March 20, 201114 yr There's no way in hell Albania will go top ten Tom, let alone win. I'm seeing them struggling to qualify at the moment actually - I reckon it's 50/50 on that, but even if they do their standard mid-table result is a given. And I still think your hatred of Popular is a bit too intertwined with your slightly irrational hatred of Eric Saade :P
March 21, 201114 yr Author ^ Agreed, I can see Albania strugling to qualify. tbh their entry this year just blend in with other entries Albania have sent recently.
March 21, 201114 yr It's a fair bit more rousing and anthemic than the likes of Cvet Z Juga and La Voix (although I do think it sounds like Cvet Z Juga before it got poppified). I don't see Sognu as being like those two to be honest. I see it more being in the same vein of My Heart Is Yours or maybe Questa Notta at a stretch, which quite frankly didn't set the Eurovision charts alight. :mellow: It is more anthemic, but I just don't see it winning... :wacko:
March 21, 201114 yr There's no way in hell Albania will go top ten Tom, let alone win. I'm seeing them struggling to qualify at the moment actually - I reckon it's 50/50 on that, but even if they do their standard mid-table result is a given. And I still think your hatred of Popular is a bit too intertwined with your slightly irrational hatred of Eric Saade :P I REALLY think it could. It has an anthemic quality that was lacking in previous Albanian entries (or IMHO the french song). And Aurela is an amazing singer, she totally sells the song. And as for Popular, I really don't think so. It's a REALLY annoying song. The lyrics are awful, and it has virtually no melody. It doesn't mean that I wouldn't like to give Eric a slap though :P
March 22, 201114 yr I'm sorry, commenting on lyrics within the context of Eurovision? Now you're definitely grasping at straws :lol: They're not even that bad! It's hardly Manboy...
March 22, 201114 yr I know this may be a bit off, but is there anywhere I can download ALL the entries this year? I'm willing to listen to them all and rank them myself, but my internet is $h!t and youtube takes the p*** to buffer most the time lately! A site where it gives me free download links will be fine, but preferably a rar file with them all? (If they've all leaked that is!) I've listened to 4 or 5 entries and this year seems to be stronger than previous years! :o
March 22, 201114 yr I tried one of the all in one packages but it was genuinely terrible, and even worse, it gave me the completely wrong song for Russia (I STILL have no idea quite what the song was, but it clearly wasn't Get You). I'd hold off for a bit and rely on Youtube until the album leaks or a good package comes out...
March 22, 201114 yr I'm sorry, commenting on lyrics within the context of Eurovision? Now you're definitely grasping at straws :lol: They're not even that bad! It's hardly Manboy... Is there a worse line in the history of Eurovision than "My body wants you girl"? And the whole possible/impossible bull$h!t. Can't you at least admit that it's a love it or hate it track?
March 22, 201114 yr Is there a worse line in the history of Eurovision than "My body wants you girl"? And the whole possible/impossible bull$h!t. Can't you at least admit that it's a love it or hate it track? I could think of several off the top of my head compared to what's a pretty standard pop lyric. I doubt you'd be railing against it anywhere near as much if it was a line in In The Club :lol: 'Only Mr God knows why' anyone? The thing is that it isn't a love it or hate it track - it's a fairly popular ('lol') track which has more than its fair share of people who simply like it or are fairly neutral towards it. Having a few of the old school Eurovision fans hate a track doesn't make it love-hate :P
March 22, 201114 yr Lyrically Popular is probably love/hate (I'm not fond of the self indulgent lyrics personally), but musically it's up there with the best in the contest this year imo, if not the best - how can anything that's essentially Boney M brought kicking and screaming into 2011 NOT sound amazing? :wub: As for Albania/France - I genuinely from the top of my head can't remember how the former goes, melody or other wise, France stuck in my head after the first listen and has an incredibly anthemic quality to it, again mainly thanks to the incredible (in Eurovision terms :lol:) backing track!
