Posted February 13, 201411 yr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3265/2895418399_f036199a92_o.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aLqTlAh-ayA/Uva_Z3rZFkI/AAAAAAAAFJU/I0kGyyT18tY/s1600/melloheat22014.jpg http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1392118006/melodifestivalen/article1719286.svt/alternates/large/deltavling3.jpg Buzzjack, I am scared shitless. Why? Because two of my favourite Melodifestivalen artists of all time have their careers' final rolls of the dice in this heat, and last week's results were fabulous. And if there's anything I've learned as a Melodifestivalen loon, it's that this contest never treats you nicely two weeks in a row. Last week saw Sanna ushered through into the final with special needs enormoballad Undo, currently sitting pretty as the hot favourite atop the odds. She was joined by Panetoz, who plunged the pork sword of good taste in 4/5ths exotic and tightly choreographed fashion (one fifth awkward fashion for whitey) into the corpses of The Refreshments, sailing through to an inevitable sixth place finish in the final. J.E.M thanked a deity of their choice that the Black Eyed Peas are probably too busy to watch Swedish Eurovision selection heats, leaving their plagiarism undiscovered for another day (until will.i.am tunes into andra chansen, the big queen), and Martin Stenmarck grinned even though he'd been dispatched to the second chance round - his work was done now he'd defeated a second generation of Grönvalls in Little Great Things, and now he had the chance to settle the score with Helena. Pink Pistols wondered how they'd get over the embarrassment of self-defining as 'somebody' to Sweden and receiving a loud 'I don't know her' in return, and Manda pondered how on earth she'd be able to pay the bills on her nork implants now, not least because Katy Perry's label are a litigious lot. Folks, WHAT A WEEK. Well, it was only natural it would come crashing down slightly, but even though this one's notionally the weakest on paper, there's still more than enough here to be getting on with. LET US MINCE. http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389263783/melodifestivalen/article1719226.svt/alternates/large/outtrigger.jpg 01: Outtrigger - Echo Text och musik: Outtrigger, Joy och Linnéa Deb, och Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad Best known for: Doing a of Robin Stjernberg's You, last year's MF winner. William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 1.57 / 4/7 / 1st (THIS CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN) William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 26.00 / 25/1 Urgh. Now there's a claim to fame to make you want to CROSS YOUR LEGS. And forewarning: you people aren't getting links for any of the references in this one because I REFUSE to encourage this wank. You can do your own research if you want to subject yourself to this. Right. Invariably every year there's a heavy metal entrant (this year there are two. Cheers Christer!). Invariably every year it attracts a bizarre anti-Melodifestivalen vote (think of the Swedish equivalent of the anti-populist reflex that got Rage Against The Machine to number one, or keeps a novelty act in week-in-week-out 'to stick it to Cowell'), slays a fave or three and sails through a heat, and the band members sit there sullen and stoney-faced in victory as a couple of pop moos who desperately, desperately needed that result more than they did weep as their hopes of ever having a viable music career again vanish into dust in front of a nation. They then roll up onto the stage, sullenly sneer their way through some joyless piece of screamo cock rock that would've sounded the same at any point in the last thirty years (which may sound like an odd criticism coming from a schlager fan, but that's nothing but joy, and makes no pretensions to artistry). They then get to the final, finish ninth, do a series of interviews sneering at the contest and all it stands for and declare themselves above it, then bugger off never to be heard from again. Dead By April, Dynazty, The Poodles: I loathe you with all the fibres of my being for the favourites of mine you've who and needed it far more than you ever did (even if it was partially self-inflicted in Jessica's case. Those HOT PANTS, that CHAIR SLUT DROP). The only one I'd be tempted to forgive is , who ironically decried everything Melodifestivalen stood for before entering and then came along with one of the few entries last year that brought the theatricality that the contest is built on (and a pretty great song to boot. Plus, l'Armée were nowhere near the top four so I'll let him off). This unappealing lot (with the exception of him on the right. I can forgive him.) are basically set to emulate the above template after striking fame with a screamo cover of You (http://www.moopy.org.uk/forums/images/smilies/zombie.gif), so the Debs (the writers of You) and Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad (him what's the musical mastermind behind Le Kid and a few other fabulous pop tracks, including Anton Ewald's ) have betrayed THE CAUSE and written them a track which is probably going to be a waste of a really good pop song, dressed up in metal and 'real music' pretension (honestly, these people have the nerve to call themselves artists and sneer at pop music?). I'm quaking in my boots as this is invariably going top four. Will there be room enough for our faves alongside these pricks? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389263676/melodifestivalen/article1719216.svt/alternates/large/eko.jpg 02: EKO - Red Text och musik: Joy och Linnéa Deb, Anna Lidman, Hannes Lundberg och Michael Ottosson Best known for: They aren't. Wildcard entrants as a result of winning Svensktoppennästa, a competition organised by Sveriges Radio. William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 8.00 / 7/1 / 8th William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 101.00 / 100/1 This lot seem to have shed a member in the space of a few months. Never a good sign (at least if Love Generation are anything to go by...). Wildcard entrants don't have the best of form in this contest - by which I mean entrants that win their place in Melodifestivalen through a competition or an open selection. The open competition on between 2010 and 2013 was scrapped after the best any of the choices managed was sixth in their heat (in fairness WAS very good, just not especially voter-friendly, and didn't really stand much chance anyway in 2011's HEAT OF DEATH. To say nothing of old Jule's DISASTROUS ginger perm), with last year's exquisite Island finishing last in its heat being the final straw (also the heat of death. Honestly Christer, give these POOR BASTARDS a CHANCE!). So, the last remaining wildcard is the winner of Svensktoppennästa, a summer live music competition organised by Sveriges Radio P4 (roughly the Swedish equivalent of Radio 2 with a touch of 6 Music in there too. Think credible adult contemporary), and it's a wildcard entering its second year but which already looks a little more hopeful than the others. Last year's Svensktoppennästa winner and Monica Lewinsky lookalike Terese Fredenwall broke new ground for wildcards, overcoming a bizarre downward key change with to make it all the way to a Globen or Bust. Naturally, she busted, but still - it's progress. EKO won Svensktoppennästa with the rather lovely Kate Bush-y , and are coming back with Red, which is by the same writers as Yellow plus the Debs (honestly, is there anybody they won't write for this year?). Much like Yellow, the echoes are that Red will be a gorgeous floaty synthy 80s-fest, so I'm naturally on board - but that's not really a description which sounds like the kind of thing that'll have Björn and Björnetta of the Umeå suburbs rushing to pick up the phones (Björnetta's more of a CajsaStina woman, natch). Can EKO hope to go where no wildcard has gone before and make it to andra chansen? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389263730/melodifestivalen/article1719222.svt/alternates/large/oscarzia.jpg 03: Oscar Zia - Yes We Can Text och musik: Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger och Hamed 'K-One' Pirouzpanah Best known for: Finished eighth on the sole season of the Swedish X Factor in 2012, but followed it up by finishing 2nd on the Swedish equivalent of Strictly Come Dancing last year. William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 1.73 / 8/11 / 2nd William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 34.00 / 33/1 You're right Lex, he is hotter than you. Pre-emptively set your TITS to STUNNED ladies: it's the SAME WRITERS AS UNDO - but this time uptempo and not a ballad. And yeah, it's a Kempe twink, so we're going to be in for some terminal lyrics (to go with that already terminal song title), a chorus oriented around a single word/phrase repeated ad infinitum, and a near-guaranteed spot in the final. As I mentioned in week one, this kind of entry is a tradition with true pop calibre, and unless we're in for a repeat of the lows of , chances are the thousand-yard stare Oscar will have when the cameras aren't on him will be MORE THAN WORTH IT for our resultant collective pleasure (and presumably Kempe's). So, who's Kempe's rent-a-twink this week? Oscar didn't really set the world alight in his time on the X Factor (I'm guessing he was probably a vaguely more talented Sam Callahan analog), but a successful run on Let's Dance finishing second only to former MF contestant and comedian Markoolio seems to have given him a bit of name recognition in Sweden at least - though his two releases #FAIL (ugh) and have done a sum total of BOT ALL on the charts there, which isn't really a good omen. This is apparently going to be a big update on the classic Swedish Max Martin/Cheiron Studios sound of the late 90s (no doubt helped by Kreuger, who was on the Cheiron team) - for those unacquainted, that means it's going to sound like all the Britney/*NSYNC/Backstreet Boys classics that turned it up to 11 on hooks, melody and key changes, and from that I'm guessing it's not going to be a million miles away from Austin Mahone's . That's got me quite excited - can Oscar deliver? