January 30, 201411 yr Yohio's song is much more my cup of tea than his previous entry. Mahain Moin's production sounds quite cheap and her vocals are crap but the melody sounds promising. Linus' song has some potential I guess, hard to tell from the clip. Elisa's song sounds predictably amazing, big pop! The backing track of Alvaro's song sounds like Moves Like Jagger, sounds like it could be very good actually. Ellen's song sounds rather beautiful, looking forward to that in full. Sylvester's is better than I thought, he's got quite a gruff voice but the melody sounds decent. Helena's is quite different to what I expected, seems to have quite a big chorus though so I'm eager to hear that in full. Woo for Malmo Arena by the way :wub:
January 30, 201411 yr 1 minute Rehearsal Clip Rankings 01 \\ Helena Paparizou - Survivor // 11/10 - OH MY GOOD JESUS CHRIST ALMIGHTY HOLY SPIRIT GOD. Time to find the life-sized *.* Tyron. 02 \\ Elisa Lindström - Casanova // 10/10 - THE SCHLAGERFEST HAS BEGUN *.* 03 \\ Alvaro Estrella - Bedroom // 8/10 - Rather good actually. Catchy and a pretty good melody to boot 04 \\ Mahan Moin - Aleo // 6.5/10 - Potential is there but the vocals are ropey as hell. 05 \\ YOHIO - To The End // 2/10 - I want to drown this abomination. Awful, just like it's song writer. 06 \\ Ellen Benediktson - Songbird // 1/10 - DULL DULL DULL. So monotone it's unreal. 07 \\ Linus Svenning - Bröder // 0/10 - We sure Kempe wrote this? It's coma inducing 08 \\ Sylvester Schlegel - Bygdens son // -1/10 - Apparently there is worse than Linus. Can't sing, lousy track in general. Want: DTG: Helena & Elisa AC: Alvaro & Mahan Career Death: YOHIO, Ellen, Linus, Sylvester Expect: DTG: YOHIO & Helena AC: Elisa, Alvaro Career Death: Sylvester, Mahan, Linus, Ellen
January 30, 201411 yr Oh my days, Helena's PERF and the 'knock the microphone stand to the floor'. Not enough *.*s
January 30, 201411 yr I really don't want to admit it but I quite like the sound of YOHIO's song. 'Aleo' reminds me of an ethnic 'Starships'. Elisa and Alvaro's entries sound very promising. 'Survivor' doesn't sound at all what I was expecting from Helena but it could be a moment! Also, THE STAGE *.*
January 30, 201411 yr Yohio's song sounds awful. 'Heartbreak Hotel' was different but this sounds very bland. Mahan's song is rather iffy. It sounds really great when she doesn't sing. I adore a good ethno stomper but this sounds weak. Ellen's song is the one I'm looking forward to. It'll finish last but it sounds pretty lovely. Linus' song sounds quite nice as well, but it's hard to judge how it'll do. Alvaro's song is good but I think it's a grower. I just hope he doesn't have an extremely punchable face like Danny and David. Not sure what to make of Helena. :(
January 30, 201411 yr YOHIO - this sounds even safer than Heartbreak Hotel, but perhaps weaker as a result. I can see what they mean by a rocked up 'Tell The World...', poor vocals though and you can definitely see Andreas in THAT. Please not DTG, even though it does have potential. Mahan - sounds more of a mess than I was led to expect, very weak vocals and possibly another 'Gosa' case rather than an actual great ethno-pop track. Hopes lowered but not too significantly as these previews can be rather deceiving. Linus - looks like he has all the stage presence of a Thorsten Flinck; sounds like it could build in to a rather powerful ballad but if he walks around with an expression anything like that preview throughout the performance, I may struggle not to fall asleep, I fear. Elisa - this actually has a bit of a melody and personality to it which could see it higher than the 7th I predicted and definitely a return to schlager for the contest but fairly weak schlager. I suspect I will like and enjoy this in a MARIE SERNEHOLT type fashion, but perhaps less tragically iconic. Alvaro - this definitely has promise and isn't just the typical Lindgren/Saucedo/Ewald pop banger that we've been getting of late. Might take a bit of growing, and could possibly be annoying but the chances are I'll really enjoy this after a couple of lessons - and DTG probably calls. Ellen - the definition of 'pleasant' lies here. Neither great nor poor, just there and likely to finish 7th or 8th. Sylvester - I have a feeling I may be underestimating Sylvester and he could qualify, Melodifestivalen does like this sort of retro thing, although usually it's more Top Cats than this kind of dated. His voice sounds like it could be rather grating aswell. Helena - Are we really calling this 11/10 already?! It does sound very strong though and I feel like it's definitely calling for a huge, stadium-lifting final chorus, possibly fitted with a camp as hell key change. Potential but I'm not gonna be singing it's praises to the high heavens JUST YET.
