Commentary on the 34th WorldVision Song Contest comes from Robert Baxter and Sam Smith.
Robert: Welcome back to the 34th WorldVision Song Contest. We now will have the last entry of the night, from Kalosia.
35 KALOSIA
Sam: Not bad at all, is it?
Robert: I love it!
Sam: No, viewers, he's not going mad after smelling too many microphones. That might just be my favourite performance of the night. Oh yes. Knife on the rating, but I've got to go, see you!
Robert: Yes, he's off for the spectacular interval act. But to vote for Kalosia, dial 9 12 12 35 from a mobile or 01721 12 12 35 from a landline.
Now, here's a quick roundup of all of tonight's performances' softness rating. Dial 9 12 12 XX from a mobile or 01721 12 12 XX from a landline:
01 MISSUS X
02 THE JASMINIA ISLANDS
03 THE SARIAN
04 GREGORYISGODISTAN
05 GREGORY LLAMA LAND
06 SUMALTHERIA
07 KASANOVA-KORATICA
(08 MISTER X)
09 POLKOPIA
10 TITANIUMLAND
11 KWADAI
12 TODLICHEBUJOKU
13 BRITONISEA
14 FREE REPUBLICS
15 IZMEDU
16 YTTRIBIA
17 FRANCILIE
18 HAFAMARIMET
19 BANDWAGON
20 ESTENIA
21 MENSKI
22 ELKE AND ELBA
23 NORMANDY AND PICARDY
24 NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK
25 EKOZ
26 LYMANTATIA
27 SYRCHE
28 NORTH BRITONISEA
29 ARVENIA
30 LUZIYCA
31 BAILAMALAND
32 KISHRAEL
33 CALIMERA II
34 VINTOMTER
35 KALOSIA
Robert: Right, let's move on. Here's the interval act.
INTERVAL ACT
Robert: Well done to Sam for keeping all that together. Oh... Filius.... that man never ceases to amaze me... "And Now We're Going To Vote" is now available on iTunes... I'm buying it. Anyway, let's move on and look at the first votes. The lines are now closed. Over to... oh crumbs, Gregoryisgodistan.
04 GREGORYISGODISTAN votes (01/30)
Robert: Six points for us to start off, but 10 to Missus X? That's Gregoryisgodistan, I suppo-- oh, look, Sam's arrived back in the box!
Sam: I'm breathless!
Robert: Did you miss the bus or something?
Sam: Obviously you didn't get my text about getting me a sandwich.
05 GREGORY LLAMA LAND votes (02/30)
Sam: Predicting the votes of the Gregoryisgodistan and Gregory Llama Land nations is like trying to nail jelly to the wall, isn't it?
Robert: There's no explaining that.
Sam: Ran out of credit, ran out of battery, then finally ran out of talent when trying so hard not to vote for Gregoryisgodistan.
22 ELKE AND ELBA votes (03/30)
Robert: Well. That was odd.
Sam: If you've never seen WorldVision live, you would be staggered at how noisy it is. As they're screeching to eighteen, nineteen thousand decibels, the noise is somewhat piercing – and brilliant, I have to say... which is why, when you get a group of old WorldVision singers together, they're all muttering in each other's ears, saying, "what?", "Pardon?".
Robert: I think the Elke and Elba people have had hearing problems.
25 EKOZ votes (04/30)
Robert: 12 points to Norfolk and Suffolk? Can they make it stick?
Sam: Can we make it stop?
28 NORTH BRITONISEA votes (05/30)
Robert: Oh great. Bloc voting.
Sam: Politic-wash.
15 IZMEDU votes (06/30)
Robert: Hafamarimet??
Sam: I couldn't explain that for all the tea in China.
06 SUMALTHERIA votes (07/30)
Robert: Oh, good!
Sam: I'm delighted to say I have no idea who's going to win!!
23 NORMANDY AND PICARDY votes (08/30)
Sam: Er...
Robert: They're you-know-whats, don't forget.
Sam: True. But six to Gregoryisgodistan, seven to Missus X, and 12 to Kasanova-Koratica?
08 MISTER X votes (09/30)
Sam: Ekoz... not bad. But you gave 10 to Missus X?
Robert: Well... come on. Maybe they liked it.
Sam: Or it's politic-wash again.
01 MISSUS X votes (10/30)
Robert: WOW! Look at Chris, he's overjoyed!
Sam: I almost expected a Kleenex moment from young Chris there.
12 TODLICHEBUJOKU votes (11/30)
Robert: They're the first nation to give us nul points tonight. Can Chris do it?
Sam: Yes.
Robert: How?
Sam: By finishing first in the voting.
10 TITANIUMLAND votes (12/30)
Sam: More points for Ekoz.
Robert: I'd like to see them win, it's a good song!
Sam: Yeah, me too.
11 KWADAI votes (13/30)
Sam: Elke and Elba!
Robert: There's no explaining that.
27 SYRCHE votes (14/30)
Robert: Thanks for very little.
13 BRITONISEA votes (15/30)
Sam: Vintomter? Really? I'm worried, though, Chris will need a few nations to slow the front guys up, otherwise it's Dan Dare somewhere to overtake them.
Robert: Nonetheless, it's not looking too good.
31 BAILAMALAND votes (16/30)
Robert: Not bad at all.
Sam: A sort of drip feed at the moment, isn't it?
Robert: Certainly.
