Eurovision: You Decide Darline - Until Tomorrow Karl - Miracle Dulcima - When You Go Bianca - Shine A Little Light Joe & Jake - You're Not Alone Matthew James - A Better Man
The only national final I remotely give a shit about 1. Karl - Miracle 2. Joe & Jake - You're Not Alone 3. Bianca - Shine A Little Light 4. Dulcima - When You Go 5. Darline - Until Tomorrow 6. Matthew James - A Better Man I don't expect any of these songs to change the UK's recent fortunes at Eurovision, and I wouldn't choose to listen to any of them again.
Karl - Miracle (I quite like this one!) Joe & Jake - You're Not Alone (I also quite like this one) Bianca - Shine A Little Light (not bad at all) Dulcina - When You Go (not bad okish) Darline - Until Tomorrow (countryish mediocre song) Matthew James - A Better Man (last place in esc ahoy) I will be happy if any of the top 3 end up going specially the top 2. Definitely better than last year efforts.
Eurovision: You Decide 1. Darline - Until Tomorrow 2. Dulcima - When You Go 3. Karl - Miracle 4. Bianca - Shine A Little Light 4. Joe & Jake - You're Not Alone 6. Matthew James - A Better Man I have two songs in fourth on purpose. Apart from Matthew James all are okay options for Stockholm but I only really like Darline.
YOU Decide so you do 01. Darline - Until Tomorrow 02. Karl - Miracle 03. Joe & Jake - You're Not Alone 04. Bianca - Shine A Little Light 05. Dulcima - When You Go 06. Matthew James - A Better Man Not a bad selection - but I think Karl, Joe & Jake or Bianca would be the better choice than my number one for Eurovision.
Eurovision: You Decide 1. Karl - Miracle (quite great, actually, I like the instruments too) 2. Joe & Jake - You're Not Alone (good song, quite promising) 2. Darline - Until Tomorrow (oh this is catchy) 4. Bianca - Shine A Little Light (great chorus, but the verses are a bit meh) 5. Dulcima - When You Go (inoffensive, just okay) 6. Matthew James - A Better Man (sounds a bit dated) I like the selection, except for my last place. Update: after a few more listens, I equally like Joe & Jake and Darline, so to continue the trend of having ties, I have two 2nd places.
Eurovision: You Decide I made an effort for this, as it's the selection where it matters. Overall, I was rather underwhelmed, nothing stands out particularly - but at least nothing is properly cringe-worthy. I also purposely have two third places. 01. Karl William Lund - Miracle 02. Bianca Ryan - Shine A Little Light 03. Joe & Jake - You Are Not Alone 03. Darline - Until Tomorrow 05. Dulcima - When You Go 06. Matthew James - A Better Man
Unser Song für Stockholm 1. Jamie-Lee Kriwitz - Ghost : (Yes, please!) 2. Woods of Birnam - Lift Me Up (From The Underground) : (Failing the above, this, please) 3. Keøma - Protected : (I really like this, just can't imagine it staged fit for Stockholm) 4. Alex Diehl - Nur ein Lied : (One of the two good German language options) 5. Ella Endlich - Adrenalin : (The other one) 6. Avantasia - Mystery of a Blood Red Rose : (Sure, why not?) 7. Gregorian - Masters of Chant : (I don't even know. Does this count as a novelty act?) 8. Joco - Full Moon : (Song isn't bad, but there's something in their voices I find almost unbearable) 9. Luxuslärm - Solange Liebe in mir wohnt : (Meh. Can't put my finger on it, but there's something about them I can't stand) 10. Laura Pinski - Under the Sun We Are One : (Not your worst effort by far, but there is a time to call it quits, Mr. Siegel) In other news: Fingers crossed that Max Fall feat Vozniuc Dan & Malloy and Big Flash Sound make the O Melodie Pentru Europa Final tonight.
Unser Song für Stockholm Jamie-Lee Kriwitz - Ghost Woods of Birnam - Lift Me Up (From The Underground) Ella Endlich - Adrenalin Joco - Full Moon Laura Pinski - Under the Sun We Are One Luxuslärm - Solange Liebe in mir wohnt Keøma - Protected Avantasia - Mystery of a Blood Red Rose Alex Diehl - Nur ein Lied Gregorian - Masters of Chant Just send Jamie-Lee, Germany.
Melodifestivalen - Deltävling 4 - Snippets Molly Sandén - Youniverse Dolly Style - Rollercoaster Panetoz - Håll Om Mig Hårt Linda Bengtzing - Killer Girl Frans - If I Were Sorry Eclipse - Runaways Martin Stenmarck - Du Tar Mig Tillbaks Only remotely interested in the first 2 songs, as this heat is really quite weak. The full songs will probably change my views massively. Eurovision: You Decide Bianca - Shine A Little Light Joe & Jake - You're Not Alone Darline - Until Tomorrow Karl - Miracle Dulcina - When You Go Matthew James - A Better Man Don't really have an strong opinion on this ranking though, I only know that I'd be unhappy with the bottom 2, the other 4 will depend on the live performances tonight.
