Posted February 6, 201411 yr http://i62.tinypic.com/xkx6kx.png http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1391287907/svts/article1779961.svt/alternates/large/VZiYZK4WWlxGrxDPJGVIYBkG92r.jpg http://sverigesradio.se/sida/images/83/3083657_1200_675.jpg So for the second year in a row, the first heat saw a breakout star from the year before coast through with something safe and unexciting, and a new breakout star being born as an established star was summarily dismissed to andra chansen. I may need some time to reconcile myself with Helena's potential career extermination in Lidköping in a few weeks' time, but until then enough of that: we've got a show to be getting on with. So, to the bizarrely pronounced Linköping (pronounced like, well, Lynn Sherping) for heat two! And this week we have waiting: one of Sweden's national treasures, two of the offspring of another of Sweden's national treasures (and grandchildren of someone who transcends national treasure status full stop), the man who vanquished that national treasure's career nine years ago and has come back in daddy form, an 18 year old good time gal with a pair of double Fs and a shade of blonde you normally only ever see in the former Soviet bloc, and some drag queens (love the one on the right in the photo above bearing a startling resemblance to Charlotte Perrelli). And this qualifies as one of the less interesting weeks this year. I'm almost horrified to think that we're a quarter of the way through. DON'T LEAVE ME MF 2014 http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389262580/melodifestivalen/article1719167.svt/alternates/large/jem.jpg 01: J.E.M - Love Trigger Text och musik: Thomas G:son, Peter Boström och Julimar 'J:son' Santos Best known for: Fourth place finalists on the sole season of the Swedish X Factor in 2012 William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 3.00 / 2/1 / 4th William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 26.00 / 25/1 (I see what Julimar did with his name there, the old rogue.) Anybody in the mood for the Swedish MK1? No? Too bad. Birthed by the one season of X Factor bequeathed upon the Swedish public (of COURSE it was one season - who needs the X Factor when you have Melodifestivalen?), this ropey lot scrambled as far as fourth place under the learnéd tutelage of Marie Serneholt - a woman who's no stranger to hot Melodimesstivalen moments, either through hosting or entering the year after with what may well have been the (and I don't use that phrase lightly). Anyway, Jeremie, Elli and Mergime (look loves, ABBA only BARELY got away with that uncreative acronym band name business and I'm going to need to see some hot pop receipts before I give you similar leeway) haven't done much since outside of post-X Factor single Zoom, which was partly penned by Love Trigger co-writer J:son. I'd say expect something that sounds like every other pop song from the last three years (or every other album track from Saade: Vol 1, at least), but... ...oh, what is THIS on the horizon? The unholy lovechild of Bill Bailey and Lucius Malfoy? http://www.moopy.org.uk/forums/images/smilies/disco.gif http://sverigesradio.se/sida/images/2151/959020_1200_675.jpg Also co-writing on Love Trigger are Thomas G:son (the sweaty old dame you see above) and Peter Boström, who together are the songwriting tour de force responsible for , , and (most importantly) the Swedish House Wives' (R.I.P.) seminal . Basically, there's a team behind this that really knows what it's doing when it comes to pop music - although last year's other G:son/Boström entry by Eddie Razaz (R.I.M.M.E.) does stand out as a rare blip. The early reviews say we're in for big modern party pop song, so it should kick the heat off very nicely. With old Sanna (up later) abandoning G:son for the lazy yet irresistible charms of a Kempe co-write once more, will Love Trigger kiss her chances goodbye? Or are we just in for Razaz redux? (Tell you what though, new Razaz or not, you couldn't PAY ME to slip Jeremie a sly finger) http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389263008/melodifestivalen/article1719187.svt/alternates/large/therefreshments.jpg 02: The Refreshments - Hallelujah Text och musik: Joakim Arnell Best known for: One of Sweden's veteran rock'n'roll groups, with huge album sales to boot. William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 4.00 / 3/1 / 5th William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 51.00 / 50/1 My background vetting tells me this lot have previously released an album entitled Real Songs on Real Instruments. Fetch the knives, boys. 50s rock'n'roll pastiche isn't really a genre that you'd expect to be competitive in a Eurovision selection, but don't be fooled: in Sweden this kind of shit can be lethal, as those who've been on the Melodibus for a few years can all testify. The body count resulting from this genre includes some of the finest songs this contest has gifted us in recent years, so let's be on our toes ladies. Let us take a moment to mourn:Stormande hav (taken