Ismo Puljujärvi
The interim performances of the first semifinals of the Eurovision Song Contest did not convince, writes Ismo Puljujärvi, Iltalehti News Manager.
Hazel Brugger (left) and Sandra Studer hosted the Eurovision Song Contest on Tuesday. Alma Bengtsson
Anesthetic. Embarrassing. Unimaginable.
These words could describe the interim performances of the Eurovision first semifinals. The competition will be held for a long time in Switzerland. It has been over 30 years since the country’s previous hosting, so expectations were high in terms of arrangements.
At the beginning of the broadcast saw a performance called Raw Nature, which combined contemporary dance and iodine. Both national costumes and alpine horns were brought to the stage. The starting issue introduced a nicely rich culture of the country.
After that, there was a decent slope.
During the evening the presenters Hazel Brugger and Sandra Studer They told the facts about the history of the Eurovision Song Contest and the Swiss music industry. Last year’s Malmö Eurovision Song Contest introduced much more nostalgic moments of competition, so repeating the same trick now seemed to be an exceptionally miserable tuning.
The most embarrassing moment was experienced after the competition performances when the Studer and Brugger ended up singing together. The paragraph explored the stereotypes connected to Switzerland. A like -minded performance was seen last year when presenter Petra Money became excited to sing why Swedes love so much Eurovision.
Apparently, the organizers of the competition did not want to give up Tune, as the Swedish star arrived on Tuesday night to perform with the Studer and Brugger. Throughout the broadcast, it felt like Switzerland had tried to copy the interim numbers of the previous year. Personality and creativity shone in their absence.
A singer had been purchased as a crown jewel for the evening Céline Dion’s Video greeting. Many, of course, hoped the former visa winner would arrive, but the star’s health problems are widely known.
The video greeting was beautiful, but the implementation was limp here too. Dion had largely owned his short speech to the Swiss, which seemed to be a bit of a strange solution, but it was an international TV show.
On Thursday, the second semifinal will be held. Hopefully then, for example, Swiss cuckoo clocks will be introduced on the stage instead of the fungi.