Just a thought about the UKs staging.
Ive just been looking on YouTube to see crowd footage of last night's show. I couldn't find any of the UK entry.
But thinking about it, it's not really that surprising. Surely hardly anyone in the crowd would be able to actually see Olly cos he's concealed in his toilet box.
The staging is totally for TV - hence the comments about it looking like a music video.
But here's the issue. We are apparently heavily relying on the jury vote for votes and we aren't expecting to do so well on the televote.
That's arse about face. If we are doing a performance for the TV we should be expecting a great televote response.
Equally if we are relying on the jury vote but you can't see the artists from a huge number of angles cos of the toilet box, how the hell is that going to help you? Are the jury all going to be sat slap bang in the right position?
My thoughts ahead of tonight's show is I do think we will question some of the decision making on the stage and the wisdom of the toilet box in hindsight.
One of the interesting things about Croatia is they do look to be one of the few acts really making use of the whole stage. The lead singer turns and faces the crowd behind the stage at points too. From the perspective of a fan in the arena that's much better. Of course that's going to drive up your hype ahead of the show too simply because it's more likely to go viral.
I have to say I think I hate the staging set up already and I'm not convinced at how well it works. There may be reasons for it's shape, but at this point I'm not keen.