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raindropren · 6 months

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!!!!!! Secret Life Episode 9 Spoilers !!!!!!

THIS SEASON IS SO FUCKING GOOD HELL YA

I LOVE THIS

I LOVE SECRET LIFE

IT'S SO GOOD

I'M

SIIJOHFSIHFJSNF

LETS GO, SCAR!! WOO HOO

I GENUINELY LOVE THIS SO MUCH AAA

ALSO WHY IS PEARL SO CRACKED AT THIS GAME!?!?!

So she was i think 3rd in last life, Won in double life, I think 4th or 5th in limited life, and now, 2nd in Secret life!!

What the F u c k

I love it so much

It really helps all my headcanons tbh, it makes me so happy.

Also why does pearl always survive longer then her allies/teammates(Unless they win)

and by always i mean like, 2 times? 2 and a half? if u count tilly maybe? i do... 2.5 :]

I really do wish joel or bdubs won, mostly joel because it would've been so good but I deffo think scar deserved this win.

I think it wouldve been kind of funny if in the 1v1 battle between scar and pearl.. pearl won... and it's just, awkward cause she... didn't want that. at all.

She wanted scar to win after bdubs and joel died, she wanted to sacrifice her life to scar in the end because she wanted her allies to win.

I also think shiny duo is a tragedy in the end. I really hope someone makes a fanfic about them in secret life cause they just, they, they just, <3 <3 <3

I love them alot

I'm making a theory that Gem might, win the next life seires.

Shiny duo winning their second season, please please please /hj /lh

I've already really loved the pearl fanfics from this season cause omg but I just, i just <3 <3 can't wait to see more!! aaa :D

if i get the motivation i fucking will make a fic about gem and pearl coming back into hermitcraft. They have very similar vibes in the life series(they're fucking crazy, don't mess with them, but also you'd rather be on their side then not(I haven't watched gems life series so if i'm wrong on this one, oopsie) cause they are more loyal then most) and I think it'd be fun to see them coming back and talking to eachother about the season ngl.

Murder camel my beloved, shiny duo my beloved

I also think(if I get the motivation) i'd want to make a fic with Pearl and Bdubs, in hermitcraft, afterwards.

ooo so many ideas, so many ideas so little time and motivation.

i wanna know what would happen if pearl accidentally won, despite not wanting too, if she hit scar just alittle to hard and now she was alone, as the sole 2 time winner. I think AU!pearl would have a mental fucking breakdown but i also think it'd be a fun concept aaaa

I want a fic about Pearl just after Bdubs and Joel died, just crying. like tears down her cheeks when she meets back up with scar and aaaa <3

All these would be my au obviously cause i'm way to obsessed with it but my au is set in canon, mostly. or at least alittle, i'm trying LOL

I'm proud of scar :]

like, i'm proud of all the winners but, i really do feel like scar deserved this win

I might watch his pov at some point, i can't wait for people to tear the angst from scars episodes, they already have alittle but with him winning, I can't fucking wait, omg <3

I'm just so excited now

aaaa

i'm nhjgofubkhgfubkjhdfjl eee

I really hope gem and pearl team next season instead of just being temporary allies because they are so fun omg

I really hope there's another season cause god they are so good /nf

I can't get enough of life series pearl in my au

which is why i keep mentioning her, i've basically only watched her pov cause I have a hard time watching others. I wanna watch gem, lizzies(it's ies right? i'm bad with spelling names aa), and now scars. stars above, i love this series

aaaaaaaaaaaaa

secret is probably my new favorite season, idk why, maybe it's because of shiny duo alittle, but y'know :]

There's so much i wish i wanna talk about

like how Pearl said "Always Watching" to BigB

Or just any moment with Pearl and Scott, I miss their last life dynamic alot /pos /notneg

Cleo and Pearls pupper alliance breaking and Pearl saying she really wanted to be allies with Cleo, like I need fics of that so much guys omg (Big MoonRot fan!! ee)

Anytime Gem, Impulse, and Pearl were in a trio together, like omg, It's Soup Group!!! Guys!!! it's them!!! omg!!!!!!!! guys!!

Pearl walking the Warden around like a pro, i love that so much LOL

there's deffo more, but i've typed way to much LOL i just love this so much, it's insane.

#GUYS I'M SO NORMAL ABOUT THIS SERIES #aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa #secret life #life series #i'm gonna tag everyone i mentioned so yee #not tagging people i only mentioned once hmmm #pearlescentmoon #geminitay #goodtimeswithscar #bdoubleo100 #bdubs #smallishbeans #joel smallishbeans #shiny duo #idk which one is the main tag for them aaa #I mention moonrot btw. i've seen people use that duo name as a shipping thing. i don't ship them!! it's all platonic!!#I type so much omg i'm so sorry

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bettyg196 · 11 months

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My Eurovision 2024 predictions

Hi !

How are you ?

Here are my predictions for Eurovision 2024 nobody asked !

Disclaimer : I'm not clairvoyant, so most of my predictions won't come true. Also, please note that I don't mean to offend anyone in this post, I just like to guess what will happen in the next Eurovision season.

The jury system will remain the same but EBU won't bring it back in the semi-finals

The rest of the world will still have the ability to vote

They will introduce a new rule where we have to create an account to vote from the Eurovision app

38 countries will participate

In plus of Luxembourg, North Macedonia will come back

Romania will withdraw following the bad result in ESC and because of poor TV ratings

Turkey won't come back for obvious reasons

Monaco will be back... in 2025 because TV Monaco will join EBU only in 2024

A ballad will win the contest

The edition will be dominated by pop songs in English

Malmö will host

Petra Mede won't come back as a host but Måns Zelmerlöw (Sweden 2015, host in 2016) will

Farah Abadi or Sarah Dawn Finer will be the other host

Carola Häggkvist (Sweden 1983, 1991, 2006) will be involved in the contest

🇦🇱 Albania

The winner of FiK will also be chosen by the public as the representative

The entry will be a power ballad which will be revamped in English

The artist had already participated to FiK once

Will be in the same semi-final than Serbia

Will finish 11th in its SF

🇦🇲 Armenia

The country will send a woman again

The entry is an up-tempo pop song with disco influences

Will be the last song to be released

Will be a favourite of the eurofans

Will qualify but will flop in the grand final and finish in the right side of the table

🇦🇺 Australia

EBU will confirm that the country will participate to the contest during summer

Internal selection

The chosen artist has never participated to Eurovision- Australia Decides

The song will be a sad ballad

It will be popular on TikTok

🇦🇹 Austria

A male duo will be chosen

The entry will sound like a Troye Sivan song

Will not get attention from the fandom until the rehearsals

The staging will be simple but efficient

Will qualify but will finish in the bottom 5

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan

The chosen artist is famous in Turkey

The song will be an up-tempo pop song in English

Most of the songwriters are from Sweden

The staging will be similar to the Euphoria one but with dancers

Will close its semi-final

🇧🇪 Belgium

The chosen artist has participated to The Voice Belgique and was in the team of Beverly Jo Scott aka BJ Scott

The entry will sound like an Axelle Red song, but in English

Most of the songwriters are from France

Will be in the first semi-final

Will qualify

🇭🇷 Croatia

Dora 2024 will take place

A former representative will be involved as a contestant

A man will win the nf

The entry will be a sentimental ballad in English and in Croatian

Will get attention during the rehearsals

🇨🇾 Cyprus

A drama will happen during the nf

The winner of the nf will be a woman

The entry will be a pop song about love with a dancebreak

Will be high in the odds

Will be in the second semi-final again

🇨🇿 Czechia

ESCZ will take place again

A boy band will win the nf

The entry will sound like if Backstreet Boys and BTS had a baby

It will be a contender for the win

Will place at least 15th in the final

🇩🇰 Denmark

DMGP will be a weak nf as usual

The winning artist will be an Instagram model

The entry will be a bubblegum bop in English

Thomas G:son will be one of the songwriters

Will do better than expected

🇪🇪 Estonia

A former representative will be involved in Eesti Laul 2024

A band will win the nf

The entry will be a scam themed funny song in Estonian

Will be overhated by the fandom

Will be in the top 20

🇫🇮 Finland

UMK 2024 will be a good nf

An underdog act will win it

The song will be a catchy pop song in English

It will be liked by a lot of people

Will finish second last in the final

🇫🇷 France

A nf will take place (but not necessary CVQD)

Bilal Hassani will take part as a jury member

A southern man will win

The entry will sound like a 2010s French song

Will finish somewhere in the right part of the table but will get at least one "12 points"

🇬🇪 Georgia

The Voice of Georgia will be used to select the representative again

A woman will win again

The entry will be a dark edm pop song

It will cause a controversy in the country

Will compete in the first semi-final

🇩🇪 Germany

Ikke Hüftgold will be involved in the nf again

The winner of the nf will be a woman

The entry will sound similar to Flowers by Miley Cyrus and the artist will be accused of plagiarism

Will be hated by Germans and the fandom

Will finish in the bottom 5 again

🇬🇷 Greece

A Greek-German artist will be selected in internal

Greek locals will hate their representative for some reason

The entry will be a radio-friendly pop song in English and the title will be in Greek

Will compete in the second semi-final

Will NQ

🇮🇸 Iceland

Söngvakeppnin will be disappointing in terms of quality

New rule in the nf

A woman will win against the odds

The entry will sound like a song from Taylor Swift's Midnights album

Will NQ again

🇮🇪 Ireland

The nf will be a beautiful disaster

The chosen artist will be the youngest of the edition

The entry will be a pop song about a Swedish artist/band

A drama will happen after the pre-party season

Will have the weirdest staging

🇮🇱 Israel

The Rising Star will have new rules

A woman will win the nf

The entry will be dance pop song in English

A drama involving politics will happen

Will finish 17th in the final

🇮🇹 Italy

A big controversy will happen before Sanremo week

Diodato will participate in the festival

The winning artist openly supports Meloni

The song will be a modern ballad

Will finish top 10

🇱🇻 Latvia

Initially, a Supernova SF will be planned but will be ultimately cancelled for only one final

A girl band will win

The entry will be an up-tempo pop song in English

Will get attention from the pre-parties

Will qualify but end up in the bottom 5

🇱🇹 Lithuania

PiN 2024 will be an average edition

The favourite of the nf will win both the jury voting and the televoting

A member of InCulto (🇱🇹 2010) will be involved in the nf

The entry will be a slow ballad in English

Will be the only baltic country in its SF

🇱🇺 Luxembourg

A nf will take place

Any artist from any country can participate but Luxembourgers singers will be privileged

A well-known French artist will be selected

The entry will be a French chanson that will sound like a Juliette Armanet's song

Will sadly NQ

🇲🇹 Malta

MESC will be the longest nf

Matt Blxck will participate again

The winner will be a man

The entry will be a love ballad

Will compete in the second semi-final

🇲🇩 Moldova

35 artists/bands will participate to the nf's audition

A finalist will withdraw in the last minute

A female former representative will win

The entry will be a folk-pop song in Romanian and in English

Will be a borderline qualifier

🇳🇱 Netherlands

A nf will take place and almost everyone in the fandom will hate it

Between 5 and 10 acts will compete

The most disliked act will win

The entry will be a schlager in English

Will do better than expected

🇲🇰 North Macedonia

Internal selection

A male artist will be chosen

The entry will sound like a movie score

Will be cancelled by the fandom for some reason

Will do better than expected

🇳🇴 Norway

Autotune will still be allowed in MGP

Emma Steinbakken will be involved in the nf at least as a songwriter

The winner will be a woman

The entry will be a power ballad about trust

Will place somewhere in the left side of the table

🇵🇱 Poland

A nf will be planned but will be cancelled and replaced by a last minute internal selection for some reason

A male YouTuber will be chosen

The entry will be a dance pop song

Will divide the entire fandom

Will make the final thanks to the artist's fandom

🇵🇹 Portugal

A drama will happen before the reveal of FdC tracks

A fado artist will be the favourite for the win

An underdog act will win

The entry will be a folk song in Portuguese

Will be underrated by the fandom

🇸🇲 San Marino

UVPSM will be shorter than usual

Some artists from the 2023 NF season will participate

An unknown Italian artist will win

The song will be a disco-pop song in English

Will somehow become a meme

🇷🇸 Serbia

The nf will be nice overall

An eccentric artist will get attention

A woman will win

The song will be a balkan ballad in Serbian

Will be high in the odds

🇸🇮 Slovenia

Internal selection again

A female pop star will be chosen

The entry will be an up-tempo pop song in English with some words in Slovenian

Will be overhyped by the fandom

Will do worse than expected

🇪🇸 Spain

Pol Granch will be involved in the Benidorm Fest

A controversy will happen during the nf

A famous artist will win the festival

The entry will be a dark ballad in Spanish

Will finish 20th in the final

🇸🇪 Sweden

Melodifestivalen will be better than the last edition

Both Anna Bergendahl and Dotter will be involved at least as songwriters

A LGBTQ artist will win

The entry will be a pop song in English about self-love

Will finish 6th in the grand final

🇨🇭 Switzerland

A good-looking male artist will be chosen

The entry is another sad ballad, but this time about break up

Unlike the 2 previous songs, it will be more appreciated by the fandom

Sacha Jean-Baptiste will stage it

Will qualify but will flop in the final

🇺🇦 Ukraine

Vidbir will be good as usual

A female pop star will win

The entry will be a world music influenced pop song in Ukrainian and in English

A big drama will happen after the nf

Will finish 4th

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

There will be a rumor that Dido could represent the UK to make her big comeback on stage

The actual representative has worked with a British star

The entry will be a mid-tempo pop song

Will be a favourite of many fans

Will finish 16th in the final

#eurovision #esc #eurovision 2024 #esc 2024

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sophfandoms53 · 3 years

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idk, I feel like they are similar to The Committee where some also sacrificed their friends for the alliance NF sacrificed Ian, Dani sacrificed Day, Tyler sacrificed David, etc

That’s something alliances have done in the past and those players who are sacrificed because of an alliance usually understand that it’s a strategic move, y’know? It’s not something that bothers me because it’s not anything personal, it’s just the game.

