Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Here it is. Since September 2012 we have been picking up names, national selections, semifinals, second chances, internal selections, changed songs, gossip, speculation, rumors and now it all comes to an end. This blogger alone has followed at least 23 finals or presentations, countless semifinals, over 22 hours of Sanremo festival live.... Somehow I'm happy it's over for another year! :-) It seems Macedonia has settled with this and Italy needs to confirm their song but the very last real national final takes place in Moldova, giving us the last piece of the puzzle that is the Eurovision song contest 2013. And the Moldovan final isn't bad at all! My favorite is Boris but if Aliona or Cristina Scarlat wins, that's ok, too. And I can live with Croitoru & Karizma, too, even if does lack a lot of charisma... The show starts at 19.00 CET and can be watched at eurovision.tv Boris Covali – Runaways Aliona Moon – A million Doiniţa Gherman – Planeta e un rai Vit...

Moldovan national selection was a prime example of "less is more". Why on earth have 25 songs if half of them are so weak they score zero points and generally are unlistenable, like I was sadly reminded by the recap . With so much bad English and generally bad vocals you start thinking why am I listening to this? But then all that matters is the winner, the one and only song they send off and they chose wisely. Zdob si Zdub's So lucky was in all its craziness like fresh air in the line up and did well in Germany as I predicted. Another good choice might have been Pasha Parfeni's Dorule or Karizma's When life is grey . As a bonus I have to mention Natan's Daca dragoste mai e , a lovely song but not maybe for televoting Europeans....