It is becoming increasingly clear that the Eurovision couple Mia & Dion was not chosen for their qualities, but for their bond with Duncan Laurence. “This is very bad,” said Frank Dane.
The entry of Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper to the Eurovision Song Contest has been causing a stir since their announcement. Countless songs have been submitted to the shadowy committee at AvroTros, but coincidentally the somewhat half-soft bunch that was put forward by former winner Duncan Laurence wins.
Kneitervals
Mia and Dion performed their depressing song Burning Daylight for the first time during a Eurovision party in Madrid (see fragment below) and guess what? Kneitervals. As if Cornald Maas and Jan Smit removed two random passers-by from the Albert Cuyp market to get rid of it easily.
They find it RTL Boulevard not to hear. “I find it a bit painful that this is then broadcast on Twitter and everywhere on social media,” says Lex Uiting.
Colleague Frank Dane: “But this is really bad, isn’t it?”
Very bad
Lex: “Well, very bad, very bad. It could also be one thing that he just didn’t hear himself enough in his earphones or something.”
Frank: “Something technical maybe?”
Lex: “Yes, that could be. It is of course also exciting for the first time such a song.”
Frank: “It could be better.”
Lex: “Yes, he was wrong for a moment. Can happen.”
Inexperienced
And what do they think Show news? Tooske Ragas: “Phew, how is this possible?”
Music connoisseur Ronald Molendijk: “These are fairly inexperienced vocalists. The lady has said in an interview that she has only been on stage twenty times. They have jumped on a kind of express train and I think they are now driving against such a steam block.”
It could be that they are working with so-called in-ears for the first time, says Ronald. “These are those earphones that completely shut you off from the outside world. Maybe they are shocked by that and they are completely wrong, but then I wonder: was there no rehearsal?”
Breathing high
But that’s not all, says Ronald. “What you mainly hear is that they are both terribly high in their breathing. I think nervousness.”
Tooske: “I have sung in my life and if you have a lot of lessons, you learn how to breathe and to regulate it a bit when you are very nervous, so that you can save yourself. You expect them to be worked with every second, don’t you? Then you have to practice, practice, practice!”
Leontien van Moorsel hopes for an escape. Seriously: “If this doesn’t get better, can’t we send someone else?”
Fragment
Mia and Dion’s performance: