March 12, 20178 yr Yeah, I don't know. It looks like Russia has no intention to win Eurovision this year.
March 12, 20178 yr Yeah, quite hard to not see the political undertones in this. It's not like she's an incredible vocalist too, from what I know. Hopefully it's not true and she was chosen on her own merit though (or by giving a sum of money needed for participation to the right people - this is still better than the 'please don't boo us, she's in a wheelchair' scenario). The song is as beige as it can get. Embarrassing even.
March 12, 20178 yr gosh, my ears are bleeding. that pronunciation <_< okay, there's enough time to improve her skills. btw, I find this kinda worrying - back vocals often do a disgusting disservice to songs and singers. As for this one, back vocals RUINED all the attempts of charming.
March 12, 20178 yr I indeed hope this was something she wanted to do but it feels sort of cruel to be given such a poor, dated song. They'll still qualify and do ok in the final I think though.
March 12, 20178 yr At least she's not getting THAT much hate on russian forums. Because pretty much EVERYTHING is hated by internet Russians. Jamala is STILL getting called VERY offensive names to this day quite regularly. :')
March 13, 20178 yr Author Turns out Yulia is on this so-called Russian artist blacklist in Ukraine after performing in Crimea without entering through Ukrainian borders.
March 13, 20178 yr This is what provocation smells like. Just let it go, I mean there're obviously a lot of fans of delving into dirty laundry, and it just became a thing - tryna looking for some sh!t to hit the fan.
March 13, 20178 yr well, according to Channel One who's responsible for all the things related to Eurovision in Russia, they were "looking for the singer with certain biography" and there's too much ways to treat these words, honestly I can't give any specific comments right now :(
March 13, 20178 yr The AUDACITY of the Russian delegation. It's musically terrible and yet they can't lose, if it bombs, we're awful people. I feel for her.
March 13, 20178 yr and yet they can't lose, if it bombs, we're awful people THIS p.s. *cough* Poland 2015 *cough*
March 13, 20178 yr The song for me is just very bland, which suppose does verge on awful :lol: I feel it's trying to be 100% safe but ending up with a probable DNQ. Of course it is quite awful they are going as far as using a severely handicapped woman for votes regardless of the song's merit, or rather lack thereof :/
March 13, 20178 yr THIS p.s. *cough* Poland 2015 *cough* I can't figure out if the performance will be more or less geared towards sympathy votes than Poland in 2015. That was... really pushing it. I've seen quite a few comments about this along the lines of "Who says disabled people can only compete for sympathy?!" and it's like, OK, but if the theme of the performance is literally just "Here is the singer in a wheelchair; nothing else will be happening" then I'm going to question the motivation for that.
March 13, 20178 yr I can't figure out if the performance will be more or less geared towards sympathy votes than Poland in 2015. That was... really pushing it. I've seen quite a few comments about this along the lines of "Who says disabled people can only compete for sympathy?!" and it's like, OK, but if the theme of the performance is literally just "Here is the singer in a wheelchair; nothing else will be happening" then I'm going to question the motivation for that. I don't think it's even just the performance, it seems like it's the entirety of their marketing strategy! And if the point of comparison is Poland 2015 then that stronger, more melodic and better sung song scored what would have been a paltry 10 jury points under the current system. And that's without all the "no way I'm voting for Russia" nefariousness that this would unfortunately be subject to.
March 13, 20178 yr Poland 2015 was not more melodic or stronger. One of the dullest ballads ever sent to the damn contest.
March 13, 20178 yr Poland 2015 was good in studio form. Live not so much but it's a million times better than this atrocity.
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