Moldova 2024: Natalia Barbu - In The Middle

[auretz]

I fear she needs some iron tablets, very pale

 

[auretz]

The woman in the audience looking her up and down with utter disdain!

 

[Lucille]

The lighting is drowning everyone out!

 

[auretz]

Loving the secondary school talent show vibe of the clipboards, presumably the autocue has yet to make it to Chișinău

 

[Lucille]

We don’t want to lovely Malmo, show us decrepit CHISINAU!!

 

[Lucille]

Actually quite cruel showing this to Moldavians.

 

[auretz]

The camera angles on this! Why are they all sat way down there

 

[Lucille]

Such smooth and steady camera work!

 

[auretz]

Voting via QR codes! Moldova revolutionising

 

[Lucille]

Such EXCITING FASHIONS!

 

[Lucille]

Why is NO ONE sat on the sofas?!!!

 

[Ill Advised]

This is all kinds of cheap

 

[auretz]

The looks! The choreo! The empty sofas! overload

 

[Ill Advised]

What a horrible dress

 

[auretz]

Also just noticed this is written by the team behind Andorra’s 2005 entry

 

[Ill Advised]

It’s all so low energy

 

[Lucille]

That was re-assuringly LOW-BROW

 

[Ill Advised]

Like the tv channel when you arrive at a hotel

 

[Lucille]

Why keep panning across the EMPTY AUDIENCE?!!!!

 

[Lucille]

Where is everyone?!??

 

[Ill Advised]

erm…. I quite like this one

 

[auretz]

Written by Pasha Parfeny! Actually not terrible which may be enough in this line up. I enjoyed the homemade with bacofoil props

 

[Lucille]

Oh I quite like this cheap off-key nonsense.

 

[auretz]

The stompy accordion instrumental is by a long way the best part of the song

 

[Lucille]

There’s a nice melody behind the terrible vocals! And fun ethnic interludes!

 

[Ill Advised]

Me too actually. A better vocalist and this could be fun

Sack the dancers though

 

[Lucille]

Is it ALL WOMEN?

Really RACING THROUGH them aren’t we, can’t quite handle the pace after Sanremo last week.

 

[Ill Advised]

What the hell is this!?

 

[Lucille]

Oh my

 

[Lucille]

What the hell is this!?

Transnistria’s answer to KATE BUSH!

 

[auretz]

Some more exciting fashion! Very someone who goes out in a sewing challenge on week 2 of Drag Race

 

[Lucille]

This seems VERY PRICEY

 

[Ill Advised]

Is she a real housewife of Chisinău?

 

[Lucille]

Such an ENTICING MESS, favourite of the night so far!!! Who let her on stage?!??

 

[Ill Advised]

Those were some interesting vocals at the end

 

[auretz]

I’m assuming it’s cos one of the competing entries is called “Brave”, but I’m preferring to imagine the woman in the audience holding the sign that says ‘brave!’ is actually passing acidic comment on these performances

 

[Ill Advised]

Ooooh Moldovan adverts

 

[auretz]

Disappointed they’re not advertising MallDova (which is actually what the main mall there is called)

 

[Ill Advised]

The male host is cute

 

[Lucille]

Quite a cute MOLDOVAN TWINK here.