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What do you think of props? Do you think that as it’s a song contest, then they should still stand and sing? Or is there nothing wrong with the odd aid to singing. Dancers perhaps. Or a giant wheel? Or a moveable drumkit. Well in 2009 we got all of that and more besides. Roman centurions. Flashing lights. Women on plinths. What was not to like? It was maybe a bit confusing that Світлана Сергіївна Лобода/Svetlana Sergeyevna Loboda started with a song about being a valentine, and ended up telling us she was an anti-crisis girl. Svetlana is 33 today.
З Днем Народження, Світлана!
