Eurovision 2009
Like hundreds of millions of others across Europe I sat down to watch the Eurovision Song Contest last night. We had to wait for 22 other countries of varying quality to perform before Jade came on with Andrew Lloyd Webber to perform the song he wrote, “My Time”.
Jade gave an excellent live performance and despite one of the violinists bumping her microphone into her mouth at one point, she carried on like a pro (Watch at 1min 20 secs into the clip below).
Fifth place was a respectable result, especially when compared to recent years. I hope that Jade is not too disappointed as I am sure that her great performance gives her the opportunity for a successful singing career now.
Despite the reforms to the voting system there still was an element of countries voting for immediate neighbours. For example Cyprus (as always) gave its 12 points to Greece. Although I have to say that Greece’s song was one of the better ones.
However the competition was stormed by the Norwegian entry “Fairytale” written and performed by Alexander Rybak. It was classic catchy Eurovision reminiscent of the 1960’s but I felt it was let down by Rybak’s forgettable singing voice. Clearly many countries disagreed with me! The 387 points he won is reported to be a record win.
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Richard is a Conservative Councillor on Reading Borough Council representing Peppard ward since 2007, having been re-elected in May 2011. He previously represented Thames ward from 2001 to 2004. He is currently the Conservative Shadow Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Transport on Reading Borough Council. 
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yup, Rybak vocal element is not his best point. But the song is already doing well in many countries itunes. Congrats to him.
Jade must be happy. France did well too. Germany and Spain on the other hand flopped again.
I liked Estonia and Bosnia songs. Greece and Turkey gave their usual types of songs.
Ukraina won the sluttiest performance award. Still have to figure out the meaning of the masked man in Albania performance
This ‘contest’ has been the subject of ‘electoral fraud’ for many years.
Was it in anyway different this year?(and no I did not watch it)
It was great viewing. I dont think Norway was the best by a considerable margin but the one I like rarely wins.
Alexander Rybak deserved to win, it was a nice show overall, with so much money invested. I heart 150 million was the price tag.