22:19 (Felix)

I am one of the last people left in Malmö, with the others from our team at esc-chat.com having already safely landed in their home countries.

What’s left to say?

In my opinion, Denmark is a very well deserved winner. It’s that one song that north and south, young and old, east and west, juries and televoters could agree on. The sky reacted – and shed some tears today, now that the Eurovision Song Contest is over. Malmö is covered with a grey carpet of clouds, and a heavy dose of PED is going around.

The seagulls outside my window won’t take any notice of all that.

It has been a bit of an awkward Eurovision experience for me. Good, yes, but not the “time of my life” thingy at all, unlike Oslo 2010. I don’t want to speculate too much about what made it quite, but not that enjoyable, just as yesterday’s “losers” shouldn’t speculate too much. Bonnie Tyler and Cascada surely gave the best they could in their very moments, as did Ryan Dolan (and his dancers). No, speculating is not the best thing to do after Eurovision.

I left the After Party at Euroclub in the early morning hours, it must have been around 5. In my last walk through the crowds inside, the “Kedvesem” girl and guitarist were partying and dancing, Gianluca had a happy face as well. So I left with a weird feeling. I had to say goodbye to a Euroclub that first struggled to be a good press facility, and then struggled to be a good party facility. I don’t know if it was the sound, or the position of the dancefloor, or whatever. Maybe the two things – press and party facility – don’t go well together.

Also: For all it is respectable that Malmö offered more than this one location for fans, it’s all the more regrettable that, as a result, there was no real feeling of togetherness. Groups were divided between Euroclub, Euro Fan Café, a place called “Wonk” and probably some other, less popular locations.

So on my way home, while walking across Stortorget, I spotted one of the Irish drummers and he – quite randomly – shouted a last goodbye over to me. We never actually met, but hey, We Are One.

Excuse me for getting all emotional now: Not a lot of things have reached my heart in these weeks, not a lot will “stay”, but one thing surely did: the butterflies, especially as part of probably the best postcards ever.

They flew right into my heart. And now they will fly over the Öresund and meet us all again, in (most likely) Copenhagen 2014. I mean… there will be a new logo, there will be a new motto, of course.

But if you spot an actual butterfly in May 2014, you’ll know where it’s probably come from.

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