Posted April 7, 200817 yr Well, after an absence to review all of the songs (and suffer from fascist internet control), I have made up my mind on all of the songs :drama: Each review also includes my ranking out of 43. So, here goes ^_^ Albania - Olta Boka - Zemren E Lame Peng (8/43) Hands up who can remember the last time Albania sent something good? It's hard to believe it, but Albania is one of the few countries that has yet to top their debut; but anyway, this song is nothing like their debut, so at least the Albanians can't be accused of trying for success by reliving past glories or anything (cf. Belgium). One of quite a few this year that's just like Bosnia's entry last year, except actually very good. Still won't go top 10 though - this one has 11th place in the final in the bag if it gets through. And let's hope to god it doesn't get the opening performance either. Andorra - Gisela - Casanova (7/43) Well, isn't that something? Andorra do Sweden with someone who should by all rights be representing Spain. Would do far better than Spain in fact, were it not painfully obvious that the rather lovely Gisela is headed down the Kate Ryan route. Pity that. Armenia - Sirusho - Qele Qele (2/43) The first time I heard this, I thought for the first few seconds we were just in for a female rehash of last year's Armenian entry. Then the percussion kicked in and I realised that the Armenians were actually trying to win this year as opposed to just go top 10 off the diaspora vote. Qele Qele is quite frankly an orgasmic menage a trois of three of this decade's best winners - Turkey 2003, Ukraine 2004 and Greece 2005 - and as such is virtually guaranteed to win with the diaspora counted in. Wouldn't it be so much more entertaining though if the diaspora didn't guarantee it though? That said, when Sirusho wins on May 24th, it will actually be on merit. Mostly. Azerbaijan - Elnur Huseynov - Day After Day (32/43) Odd, odd, ODD entry from the Azeris. Really quite weird. A bit mentally damaging too. The choice of rock/opera and 7th position performance just goes to show that the Azeris really are quite new to this Eurovision thing , and I'll just chalk it down to that when they fail miserably in the semi and hope for a Ruslana next year from Azerbaijan. Belarus - Ruslan Alekhno - Hasta La Vista (23/43) It's S Club 7-meets-the gay disco scene in the ex-Soviet bloc. I know, I didn't think it would be so annoyingly good either! But yes, onto the song itself and its chances. How many times have we seen Hasta La Vista as a song title in recent years? It's almost beginning to rival Die For You/Never Let You Go for sheer ubiquitousness in the contest. OK, overstatement, but Belarus are really just sending stuff we've all heard before. Belarus back to their semi floppage trend from now on methinks. Undeserved sometimes perhaps (My Galileo :cry:) but Work Your Magic was probably the peak of Belarus' Eurofortunes. In the adult contest at least. Belgium - Ishtar - O Julisi Na Jalini (11/43) In a desperate attempt to prove that Flanders is totally the better region of Belgium when it comes to Eurovision, they have come up with a rather cheap solution to their problems - steal the Wallonian idea for 2003 and send a song in an imaginary language. Pfffft. At least the song is the near polar opposite of Sanomi, being lovely and chirpy and bubbly and really quite Nintendo-y. This won't repeat Sanomi's successes though, and in all honesty will probably do an Amambanda. Bosnia-Herzegovina - Elvir Lakovic - Pokusaj (37/43) Rubber chicken or no rubber chicken, this is by far the worst Bosnian entry ever, and hopefully even the Balkans will see sense and ditch this whiny dirge in the semi. It won't happen though, and my only realistic hope is that this misses the top 5 in the final. I despise the man's voice, although his on-stage gimmicks will save the country's blushes and ensure that this coasts through the semi-final and into the top 10. bast*rd. Bulgaria - Deep Zone and Balthazar - DJ, Take Me Away (27/43) This is one of those songs that really can't seem to make up its mind on what it wants to be - a typical Saturday night trance anthem or a classy, slinky lounge anthem. It'll do well off the former parts, but really the latter parts would be more deserving as they're by far the most sophisticated parts of the songs. That said though, the results when the two parts mix towards the end are really quite divine, and would it kill the Balkan countries to stop making half the song an instrumental? Croatia - Kraljevi Ulice and 75 Cents - Romanca (28/43) Oh dear. A perfectly good slice of ethnic folkery from the Croats ruined by an old man's ranting. Lose him and the song itself would be a LOT better, although any Croatian success this year will be thanks to the old man, which is really quite depressing. This is borderline qualification, and if it doesn't make it to the final (where approximately half of Western Europe will p*** themselves laughing at this and vote it the winner (the other half are p***ing themselves laughing at Ireland and voting it the winner, while Spain are p***ing themselves laughing at their own entry before realising that nobody is voting for them) it will be there or thereabouts - think Portugal's result last year. Cyprus - Evdokia Kadi - Femme Fatale (39/43) Really really far too ethnic for my liking, or Europe's liking for that matter. Destined for nul points, as the only country that would really 'get' it - Greece - aren't there in Cyprus' semi to give this sub-par laika a 12! Tough luck Cyprus. Maybe send Evridiki again? Except make her sing in English this time, you're probably not going to get much in the way of success if she's singing in French. Come on, even the French have realised that by now Cyprus... Czech Republic - Tereza Kerndlova - Have Some Fun (16/43) An upbeat pop song was exactly what the Czechs needed after last year's disastrous debut (remember children, awful castoffs that are similar to last year's winner only in genre aren't likely to get you any 12s. Or any points for that matter, apart from a charitable 1 from Estonia), especially as it sounds fantastic on first listen. After a while, it does begin to annoy a little, but 2 plays is really all the lifespan a song needs to do well in this contest (cf. Irlande Douze Points) and this could well get the Czechs into the final. Denmark - Simon Mathew - All Night Long (31/43) For those of you paying attention, you may recall that Denmark sent a similar entry to this in 2005. That entry was endearing, and went top 10. The Danes, so success-starved recently that they had to try and send the old drag queen cliche last year (another lesson: don't send drag queens unless there's another gimmick to them a la Verka. Or unless the song's actually good), decided to send 2005's entry again, except this time multiplied by a million. The end result? A song so chirpy and catchy to the point (let's call it the 'Mika' point) that I really quite hate it but can't bring myself to do so. When you think of the most notable recent Danish export, Alphabeat, and the fact that 'Fascination' was only 3 minutes long and also absolutely amazing, there is little you can do to stop yourself from hating the Danes (or at the very least their lack of foresight in not inviting Alphabeat to the selection) and hoping this doesn't qualify and go top 10. Despite you actually quite liking it. And hating it. Estonia - Kreisiraadio - Leto Svet (42/43) Vile vile vile trash. Not a patch on Verka (which is quite clearly what Kreisiraadio were trying to imitate) and quite frankly a nul points would both be wholly deserved and send out the right message, given that the geographical position of the Estonians (nor their recent military record, come to thtat) don't exactly lend themselves well to any silly excuses like politics or