Ekki dau\u00f0ur enn, \u00fe\u00f3tt \u00e9g hreyfi mig h\u00e6gt.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g hef \u00feagna\u00f0 um lengri og skemmri t\u00edma \u00e1\u00f0ur. Haft l\u00edti\u00f0 fram a\u00f0 f\u00e6ra svo m\u00e1nu\u00f0um skiptir. En eitt er \u00e1 t\u00e6ru. \u00d6ll \u00feau r\u00famlega sj\u00f6 \u00e1r sem \u00e9g hef babla\u00f0 \u00feetta hefur aldrei or\u00f0i\u00f0 messufall \u00ed kringum Evr\u00f3visj\u00f3n. Og \u00e9g \u00e6tla sko ekki a\u00f0 fara a\u00f0 byrja \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed n\u00fana.<\/p>\n
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Fyrra undankv\u00f6ldi\u00f0 \u00ed \u00e1r ver\u00f0ur annan \u00feri\u00f0judag h\u00e9\u00f0an \u00ed fr\u00e1, 25. ma\u00ed. \u00de\u00e1 ver\u00f0um vi\u00f0 (ef j\u00f6r\u00f0 og vindar leyfa) \u00f6ll \u00e1 skerinu, \u00ed annarra manna h\u00fasum. Svo \u00fea\u00f0 er ekkert sj\u00e1lfgefi\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00e9g endurtaki leikinn fr\u00e1 \u00ed fyrra, \u00feegar \u00e9g tj\u00e1\u00f0i mig um herlegheitin \u00ed raunt\u00edma (sem \u00e9g haf\u00f0i reyndar mj\u00f6g gaman af, \u00e9g segi \u00fea\u00f0 fyrir mig). En \u00fe\u00e1 hef \u00e9g allavega p\u00f3sta\u00f0 \u00feessu h\u00e9rna.<\/p>\n
Kv\u00f6ldi\u00f0 byrjar \u00e1 framlagi Moldav\u00edu<\/a>. \u00deetta er \u00f3ttalegt hv\u00edtarusl, en fer n\u00fa sennilega \u00e1fram. Stelpan vir\u00f0ist geta sungi\u00f0 s\u00e6milega skammlaust, str\u00e1kurinn n\u00e6r varla a\u00f0 ey\u00f0ileggja \u00fea\u00f0 fyrir henni og sj\u00f3i\u00f0 stefnir \u00ed a\u00f0 ver\u00f0a eitt brj\u00e1l\u00e6\u00f0islega yfirdrifi\u00f0 kitsj. Og rifni sax\u00f3f\u00f3nninn. Ekki minnast \u00f3gr\u00e1tandi \u00e1 \u00feetta rifna sax\u00f3f\u00f3ns\u00f3l\u00f3. M\u00e9r finnst a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 \u00e6tti a\u00f0 frysta allar veraldlegar eigur hvers \u00feess manns sem dirfist a\u00f0 nota rifinn sax\u00f3f\u00f3n \u00ed t\u00f3nsm\u00ed\u00f0 \u00e1 almannaf\u00e6ri.<\/p>\n Fyrsti gr\u00ednentrans kv\u00f6ldsins er fr\u00e1 R\u00fasslandi<\/a>. Nei dj\u00f3k. En \u00fea\u00f0 er algj\u00f6rt m\u00f6st a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 \u00feetta og nj\u00f3ta, bara fyrir \u00fe\u00f3r\u00f0argle\u00f0ina. \u00c9g er samt ekki alveg viss um a\u00f0 Peter Nalitch s\u00e9 gleymdur og grafinn, \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir h\u00f6rmulegt lag, gr\u00e1tbroslegan flutning og krampavekjandi fyndinn texta. Hann slefar sennilega \u00ed \u00farslitin \u00e1 brottfluttum atkv\u00e6\u00f0um til \u00feess a\u00f0 sitja svo eftir \u00ed ne\u00f0ri helmingnum \u00e1 laugardagskv\u00f6ldi\u00f0.<\/p>\n Eistneska lagi\u00f0 heillar mig algj\u00f6rlega upp\u00far sk\u00f3num. Mj\u00f6g sjarmerandi. Skemmtilega retr\u00f3 alltsaman og kr\u00f3kur sem l\u00edmir sig pikkfastan vi\u00f0 heilab\u00f6rkinn. \u00c9g ver\u00f0 illa svikinn ef hann Malcolm Lincoln kemst ekki \u00e1fram. En einhvernveginn finnst m\u00e9r \u00e9g reyndar sp\u00e1 Eistlandi \u00e1fram \u00e1 hverju \u00e1ri og alltaf situr \u00fea\u00f0 eftir. \u00c9g m\u00e1 til me\u00f0 a\u00f0 setja h\u00e9rna inn lifandi flutninginn (\u00e9g m\u00e6li l\u00edka me\u00f0 kynningarv\u00ed\u00f0gesj\u00f3ninni<\/a> \u00fear sem hann labbar um \u00ed sn\u00e6vi \u00fe\u00f6ktum sk\u00f3gi me\u00f0 risavaxinn haus af David Byrne \u00e1 her\u00f0unum):<\/p>\n Lagi\u00f0 fr\u00e1 Sl\u00f3vak\u00edu<\/a> virkar vel. Kannski d\u00e1l\u00edti\u00f0 venjulegt, l\u00e1gstemmt og ekki alveg veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 brj\u00f3ta upp formi\u00f0, en st\u00falkan heldur lagi og \u00fea\u00f0 er eitthva\u00f0 p\u00ednu sjarmerandi vi\u00f0 \u00feetta d\u00e6mi alltsaman. \u00deetta fer sennilega \u00e1fram.