With the Committee though, it’s hard for me to say they sacrificed those ppl or if they were real friends. Like we literally saw Nicole have 0 remorse for evicting Ian when she was planning exactly what she was gonna say and do in the diary room, you know her whole “Teach me how to act” shtick. Nicole acted like she cared about Ian but I truly don’t think she did, her gameplay and actions last season never showed that to me.

I don’t think Dani rlly sacrificed Da’Vonne either, during Dani’s HOH she stayed true to her word and kept Day off the block and if I’m remembering right, the following week, when Memphis put Day and Kevin on the block, Dani was fighting for Day to stay over Kevin and was a even a vote for Da’Vonne to stay too (correct me if that’s wrong cuz I haven’t watched BB22 since it ended lol), so that’s not rlly a case of Dani sacrificing Day for the committee.

I do remember David and Tyler being friends last season but that’s another case where I don’t know if Tyler really sacrificed David for the committee? David went home during the triple eviction, there wasn’t enough time to strategize or anything during all of that. Had David’s eviction played out normally, maybe we could’ve seen things differently. Also I don’t fully remember if Tyler voted for David to stay, but if he did, I feel that would add to how Tyler didnt sacrifice David for his alliance, if that makes sense?

With the Cookout, at least right now, the only person who’s sacrificed someone for the alliance, in a way, is Azah. But even with Britini last week, we saw Azah struggle a lot with knowing she was losing her friend and was afraid it’d be her and Britini on the block, she even threw Brit a pity vote when she didn’t have to. She knows why Brit had to go on a strategic level but that was still her friend and Azah let her alliance know “hey I’m gonna give a pity vote because that’s my friend”, Azah had remorse for what happened.

Honestly, Ky and X are giving off vibes they won’t sacrifice SB and Alyssa for the CO, which is upsetting in all honesty because you know Hannah and Tiff are ready to give up their friends for the alliance.

Does it suck to see them send their friends home? Yeah but it’s Big Brother, there’s only one winner and as long as it’s all done for strategic reasons and not personal attacks that forces someone to be bitter, it’s part of how the game is played.

#the main issue with the committee was that no one outside of Cody and Dani rlly did anything #they were also boring as heck to watch play cuz of this #also they like literally ran the game with 0 consequences at all #the best week we had was when day got veto #because it made them scramble #bb23 #bb22

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eurosong · 3 years

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Undo my ESC '21 (semi-final two)

Good afternoon folks, and welcome to the second part of Undo my ESC – my annual quest to make the year’s Eurovision better (at least, for me xD) by making a feasible change in each country – it could be something as small as altering a lyric or a staging detail, or as big as a different artist entirely winning the NF. Semi-final one was here so let's jump straight into SF2!

🇸🇲 San Marino: We're thrown into the deep end here with a fan fav that doesn't do at all for me. I'm one of maybe 5 people on the planet who prefers Freaky by far, I guess? I'm happy for Senhit to be getting so much love and for the diminutive serene republic to finally have a shot at a good result - but I'm not so keen on the way it's been done. There's a bit of cognitive dissonance for me because my favourite thing about Adrenalina is Flo Rida's rap, but I don't like the idea of bringing in famed American artists like "ringers" to elevate a song above one with "only" local talent. I would be so tempted to give the rap part to local artist IROL instead to spit some hot bars in Italian.

🇪🇪 Estonia: I had hope this year, I really did, for my era of absolutely adoring Estonia at ESC to be revived after 4 painful years. There were so many good songs at this year's Eesti Laul, like those of Ivo Linna, Egert, Gram of fun, Heleza - but ultimately, my huge favourite was, as expected, Jüri Pootsmann. Anyone who followed this blog back in 2016 knows how much I adore Jüri and was desperate to see him get a redemption arc at ESC itself. Magus melanhoolia was one of the best songs of the season for me and one of the best stagings. As much as I prefer '20 artists to get their shot in '21, problematic Uku with his toxic ex vibes song will have to step aside and let the Jüri renaissance happen here.

🇨🇿 Czechia: I really dig Benny Cristo - he has personality, presence and his own enjoyable style. At first I was kinda disappointed with Omaga because I was expecting something more in the vein of Kemama, with more pronounced Afrobeat influences. But it has grown on me a lot too. My change? Add more Czech than just one blink-and-you-miss-it line, mate! (Article continues below)

🇬🇷 Greece: I see this being talked up as potential televote top 3 and I just don't get it. Maybe it's the way the chorus rhymes dance with itself three times (and uses the term rockin' romance unironically); maybe it's the way that there are better 80s-inspired songs both in ESC and many fallen tributes in the NF season... it just leaves me cold. I actually preferred Supergirl and my change would be for Stefania to bring something with some actual Greek flair.

🇦🇹 Austria: I’ll echo what I said last year about Österreich – how did they go from Conchita to a guy who wished he wouldn’t have gay kids like this? I find both of this guy's songs insipid in different ways and I would invite Pænda back instead to avenge her getting robbed with the beautiful Limits. Or give a second shot at glory to the incredible Cesár!

🇵🇱 Poland: Unpopular opinion, but I absolutely love The Ride, and I feel bad for Alicja, but I much prefer it to Empires. What started as an ironic fondness for Rafał's cringy uncle vibes ended up being genuine appreciation - it's one of the few 80s-inspired songs that sound like they actually could have come out of that decade rather than like modern pastiches. And Raf actually does have an awkward charisma. My change - insert some Polish! Poland does so well with natural sounding bilingual efforts in JESC, they should bring it to the main contest too!

🇲🇩 Moldova: I was lowkey prepared to be disappointed by Moldova - I actually enjoyed Prison a lot and the news that they were going in a completely different direction didn't sit so well with me. And yet, I also love Sugar. Natalia's power! My changes: get rid of that weird scene with literally egg on her face - too on the nose for me. And incorporate a bit of the stellar Russian translation, Tuz bubi, because I'm always going to be advocating for more linguistic diversity xD

🇮🇸 Iceland: Daði Freyr can literally do no wrong with me. Whilst it doesn't have the same intense extra-fandom hype that Think about things did, I think I like Ten years even more. Nothing to change here.

🇷🇸 Serbia: It's no secret that Hurricane were far from my favourites at Beovizija 20, and that I find this a downgrade for Sanja compared to her powerful '16 song. And yet... Hasta la vista grew on me a lot, and so has Loco loco. It's something that is definitely scratching an itch at this year's ESC and the burst of anarchic energy it'll provide will be amazing. I am seriously tempted to change to the acoustic version, though, which has all the attitude of the original but is more beautiful for me and lets the girls' voices shine more.

🇬🇪 Georgia: Georgia keeps serving acquired tastes, and as a patron saint of marginal genres and I love them for that. This year, they've gone for something that even many fans of Tornike find hard to swallow - gone is the roaring rock of last year, replaced with a much more contemplative, soft effort that reminds me a little of Lou Reed. I enjoy both songs, but I can't deny preferring 2020. At the same time, I admire the chutzpah required to send something so different. I just wish there could be a moment to properly showcase T's powerhouse vocals.

🇦🇱 Albania: It was an odd Festival i këngës this year, outdoors in the freezing cold and without the orchestra that makes the songs soar so much more for me. Karma is a perfectly respectable winner, albeit one that lacks the immediacy and rawness of Shaj, Ktheju tokës and Mall. In my ideal alternate reälity, Arilena Ara would have been invited back. She'd bring a song as beautiful as Shaj - and not do a revamp into English that removes its edge this time.

🇵🇹 Portugal: 2015-2020 was a full on Portugal stan era for me. I want to believe that this year is an aberration and that in 2022, our lusitanian neighbours will produce the goods once again. Because ending a colossal streak of not sending songs that don't include Portuguese for this? I am baffled. I wanted the anthemic Joana do mar, produced beautifully by Luísa Sobral, or the timeless Contramão, which sounds like it escaped a Nouvelle Vague soundtrack. Saudade, Por um triz or a number of others would have been grand too.

🇧🇬 Bulgaria: I wasn't expecting much from Bulgaria - I really didn't and don't like TGS and the majority of songs in Victoria's NF-but-not-really aren't my cup of tea. I was happy she got her second chance, but resigned to not liking the song much that would get picked. And then, my fav, which was last in many community ratings, ended up being her pick. I adore GUIGO and believe it has the possibility to do very, very well at Rotterdam and be one of the 'moments' of the evening.

🇫🇮 Finland: CRIMINAL how YLE treated Aksel - it felt like he wasn't the defending champion, and that Erika Vikman had won the previous year. They also - I believe, deliberately - split his vote by making his just one of a number of ballads, so of course what stood out most were the two decidedly non-ballady songs. Finland only two years ago had a single-artist UMK. They could and should have brought it back for Aksel. I'd hope Hurt would win it, because that song is stunning.

🇱🇻 Latvia: I was, and am, delighted that Latvia stuck with Samanta Tina. The lady lives and breathes ESC, even wrote a university thesis about it, and if she tried so many times, finally won and then DIDN'T get to go to ESC, I would have gone to LTV headquarters personally to remonstrate. I really like both her songs. The moon is rising is poised, powerful and like nothing else this year. The only thing I'd change is adding some Latvian because it's a gorgeous language and we've been waiting for ages to hear it again.

🇨🇭 Switzerland: Gjon's song is once again not really my cup of tea, or tears - but I enjoy it better than last year's and I'm glad he's back. Highkey wish it did include Albanian or Romansch like confused commenters last year thought it did.

🇩🇰 Denmark: There is literally no excuse for Denmark's treatment of Ben & Tan. I'm not even a big fan of their music at all, out to not even allow them to compete in DMGP to defend their win with Iron heart? Even though there are songs that competed in DMGP that I prefer a lot, most notably Står lige her, I would probably have let them have a proper second chance.

And the automatic qualifiers voting in this semi -

🇫🇷 France: For me, France had an absolutely enthralling, sincere, perfectly Gallic entry that hit me so hard in the feels. And whilst I respect Voilà, no, that wasn't it. It was Pourvu qu'on m'aime, easily one of the best songs I heard all year inside NFs or out. I find Voilà a little too mannered and affected, whilst PQM is a shot straight from Juliette's heart into mine. In my dream, it'd have won CVQD and be receiving the same love that Voilà is right now.

🇪🇸 Spain: Whilst it is getting next to no love in the fandom and seems quite forgotten, I find Voy a quedarme one of the best songs sent from this country in several years - and I say that having preferred Memoria. I am proud of Blas and love that he had a hand in writing this song. My change? He said recently that the staging in Rotterdam won't be inspired by the poignant music video despite wanting it to be - I would incorporate elements from it in the live.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Frankly, I think almost all the Big 5+1 brought it this year, with the notable exception of Germany. Embers is the banger that I never thought was coming from James Newman, and it's been one of the biggest earworms of the season. I wouldn't change anything about it - I'd just ensure that the staging replicated the energy of the video as much as possible!

#eurovision #esc 2021 #opinion #eurovision song contest #eurovision 2021

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sole-cuore-amore-e-droga · 3 years

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Croatia brings no men in a hamster wheel to Rotterdam 2021

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Now could this be the teddy bear uprising invasion Muse has warned us about 12 years ago?

