Karl Consiglio, Paceville
The singer wasn't the problem (3)
She was an all too predictable failure. Why? Because at the end of the day we offered the Eurovision Song Contest practically the same unimpressive product as we did last time and which was already a sore loser back then. Had nobody we trust at the helm noticed this fact? We just don't get it do we?
Yes, Morena has a good voice, good looks, a technically good performance, confidence, blah, blah. But as for originality (which is certainly the most important ingredient of all) Malta's contribution deserves one big zero. Indeed, it was a boring, old and cheesy recipe, both the video as well as the live song. A winner, or even simply a true artist and star, has to have that something unique the likes of which we have never seen before.
This, again, was certainly not the case.
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George Saliba
May 27th 2008, 15:29
Dear Karl, you are too idealistic. Don't wait for your ideal star and perfect song. Can't you see that no matter how talented our artistes are, there is no way the current block-voting system would allow us to win. I say: continue to participatefor the sake of promoting Malta, but give the contest(?) its due (low) importance. When the rules change, then we will too.
Tony Gatt
May 27th 2008, 10:26
Having watched the last part of the contest, I heard Terry Wogan say that he would predict the scores for the last few songs. He got it nearly spot-on. There is a debate here in the U.K. as to whether to compete in future years as this has become a political show, not a music competition. Most people here watch just to hear Wogan's comments, and he is doubtful whether he will compere for the BBC next year. So Malta need not be too sorry about losing-the way the voting is going it (and the U.K.) may as well pull out until the voting system is changed.