Slovenia is one of my personal darlings in Eurovision. Despite their almost perpetual problem of getting their acts together on stage. Not to mention their inability to select the best entry out of their national line-up.
Like in 2004, when they had funny and flirtatious Natalija Verboten with a catchy little pop song, complete with choreography and all.
What the Slovenians couldn't know in advance was how different this one would have sounded compared to most other things a couple of months later in Istanbul. What anyone who ever heard about ears as a concept should be able to hear is how much better it is than Platin.
Platin was the clean-cut slow-disco duo that won the ticket in the end, with a song so harmless it would make a hedgehog on valium look like a rageing beast in comparison. The musical equivalent of a black hole. A void disguised as a love duet.
How anyone could think for a second that it would be a sensible choice for the ESC is beyond me.
Natalija and her song are most divisive (lots of people love it, lots of people loathe it) but it would surely not have left the televoters anywhere near as indifferent as Platin did.
Natalija Verboten - Cry On My Shoulder (Slovenia NF 2004)
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