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I have absolutely no idea how AMPTV did all that: dance routine, steps, cuddly ghosts, and a massive prop from nowhere. But if they’re in Yerevan next year, it’ll be no shock.

Home team PBS send a lovely retro song in waltz time.

RAI’s verbose emo canter channels the spirit of Avril Lavigne: he was a punk, she did ballet.

UA:PBC have green hairy monsters that look like (whisper it softly) bogies.

I’d like to say something nice about TG4’s entry, but it’s written by the same folk as “Laika party”, and shows zero growth. The performers deserve better.

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RTSH reminded me of Top of the Pops circa 1992: fussy direction, dark lighting, and the vocal too far down in the mix.

Guess GPB’s big prop - a boat - took forever to get on stage. Effective.

TVE won the last place lottery, a bit nostalgic for something or someone.

Any of these songs would be an acceptable winner. Many would be significantly better.

Accountability: votes for MKRTV’s earworm, AMPTV’s bizareness, and RAI’s staging.

Interval act is self-referential PBS at Senior and Junior.

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