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389263835/melodifestivalen/article1719229.svt/alternates/large/shirleyclamp.jpg 04: Shirley Clamp - Burning Alive Text och musik: Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström, Marcos Ubeda och Sharon Vaughn Best known for: Being the original (not so) little schlager diva who could by making it through andra chansen to finish second in 2004 with . William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 8.00 / 7/1 / 7th William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 67.00 / 66/1 Here we go. Back in November when I found out via text from the only other two Shirley Clamp loons in the universe (well, that I'd be caught dead talking to at least, judging from the QUESTIONABLE AT BEST mental faculties of the more impassioned audience members at her SELL-OUT Royal Vauxhall Tavern gig in 2012. Not even making that up.) that she was in this year's line-up, I lost my shit in delight that R SHIRL had somehow gotten herself another chance. That delight lasted about five minutes until I realised the odds that this would in all likelihood be the death knell that ensured it was the last one she got. I've spent the four months since in a perpetual state of terror. Shirley Clamp is in many ways an artist who epitomises Melodifestivalen for me: an overweight (typically, more on that later) middle-aged ginger woman who desperately gives her all with thermonuclear vox (devastatingly effective when accurate, just devastating when not.), typically while wearing deeply unsuitable ensembles. She also illustrates the painful whimsicality of the Swedish voting public which all too often typifies this contest and makes it the emotional rollercoaster we all know and love: having in her time been a luckless arriviste, an unlikely triumph, a big favourite, an embarrassing flop, and a fun distraction (in pretty much that order). She's seen success, failure, and andra chansen - yet she keeps on returning, each time gifting us with her world-conquering breasts and a slice of premium schlager with a key change-money note combo always teetering on the edge of out-of-tune. Shirley is the antithesis of the laminated drama school pretties slowly taking over this contest: an unpolished and deeply watchable powerhouse of a performer with a genuine sense of humour, whose flaws are what make her the icon she is (file next to: Linda Bengtzing). Anyway, I'm babbling. Here's the SHIRL PRÉCIS. Shirl's big stand-out name-making moment came with her follow-up to her flop filler 2003 entry , Min kärlek, which really fought its way into the final in a way only Robin Stjernberg's matched since - finishing fourth in its heat, and scraping through as the runner-up of andra chansen just a mere five hundred votes ahead of third place. Having gotten through, Shirl hit a stroke of luck and got the opening slot for the final, bringing Globen down with a (you can see it all in the 'thank CHRIST that's over' eye roll at the end) and eventually finishing second behind Lena Philipsson's . Having for all intents and purposes never really stood a chance of winning 2004, Shirley came back the following year as the massive favourite with buckets of goodwill with the Swedes, and with Att älska dig utterly romped through the opening heat (for my PINK POUNDS, one of the most competitive of all-time). However, by the time of the final the hype had dissipated a bit, and a mixture of a (ended with a slightly presumptuous 'I'm crying already!') and the focus going on Håll om mig, Las Vegas and Alcastar, shut Shirl out, and she ended up finishing fourth - respectable, but her shot at glory was gone. Her nadir came with her return in 2009 with gloopy ballad , which committed the dual crimes of being really boring and also featuring an all-time Melodimoment of horror from the key change onwards, as Shirl ill-advisedly whapped out her GAMMON THIGHS from within her cut dress, all the while warbling ever more off-key. Shirl duly crashed out in a truly shameful last place. Fun 4 andra chansen collaboration brought the entertainment factor in 2011 as Shirl 'n' the girls camped up in wet look leggings to a mincey Bond theme, and that seemed to be it - but here she is. Since last time, Shirley's become the face of WeightWatchers in Sweden, successfully SLIMMING DOWN (losing half her charm in my view, but luckily she seems to have hefted a bit back on since - and those delightful norks are still intact), become a judge on Talang (Sweden's Got Talent), and completed a successful world tour (sole destination London). She's hooked up with the writing team behind Survivor - which is possibly an omen, but either way we're likely in for something fabulous - and she's reportedly bringing us a track that's 'classic Shirley with a modern twist', which hopefully doesn't just mean Min kärlek with a dubstep breakdown in the middle eight. This kind of genre and artist is so on the out in Sweden that Shirley is really up against it, and being Christer's number one faghag probably has a lot to do with her getting another chance and getting slotted into the weakest heat of the year. Basically, if she can't make it through this, she's done. I will legitimately be crying embarrassing tears of joy if Shirley makes it through this heat alive. I'll even take andra chansen as a triumph. Can Shirl beat the odds? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389263900/melodifestivalen/article1719230.svt/alternates/large/stateofdrama.jpg 05: State of Drama - All We Are Text och musik: Göran Werner, Emil Gullham, Sanken Sandquist och Sebastian Hallifax Best known for: Leaving pop disaster in their wake by qualifying direkt through last year's heat of death with Falling, and then flopping in the final. William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 3.50 / 5/2 / 4th William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 41.00 / 40/1 God, they're all so fucking PUNCHABLE. I'll spare the one bottom left, but smug on left and right can do one, that poodle-haired prick INFURIATES ME each time I see him, and I'm certain that there is no greater crime against the universe than the existence of the lead singer, who you can just imagine sneering at you over those glasses and his copy of The Guardian. Somebody get the emergency napalm. Anyway, Christer in all his glorious wisdom decided that that NINTH PLACE FINISH last year was really a sign that Sweden was CRYING OUT for a return from these OXYGEN THIEVES. Basically, take everything I said about Outtrigger up above (the whole joyless real music sullen pouting thing) and apply it again here - except it's EVEN WORSE because it's by a band doing whiny early 00s soft rock even Snow Patrol would balk at. This is probably going to be fun for Eyes and Eyes only. Last year this lot took out a swathe of pop gold in heat 3, beating out Martin Rolinski's painfully brilliant 80s throwback by a mere 9,000 votes, and also denying Caroline af Ugglas's and Janet Leon's big old (more on her next week). Safe to say, short of a miracle these lot are going to be beating out SOMETHING we love. Can the gods play nice and show this unwelcome comeback the door? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389263549/melodifestivalen/article1719208.svt/alternates/large/cajsastinaakerstrom.jpg 06: CajsaStina Åkerström - En enkel sång Text och musik: CajsaStina Åkerström Best known for: 1994 debut , which was a big hit in Sweden. William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 5.50 / 9/2 / 5th William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 67.00 / 66/1 Christer's been after this lady for quite a while now, and she's always pointblank refused - until now. Old tongue-twister CajsaStina decided to chuck her lot in finally this year, confident she had a song good enough to chuck out there, but we don't really know much about it at all other than that it'll be an autobiographical ballad - that photo doesn't really scream 'schlager diva', does it? Expect something in keeping with her years of unremarkable but reliably selling P4-pandering albums since the mid-90s. That said, that's essentially the same veteran niche last year's Louise Hoffsten occupied with , which both wound up doing quite well (fifth in the final) and was rather fabulous to boot, so who knows with this? Worth keeping an eye on, at least. http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1389263503/melodifestivalen/article1719207.svt/alternates/large/acewilder.jpg 07: Ace Wilder - Busy Doin' Nothing Text och musik: Ace Wilder och Joy och Linnéa Deb Best known for: Attempts at forging a pop career which haven't really come to anything so far. William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 6.50 / 11/2 / 6th William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 67.00 / 66/1 SORT YOUR ROOTS OUT LOVE The Debs again! Bloody 'ell. This one's probably going to be a Buzzjack favourite - if she hasn't been entered into the BJSC already (she totally seems the type). Sweden-born but Florida-raised Ace here hasn't really had much success so far, so she's aiming for the tried and tested path of the Melodilaunch - and presumably she's hoping for one a little more Loreen than Janet Leon. Up until now she's come out with I Love It-aping , semi-fabulous dirty house trap dirge , and the eclectic A Wilder EP, which had songs which flitted between grungy, moody verses and explosive, glittering sugar choruses that wouldn't be out of place on a solo Gwen Stefani album. Newbie pop females don't really have the best of forms in this contest lately, but Ace seems like a punchy enough gal to at least come up with something memorable. Can she prove there's still a place for unashamed