from us in andra chansen 2012 all too soon) (slain by Brolle in heat 2 2011) (which never really had a chance of going direkt from heat 3 that year in any case and was probably lucky even to make it to andra chansen, but correct my gay revisionism AT YOUR PERIL)That said, despite them typically robbing tracks I much prefer from having spots in the final, I'm actually normally quite partial to the rockabilly entries (and resigned to being the only one. Well, the only one who'll openly admit it.). Why? Past the grimly inevitable mugging, the overwhelmingly heteronormative and faintly sexist lyrics, and the deeply obnoxious performances, what you normally tend to get are songs that are for all intents and purposes schlager tracks dressed up in rock'n'roll instrumentation. Take , a track essentially just a rearrangement away from being an ABBA classic (if as a schlager fan you can look me in the eye and tell me you wouldn't mince yourself silly over that chorus if it was synthed up with Jenny Silver on vocal duties, you're either lying to yourself or you're a fool. That chord progression, those harmonies!). Or (which repeated the same trick, except with the chord progression from Written In The Stars). The clinching giveaway's typically the schlager veteran on the songwriting credits - step forward Kempe for The King, and 's Susie Païvärinta on Baby Doll. And that last bit is why I'm all set to loathe this, and why you should be too (if you hadn't already been lost at the picture, that is. Oh, who am I kidding, of course you were). For as taught us too well in 2011, there are few greater crimes against music than self-penned rock'n'roll submitted to Melodifestivalen without even the slightest care for homosexual tastes, and that's exactly what we're getting here - and it's bringing a big chorus for the old-timers to boot. Get your emergency bag, pack your backup poppers and Bombay Sapphire, put your unicorn in storage and get yourself somewhere safe now - we're not going to be able to escape this one plunging the dual pork swords of heteronormativity and 'real music' straight through the hopes of one of our favourite ladies in this heat. (please god let it be those two nobodies in J.E.M.) http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389262740/melodifestivalen/article1719173.svt/alternates/large/manda.jpg 03: Manda - Glow Text och musik: Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Charlie Mason och Melanie Wehbe Best known for: Finishing seventh on the sole season of the Swedish X Factor William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 11.00 / 10/1 / 7th William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 67.00 / 66/1 Excuse me while I declare an outside interest, but I've been head over heels for this bitch ever since this promo photo DÉBUTED. What's not to love? The dreadful arm tattoos normally only seen on obese 40-something women on Manchester council estates! The terrifying possibility that she's either a ropey 18 or a slutty 38! The WHIFF of plastic surgery for someone barely past puberty! She's Swedish so far as I know, but you could've slotted this hot babe into the Belarussian national selection and I'd have found exactly what I was looking for - and LORDY ME, that's a pair of norks you'd trust to keep the family farm afloat. An ICON is BORN and she hasn't even SUNG A NOTE. (in many ways I'd probably prefer it if she can't) Still, despite going out early on the X Factor (before J.E.M.? For shame Sweden.) apparently ropey old Mand here has some pretty hot vox, and she names Katy Perry as her biggest inspiration (~irony~), so I'm willing to bet a couple of the younger lot here will be on board - especially as, judging by post-X Factor single it's an influence worn on her sleeve just as much as that disastrous ink. (Aside: how has Sweetest Heartbreak not been a 13th place BJSC entry yet?) Joy and Linnea Deb are the chief writers on this one and are the duo behind Ulrik Munther's and last year's MF winner by Robin Stjernberg, so expect polished radio-friendly pop with a touch of the fluff that Manda's brand seems to be based on. But can Manda and her mams hope to get fluff past the rest in a heat as competitive as this? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389262845/melodifestivalen/article1719178.svt/alternates/large/panetoz.jpg 04: Panetoz - Efter solsken Text och musik: Johan Hirvi, Mats Lie Skåre, Nebeya Baheru, Njol Badjie och Pa Modou Badjie Best known for: Having a massive summer hit in Sweden in 2012, and not much since. William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 2.75 / 7/4 / =2nd/3rd William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 26.00 / 25/1 (Love an awkward white man tagging along un-self consciously with the rest.) This lot had one of those all-consuming summer hits back in 2012 in Sweden with - which I love, if only because it's basically (dead last in the final of MF 2008) but minus the cultural appropriation - and given Dansa pausa was 3 minutes precisely, you can't help but wonder if Christer's