the rest of Europe hating them. Really almost on a par with their 2001 entry, except this doesn't have a chance of winning. Then again, that's what they said then. Be scared people. :( Finland - Teräsbetoni - Missä Miehet Ratsastaa (26/43) I think the Finns failed to grasp the concept that it was the costumes, not the genre, that won it for Lordi. Well, they could do worse (the Czechs last year anyone?), but I really hope the Finns aren't expecting this heavy metal-by-numbers to do well, or in fact any more gimmickless heavy metal. Although granted, Hanna Pakarinen really was quite amazing. France - Sebastien Tellier - Divine (18/43) The French have an unforunate habit of being awfully unlucky with Eurovision recently (as well as having some rather unluckily awful entries, cf. 2006), with Ortal (2005) and Les Fatales Picards (2007) standing as testament to this. So, the French have finally realised the one barrier to their success recently (apart from sending very run-of-the-mill entries, that is) has been their choice of language, and they've realised that if they ever want to do well in Eurovision again now might be a good time to get over their Anglophobia. Well, the results are really quite astounding - it's easily the best French entry in years (apart from Ortal that is, which only really needed an English translation and it wouldn't have sounded out of place in the UK Top 40), although this Scissor Sisters-esque electro-indie-pop ditty is unlikely to pull in the votes. Which is really a massive pity, as it's inevitable that the old political argument will rear its ugly head when this flops, and this really deserves to do well (especially as the French are actually trying now - do you think they wanted to sing in English?) But the simple fact is, this really isn't a Eurovision song at all, and it's far too unique and odd to do well. Should get a fair few Western votes though. Georgia - Diana Gurtskaya - Peace Will Come (29/43) I'm really in two minds on this song. The intro is really very good and almost a little James Bond-esque, and the verses are fairly good, but then Diana goes and ruins it all with that ridiculously stumbling and wordy chorus (the song title doesn't exactly lend itself to flowing lyrics quite well). Unfortunately, this pretty much ruins the song for me, and after last year's Bjork-esque genius this is really a big disappointment. Won't qualify. Germany - No Angels - Disappear (10/43) Germany, true to form, send something completely different to last year. This year heralds the German Spice Girls doing an upbeat pop ballad that lyrically isn't a million miles away from 'Change'. Unfortunately, No Angels have quite the reputation for poor vocal live performances, so this looks destined to miss the top 10 for Germany again. Although if this does well, I expect nothing less than at least a kidnap attempt on the Sugababes to get them to represent us next year. Please? Although if this fails, one wonders what the Germans will do next. They're beginning to run out of genres really... Greece - Kalomira - Secret Combination (4/43) Aside from the blatant theft of the beat from 'Give It To Me' (That's Russia's job to be getting Timba castoffs Kalomira!) this is actually rather exquisite in an 'Elena Paparizou doing 4 Minutes' kinda way. Would bring the contest back to Athens next year were it not for the existence of Russia and Armenia, and expect this to get the UK's 10 (the 12 is in Ireland's bag this year obv) on the pure basis that this would be an utter chav summer anthem were Eurovision not, like, bare gay or summin. Indeed. Hungary - Csezy - Szivveres (33/43) At first I liked this song. Then I realised how utterly boring and MOR it was. Is this the same Hungary that sent that classic jazzy ballad last year? You got it so right then, how could you send this? This won't trouble the final, unless the juries are in the mood for something coma-inducing this year. Iceland - Eurobandið - This Is My Life (5/43) It's a pity that it isn't 2001, otherwise this would win by an absolute country mile. Would've been better than 2001's winner as well. This near-godlike dance anthem from Eurobandið (how the hell do you pronounce that last letter anyway?) will probably get through the semi-finals, but I can't see it troubling the top 5. Should give the Icelandics their best result since Birgitta though. Ireland - Dustin the Turkey - Irlande Douze Points (17/43) If you've paid even the slightest attention to this year's contest, you will already know this and either love or loathe it. I loved this at first, but now with the benefits of hindsight and 30 or so other songs for comparison, I now merely like it. One play is really all this track needs, and like it or not this is the only guaranteed top 5 we have this far ahead of the contest (apart from Armenia and Russia of course, but they have the benefits of diasporas which guarantee them top 10 anyway). Thanks to the extremely unsatisfactory British selection this year, I will be supporting the Irish come May 24th, and I don't think anybody is in any doubt that the title is fairly self-prophetic, if only for the British point of view. Israel - Bo'az Mauda - Ke'ilo Kan (22/43) Yes, it is a man. A man singing a surprisingly haunting/beautiful/feminine pop ballad. No, it won't qualify. No, not until they send another 2005. Latvia - Pirates of the Sea - Wolves of the Sea (12/43) After being generally my most hated Eurovision country for the past few million years (cf. 2002 striptease victory ahead of Malta, 2005 top 5 with 2-man cringefest, 2006's a cappella horrors, 2007's insanely terrifying low odds for G4), Latvia have decided to shake things up and send something awful this year. Except it's so awful, it's actually quite amazing. Go figure. The gimmick is more than enough to get them into the final, and the song is of a good enough quality to get them into the top 10. They'll actually deserve it for once. Lithuania - Jeronimas Milius - Nomads In The Night (35/43) Lithuania have the unfortunate reputation of being the lame Baltic triplet when it comes to Eurovision. Quite apart from being the only Baltic triplet not to have won yet, the Lithuanians are still waiting for their first top 5 (to my knowledge, I may be wrong on this) result. Hint: they're not about to get it anytime soon if they send depressive and gloomy dirge that really sounds like it belongs in a musical. How ironic that the only time they've gotten into the top 10 recently has been as a result of declaring themselves the winners... Macedonia - Tamara feat. Awful Rappers - Vo Ime Na Ljubovta (36/43) This song has potential. Unfortunately, I've only heard the live performance, which was not only tuneless but also featured the most cringeworthy rapping I've heard this side of Spain's entry in 2005. If Tamara and her Crapsquad don't figure out how to perform live, there's no way this will continue Macedonia's final streak. Malta - Morena - Vodka (9/43) Well...this was unexpected. This is one of those utterly unpredictable songs - it'll either go top 5 or flop miserably (quite a bit like their entry last year in that respect then :(). Energetic disco that would be a perfect and memorable opener, this should qualify from the semi, but the final position really depends on where Morena has to perform from. And yes, it is quite the Saturday night anthem! Moldova - Geta Burlacu - A Century of Love (30/43) Like Lithuania's entry last year, this is by no means a bad song. However, also like Lithuania last year, this will get lost amidst the gimmicks and energetic performances. Still, if their record is anything to go by, the Moldovans will turn out something really rather amazing next year, and save their faux-latino borefests for even-numbered years. Better luck next year? Montenegro - Stefan Filipovic - Zauvijek Volim Te (41/43) The