March 22, 201114 yr ok. so i listened to all the songs and came up with few categories as i went along. Can't really rank the songs within the categories, they are listed alphabetically within each category. it will need more listening. but... here we go. groups, songs and little description why or why not... LOVE IT Belgium I'm a sucker for that style though :) Bosnia & hertzegovina love childe of syrtaki and gypsy song. And lead singer oozes charizma Iceland makes me smile. Can't go wrong with that :) flapper-big-band that is somehow relevant today, but then again, like I said, I love that style :) Italy this Eurovising is shaping up like a contest after my own heart :) Netherlands great song. I hope it does well :) Slovakia very good. Not the fav of mine but among the best for my taste :) Switzerland love! Love! Love it! If Michael Buble and Colbie Callait had a daughter… :) Ukraine after hearing a lot about Ukraine's selection process and ppl not liking it I was very pleasantly surprised. One of the few songs I KNOW will bw on my MP3 player long after the Eurovision is over. VERY good. UK They can :) although… it sounds so much like Savage Garden. It's like a mixup of couple of their songs. Not sure if it's a good thing. Sounds TOO much like it. Gotta mention that I loved Savage garden in late 90s. France C'est Genial! Tres magnifique! unfortunately it will not win. There were a lot of good singers, excellent singer over the years, but neither of them won. I really hope he can sing live in tune. Norway and Israel last year were painful to listen to during live shows. LIKE IT A LOT Poland I like it a lot. It seems to be one little step from being in "love" category. Don't know what it needs though. Romania reminds me of something. Not in a "plagiarizm" way. The style sounds familiar. It has a "feel good" beat and melody Russia for the first time since Alsou Russia is among my "above average to awesome" list :) Turkey LIKE Albania eastern melody Belarus especially considering what it was before. Music and arrangement is good, LOVE the dulcimer and the beat… lyrics… meh. Maybe we are lucky and she will be as bad with lyrics that noone understands them? Lol Cyprys very haunting Denmark I shouldn't but I do for some reason lol Germany it's cute and weird. Has potential to either be boring or very very good with the right (or wrong) show. Hungary however, Celine Dion called and wanted her… everything back Malta there is something there. Can't put my finger on it. San Marino pretty nice. And she sings it beautifully: no oversinging or overindulging… Slovenia she is oversinging it IMHO and I wish the voice weren't so nasaly… OK Armenia Estonia Israel personally not crazy about it. But I can see it doing well. Just not my cuppatea Latvia I dislike when the stress in the words or sentences is changed to fit melody... and it's so obvious and in your face... learn how to write lyrics... :rolleyes: Lithuania nothing special. Another power ballad… heard it million times before Serbia I like the 60s styling. Spain not bad. Not good. Just ok… but I'm still under the spell of Daniel Diges. He was my fav last year. :wub: Meh... Austria Bulgaria nice song but her voice makes me cringe… Croatia old fashioned (in a bad way), boring, nothing special. Macedonia Moldova I like some of their older songs. That one is not good. Unfortunately :( Sweden p*ssy Cat Dolls called and want their song back…. Hold the added lyrics and arrangement. "don't tell me it's impossible because it's possible"… seriously? I mean I know Eurovision is a contest of stupid pop songs but there is a limit…. NO! Georgia trying way too hard… so obvious. When you mix in and attempt and heavy music, rap and r&b… pick one and stick with it! Ireland it's like they took the worst form Lena last year and all those popular culture images and made a song and video out of it. I got a creepy harry Potter vibe