HUNGARY : Our thoughts on how Boggie should stage her Eurovision Entry ‘Wars for nothing’

So here are some more first thoughts on ‘How Should They Stage their song at Eurovision 2015’?

There’s been a revival of interest in Hungary of late. Since Compact Disco in 2012 the audience has been getting bigger year on year. And don’t forget Andras Kallay-Saunders came fifth last year. So a lot rests on how Boggie will do in Vienna. Now I like this song as it starts very low-key and builds over its three minutes. Back in 1979, a song did exactly that and won in its home country.

First of all, here‘s the rolling blog we did at the time for the final of A Dál.

You’ll see how the song is staged, but I think it needs a slightly different approach. I think Boggie should start on stage alone, only accompanied by her guitarist. A dark stage to complement this initial look. As the song moves along, Boggie is joined by her other four backing singers.

The staging would start very dark, maybe with Boggie and her guitarist under spotlights. Then as the song opens up and she’s joined on stage, it gets lighter, and is completely light by the end of the song. The national final had headlines in the backdrop. I thought these might have been a little distracting so I’d like to see a plain backdrop in Vienna.

Here’s the national final performance.

But what do you think?

Author/Editor: John Stanton

Source: Eurovision Ireland