As we enter yet another Pride Month, it's worth pointing out that 2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the victory of "Nous Les Amoureux" in Eurovision, which Jean-Claude Pascal would admit it's about a secret love relationship of two men and that he had been in that situation himself. Of course, the lyrics can also apply to a heterosexual relationship but you don't have to dig too deep to find out that they're actually about the struggles and persecution of those who loved someone of the same sex, in a time where LGBT activity was outlawed or at the very least vastly frowned upon pretty much everywhere in the world.
Unfortunate song title, crap running order, and dreadful wardrobe choice. Otherwise it's a decent Steps-lite song. Also, Nicki blaming the UK not being part of the Euro as the reason for doing poorly never fails to crack me up.
So we did Gina G, Katrina, Imaani, Precious, Nicki French, Lindsay Dracass and Jessica Garlick 7 years in a row and now it's...Joe and Jake, SuRie, Michael Rice and James Newman. Phew. The decline!
Not really, when you look at the staging, costumes and 'choreo' you can see about 40% of 2021's entry. The contest moved on. the UK / BBC didn't.
Samantha Janus had a bop, completely offkey performance and all. It would have done better if the BBC had kept the NF style and not turned her into a Stepford Wife in Rome.
I'm still in awe of Svetlana's everything but the kitchen sink performance 11 years later. She did that.
