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I didn’t like the selection of her outfit. She looked like a whore and it made her look chobby. Her outfit was perfect in the videclip. Other than that it was excellent. If you have noticed all songs that won had either ethnical music embedded into song (Armenia, Israel etc) or were permorfed perfectly(Poland, Greece etc.). All others without identity were kicked out.