only of last year's failed debutants to not learn their lesson, once again the Montenegrins send dated, twangy car rock and will once again fail to get out of the semi-final! Really, please just send No Name Montenegro... Netherlands - Hind - Your Heart Belongs To Me (21/43) Everything about this song - cf. UK 2005. Except I don't think the Dutch had to choose either this or a pair of tone deaf pregnant breast implants. Otherwise identical, in quality (fairly good), inspiration (eastern, but too far so to get any Balkan votes) and result (shockingly bad). Unfortunately, this means we won't be seeing the Dutch next year thanks to their political theories. Shame! Norway - Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold On, Be Strong (3/43) Think Amy Winehouse production-meets-typical Eurovision lyrics. Yes, suprisingly good isn't it? This lush and classy jazzfest should do what Hungary did last year (coast through the semi and then come top 10 on the final night), and even if it misses out on the semi this is certain to get the jury vote. At the very least, this should give the Norwegians a long overdue top 10 (having not had one since 2003), especially after the gorgeous entries they've sent over the past few years. Poland - Isis Gee - For Life (15/43) A lovely little ballad from the Poles, but unfortunately not powerful or ethnic enough to do well. Sorry Poland, back to the drawing board - you're gonna really have to work at it if you ever want to get into the final again. Portugal - Vânia - Senhora Do Mar (25/43) You really wouldn't think that Portugal want to lose that awful record of longest participation without a win from the quality of their entries, would you? Don't get me wrong, they have started attempting to send songs rather than just singing 'Will this do?' for 3 mintues, and they were very unlucky to miss out of the final last year, but as nice as this ballad is, it ultimately just sounds like a step back for the Portuguese. Romania - Nico & Vlad Mirita (38/43) Don't go all 2002 on us again Romania. You were doing so well until last year, why are you ruining it all now? As a rule of thumb, if it sounds like it belongs in a musical, it doesn't belong in Eurovision (cf. Switzerland 2006, Lithuania 2008), so please can the Balkans have mercy on us all and not allow this into the final? That goes for the diaspora as well. :smoke: Russia - Dima Bilan - Believing (24/43) After a brief OMGasm at the news that Dima and Timbaland were teaming up to, like, totally make Europe Russia's b**ch this year, I realised that the song wasn't actually very good, in a 'typical Enrique Iglesias song' kinda way. This chorus will save Russia's top 3 streak, but in all honesty, the song is hands-down this year's biggest Euro-disappointment. And it wasn't even produced by Timbaland either, it was done by his colleague Jim Beanz. Boooo. Send Serebro again. San Marino - Miodio - Complice (43/43) Tuneless, awful dirge. This (and the inevitable flop) will do nothing to persuade Italy to come back to Eurovision. Given the lack of any suitable voters (unless there are enough suitably deaf Swiss), this is another candidate for nul points methinks! Serbia - Jelena Tomasevic - Oro (6/43) Oh look, Serbia have done what France were doing at the beginning of the decade - the 'ain't broke, don't fix it' method. It doesn't make for a bad song - nothing of the sort, it's like Bosnia's entry last year except actually quite fantastic - but Serbia do need to remember what happens if you do the same thing 3 times in a row. Unless you're Greece of course. Or Balkan. Oh wait, never mind. Slovenia - Rebeka Dremelj - Vrag Naj Vzame (14/43) Hmmm, is it just me or are Slovenia utterly terrified of singing in English since their 2003 flop? It hasn't done them much good really, especially as it took an absolute belter last year to get them out of the semi and even THAT couldn't get them into the top 10. This would stand a chance, but it suffers from what I like to call 'Ortal Syndrome' - it's actually a very good pop song, but nobody can understand it. OK, overstatement there, and it really does sound quite amazing in Slovenian (as opposed to stumbling, overly-accented English), but you get the feeling that accessibility is really all that stands in Slovenia's way in this thing. Spain - Rodolfo Chikilacuatre - Baila El ChikiChiki (40/43) DIE. If copying a mediocre rap song from 2005's tune wasn't bad enough, this is both awful AND ridiculously short (which is good AND bad in some respects). Hopefully even Andorra and Portugal will realise this dire and hideously unfunny trash for what it is and nul points as appropriate. Next please! Sweden - Charlotte Perrelli - Hero (1/43) Quite simply amazing. There is no other word for it (apart from aurally orgasmic really, but that's a phrase and also conjures up rather odd images). The Swedes continue their even-numbered year tradition of sending power pop at its best (with 2001 being the exception), and for the 4th time this decade have offered the best song of the contest. This is FAR better than Charlotte's 1999 offering, and would in an ideal world win with about 300+ points. It won't though, Armenia will obvs. This is really how epic pop should be done, and the song is suitably fantastic enough to overcome its poor performance position in the semi-final. Expect a 5th place finish in the final. With 170 points. Switzerland - Paolo Meneguzzi - Era Stupendo (19/43) Oh ho ho. Here ladies and gentlemen, is this year's juries' 'orgasm-in-a-cup'. This is virtually guaranteed to get into the final thanks to the odd new jury qualification rules this year (unless Paolo does something like strip completely on the night, and even then it would still probably get the jury vote en masse, as well as the televote come to that), although I doubt it'll do much when it has to answer to the televotes in the final. Sad that, as this would've won by a country mile in, say, 1994. Turkey - Mor Ve Otesi - Deli (20/43) The new head of Turkey's Eurovision broadcaster, in his infinite wisdom, has decreed that henceforth all Turkish entries to Eurovision will be sung in Turkish. Which is an absolute godsend for the rest of Europe because it means that Turkey will from now on actually have to send something good to get into the top 10, and the Turks can no longer rely on their diaspora to do well. Until then, all further entries will qualify from the semis with ease and then go all Gulseren on us in the final. Thank god! Well, I hope anyway. This is destined for 7th because it's actually quite good. Or 12th because it isn't actually a Eurovision song at all. Ukraine - Ani Lorak - Shady Lady (13/43) Ah, the Ukrainians. They're getting into quite a bad habit of sending rather fabulous entries these days, aren't they? (Yes, I am reluctantly including Verka there) I'm beginning to think that all the Ukrainians really want is for us to forgive them for the horrors of their 2005 entry, when they rather absent-mindedly sent an entry that nobody else would understand (given it was their revolutionary anthem etc. etc.). Don't worry, all is forgiven Ukraine! We get the message, you can send utterly fantastic pop when you try, now can you move out of the way? You're taking up Sweden's space and she wants it back thank you. United Kingdom - Andy Abraham - Even If (34/43) Two things are inevitable this year: this slice of dated, forgettable soul will finish in the bottom 5, and the BBC will blame it on politics. Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy given what we could've sent instead! Even if we weren't performing from the nightmare position of 2nd, this wouldn't have had a chance of finishing outside the bottom 5. Michelle Gayle/The Revelations/Simona Armstrong, where art thou? What's the lesson here children? The British public couldn't tell a good Eurovision entry if it slapped them in the face (cf. Cyndi 2007, Kym Marsh 2006) and all UK selections should henceforth be internal. But no, the BBC will never learn and all British failures from now on will be thanks to 'politics'. Typical. So, there we go :drama: Comments? :smoke:
April 7, 200817 yr Great reviews....still in the middle of reading them actually...but you got the regions in Belgium mixed up. It was Wallonia who sent "Sanomi" and Flanders this year. Sorry I'm picky like that :P
April 7, 200817 yr Hands up who can remember the last time Albania sent something good? 2004 :P Then the percussion kicked in and I realised that the Armenians were actually trying to win this year as opposed to just go top 10 off the diaspora vote. Can't argue with that, not that Hayko's song last year wasn't deserving of its top ten finish of course :puke: Work Your Magic was probably the peak of Belarus' Eurofortunes. Yep, Hasta La Vista is incredibly weak in comparison Belgium - Ishtar - O Julisi Na Jalini (11/43) At least the song is the near polar opposite of Sanomi, being lovely and chirpy and bubbly and really quite Nintendo-y. Sounds exactly like the music in Super Mario Sunshine! Czech Republic - Tereza Kerndlova - Have Some Fun (16/43) it sounds fantastic on first listen. After a while, it does begin to annoy a little This has been stuck between 30 and 40 in my chart for ages...I love it but not quite enough to push it up into the upper reaches France - Sebastien Tellier - Divine (18/43) So, the French have finally realised the one barrier to their success recently (apart from sending very run-of-the-mill entries, that is) has been their choice of language, and they've realised that if they ever want to do well in Eurovision again now might be a good time to get over their Anglophobia. Was Molitva in English :P Germany - No Angels - Disappear (10/43) Although if this fails, one wonders what the Germans will do next. They're beginning to run out of genres really... lol, this decade they've gone for ballads, jazz, country, pop, swing, dance and of course the legend that is Lou! Greece - Kalomira - Secret Combination (4/43) expect this to get the UK's 10 (the 12 is in Ireland's bag this year obv) on the pure basis that this would be an utter chav summer anthem were Eurovision not, like, bare gay or summin. Indeed. Hmm...Sweden could get the 10...it will definitely get 7 or above though Hungary - Csezy - Szivveres (33/43) This won't trouble the final, unless the juries are in the mood for something coma-inducing this year. If this gets the jury vote, I'll kill myself Latvia - Pirates of the Sea - Wolves of the Sea (12/43) After being generally my most hated Eurovision country for the past few million years (cf. 2002 striptease victory ahead of Malta, 2005 top 5 with 2-man cringefest, 2006's a cappella horrors, 2007's insanely terrifying low odds for G4), Latvia have decided to shake things up and send something awful this year. Except it's so awful, it's actually quite amazing. Go figure. The gimmick is more than enough to get them into the final, and the song is of a good enough quality to get them into the top 10. They'll actually deserve it for once. Haha, I like this one, its like Aqua meets Chipz! I didn't hate Marie N, though I was less than impressed with her stealing Ira's thunder...I did like Walters & Kazha however! and their 2003 flop entry was quite charming, if not quite so good live Norway - Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold On, Be Strong (3/43) Think Amy Winehouse production-meets-typical Eurovision lyrics. Yes, suprisingly good isn't it? This lush and classy jazzfest should do what Hungary did last year (coast through the semi and then come top 10 on the final night), and even if it misses out on the semi this is certain to get the jury vote. At the very least, this should give the Norwegians a long overdue top 10 (having not had one since 2003), especially after the gorgeous entries they've sent over the past few years. It was a crime that Alvendansen didn't go top ten and I will be disgusted if this doesn't go top ten...though I really can't see it in the top ten come May 24th :( Russia - Dima Bilan - Believing (24/43) After a brief OMGasm at the news that Dima and Timbaland were teaming up to, like, totally make Europe Russia's b**ch this year, I realised that the song wasn't actually very good, in a 'typical Enrique Iglesias song' kinda way. This chorus will save Russia's top 3 streak, but in all honesty, the song is hands-down this year's biggest Euro-disappointment. And it wasn't even produced by Timbaland either, it was done by his colleague Jim Beanz. Boooo. Send Serebro again. Sounds like one of the weaker tracks on Shock Value...its good but it will be a shame if it wins Serbia - Jelena Tomasevic - Oro (6/43) Oh look, Serbia have done what France were doing at the beginning of the decade - the 'ain't broke, don't fix it' method. It doesn't make for a bad song - nothing of the sort, it's like Bosnia's entry last year except actually quite fantastic - but Serbia do need to remember what happens if you do the same thing 3 times in a row. Unless you're Greece of course. Or Balkan. Oh wait, never mind. I prefer this to Molitva, that 'no na nai' hook is so infectious! Sweden - Charlotte Perrelli - Hero (1/43) Quite simply amazing. There is no other word for it (apart from aurally orgasmic really, but that's a phrase and also conjures up rather odd images). The Swedes continue their even-numbered year tradition of sending power pop at its best (with 2001 being the exception), and for the 4th time this decade have offered the best song of the contest. This is FAR better than Charlotte's 1999 offering, and would in an ideal world win with about 300+ points. It won't though, Armenia will obvs. This is really how epic pop should be done, and the song is suitably fantastic enough to overcome its poor performance position in the semi-final. Expect a 5th place finish in the final. With 170 points. 5th is Sweden's favourite position :wub: Switzerland - Paolo Meneguzzi - Era Stupendo (19/43) Oh ho ho. Here ladies and gentlemen, is this year's juries' 'orgasm-in-a-cup'. This is virtually guaranteed to get into the final thanks to the odd new jury qualification rules this year (unless Paolo does something like strip completely on the night, and even then it would still probably get the jury vote en masse, as well as the televote come to that), although I doubt it'll do much when it has to answer to the televotes in the final. Sad that, as this would've won by a country mile in, say, 1994. This is one of my three faves of this year...its an absolutely excellent song, and the album version is even better than the Eurovision version United Kingdom - Andy Abraham - Even If (34/43) Two things are inevitable this year: this slice of dated, forgettable soul will finish in the bottom 5, and the BBC will blame it on politics. Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy given what we could've sent instead! Even if we weren't performing from the nightmare position of 2nd, this wouldn't have had a chance of finishing outside the bottom 5. Michelle Gayle/The Revelations/Simona Armstrong, where art thou? What's the lesson here children? The British public couldn't tell a good Eurovision entry if it slapped them in the face (cf. Cyndi 2007, Kym Marsh 2006) and all UK selections should henceforth be internal. But no, the BBC will never learn and all British failures from now on will be thanks to 'politics'. Typical. City Chix were 2006's unlucky losers...All About You was an excellent pop song...and I'm not sure it should go internal unless all of the BBC staff who work on 'Making Your Mind Up/Eurovision: Your Decision' are replaced with a new panel consisting of myself, David, you and Peter loved those reviews by the way!