<\/p>\n Lagi\u00f0 fr\u00e1 Finnlandi<\/a> er d\u00e1l\u00edti\u00f0 spes. \u00de\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00e9g vi\u00f0 spes \u00e1 sama m\u00e1ta og finnsku l\u00f6gin \u00e1 li\u00f0inni \u00f6ld voru spes<\/a>, frekar en Lordi-spes. But in a good way. \u00dea\u00f0 v\u00e6ri gaman a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 krakkana \u00ed\u00a0 Kuunkuiskaajat (nafni\u00f0 segir allt sem segja \u00fearf) fara \u00e1fram eins og fur\u00f0ulega margir sp\u00e1 \u00feeim, en \u00e9g er ekki alveg sannf\u00e6r\u00f0ur um a\u00f0 svo fari.<\/p>\n Lettland grunar mig a\u00f0 ver\u00f0i st\u00f3rslys kv\u00f6ldsins n\u00famer tv\u00f6<\/a>. H\u00fan Aisha er alls ekki \u00f6rugg s\u00f6ngkona, lagi\u00f0 er l\u00e9legt og textinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 gn\u00edsta t\u00f6nnum yfir. En \u00fea\u00f0 m\u00e1 alls ekki missa af \u00feessu — \u00feetta g\u00e6ti or\u00f0i\u00f0 spectacular failure.<\/p>\n Serb\u00eda fer sennilega \u00e1fram<\/a>, enda kemur \u00fea\u00f0an sk\u00e1sta lag kv\u00f6ldsins af Balkanskaganum og balkanb\u00edti\u00f0 keyrt upp\u00ed ellefu. En samt a\u00f0allega fyrir \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 hin Balkanl\u00f6g kv\u00f6ldsins skuli vera sl\u00edk \u00f3skapanna h\u00f6rmung sem \u00feau eru. Svo er kr\u00fatti\u00f0 hann Milan Stankovic svo skelfilega s\u00e6tur og rakar \u00e1byggilega einhverju inn \u00e1 h\u00e1rgrei\u00f0slunni. S\u00e9rstaklega ef hann skiptir um f\u00f6t \u00ed mi\u00f0ju lagi.<\/p>\n Lagi\u00f0 fr\u00e1 Bosn\u00edu og Herzeg\u00f3v\u00ednu er hinsvegar algj\u00f6rlega \u00f6murlegt<\/a>. Andlaust i\u00f0na\u00f0arrokk me\u00f0 banal texta og illa sungi\u00f0 \u00ed \u00feokkab\u00f3t. Ekki einu sinni \u00feannig a\u00f0 h\u00e6gt s\u00e9 a\u00f0 hafa gaman af \u00fev\u00ed, svo \u00feetta \u00e6tti a\u00f0 vera kj\u00f6rin pissup\u00e1sa fyrir \u00fe\u00e1 sem \u00feurfa.<\/p>\n Lagi\u00f0 fr\u00e1 P\u00f3llandi<\/a> er. Humm. P\u00ednu sjarmerandi, reyndar. Ef ma\u00f0ur kemst yfir hversu byrjunin er skelfileg. Hann\u00a0 Marcin Mrozinski kann a\u00f0 syngja n\u00f3gu vel, svo lengi sem \u00feessar h\u00e1lfgl\u00f6tu\u00f0u bakraddir skemma ekki of miki\u00f0 fyrir honum.<\/p>\n Belg\u00eda hefur sjaldnast ri\u00f0i\u00f0 feitum hesti fr\u00e1 Evr\u00f3visj\u00f3n \u00ed seinni t\u00ed\u00f0. En \u00e9g held svei m\u00e9r \u00fe\u00e1 a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 g\u00e6ti brug\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00fat af vananum \u00feetta \u00e1ri\u00f0: Hann Tom Dice kemst \u00e1fram me\u00f0 g\u00edtarinn sinn<\/a> ef eitthva\u00f0 er sanngjarnt. \u00der\u00e1tt fyrir \u00feetta s\u00e9 \u00ed rauninni l\u00edti\u00f0 anna\u00f0 en hreint og kl\u00e1rt Tracy Chapman rippoff.