The Czech national final took place in Praha on Saturday night as those Bohemians (and Moravians) selected their début eurosong.
Nine entries took part. The best one had earlier been disqualified, but I don't know why. All nine songs had previously been hits on the Czech charts so at least they have some measure of popular support.
The winner was the most well known act:- hard rock group, Kabát. They've been going over a decade and I guess it's fair to say they have some stage experience. The lead singer's voice reminds me of a lot of OI bands... especially Screwdriver.
It'll come as no surprise then that the song's a rock song. It's ok. I don't mind it for the 3 minutes it lasts.
Kabát - Malá Dáma (Little Woman)
The mp3 is here:- http://www.box.net/public/dr6krb6s6e
4 comments:
Helena Vondrácková's excellent 'Samba' was disqualified for the usual reason - it had been available somewhat earlier than EBU rules permit.
What might this year be known as 'doing an Agurbash', which at least is more flatttering than the 2005 definition of the phrase*
*spending a fortune on promotion and costume changes, but not a ruble on voice coaching, to end up as the most widely recognised and best dressed singing sheep in Europe.
Mate... it's not often I actually laugh out loud at summat written on the net, but this had me in stitches....
love it!
I might hold my own Eurovision before I go to Helsinki with all the songs I wish had got through such as:-
Samba for CZ
Måns for SE
Infinity or Crash for NO
Scar for MT
Medhi-T for FR
Monrose for DE
Jónsi for IS
etc etc etc...
Is it me or are most songs this year complete shite?
All excellent choices for the 'Close But No Cigar' playlist, although I haven't heard Scar - I managed to miss Montevizija, though judging by the winner I didn't miss much.
It's true that there's not a lot to get excited about this year. On balance, I'd say there's nothing to utterly despise either (except perhaps Ukraine - one drag queen really was enough), just 41 songs-worth of middle ground.
Perhaps this lack of a truly stand-out song will lead to a more open and exciting contest, with some variety in the scoring (as opposed to "Finland, 12 points" over and over) and a genuinely exciting finish. Failing that, at least there'll be frequent opportunities for drink freshening and comfort breaks.
Hey, you never know, if the great British public don't come over all facetious on Saturday, we might even have one of the stronger entries and pose a genuine challenge in the weaker field.
Or maybe Sweden are going to win. They are, aren't they? Sh*t...
Well Sweden are going to win every year. It's a well known fact.
The Swedish mafia have a device that automatically sends air-wave signals to every viewer that says Sweden will win and forces people to vote for them.
Mostly it doesn't quite work although they're usually pretty good and have been doing lots of fine-tuning of late.
They already have their mole, Svante, on the inside.
He is also backed up by at least half the population of Stockholm being shipped over to the current host city. In a kind of Superman fashion, they all suddenly appear dressed in uniform blue and yellow chanting "Sverige, Sverige, Sverige".
They have also been indoctrinated to believe that it is Sweden's God given right to win and that every other entry is shite. If someone doesn't like the Swedish song then they are stabbed with the sharp end of a flag pole and eaten with herring.
During the off season they are stored in ice in a warehouse in Norrbotten.
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