Hooverphonic has subjected the Eurovision Song Contest to quality control. And yes, real music can score at the fair of bombastic kitsch. It’s about more than the packaging. In short: Belgium was the ideal test case last night how important the word ‘song’ still is in the name Eurovision Song Contest.
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It took a nerve-racking long before the results were announced. Major contenders Malta and Russia had been called, and marginal cases such as Azerbaijan and Norway had also placed themselves. Wouldn’t it be anything …
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