April 7, 200817 yr Author :heehee: Thanks for the comments! ^_^ And yes, we should totally take over the BBC internal selection :smoke::kink:
April 7, 200817 yr Interesting read Tyron. ^_^ I agree with much of it, but I'm beginning to doubt Ireland now, and I'm pretty sure Israel will qualify comfortably. :D Armenia will win though, I kinda hope they don't though as it seems like such a foregone conclusion now. :(
April 7, 200817 yr I kinda hope they don't though as it seems like such a foregone conclusion now. :( Anna Vissi seemed like a foregone conclusion in 2006...and she came 9th! its all about the performance I suppose...if Sirusho puts on a terrible show then she won't do as well as expected
April 7, 200817 yr I always thought Anna Vissi wasn't going to win tbh. :o And make your sig smaller Tyron. :angry:
April 7, 200817 yr I always thought Anna Vissi wasn't going to win tbh. :o And make your sig smaller Tyron. :angry: I honestly wasn't sure...I didn't think it would be Anna or Carola and they were the favourites... I certainly didn't think Lordi...I seem to remember putting my money on Romania...although I hoped Daz would win :kink:
April 8, 200817 yr And let's hope to god it doesn't get the opening performance either. hope Albania will not be performing at the beginning too ;) I agree with your predictions about Albania but Russia... hmm.. Believe me i would be amazingly happy if we sent Serebro again. :drama: maybe after the flop of Dima :kink: Edited April 8, 200817 yr by Pavel
April 8, 200817 yr im still hoping for Sweden...and i think its first time here that so many people have sweden as a fave...excellent pop...undescribeable Edited April 8, 200817 yr by Addy!
April 8, 200817 yr Well, after an absence to review all of the songs (and suffer from fascist internet control), I have made up my mind on all of the songs :drama: Each review also includes my ranking out of 43. So, here goes ^_^ Albania - Olta Boka - Zemren E Lame Peng (8/43) Hands up who can remember the last time Albania sent something good? It's hard to believe it, but Albania is one of the few countries that has yet to top their debut; but anyway, this song is nothing like their debut, so at least the Albanians can't be accused of trying for success by reliving past glories or anything (cf. Belgium). One of quite a few this year that's just like Bosnia's entry last year, except actually very good. Still won't go top 10 though - this one has 11th place in the final in the bag if it gets through. And let's hope to god it doesn't get the opening performance either. Andorra - Gisela - Casanova (7/43) Well, isn't that something? Andorra do Sweden with someone who should by all rights be representing Spain. Would do far better than Spain in fact, were it not painfully obvious that the rather lovely Gisela is headed down the Kate Ryan route. Pity that. Armenia - Sirusho - Qele Qele (2/43) The first time I heard this, I thought for the first few seconds we were just in for a female rehash of last year's Armenian entry. Then the percussion kicked in and I realised that the Armenians were actually trying to win this year as opposed to just go top 10 off the diaspora vote. Qele Qele is quite frankly an orgasmic menage a trois of three of this decade's best winners - Turkey 2003, Ukraine 2004 and Greece 2005 - and as such is virtually guaranteed to win with the diaspora counted in. Wouldn't it be so much more entertaining though if the diaspora didn't guarantee it though? That said, when Sirusho wins on May 24th, it will actually be on merit. Mostly. Azerbaijan - Elnur Huseynov - Day After Day (32/43) Odd, odd, ODD entry from the Azeris. Really quite weird. A bit mentally damaging too. The choice of rock/opera and 7th position performance just goes to show that the Azeris really are quite new to this Eurovision thing , and I'll just chalk it down to that when they fail miserably in the semi and hope for a Ruslana next year from Azerbaijan. Belarus - Ruslan Alekhno - Hasta La Vista (23/43) It's S Club 7-meets-the gay disco scene in the ex-Soviet bloc. I know, I didn't think it would be so annoyingly good either! But yes, onto the song itself and its chances. How many times have we seen Hasta La Vista as a song title in recent years? It's almost beginning to rival Die For You/Never Let You Go for sheer ubiquitousness in the contest. OK, overstatement, but Belarus are really just sending stuff we've all heard before. Belarus back to their semi floppage trend from now on methinks. Undeserved sometimes perhaps (My Galileo :cry:) but Work Your Magic was probably the peak of Belarus' Eurofortunes. In the adult contest at least. Belgium - Ishtar - O Julisi Na Jalini (11/43) In a desperate attempt to prove that Flanders is totally the better region of Belgium when it comes to Eurovision, they have come up with a rather cheap solution to their problems - steal the Wallonian idea for 2003 and send a song in an imaginary language. Pfffft. At least the song is the near polar opposite of Sanomi, being lovely and chirpy and bubbly and really quite Nintendo-y. This won't repeat Sanomi's successes though, and in all honesty will probably do an Amambanda. Bosnia-Herzegovina - Elvir Lakovic - Pokusaj (37/43) Rubber chicken or no rubber chicken, this is by far the worst Bosnian entry ever, and hopefully even the Balkans will see sense and ditch this whiny dirge in the semi. It won't happen though, and my only realistic hope is that this misses the top 5 in the final. I despise the man's voice, although his on-stage gimmicks will save the country's blushes and ensure that this coasts through the semi-final and into the top 10. bast*rd. Bulgaria - Deep Zone and Balthazar - DJ, Take Me Away (27/43) This is one of those songs that really can't seem to make up its mind on what it wants to be - a typical Saturday night trance anthem or a classy, slinky lounge anthem. It'll do well off the former parts, but really the latter parts would be more deserving as they're by far the most sophisticated parts of the songs. That said though, the results when the two parts mix towards the end are really quite divine, and would it kill the Balkan countries to stop making half the song an instrumental? Croatia - Kraljevi Ulice and 75 Cents - Romanca (28/43) Oh dear. A perfectly good slice of ethnic folkery from the Croats ruined by an old man's ranting. Lose him and the song itself would be a LOT better, although any Croatian success this year will be thanks to the old man, which is really quite depressing. This is borderline qualification, and if it doesn't make it to the final (where approximately half of Western Europe will p*** themselves laughing at this and vote it the winner (the other half are p***ing themselves laughing at Ireland and voting it the winner, while Spain are p***ing themselves laughing at their own entry before realising that nobody is voting for them) it will be there or thereabouts - think Portugal's result last year. Cyprus - Evdokia Kadi - Femme