cursing his luck he didn't get them on board then. Not that he could really complain given what Sweden ended up with that year, but you really get the sense that this is the exact kind of thing Melodifestivalen could've done with in 2013 at least - not to mention that Panetoz would've been far more of a coup then so soon after the fact. As it goes, Panetoz's follow-up trod much the same track and did a grand total of bugger all on Svensktoppen, so how this will fare remains to be seen (presuming we're not in for an image change and a mournful progressive rock torch song). The best way of summing it is probably by thinking - how would Psy do if he entered I'm A Celebrity tomorrow? Okay, not the most accurate of analogies, but you get the idea. Will Panetoz be giving Sweden a moment in the sun, or have they had theirs already? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389262901/melodifestivalen/article1719180.svt/alternates/large/pinkpistols.jpg 05: Pink Pistols - I Am Somebody Text och musik: Joakim Törnqvist, Nestor Geli, Per Ivar Hed, Susie Päivärinta och Tord Bäckström Best known for: A gay supergroup of two members of former drag act After Dark (who finished third in MF 2004 with La dolce vita and came fifth in heat 4 in 2007 with unsubtle masturbation anthem - which translates as 'When you take things into your own hands' as well as fitting in an onanism pun to boot), plus another two from gay duo Straight Up, who did the for Stockholm Pride 2011. William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 11.00 / 10/1 / 8th William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 81.00 / 80/1 Now really, you kind of wish THIS LOT had been the ones coming out with the song called Love Trigger (preferably featuring a violently mincey dance routine composed of synchronised finger-gun loading and pointing. I'm creating one to this song anyway regardless.) Sadly my research reveals this lot aren't a group of militant homosexuals formed in protest in the wake of Sweden's (clearly bigoted) rejection of the last year (although just because it isn't publicised on the internet doesn't mean it can't be true, so I'm sticking with this interpretation and applying for membership). However, they're almost certain to avenge l'Armée's untimely slaughter on the battleground of Malmö by launching a rearguard offensive against the heterosexuals of Linköping this Saturday, with a song billed as sounding like an Alcazar cover of Lili och Susie's (with ropey old Suse on låtskrivarna duties, NATCH). Given Show Me Heaven is one of the greatest songs of all time (to say nothing of Melodifestivalen entries ~) I'm clearly on board. And YOU SHOULD BE TOO. Sweden used to vote for this kind of thing in MF (typically as entered by After Dark, funnily enough), but hasn't really had a great record in recent years of going for entries that explicitly push the gay agenda (hell, even schlager that IMPLICITLY pushes it seems to be out these days), so this is a near-certain flop. But WHO CARES? Join me along with Al-Kylieda as we hijack this GLITTERED PLANE before it CRASHES AND BURNS more fabulously than that time that gay rugby player saved America from jihad on Flight 93 http://www.moopy.org.uk/forums/images/icons/disco.gif (although in practice the fabulosity will probably be more akin to that time that helicopter crashed into that drag queen in Vauxhall last year) Still. BE THERE or BE HETEROSEXUAL (aside: omg is that one on the left leww in drag? you should have TOLD US!) http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1390297955/melodifestivalen/article1719184.svt/alternates/large/sannanielsen.jpg 06: Sanna Nielsen - Undo Text och musik: Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger och Hamed 'K-One' Pirouzpanah Best known for: Sweden's princess of hearts and perennial Melodifestivalen bridesmaid, coming closest in 2008 when she won the public vote and finished second with (WARNING: contains crimes against English language, even by standards of ESL-pop) William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 1.28 / 2/7 / 1st William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 5.00 / 4/1 (current second favourite to win) Ladies and gentleman, I present you Sanna Nielsen: schlager royalty. Our wholesome dame has entered this merry contest six times since (and christ she's run the gamut style-wise with each entry since - seemingly turning into a lesbian after losing in 2008, although after losing to THIS wouldn't YOU?), and in that time she's never failed to make the final - even if she has had to take the odd detour through andra chansen on occasion. And frankly it's easy to see why she has such big white bread appeal to your average Björn and Björnetta in suburban Umeå. Inoffensive? Yep. Hot vox? Tick. (The lyrics of Empty Room never fail to SLAY me, but San's vox never fail to slay me TWICE AS HARD *.