Post a Eurovision performance that SHOULDN’T WORK but somehow DOES

[VoR]

AKA a thread for Belgium’s Greatest Hits



Eyes that scream ‘my sister and her incest baby have been locked in the cellar since 2009’. Genuinely bewildering backing dancers. Yet as a package, it’s inexplicably charming.

 

[Ill Advised]

It’s in my top ten of any entry. Big fan

 

[rhythmbandit]

His tears of joy at the end really won it for me.

 

[Penelope]

The Bible as this category goes

 

[Pingu]

Is “inexplicably charming” the new mesmering?

 

[Apoca]

This has all the ingredients of an absolute CAR-CRASH (staging, vocal, dropping the microphone) yet it somehow came together.

 

[Penelope]

SOMEHOW utterly iconic despite abandoning absolutely everything about the video!

 

[Apoca]

SOMEHOW utterly iconic

Obnoxiously unique. It works EXACTLY for the reasons it doesn't, if that makes any sense.

YUROOOOOPE! Aow

 

[Apoca]

Moldova might just rival Belgium for biggest contributor in this category:

 

[Lucille]

Sugar is the very definition of minimal effort, MAXIMUM RESULTS!

 

[Lucille]

Sugar is the very definition of minimal effort, MAXIMUM RESULTS!

I’m pretty sure the entire staging concept was thought up by her and Philip in the 15 minutes between bumps.

 

[Soldi]

Moldova clearly blew the budget in VOTE RIGGING in 2021 and had barely anything left for the staging

 

[lolly]

Moldova might just rival Belgium for biggest contributor in this category:

Probably the best example for me, in as much as I have no desire to listen to the song, just watch the performance.

 

[rhythmbandit]

Moldova might just rival Belgium for biggest contributor in this category:

I always thought the semi final performance was tighter and more accomplished than the final. The little details were better.

Plus, blue guy's doppelganger was

 

[D5K]

Moldova might just rival Belgium for biggest contributor in this category:

In what universe shouldn't this performance work? It's phenomenal and elevates an okay song to a Eurovision classic.

 

[Penelope]

I'd disagree with DoReDos's inclusion in that there's no way that concept WOULDN'T have worked provided it was pulled off (which, admittedly, is the mindbendingly impressive part)

 

[Penelope]

Fine. I can admit it through GRITTED TEETH

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Fine. I can admit it through GRITTED TEETH

 

[Tisch]

Fine. I can admit it through GRITTED TEETH

You were doing so well hun

 

[Penelope]

Look, the performance OBVIOUSLY WORKED, I just HATE THE SONG

 

[disneyteletubby]

This one (not an entry, but still a performance)

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Look, the performance OBVIOUSLY WORKED, I just HATE THE SONG

It's so sad when a once respected acknowledged homosexual falls so far

 

[PopLife]

This was a hot mess, but it's quite endearing nevertheless...

 

[Samanta TinAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAaaaA]

This was my INITIAL THOUGHT!



Even at the time I remember being utterly REPELLED by the styling, especially of Nicola HERSELF who is giving Nicki French's lady-loving younger sister with a penchant for SCARLET!
The performance is so fussy with the OUTFIT REVEALS and ENORMOUS VINYL RECORDS and DJ! For a song that was actually quite "cool" AT THE TIME for a Eurovision song, everything about it was VERY CBBC-goes-to-the-club.

but yet despite the absolute and utter lack of ANY TASTE it sort of pulls together in something that ended up being rather charming??

 

[Samanta TinAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAaaaA]

I guess this ALSO from Romania I'd shuffle into the same deck.

A bunch of CRUSTIES with TIN CANS fronted by Romania's answer to Kat Slater in a LIME GREEN SILVER STONEWASH JEAN outfit of VOMIT doesn't exactly scream COHESION, but it somehow works SO WELL!



But that said I'd also argue that the song is just INCREDIBLE, and Luminita Anghel may BELLOW a little, but BY GOD does she sell the shit out of it

 

[Samanta TinAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAaaaA]

Is it TOO EARLY for this??

Accidentally won its National Final by 1 point, utterly over-styled to the FRILLY SLEEVES of his life, SLIGHTLY messy song - and fun time gay uncle and noted fan of hats GUSTAPH isn't exactly the GO-TO obvious pick for a Eurovision frontman.
Yet the whole package KIND OF WORKS, and it's become a clear fan fave from this year

 

[VoR]

Belgium really do bring it to you every (other) ball

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

 

[Saltwater]

Nothing works here hun

 

[Velvet Skies]

Not me thinking this was the video of that crap rendition of "Grande Amore" from last year, with one of the guys singing on Zoom