And LITERALLY, these review series make me feel like Croatia is openly taunting me - I watch the days go, I’m losing track of time, and when another day comes, I’m screaming “oh no I forgot to publish a review sooner than wanted!!”. Guess I’m for one glad there’s a time related song this year, hum?

ARTIST & ENTRY INFO

Repping the Adriatic coast nation that got all the sea instead of Bosnia & Herzegovina is some 22 year old Albina Grčić, who first popped up on X Factor Adria back when that was a thing, and got lumped into a girlgroup in later stages, but to that she said “hvala ne” and moved on with her life, getting eliminated just like that. Queen <3 She did get her second chance to compete as a soloist and make a more prominent mark on her career when she ended up on The Voice in Croatia. She did well, placing third overall in the season, but somehow, during the duel stage, her coach initially favoured her fellow Dora 2021 contestant Filip Rudan:

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Her Voice success landed her a record deal with the Croatian division of Universal Music, she released a debut single, sometime later ended up on Dora, and here she is now, on Eurovision.

“Tick-Tock” is the song, a standard upbeat pop song, and one of the ones that talks about a girl leaving a terrible relationship and being so well over it that she “found [her]self and [she’s] finally free”, and the “tick-tock” here is used to represent the time passing by, not the sound of her heart, unlike a fellow ESC entry of a similar title. The tune (or its lyrics only) is co-authored by some dude you might’ve heard of from France’s 2018 preselection Destination Eurovision, and that is Max Cinnamon - some half-English guy with a half English song about love (”Ailleurs”) that did moderately averagely in the final... I don’t even know if his influence shows, I just love how 2021 has sort of become revenge of the NF flops but they’re writing other entries instead (Suzi P, “Adrenalina”).

REVIEW

I often don’t really fully vibe with female bops in Eurovision as much as I want to, like, for the most part they’re overhyped, and I let the “yass queeeeen” audience gorge on the everything their favourite bops give them. But this year there are plenty of great ones to choose from, as I think that it’s safe to say that most, if not all, are tucked in somewhere inside my top 20, top 25 at the very minimum. Croatia managed to even do the impossible and land into my top 10.

Why?

Well, the answer is that the song is just so damn good.

I mean, what’s NOT to like about it? It’s a catchy and upbeat song that incorporates xylophones (or whatever is it that sounds like them), guitars and synths; has a good bassline in the chorus; and it’s just... a very good composition overall, like, all the instruments in it are just in their right place and uplift the song massively. I also like Albina’s performance on it, both live and studio, it clearly shows that she’s a very good singer (also shown on her cover of the scandalous Oscar award snubbery “Husavik”). Sounds like a song a common pop loving Eurofan could gear themselves towards. Besides, it also has possibly my favourite pre-chorus section of the 2021 year? Oh wait, there’s also Switzerland, scratch that. “Tick-Tock” has one of my favourite pre-chorus sections of 2021. It builds up so well instrumentally and the way Albina sings it is even better. I obviously like to believe Albina heard those voices from far away that helped her to escape, has found herself, and she’s finally free from her “partner’s” bad lovin’ and restraint. Yas queen go be free you didn’t deserve his tomfoolery anyway! 👏 (Also I admire a section that’s not quite the pre-chorus but is still before the 1st chorus, the one that goes “If you pull me down then I'll come around” - literally just a lot of the parts of the song are full of nice vocal performance and I don’t regret ranking this in my top 10 not a second.)

If it has any drawbacks, it’s just that it gets a tad too repetitive after the halfway mark... like, the pre-chorus before the second chorus is the one to be repeated once again, and no new verse, nothing - but it does launch itself into something extraordinary, and that is a chorus in Croatian, which I assume she would perform in Eurovision because there’s no Eurovision version on the song promo bundle, I suppose. Comparatively the Croatian chorus is not as complex in lyrics as the English language one, and flows slightly differently too. But the song still has a long chorus by the end, and song with too many choruses is never a good sign for those that look for a song that’s constructed well, but I guess it’s a good factor for those that value the song’s catchiness. I guess that’s what one of the two Eurovision 2005 hosts valued the most when writing the Ukrainian 2006 entry “Show Me Your Love”, which if you ask me, is straight up 75% chorus, lol.

So yeah my verdict is that almost everything about this song, I like. I’m just a little devastated that in a usually very easily gorged on category of female bops, this just tends to lag behind in love, like a fellow song I really like this year, Israel. Instead people tend to prioritize Cyprus (which I get because they’ve established themselves as a girlbanger nation since Fuego swept Eurovision) and... probably even Azerbaijan? (which I might also get because Eurovision rarely has this thing called an ethnobop anymore, and it has more ethno than “Cleopatra” did, but still unnecessarily underwhelming lol.) Well then, in a year of female bangers, I would just like Croatia to not be swept under the rug come semis I guess. Yeah “Tick-Tock” may not sound like it brings something totally never seen before in a Eurovision environment (foreign language lyrics, themes about a break up, hell even her dancers looked like they were wearing the same hats as Tamta’s dancers), but you got to have a lot in you to sell a worn out idea to the new heights, and Albina does exactly that in my eyes.

Approval factor: Yeah! There is a lot of it in here for me. Follow-up factor: A great follow-up, not so great in regards to panini but musically it’s just going up and up from what we had in the past few years. I’ve actually not minded “The Dream” for the most part but I knew it was a chanceless plodding ballad and Roko harboured heaps of wasted potential working with Jacques Houdek and having wings as part of his performance, uff. *_* And then there’s “Divlji vjetre” which I also like a lot - a much better male ballad winner choice! If the Dora re-up winners keep being decent imo just like this, I have a feeling I will follow it a lot more often than I did just this one time this year. I am just saying that panini-wise, it was a sucky move from HRT for not allowing their last year’s winner promote his new song with Tijana (from Serbia 2017) on the Dora night, so we sadly only heard a pre-recorded opening version of “Divlji vjetre” to start off with :( Otherwise I think it’s not Dora’s fault in itself that Damir himself chose not to even submit an entry this year because he hadn’t found a good one - much like with Diodato for Sanremo (he was NOT rejected, if you think he still was, shush). But aside that, musically, it just keeps going up for me. Well done Croatia, for you’ve used to be a Eurovision country I don’t necessarily care about, that you brought two pretty damn good entries in a row. Qualification factor: I can absolutely trust in Albina bringing in a little bit of her charisma and well-likedness, and on top of that, a great vocal performance, in Rotterdam. Don’t ask me why, I just do. She doesn’t really perform her song live on pre-parties as much as I’d like to hope she would, but you heard girlie on the national selection, she didn’t win for nothing. Yeah yeah there might as well be female uptempo songs hungrier for the last spot, but I’d like to think Albina is one of the ones ready to devour than to be devoured. Go girl! Take us all dancing!

NF CORNER

To be honest with you, “Tick-Tock” winning Dora caught me by surprise. Ever since its re-up, the last two editions were kind of won by male ballads, and maaaaybe the dancey females were doing moderately well enough for themselves, but not overall? But look, juries were very keen on Albina, probably because she can SANG and she creates one hell of a fancy presence on her performance. And somehow she ended up snatching a win out of the hands of 5G conspiracy theorist 2016 representative Nina Kraljić, who was at first too drunk to care, but too unexpectedly sober to yell all over the soc. media how she was robbed and how the contest was rigged against her with her being on first and all that. Which is a shame that she is one of THOSE people, because her NF entry “Rijeka” is kinda nice? We did have the Balkan-esque ballads coming from Croatia in recent memory, but we haven’t had a truly proudly folksy one at that from Croatia for a long while, if not ever. Nina could’ve very well brought that to Rotterdam (and another mismatched wardrobe choice oops). But instead she was the one screaming “oh no, oh no, oh no”.

Actually I regarded Nina as one of my faves pre-show, and Albina was on her way, though she didn’t really cement the personal fav status until after all performances, thus making Nina and Albina switch spots for me. But truly, the one song that was my top favourite, iiiiiiiiiiis

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GIMME AN OCEAN! OF LOVE!

2021 made me realize that damn, maybe anything that’s funky is my favourite music genre afterall. Up until then I vibed with entries like “Tonight Again” and “What’s the Pressure?” that had this sort of energetic flair and very rhythmic kinda sound to it, but 2021 just simply cemented it to me that my music world has probably been about nice and smooth and funky all along. I owe so much gratitude to ToMa first and foremost along the lines of more to have come in this year’s lineups - I just can’t not want to dance to “Ocean of Love”, and ToMa is quite alright at selling it live as well. There are small gripes with some instrument usages but that doesn’t detract from the fact that I love love LOVE funky guitar tunes.

Aside from that, I can give shout outs to Beta Sudar, whose song not only was underrated, but also had an underrated meme format throughout its performance:

My other props go to Bernarda, who not only competed in a national selection singing a song about seeing “Colors” while blind (and ironically there was a song called “Blind” in that same NF sung by a well-seeing guy!!), but also for finally putting this every country’s reject to rest. Seriously. That particular song was passed on to everyone in need of a competitive Eurovision bop, from Poli Genova to Helena Paparizou as of recently. Oh well, at least the song died a honourable death - well performed slice of good typical Eurovision pop (maybe even overperformed a little towards the end), that got a good rank with the regional juries, but somewhat murdered in televote, fellow Boris Milanov composition “Chameleon” style.

This one Mia Negovetić chick was promising too! Her song was written by the Debs and you might be tired of them trying to continue infiltrating Eurovision at this point, but a lot of their Eurovision songs are usually something I enjoy, “She’s Like a Dream” is no exception. Nothing but 3 minutes of pastel-dressed Croatian Ariana Grande doing what she does best <3

Oh and also some dudes tried to play chess on stage too I guess. But their song is not worth looking into, because one of the acts on it is apparently also a conspiracist, and maybe because oft this their entry is aptly titled “Sing, for the freedom has arrived!” lol I wonder what exactly is the kind of freedom you’re thinking of my guy

Was this the “better mood game” Laura was warning everyone about? Beats me

NF CORNER (NON-COMPETITIVE)

• It’s still hilarious to me as to how one of the acts this year, Brigita Vuco, was planning to bring in backing dancers, only for them to show a fake COVID test or something and outright BARRED from coming with her on stage. <3 Whatever she intended to do with them dancers, I have absolutely no idea, but at least she committed to her song being about drunken nights visually by having all these blurry shots

• Nina Kraljić’s greenroom shenanigans, from the “1-2-3, 1-2-3, drink” to numb the sadness over some results (and the 8 she got from the region Rijeka for the song “Rijeka” lmao), to whatever she saw on the phone that made her smile or go neutral

• Greenroom reactions in general. I swear, this year had cameramen in every single corner everywhere just to make sure something covers up for a human audience instead of severals of Zoom screens permitted to act as an audience. Random people in greenrooms were doing some sort of emotions after random acts, and also randomly they ended up pointing a camera towards an act that lost, but the act didn’t treat losing as if it were such a big deal <3

• All the other memes the Croatian Twitter might’ve noticed me for:

seriously Bernarda was locked in a bluelight mathematical dice contraption. how fucking cool is that

ANY LAST WORDS?

I just fucking hope that Albina shatters any doubts that people have had about her song come rehearsals, and somehow Croatia AND Israel slip through, because never too many female bangers I appreciate in the final, if they all are the bangers I appreciate, lol.

#eurovision #eurovision 2021 #rotterdam 2021 reviews #croatia #Albina Grčić #albina #tick-tock

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white-eyed-girl · 3 years

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My personal top 39 for ESC 2021 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Soooo our beloved Eurovision Song Contest is back in less than a week It still seems unbelievable that it's actually happening after TWO years of waiting :" But it is, and it anticipates to be an extremely intense one. So many countries have their best shot at winning, ever or in a very long long time, that it's honestly sad only one of them will make it (can we get at least a couple winners like 30 years ago asdfghj)

There will be A LOT of comparing to last year's songs in my top It was inevitable I still tried to keep my opinion as detatched as possibile...but yeah, in some cases it was harder than in others

As the days go by, I can definitely feel the excitement rising but, at the same time, I confess I'm not too sad at the fact this 2-years-long ESC season made of constant comparisons and huge previous expectations is coming to an end :" But I sure hope it will bring us something great on its way out! Please don't hate me if your country or your favourite is low asdfghjk

39) Portugal - Love is on my side - I...this song coming from Portugal feels like a disappointment on every level :" (sorry if someone from Portugal is reading this!)

