Battle of Eurovision: Ruthlessly Assessing Britain vs. Russia
The Ruthless Court features an all-encompassing, all-consuming, era-spanning, nail-biting, sometimes downright terrifying battle of wit, will and weaponry between Britons and Russians. Whilst Eurovision is slightly less deadly, we couldn’t let the annual song contest slip modestly into the night on Saturday without pitting the British against the Russians one more time.
Veteran UK boyband Blue recently reformed and were soon asked to represent Britain in the continental sing-a-long. Russia’s representative was Alexej Vorobjov (I’m pretty sure there is no ‘J’ in Russian but we’ll forgive the Eurovision website).
To be honest, I got a strong ‘New Kids on the Block’ vibe from Vorobjov and his merry band of backing singers/dancers. The song (Get You), the styling and the vocals were all reminiscent of the 80s/90s American boyband. The staging made it look like they were inside some kind of poorly lit TARDIS.
Britain’s Blue boys were altogether more up-to-date, with a more modern song (I Can) and clothes. Their vocals were perhaps not as consistent as Alexei’s (yeah, I’m done with the ‘j’) but were perhaps slightly more ambitious.
The final verdict on this battle of Europe? The United Kingdom may have been the better all-rounder this year, finishing 11th to the other country’s 16th, but Russia was more in the spirit of Eurovision. Yes, that’s right—we declare a draw! Come on, Britain! Davai, Russia!
Check out the above videos of the two performances and let us know who edged it for you.
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