Selecția Națională 2016 Ok, this is the best I could do. The live performances could change everything ofc. And I still don't really like any of them, but Florena and Irina might grow on me. Florena - Behind The Shadows Irina Popa - Lasă-Mă, Eu Te Las Vanotek feat. The Code & Georgian - I'm Coming Home Xandra - Superhuman M I H A I - Paradisio Ovidiu Anton - Moment of Silence Dream Walkers - Let It Shine Mihai Băjinaru - Never Too Late Doru Todoruţ feat. Irina Baianţ – The Voice Andra Olteanu - Nai Nai Hayley Evetts - Brand New Day Jukebox - Come On Everybody
I don't know what Andra Olteanu plans to do if she wins (God forbid), but Irina Popa already said she would switch to English. Jukebox 'sings' in Romglish, but I can't imagine that song going anywhere. HFc sok xxx
EMA 2016 - Snippets Nuša Derenda - Tip Top ManuElla - Blue And Red Regina - Alive In Every Way Anja Baš - What If Žan Serčič - Summer Story San Di Ego - Brez Tebe Sebastijan Lukovnjak - Tales of Tomorrow Anja Kotar - Too Cool Raiven - Črno Bel D BASE - Spet Živ Basically a fantastic line-up. Slovenia has done a great job.
As a usual stout supporter of Slovenia, I felt compelled to listen to these snippets. 01. Raiven - Črno Bel (First one that grabbed me - sounds like it could be influenced by Bjork. Certainly one to watch for me.) 02. DBASE - Spet Živ (I like the chorus with the male singer with a nice, anthemic spet - it reminds me of Daz Sampson.) 03. Sebastijan Lukovnjak - Tales of Tomorrow (Mumford & Suns - Little Lion Man, is that you? It's inoffensive, could get a toe tap out of someone. Inoffensive is all I can say about it, though.) 04. ManuElla - Blue and Red (I feel this song has potential but it's unfortunately let down by ManuElla's dodgy english and what could be silly lyrics. Blue is blue, red is red? Obviously.) 05. Žan Serčič - Summer Story (This twee, teen pop isn't my favourite genre but this is... just okay. Could be better in full.) 06. Nuša Derenda - Tip Top (Tell me, who's that lucky hero? This reminds me of Mr. Nobody and it's dated, which is disappointing.) 07. Anja Baš - What If (Filler song.) 08. Regina - Alive In Every Way (Knowing that I'm one of a few that actually liked her 1996 song for being sweet with a lovely instrumental and sugary vocals - this just grates on my ears. No thank you.) 09. Anja Kotar - Too Cool (Similarities to that grating, 'I am woman, hear me roar' style of song with a jazz influence. Not for me at all.) 10. San Di EGO - Brez tebe (I really dislike this sort of whiny rock that never goes anywhere, I feel this might be laced with guttural roaring at some point and.. no.)
EMA 2016 - Snippets Sebastijan Lukovnjak - Tales of Tomorrow Raiven - Črno Bel ManuElla - Blue And Red Anja Baš - What If Žan Serčič - Summer Story Nuša Derenda - Tip Top Regina - Alive In Every Way D BASE - Spet Živ Anja Kotar - Too Cool San Di Ego - Brez Tebe
Melodifestivalen - Deltävling 4 - Snippets Linda Bengtzing - Killer Girl Molly Sandén - Youniverse Martin Stenmarck - Du Tar Mig Tillbaks Eclipse - Runaways Dolly Style - Rollercoaster Panetoz - Håll Om Mig Hårt Frans - If I Were Sorry
Selecția Națională 1. Vanotek feat. The Core & Georgia - I'm Coming Home 2. Andra Olteanu - Nai Nai 3. Xandra - Superhuman 4. Ovidiu Anton - Moment of Silence 5. Hayley Evetts - Brand New Day 6. Irina Popa – Lasă-mă, eu te las 7. Florena – Behind the Shadows 8. Doru Todorut feat. Irina Baiant – The Voice 9. Jukebox – Come On Everybody 10. Mihai Traistariu – Paradisio 11. Mihai Bajinaru – Never Too Late 12. Dream Walkers – Let It Shine A bit different after listening to the bunch more than once, but there you are.
Melodifestivalen - Deltävling 3 Snippets Oscar Zia - Human After Dark - Kom Ut Som En Stjärna Lisa Ajax - My Heart Wants Me Dead Swingfly ft Helena Gutarra - You Carved Your Name Boris René - Put Your Love On Me SMILO - Weight Of The World SaRaHa - Kizunguzungu
01. Lisa Ajax - My Heart Wants Me Dead 02. SMILO - Weight of the World 03. Oscar Zia - Human 04. SaRaha - Kizunguzungu 05. Swingfly feat. Helen Gutarra - You Carved Your Name 06. Boris Réne - Put Your Love On Me 07. After Dark - Kom ut som en stjärna Seems like an extremely weak semi final, I'd say Oscar and Lisa will go to the final while Swingfly & SMILO will head to the AC. Of course, I'm usually wrong.