38) Georgia - You - Probably the biggest downgrade from last year Like, I don't understand where the song is trying to go and the answer I have in mind after listening to it is "nowhere"

37) North Macedonia - Here I stand - Are they trying to re-make Proud (which was honestly already quite overrated imo but had its appeal at least)? :" but juries like this kind of stuff I guess so who knows if they'll manage to avoid the last place

36) Slovenia - Amen - Ehhh idk this sounds a bit preach-y and religion makes me uncomfortable :" BUT religion-themed music isn't inherently bad, I just don't think this year we've been served the good stuff in this regard

35) Austria - Amen - I don't know what's with everyone this year lol but I think at least in this one the religious element is just a metaphor...I actually came to know the story behind this song and wow, it's a pretty heartbreaking one and it explains the radical change in style - sadly song-wise I still feel like last year's style suited him more

34) Moldavia - Sugar - This kind of music has little to no effect on me I fear :"

33) Poland - The ride - Something about this is weirdly enjoyable, but I just zone out after one minute of listening to it

32) Estonia - The lucky one - A masterpiece compared to last year's song, but it was my last place so it didn't take much I guess :" Estonia please come back to your senses T-T

31) Spain - Voy a quedarme - No improvement, no downgrade...we're more or less where we were last year...unfortunately, not a particularly interesting place :" The granny in the video is so cute though!

30) Norway - Fallen Angel - I legit have no idea what to think about this The message is great and I respect him for wanting to talk about certain issues but the song is just...so dull, and those things he wanted to talk about, besides not really contributing to the song at all, just make it sound like a good intention with poor execution in my eyes Translating it was the nail on the coffin

''It'S oNlY lOw BeCaUsE oF KeIiNo'' Just in case, stfu :" So many songs I have in stellar places on here (Croatia and France just to make a spoiler) weren't even my winners in their NFs This is here PRIMARILY because I find the song not good, and very much secondarily because I'm still mad out of my mind. Also this cringe joke-stalking thing he's doing with Efendi is kinda weird

29) Romania - Amnesia - ...I don't know. I really liked her song last year, but this one is just kind of there

28) Israel - Set me free - The revamp made it slightly more its own song but I fear that, among the returning artists, this is still one of the biggest downgrades. I'm...still not sure about those whistle-notes :" but Eden's ability to reach them sure is impressive!

27) San Marino - Adrenalina - For being San Marino, there's so much of this that shouldn't even be put in the same sentence, and yet there it is and maybe it could even work in its own mysterious ways lmao It's mostly up here for the effort xD But people who think this can actually win make me smile, I admit it :" even being sure that it will qualify is a stretch imo Senhit looks like a pretty cool lady though

#eurovision 2021 #eurovision song contest #esc top #personal top #esc #eurovision #I get to start posting my top finally asdfghjfgh

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residentraccoon · 3 years

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Fave 2021 national finals songs

Since I don't have anything better to do with my life at the moment I decided to ramble about stuff. Okay, here are my thoughts about my fave songs from the national finals of 2021, in no particular order!

Norsk Melodi Grand Prix

• Monument was my absolute favourite and I still can't believe to this day that it didn't win :( Keiino are fking fantastic and they killed the stage (though I kind of preffered the black outfits from the 1st heat over the final ones, they suited the song's athmosphere better). I cried real tears when I saw they lost, for real. Heartbreak 💔

• Hero was such a nice throwback to 80s music style, the staging was also really neat. Would love to see Raylee come back next year in the selection, she has a cool stage presence

• Okay but Vi er Norge was a banger and I'm still listening to this one, a real shame it didn't even qualify nor win the 2nd chance round. As you already knew before, I have a weakness for violins because yes. The performance was so energetic and fun, should have def qualified. Underrated.

• Ut av mørket/Fallen angel was really good too. I wanted it to be kept in norwegian for esc but oh well. The stage show was just a tad messy but memorable.

• I can't escape was something I'd hear from Roxen ngl, the style matches her perfectly, even her cursive singing, everything. Either way I loved this one too, this song feels like a hug.

• Pages was so magical, I'm glad we got another joik song, sadly this didn't qualify 😥

• World on fire was kind of generic but puts me in a good mood everytime I listen to it, it's really catchy.

• Let loose is so g r o o v y and cool, it was my fave from the 1st heat when I got to listen to the songs. I'm lowkey happy it advanced to the final instead of Elevate, I'm sorry but I saw everyone praising that one in youtube comments, I never saw the hype, it was too regular and plain for me.

• Own yourself was so cute and funky, loved how it showed her ethnic background a lil with that disco sound.

• Witch woods...ehhh...While it's funny and unique, I think it's suited more for a witch Disney musical than Eurovision. But I like it anyway.

• Faith Bloody Faith oh yes I needed a rock song in this nf. Relieved it won the 2nd chance. Oh and I just realized, the superfinalists in mgp were literally the ones from the 1st heat. Crazy huh?

• Nordlyset is something I'd listen to near a fireplace with a cup of hot chocolate in hands watching the snow fall in my cottage located in a forest far away from civillization. So soothing and beautiful <3

• Eyes wide open was epic just like his 2020 viking schlager song (i prefer his 2020 song over this one but that's another story)

Melodifestivalen

• Little tot was amazing but def not as good as Bulletproof. It's still catchy asf and one of my favs from this selection.

• Dandi Dansa aka a banger, again another catchy song.

• Every minute sounds like a summer hit, it's awesome. It's also the spawner of all those haha eric on a kitchen tile memes I've seen around during that time.

• The world and especially Sweden wasn't ready for the masterpiece called Rena Rama Ding Dong. They should tone down their preference for safe pop songs and choose meme worthy songs like this one in the future tbh. They didn't even qualify, Sweden = coward.

• One Touch is a fun club track, I can see this as a summer hit as well. But her stage show...go girl give us nothing

• In the middle, once again The Mamas delivered.

• And finally Voices, which its nf staging was superior to the esc one. We are so sorry Tusse 😔

Festivali i Këngës

• Zjarri Im a total banger, it wasn't even in the top 5 ffs Era Rusi queen.

• Njësoj has such a nice party vibe, should have qualified.

• Haven't paid any attention to Karma until it won, then I said hey this isn't so bad, it's traditional and ethnic, I can actually see Albania in the final with this.

Dora

• Rijeka was the only one I thought it will win by a landslide and I was surprised it didn't. The staging was a bit too over the top, though

• Tick Tock grew on me after it won and quickly became one of my faves of this year's esc. I'm still sad it didn't qualify 😔

• She's like a dream is super uplifting and also sounds like an 80s song.

• Colors is something I heard a million times before but for some reason I'm jamming to this? Also I heard she's blind, is it true?

Eesti Laul

• Took me a while to have a fave from this nf but after some listens Magus Melanhoolia stole my heart 🧡 it's so different from the others and the staging looked so proffesional.

• Lost in a dance had me d a n c i n, I noticed we had a lot of 80s throwbacks in this nf season, this included. The live was so dissapointing though 😔

• Not so keen on 6 at first but now I absolutely love it, she has such a nice style and the song's athmosphere is so magical.

• Time was amazing, surprised it came 2nd!

• I actually liked The lucky one lmao, I found it much better than his previous entry.

• Heaven's not that far tonight was the party 80s bop we didn't knew we needed

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix

• Probably my biggest letdown of this nf season but I actually managed to like Står lige her, digging the electro 80s (again) sound

• I also liked Øve os på hinanden as well, this one really feels like a legit 80s track rather than a throwback.

• Silver Bullet was interesting as well, it was the early frontrunner when the songs first came out from what I remember.

Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu

• I love you is so wacky and catchy, and in finnish! I'd hear this as a soundtrack in an old video game.

• Dark Side was the definite winner ever since I heard it, and they even got a top 10 finish for Finland for the first time in years! Couldn't be more proud 😭

• Hurt was also one of my favs, Aksel needs to come back to esc, maybe in 2022 methinks 🤔

• Wait what is Laura Põldvere, an estonian singer tm doing in finnish nf? While I liked Play, I knew it wasn't strong enough to win, and she even came last. Do you get any flashbacks from another estonian entry with the same name that came last? 👀

C'est vous qui decidez

• Voila was the clear winner and that's about it, she deserved the win, it's just too beautiful for this world 😭

• Alleluia was an interesting sound of afrobeat, too bad their chances were killed because of messy staging :(

• Amour fou was so catchy and I loved the horse head thing lmao

Pabandom iš naujo

• Discoteque all day any day. The Roop world domination 💛

• Where'd you wanna go is so calming. I listen to this when I'm stressed and it works wonders, this was really beautiful.

• Open is so unique and soothing, a total contrast from her 2014 entry.

• Never fall for you again is a total earworm, even now as I'm writing this...even if I haven't listened to it since February.

Sanremo

• Zitti e Buoni was my instant fave, it simply stood out from the others by a lot.

Festival da Canção

• Por um triz is a beautiful ballad, was my fave.

• Saudade was the early favourite, reminds me of Telemoveis with its weird but artsy style.

Israel NF

• ...I really only liked Set me free tbh.

• La la love had a good potential but I can't not cringe at the corona reference like...ugh. Such a fun party song killed by one lyric, such a shame.

Russia's NF

• Just Russian Woman was the only one who deserved to win.

Spain's NF

• Yeah, they were both good but I liked Voy a Quedarme more.

#txt #oh my god oKAY this is a long post af #eurovision

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unclefungusthegoat · 5 years

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Eurovision Top 12 - 17/02/19

Been so distracted with a certain video game that I haven’t really posted my thoughts on the first 12 Eurovision songs that have been announced, so here are some ramblings and my ranking!

Just a reminder that this is my opinion only! No hate for any of the artists or countries either! <3

1- Estonia (Victor Crone - Storm)

I ADORE this. Yeah, it’s not exactly the most original song in the world, and live is a bit shaky, but I get really into it, arms waving and everything. One of the few NF songs I’ve been listening to repeatedly this year so I’m really happy it won last night! My firm number one at the moment.

2- United Kingdom (Michael Rice - Bigger Than Us)

I was a bit gutted to miss our National Final this year (I spent it at Gatwick airport and then sat in a traffic jam hahaha) but I’m pretty darn happy with this choice- the gospel, the melody and the key change! I’d been rooting for Sweet Lies (Kerrie Anne’s version) but Michael seriously outperformed her and I’m definitely excited for the revamp... although I’m not even sure it really needs it!

3- Australia (Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity)

This is divisive this year, but I really quite enjoy it! The last 40 seconds or so is a bit messy with the ‘nothing holding me down’s (not unbearably so though!). I really like the kind of staccato vocals and her ethereal voice.

4- Italy (Mahmood - Soldi)

I didn’t like this when I first heard it, thought it was a bit monotonous, but there’s something really unique about it, and once you start clapping, that’s it, you’re too far gone to hate it anymore. His voice is fascinating and I like the rhythms in the song, and I actually think this is becoming a strong contender for my final top 10!

5- Spain (Miki - La Venda)

Hahahaha this is equal parts annoying and fun. He’s not the best singer live, he sounds a bit out of breath, but he’s having such a good time, it doesn’t even matter. I find the chorus’s melody just a little bit grating at times, but will still bop to this when it comes on. Will most likely move below France soon though.

6- France (Bilal Hassani - Roi)

QUAND JE REVE JE SUIS UN ROI. I love the French language so much, and singing that line brings me so much joy (especially since I understood it without having to look it up haha). Bilal seriously needs to work on his live performance, but the studio cut of this is pretty enjoyable! Pretty sure this will soon move above Spain.

7- Slovenia (Zala Kralj & Gasper Santl - Sebi)

One of the songs I need to listen to again, but my first impression was pretty positive! Can’t really remember how it goes at the moment off the top of my head, but considering I want to listen again, I take that as a good sign!

8- Latvia (Carousel - That Night)

Mellow and smooth, this may move up or down when more songs are announced, depending on whether it stays interesting for me. At the moment, it’s the kind of song I’d listen to if I want to relax, but not something I’d immediately jump to put on. She has a lovely voice and (massively unpopular opinion) I’m so glad this won over Cherry Absinthe, god I hated that song hahaha

9- Czech Republic (Lake Malawi - Friend of a Friend)

There’s a charm to this that just gets me. I hated the faux English accent to start with, but the whole thing feels really retro British overall and I quite like it? I found myself singing along earlier. Not as bad as everyone says it is. Might still move up in the ranking.

10- Albania (Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju Tokes)

Oh Albania, you were my winner with Eugent Bushpepa last year, but I just can’t get behind this. I like the mystical quality to some of the melody, but it just feels like three minutes of shouting to me. Sorry.

