Hmm, quite poor.

Jack's vocals sound different to how they did on The Voice. This sounds like a 'Don't Come Easy' rip-off - a very similar melody.

Diana is fab, looking forward to her!

 

Jack's voice doesn't usually irk me but it goes right through me on that song :/ Very poor.

That sounded like every Sam Smith song from the last four years put in a blender (and I can hear the Don't Come Easy comparisons as well!) - not massively impressed by that one.

5 more entries out today!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I expected more from Mitch's song :( It's good but I feel like the only thing it has to distinguish it from so many other songs is the splash of Gamilaraay language lyrics, the chorus is quite weak and it's the same old message we get from a lot of songs which have those token Eurovision themes if you aren't sure what to write :lol: I think Proud is my fave of these, Casey will bring the vox *.* Can We Make Heaven is pretty good too but it's missing something, it'd pop off that bit more with a key change gospel choir or sth nearer the end.

 

Idk if I get great vibes in terms of Eurovision success from any of these :(

Definitely expected more from Mitch, the English lyrics sound very generic, but it's 'nice' (as are the rest of the fresh songs)

 

Really hoping one of the final three acts that we haven't heard from can pull something out of the bag, because last year had such a unique/stand-out top 2, it'll be a shame if nothing this year pushes the boundaries in quite the same way (I have a good feeling that either Jaguar Jonze or Montaigne could deliver what we need)

Vanessa has confirmed on Twitter that “Lessons Of Love” is her entry.

Pressure's on for Jaguar Jonze and Montaigne to really bring something unique as the rest of this lineup is not sparking much joy. 'Proud' is the best of the bunch but even that's just a really good version of a style we've seen before a hundred times.

 

Part of the reason why Zero Gravity and 2000 and Whatever were so memorable was because they were so off the wall so it seems a shame that everyone else seems to be playing it safe so far.

Lessons Of Love is one of the last options I'd have chosen for Vanessa ffs :lol: I'm sure she'll rock the vocals live but without a revamp (other than cutting the required 11 seconds for Eurovision) the song won't stand out.

 

I agree about playing it safe, I know nothing about Jaguar Jonze but I've got a good feeling about Montaigne in that regard. Fingers crossed!! Everything so far is pretty much what you'd expect from each artist (of the ones I knew beforehand), which isn't a bad thing for some of them but none of them stick out as being songs that will do that well. In fact I feel like a good few of them might struggle to qualify!

"Rabbit Hole" by Jaguar Jonze is now available to listen to

 

I'm disappointed, the rest of the song shows promise but for me the chorus is a bit of a non-event

 

 

 

 

At this stage I think my pick would be Vanessa, and we now have the Eurovision cut of her entry!

 

Ah that sounds better, little bit more oomph. Doesn't seem like much but a production flourish does make all the difference! Definitely my pick to win so far, I guess it's up to Montaigne to bring something a bit crazy which is what this NF is missing for sure.

It's a decent track, as it stands I'd love to see Vanessa get the ticket. I guess she still has a lot of goodwill in Australia too, but so do a lot of the other artists in this line-up.

 

I think the juries would probably score it quite well too, if only because her vocals are insane, though I'm not sure it would do a huge amount in the televote.

 

I think it's Montaigne's to lose at this point, if she turns up with something wonderfully quirky and standout like most of her other material then it will have no problem standing out in the national final. And Aus won't mind taking a risk on something leftfield after Kate took them back to the top 10.

Edited January 29, 20205 yr by gooddelta

I can see it being between Casey/Vanessa/Montaigne (her entry is called Don't Break Me and is out on Friday), depending on what the latter brings but as said if it's anything like her usual material I can't see why she won't do it! Vanessa and Casey both have insane vocals, are popular in Aus (Casey won I'm A Celeb a couple of years ago plus always seems to pop up on TV and ofc Vanessa is a a legend) and we can trust they'll bring it. I thought Mitch could have done it, but the track just isn't good enough.

Call me when Samantha Jade finally decides to enter this

Call me when Samantha Jade finally decides to enter this

 

Next year I need her to do a 12 track album of 3 ish Minute songs.

 

Perform 6 on one night, 6 on the next. Top 3 from each go to the final. 6 song final and the gays are given everything we want and Australia wins Eurovision.

Judging from this snippet Montaigne's song is INSANE! :wub:

 

https://music.apple.com/nz/album/dont-break...ngle/1495647631

 

I don't think it's especially crazy or quirky, but it's very good regardless. I'd go with this, and Vanessa as my back-up choice.

Yeah I was surprised that it's quite 'big modern Eurovision ballad' rather than something a little more out there. My head is with Montaigne but my heart is with Vanessa, even though she'd probably end up on the bottom half of the scoreboard at Eurovision. Hard to tell how Montaigne would do but I'd be surprised if she did any better than Kate did.

Edited January 31, 20205 yr by gooddelta

I think I would probably go with Vanessa as well since they'll at least be able to lean in to the "power ballad with insane vocals" jury votes that are out there and let the televote be what it will be (because frankly I don't think any of these 10 songs are magnetic enough to overcome Australia's natural televote handicap).

Montaigne's song is v good, I'd put it about on a par with Lessons Of Love but I wanted more from her :( I don't think they've got a song in this bunch that would go left hand of the scoreboard, maybe Montaigne just about... Definitely has to be Vanessa or Montaigne and get some strong jury support seeing as the televote is always gonna be Australia's downfall.