January 30, 201411 yr Yohio sounds pretty nice, even if it is even more neutered for him than Heartbreak Hotel was. Not sure how that'll go down to be honest, it is playing it a little too safe maybe. Mahan sounds fun, maybe a bit dated but that's all. Linus' look aside, I think I might really like his song. Elisa is also sounding quite fab, guess I should have expected her to not let us down with schalger. Alvaro - if this is the Ewald of this year than it's already off to a better start than that. Could easily be a good grower. Ellen is destined for nothing but it's really sweet, she sounds a bit like Tegan & Sara there actually. Sylvester I'm not sure about, it's a bit rough, but it sounds stronger than I was expecting. Helena.... oh god, I think there may be something to like there but it's a little boring as it stands. I do like most of them going off those, must be in a good mood tonight.
January 31, 201411 yr YOHIO: I like this alot better than 'Heartbreak Hotel', but it's dosn't do anything for me. It's just okey. It will probably go DTG, but it won't do anything more than 10th-7th place there. 4/10 Mahan Moin: I really hope her vocals will improve until Saturday, because this is FABULOUS! At best I think she might go to AC. 9/10 Linus: I quite like this, hopefully it will AC. VIOLIN <3 8.5/10 Elisa: The schlager, the pink stage, the cheesy dancing, the confetti, it does almost nothing to me...Anita Skorgan did it 100 times better... 5/10 Alvaro: A bit disapointed after the first listen, it's probably a grower. It was a bit diffrent than I was thinking, but it's still great and deserves a 8/10 Ellen: It's a nice ballad, but a bit boring. It's a good listen only. 6/10 Sylvester: I don't think the public will vote him through. 2/10 Helena: YESYESYES!!! I was afraid she would disapoint me, but she did it! DTG med dig Helena!! Jag älskar dig så mycket! !10/10 WOW, I must say I was proven wrong, this heat have quality!! And the stage, its amazing. I really hope the presenters are good too, and this will turn out to be the greatest heat since 2012 <333 WANT DTG: Helena, Mahan Moin AC: Alvaro, Linus 5th: Ellen 6th Elisa 7th YOHIO 8th Sylvester PREDICT DTG: Helena, YOHIO AC: Alvaro, Linus 5th Mohan Moin 6th: Ellen 7th: Sylvester 8th: Elisa
January 31, 201411 yr Liking the sound of a few of these... Yohio, Mahan Moin and Alvaro all sounding good on first listen, but I've got not high hopes for the latter two. LOVE the Ellen song, but am absolutely IN LOVE with Helena's clip! OH MY GOD. This really does sound like a winner already! Absolutely love it. I'm massively hoping this qualifies for the final too, as I've actually got tickets to go to the final on March 8th, so would love to see her perform this live.
January 31, 201411 yr For some reason the Linnus Svenning clip has changed from last night. WANT DTG Alvaro & Helena AC Mahan & Elisa 5th YOHIO 6th Linnus 7th Ellen 8th Sylvester THINK DTG YOHIO & Alvaro AC Helena & Sylvester 5th Linnus 6th Elisa 7th Mahan 8th Ellen
January 31, 201411 yr Author That Linus package really is so disgustingly calculated in every way. Sob story? Check. Tears mid-song? Check. Childhood pictures in background? Check. Puppies? Check. Please Sweden, do the right thing here.
January 31, 201411 yr does he feel no sense of guilt capitalising on the death of a sibling for selfish personal financial gain and fame? it's totally manipulating the audience too. evidently has no faith in his own abilities. what a failure of life.
January 31, 201411 yr Author I'm pretty certain it'll be the record label making him do it. They're the big pressure on most artists to do Melodifestivalen.
January 31, 201411 yr makes it worse in a way? allowing others to exploit your dead brother's memory for their own financial gain...
January 31, 201411 yr Author Post-rehearsal William Hill odds: Direct qualifier: 1.40 YOHIO (2/5) 1.67 Linus Svenning (4/6) 2.00 Helena Paparizou (Evens) 5.50 Ellen Benediktson (9/2) 8.00 Alvaro Estrella (7/1) (!) 9.00 Elisa Lindström (8/1) 10.00 Mahan Moin (9/1) 13.00 Sylvester Schlegel (12/1) To win Melodifestivalen overall 8.00 YOHIO (7/1) 9.00 Helena Paparizou (8/1) 15.00 Linus Svenning (14/1) 34.00 Alvaro Estrella (33/1) 41.00 Elisa Lindstrom (40/1) 51.00 Ellen Benediktson (50/1) 81.00 Mahan Moin (80/1) 81.00 Sylvester Schlegel (80/1)
January 31, 201411 yr Ellen above Alvaro to make it? That seems very strange, maybe she's not out of this yet.
January 31, 201411 yr Author All I know is that regardless of his NON-EXISTENT diction I can't get Bedroom out of my head currently. Plagiarism at its most MOREISH *.*
January 31, 201411 yr Alvaro is WELL worth a bet as a direct qualifier, I'm still doubting YOHIO's power (probably foolishly as I've said).
January 31, 201411 yr Let's not forget DELTAVLING 3 2013. DTF Linnus & Elisa AC YOHIO & Sylvester 5th Helena 6th Alvaro 7th Ellen 8th Mahan
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