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Last night in the first two hour show of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast LIVE from the B&W Hallerne, Copenhagen, 16 countries took part in the First Semi-Final in order to qualify for 10 places available in Saturday’s final.
by Aaron Holloway | 7th May 2014
As part of the show we got our first glimpses of the ‘ESC Choir’ made up of voices from around the world, singing a part of the winning song from last year’s show, Only Teardrops.
For those who missed the show, the staging is amazing with a full LED screen behind and under the singers, taking the TV experience to a whole new dimension.
Copenhagen has returned to the tried-and-always-clumsy three-host platform, complete with cardboard-style reading of cue-cards and really, really bad jokes. It wouldn’t be Eurovision without it, so enjoy!
Highlights of the show included Russia getting a place to a chorus of boos so loud it was all you could hear for a few seconds, followed quickly by Ukraine gaining a place (one of my favourite songs) to a very loud screaming crowd. Iceland seem to have taken fashion tips from the Australian reporter Sonny Spells, who was seen at Dusseldorf’s show in a similar bright blue suit; there were cheers all around when the walking Pride Flag of Iceland made it through in the last spot.
After Russia and parts of Ukraine and Belarus petitioned to have the ‘too-gay’ parts of Eurovision edited out, it’s nice to see so many other countries are pushing the LGBT imagery as far into their households as possible.
We have ten winners, and they are as follows, in the order they were announced.
• Montenegro
• Hungary
• Russia
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• San Marino
• Ukraine
• Sweden
• Netherlands
• Iceland
Much more lies in store for Thursday night’s show, with another 10 places up for grabs at the final on Saturday night. We’ll be hosting a live blog for the final show, and I’ll be tweeting along as well. Follow me on @adhollowayart to keep up, or check back with theGayUK.com/Eurovision on Saturday. Be sure to grab a copy of our drinking game, so that you can really enjoy the show!
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