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Eurovision 2023 roundup Part 3: the year I had opinions about every single song

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Right! Here's Part 3 of my Eurovision 2023 roundup, where I finally finish off my review of all the Grand Final performers ( Part 1 was about the Semi-Finals, Part 2 dealt with the bottom-half). Now we're into the top half of the results, so let's continue in reverse order (same scoring system as before, singy faces for vocal performance on the night, stars for the song composition): Danny Estrin, Monika Linkytė, Alex Canion Top-half finishers: let the opinions continue 13: Croatia 😮😮★ - a clear novelty entry, but fair play to Let 3: they had confidence and stagecraft, there's an anti-war message in there that steers round the "no politics" rule, and the final would have been duller without them. I'm a bit baffled by the online commenters who think this sort of thing doesn't belong in Eurovision: like, have they even *seen* previous Eurovisions? 12: Cyprus 😮😮★✫✫ - a decent composition, improved so much by Voyager's metal version of it that...