24 NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK votes (17/30)
Sam: Kasanova-Koratica went out as a three-minute song, but came back to the green room as a two-minute song. Song was ruined.
20 ESTENIA votes (18/30)
Robert: There's no explaining that. We'll be back after the break.
35 KALOSIA
Sam: Not bad at all, is it?
Robert: I love it!
Sam: No, viewers, he's not going mad after smelling too many microphones. That might just be my favourite performance of the night. Oh yes. Knife on the rating, but I've got to go, see you!
Robert: Yes, he's off for the spectacular interval act. But to vote for Kalosia, dial 9 12 12 35 from a mobile or 01721 12 12 35 from a landline.
Now, here's a quick roundup of all of tonight's performances' softness rating. Dial 9 12 12 XX from a mobile or 01721 12 12 XX from a landline:
01 MISSUS X
03 THE SARIAN
04 GREGORYISGODISTAN
05 GREGORY LLAMA LAND
06 SUMALTHERIA
07 KASANOVA-KORATICA
(08 MISTER X)
09 POLKOPIA
10 TITANIUMLAND
11 KWADAI
12 TODLICHEBUJOKU
13 BRITONISEA
14 FREE REPUBLICS
15 IZMEDU
16 YTTRIBIA
18 HAFAMARIMET
20 ESTENIA
21 MENSKI
22 ELKE AND ELBA
23 NORMANDY AND PICARDY
24 NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK
25 EKOZ
27 SYRCHE
28 NORTH BRITONISEA
29 ARVENIA
31 BAILAMALAND
32 KISHRAEL
33 CALIMERA II
34 VINTOMTER
35 KALOSIA
Robert: Right, let's move on. Here's the interval act.
INTERVAL ACT
Robert: Well done to Sam for keeping all that together. Oh... Filius.... that man never ceases to amaze me... "And Now We're Going To Vote" is now available on iTunes... I'm buying it. Anyway, let's move on and look at the first votes. The lines are now closed. Over to... oh crumbs, Gregoryisgodistan.
04 GREGORYISGODISTAN votes (01/30)
Robert: Six points for us to start off, but 10 to Missus X? That's Gregoryisgodistan, I suppo-- oh, look, Sam's arrived back in the box!
Sam: I'm breathless!
Robert: Did you miss the bus or something?
Sam: Obviously you didn't get my text about getting me a sandwich.
05 GREGORY LLAMA LAND votes (02/30)
Sam: Predicting the votes of the Gregoryisgodistan and Gregory Llama Land nations is like trying to nail jelly to the wall, isn't it?
Robert: There's no explaining that.
Sam: Ran out of credit, ran out of battery, then finally ran out of talent when trying so hard not to vote for Gregoryisgodistan.
22 ELKE AND ELBA votes (03/30)
Robert: Well. That was odd.
Sam: If you've never seen WorldVision live, you would be staggered at how noisy it is. As they're screeching to eighteen, nineteen thousand decibels, the noise is somewhat piercing – and brilliant, I have to say... which is why, when you get a group of old WorldVision singers together, they're all muttering in each other's ears, saying, "what?", "Pardon?".
Robert: I think the Elke and Elba people have had hearing problems.
25 EKOZ votes (04/30)
Robert: 12 points to Norfolk and Suffolk? Can they make it stick?
Sam: Can we make it stop?
28 NORTH BRITONISEA votes (05/30)
Robert: Oh great. Bloc voting.
Sam: Politic-wash.
15 IZMEDU votes (06/30)
Robert: Hafamarimet??
Sam: I couldn't explain that for all the tea in China.
06 SUMALTHERIA votes (07/30)
Robert: Oh, good!
Sam: I'm delighted to say I have no idea who's going to win!!
23 NORMANDY AND PICARDY votes (08/30)
Sam: Er...
Robert: They're you-know-whats, don't forget.
Sam: True. But six to Gregoryisgodistan, seven to Missus X, and 12 to Kasanova-Koratica?
08 MISTER X votes (09/30)
Sam: Ekoz... not bad. But you gave 10 to Missus X?
Robert: Well... come on. Maybe they liked it.
Sam: Or it's politic-wash again.
01 MISSUS X votes (10/30)
Robert: WOW! Look at Chris, he's overjoyed!
Sam: I almost expected a Kleenex moment from young Chris there.
12 TODLICHEBUJOKU votes (11/30)
Robert: They're the first nation to give us nul points tonight. Can Chris do it?
Sam: Yes.
Robert: How?
Sam: By finishing first in the voting.
10 TITANIUMLAND votes (12/30)
Sam: More points for Ekoz.
Robert: I'd like to see them win, it's a good song!
Sam: Yeah, me too.
11 KWADAI votes (13/30)
Sam: Elke and Elba!
Robert: There's no explaining that.
27 SYRCHE votes (14/30)
Robert: Thanks for very little.
13 BRITONISEA votes (15/30)
Sam: Vintomter? Really? I'm worried, though, Chris will need a few nations to slow the front guys up, otherwise it's Dan Dare somewhere to overtake them.
Robert: Nonetheless, it's not looking too good.
31 BAILAMALAND votes (16/30)
Robert: Not bad at all.
Sam: A sort of drip feed at the moment, isn't it?
Robert: Certainly.
24 NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK votes (17/30)
Sam: Kasanova-Koratica went out as a three-minute song, but came back to the green room as a two-minute song. Song was ruined.
20 ESTENIA votes (18/30)
Robert: There's no explaining that. We'll be back after the break.