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Contests 2008 Actual rehearsals …

Actual rehearsals …

Daniel Aragay from Vacarisses, Catalunya • CC BY 2.0

I’ve seen one run through of Montenegro, an entire rehearsal session of Israel, and it was only the arrival of the Estonians that actually moved me to look up at the screen. I mean, Stefan and Boaz were both perfectly… ordinary, but nothing to get excited about in any direction either good or bad.

Estonia are offering no surprises either, but I *like* Estonia. My camping hut has run out of gas. So what now? Summer lights now. They have fun on stage, it transmits itself through the screen, and if you stop thinking like a fan for a moment (I stopped thinking like a fan 8 years ago!), you can see the catchiness, instantaneous and charm that’s going to get the ordinary slightly sozzled businessman around Europe saying “That’s going to do for me!”.

Entertainment on a plate. It’s all that I’m looking for!