<\/p>\n Svo lengi sem \u00e9g man hefur m\u00e9r \u00fe\u00f3tt maltneska framlagi\u00f0 \u00f6murlegt. Undantekningalaust. \u00dea\u00f0 breytist ekki \u00ed \u00e1r<\/a>. Og b\u00e6tir bara \u00ed, ef eitthva\u00f0 er. \u00de\u00f3tt stelpan geti sungi\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 er lagi\u00f0 lei\u00f0inlegt og fuglama\u00f0urinn hreint\u00fatsagt martra\u00f0arvekjandi. \u00deessi h\u00f6rmung \u00e6tti a\u00f0 sitja eftir ef eithva\u00f0 r\u00e9ttl\u00e6ti er til \u00ed ver\u00f6ldinni. En Malta kemst reyndar vanalegast \u00e1fram, \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00e9g botni nokkru sinni neitt \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed.<\/p>\n \u00c9g veit ekki alveg hva\u00f0 \u00e9g \u00e1 a\u00f0 halda um Alban\u00edu \u00ed \u00e1r<\/a>. \u00dea\u00f0 hefur tekist a\u00f0 finna alveg \u00e1g\u00e6ta s\u00f6ngkonu, en lagi\u00f0 er meira svona meeeh. \u00deetta g\u00e6ti olti\u00f0 d\u00e1l\u00edti\u00f0 \u00e1 sj\u00f3inu: Ef \u00feau n\u00e1 a\u00f0 kokka upp eitthva\u00f0 \u00e1 svipu\u00f0um skala og smarag\u00f0sgr\u00e6na og augnalausa himpigimpi\u00f0 sem hefur \u00e1s\u00f3tt martra\u00f0ir m\u00ednar anna\u00f0 veifi\u00f0 fr\u00e1 keppninni \u00ed fyrra, \u00fe\u00e1 fl\u00fdgur \u00feetta \u00e1fram. Alban\u00eda hefur l\u00edka einhvernveginn haft me\u00f0vind hinga\u00f0 til. \u00c9g held varla a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 breytist \u00ed \u00e1r.<\/p>\n \u00dea\u00f0 er \u00f3venju l\u00edti\u00f0 vari\u00f0 \u00ed gr\u00edska lagi\u00f0 \u00ed \u00e1r<\/a>: S\u00f6ngurinn er ekki g\u00f3\u00f0ur og einhvernveginn varla einsog \u00feeir nenni \u00feessu str\u00e1karnir. Hvar er Sakis R\u00f6vas \u00feegar ma\u00f0ur \u00fearfnast hans? Samt er eitthva\u00f0 sem segir m\u00e9r a\u00f0 \u00feetta eigi eftir a\u00f0 n\u00e1 inn \u00ed \u00farslitin. Get ekki alveg \u00fatsk\u00fdrt af hverju. En \u00e9g myndi gle\u00f0jast yfir a\u00f0 hafa rangt fyrir m\u00e9r.<\/p>\n \u00c9g er ekki eins hrifinn af port\u00fagalska framlaginu<\/a> og \u00e9g var s\u00ed\u00f0ustu tv\u00f6 \u00e1r. \u00de\u00f3tt stelpan kunni a\u00f0 syngja \u00fe\u00e1 finnst m\u00e9r lagi\u00f0 v\u00e6mi\u00f0 og asnalegt og \u00feetta er bara alltof Idol eitthva\u00f0. \u00dea\u00f0 fer vo\u00f0alega \u00ed mig svona triller\u00ed, alltsaman. Og Port\u00fagal er ekki land sem kemst \u00e1fram fyrir neitt minna en toppframmist\u00f6\u00f0u \u00e1 \u00f6llum v\u00edgst\u00f6\u00f0vum.<\/p>\n Hva\u00f0 er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 segja um lagi\u00f0 fr\u00e1 Maked\u00f3n\u00edu<\/a>? Mi\u00f0aldra skallapoppara me\u00f0 sk\u00f3reim um h\u00e1lsinn og fagmennskurokki\u00f0 \u00ed fyrirr\u00fami?\u00a0 \u00c9g veit: \u00dea\u00f0 er bara yfirm\u00e1ta \u00f6fm\u00f3. Ekkert minna. Varla \u00feess vir\u00f0i a\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0a eftir gestarappinu. Ekki einu sinni hammer-on g\u00edtars\u00f3l\u00f3i\u00f0 \u00ed restina n\u00e6r a\u00f0 bjarga \u00fev\u00ed. \u00dea\u00f0 m\u00e1 miki\u00f0 vera ef maked\u00f3n\u00edska heilkenni\u00f0 gerir vart vi\u00f0 sig \u00ed \u00e1r. Og annar i\u00f0na\u00f0arrokksentransinn fr\u00e1 fyrrum J\u00fag\u00f3slav\u00edu \u00feetta kv\u00f6ldi\u00f0. Eru einhverjir \u00feungam\u00e1lmar \u00ed vatninu \u00fearna \u00e1 Balkanskaganum?<\/p>\n