Fatale (39/43) Really really far too ethnic for my liking, or Europe's liking for that matter. Destined for nul points, as the only country that would really 'get' it - Greece - aren't there in Cyprus' semi to give this sub-par laika a 12! Tough luck Cyprus. Maybe send Evridiki again? Except make her sing in English this time, you're probably not going to get much in the way of success if she's singing in French. Come on, even the French have realised that by now Cyprus... Czech Republic - Tereza Kerndlova - Have Some Fun (16/43) An upbeat pop song was exactly what the Czechs needed after last year's disastrous debut (remember children, awful castoffs that are similar to last year's winner only in genre aren't likely to get you any 12s. Or any points for that matter, apart from a charitable 1 from Estonia), especially as it sounds fantastic on first listen. After a while, it does begin to annoy a little, but 2 plays is really all the lifespan a song needs to do well in this contest (cf. Irlande Douze Points) and this could well get the Czechs into the final. Denmark - Simon Mathew - All Night Long (31/43) For those of you paying attention, you may recall that Denmark sent a similar entry to this in 2005. That entry was endearing, and went top 10. The Danes, so success-starved recently that they had to try and send the old drag queen cliche last year (another lesson: don't send drag queens unless there's another gimmick to them a la Verka. Or unless the song's actually good), decided to send 2005's entry again, except this time multiplied by a million. The end result? A song so chirpy and catchy to the point (let's call it the 'Mika' point) that I really quite hate it but can't bring myself to do so. When you think of the most notable recent Danish export, Alphabeat, and the fact that 'Fascination' was only 3 minutes long and also absolutely amazing, there is little you can do to stop yourself from hating the Danes (or at the very least their lack of foresight in not inviting Alphabeat to the selection) and hoping this doesn't qualify and go top 10. Despite you actually quite liking it. And hating it. Estonia - Kreisiraadio - Leto Svet (42/43) Vile vile vile trash. Not a patch on Verka (which is quite clearly what Kreisiraadio were trying to imitate) and quite frankly a nul points would both be wholly deserved and send out the right message, given that the geographical position of the Estonians (nor their recent military record, come to thtat) don't exactly lend themselves well to any silly excuses like politics or the rest of Europe hating them. Really almost on a par with their 2001 entry, except this doesn't have a chance of winning. Then again, that's what they said then. Be scared people. :( Finland - Teräsbetoni - Missä Miehet Ratsastaa (26/43) I think the Finns failed to grasp the concept that it was the costumes, not the genre, that won it for Lordi. Well, they could do worse (the Czechs last year anyone?), but I really hope the Finns aren't expecting this heavy metal-by-numbers to do well, or in fact any more gimmickless heavy metal. Although granted, Hanna Pakarinen really was quite amazing. France - Sebastien Tellier - Divine (18/43) The French have an unforunate habit of being awfully unlucky with Eurovision recently (as well as having some rather unluckily awful entries, cf. 2006), with Ortal (2005) and Les Fatales Picards (2007) standing as testament to this. So, the French have finally realised the one barrier to their success recently (apart from sending very run-of-the-mill entries, that is) has been their choice of language, and they've realised that if they ever want to do well in Eurovision again now might be a good time to get over their Anglophobia. Well, the results are really quite astounding - it's easily the best French entry in years (apart from Ortal that is, which only really needed an English translation and it wouldn't have sounded out of place in the UK Top 40), although this Scissor Sisters-esque electro-indie-pop ditty is unlikely to pull in the votes. Which is really a massive pity, as it's inevitable that the old political argument will rear its ugly head when this flops, and this really deserves to do well (especially as the French are actually trying now - do you think they wanted to sing in English?) But the simple fact is, this really isn't a Eurovision song at all, and it's far too unique and odd to do well. Should get a fair few Western votes though. Georgia - Diana Gurtskaya - Peace Will Come (29/43) I'm really in two minds on this song. The intro is really very good and almost a little James Bond-esque, and the verses are fairly good, but then Diana goes and ruins it all with that ridiculously stumbling and wordy chorus (the song title doesn't exactly lend itself to flowing lyrics quite well). Unfortunately, this pretty much ruins the song for me, and after last year's Bjork-esque genius this is really a big disappointment. Won't qualify. Germany - No Angels - Disappear (10/43) Germany, true to form, send something completely different to last year. This year heralds the German Spice Girls doing an upbeat pop ballad that lyrically isn't a million miles away from 'Change'. Unfortunately, No Angels have quite the reputation for poor vocal live performances, so this looks destined to miss the top 10 for Germany again. Although if this does well, I expect nothing less than at least a kidnap attempt on the Sugababes to get them to represent us next year. Please? Although if this fails, one wonders what the Germans will do next. They're beginning to run out of genres really... Greece - Kalomira - Secret Combination (4/43) Aside from the blatant theft of the beat from 'Give It To Me' (That's Russia's job to be getting Timba castoffs Kalomira!) this is actually rather exquisite in an 'Elena Paparizou doing 4 Minutes' kinda way. Would bring the contest back to Athens next year were it not for the existence of Russia and Armenia, and expect this to get the UK's 10 (the 12 is in Ireland's bag this year obv) on the pure basis that this would be an utter chav summer anthem were Eurovision not, like, bare gay or summin. Indeed. Hungary - Csezy - Szivveres (33/43) At first I liked this song. Then I realised how utterly boring and MOR it was. Is this the same Hungary that sent that classic jazzy ballad last year? You got it so right then, how could you send this? This won't trouble the final, unless the juries are in the mood for something coma-inducing this year. Iceland - Eurobandið - This Is My Life (5/43) It's a pity that it isn't 2001, otherwise this would win by an absolute country mile. Would've been better than 2001's winner as well. This near-godlike dance anthem from Eurobandið (how the hell do you pronounce that last letter anyway?) will probably get through the semi-finals, but I can't see it troubling the top 5. Should give the Icelandics their best result since Birgitta though. Ireland - Dustin the Turkey - Irlande Douze Points (17/43) If you've paid even