Recommendations of the Editorial team
While some are trying to interpret Sarah Engels’ “Fire”, the second semi-final of the ESC featured two German entries: Jonas Lovv (possibly a stage name) sang “Ya Ya Ya” for Norway, and the funny Englishman Look Mum No Computer performed “Eins, zwei, drei”, knowing full well that the German language was rarely successful in the competition.
In the Vienna Stadthalle, Victoria Swarovski and Michael Ostrowski made themselves unpopular when they parodied last year’s winner JJ’s sailing trip with bright clothes to start the show – a number in Oscar tradition. It’s not your fault, someone is writing it for the show. They also confidently maneuvered through the show, in which Swarovski is the lady and Ostrowski is the joker. Actually thought correctly. There were also Viennese waltzes – to Udo Jürgens’ “Merci Cherie,” which won 60 years ago.
Unsurprisingly, Ukraine qualified with Lelèka for the 20th time in a row, Australia progressed in a shower of gold with actress and singer Delta Goodrem, and Malta amazed with Aidan, who has often applied for fame at the ESC. “Bella” is pretty good. But between the nonsense, the magic of the booth and the celebration, no song really stood out.
How good are Sarah Engels’ chances?
Thorsten Schorn commented very humorously from the off. He was impressed by Jonas Lovv’s dungarees. And he was also well prepared for the Austrian locations that were shown as regional studies.
This is how the final can come. As you can hear, Sarah Engels’ chances have improved since her appearance.