11- Montenegro (D-Moll - Heaven)

Ugh. Just... ugh. Cheap, dated, like a really bad reject from the Disney Channel circa 2005. How are those people standing up there thinking this is good? Bring on the revamp, but it’s going to have to be damn brilliant to change my mind.

12- Croatia (Roko - The Dream)

I burst into laughter when my sister came into the room to show me this... can it even be called a song? It’s like we’ve been transported back to 2008, and those were dark days for Eurovision. Every time I click through the video, he’s still singing the same note hahahaha I DREAM OF LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE. YOU DREAM OF LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE. ANGELS OF GOOOOOOOOOOOOD. Might vote for it out of sheer amusement like I did with Chain of Lights in 2015.

And that’s it for now! I’m not really keeping up with the NF season this year, it was all a bit much last year, but I am rooting for Army of Love for Romania, and Spirit in the Sky for Norway. Also BELARUS, you robbed us of the trash bop that was Kinky Boots and I will never forgive you.

#eurovision #eurovision 2019 #eurovision song contest

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mexicaneurolover · 5 years

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Eurovision 2018 my top 43

Hello, and welcome to another episode of this ESC tops series, and ending with the retro season, I go back to May 8, 10 and 12, 2018, when the 63rd edition of the contest was held in Lisbon, Portugal, after Salvador Sobral’s victory in Kiev last year, making this the first time Portugal hosted the contest. 43 countries took part, and Russia returned after their little issue last year, so nobody withdrew or was disqualified that year. This year was historic because Russia, Azerbaijan and Romania lost their 100% qualification record and many countries achieved amazing results never seen before. The contest was won by Israel and Netta with the song Toy, making this their 4th victory overall and the first one after 20 years. And now, let’s review the songs and see you until June for another post of this kind!

1st Place: CYPRUS/Eleni Foureira-Fuego (Real Placing: 2nd-436 points)

QUEEN ELENI FOUREIRA GAVE US SLAYAGE DURING HER PERFORMANCE, the song is everything I love in a pop song, the music is so good, I love it, also her voice was better than I expected it to be, and I was so surprised because all the performance was literal fire, and the dancing is so catchy and I learnt all the choreography, well, I’m clumsy but I try, and i think this song deserved to win because it’s amazing, this had all the winning elements, and maybe one day Cyprus will actually win this contest motivated by this awesome woman.

2nd Place: BULGARIA/Equinox-Bones (Real Placing: 14th-166 points)

Seriously this song finished outside the top 10? IT’S AN AMAZING ENTRY, it’s mysterious, dark, and I loved the performance so much, all of them are amazing singers and they deserved a better result, I was so hypnotized by this song when it came out and I thought this might do it for Bulgaria, but they flopped so hard. Still this is an amazing song and I always listen to this song.

3rd Place: GERMANY/Michael Schulte-You let me walk alone (Real Placing: 4th-340 points)

YAAAAAS FINALLY GERMANY IS IN THE TOP AGAIN, and what a beautiful song, his voice is amazing, the performance is very wonderful and it’s such a perfect entry, the lyrics are so sad yet amazing and they make me cry so much. The best German entry since 2013 IMO, and it had a perfect result, I’m so happy for them.

4th Place: CZECH REPUBLIC/Mikolas Josef-Lie to me (Real Placing: 6th-281 points)

Finally, their first top 10 placing ever, and what a banger this entry is!!! He’s so hot, the music is amazing, maybe the lyrics are a bit cringy but I enjoy this entry so much, also the performance is perfect and despite his accident he did marvelously, this entry always stayed at my top 5 and it’s the best Czech entry ever.

5th Place: BELGIUM/Sennek-A matter of time (Real Placing: 12th SF1-91 points)

ONE OF THE BIGGEST ROBBERIES OF THE YEAR, I WAS SO ANGRY WHEN THIS STAYED AT THE SEMI AAAAAAAAAAAA. The music is so beautiful, the lyrics are nice and I fell in love with this beautiful woman, maybe the performance was a bit mediocre but it’s what this song needed, a simple one, and I must admit her vocals were a bit shaky but I’M IN LOVE WITH THIS SONG SO MUCH, IT’S PERFECT.

6th Place: FRANCE/Madame Monsieur-Mercy (Real Placing: 13th-173 points)

Poor France, they sent another amazing song and they were snubbed by the public, they sang amazingly well and the performance was beautiful, they managed to create a perfect atmosphere on the arena that night and I loved them so much, this is so French pop and I thought this was going to be top 5, merci France pour une chanson tres belle. One of my favorite entries ever.

7th Place: ESTONIA/Elina Nechayeva-La forza (Real Placing: 8th-245 points)

Estonia singing in Italian, how interesting, and this entry is pure grace and preciousness, she’s so stunning on stage, her voice is just like the voice from an angel and I’m crazy for her, I’ve seen many of her performances and they are all flawless, the staging here is beautiful, and loved the projections of the dress, simply a stunning entry and I think this deserved more on the night.

8th Place: SWEDEN/Benjamin Ingrosso-Dance you off (Real Placing: 7th-274 points)

The words “with 21 points... Sweden” are marked in my soul because I laughed so hard. This song has a perfect sound, it’s very retro and it reminds me of Justin Bieber somehow, his voice is nice, the performance was so slick and perfect and he’s so cute as well, and it’s one of my most listened entries last year, however I thought Felix Sandman or Jessica Anderson would’ve been amazing entries as well. Well done Benjamin!!!

9th Place: AUSTRIA/Cesár Sampson-Nobody but you (Real Placing: 3rd-342 points)

One of the biggest surprises of the year, and it was such a pleasant one, he’s so sexy and he has an amazing voice, also the music has that gospel feeling that makes it so enjoyable and pleasant, and I loved so much the performance. When I saw it topping the jury vote I was confused but happy, and I thought this was going to win, but then the televote came and it was a bit sad. This entry grows day by day with me.

10th Place: ALBANIA/Eugent Bushpepa-Mall (Real Placing: 11th-184 points)

YEEEEEES ALBANIA IN THE FINAL, this man is so handsome and has a powerful and beautiful voice, the music is so amazing and I love his high notes so much, I was surprised by his result but I think this deserved so much more, one of the best Albanian songs in the contest.

11th Place: LITHUANIA/Ieva Zasimauskaitė-When we’re old (Real Placing: 12th-181 points)

Awwww another lovely ballad with a lovely meaning, her voice is so sweet and the performance was so intimate and I loved it so much, and the fact her husband appeared at the end was so romantic. IMO it’s one of the best Lithuanian entries ever.

12th Place: FINLAND/Saara Aalto-Monsters (Real Placing: 25th-46 points)

Another one of my faves from that year, I was so happy when this song was selected, and when it qualified because it was a deserving result, but then she came second... to last and I couldn’t understand why, the performance maybe was too much but her vocals were on point.

13th Place: UNITED KINGDOM/SuRie-Storm (Real Placing: 24th-48 points)

SURIE YOU QUEEN, this song is so lovely, the music is very nice and her voice is so strong and powerful, the performance was perfect, and despite the incident with that men, she managed to do an amazing job and she finished with a loud roar from the public, and I was clapping so hard in my house. I love this song so much and it deserved more.

14th Place: IRELAND/Ryan O'Shaughnessy-Together (Real Placing: 16th-136 points)

Oh I’m so happy for him, he did amazingly well, this is a very lovely ballad with sad lyrics, his voice is amazing, the music is beautiful and the performance was an absolute delight to see, at first I thought this was a mediocre song but it slowly grew up on me, and I’m so happy because they got in the final after many many years.

15th Place: MOLDOVA/DoReDos-My lucky day (Real Placing: 10th-209 points)

One of the most cheerful entries this year, the music reminds me of the songs of the late 00′s and I love the traditional sounds mixed with modern ones, also they are amazing singers and the performance is so catchy, funny and perfect, I can’t help but smile with this song.

16th Place: SPAIN/Amaia & Alfred-Tu canción (Real Placing: 23rd-61 points)

Poor Spain, they performed in second place so everybody forgot about this song, they sang so lovely together and the performance was very simple, maybe too simple, I think some pyro would’ve been amazing at the ending, and this song will remain as one of my favorites from that year, it’s very romantic.

17th Place: AZERBAIJAN/Aisel-X my heart (Real Placing: 11th SF1-94 points)

Also Azerbaijan failed to qualify for the first time, and I can say that this is a very guilty pleasure of mine, the song is very nice, the music is good and her voice was a bit shaky that night, but still the performance was so lovely and I was very sad that she didn’t get through to the final.

18th Place: PORTUGAL/Cláudia Pascoal-O jardim (Real Placing: 26th-39 points/last)

WHY THIS SONG CAME LAST?!? IT’S A VERY UNDERSERVED RESULT. Her voice is beautiful, the song is breathtaking and the performance was so intimate and beautiful, I was amazed by this the first time I heard it and the lyrics are so beautiful as well. I still don’t understand how this masterpiece finished last.

19th Place: ITALY/Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro-Non mi avete fatto niente (Real Placing: 5th-308 points)

This entry always makes me cry because the lyrics are so strong but true, and the music is also very special and they are amazing singers together, also the performance was simple but effective and wow, I’m so touched by this song, i feel so bad because of placing it so low.

20th Place: ISRAEL/Netta-Toy (Real Placing: 1st-529 points)

Finally I have to say this, there are parts I love about this and parts I hate, the chorus is good but the verses are a bit weird, the lyrics are so good and her voice is strong but in the live performance it was a bit bad, I don’t think this was a deserving winner but I love the message of it.

21st Place: GREECE/Yianna Terzi-Oniro mou (Real Placing: 14th SF1-81 points)

Another one of my faves that didn’t qualify, I love this song so much, the ethnic elements blend perfectly with modern sounds, and her voice was a bit shaky but it’s a very good one, the performance was such a disappointment and I expected dancers with her, I’m hypnotized by this song, and it’s one of my fave Greek entries of the decade.

22nd Place: SWITZERLAND/ZiBBZ-Stones (Real Placing: 13th SF1-86 points)

Speaking of unfair results, this is added to my list of favorite non qualifiers, the music in this song makes me feel amazing, her voice is so amazing, she’s gorgeous and the performance was so good, so I can’t understand how this song didn’t make the final, I fell in love with this song since it won the NF.

23rd Place: UKRAINE/Mélovin-Under the ladder (Real Placing: 17th-130 points)

This entry is so good, I love the music so much because it’s beautiful, also his voice is so powerful and cool, and the performance is perfect, I loved the beginning, and when I saw this last in the jury vote I was confused, but thanks to the televote this rose up and it was a decent result, also he performed first which was cool.

24th Place: DENMARK/Rasmussen-Higher ground (Real Placing: 9th-226 points)

Another powerful song, his voice is amazing, and the performance is so vikingesque which is perfect, and I love the lyrics so much, and the music makes me feel so strong and wanting to do a change in the world, I was so happy when I saw him on the top 10.

25th Place: SLOVENIA/Lea Sirk-Hvala, ne! (Real Placing: 22nd-64 points)

Another surprise for me, but this was a pleasant one, I was so happy because of this song going through the final, Lea’s voice is perfect, the music is so amazing and the performance was perfect, also that pause was cool. I think this is a very amazing song and I enjoyed it so much.

26th Place: HUNGARY/AWS-Viszlát nyár (Real Placing: 21st-93 points)

AWWWWW YESSSS PURE HARD ROCK, I love this entry so much! It makes me feel so amazing, his voice is an absolute delight to listen and I’m crazy about the music and the performance, this gives me a lot of energy. I think this song deserved so much more in the final, and I feel so bad because of putting this so low.

27th Place: FYR MACEDONIA/Eye Cue-Lost and found (Real Placing: 18th SF1-24 points)

Okay, I have mixed feelings after this performance, this song was top 5 material because it’s a very amazing song, and I love the different rhythms here, but the performance, her dress and her voice were so bad that I felt so bad because of putting this so low, and this had a lot of chance to get through the final. PLEASE IMPROVE YOUR STAGINGS FYROM (or North Macedonia)

28th Place: THE NETHERLANDS/Waylon-Outlaw in ‘em (Real Placing: 18th-121 points)

OH WAYLON YOU’RE SO HANDSOME, this song is so good and it’s amazing, I love the country rock vibes here and he has an amazing voice, the performance was a bit of a letdown but I still enjoyed it so much, certainly this is a very nice entry, and oh my God his eyes are beautiful.

29th Place: POLAND/Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer-Light me up (Real Placing: 14th SF1-81 points)

One of my favorite songs ruined by an awful vocal performance and a very flat performance, this was a breath of fresh air from recent Polish entries, the music is so modern and cool, i think with another singer this would’ve been so much better.