* It's all I can do whenever I have a heartbreak to stop myself flinging my head back and belting out that it's alright because LIFE GOES ON JUST LIKE THE MOOOOOOOOOOON!) Pop hooks simultaneously and accessible? CHECK CHECK CHECK. Yep, even though on paper I should hate this bitch (of all the schlager divas outside of Carola she's probably the most inclined to betray THE CAUSE to go off and do a covers album of songs like The Rose, but Carola's allowed because she's in her fifties now and would probably have an easier time conceiving than birthing another hit - not LEAST because she probably has Gabriel on speed-dial anyway) I just can't bring myself to. Why? Well, partly because she gives EXCELLENT key change, but also because make no mistake: under that sweethearted girl-next-door exterior burns COLD SCHLAGER AMBITION. Why else would she subject herself so many times to a Swedish public infamous for dismissing careers with the flick of a wrist? No, our San's tired of playing schlager's Princess Di - she's put in the hours, and she wants that upgrade to Queen Liz status, and god help any stray Refreshment who gets in her way. So, what's she got for us this time? She's learned her lessons from Vågar du and I'm In Love - straight-up schlager plays well enough to get her to the final, but it's on the out these days and just won't do to get her that tiara. Too Eurovision, too cliché! No, Sanna's been rewatching her MF 2008 final VHS on repeat and taking notes, and she's come back with a big ballad - and one penned by her Kempe. She's bringing the hooks, she's bringing the heartbreak, she's bringing the drama, she's bringing the vox, and she's bringing the English-as-second-language pop lyrics ('undo my sad!' - SANG IT boys!). And even though Sanna ballads aren't usually my thing, the news that she's bringing a world-destroying key change naturally has me totally on board. I'm going to be losing my shit over this Downs' Syndrome power ballad of life, but will it be the ticket to make it seventh time lucky for Sanna and see 2014 as the year she claims her rightful place as the Empress of Schlager? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389262693/melodifestivalen/article1719170.svt/alternates/large/littlegreatthings.jpg 07: Little Great Things - Set Yourself Free Text och musik: Charlie Grönvall, Felix Grönvall, Cristoffer Wernqvist och Adam Dahlström Best known for: A debut act trading on 'don't you know who my relatives are?' appeal. William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 6.00 / 5/1 / 6th William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 41.00 / 40/1 Clockwise from top: yes, no, no, no. It gives me (and everyone else, with maybe the exception of Eyes) little pleasure to present to you all this year's State of Drama - some nobody pop-rock group. Well, nearly anyway. Two of them are nobodies - the other two happen to be ABBA SPAWN, which effectively gives them Swedish licence to claim to be the grandchildren of Jesus (I hope the conception featured . Well, they look YOUNG ENOUGH.) Musically, there's nothing really to see here, but narratively this is one that gets me excited. Why? As the grandchildren of Benny Andersson, they also happen to be the children of his daughter-in-law Nanne Grönvall . You might know her as one third of One More Time (along with Benny's son), who won Melodifestivalen 1996 and finished third in Eurovision with Den vilda, and you might also know her as a Melodifestivalen legend in her own right. (4th, MF 1998) and (7th, heat three 2003) brought me on board with their iconic/surreal flawlessness in any case (let's forget her aborted attempt to represent the UK in 2001 with the hilariously dreadful , which finished last in the selection. WEEP.), but she secured icon status with the Swedish public with her big MF comeback in 2005, the militant schlager-rock hybrid stomper , which absolutely romped the public televote with a then-record vote tally, but because of the juries finished second - by a painful razor-thin margin of three points behind...well, who do we have here performing last? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389262792/melodifestivalen/article1719176.svt/alternates/large/martinstenmarck.jpg 08: Martin Stenmarck - När änglarna går hem Text och musik: Andreas Öhrn, Alexander Bard, Peter Boström och Martin Stenmarck Best known for: Former MF 'winner' and Eurovision 19th placer in 2005 with , but with a big career after in Sweden. William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 2.75 / 7/4 / =2nd/3rd William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 26.00 / 25/1 Oh Christer, you devil you. Martin finished 150,000 votes behind Nanne in the MF 2005 public vote with his reheated Tom Jones B-side, but a narrow second place in the televote 5,000 votes ahead of third (televote points weren't awarded proportionally until 2011, so record votes made no difference to Nanne as first could only ever get 22 more points than second) and a strong win in the juries were enough to just about steal him the title that year. Outrage ensued. (I'm kind of glad I didn't follow at the time, it was painful enough finding out after the fact.) Come May and Stenmarck strode onto the Kiev stage, immediately attracting the attention of 95% of the gays of Europe (and come on, he's clearly aged but don't act like you still wouldn't) - half for him, and half because come on, it's Sweden. Then the song started and 95% of the gays of Europe (including a 13 year old Cassandra) reacted with a simultaneous 'what the fuck IS THIS SHIT?'