Yeah, the big band arrangement of last year's hit had one single problem: it was far bigger & better than 99% of the actual entries.
The Moldovans always show up crazy, it would seem... cone hats this time, plus girl on unicycle, made for an entertaining show.
I was bummed the accapella group from Belgium didn't even make it into the final...
Bully to Azerbaijan for winning - not an awful song, and it's nice to see them get some love. I feel quite bad for saying so, but I actually enjoyed "Jedward" and their 'Lipstick' song - it's a bizarre train-wreck, sure, but in a cloyingly entertaining way, plus the huge shoulder pads and white-red-black mirrored/zoomed imagery somehow all worked. Don't ask me how.
One of the weakest semi-finalists was Cyprus... blah song, and they just kept on reusing the (patented by MJ himself!) Michael Jackson leaning shoes over and over and over.
For anyone new to Eurovision, I strongly recommend checking out the 2009 year in Moscow - of the last four years, at least, it was the strongest by far.