30th Place: LATVIA/Laura Rizzotto-Funny girl (Real Placing: 12th SF2-106 points)

Awwww another good song that failed to qualify, and I was sure about this one as well, because she had a flawless performance, and it’s a very good song, I love the music, the lyrics are so strong as well, but overall this entry was very good, and I think this deserved more.

31st Place: MALTA/Christabelle-Taboo (Real Placing: 13th SF2-101 points)

One of my growers that year, at first I hated this, and then I ended up liking it, that performance was stunning and her voice was on point, so I was so sure she was going to the final because she deserved it so much, and then it didn’t qualify, which was unexpected for me. I hope she’ll come back soon because she’s an amazing singer and she deserved more. ALSO WHY THIS CAME LAST IN THE TELEVOTE IN THE SEMI.

32nd Place: NORWAY/Alexander Rybak-That’s how you write a song (Real Placing: 15th-144 points)

A former king of Eurovision is back, but with a mediocre song, the music is so funky and it’s lovely, but I can’t stand the lyrics, his voice is so good but I can’t connect with this song, still I was so sad about his result in the final.

33rd Place: CROATIA/Franka-Crazy (Real Placing: 17th SF1-63 points)

Poor Franka as well, her voice is so stunning, she’s beautiful but I was so bored of the performance, I expected something as in the music video, but it was so flat. The music is so sexy and the lyrics are so nice, but there was something missing here.

34th Place: RUSSIA/Julia Samoylova-I won’t break (Real Placing: 15th SF2-65 points)

Russia is out of the finals for the first time ever... that’s so historic, and I saw this coming when the song was released, it was a very flat song, and Julia’s voice was so broken on the performance, which was a shame because it was so beautiful. Also they lowered the song and made it sad and uninspiring, I think she deserved a better song and I admire her so much.

35th Place: MONTENEGRO/Vanja Radovanović-Inje (Real Placing: 16th SF2-40 points)

A Balkan ballad, it was a long time since one of this songs, and sadly this is one of the most forgettable songs ever, the music is lovely but this is a bit flat, but his voice is perfect and beautiful, also what’s with that blue suit, it’s so funny to see.

36th Place: ROMANIA/The Humans-Goodbye (Real Placing: 11th SF2-107 points)

The first time Romania failed to qualify from the semi, and I can see why, this is a bit boring, and it fails to catch my attention until the last part comes, I must admit she has an outstanding voice and it’s a melancholic rock song, but this is a flat song.

37th Place: ICELAND/Ari Oláfsson-Our choice (Real Placing: 19th SF1-15 points/last)

Poor Ari, he has the voice of an angel, but this song is so boring and forgettable, the lyrics are so cliché but the performance was very nice, unfortunately this doesn’t go anywhere.

38th Place: SAN MARINO/Jessika & Jenifer Brening-Who we are (Real Placing: 17th SF2-28 points)

This had a promising start but then the chorus arrives and everything fades away, also Jessika’s voice wasn’t so good in the life performance and she was like scared, also the robots were a bit weird in the performance, but they were lovely. I don’t know why this won 1in360 but I’d wanted to see Sara de Blue here.

39th Place: SERBIA/Sanja Ilić & Balkanika-Nova deca (Real Placing: 19th-113 points)

IMO one of the most unexpected qualifiers in that year, this was my favorite song of the Beovizija but I thought this wasn’t going to qualify, so I was so surprised, this has a very nice melody and it’s pleasant to listen, but sadly this is all I have to say about this one.

40th Place: GEORGIA/Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao-For you (Real Placing: 18th SF2-24 points/last)

This entry is... interesting, I never expected to see this genre at ESC, they have nice harmonies and voices, and the music is cute, but there are some parts that I find so weird, and it’s a bit annoying because I was expecting more from them, and this came as an effortless so I was

41st Place: AUSTRALIA/Jessica Mauboy-We got love (Real Placing: 20th-99 points)

This entry is my definition of flat, the music is so basic and her voice was so shaky, and the performance was so boring and uninteresting, also the lyrics are a bit cheesy and I usually like those songs, but this was so boring for me, and I must admit I expected more of this song.

42nd Place: BELARUS/Alekseev-Forever (Real Placing: 16th SF1-65 points)

I know this might be an unpopular opinion, but I never liked this song at all, I find it a bit boring and flat, even if the revamp made it a bit better, his voice was so shaky and I was so disturbed by the performance, it creeped me out. I’d preferred to see Hmarki in the contest.

43rd Place: ARMENIA/Sevak Khanagyan-Qami (Real Placing: 15th SF1-79 points)

Ummm I didn’t like this entry since it was selected, surely he has a nice voice and it’s so strong, but this is a boring and uninteresting entry, and I was sure this wasn’t going to qualify, despite being in Armenian which is a lovely language.

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some thoughts on this year’s entries

or i guess just a ranking with comments tacked on

albania - this year’s nf season was a let down for me, partly because a lot of the winning songs weren’t the best on offer, and partly because albania picked first and nothing could live up to it. i love the depth this has, the dark, almost tribal vibes, and most of all i love how they didn’t fuck up the revamp like they usually do. if this is staged correctly, i think this could do really well. 10/10

greece - i feel like this has been overlooked in the wider fandom, which is odd because greek entries are usually pretty polarising, for better or for worse. regardless, i really like this. it’s atmospheric, powerful as hell, and katerine is more than capable of nailing it live. don’t count greece out just yet! 9.5/10

portugal - festival da canção was easily the best nf this year and the portuguese public picked wisely. telemóveis is such an intriguing song with a really curious sound, so traditional yet so modern at the same time. i’m not 100% on the staging, but they have time to figure it out. 9.5/10

spain - la venda wasn’t the song i was rooting for in the selection (rip todo bien, never forgotten) but i’m fully on board with it now. this works so well with a big audience, and you just know that the crowd will be on his side. if this doesn’t go top 10 at the very least i’ll be stunned. 9/10

cyprus - this is just as instant as fuego for me. not sure if tamta will do as well as eleni, but the cypriot delegation has definitely found their winning formula. 9/10

malta - malta is not fucking around this year. this is a verified banger, and their best entry in years, perhaps their best ever. take as many youtube ads as you want, michela, you deserve them. 8.5/10

azerbaijan - without a doubt, azerbaijan is back with a vengeance. you can tell they’re determined to set the record straight and prove that last year was just a blip, because this is great and hopefully the live performance reflects that. 8.5/10

denmark - i really should hate this, but i can’t. it’s so innocent and cheerily optimistic in a way that i can only be jealous of whilst humming along to the chorus. this deserves to do well. 8/10

italy - it took me a little while to warm up to soldi, but once i finally got there i really started to appreciate it. i don’t think it’s a winner, but it’s a very good song, and in the end that’s all that matters. 8/10

san marino - yes, serhat is in my top 10, and what of it? you only wish your fave could write a song in ten minutes and have it go off like this. and yes, if he doesn’t qualify you’ll catch me openly sobbing in the streets for weeks. 8/10

switzerland - an unabashed bop with some actual choreography, but lacking lyrically. then again, so was fuego and that popped off live. he’s also working with the same stage director as eleni, which can only be good news for him. 7.5/10

the netherlands - don’t get me wrong, it’s a very polished song and i’m sure duncan’s great but like... is that it? this is the big fan favourite? i’m very whelmed. 7.5/10

armenia - i was expecting something like yete karogh es from srbuk, so this came completely out of left field in the best way possible. i thought we’d lost our token edgy pop song when ukraine dropped out, but armenia saved us at the last minute. the only thing i’m worried about are her vocals, because, from what i’ve seen, she isn’t the most confident performer. 7/10

serbia - another respectable but ultimately pretty safe pick from serbia this year. nevena has a really strong voice and she sells the song well, so i think she’ll avoid another moje 3 style placement. 7/10

germany - first of all, aly ryan was robbed. secondly, thank god the surprise song didn’t win. thirdly, this is alright. nothing spectacular, but it’s cute and the spinning stage was a great stylistic choice. 7/10

latvia - thank you latvia for letting this win and rejecting markus riva’s basic ass for the sixth year in a row WHEW i really love the whole atmosphere that surrounds this. barring a miracle, however, i don’t think it’ll qualify, but it’s still a good attempt. 6.5/10

sweden - i don’t think it’s john’s most solid composition, but it’s a decent entry nevertheless and it’s nice to see sweden picking an entry that isn’t generic pop again. 6.5/10

united kingdom - my only faint glimmer of national pride so far this year is that we managed to pick the only good song from the flaming garbage pile that was our nf. yeah, the lyrics are redundant and it’s a ballad by numbers, but michael gives it his all and it really pays off. 6.5/10

ireland - this will absolutely not do well but who cares, it’s fun and harmless. super chill and easy to listen, and i think sarah’s a big eurovision fan already which is nice. also i’d just like to take this opportunity to thank her for ditching the ylva and linda song she originally applied with. 6.5/10

iceland - hm. this is one where you need to listen a few times to get a full impression of what the fuck you’re hearing/seeing. i really did not like this when i first heard it alongside all the other söngvakeppnin songs (and most of them sucked lbr), but now i’m kind of ambivalent towards it. i still don’t like the screaming or the key change, but it’s something different and i can admire that. 6/10

slovenia - fine, but forgettable. she has a nice voice, but there’s a distinct lack of stage presence from the two of them and i fear that this might get lost in the semi final. 6/10

israel - i’m conflicted here. i definitely don’t think home is as bad as the fan polls and reviews imply, but it’s not great either. a verse or two in hebrew would have really elevated this and i’m a little baffled as to why the writers didn’t include even a little bit considering the contest is on home turf this year. still, kobi’s a very convincing performer and israel probably didn’t want to win again anyway. 6/10

poland - this is an odd one, which isn’t a bad thing at all in a year full of safe entries. not sure if using the bilingual version was the best shout, but it’s clearly still very polish and i’m glad to hear that they’ll be wearing the traditional clothing on stage in tel aviv. 6/10

czech republic - the chorus absolutely slaps, and if i was judging by music alone this’d probably be in my top ten. unfortunately, though, the rest of the song exists. the lyrics are truly abysmal, with some of the lines ending awkwardly and without proper rhymes where they’re needed, and the spoken-word section is genuinely unbearable. 5.5/10

austria - i honestly don’t know where to place this one. very underwhelming when it was first released, but now i feel like there’s potential here. most of austria’s recent entries have been very under the radar only to end up doing quite well. i’m not as optimistic about this as some of those, but only time will tell. 5.5/10

hungary - not a patch on his previous entry, but pleasant enough. he’s a good performer and unless the staging really sucks, he’ll do fine. 5.5/10

north macedonia - it’s a nice ballad? i guess? and, unlike a lot of their recent entrants, tamara is an established singer who we all know can sing live. there are also rumours that the delegation has been planning the performance for a while, so who knows, perhaps this’ll qualify. 5/10

georgia - this has been growing on me lately. the song itself is a bit of a bust, although the revamp helped, but oto really brings it to life on stage. even if you don’t understand what he’s saying, you can tell by the emotion in his voice that he really means it. 5/10

russia - the nightmare dream team hasn’t produced a good song in over a decade at this point, this included. kirkorov needs to quit fooling himself and let someone else have a go. 4.5/10

belgium - belgium’s had quite the glow up since 2014, but i fear they’ve gone for style over substance this year. wake up is very polished, but it doesn’t go anywhere and eliot’s live performances haven’t been convincing as of yet. 4/10

lithuania - i don’t know what was more shocking, him winning the selection or me finding out that he was lolita zero’s real voice in 2017. this isn’t awful, just very repetitive and strangely put together. 3.5/10

norway - sue me, i don’t like this. the bald guy feels out of place and out of tune, it sounds like it was written by a child, and oh my god it’s so unbearably cheap. 3/10

estonia - eesti laul was such a let down this year. usually there’s a good mix of mainstream and alternative genres, but the new producer doesn’t seem to give a shit about variety, which is a real shame. anyway, victor’s performance is slick, but he can barely sing and the song itself is nothing to write home about. 3/10

romania - when this was first selected i didn’t mind it, probably because i just really didn’t want laura bretan to win, but as the season drags on i’ve really soured to it. it feels like it lasts for a minute longer than it actually does, and the whole ay-ay-ay part was not a good choice. 2.5/10

australia - as someone who was a big fan of estonia last year, this is honestly the furthest thing from that. it comes across as quite cheap (even without the questionable staging), and the chorus really grates on me. 2.5/10

belarus - i didn’t watch the entirety of the belarusian auditions for them to reject the potato monks in favour of lidl’s own brand zara larsson. 2/10

france - this is why delegations should be wary of selecting social media stars for their national selections. yes, they might get the viewing figures up a little, but they’ll probably win and the song will be Bad. i respect his message, but holy shit is this hamfisted as hell. 1/10

finland - if anyone was wondering how darude only ever had one hit two decades ago, here is your answer. 1/10

moldova - they really don’t want to qualify this year, huh. could’ve had ca adriano celentano, but nope. basic tune, painfully simple lyrics, but i guess her voice is nice enough 1/10

croatia - this... is awful. upsettingly so. at least jacques’ last entry had a novelty factor, but he’s doomed this poor kid to failure. 0.5/10

montenegro - i have absolutely nothing positive to say here. honest to god one of the worst songs i’ve ever heard, and no amount of clumsily shoehorned in folk instrumentation was ever going to save this. i can only pray that they’re spending their preparation time wisely and taking singing lessons, but considering that they probably blew half the budget on the music video, it’s unlikely. 0/10

as for potential winners, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

a lot of the big fan favourites don’t have a winning vibe about them, so we might be in for a shock this year. please let it be albania or greece

also feel free to drop me an ask if you want to chat about last year’s entries since i kind of ditched tumblr for a year or two lmao

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National selection review: Melodifestivalen

This may or may not be the last NF review of the season, depending on whether or not I manage to give the Icelandic and Portuguese songs a proper relisten (as it’s been quite a long time since I listened to any of them). Anyway, onto Sweden!

