Belgium BELGIUM 2014 - Axel Hirsoux - Mother

[rayoflight55]

 

[CPV4931]

Imo he should be alone at the stage without the woman appearing at the end.
But vocally good performance by Axel.

 

[ParadiseES]

OK Belgium definitely got the worst backdrob by far. Horrible....

They should remove it and choose some dark illumination, something simple and classy, like the song.

 

[QwaarJet]

I really think Belgium are doomed. The staging is poor, background is trash and after seeing the songs in running order, It's going to get overshadowed by the previous few. I think this will struggle to make the final.

 

[Matt]

 

[LalehForWD]

I really think Belgium are doomed. The staging is poor, background is trash and after seeing the songs in running order, It's going to get overshadowed by the previous few. I think this will struggle to make the final.

Rubbish, Axel will slay with the help of all mothers of Europe. He gives the same emotion as I get when hearing O helga natt at the usual annual Lucia concert (Adam - Cantique de Noël). Classic powerful male singing with overthetop emotion => sure success!

 

[Mrm]

I cried just during that small part of rehearsal video we can watch! 1

This is BRILLIANT!!

 

[rayoflight55]

The message :

 

[Grinch]

Who chose the background?

 

[rayoflight55]

Who chose the background?

His mother ?

 

[rayoflight55]

Interesting ! The opinion of the international press :

 

[Grinch]

His mother ?

 

[Bluebird]

Interesting ! The opinion of the international press :

To my great surprise, some comments are much more positive than I ever thought they would be. Is this a good sign? We still have to wait a week to know the answer

 

[rayoflight55]

Very good question, very good answer and very good shirt :

 

[Bluebird]

Very good question, very good answer and very good shirt :

Indeed, I'm still thrilled by the fact that a French speaking guy won the Flemish selection with a landslide victory, this has never been seen before. This is also a proof that the great majority of the Dutch speaking people in Belgium like the French-speaking people, despite what the national press wants us to make believe day after day, to my great frustration...

 

[wolf]

@ Bluebird: music taste has nothing to do with institutional problems in Belgium. People have voted for Axel Hirshoux to go to Eurovision because he was the best candidate, and at the same time they can prefer more power for the regions (i.e. Flanders/Brussels/Wallonia). This is not necessarily a problem imo... (?!)

 

[Sean]

Interesting ! The opinion of the international press :

[MENTION=4388]twister[/MENTION]

 

[Bluebird]

@ Bluebird: music taste has nothing to do with institutional problems in Belgium. People have voted for Axel Hirshoux to go to Eurovision because he was the best candidate, and at the same time they can prefer more power for the regions (i.e. Flanders/Brussels/Wallonia). This is not necessarily a problem imo... (?!)

Of course they can, and it's not a problem for me neither. I'm just trying to tell that the victory of Axel is a proof that the reality doesn't correspond to the image that is brought in the national press and media. I've been following for years the Dutch and French-speaking press from very close, and I noticed that in a lot of articles, journalists tend to describe people from the other region like a caricature, with a lot of clichés. The victory of Axel is a proof that people react and think in a much more nuanced way. We're all humans after all, and personnally I think that we should have more occasions like this where we can find each other in unity and not in division, far from institutional problems or politics. After all, Axel realised in Belgium the purpose of the Eurovision Song Contest: bring people together through music.

 

[rayoflight55]

After all, Axel realised in Belgium the purpose of the Eurovision Song Contest: bring people together through music.

xyeah

 

[rayoflight55]

Axel discovers Copenhagen :