going off on another tangent, I like the verses/structre in Israel's song but I'm not over enthused about the chorus...it rarely happens for me that I prefer a verse to a chorus

 

S Club's Love Ain't Gonna Wait For You had a brilliant verse and bridge but the chorus was an utter letdown and ruined the whole song...I don't think this Israel song quite suffers that same fate but it could have been a lot better

I actually prefer a verse to a chorus too :o The song is sung in 3 languages :o Arabic, Hebrew (although they sound same) and English (only 5 words overally :heehee: ). It's so Boaz! All the songs that have been presented in the Israeli NF last year are named in english but sung in Hebrew :o Is it some kind of a trick? :kink:

Turkey , Ukraine or Bosnia FTW. :kink:

Ther last 2 please :heart:

Just listening to them all in alphabetical order now, I'm at France. I haven't been paying too much attention but I think Albania to Azerbaijan were all nice tracks, if a little bit typical or Eurovision. Cyprus was the only one I really liked from Belarus to Czech Republic, some were AWFUL, others were just not my cup of tea. Denmark was actually not so bad for a Ronan song and sound-a-like. Estonia and France aren't so bad, but it's hard to get past the language barrier. My favourite so far is Finland, it's very Steps, but quite good at the same time. :blush:

9/5/09 Update;

 

Excellent

 

1. Switzerland (1)

2. Sweden (3)

3. United Kingdom (4)

4. Norway (2)

5. Montenegro (5)

6. Slovenia (7)

7. Ukraine (17)

8. Portugal (33)

9. Armenia (16)

10. Finland (6)

11. Denmark (9)

12. Iceland (11)

 

Very Good

 

13. Malta (8)

14. Ireland (12)

15. Cyprus (10)

16. Azerbaijan (13)

17. Romania (14)

18. Spain (15)

 

Good

 

19. Turkey (19)

20. Bosnia & Herzegovina (22)

21. Greece (20)

22. Lithuania (18)

23. Israel (23)

24. Moldova (21)

25. Andorra (24)

 

Average

 

26. Bulgaria (25)

27. Germany (26)

28. Hungary (27)

29. France (29)

30. Estonia (30)

31. The Netherlands (31)

32. Poland (28)

33. Albania (34)

 

Atrocious

 

34. Belgium (32)

35. Russia (35)

36. FYR Macedonia (36)

37. Czech Republic (38)

38. Croatia (39)

39. Slovakia (40)

40. Belarus (37)

41. Serbia (41)

42. Latvia (42)

 

the week before the contest :drama: some big changes here due to the CD...Ukraine (:drama:), Portugal and Armenia shoot into the top ten whilst some countries are demoted from 'excellent' status as I begin to get bored of them...Belgium, Russia and FYR Macedonia joiin the 'atrocious' section because they quite frankly are, watch most of those 9 monstrosities make the final :nocheer: Switzerland stay at No.1 whilst Sweden are back up to No.2!!!

:o at Portugal. I agree, its a grower, didnt really think much of it first time.

My top ten right now (excluding Ireland):

 

1. Estonia

2. Armenia

3. Malta

4. Finland

5. Sweden

6. Slovenia

7. Albania

8. Spain

9. Germany (not sure why I like this but it's catchy in a cringy sort of way :P )

10. Portugal

I've heard every entry now, so here are my rankings:

 

Excellent

 

1. United Kingdom

2. Ireland

3. Iceland

4. Turkey

5. Finland

6. Cyprus

 

Very Good

 

7. Azerbaijan

8. Armenia

9. Andorra

10. Greece

11. Malta

 

Good

 

12. Albania

13. Denmark

14. Montenegro

15. Ukraine

16. Romania

17. Poland

Average

 

18. Sweden

19. Spain

20. Norway

21. Hungary

22. Slovenia

23. Bulgaria

24. Israel

25. Lithuania

26. Estonia

Below Average

 

27. Moldova

28. Bosnia & Herzegovina

29. France

30. Portugal

31. The Netherlands

32. Germany

33. Switzerland

34. Russia

 

Awful

 

35. Belarus

36. Slovakia

37. FYR Macedonia

38. Croatia

39. Latvia

40. Belgium

41. Serbia

42. Czech Republic

 

