The very first Eurovision song contest Asia took place in Bangkok and ended with Philippines win as expected. Otherwise there were some surprises in the result table. Carmelle and Sobra-sobra was crowned as the winner by reigning Eurovision winner Dara from Bulgaria in a show that went by with some hic ups, very shouty presenters, at times very dead audience and countless breaks, I suppose for advertising in various countries filled with some nonsense. Let's have a look in detail.
Vietnam opened the show. A good start. Next was Cambodia and poor Monetrey belted out a note that will challenge Manel Navarro for years to come in memes and round ups. And I still can't understand why such a fun bubbly guy chose a song like that for the contest? A total contrast. Laos apparently didn't hear herself when performing so they showed her rehearsal clip in the end to be fair. Was it much different? No. Yet it's the biggest guilty pleasure. Mongolia really gave his all and with polished performance and flawless vocals made wonders to that song that quite wasn't there before. Maybe the biggest upgrade? Bhutan followed with perfect vocals and sincerity that won me over again and I did believe every word he sung even if I didn't understand any of them nor have no idea what the song is about. The dancers? Not necessary. I am somehow very happy he did so well!Then came Philippines. Strong and convincing. Bangladesh also did perfectly what they were doing, if it's to wider appeal is another matter. Thailand followed with a performance that was simply chaotic and way too busy for me, I didn't get it at all nor the song. I was afraid it might appeal to Asian audiences anyways and indeed it did. South Korea was 90% performance, 10% song and therefor I was hoping it wouldn't score well and my wish was granted. Nepal still reminds me of some odd national Eurovision finals somewhere in Albania or Lithuania or thereabouts years ago and I still don't know if it's a good thing. But he surely has a wide vocal range. Last but not least Malaysia, flawless polished perfect. many thought she would win the jury vote easily and was considered one of the top favourites to win but maybe it all came across a bit too steril among the others?
Philippines won boith jury voting and online voting while Vietnam was second with jury, Thailand with public. Malaysia was third with jury but bombed online vote placing 6th behind Bhutan of all countries. The last three were on both Nepal, Cambodia and Bangladesh.
And yes, Carmelle will perform as interval act in Burgas next May.
The final results:
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