the slightest attention to this year's contest, you will already know this and either love or loathe it. I loved this at first, but now with the benefits of hindsight and 30 or so other songs for comparison, I now merely like it. One play is really all this track needs, and like it or not this is the only guaranteed top 5 we have this far ahead of the contest (apart from Armenia and Russia of course, but they have the benefits of diasporas which guarantee them top 10 anyway). Thanks to the extremely unsatisfactory British selection this year, I will be supporting the Irish come May 24th, and I don't think anybody is in any doubt that the title is fairly self-prophetic, if only for the British point of view. Israel - Bo'az Mauda - Ke'ilo Kan (22/43) Yes, it is a man. A man singing a surprisingly haunting/beautiful/feminine pop ballad. No, it won't qualify. No, not until they send another 2005. Latvia - Pirates of the Sea - Wolves of the Sea (12/43) After being generally my most hated Eurovision country for the past few million years (cf. 2002 striptease victory ahead of Malta, 2005 top 5 with 2-man cringefest, 2006's a cappella horrors, 2007's insanely terrifying low odds for G4), Latvia have decided to shake things up and send something awful this year. Except it's so awful, it's actually quite amazing. Go figure. The gimmick is more than enough to get them into the final, and the song is of a good enough quality to get them into the top 10. They'll actually deserve it for once. Lithuania - Jeronimas Milius - Nomads In The Night (35/43) Lithuania have the unfortunate reputation of being the lame Baltic triplet when it comes to Eurovision. Quite apart from being the only Baltic triplet not to have won yet, the Lithuanians are still waiting for their first top 5 (to my knowledge, I may be wrong on this) result. Hint: they're not about to get it anytime soon if they send depressive and gloomy dirge that really sounds like it belongs in a musical. How ironic that the only time they've gotten into the top 10 recently has been as a result of declaring themselves the winners... Macedonia - Tamara feat. Awful Rappers - Vo Ime Na Ljubovta (36/43) This song has potential. Unfortunately, I've only heard the live performance, which was not only tuneless but also featured the most cringeworthy rapping I've heard this side of Spain's entry in 2005. If Tamara and her Crapsquad don't figure out how to perform live, there's no way this will continue Macedonia's final streak. Malta - Morena - Vodka (9/43) Well...this was unexpected. This is one of those utterly unpredictable songs - it'll either go top 5 or flop miserably (quite a bit like their entry last year in that respect then :(). Energetic disco that would be a perfect and memorable opener, this should qualify from the semi, but the final position really depends on where Morena has to perform from. And yes, it is quite the Saturday night anthem! Moldova - Geta Burlacu - A Century of Love (30/43) Like Lithuania's entry last year, this is by no means a bad song. However, also like Lithuania last year, this will get lost amidst the gimmicks and energetic performances. Still, if their record is anything to go by, the Moldovans will turn out something really rather amazing next year, and save their faux-latino borefests for even-numbered years. Better luck next year? Montenegro - Stefan Filipovic - Zauvijek Volim Te (41/43) The only of last year's failed debutants to not learn their lesson, once again the Montenegrins send dated, twangy car rock and will once again fail to get out of the semi-final! Really, please just send No Name Montenegro... Netherlands - Hind - Your Heart Belongs To Me (21/43) Everything about this song - cf. UK 2005. Except I don't think the Dutch had to choose either this or a pair of tone deaf pregnant breast implants. Otherwise identical, in quality (fairly good), inspiration (eastern, but too far so to get any Balkan votes) and result (shockingly bad). Unfortunately, this means we won't be seeing the Dutch next year thanks to their political theories. Shame! Norway - Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold On, Be Strong (3/43) Think Amy Winehouse production-meets-typical Eurovision lyrics. Yes, suprisingly good isn't it? This lush and classy jazzfest should do what Hungary did last year (coast through the semi and then come top 10 on the final night), and even if it misses out on the semi this is certain to get the jury vote. At the very least, this should give the Norwegians a long overdue top 10 (having not had one since 2003), especially after the gorgeous entries they've sent over the past few years. Poland - Isis Gee - For Life (15/43) A lovely little ballad from the Poles, but unfortunately not powerful or ethnic enough to do well. Sorry Poland, back to the drawing board - you're gonna really have to work at it if you ever want to get into the final again. Portugal - Vânia - Senhora Do Mar (25/43) You really wouldn't think that Portugal want to lose that awful record of longest participation without a win from the quality of their entries, would you? Don't get me wrong, they have started attempting to send songs rather than just singing 'Will this do?' for 3 mintues, and they were very unlucky to miss out of the final last year, but as nice as this ballad is, it ultimately just sounds like a step back for the Portuguese. Romania - Nico & Vlad Mirita (38/43) Don't go all 2002 on us again Romania. You were doing so well until last year, why are you ruining it all now? As a rule of thumb, if it sounds like it belongs in a musical, it doesn't belong in Eurovision (cf. Switzerland 2006, Lithuania 2008), so please can the Balkans have mercy on us all and not allow this into the final? That goes for the diaspora as well. :smoke: Russia - Dima Bilan - Believing (24/43) After a brief OMGasm at the news that Dima and Timbaland were teaming up to, like, totally make Europe Russia's b**ch this year, I realised that the song wasn't actually very good, in a 'typical Enrique Iglesias song' kinda way. This chorus will save Russia's top 3 streak, but in all honesty, the song is hands-down this year's biggest Euro-disappointment. And it wasn't even produced by Timbaland either, it was done by his colleague Jim Beanz. Boooo. Send Serebro again. San Marino - Miodio - Complice (43/43) Tuneless, awful dirge. This (and the inevitable flop) will do nothing to persuade Italy to come back to Eurovision. Given the lack of any suitable voters (unless there are enough suitably deaf Swiss), this is another candidate for nul points methinks! Serbia - Jelena Tomasevic - Oro (6/43) Oh look, Serbia have done what France were doing at the beginning of the decade - the 'ain't broke, don't fix it' method. It doesn't make for a bad song - nothing of the sort, it's like Bosnia's entry last year except actually quite fantastic - but Serbia do need to remember what happens if you do the same thing 3 times in a row. Unless you're Greece of course. Or Balkan. Oh