Eurovision Song Contest 2021

[Dr. Cooper]

I'm amazed that Germany didn't win. Not that I disagree with everybody's judgment, the entry is terrible. But it's exactly the kind of terrible I expected to win. On the other hand, Malta was equally bad yet got 255 points versus Germany's 3 points. UK is bad, but it easily beats those two.

Germany's entry was just bonkers, but not the enjoyable way - other than Iceland, Lithuania or Ukraine. He was just jumping around the stage until he was totally out of breath and the performance had absolutely no red line. Iceland or Lithuania had their dance-routines with memorable elements while Jendrik was just fooling around as if he forgot to take his medicine. And whoever thought that middlefinger-costume (which wasn't even a middlefinger at the end) was a creative idea should be fired. The Austrian commentary also said (and you could actually hear the twinkle in his eye) right before the performance "The ARD props department did a great job." - ARD is the German broadcaster who's responsible for the ESC here.

After the performance it was just sitting there and asking yourself "What just happened?!".
And as always they're trying to blame the others. "The performance was too complicated", "The people didn't get the message of the song" - no, it was just complete and utter crap. That's all! We definitely need some fresh air when it comes to the people who decide about the songs if we don't want to keep defending our place in the bottom three.

I would have predicted the following the be very high on the scoreboard: Sweden, Germany, Russia, Cyprus, Malta. (these are my top 5 most terrible entries)

As for Malta they were trying to copy the recipe that worked for Isreal with Netta in 2018 or Serbia in 2015. But while the juries loved it the public didn't like it quite as much. The look on her face after the just 47 points from the public were announced also tells everything:

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