Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Malta has adjusted and fine tuned and lost that horroble coat, as their first rehearsal wasnät welcomed as warmly as they may have wanted to. Are we giving in hee to the same kind of phenomenon as San Marino did when they changed their song from ballad to 70's disco as fans demanded it? Why don't people trust intheir own vision? Anyways.... They feel the new staging is more dynamic and has more energy. Why am I thinking of some miss pageant show, the talent part of some Miss USA? I still can't make myself to get exited about this. It's just meh for me. 

One of the fan favorites seems to turn down one of the major disappointments on stage, it seems judging the first reports.  "Ira Loco wears a long dress with a six metre long train. It uses real-time tracking technology and full 360 degree projection mapping that has not been seen before on stage at a Eurovision Song Contest. It means that Ira has the freedom to move about the stage where she wants, without having to worry about whether the various images projected onto the dress are there (or not). The dress however does get discarded during the song." Ah, so that's the ugly coat everyone is talking about is, it just isn't turned on yet, maybe. It is torn away anyways in the last part of the song. And the backing singers, once again hidden away, carry most of the song it seems. I am reading "disappointing" in comments a bit everywhere....  Otherwise it's only her and her dancer Skorpion. And a huge whirlpool on the floor.  I'm not disappointe...

As already seen on the video for Walk on water , the incredibly flexible dancer Skorpion will be on stage with her also in Stockholm. This is a nice add to his CV that already includes dancing with and choreographing for names like Kylie Minogue, Taylor Swift, Madonna and Cinrque du Soleil, just to name a few random names.  Ira's song isn't perfect but it's ok me thinks, and Skorpion will bring in some welcomed disruption from noticing the song is kinda messy.... I hope he will include in the choreography his signature scorpion walk moves ;-p

I was prepaired to badmouth Malta's new song for Eurovision 2016 after all bullsh*t they went through the change it. I was afraid I would have to lie and pretend not liking it once it comes out. But hey, I don't have to. Walk on water is bad. I mean BAD. No melody to talk about, just sound after another in a nonsense arrangement that doesn't go anywhere. This lands easily in my bottom 10 and I don't even have to lie. At least Chameleon was melodic and catchy, not some random Melodifestivalen reject.  Poor Malta. I hope you won't make the final, as you really don't deserve it. Not with this song and this way. 

She's no longer chameleon nor invincible. She'll be walking on water like Edsilia Rombley and someone else back in the day. This is so wrong in so many ways. Ok, there was an option in the Maltese national final that the winner could change the song afterwards, but then why did they bother at all? Why have a national final if it served only to pick up the singer? And if that was the purpose why wasn't it made very clear from the beginning? Why the artists in that case had to sing new unreleased songs, potential Eurovision entries if it was to be changed anyways? Why couldn't they just sing an old hit or a cover to showcase their talents at maximum? Why on earth did Ira Losco have TWO songs? Again, if Maltese broadcaster wanted her so bad why didn't they just have a selection with her and drop the whole national final thing? Why-ay-ay-ay? If I were one of the other 18 competing artists in the Malta Eurovision song contest 2016 I would feel very cheated and m...