wait, never mind. Slovenia - Rebeka Dremelj - Vrag Naj Vzame (14/43) Hmmm, is it just me or are Slovenia utterly terrified of singing in English since their 2003 flop? It hasn't done them much good really, especially as it took an absolute belter last year to get them out of the semi and even THAT couldn't get them into the top 10. This would stand a chance, but it suffers from what I like to call 'Ortal Syndrome' - it's actually a very good pop song, but nobody can understand it. OK, overstatement there, and it really does sound quite amazing in Slovenian (as opposed to stumbling, overly-accented English), but you get the feeling that accessibility is really all that stands in Slovenia's way in this thing. Spain - Rodolfo Chikilacuatre - Baila El ChikiChiki (40/43) DIE. If copying a mediocre rap song from 2005's tune wasn't bad enough, this is both awful AND ridiculously short (which is good AND bad in some respects). Hopefully even Andorra and Portugal will realise this dire and hideously unfunny trash for what it is and nul points as appropriate. Next please! Sweden - Charlotte Perrelli - Hero (1/43) Quite simply amazing. There is no other word for it (apart from aurally orgasmic really, but that's a phrase and also conjures up rather odd images). The Swedes continue their even-numbered year tradition of sending power pop at its best (with 2001 being the exception), and for the 4th time this decade have offered the best song of the contest. This is FAR better than Charlotte's 1999 offering, and would in an ideal world win with about 300+ points. It won't though, Armenia will obvs. This is really how epic pop should be done, and the song is suitably fantastic enough to overcome its poor performance position in the semi-final. Expect a 5th place finish in the final. With 170 points. Switzerland - Paolo Meneguzzi - Era Stupendo (19/43) Oh ho ho. Here ladies and gentlemen, is this year's juries' 'orgasm-in-a-cup'. This is virtually guaranteed to get into the final thanks to the odd new jury qualification rules this year (unless Paolo does something like strip completely on the night, and even then it would still probably get the jury vote en masse, as well as the televote come to that), although I doubt it'll do much when it has to answer to the televotes in the final. Sad that, as this would've won by a country mile in, say, 1994. Turkey - Mor Ve Otesi - Deli (20/43) The new head of Turkey's Eurovision broadcaster, in his infinite wisdom, has decreed that henceforth all Turkish entries to Eurovision will be sung in Turkish. Which is an absolute godsend for the rest of Europe because it means that Turkey will from now on actually have to send something good to get into the top 10, and the Turks can no longer rely on their diaspora to do well. Until then, all further entries will qualify from the semis with ease and then go all Gulseren on us in the final. Thank god! Well, I hope anyway. This is destined for 7th because it's actually quite good. Or 12th because it isn't actually a Eurovision song at all. Ukraine - Ani Lorak - Shady Lady (13/43) Ah, the Ukrainians. They're getting into quite a bad habit of sending rather fabulous entries these days, aren't they? (Yes, I am reluctantly including Verka there) I'm beginning to think that all the Ukrainians really want is for us to forgive them for the horrors of their 2005 entry, when they rather absent-mindedly sent an entry that nobody else would understand (given it was their revolutionary anthem etc. etc.). Don't worry, all is forgiven Ukraine! We get the message, you can send utterly fantastic pop when you try, now can you move out of the way? You're taking up Sweden's space and she wants it back thank you. United Kingdom - Andy Abraham - Even If (34/43) Two things are inevitable this year: this slice of dated, forgettable soul will finish in the bottom 5, and the BBC will blame it on politics. Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy given what we could've sent instead! Even if we weren't performing from the nightmare position of 2nd, this wouldn't have had a chance of finishing outside the bottom 5. Michelle Gayle/The Revelations/Simona Armstrong, where art thou? What's the lesson here children? The British public couldn't tell a good Eurovision entry if it slapped them in the face (cf. Cyndi 2007, Kym Marsh 2006) and all UK selections should henceforth be internal. But no, the BBC will never learn and all British failures from now on will be thanks to 'politics'. Typical. So, there we go :drama: Comments? :smoke: Good Review although I will have to correct you on your review of Turkey :P You are correct in that the head of turkish broadcaster TRT would like all entries to be sung in Turkish from now on, but this is only what he would like to happen. Mor ve Otesi were given the opportunity this year to choose which language they would like to sing in (English or Turkish) and they chose to sing the song in Turkish themselves due to the fact that the song made no sense at all in English :D
April 8, 200817 yr im still hoping for Sweden...and i think its first time here that so many people have sweden as a fave...excellent pop...undescribeable after few listens is borring, predictable and just too much esc :(
April 9, 200817 yr Author Good Review although I will have to correct you on your review of Turkey :P You are correct in that the head of turkish broadcaster TRT would like all entries to be sung in Turkish from now on, but this is only what he would like to happen. Mor ve Otesi were given the opportunity this year to choose which language they would like to sing in (English or Turkish) and they chose to sing the song in Turkish themselves due to the fact that the song made no sense at all in English :D Ahh, I see :heehee: And no David, my sig shall stay the way it is :smoke:
April 9, 200817 yr after few listens is borring, predictable and just too much esc :( it seems to be the favourite on most polls and with nearly all of the OGAE clubs...but it just doesn't scream winner to me...I would be quite happy if it did win though :D
April 9, 200817 yr Ahh, I see :heehee: And no David, my sig shall stay the way it is :smoke: It stretches the page you bast*rd!!!
April 10, 200817 yr Russia - Dima Bilan - Believing (24/43) After a brief OMGasm at the news that Dima and Timbaland were teaming up to, like, totally make Europe Russia's b**ch this year, I realised that the song wasn't actually very good, in a 'typical Enrique Iglesias song' kinda way. This chorus will save Russia's top 3 streak, but in all honesty, the song is hands-down this year's biggest Euro-disappointment. And it wasn't even produced by Timbaland either, it was done by his colleague Jim Beanz. Boooo. Send Serebro again. I waited to see what Russia would give us this year, and i've been left totally disappointed tbh, instead of either a quality female soloist or female group, we get some bad mullet male artist. Bleh.
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