Attitude instead of art

Failure, bad luck and ignorance: Song Contest at an end

Spain. Men in fishnet stockings - two places ahead of Austria.(Bild: APA/AFP/Tobias SCHWARZ)

It's doubtful whether our butt-wiggling penultimate Kaleen will achieve the world career she aspires to. Plus: anti-Semitic boos, attitude and politics instead of art. In this form, the Song Contest is dead. A commentary by producer and music expert Markus Spiegel.

As we all know, the Austrian entry (Kaleen "We Will Rave") came second to last in the final. That was surprising for many. Not for me, because I would have expected a place in the last third anyway. Why?