Still waiting for the full results! Probably not before monday tho'. It's a shame they didn't mention the winning %, usually they do. Would be interesting to know if this was a close run or a landslide.
Some more random thoughts!
So far, there's quite a bit of variety with the selected songs, with several more 'unique' entries potentially to come. That could work in our favour, being a bland little oasis of normality among all the kooky and OTT stuff.
Whether that would be enough to get us anywhere is another question.
I hope they're gathering up good backing vocalists as we speak! We can afford 4 of them so surely that should be enough to get Victor sounding half-way decent.
Get him some singing classes while we're at it.
Wonder if the pre-recorded footage will be allowed in Eurovision or not. If not, a similar effect could possibly be achieved with clever use of camera angles and LED-wall/floor, if those are an option. If not, they'll have to do without. Like I said before, the storm theme could lend itself well to some cool visuals & lighting effects, if our team manages to use the potential well. Overall the camera work & staging in the final was pretty decent, so a complete re-do should not be necessary.
If they keep the int. juries, I hope they manage to have them judge the final performances next time, not just semis. Do away with the pre-recorded backings to make it more fair. I think all the acts deserve the chance to refine & polish their entries and be judged based on the final product, not the 'first draft' as it were. Also it's strange to have juries & televoters judging two different performances, essentially.
Actual jury rankings in Eurovision should be taken into account this year when deciding next year's Eesti Laul jury. If Victor bombs just as hard there too, they were on to something.
But if he does significantly better in May, we should consider getting only European jury members, or scrapping the int. jury completely. Their only job is to vote the same way that ESC juries will, otherwise they might as well not be there.
This is hardly the first time we've sent a MOR or bland entry, so it's not like our perfect run of outstanding songs has suddenly been ruined!
We tend to find something good every few years, and rest of the times it's eh or meh or okay. In the overall ranking of our entries, I'd probably put Storm somewhere in the middle.