The 68th Eurovision Song Contest could have been and would have been one of the best in the whole Eurovision Song Contest history. But...
The majority of the participating countries have managed to present beautiful, artistic, interesting and well produced songs. They kept the viewer entertained and pleased with a few hilarious perfomances that will be remembered, a tradition for the Contest. Above all it is worth noting that for the first time in probably many years, out of the 37 participating songs, 12 where written solely in their mother language and 4 in their mother language and English as well. Various genres of music, ballads, a truly unforgettable one, by Slimane from France, an ouija-pop, by Bambie Thug from Ireland, two of the Happy Hardcore/Eurodance/Eurotrance genre, thanks to Joost Klein from the Netherlands and Kaleen from Austria and last but not least the techno/heavy metal/pop/punk song by Baby Lasagna from Croatia.
The two hosts of this year's Contest, the talented Malin Åkerman and Petra Mede did an amazing job, spreading vast waves of their positiveness and charisma.
But as the title says, and the 'would have been' and 'could have been' that are mentioned above, EBU acted the exact opposite way infuriating the viewers in the venue and the ones at home, all over Europe. Their inability to safeguard the integrity and reputation of the Contest led to the loss of the mood added by their indifference to react appropriately to various incidents that took place. From stupid, rediculous prohibitions e.g. Not allowing the EU flag (!) or the Non-Binary flag into the venue, forcing spectators to throw them away before been allowed by security to enter, to the constant bullying of a certain country's staff towards other contestants and their staff. To make things even worse in the brink of the Grand Final, EBU disqualified Joost Klein, the Dutch singer, because of 'a violent incident' against a staff member of the Swedish organisers, giving no detail explanation. Note that this was the first time that a disqualification was enacted!
Hopefully, all this mess that was created will not be repeated again. Thanks to the beautiful songs and the overall spirit, for the time being, the Contest is in a safe mode.
The majority of the participating countries have managed to present beautiful, artistic, interesting and well produced songs. They kept the viewer entertained and pleased with a few hilarious perfomances that will be remembered, a tradition for the Contest. Above all it is worth noting that for the first time in probably many years, out of the 37 participating songs, 12 where written solely in their mother language and 4 in their mother language and English as well. Various genres of music, ballads, a truly unforgettable one, by Slimane from France, an ouija-pop, by Bambie Thug from Ireland, two of the Happy Hardcore/Eurodance/Eurotrance genre, thanks to Joost Klein from the Netherlands and Kaleen from Austria and last but not least the techno/heavy metal/pop/punk song by Baby Lasagna from Croatia.
The two hosts of this year's Contest, the talented Malin Åkerman and Petra Mede did an amazing job, spreading vast waves of their positiveness and charisma.
But as the title says, and the 'would have been' and 'could have been' that are mentioned above, EBU acted the exact opposite way infuriating the viewers in the venue and the ones at home, all over Europe. Their inability to safeguard the integrity and reputation of the Contest led to the loss of the mood added by their indifference to react appropriately to various incidents that took place. From stupid, rediculous prohibitions e.g. Not allowing the EU flag (!) or the Non-Binary flag into the venue, forcing spectators to throw them away before been allowed by security to enter, to the constant bullying of a certain country's staff towards other contestants and their staff. To make things even worse in the brink of the Grand Final, EBU disqualified Joost Klein, the Dutch singer, because of 'a violent incident' against a staff member of the Swedish organisers, giving no detail explanation. Note that this was the first time that a disqualification was enacted!
Hopefully, all this mess that was created will not be repeated again. Thanks to the beautiful songs and the overall spirit, for the time being, the Contest is in a safe mode.
