Sunday, April 20, 2008

Eurovision 2008: Andorra

Tuomo writes: Andorra, one the smallest countries in Europe squashed between France and Spain in the the Pyrenee Mountains, is also one of the most recent newbies: only three times with unfortunately not much success. Could it be because the Andorran entries have been performed in a language that is the most widely spoken minority language, i.e. Catalonian (douze points from me for this feat!) or that Andorra hasn't got much votes elsewhere than from Spain? So this year Andorra introduces Gisela and Casanova:


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It seems that Andorrans have decided that promoting Catalonian langauge and culture is not the key to Eurovision success: a boo and a hiss for that :-(

As for musical merits, I have to admit I liked it. Your typical run-of-the-mill Euro pop bang that left me energised. The boobs notwithstanding this entry should guarantee a place in the finals for Andorra assuming the live performance is as energised and engaging - or at the least their highest placing to date. Bona sort, mes amics!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hmm, strange. In a weird way I liked this song. Although Andorra is clearly copying the Swedish recipe for success. Anyway, Gisela looked much fresher than Ms Komodo Dragon in her golden frock. I agree, Tuomo, that it's a great shame not to sing in your national language. What's wrong with Catalonian? Well, what's wrong with Finnish..not counting this year's embarrassing song, that is..