Overall impression: It’s, well, an usual Melfest. Some catchy bangers, some ballads, a few humorous songs who are loved by the audience but with little actual winning chances, as well as multiple returning artists trying their luck for the second, third or seventh time. I don’t see this edition a remarkably bad like other eurofans seem to think, then again I haven’t been especially invested in Sweden for a long time.

Personal favourites:

Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer

An emotional ballad, gives me Lana del Rey vibes. it grows beautifully and makes an impression with the simple yet effective live performance. I was positively surprised when this got straight to the final; after the robbery that my last year’s favourite Fingertips suffered, I lost almost all hope of the Swedish public’s taste. But anyway, Cornelia would be a worthy winner for this selection. Her song is a fitting successor to Sanna Nielsen’s Undo, another Swedish entry that I loved.

Cazzi Opeia - I Can't Get Enough

One word: cute! This song makes me happy, and so does the adorable, colourful performance. A really sweet and catchy tune, maybe not with the most winning potential, but it definitely shines on its own!

Klara Hammarström - Run To The Hills

Wow, I love the melody! This song has a powerful, energetic feel to it. Klara definitely conveys the empowering message, I love listening to this one!

Prediction: This year if any would be great for Sweden to pick a talented female singer. I know that Anders guy seems to be popular with the Swedish public, but I doubt the song will be as appealing to the international jury. My current bet is on Cornelia, but I think a lot will depend on the running order.

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Participate in high-octane racing competition in 10 different racing modes. Drive 15 cars and dominate in 5 seasons in career mode. Features: - five seasons with different car classes, - plenty of cars to choose, - realistic driving mechanics, - plenty of racing modes, - buy new cars, - modern and classic cars to drive, - progress through career mode, Racing modes available: Race: Choose your auto and compete with other drivers on racing track. Feel the need for speed and become the winner. Overcome difficulties in racing simulation. Duel: Only two cars on the track. Warm up the engine and feel the adrenaline rush when the racing begins. Be the first on three checkpoints and hit the jackpot. Survival: After every lap slowest driver is eliminated. Chase other drivers vehicles on asphalt tracks and avoid elimination by being fast and speed. Shift to underground tricks and become the champion. Fight in this driving simulation. Endurance: Speed racing is beginning. Exciting sport competition is about to start. Launch the highest speed and reach as far as you can in exact time. Overtake: Player is starting as last one on asphalt road. Drag competition would be your reality in next few minutes. Watch out for drifts - they can lead to your defeat or victory. King of the Hill: Earn points for specific positions in the rally. Control your speed and position and patiently collect points. Remember - don’t take unnecessary risk; at the end of the day points matter. Domination: Stay ahead of racing group as long as you can and at the end compare your domination time with your opponent and become winner or looser. Special section: Race on special - extremely difficult - part of the track and achieve the shortest time in competition. Top speed: Driver must reach highest speed on the specified part of the track. receive cups according to your speed result. Catch them all: Collect all items on the track in shortest amount of time. Only this will guarantee you success in this race. Features are completely different from nfs features and this should be argument to convince players to install and play. Unique driving model - like cars, not trucks or buses or planes - allows gamers make drifts on asphalt tracks. In five different car classes players can test skills in different cars and tracks. Several driving models facilitate chase first place in every kind of race: in hills, highways or on asphalt tracks, no difference, each surface brings similar auto control. Racing in real competition will sink you in, all you need is great acceleration auto sport would be easier. Courage would be also nice. High speed street driving and racing on asphalt tracks never was so exciting. Drift and drag provides you unusual gameplay mechanics, become furious, become fast when you try to win race competition. Stunts on top gear on every turn - this is the best description of amazing parts of the game. Start formula fast racing in 3d, no parking, just car fighting. Doing your best on the race track? Still improving your driving skills? You should test our new update, which bring some major bug fixes and lots of improvements, which make gameplay even better. New updates soon!

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tmblrvisionawards · 7 years

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Welcome to the third and final round of voting!

We’re back with eight more categories coming up - with prestigious awards like “Best National Final”, “Tmblrvision’s Next Top Model” and “Most Underrated”.

Take it away, Newzy!

The first poll today is for Tmblrvision’s Next Male Model. We’ve tried to pick the most appropriate pictures for everyone.

The people competing in this category are: Clueso, Tamer Hosny, Vlad Sokovskij, Lluís Cartes, Justinas Jarutis (Freaks on Floor), Shawn Mendes, Artmasta, All the guys from Dubioza Kolektiv, Elie Abdelnur from Safar, Eldar Gasimov, Dash Berlin, Everyone in The Travellers, Claudio Capéo, Jüri Pootsmann (Cartoon didn’t feel like it), Niall Horan, George Sheppard, Jöran from Aarzemnieki, Grzegorz Hyźy, Loïc Nottet, All the guys from District 7, Isaac Palma and Massimo.

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You have three votes to give in this category.

The second award today is for Tmblrvision’s Next Female Model. (To our knowledge there were no non-binary contestants in this year’s Tmblrvision.) We tried to make everyone look their best.

The people competing in this category are: Irina Rimes, Natalia Kunitskaya (Mustelide), Ulpu, Arilena Ara, Ayah Marar, Lenny, Yael Shoshana Cohen (from Lola Marsh), Enisa, Poli Genova, Greta Salóme, Charline Mignot (Vendredi sur Mer), Sirusho, Eivør, Zaho, Lina Mayer, Bengü, Marina Satti, Mayssa Jallad (from Safar), Nuela Charles, Jovana AND Marija, Szeder, Bouchra, Sigrid, Ivi Adamou, Emeli Sandé, Marija Ivanovska (from Eye Cue), Pastora Soler, Miss Li, Eneli, Manca Špik, Francesca Michielin and Julia Sanina (from The Hardkiss).

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You have three votes to give in this category.

A couple of this year’s Tmblrvision artists were first seen at Eurovision, this includes winners, and one robbed last placer. You didn’t expect them BUT HERE THEY AREEE. Which one was your favorite?

The people competing in this category are: Poli Genova (Bulgaria 2011 & 2016), Greta Salóme (Iceland 2012 & 2016), Sirusho (Armenia 2008), Marija Šerifović (Serbia 2007), Eldar Gasimov (Azerbaijan 2011), Zoë (Austria 2016), Ivi Adamou (Cyprus 2012), Jüri Pootsmann (Estonia 2016), Aarzemnieki (Latvia 2014), Loïc Nottet (Belgium 2015), Pastora Soler (Spain 2012) and Francesca Michielin (Italy 2016).

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You have two votes to give in this category

There are some things you just can’t do alone, and that’s what these clever people realized. Some formed bands, some just decided to collaborate for that #effect, and they created many interesting entries (like the winner!).

The artists competing in this category are: Ulpu feat. Pyhimys (Finland), Ayah Marar feat. Caroline d'Amore (Jordan), Lola Marsh (Israel), Freaks on Floor (Lithuania), Artmasta & Cheb Bechir (Tunisia), Dubioza Kolektiv (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Safar (Lebanon), Jovana & Marija (Serbia), Dash Berlin & Luca Perra (The Netherlands), The Travellers (Malta, )Cartoon & Jüri Pootsmann (Estonia), Sheppard (Australia), Aarzemnieki (Latvia), Eye Cue (Macedonia), District 7 (Luxembourg), Manca Špik & Isaac Palma (Slovenia) andThe Hardkiss (Ukraine).

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You have three votes to give in this category.

Bro. Okay, but really, male solo artists brought us a vast array of different kinds of songs - everything from your typical pop bangers to soulful ballads, and emotional and dark songs.

The artists competing in this category are: Clueso (Germany),Tamer Hosny (Egypt), Vlad Solokovskij (Russia), Lluís Cartes (Andorra), Shawn Mendes (Portugal), Eldar Gasimov (Azerbaijan), Claudio Capéo (France), Niall Horan (Ireland), Grzegorz Hyzy (Poland), Loïc Nottet (Belgium) and Massimo (Croatia).

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You have two votes to give in this category.

Bro. This term is gender neutral, guys! - Newzy

Yes, there were a lot of female solo artists performing entries that did very well in the competition, and they all brought something special - which one was your favorite?

The artists competing in this category are: Irina Rimes (Moldova), Mustelide (Belarus), Arilena Ara (Albania), Lenny (Czechia), Enisa (Montenegro), Poli Genova (Bulgaria), Greta Salóme (Iceland), Vendredi Sur Mer (Monaco), Sirusho (Armenia), Eivør (Denmark), Zaho (Algeria), Lina Mayer (Slovakia), Bengü (Turkey), Marina Satti (Greece), Nuela Charles (Switzerland), Zoë (Austria), Szeder (Hungary), Bouchra (Morocco), Sigrid (Norway), Ivi Adamou (Cyprus), Emeli Sandé (United Kingdom), Pastora Soler (Spain), Miss Li (Sweden), Eneli (Romania) and Francesca Michielin (Italy).

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You have three votes to give in this category, because of its size.

Who even knows where thet found these songs, they could have been pulled out of the deepest pits of the void for all we know, but we are incredibly grateful for them. One won the jury vote and the entire competition, and another the televote. As a matter of fact - all of the televote top five were internally selected.

The countries competing in this category are: Egypt, Moldova, Finland. Jordan, Israel, Montenegro, Andorra, Lithuania, Portugal, Tunisia, Bulgaria, Denmark, Algeria, Slovakia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Morocco, Norway, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Spain, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Croatia.

POLL

You have three votes to give in this category.

Yes, twenty-eight HoD’s could not make their minds up on how to choose their entries, and they gave us plenty of songs to choose from in order to find the perfect entry for their country. And, it might have paid off, entries that were chosen through a national final seemed to generally do slightly better (even though the winner and three other entries in the top ten were internally selected. Whose selection did you find the most exciting - or with the highest quality of songs?

The national finals of this season were: Germany: Unser Song Für Ljubljana, Belarus National Final (aka the one that kept getting tied), Albania: Festivali i Tumblr, Czechia: Česko hledá píseň 2017, Russia’s National Final, Iceland’s National Final, Monaco: Chanson Pour Monaco, Armenia: A song for Sirusho, Turkey: Tune for Turkey at Tmblrvision, Greece: From Greece to the World, Lebanon: Lebanon Sings for Ljubljana, Switzerland: Une Chanson pour la Suisse à Ljubljana, Serbia’s National Final, Azerbaijan: Azərbaycan üçün mahnı, Austria: Stimme von Österreich, The Netherlands: Not just one Netherland, but a plural number of Netherlands, Malta: Maltavision (Vision) (Vision) 2017!, Hungary: Hungary Picks Something, France: From Paris to Ljubljana, Ireland: Ireland National Final, Australia: Australian Star, Poland: Piosenka dla Tmblr, United Kingdom: Tmblrvision - You Decide, Macedonia: Boy, Do I Love A Big Bowl Of Macedonia, Belgium’s National Final, Sweden: Sweden Selects 17, Italy: National Final for Italy and Ukraine: Тмблрбачення 2017.

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You have four votes to give in this category, because boy, were there many NFS.

Now, for the most interesting category, I’d say. Because of the incredibly strong competition many amazing entries ended up placing criminally low. Which song do you wish you could just… magically move into the top 10?