young female pop music in Melodifestivalen finals? http://www.svt.se/cachable_image/1392118101/melodifestivalen/article1719209.svt/alternates/large/dralbanochjessicafolcker.jpg 08: Dr. Alban & Jessica Folcker - Around The World Text och musik: Dr. Alban, Jakke Erixson och Karl-Ola Kjellholm Best known for: Dr. Alban - a series of 90s European hits, most notably 1992 UK #2 ; Jessica Folcker - late 90s Cheiron scion who had a big European (and UK #47) hit in 1998 with ; 00s Melodiflopstar. William Hill odds on going direkt till finalen (decimal / fractional / projected heat finish): 3.25 / 9/4 / 3rd William Hill odds on winning Melodifestivalen (d / f): 34.00 / 33/1 Here's an odd one. Two big artists who were legitimate international pop stars in their own right for Cheiron Studios in the 1990s, coming together twenty years later. Dr. Alban was one of the artists responsible for that most delightful of curio genres, 90s Swedish Eurodance reggae fusion, in collaboration with the godfather of the genre - Denniz Pop, the founder of Cheiron and the man behind some of the greatest pop hits of the 90s (you literally can't argue with a man with a discography which includes Ace of Base's big hits, Backstreet's Back, Robyn's Show Me Love, and ...Baby One More Time. Seriously. Don't even try.). Alban dominated the European charts in the early 90s, with his first two albums and singles like and selling millions in German-speaking markets which were the first to open up to the evolving Eurodance house revolution of the early 90s, led by artists like Dr. Alban. The big peak came in 1992 with , which even crossed over to the UK, although after the sound starting dying out after 1994 Alban's chart fortunes faded. His last hurrah (in my eyes at least) was his legitimate jaw-dropping collaboration with wobbly schlager dolly Kikki Danielsson (MF winner and Swedish 3rd placer in Eurovision 1985 with Bra vibrationer, which doesn't mean what you think it does) on his update of her 80s hit Papaya Coconut in 1998, which really needs hearing to be believed. Since then, he's kept quite quiet. Jessica was one of Denniz's protegées, being one of the prototype artists for the iconic Max Martin/Cheiron sound which dominated the late 90s (it probably helped that she was literally fucking 4 tracks, being Denniz's girlfriend until his death) and having big Swedish and international hits with tracks like and Tell Me What You Like. Debut album Jessica got her Swedish Grammy nods for Best Newcomer and Best Female Artist, but she didn't really get any chart recognition with any follow-ups after Denniz's death, apart from Bomfunk MCs' collaboration which was a European hit in 2002. Which of course, naturally led her to enter Melodifestivalen in 2005 and start a path as one of the most ill-fated entrants the contest has ever seen. Seriously http://www.moopy.org.uk/forums/images/smilies/grin.gif Debut entry looked like it had all the ingredients for success: well-known singer, infectiously catchy song, genre that wasn't only popular in Melodifestivalen at the time but also had shades of Eurovision-winning ability to it as well (at least once they'd wrestled it off Arja Saijonmaa, whose with its rolling r's and 90-a-day hoarse backing vocals may well be even more jaw-dropping than Papaya Coconut). All looked well, until ropey old Jess caught the plague a few days before her heat and found a stylist who clearly loathed her, sending her onstage looking like a Quality Street and with hair even an 80s power lesbian would've probably thought twice about (before going with it anyway). Ending the with one of the contest's all-time golden money notes of shame, she went out in an ignominious sixth place. Of course, Jess KNEW she was capable of more, so she tried her luck again the next year with When Love's Coming Back Again, a big sweeping G:son midtempo. Unfortunately, at the submission stage the silly cow mistimed her pregnancy and literally ended up giving birth hours before an understandably that you can almost SMELL the morphine from (and god knows how many Strepsils she needed to repair the vox from the childbirth screams). Poor old Jess was probably too exhausted to even care when she slumped in seventh. Still, the curse hasn't put off Jess, and she's hooked up with Alban to bring the 90s back, which looks like a promising prospect on paper given how influential the early decade was on today's music scene. Frankly, it'll be a triumph if Jess actually makes it to rehearsal, which she didn't manage either of the last two times - but can she break the duck with Alban and finally get her long-deserved ticket to the final? -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 13, 201411 yr Author PREDIX DTG: Oscar Zia, Outtrigger AC: State of Drama, Dr Alban & Jessica Folcker 05: Shirley Clamp 06: Ace Wilder 07: EKO 08: CajsaStina Åkerström
February 13, 201411 yr I'm reassured at present that the gallery pics constitute to the entirety of Tirren's knowledge of my appearance.
