So Portugal has never won the ESC, and it seems like they have de. The group that’s trying to make it for Portugal this year is called “Homens da Luta”, or “The Men of Struggle”. And if this is a serious attempt to bring the ESC to Lisbon next year, I think they’re in for quite a struggle. This group is apparently some famous comedy act in Portugal, and I guess this little performance is supposed to humor its way to glory. But, sorry, maybe this is something that Christiano Ronaldo and the rest of the Portuguese nation finds amusing, but it is completely lost on me.
When I first heard and saw the song, I thought they were holding up signs saying “Algeria” while they were singing “get back to Africa”. Being the prejudice person I just assumed that it’s probably a big problem in Portugal with Algerians who try to swim across the Mediterranean to Portugal. At least this was sort of funny to me, but then I read the text in English and it’s basically just a bunch of feel-good crap like “There’s no point in complaining, there’s no point in frowning”. Well I’m sorry but this song just gave me yet another reason to complain.
Every year there has to be at least one country that tries to tell Europe that they don’t care about the contest by sending some joke of a song. But really, you’re not fooling anybody. By making this kind of “protest” song they think they can get the votes of everyone who claims to hate ESC but who still watches it votes for the dumbest song. It worked for Lithuania’s “We are the winners” in 2006, but I don’t think it’s going to work for Portugal this year. Even the song itself is not catchy, I’ve listened to it a number of times and I still don’t remember how it goes. And that is not a good sign. Sorry Portugal, it looks like it’s going to be 45 entries without a win.
