Wogan comments... (Eurovision Song Contest)

Member Name: Jpdm

Product:	Eurovision Song Contest
Date:	22/05/01 (446 review reads)
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Terry Wogan did it again! I have to say that over the last 20 odd years that I’ve been following the Eurovision song contest, he is still THE man to listen to during all of the performances.

It is not only the fact that some time after the party has started he has had a few and the words keep outing his mouth in a faster pace (if you know what I mean), but his remarks about everything are just remarkable! Whether it is the mutual exchange of douze points amongst neighbouring countries or the language in which the song is performed, Terry’s stinging remarks hit he spot!

The has been a big difference this year, albeit an improvement in Mr. Wogan’s attitude. I remember throughout the previous years that the remarks he did were sometimes a bit over the top and BBC got a number of letters complaining about that. Fortunately, this years Terry has behaved himself and, thus, all went well.

Now as far as the 23 songs that were performed I guess that a lot of us feared the disqualification of the UK. Of course, there is an underlining rule that specifically states that the UK, Germany and France (I think), whichever position the have after the end of the voting, they will never be displaced from next year’s competition. You see money talks…

The final result has to be said that came to a surprise to a lot of the fans including myself. Estonia was the outright winner satisfying the punters that backed them at around 25/1. Not a bad choice. If you were one of them, congrats to you and may you spend your winnings well! Less than 10 pints at the local will not be ON…

I has to say that I was expecting Greece to come through this year. I had heard a lot of praises from a lot of my friends from Sweden about Antique and this year’s “I will die for you”. After hearing it, I was pleasantly impressed just because of the fact that they were (ref: Antique) among the few that h
eld a part in their song that was interpreted in their own language. A lot of the countries sang in English, which is quite convenient for us. However, it is not in the spirit of Eurovision to eventually have 23 songs in English. Of course, this was tried before and, in the eyes of the so called specialists, failed. Even the French had some lyrics in English.

Eurovision is so unpredictable. You can never know who is going to win it or what each competition will leave us to think about next year. What has this one left us for next year? I have to admit that one of the highlights of the night was the “Friends” band from Sweden. Don’t ask me why. Those of you that watched the competition, I think you will agree with me…

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