. And so it was that Stenmarck gave Sweden their first full-blown flop since, funnily enough, Christer himself in 1992, and I like to think that somewhere in Stockholm Nanne spent the whole of the voting cackling to herself with a jeroboam of Jacobs Creek. But despite cursing Sweden with their worst entry since the dark days of Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley, Martin recanted and turned to pop in the years after, having a monster hit in Sweden in 2006 with his first post-Eurovision single and having a string of #1 singles and albums through until 2008. He hasn't had much success chart-wise since, but he's still pretty big with the Swedish Radio 2-equivalent crowd and he's more than earned the pimp slot in this heat. Regardless, you'd expect me to be in favour of Little Great Things, right? Well, no. Schlager vengeance is sweet and all (and serving it nine years later on Martin's comeback would be so cold only his immediate derobing would provide enough heat equilibrium to balance it out), but what's the point when it's served by a few spotty brats betraying Nanne's legacy by going pop-punk anyway? Especially as Stenmarck's definitely going to be serving the better platter - check out that writing team. Boström's on board, a big pop songwriter in his own right minus G:son as Bassflow (his remix of Salem al Fakir's should give some clue as to the wonders Bassflow can work with otherwise MoR prospects), and we have Gravitonas: BWO and Army of Lovers' musical mastermind/travelling salesman Alexander Bard, and the hot young bear Andreas Öhrn who is quite literally (probably) fucking for tracks. We're going to be looking at big but mature and adult synthpop here with a twist of schlager sweetness (Bard can never resist the homage to his roots), and surprisingly enough this is one I'm really looking forward to. I reckon it might just be a surprise Buzzjack favourite as well. But will it be enough of a Swedish favourite for Stenmarck to send Nanne's meddling kids home without dinner? -x- TIMETABLE Thursday: Minute long rehearsal clips will be uploaded to SVT, along with rehearsal reviews from the media (take it with a pinch of salt however - in 2012 Loreen's clip underwhelmed hugely, with only the media hype going into overdrive post-rehearsal giving any hint as to what lay ahead, and last year the schlager lovers all lost their shit en masse at the Swedish House Wives' clip before most (NOT I) abandoned ship after watching the whole thing) Friday: Reviews of the second rehearsal will be released, along with the notoriously hit-or-miss results of the gen-rep poll of audience members at the rehearsal Saturday: In the afternoon, we'll get 2:30 clips of the songs (to deter piracy) uploaded to SVT. A livestream of the heat will start at 7pm GMT on svt.se/melodifestivalen PREDICT. SPECULATE. SPURT.
February 6, 201411 yr Author PRE-LISTEN PREDIX DTG: Martin Stenmarck, Sanna AC: The Refreshments, J.E.M. 05: Little Great Things 06: Manda 07: Pink Pistols 08: Panetoz
February 6, 201411 yr Fabulous. Heats are getting better as the time passes it would seem. Weirdly, I'm anticipating Stenmarck's song too. Already know that I'm going to love the Panetoz one oops.
February 6, 201411 yr Author Schlagerprofilerna reviews: JEM - A cross between Danny Saucedo arena-pop and The E.N.D era Black Eyed Peas. An incredibly stylish and catchy modern pop song that should be among the top four. The Refreshments - Typical old-skool rock 'n roll. Anybody 40+ will love it and will be pouncing on their phones to vote. Clearly dangerous, it's got a very effective chorus. Manda - Complete pop fluff. Sounds like a Taylor Swift song rather than the Katy Perry power-pop she promised to deliver before the competition began. Panetoz - Not as immediate as their hit 'Dansa pausa', but it's got an okay chorus. If anything it's a little bit messy and we don't know who will be picking up their phones to vote for this. Pink Pistols - Surprisingly, they're taking part with a pop-rock track. It's cool that they've gone their own way and entered an unexpected track. It sounds just like Waldo's People (ESC 2009). Sanna - A beautiful ballad that allows Sanna to shine and pull in the votes. It's a little bit of 'Hollow', 'Moving On' and a dash of 'Halo'. It's a huge plus to come after the energy of the Pink Pistols. Little Great Things - Completely forgettable pop-rock aimed at kids. There's nothing to say about this, it's just that nothing-y. On the plus side, it makes Sanna look even better. Martin - A great piece of schlager arena-pop. The songwriters (Alexander Bard etc.) have perfectly mixed BWO and the sound of 'Tell The World I'm Here' and 'To The End' to create a great song.