Melodifestivalen - Deltävling 3 Snippets Oscar Zia - Human Lisa Ajax - My Heart Wants Me Dead SMILO - Weight Of The World Swingfly ft Helena Gutarra - You Carved Your Name SaRaHa - Kizunguzungu Boris René - Put Your Love On Me After Dark - Kom Ut Som En Stjärna
Melodifestivalen - Deltävling 3 Snippets 1. SaRaHa - Kizunguzungu 2. Lisa Ajax - My Heart Wants Me Dead 3. Oscar Zia - Human 4. Swingfly and Helena Gutarra - You Carved Your Name 5. After Dark - Kom Ut Som en Stjärna 6. Boris René - Put Your Love On Me 7. Smilo - Weight of the World
Melodifestivalen - Deltävling 3 Snippets Oscar Zia - Human Lisa Ajax - My Heart Wants Me Dead SaRaHa - Kizunguzungu Swingfly ft Helena Gutarra - You Carved Your Name Boris René - Put Your Love On Me SMILO - Weight Of The World After Dark - Kom Ut Som En Stjärna What a horrible semi from the looks of it, even Lisa was disappointing.... only care for the 1st 2 in the slightest. Ukraine Final Jamala - 1944 The Hardkiss - Helpless NuAngels - Higher SunSay - Love Manifest Pur : Pur - We Do Change Brunettes Shoot Blondes - Every Monday Hoping one of the first two win, SunSay is overrated imo
Another busy Saturday night coming up: Söngvakeppnin Final 1. Karlotta Sigurðardóttir - The Eye Of The Storm 2. Greta Salóme - Hear Them Calling 3. Alda Dís Arnardóttir - Now 4. Elisabet Ormslev - Á ný 5. Hjörtur Traustason and Erna Hrönn Ólafsdóttir - I Promised You Then 6. Þórdís Birna Borgarsdóttir and Guðmundur Snorri Sigurðarson - Ready To Break Free They can't really make a truely bad choice here. Even the rap isn't horrible (for rap). Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu Semifinal 3 1. Lieminen - Pehmeiden arvojen vaalijat 2. Pietarin Spektaakkeli - Liian kuuma 3. Barbe-Q-Barbies - Let Me Out 4. Gušani Brothers - Poom Poom 5. Sandhja - Sing It Away 6. Tuuli Okkonen - Don't Wake Me Up If any one of my top 3 here goes through I'll be happy. Eesti Laul Semifinal 2 1. Púr Múdd - Meet Halfway 2. Jüri Pootsmann - Play 3. Greta Paia - Stories Untold 4. La La Ladies - Unikaalne 5. Meisterjaan - Parmupillihullus 6. I Wear* Experiment - Patience 7. Go Away Bird - Sally 8. Gertu Pabbo - Miljon korda 9. Anett Kulbin - Strong 10. Põhja-Tallinn & Jaagup Kreem - Ei ole mul olla A tough one. Even my last here would very likely be in my top 3 almost everywhere else. Á Dal Semifinal 2 1. Passed - Driftin' ... Apart from Passed I don't really care for any of the entries in this semi. I just hope Passed will surprise me and make the final and end up somewhere 4th-8th there. "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka Show 7 1. Gerūta Griniūtė 2. Gerūta Griniūtė in that other dress 3. Gerūta Griniūtė in yet another dress. My very slight crush on the presenter aside, I'd like these three go through if they improve on their performance the last time: Ieva Zasimauskaité - Life (Not That Beautiful) 4 Roses - Butterfly Milda Martinkénaité - If Tomorrow Never Comes
Melodifestivalen 2016 - Deltävling 3 SMILO - Weight of the World SaRaha - Kizunguzungu Lisa Ajax - My Heart Wants Me Dead Oscar Zia - Human Boris René - Put Your Love On Me Swingfly - You Carved Your Name (feat. Helena Gutarra) After Dark - Kom ut som en stjärna
National Final 1. Brunettes Shoot Blondes - Every Monday 2. Pur: pur - We Do Change 3. The Hardkiss - Helpless 4. NuAngels - Higher 5. Jamala - 1944 6. SunSay - Love Manifest If it were just the quality of the songs/performances, Jamala would be way above the rest, and I doubt anyone else will go to Stockholm. But her song is simply not my cup of tea, so I put her rather low in my list. Supernova Semifinal 1. MyRadiantU - We Will Be Stars 2. Marta Ritova - Not From This World 3. Marta Grigale - Choices 4. Justs - Heartbeat 5. Catalepsia - Damnation 6. Markus Riva - I Can 7. Ivo Grīsniņš Grīslis - We Are The Light 8. Samanta Tina - The Love Is Forever My really big favourites have been eliminated already. MyRadiantU will have to improve on their performance. Both Martas won me over with their performances in the previous heats. I didn't rate both songs too highly before. Big YaY for RigaBeaver!
A Dal - Final Freddie - Pioneer Gergő Oláh - Győz A Jó Petruska - Trouble In My Mind Kállay Saunders Band - Who We Are Olivér Berkes & Andi Tóth - Seven Seas André Vásáry - Why Mushu - Uncle Tom Parno Graszt - Már Nem Szédülök I'd be fine with my top five winning the ticket here.
National Final The Hardkiss - Helpless Jamala - 1944 Brunettes Shoot Blondes - Every Monday SunSay - Love Manifest Pur: Pur - We Do Change NuAngels - Higher