Tuesday, February 24, 2004
MAKING YOUR MIND UP TIME (PART 3)
It's day three of our round-up of the UK Eurovision contenders, which means we're already half way through. Sob! Never fear, though – there's enough to last the rest of the week, and you get to enjoy another exclusive commentary from Gigliola, Your Eurovision Expert.
3. Me Without You – Haifa
» THE WORDS...
Like a sunless sky there'd be no light in me
Like a soulless song with no melody
Like a helpless heart with a broken beat
You see, that would be me
» WHO THE...? Haifa (24) was one of the lucky ones who made it to the final 50 of the first Pop Idol, but didn't get any further. Despite support from Simon Cowell, she was pipped at the post by that other young Eurovision scamp, Jessica Garlick. She has also released a "club smash" (ie flop) cover of Toni Braxton's Unbreak My Heart, and compared herself favourably to La Braxton when we met her. A bit of confidence is no bad thing, however.
» WHAT THE...? Oh dear. This is a bit rubbish, really. There's nothing particularly bad about it, as such, but it's a bit of a dated, mid-tempo, unmemorable B-side, and we don't see it bringing the Eurovision to the UK if it makes it through the heats.
» WHAT DID G-A-Y SAY? Haifa's a bit of a wannabe diva, and the gays who turned up to see the contestants strut their stuff certainly seemed to appreciate this aspect of her performance. But you can't get up and do a mid-tempo ballad at the palace of bumming unless it's a really good one, and this isn't, so she got quite a muted reaction in the clap-off at the end.
» BET YOU NEVER KNEW... When Haifa was a nipper, she used to pretend to be a DJ using her mum's Michael Jackson singles.
» GIGLIOLA, YOUR EUROVISION EXPERT, SAYS: Oh, Haifa, baby! You look like so pleasant a girl, but why they have given the blouse of a girl for a song? I have no ideas. It sounds as it has gone away upon Eurovisión 1987 in Bergen, Norway. I suggest you sing the song standing in its head for the additional marks of the German jury.
» Chatter about matters of Eurovision importance at popjustice.com's Eurovision messageboard. Or email Gigliola with your comments and queries. And catch Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up on BBC1 this Saturday at 6.35pm.
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