▁open ly ▁car ess ing ▁himself ▁and ▁giving ▁l ou che ▁looks ▁into ▁the ▁camera , ▁while ▁four ▁dep erson al ised ▁young ▁women ▁cl ad ▁in ▁late x ▁fet ish ▁out f its ▁dan ced ▁provoc atively ▁and ▁suggest ively ▁around ▁him . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁often ▁said ▁that ▁this ▁particular ▁song ▁and ▁performance ▁were ▁several ▁years ▁ahead ▁of ▁their ▁time ▁for ▁Euro vision , ▁which ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁was ▁just ▁on ▁the ▁c us p ▁of ▁moving ▁from ▁the ▁traditional ▁j ury ▁era ▁into ▁the ▁modern ▁te lev oting ▁era . ▁ ▁It ▁seemed ▁too ▁much ▁for ▁the ▁national ▁jur ies , ▁as ▁at ▁the ▁close ▁of ▁voting ▁" M inn ▁h inst i ▁dans " ▁had ▁picked ▁up ▁only ▁ 1 8 ▁points , ▁placing ▁I cel and ▁ 2 0 th ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 5 ▁entries . ▁▁ ▁However , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁te lev oting ▁was ▁tri alled ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁Euro vision ▁in ▁five ▁of ▁the ▁particip ating ▁countries , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁noted ▁that ▁ 1 6 ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 ▁Point s ▁awarded ▁to ▁I cel and ▁came ▁from ▁three ▁of ▁the ▁te lev oting ▁countries ▁– ▁Austria , ▁Sweden ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁– ▁leading ▁to ▁the ▁conclusion ▁that ▁the ▁song ▁could ▁have ▁done ▁much ▁better , ▁had ▁it ▁taken ▁part ▁in ▁a ▁later ▁year ▁when ▁te lev oting ▁was ▁in ▁full ▁swing . ▁ ▁V oting ▁ ▁Point s ▁awarded ▁to ▁I cel