Recommendations of the Editorial team
In the end everyone knew it again: Of course Bulgaria had to win! Dara’s “Gangaranga” is part of a great tradition of onomatopoeic song titles. Dara in particular seemed to know it, because she also presented herself confidently off stage in an influencer manner.
And of course Sarah Engels had no chance. She took third-to-last place and is therefore part of a great German tradition. The audience catapulted the Israeli Noam Bettan into second place.
The Finnish violinist Linda Lampenius (with Pete Parkkonen), whose violin playing was disputed, reached sixth place. And Great Britain took last place with Look Mum No Computer, as it has in many recent years. Here the German song title was added to the rather scary electronic song. No point at all from the audience.
Was it because of the German contribution?
The Austrian Cosmó was chosen to take the place behind Sarah Engels. He had a blue star made up around his right eye.
The break gallop of various participants from previous years was entertaining, including Max Mutzke and the legendary Finns Lordi, who interpreted ESC classics. Even “Genghis Khan” could be heard for seconds. After all, it was the 70th edition of the competition. The confrontation between the obsessive composer Ralph Siegel and the Irish singer Johnny Logan, which can be seen in an ARD documentary, was unfortunately not continued in the Wiener Stadthalle. Neither had any contributions either.
Presenter Michael Ostrowski’s costume was ultimately reviled as “pyjamas” after he only varied the color of it during the finale. Yes, my.
Now the debates can begin about whether the procedure in Germany needs to be changed. It doesn’t have to. A good song has to be sent.
