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Eurovision 2010: Satellite wins Eurovision for Germany!
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Enlarge textLena Meyer-Landrut proved unstoppable at Oslo 2010 with Satellite winning Europe's favourite song contest - in a night marred by controversy.
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Satellite performed by Germany's Lena Meyer-Landrut has won Eurovision 2010.
The song by Julie Frost and John Gordon had been one of two songs tipped to take out the contest.
Germany scored 246 points ahead of Turkey on 170 points and Romania on 162 points.
But the night was hit by controversy when a 'serial pest' gatecrashed the Spanish performance and was dragged offstage by security.
It was taking 'Share the Moment 'to new heights.
The show opened with Alexander Rybak's 2010 rendition of his winning Norwegian song.
A packed Telenor Arena was bursting with frenzied fans, flags and Eurotragics.
The show opened with the other favourite, Azerbaijan. Safura's Drip Drop was surely a strong song, but there was a lot going on with her male dancer, and accentuated choreography. As she dropped to her knees the wind machine had the first of many workouts for the night.
As one of five automatic qualifiers we hadn't seen Spain's Daniel Diges Algo Pequeñito at the Semi Finals. It was grand pantomime and then it all went terribly wrong when it was interrupted. Just two songs in and controversy tainted Oslo.
Norway's handsome Didrik Solli-Tangen was another premiere performance with My Heart Is Yours, the power ballad that sounds like it comes from a Lloyd-Webber musical, or the opening of the Olympics. He wowed the crowd.
Cyprus' Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders Life Looks Better In Spring provided the first change of pace of the night with his acoustically-driven ballad, following an energetic performance by Moldova's Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira with Run Away.
Bosnia And Herzogovina's Vukašin Brajić rocked the arena with Thunder And Lightning contrasted afterwards by Tom Dice singing Me and My Guitar for Belgium. It was a humble, authentic performance by the young Dice, and the only song performed entirely on the catwalk. He won over the crowd with ease.
One of the more striking acts was Milan Stankovic from Serbia and Ovo je Balkan. His blonde haircut, high cheekbones and dancers arguably upstage the composition. But it was traditionally excessive Eurovision.
This year co-host Nadia even gave a shout-out to Australia.
Butterflies from Belarus was performed by 3+2, an earnest ballad memorable for its costume reveal of butterfly wings by the three female singers. It was followed by another ballad from Ireland (of course) Niamh Kavanagh and It's For You –a former winner but who seemed to suffer from some vocal challenges on the night. She certainly covered it well.
Greece's Giorgos Alkaios & Friends performed the energetic OPA – one of two songs on the night that felt like Ricky Martin numbers. With the aggressive male dancers and pyrotechnics it was a spectacular entry.
Josh Dubovie from the United Kingdom was another premiere performance from the Big Four, with his Pete Waterman composition –but the harmonies from the backing vocalists let down the cheesy song.
Georgia's Shine involved considerable choreography for Sofia Nizharadze who sustained her notes brilliantly. It was the second song by composer Hanne Sorvaag to be in contention (he also co-wrote Norway's entry). MaNga from Turkey was one of the few bands competing this year with their rock song We Could Be the Same. Their 'Cybergirl' dancer was straight out of Battlestar Galactica.
The driving dance song of Albania's It's All About You from Julianna Pasha lit up the stage. Iceland's Hera Bjorked kicked it up another level with the crowd-pleasing Je Ne Sais Quoi. She had been a popular entry at Semi Final One. The crowd rose to its feet.
Powerful vocals from Ukraine's alluring Aloysha with Sweet People. The song had it all, performed bravely as an entire solo act. France's Jessy Matador Alllez Olla Olé was another Ricky Martin-clone (discounting his Caribbean roots). The act had plenty of 'bum-waggling'.
The duelling pianos of Romania's Playing With Fire Paula Seling & Ovi were followed by the folksy Russian Lost & Forgotten from Peter Nalitch & Friends. Apricot Stone from Eva Rivas of Armenia was certainly a solid composition decorated with a lot of staging ideas including a giant apricot stone and several cultural dancers.
Portugal's Filipa Azevedo gave an elegant performance of Há Dias Assim.
Harel Skaat performance of Israel's power ballad Milim was one of the evening's highlights, dramatically performed before a nightsky of starry lights. Denmark's duet In a Moment Like This from Chanée & N'evergreen was to have capped off a great night, if not for the repeat (uninterrupted) performance by Spain's Daniel Diges.
Also memorable this year was the interval act with flashmob dancers in cities across Europe, who had all learned the routine via YouTube.
Congratulations Lena!
See you in Germany.