from it for some reason. EW! Greece why Greece… WHY? I always look forward to fiery, greek, happy, fun songs… failz! WHA??? Finland it's so strange and kinda stupid that it just might qialify lol Norway no seriously… wtf? She is adorable though. But live singing skils… well.. in lolcats language: Noa skillz… Portugal and the WTF of the year goes to….. Protugal… and while i'm at it i still don't understand why Ukraine can't send to Eurovision. oh and Belarus both songs are in mother languages btw. and Belarussian is about... wait for it... Belarus :) well not catually... love for Belarusian girl :) Edited March 23, 201114 yr by ih3artduck5
March 24, 201114 yr Weekly update; Amazing 1. United Kingdom // Blue - I Can (1) 2. Sweden // Eric Saade - Popular (2) 3. Austria // Nadine Beiler - The Secret Is Love (3) 4. France // Amaury Vassili - Sognu (7) 5. Bosnia & Herzegovina // Dino Merlin - Love In Rewind (5) 6. Denmark // A Friend In London - New Tomorrow (4) 7. Estonia // Getter Jaani - Rockefeller Street (9) 8. Azerbaijan // Ell & Nikki - Running Scared (8) 9. Germany // Lena Meyer-Landrut - Taken By A Stranger (6) Great 10. Hungary // Kati Wolf - What About My Dreams (10) 11. Slovakia // TWiiNS - I'm Still Alive (11) 12. Norway // Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba (12) 13. Russia // Alex Sparrow - Get You (13) 14. Croatia // Daria Kinzer - Break A Leg (14) 15. Belarus // Anastacia Vinnikova - I Love Belarus (15) 16. Finland // Paradise Oskar - Da Da Dam (16) 17. Serbia // Nina - Čaroban (17) 18. Netherlands // 3JS - Je Vecht Nooit Alleen (18) Good 19. Iceland // Sigurjón's Friends - Coming Home (19) 20. Poland // Magdalena Tul - Jestem (20) 21. Israel // Dana International - Ding Dong (21) 22. Switzerland // Anna Rossinelli - In Love For A While (30) 23. Spain // Lucía Pérez - Que Me Quiten Lo Bailao (22) 24. Slovenia: Maja Keuc - Vanilija (19) 25. Latvia // Musiqq - Angel In Disguise (24) 26. Romania // Hotel FM - Change (25) 27. San Marino // Senit - Stand By (26) Average 28. Lithuania // Evelina Sašenko - C'est Ma Vie (27) 29. Georgia // Eldrine - One More Day (29) 30. Ukraine // Mika Newton - Angely (31) 31. Bulgaria // Poli Genova - Na Inat (28) 32. Turkey // Yüksek Sadakat - Live It Up (32) 33. Armenia // Emmy - Boom Boom (33) 34. Albania // Aurela Gaçe - Kënga Ime (34) 35. Malta // Glen Vella - One Life (35) 36. Italy // Raphael Gualazzi - Follia d’amore (36) Awful 37. Greece // Loukas Giorkas feat. Stereo Mike - Watch my Dance (37) 38. Ireland // Jedward - Lipstick (38) 39. Belgium // Witloof Bay - With Love Baby (39) 40. Cyprus // Christos Mylordos - San Aggelos S'agapisa (40) 41. Macedonia: Vlatko Ilievski - Rusinka (41) 42. Portugal // Homens Da Luta - A Luta é Alegria (42) 43. Moldova // Zdob şi Zdub - So Lucky (43) UK pulling wayyyy out in front, it has to be said, easily the best entry this year imo :D France continue to storm up the rankings, in 4th place now, with Austria's Nadine Beiler preventing a male lock in top 5 :o
March 24, 201114 yr Lena 9th. Disappointing :( She'll go back up again pre-contest I expect, but I really don't like it anywhere near as much as Satellite, even if it is 'amazing', she won't be topping my EOY chart again :lol: It's all about the guys this year!
March 24, 201114 yr Author FULL UPDATE! Amazing 01 // 01 Hungary // Kati Wolf - What About My Dreams? 