February 13, 201411 yr Also, I'm hoping the fact that State of Drama and Outrigger are targeting basically the same audience means that they struggle (a gay's gotta dream!)
February 13, 201411 yr Author If only! State of Drama appeal to basically anybody into soft pop-rock. I can't imagine many Outtrigger voters would be caught dead listening to The Calling.
February 13, 201411 yr screamo cock rock Going to refer to Eyes' music taste like this exclusively from now on. :D DTF: Oscar Zia, Outtrigger AC: CajsaStina Åkerström, Dr Alban & Jessica Folcker 05: State of Drama 06: Shirley Clamp 07: Ace Wilder 08: EKO
February 13, 201411 yr screamo cock rock Going to refer to Eyes' music taste like this exclusively from now on. :D We all have our niches. Something about this kind of heat is partly why I love Melodifestivalen, that there's a huge threat of these kinds of bands upsetting the result and everyone but me is SO against it. :D DTG: Oscar Zia, Dr Alban & Jessica Folcker AC: Outrigger, State Of Drama 5th: Ace Wilder 6th: CajsaStina Åkerström 7th: Shirley Clamp 8th: EKO That Outrigger cover of You wasn't too bad! They could be quite enjoyable (at least as enjoyable as I found Dead By April/Dynazty). I'm not expecting All We Are to be as good as Falling but hopefully should be quite cool. Dr Alban & Jessica sounds interesting too.
February 13, 201411 yr 03: Oscar Zia - Yes We Can ...and from that I'm guessing it's not going to be a million miles away from Austin Mahone's . That's got me quite excited - can Oscar deliver? Omg. Former Bignian BJSC entrant possibly doing something similar to my favourite song of last year?? I am wet with anticipation more for this than anything else in MF this year. That aside, I didn't mind the State of Drama song last year too much and I rather love the Dead by April track at the time two years ago.
February 13, 201411 yr Oooh, quite liking Oscar Zia's song, sounds like it's going to be far better than his two previous singles (though I did have rather a soft spot for #Fail, it's just that damn hashtag I hate!). EKO sounds promising as well. Outrigger awful as predicted.
February 13, 201411 yr Well you couldn't have been more right with your prediction of it being like 'What About Love?' if you tried, but it doesn't sound quite as good... I'll probably end up loving it in full on Saturday though. Tirren is definitely going to be crying, faiting and oozing (tame enough for you, Google?) simultaneously at Shirley though, does sound pretty emphatic but dated. EKO sounds interesting though, hints of 'I Feed You My Love' in the production but a little more 80s-ified. Outrigger sounds like something I'll probably enjoy again against my better judgement and Iz will adore.
February 13, 201411 yr Author The post-chorus on Yes We Can is DEEPLY MAXIMAL. The rest sounds fun too. Nice to hear Kempe's found a new song to mine for the next few years. EKO sounds a shimmering delight too *.*
February 13, 201411 yr Author OMFG BURNING ALIVE This is SUBLIME but sounds like a GUARANTEED FLOP. It just isn't standout enough for the average IDIOT ON THE STREET. I'm TERRIFIED :(
February 13, 201411 yr Burning Alive sounds pretty good! Wouldn't mind that going further although that doesn't seem likely from everyone else's pessimism. EKO sound very interesting, if they do well they could come 5th.. maybe? Their vocals seemed a little shaky though. Outrigger sounds pretty strong and those cages look like they'll give some nice visuals to the performance. Oscar Zia sounds TERRIBLE though. Awful chorus, maybe the verses will save it as I do have a small amount of goodwill towards Zia from Without U. But at the moment it just sounds limp and boring.
February 13, 201411 yr I feel like Zia will be subjected to Andra Chansen for some reason, I felt it before the clip and I feel it somewhat now. I just can't work out what else will go through with Outrigger. Outrigger/State Of Drama would be amusing qualifiers though, if only for the meltdown in here by everyone expect Iz.
February 13, 201411 yr Author THE FIGHT IS ON. State of Drama's song is sadly REALLY GOOD and definitely going top four, but CajsaStina and Ace sound like bottom three contenders along with EKO. It's ALL DOWN TO JESS on whether or not Shirley could go top four.
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