It all started out so nicely, with the best possible draw for a song like this. In the semi final, Paradise Oskar came in as a breath of fresh air with a relaxed and scaled-down little number. Easy on the ear as well as the eye, with a chorus everyone could sing along with.
The song stormed into the final, ending third in its semi, with top marks from no less than three countries.
That is where the good luck ended, as getting drawn to perform first in the final ruined the whole act. The appeal of "Da Da Dam" is that it is simple and uncomplicated, standing out from many of the other entries. For that to work, you need other songs to compare it to.
Coming first, the Finnish entry was reduced to just a pleasant song by a pleasant performer. Nice, in short. And nobody votes for nice.
Had it been #24 instead, anything could have happened. Probably.
Paradise Oskar - Da Da Dam (Finland 2011)
I doubt that the draw would have changed my perception - I considered it "nice", as you have pointed out, from the very beginning. Besides, there were plenty other great songs to vote for. Hogla
ReplyDeleteIt is, however, a little bit strange that it went from being 3rd in its semi to 21st in the final... And that Russia for instance went from giving it 12 in the semi to zero in the final...
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