Cyprus: Christina Metaxa Shines, But Her Song Still Blows (Eurovision 2009) 5

by Wiwi Bloggs • Cyprus, Eurovision News • Tags: , ,

For Wiwi, the biggest surprise on the third day of rehearsals came from 17-year old Christina Metaxa, the second youngest contestant at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The teenage Cypriot and her producers have brought some pretty elegant staging. Christina twirls around like a ballerina, wears an age appropriate dress and climbs on top of illuminated boxes to sing the song’s final lyric: Jump! (Let’s hope she doesn’t: Eurovision does not need a lawsuit).

Why Cyprus May Win:

(1) Christina is totally innocent. A lot of Europeans are sick of Eurovision sex kittens who make the performance more about their cleavage than their song. Compare this image of Christina with one of Ukraine’s Svetlana Lobodova. Who do you think a middle-aged housewife would rather vote for?

She's innocent

She's innocent

(2) Firefly is slow, easy listening. It totally contrasts with the endless number of non-stop dance and pop anthems on show this year.

(3) Christina has kept a low profile. The Eurovision press has been talking about Greece’s Sakis Rouvas, Norway’s Alexander Rybak and Turkey’s Hadise for months. Voters may be sick of hearing about them by the time May 16 rolls around, paving the way for an outsider like Christina. And no one has anything bad to say about her! (But her song is a different matter. See below.)

Why Cyprus May Not Win:

She's sexy

She's sexy

(1) Christina is inexperienced. She may crack under pressure and end up falling off those stacked boxes.

(2) Her voice was really, really weak during rehearsal. It sounded like she was asleep. And when she hit the high notes I thought someone was dying.

(3) The lyrics to Firefly suck. “And the firefly comes to you, sits on your finger. It shatters and shakes, but she wants you to go with her now. Follow her, out there, hm…” Um, what? If a firefly starts talking to you, you may have schizophrenia. Wiwi advises that you see a doctor.

(4) Fireflies are so ugly. When I’m eating dinner on May 16 I do not want to see a pretty girl singing about an ugly insect whose behind lights up. No thank you, ma’am!

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