Are the days of the super parties over at Eurovision? wonder Robert in Baku. Here is his photo reportage from last night!
Yesterday,
the opening party of the new Eurovision season was held at the Euroclub.
The Euroclub? Yes, the Euroclub! Baku has so many prestigious buildings
but the party ended up in the Euroclub which cannot be compared at all
with the venues we had in the past. Out of my own experience, the venues
in Helsinki, Oslo and Dusseldorf were far more stylish. Was the organisation
saving money here because they went over their budget? I don't know but
many guests were complaining and this must be marked as the worst
opening party in recent history. Many artists and delegations did not
stay long. On the other side, it was still a better party than a regular
evening out and many people were enjoying themselves anyway.
The red
carpet scenes were very enjoyable to watch and many artists looked great
in their evening dresses/costumes. Everybody seemed to be there.
The Russian grannies were
present and they had to be protected from the large crowd who wanted a
glimpse of them as also Loreen from Sweden, the hot favourite to win.
Many artists got on stage to sing their Eurovision songs. Among
others Sabina, Ell & Nikki from Azerbaijan, Roman from Germany,
Eleftheria from Greece and Ivi from Cyprus.
Tonight I will
attend the Ralph Siegel 40 years Eurovision dinner party. At the same
time, the Dutch party will start and the Russian grannies organize a
barbecue but this is a one hour drive out of Baku so I will not attend
this because you can't do it all!
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