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I can speak Swedish relatively well. Fab Freddie has been awful, and the audience reaction to him has been terrible. Most are disappointed at his lack of chemistry with David, others find his character quite offensive, like something you'd have encountered on TV in the 70s. The fake commercial break is dire. It features Anna Book, who has appeared on Mello a number of times over the years, since she was a child. In more recent years. she lost lots of weight, got chucked out of Mello for ripping off a song, and regularly appears in the tabloids. Her appearance sums up the general feel of this year's series - a bit cliched and out of sync with the Swedish mood - something Mello has always historically been outstanding at reflecting.
I have to say this years Melodifestivalen has been distinctly underwhelming. The vocals seem to have been a bit off, the songs not that great (in general) and little in the way of game changing staging for which the show was known. There have been some nice lighting effects and some nice cutting (all automated via CuePilot I assume) but I couldn’t really believe the standard of the last episode - not one really decent song in my opinion.
Now, I don’t speak Swedish, but I get the distinct inpression that Fab Freddie is anything but Fab. And the ‘commercial break’ mid way through the show is clearly also meant to be comedic, but I’m not sure goes down terribly well. Maybe the audience effects aren’t high enough in the mix for me to hear the audience roaring along.
There’d better be something decent in the last heat otherwise it’s not going to be worth watching the final.
Now, I don’t speak Swedish, but I get the distinct inpression that Fab Freddie is anything but Fab. And the ‘commercial break’ mid way through the show is clearly also meant to be comedic, but I’m not sure goes down terribly well. Maybe the audience effects aren’t high enough in the mix for me to hear the audience roaring along.
There’d better be something decent in the last heat otherwise it’s not going to be worth watching the final.
I can speak Swedish relatively well. Fab Freddie has been awful, and the audience reaction to him has been terrible. Most are disappointed at his lack of chemistry with David, others find his character quite offensive, like something you'd have encountered on TV in the 70s. The fake commercial break is dire. It features Anna Book, who has appeared on Mello a number of times over the years, since she was a child. In more recent years. she lost lots of weight, got chucked out of Mello for ripping off a song, and regularly appears in the tabloids. Her appearance sums up the general feel of this year's series - a bit cliched and out of sync with the Swedish mood - something Mello has always historically been outstanding at reflecting.