02 // 03 Norway // Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba 03 // 08 United Kingdom // - Blue - I Can 04 // 06 Azerbaijan // Ell & Nikki - Running Scared 05 // 04 Slovakia // TWiiNS - I'm Still Alive 06 // 02 Estonia // Getter Jaani - Rockefeller Street 07 // 09 Bulgaria // Poli Genova - Na Inat 08 // 07 Finland // Paradise Oskar - Da Da Dam 09 // 13 France // Amaury Vassili - Sognu 10 // 19 Denmark // A Friend In London - New Tomorrow 11 // 05 Latvia // Musiqq - Angel in Disguise 12 // 29 Bosnia & Herzegovina // Dino Merlin - Love In Rewind Great 13 // 20 Russia // Alexey Vorobyov - Get You 14 // 37 Belarus // Anastasiya Vinnikova - I Love Belarus 15 // 23 Sweden // Eric Saade - Popular 16 // 11 Georgia // Eldrine - One More Day 17 // 10 San Marino - Senit - Stand By 18 // 30 Switzerland // Anna Rossinelli - In Love For A While 19 // 25 Albania // Aurela Gaçe - Feel the Passion 20 // 17 Ukraine // Mika Newton - Angel 21 // 12 Austria // Nadine Beiler - The Secret Is Love 22 // 16 Croatia // Daria Kinzer - Celebrate 23 // 28 Italy // Raphael Gualazzi - Madness of Love Good 24 // 15 Germany // Lena Meyer-Landrut - Taken By A Stranger 25 // 32 Israel - Dana International - Ding Dong 26 // 18 Turkey // Yüksek Sadakat - Live it Up 27 // 36 Cyprus // Christos Mylordos - San Aggelos S'agapisa 28 // 39 Greece // Loukas Giorkas feat. Stereo Mike - Watch my Dance 29 // 31 Spain // Lucía Pérez - Que Me Quiten Lo Bailao Average 30 // 14 Armenia // Emmy - Boom Boom 31 // 24 Malta // Glen Vella - One Life 32 // 33 Romania // Hotel FM - Change 33 // 26 Lithuania // Evelina Sašenko - C'est Ma Vie 34 // 21 Poland // Magdelna Tul - Jestem 35 // 35 Iceland // Sjonni Brink's Friends - Coming Home 36 // 34 Netherlands // 3JS - Never Alone 37 // 22 Slovenia // Maja Keuc – No One 38 // 27 Serbia // Nina - Čaroban Awful 39 // 38 Belgium // Witloof Bay - With Love Baby 40 // 41 Moldova // Zdob şi Zdub - So Lucky 41 // 40 Ireland // Jedward - Lipstick 42 // 42 FYR Macedonia // Vlatko Ilievski - Rusinka 43 // 43 Portugal // Homens da Luta - Luta É Alegria
March 29, 201114 yr An update. I've now got hold of all the mp3's so there's quite a few changes since my last rank... ***** 01 01 Hungary: Kati Wolf - What About My Dreams 02 03 Sweden: Eric Saade - Popular 03 02 Germany: Lena - Taken By A Stranger 04 05 Norway: Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba 05 04 Slovenia: Maja Keuc - No One 06 06 Finland: Paradise Oskar - Da Da Dam 07 09 United Kingdom: Blue - I Can 08 08 Croatia: Daria Kinzer - Celebrate **** 09 10 Ireland: Jedward - Lipstick 10 11 Estonia: Getter Jaani - Rockefeller Street 11 07 Azerbaijan: Ell & Nikki - Running Scared 12 13 Bosnia & Herzegovina: Dino Merlin - Love In Rewind *** 13 12 Israel: Dana International - Ding Dong 14 21 Austria: Nadine Beiler - The Secret Is Love 15 14 Poland: Magdalena Tul - First Class Ticket To Heaven 16 20 Spain: Lucía Pérez - Que Me Quiten Lo Bailao 17 29 Armenia: Emmy - Boom Boom 18 23 Denmark: A Friend In London - New Tomorrow 19 22 Iceland: Sigurjón's Friends - Coming Home 20 18 Slovakia: TWiiNS - I'm Still Alive 21 27 Georgia: Eldrine - One More Day 22 16 Switzerland: Anna Rossinelli - In Love For A While 23 15 Serbia: Nina - Magical 24 28 Netherlands: 3JS - Never Alone 25 ** Belarus: Anastasia Vinnikova - I Love Belarus 26 24 Latvia: Musiqq - Angel In Disguise ** 27 25 Albania: Aurela Gaçe - Feel The Passion 28 30 Malta: Glen Vella - One Life 29 17 Romania: Hotel FM - Change 30 31 Belgium: Witloof Bay - With Love Baby 31 19 Russia: Alexey Vorobyov - Get You 32 36 San Marino: Senit - Stand By * 33 26 Ukraine: Mika Newton - Angel 34 38 Lithuania: Evelina Sašenko - C'est Ma Vie 35 33 Portugal: Homens Da Luta - A Luta é Alegria 36 39 Italy: Raphael Gualazzi - Follia D'amore 37 32 Cyprus: Christos Mylordou - San Aggelos S'agapisa 38 35 Turkey: Yüksek Sadakat - Live It Up 39 37 France: Amaury Vassili - Sognu 40 34 Bulgaria: Poli Genova - Na Inat 41 42 Greece: Loucas Yiorkas feat. Stereo Mike - Watch My Dance 42 41 FYR Macedonia: Vlatko Ilievski - Russian Girl 43 40 Moldova: Zdob şi Zdub - So Lucky
March 29, 201114 yr Just one star for France?! :o I find it severely depressing, mainly because of his dreary voice. If it wins, then for me it'll be the worst winner since Italy 1990.
March 29, 201114 yr Austria has jumped up quite a bit! Has there been a revamp that I'm not aware of?
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