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04 Jun 2010 18:36 AEST
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so right!
That would keep everyone happy Matthew. I think we miss a fair portion of the BBC broadcast on SBS.
03 Jun 2010 21:25 AEST
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Can SBS post a blog entry for improvements to ESC 2011?
You're spot on, Moniz... there's no way of avoiding announcement of the winner (for 15 hours) unless you don't watch TV or use the internet for the whole of Sunday - kinda unrealistic don't you think? Would be nice to see SBS post a list of improvements for ESC 2011. It's very possible to keep (almost) everyone happy by telecasting BBC1's LIVE feed on Sunday morning (Aust time) then having the Sam & Julia coverage at 7.30pm. There's not too much wrong with the Sam & Julia coverage but the Eurovision purists (who wake up early and watch online) would much rather the live BBC1 coverage.
03 Jun 2010 13:41 AEST
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recurring point
So we come full circle. To avoid knowing the winner you have to avoid the media for a week. I think it was wrong that SBS announced the winner before the broadcast. You would think that the station would want the maximum number of viewers. I suppose they know most of the fans would watch it any way.
02 Jun 2010 23:36 AEST
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bbc feed
I agree it would be good to have a live feed with bbc commentary next year if possible. But I was happy with Julia and Sam this year (and I used to absolutely love the Terry Wogan commentary and didn't like the Des Mangan year at all sorry).
02 Jun 2010 12:10 AEST
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that's the point
The rest of the world had its shot at a Eurovision-style contest. It was called World Idol. We see how well that went. America didn't win so they packed their microphone and went home.
02 Jun 2010 10:53 AEST
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pre final spoilers
Boo to Channel 10 News and their cynical deliberate spoiler. Other channels gave viewers the chance to cover their ears if they didn't want to know the result. Channel 10 - zero points!
01 Jun 2010 13:32 AEST
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Eurofever
Love the commentating this year, awesome job by Julie & Sam. Loved Germany's song and the saxophone player for Moldova : ) He alone could've won eurovision with that tune of his. haha Norway was amazing this year.
01 Jun 2010 7:39 AEST
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Calm down dears it's only eurovision
Crikey, you Aussies seem to take this way too seriously. You're obviously dying to be involved so maybe we should sell you our place to help plug our national deficit (how does £150bn for a five-year stint sound? - you wouldn't even need to alter the flag too much). Yes our entry this year was embarrasingly woeful and got what it deserved. I should point out that the Uk voted for the performer but had no say about the song, or the fact that it would be "written" by the abysmal Pete Waterman. That said, we were fifth last year so it goes to show if we pick a decent number we can combat the political voting of countries that dislike us (i.e. are jealous of us and embarrassed of our cultural superiority over them). As for the commenter who now assumes that because the UK entry was poor then our Olympic opening ceremony will be a disaster then i think they need a long lie down (please realise no-one abroad remembers Sydney 2000 anymore and the future is ours). Anyway sorry Oz unless you stump up the cash you'll have to continue pining from afar in you're lonely Euro enclave on the wrong side of the world. P.s. we all miss the peerless Wogan here but Norton was great this year, perfect mixture of British/Irish cynicism and friendly enthusiasm. From what I've seen of Aussie TV "talent" i can only imagine your coverage was well, well short of the BBC's. Roll on Germany 2011
01 Jun 2010 1:21 AEST
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Julia OK, Sam a waste of space, Congrats Lena
OK, generally, the commentators were better than last year and improved through the telecast, especially waiting slightly after the completion of a song before engaging their silly cheering and banal comments (eg: [Julia] There they are. [Sam] Slovenia there, song 11). Other than Julia telling us the Bosnian grew up in Bosnia (oh really?) and the quantum stunner of whether the jury votes were still to be added as the final votes were being read, the ignorance was much less. We need SBS and Julia for the interviews, of which I appreciate. As for Sam Pang, a total waste of space. He obviously doesn't care and has little respect for the contest. All he delivers is the odd lame joke that sees Julia sounding like a constipated horse. They need an expert there, like SBS does for soccer. Will Sam be snorting with Martin Tyler at the World Cup? No. If they can't find an expert, I'll volunteer. I've been watching since SBS started it, follow all the national finals, am an excellent communicator with a controlled, insightful wit, am respectful and knowledgeable, and will even pay my own way. I know I could do better. thesanesolution-at-gmail-dot-com
31 May 2010 21:38 AEST
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commentary
need to vent myself about the commentary, glad to see others saw and heard the same things. SBS needs to put unbiased people on commentary. Sam's comments were un-neccessary. Obviously Sam has political views on some countries.. unprofessional guys!
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