Foreign media are surprised by Belgian elimination at Eurovision Song Contest: « A shock that Belgium is not through, and that on his birthday »
No birthday gift for Red Sebastian: our countryman was unexpectedly not able to qualify for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland. With the poppy danceong ‘Strobe Lights’ he apparently did not convince the public jury. And that has released quite a few emotions. Not in the least with the Belgian delegation that lagged behind in Shock, but certainly also with foreign media and fans of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Surprise everywhere when it turned out that our Red Sebastian stranded in the semi -final of the Eurosong festival. Our northern neighbors also looked for a moment, but had an explanation for it. « The absence of Belgium in the final is striking, » says the Algemeen Dagblad. « Red Sebastian was predicted a place in the top five with the Bookmakers. His singing was far from Zuiver on his birthday. The viewer punished him and sends our southern neighbors home. » De Telegraaf did not understand the elimination of the Belgian singer at all. « A shock that Belgium is not through. And that on the singer’s birthday. »
The same sound at de Volkskrant: « Belgium is out, although that country was still above the Netherlands at the start of the semi-final. De Volkskrant editors were also a fan of the original Rave act, but the daring playing did not do much good with the public. » And also at Trouw they thought that our entry that would put the fire on the Netherlands. « Surprising dropout was Red Sebastian, who stabbed the room with his stamping dance cracker Strobe Lights. But that turned out not to be enough to convince the public. According to the lists of the betting offices, the entry of the betting offices was a serious competitor of Claude, but is therefore not through to the final. »
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The French Le Parisien was also silent from the elimination. « Despite their strong achievements, Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Slovenia, Croatia and Belgium were unable to qualify for the final. With that they could give their dream to win the Eurovision Song Contest this year. The elimination of our northern neighbors was a real surprise, since Red Sebastian became fifth among the spectators. »
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And they also looked up about the canal. « When the voices were finally counted, it was Slovenia, Belgium, Azerbaijan, Croatia and Cyprus who fled the final bizarre enough, » said The Daily Telegraph. The Spanish El País was also surprised by the Belgian elimination.
A lot of viewers also responded particularly disappointed to the elimination of Red Sebastian.
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After all, many saw a strong performance from the Belgian candidate.
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Although any suffering was not strange to the Eurovision Community.
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