the song from Moldova.

The offering from Cyprus was likeable and the lead singer Jon Lilygreen has a good future in the music.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, like many Eastern European countries, chose a "heavy metal" number, whilst Belgium moved away from the traditional Eurovision type song which got a good response from the audience.

Serbia's effort could best be described as awful, with a singer that looked more like a woman than a man.

The song from Belarus contained more flat notes and the butterfly costumes were the only positive aspects.

Ireland has a good Eurovision history and their song was well received by the audience (although not by voters).

"OPA" was the song from Greece, which had a very Greek flavour about it, but not really much else.

Sadly, the United Kingdom entry was very weak sounding and Josh Dubovie's voice was a bit shaky at times. A nice enough song, but not really good enough to win.

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Georgia will need to make improvements on their effort and Turkey overdid the strobe lighting. Maybe the strobes had a hypnotic effect, because they still received a lot of votes.

The Albanian singers voice reminded me a little of Bette Midler, but not bad.

Iceland's singer created an image of a volcano (at least her dress did), but the song was good and the audience liked it.

Ukraine's singer did more shouting than singing, and France provided a more typical Euro dance song.

The only thing I can say about Romania's song is "TOO MANY HIGH NOTES!"

I would like to say nicer things about Russia's entry (as I lived there for many years), but I must be honest and say I found it very heavy going. Russia has many talented artists, but the best are handicapped by a system called "It's not what you know, but who you know". There was a lot of booing for votes given to Russia, but it isn't clear why.

Armenia's singer was beautiful (and wore a nice dress), and the song contained a mixture of modern and traditional sounds. A good effort from Armenia.

Germany's entry was certainly unusual, but very likeable and catchy, and one of the favourites.

The singer from Portugal was pretty, as was the song. A very powerful entry.

Israel, the only European country not actually in Europe (the last time I looked), produced a fairly boring song and the singer struggled with some of the higher notes.

The final song came from Denmark, which seemed to be trying to copy songs from Sting and Abba.....unsuccessfully! But despite this, they still collected quite a few votes.

As usual there was a lot of voting for neighbouring countries (but what's new), even a change in the voting system couldn't change that. However, Germany managed to win this year and was one of the better songs.

The United Kingdom entry was certainly not the worst on offer, but sadly finished last. With so much talent available in the UK it makes you wonder how we fail to find them.

Anyway, we have another year to recover from this contest, but can be sure of more of the same in 12 months time.

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Ian Brockwell writes straight talking, honest stories that engage readers. Contact Ian through NewsBlaze.