Yes...Yes...Yes I did in fact watch it. And Yes I was actually pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed it and although the UK came...last(?) I'm sure it was last)it wasn't an entry to be embarrassed by as previous years have shown. Personally not a fan of the winning song, which came from Germany and didn't think it'd win, but the rest of Europe proved me wrong! This years contest was in Norway and Next year will now be in Germany.
I was disappointed Hungary weren't in this year, but I'm biased!
On pure song merritt alone and not the country, I enjoyed Belgium's entry a lot alongside Ireland and Greece. I noticed there was a lot of booing from the audience whenever Russia were awarded a lot of points.
The song/act if you prefer in the intermission when the votes were being counted was quite genius. Preformed by Madcon and the song was called Glow. They filmed different countries around the world dancing the same dance to this one song. In the capital cities of the countries, In peoples homes and in the arena which housed this years Eurovision. It was brilliant to see as it just reiterates the whole point to the world that music unites. Language, culture, history, distance, whatever it may be, people unite with one common goal...Music.
Oh and gotta love the broken English accent of the presenters, that is pure Eurovision for me! The thing I always remembered about it growing up!
Flash Mob Dance Madcon - Glow
Giorgos Alkaios & Friends - OPA! - Greece
My personal favourite:
Tom Dice - Me And My Guitar - Belgium
Niamh Kavanagh - It's For You - Ireland