February 6, 201411 yr I think from the sound of those reviews I'll be more on the side of the Refreshments than Little Great Things, although I'm sure I'll like that a little more than most people here. :kink: Pink Pistols sounds pretty great from that description and I'll be anticipating Sanna, JEM and Panetoz too. Looks another good heat. It SEEMS quite a bit more open than last heat so I don't know where to predict.
February 6, 201411 yr Author J.E.M's one doesn't even need the obvious Black Eyed Peas comparison, and the chorus is shamelessly predictable - but damnit if that post-chorus isn't sensational. Urgh at The Refreshments. Delightful to see the gay conceptualising the Manda performance has been taking notes from Aliona Moon *.* The song doesn't really sound like it's up to much though. 6th at best surely?
February 6, 201411 yr Panetoz is here. I think J.E.M's sounds the best from the clips so far, Manda and Panetoz aren't sounding brilliant in clip form. Also, is that Swedish House Wives backing for The Refreshments?!
February 6, 201411 yr Really looking forward to J.E.M, I really like 'Zoom', the writers and that preview shows a fair amount of promise for the full thing. Could only get through 10 seconds of The Refreshments before I turned off, and 'Glow' sounds decent but yeah, definitely more Taylor than Katy which disappointed me a bit. Those vocals are going to be TERRIBLE though, weak as hell.
February 6, 201411 yr JEM *.* omg if that's not at least ACing then I QUIT LIFE A bit disappointed with Panetoz. But it'll be a fun one regardless <3
February 6, 201411 yr Probably a poor prediction based on 1 minute but here we go anyway: DTF: Sanna Nielson, The Refreshments AC: Martin Stenmarck, J.E.M 5th: Panetoz 6th: Little Great Things 7th: Pink Pistols 8th: Manda I have no clue how to predict The Refreshments, but apparently they're a big deal in Sweden so I'll be lazy and just put them in the final. Edited February 6, 201411 yr by Sabrewulf
February 6, 201411 yr Author love to all who've currently posted but UM HELLO at everyone else who normally posts in here and has PASSED WITHOUT COMMENT
February 6, 201411 yr I was waiting until I'd heard all the clips before I made any tentative predictions DTF: Sanna, The Refreshments AC: J.E.M, Martin 5th: Little Big Things 6th: Panetoz 7th: Manda 8th: Pink Pistols I am, at present, optimistic for Sanna.
February 6, 201411 yr This Stenmarck clip makes me want to HEAR MOAR *.* Little Big Things or whatever they are called are pretty shit. 7th plz Now to wait until the live show coz I ain't listening to the 2:30 clips this year~
February 6, 201411 yr DTG: Sanna Nielsen, Martin Stenmarck AC: JEM, The Refreshments 5th: Little Great Things 6th: Panetoz 7th: Pink Pistols 8th: Manda Looking good for Sanna!
February 6, 201411 yr Author PRE-LISTEN PREDIX DTG: Martin Stenmarck, The Refreshments AC: Sanna, J.E.M. 05: Little Great Things 06: Manda 07: Pink Pistols 08: Panetoz Post-clips DTG: Sanna, Martin Stenmarck AC: Little Great Things, J.E.M. 05: The Refreshments 06: Pink Pistols 07: Manda 08: Panetoz It's another brutally competitive week.
February 6, 201411 yr Author Panetoz: fun and feel-good but it's not really got much of a stand-out hook. I can't see this going top four at all. Pink Pistols: HOLY HELL this is fabulous (got my finger-gun reloading routine down already). It's nowhere near accessible enough to have a HOPE of going much further but I can tell I'm going to be hammering the mp3 for this. Sanna: SLAY! QUEEN! REMEDIAL ENGLISH LESSONS! (those verses are shamefully ripped from Popular but WHO CARES. U-U-NDOOOOOO MAI-EE SA-AAAAAAAAD!) Little Great Things: The Refreshments underwhelmed but this actually sounds lethal. God there are five obvious qualifiers here and I'm FEARING FOR MY SANNATY Stenmarck: Not as good as I was setting myself up for but this is very nice. Sort your trousers out love. It's all quite BIG, and it sounds like an obvious qualifier. But then, so does most of this heat. I've got it down direkt, but I wouldn't be surprised to see this fifth at all.
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