GERMANY
I have to be honest here and say that this is one song I really didn’t want in the contest, as the song that the public overwhelming chose was so much better. It’s such a shame that the singer didn’t feel up to coming to Vienna to represent his country.
Ann Sophie is dressed in a black figure hugging jump suit with a gold belt and is singing over her shoulder for her opening lines. We don’t however need to see her bottom filling the camera shot especially when her posture suggests some intestinal discomfort. However her rather annoying smugness from the German national final is thankfully gone and she really delivers the song very charmingly. Four backing singers and some old style film lights with the familiar black smoke lighting set off the performance nicely. Vocally it’s fine and this performance is winning me over. There’s a lovely comfortable confidence coming from this performance and while I don’t see it as a challenger for victory, I think it could well be closer to the top than the bottom of the scoreboard next Saturday night.
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