I think I used 'excellent' a little loosely but it's meant to give you an idea, I like the top 6 more than the rest. The UK are at the top but I reckon Ireland could catch up in a bit, I really like it. Quite Kelly Clarkson-ish. Odd how they went from one of my least favourite entries last year to almost my favourite this year. Czech Republic suffer a similar fate, "Have Some Fun" was one of my favourites last year but this entry is terrible. :(

OMG I loved Have Some Fun too! I thought I was the only one! :wub:

 

Must admit I preferred the first version from the video. The final contest version was a bit OTT :kink:

OMG I loved Have Some Fun too! I thought I was the only one! :wub:

 

Must admit I preferred the first version from the video. The final contest version was a bit OTT :kink:

Just like the sun goes with the sunshine. Like a grape goes with a grapevine. :lol:

 

It was probably my favourite behind Greece and Norway. I really thought it should have made the final but I agree that the final version wasn't as good, it was a bit OTT and she was a bit flat. :(

Czech Republic's entry last year :wub: It was a shame they had to f*** it all up with that twat of a DJ on the night :(

 

It's quite gratifying to see that casual viewers are in general agreement on what entries are awful this year as well! ^_^

ok,so i havent been following any of this and today is my 1st time listening to any songs...which will be the case for most people watching. So this is the opinion of a person who heard the songs just for the 1st time..

 

1. Switzerland- awesome!! Love this so much!

2. Norway- very catchy, love the violin

3. Iceland- beautiful song.

4. Portugal- made me smile!!

5.. Spain- Nice to see them taking it a bit more seriously

6. Ireland- usually hate our own entries but this is not bad

 

for the record, UK is very boring so i dont get the hype. Malta seems highly rated too but it sounds like a Disney song to me. Turkey...havent i seen you somewhere before? Latvia and belgium are sickening. id like to see France do well...they shouldve won last year. Sweden is bizzare. Finland is utterly disappointing, generic dance song. And ukraine is WAY overhyped too, i write better songs than this. Id love to enter for ireland but my band hate eurovision!! :-S

Edited May 9, 200916 yr by dk-cork

Czech Republic's entry last year :wub: It was a shame they had to f*** it all up with that twat of a DJ on the night :(

 

It's quite gratifying to see that casual viewers are in general agreement on what entries are awful this year as well! ^_^

 

apart from Switzerland at #33 in Aaron's chart :snif:

 

seeing it in groups with all of the horrendous entries makes me sad :heehee:

Teresa was atrocious last year :heehee:

 

I know that Damon's favourite entry last year was Czech Republic too, Tom! :o

 

And not surprised at your likage, Aaron :heehee:

apart from Switzerland at #33 in Aaron's chart :snif:

 

seeing it in groups with all of the horrendous entries makes me sad :heehee:

Maybe I missed something with it? It seemed like another rubbishy rock entry to me. Totally not my thing. :( I'm surprised you like it actually, maybe it deserves another chance.

 

And not surprised at your likage, Aaron :heehee:

Me neither, it's mostly the English songs, as predicted. I seem to be a sucker for ballads and songs that sound like Hadise/Kalomoira/Javine etc. this year.

 

I noticed that countries beginning with A had good entries and those beginning with B with either average or bad. :heehee:

loved Czech Republic last year, what happened to them?

^ they floped 2 years in a row, and now they are trying to send sth "funny" :lol:

the only points they got last year in the semi I belive were from Macedonia :lol: I loved Teresa :wub:

 

Top 20 Update:

 

01 02 Romania

02 01 Ireland

03 03 Iceland

04 05 Greece

05 07 Finland

06 04 Switzerland

07 08 Portugal

08 15 Norway

09 06 Azerbaijan

10 09 Spain

11 12 Cyprus

12 11 Netherlands

13 NE Poland

14 16 Sweden

15 10 Albania

16 18 Armenia

17 14 Turkey

18 NE Malta

19 14 Andorra

20 NE Bosnia & Herzegovina

 

Out:

 

Denmark

Germany

France

Romania? Really? :blink: I'm totally meh about it now. I'm going to vote in the BJESC poll soon, and then I will update my ranking in retrospect :kink: