Wanting to be different at Eurovision is a great thing. But different alone is not enough.
Eldrine - One More Day (Georgia 2011)
Georgia goes Linkin Park and sends in a band with attitude aplenty and vocal abilities en masse. Too bad they don't have much of a song to work with.
I always wanted to like this, given it's refusal to be streamlined and adorable, but just found the lack of a proper chorus too frustrating.
In Düsseldorf, however, I felt that this hard-working group managed to pump enough energy and conviction into their performance to make it work for me. At least for three minutes. But then I never feel the need to listen to it again, once it is over.
So, all in all, a medal for bravery and devotion. Minus points for thinking that lacking a song isn't a problem in a song contest.
My grade: 2 / 5