The entries competing here are: all entries that placed outside of the top 10.

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You have five votes to give here!

And that concludes the last round. All polls are now open until midnight CEST on Friday! Thank you so much for voting! Join us in our #salt for the results show on Sunday!

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eurosong · 4 years

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Undo my ESC 2020 (SF1)

Good evening, folks! “Undo my ESC”, my look at how I would have changed this year’s contest, is back! Even though the EBU, well, indeed sadly and very literally did undo the ESC this year, there is still room for changing about my personal ideal Eurovision 2020. Let’s have a look at the first semi-final! 🇦🇺 Australia: I continue to be mightily impressed with the quality of Australia Decides, an NF putting forward a number of credible options to represent Oz. I felt the juries helped dodge a bullet this year, because the televote winning song was a rather cliché and dated choice, out of step with the relatively vibrant and contemporary feel of the field. The actual winner was pretty decent albeit with dubious live vocals and an even odder stage concept. It could be improved by working on those two factors, though even better would be to send instead the dramatic Rabbit Hole, truly a title for our season, or even better, the searingly emotional Raw stuff which knocked me off my feet upon first listen and still packs that punch 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan: Once again, Azerbaijan went down the “buy in a song from elsewhere and attempt to put on a thin gloss of local instrumentation onto a generic pop song in lieu of some actual authenticity. I can’t say I even hate the song this time, though I do dislike how they reportedly nabbed it off non-oil-rich San Marino in a bidding war. I would have brought back Dihaj or... anyone who could produce something halfway Azeri? Also, something that doesn’t make me do a full-body cringe as much as the country ranked the worst in the ESC-sphere for LGBT rights sending a song about “gay or straight or in between.”

🇧🇾 Belarus: Belarus made the right choice - I can really rarely say those words. For only the second time ever, we got a song in Belarusian, and whilst it isn’t up there with the gorgeous Historyja majho žyccia for me, Da widna is still a pleasant listen that soars above many of the hyped pre-contest fan favourites and was a nice surprise from a bad NF. The only thing that I would change? That the unhinged comic brilliance of Pavloni be in the final. Watch from about halfway through to the end for an absolute mood whiplash odyssey.

🇧🇪 Belgium: A lot of people had plenty of hope when they heard that the veteran Hooverphonic were set to represent Belgium in 2020, and I was amongst them. My reäction to what they ended up bringing though was tepid. It’s got the quality rich instrumentation that I expected from this band, pleasant vox, but as a song, it goes nowhere for me, in part because of how repetitive it is and lacking in a hook I find it. I would have picked a more immediate song for Eurovision, because this felt like another DNQ for Belgium, following the same mistakes as 2018 and 2019. They will be back in 2021, and I will be interested to see if they take a slightly different tack.

🇭🇷 Croatia: Following up on Belarus, Croatia was another example of a selection in which I had no hope providing something excellent to recompense for usually reliable countries going off the rails. I finally have from Croatia something to fit in with the likes of Adio from Montenegro and Nije ljubav stvar from Serbia as an epic Balkan ballad. Few people were expecting Divlji vjetre would win; I was over the moon that it did and would change nothing. I hope Croatia re-send the gentleman Damir next year with an equally strong song.

🇨🇾 Cyprus: After giving us a literal replay of Fuego last year, this year they’ve gone a slightly different route, but no less generic (even coming with one of the several duplicately named titles of this year), no less uninspiring, no less completely detached from Cypriot music. I’m longing for Cyprus to send something like Eimai anthropos kai ego again.

🇮🇪 Ireland: So RTÉ came into Eurovision all guns blazing this year, promising “an almighty bop” that will be “remembered in 10 years’ time like Euphoria.” I had feared that their frame of reference for their song would be 10 years’ stale, but instead they cast their net even further back to the mid-2000s. It properly sent me into hysterics when I heard this being compared to EVERY major female singer of that period, depending on whom you asked, before this came into general release. You know what, though? I hold my hands up and admit that I adore the anthemic Story of my life. It’s just so drenched in colour that I feel uplifted every time I listen to it, which is often! Lesley has such a likeable, authentic charisma that adds to the song too. I am so gutted we’ll never see the staging because I feel this would have been a memorable party moment. This is just 3 minutes of happy nostalgia and I live for it.

🇮🇱 Israel: You know, usually, I am not a fan of single-artist national finals, because if you are not a fan of the artist, your choice is very limited indeed. However - I don’t know how one can nót be a fan of Eden to some degree. Her music is not up my street, but she sells it to me through sheer force of personality, positivity and presence. She had four songs and she put her heart and soul into them all. The winner was the vibrant Feker libi, which I would only change by altering the chorus a bit, as its odd 90s dance vibe doesn’t sit so well with the rest of the song. As for Eden, she cried when she reälised she couldn’t go to ESC 2020 and again when she found out she’d been picked for 2021. I wish all artists had this amount of passion.

🇱🇹 Lithuania: There was a sea change in Lithuania this year. I don’t know what happened, but they went from punchline to packing a punch. Their national final had been one that pretty much no one watched, dragging on for several weeks and almost always to choose a mediocre, anticlimactic choice after all that effort. This year, it was one of the most entertaining and diverse NFs of the bunch. My early favourite to win was the powerhouse Monika Marija’s return with If I leave, very much up my street with its country stylings. However, by the time the final came, I had been won over also by the eventual winner, the offbeat and infectious On fire, whose victory I would not alter because it serves as a more dramatic turn of the page for Lithuania’s Eurovision presence. It was such a relief to see this prevailing, with a huge lead in the televote, over the awful, imported Unbreakable or the respectable but pedestrian Make me human. I hope the broadcasters will respect the support this has in Lithuania and allow the Roop to come back in 2021. 🇲🇰 Macedonia: Just no. No. No. Scrap everything about this, bring back Kaliopi and let her get her revenge for the juries screwing her out of qualification with the beautiful “Dona.” 🇲🇹 Malta: Malta have done the unthinkable and sent two songs in a row that I really like for the first time since 1997-8. As Ian would have put it, I was expecting a mere “vocal exercise” from Malta to show off the impressive range of Destiny. Instead, they came out with something so soulful that I have no choice but to enjoy. I hope they go a similar route in 21.

🇳🇴 Norway: So, finally Norway saw some sense and reverted to making the most of having a talented composer, Kjetil Mørland, who is so enthusiastic about Eurovision that he has come back since his success with A monster like me a few times. He should have won with En livredd mann; I wouldn’t have been unhappy at all had he won with Who we are, and indeed, Attention was another song that I had to consider as being amongst the best of its (bizarrely organised) selection. The one thing I’d change? The lyrics. It sounds like an infatuated 12 year old with low self-esteem singing, not a grown woman.

🇷🇴 Romania: It’s not up there with Goodbye or On a Sunday, but Romania have returned with a third song I really enjoy. Alcohol you was head and shoulders above the others in the single-artist selection, and I am still sent by the way she sabotaged the bop that was predicted to win the final so that she could send this more meditative, confessional effort. What would I change? The unnecessary revamp that abruptly shifts the direction of the song in the last third.🇷🇺 Russia: When this first came out, I thought “well done, Russia. Kept us waiting on you until way past the deadline, and all for this bizarre Aquaësque troll entry.” Despite myself, “Uno” has grown on me to some degree. Maybe it’s because of the death stare of the female backing singer who’s giving me some strong Rosa from Brooklyn 99 vibes, and I live for that. Maybe it’s because it’s serving a flourescent lime green in a year when there is so much beige that even an ugly odd colour seems pleasing. I wouldn’t change this, and I hope they get sent again next year because it’s delightful seeing Russia unpaired from Kirkorov.

🇸🇮 Slovenia: Again, I am going to find myself in a small minority, but Slovenia was, like Belarus and Croatia, an unappetising selection that nonetheless yielded a gem for me. They really said screw you to underlying trends and went for a song that moves at a glacial pace fitting of the title, Voda. This was constantly in last place on the Eurovision scoreboard app, which just speaks to the limited taste tolerance of many of its users. There is so much here to enjoy: Slovenia sticking with its language yet again; the ethereal vibes; the deep, rich voice of the singer; the melancholic and poëtic lyrics; and the fact that it was perhaps the only good “revamp” of the season, going in the opposite direction of Albania and inserting an orchestra to make it that much richer in sound. Wonderful stuff and hope she returns in 2021.

🇸🇪 Sweden: So, for the first time since 2014, Sweden has sent a female artist - 3 in fact - and with them, left the cookie cutter niche they’d occupied since then behind. They sent my favourite of their songs since 2013, Move, a joyous gospel-infused effort where the love and positivity of the Mamas gave me tingles to watch. And yet, it wasn’t my ideal choice. My personal winner would have been my favourite entry from Sweden since... possibly as far back as I morgon är en annan dag in 1992. I’m talking ‘bout Dotter of course. The artist whose beautiful Melodifestivalen début with Cry got bizarrely ignored had a superb redemptive arc this year, becoming the huge favourite with Bulletproof. I watched her performance of this over 200 times so far and still watch often. I find the song so poignant, the performance and her presence so bewitching. It’s a rarity for songwriters who also perform their songs to get this far in MF these days, and Dotter lost out by the narrowest of margins, but would have been a great encouragement to others like her had she won. It was widely said that Sweden had the potential for a record-equalling seventh win if they had sent Bulletproof. As much as I cherish Ireland’s record, had it been Dotter to equal it, I wouldn’t have been mad at all. 🇺🇦 Ukraine: Widbir got over their Maruw drama in great style, once again being one of the coolest and most alternative national finals out there. Well done, Ukraine! There were a number of propositions that I would have been happy to see represent the country. My initial favourite was Vegan, one of my most streamed songs of the season and one which always puts a smile on my face with Jerry’s facial expressions and puns like “‘cause I’m vegan, I can’t even call you honey.” And honestly, I would have loved to have seen it in Rotterdam. I also loved, amongst others, Tam kudy ja jdu and Picz, which were both the victims of being in a semi-final with all the good songs whilst the second semi-final was nowhere near as competitive. Having said all that, I am not sure that I would change the eventual winner, Solowej, because it’s its own brand of delightfully authentic. I would undo their unnecessary revamp and keep it as the live version linked to above, though. And the automatic qualifiers: 🇩🇪 Germany: As you would expect from one of the musical monoliths of Europe, Germany once had some of the best and most diverse national finals of the continent, but something went wrong - they kept inviting wild cards, whose scrappiness endeared them to the public even when their songs were mediocre, and so we saw complete no-marks getting the Teutonic nod despite star-studded competition. Nonetheless, “Unser Lied für” was always worth tuning in for, an annual dose of getting mesmer-eyes’d by Barbara Schöneberger too. This year, they threw it all away for one of the most repetitive songs of the year, with a young, confused looking Slovenian being the god knows how many’th contestant to channel his inner Justin Timberlake with another knockoff that sounds as German as fajitas. I would have kept the national final - or, if they’re really going to start doing internal selections, go daring with Lily among clouds, whose Surprise was one of the crown jewels of the previous NF season. 🇮🇹 Italy: Sanremo, which actually predates Eurovision, is so much more than an NF, but its own cultural institution, and the quality is such that a song can be your fifth or sixth in Sanremo but still rank really highly in your ESC rankings. Performing with, and composing for, the orchestra, seems to give its entries a timeless quality that few others compare with. My initial favourites were Tosca’s Ho amato tutto, which from its first strains to the final, saudadic “eh” that serves as an unofficial coda, breaks my heart still sublimely; Viceversa, a heartwarming effort by the unbelievably charming Gabbani and Tikibombom, a slice of Sicilian excellence with trenchant lyrics. My most streamed has been Sincero, remembered more for the hugely memetic moment of one of its representatives changing the lyrics and the other walking out disgusted, but which I adore for its synthy vibes and its brilliant lyrics. The eventual winner was Fai rumore, which I also love too much to propose that it be changed. The lines about “an unnatural silence between us” are all the more poignant now. Lowkey think this could have won Italy its long-awaited third victory. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: Now, this is what I call a host nation song. The way I see it, if you’re hosting, you have a direct ticket to the final that you may not enjoy again for a long time, so why not go for a risk? And a risk NL indeed took. Grow is a very atypical song. It builds in a way we do not expect it to. It is mostly minimalist, focusing most of our attention to Jeangu’s voice, making this an intimate, almost confessional track. The crescendo is cathartic. After Albania destroyed itself with an unnecessary revamp, this became my #1 and I would change nothing about it. It really sucks that a song so personal to its writer and performer won’t be allowed on the stage in 2021 - that’s what I would change. A ridiculous decision on the EBU’s part.

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