Super Saturday Super Post Uuden Musiiken Kilpailu Final 1. Eini - Draamaa 2. Annica Milán & Kimmo Blom - Good Enough 3. Stella Christine - Ain't Got Time For Boys 4. Barbe-Q-Barbies - Let Me Out 5. Tuuli Okkonen - Don't Wake Me Up 6. Cristal Snow - Love Is Blind 7. Mikael Saari - On It Goes 8. Saara Aalto - No Fear 9. Sandhja - Sing It Away Unless one of the bottom two go to Stockholm, I'll be at least okay with their selection. Eini's Draamaa is my #1 of all NF entries across Europe, though. Melodi Grand Prix 1. Makeda - Stand Up 2. The Hungry Hearts feat. Lisa Dillan - Laika 3. Laila Samuels - Afterglow 4. Stage Dolls - Into the Fire 5. Suite 16 - Anna Lee 6. Elouiz - History 7. Stine Hole Ulla - Traces 8. Agnete - Icebreaker 9. Pegasus - Anyway 10. Freddy Kalas - Feel Da Rush Any of the top six would be fine here. Evrovizijska Melodija 1. Sebastijan Lukovnjak - Tales of Tomorrow 2. ManuElla - Blue and Red 3. San Di EGO - Brez tebe 4. Raiven - Črno bel 5. Anja Kotar - Too Cool 6. D Base - Spet živ 7. Žan Serčič - Summer Story 8. Nuša Derenda - Tip Top 9. Anja Baš - What If 10. Regina - Alive in Every Way This is based only on the snippets. Á Dal Final 1. Petruska - Trouble in My Mind 2. Olivér Berkes & Andi Tóth - Seven Seas 3. Freddie - Pioneer 4. Parno Graszt - Már nem szédülök 5. Mushu - Uncle Tom 6. Kállay Saunders Band - Who We Are 7. Gergő Oláh - Győz a jó 8. André Vásáry - Why Petruska would be amazing, two and three okay and four and five at least enjoyable. O Melodie Pentru Europa Final 1. Max Fall feat. Dan Vozniuc & Malloy - Game Lover 2. Big Flash Sound - Când vrei 3. Che-MD - Vodă e cu noi 4. Felicia Dunaf - You and Me 5. DoReDoS - FunnyFolk 6. Valeria Pașa - Save Love 7. Doinița Gherman - Irresistible 8. Emilia Russu - I Am Not the Same 9. Valentin Uzun - Mine 10. Lidia Isac - Falling Stars 11. Rodica & Ivan Aculov - Stop Lying 12. Nadia Moșneagu - Memories 13. Cristina Pintilie - Picture of Love 14. Viola - In the Name of Love 15. Maxim Zavidia - La La Love 16. Andrei Ionița & Onoffrei - Lie Nothing much to add here. I doubt my top four will have much of a chance and beyond that I do not really care.
O Melodie Pentru Europa Aside my emotional ties with Moldova, this was also my favourite NF this year, song-wise. I have a bit of an unconventional ranking for this. 1. Lidia Isac - Falling Stars (my favourite to win) 2. Lovely songs & voices that I'd listen to again Emilia Russu - I Am Not The Same Felicia Dunaf - You And Me 3. Pleasant or fun songs that I didn't mind Valeria Paşa - Save Love Valentin Uzun - Mine Maxim Zavidia - La La Love Big Flash Sounds - Când Vrei Doiniţa Gherman - Irresistible 4. OKish songs that didn't make an impression Nadia Moşneagu - Memories Cristina Pintilie - Picture Of Love Viola - In The Name Of Love 5. Personal guilty pleasures, NOT for ESC CHE-MD - Vodă E Cu Noi Andrei Ioniţă & Onoffrei - Lie 6. These, I disliked Rodica & Ivan Aculov - Stop Lying DoReDoS - FunnyFolk 7. BOG Max Fall ft. Dan Vozniuc & Malloy – Game Lover
Super Saturday is UPON us albeit I don't exactly wish to watch most of these. UMK Final 01. Annica Milán & Kimmo Blom - Good Enough 02. Saara Aalto - No Fear 03. Mikael Saari - On It Goes 04. Tuuli Okkonen - Don't Wake Me Up 05. Eini - Draamaa 06. Sandhja - Sing It Away 07. Stella Christine - Ain't Got Time For Boys 08. Barbe-Q-Barbies - Let Me Out 09. Cristal Snow - Love Is Blind Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 01. Elouiz - History 02. The Hungry Hearts - Laika 03. Freddy Kalas - Feel Da Rush 04. Laila Samuels - Afterglow 05. Agnete - Icebreaker 06. Suite 16 - Anna Lee 07. Pegasus - Anyway 08. Stine Hole Ulla - Traces 09. Makeda - Stand Up 10. Stage Dolls - Into The Fire A Dal Final 01. Freddie - Pioneer 02. Olivér Berkes & Andi Tóth - Seven Seas 03. Kállay Saunders Band - Who We Are 04. Gergő Oláh - Győz a jó 05. Petruska - Trouble In My Mind 06. Parno Graszt - Már nem szédülök 07. Mushu - Uncle Tom 08. André Vásáry - Why Sidenote: FREDDIE PLS - Andi & Oliver in a pinch but... FREDDIE PLS. Long Title 2016 01. Lidia Isac - Falling Stars 02. DoReDoS - FunnyFolk (because it's so bad it's enjoyable.) Er, yeah - it's .
Uuden Musiiken Kilpailu Final Annica Milán & Kimmo Blom - Good Enough Cristal Snow - Love Is Blind Tuuli Okkonen - Don't Wake Me Up Mikael Saari - On It Goes Eini - Draamaa Barbe-Q-Barbies - Let Me Out Saara Aalto - No Fear Sandhja - Sing It Away Stella Christine - Ain't Got Time For Boys I can't really make a prediction here, after the interesting choice from last year. Norsk Melodi Grand Prix Elouiz - History Laila Samuels - Afterglow Agnete - Icebreaker Suite 16 - Anna Lee The Hungry Hearts feat. Lisa Dillan - Laika Stage Dolls - Into the Fire Makeda - Stand Up Stine Hole Ulla - Traces Freddy Kalas - Feel Da Rush Pegasus - Anyway I think Laila will win this selection. EMA 2016 Snippets See here I can't say this has a clear winner, maybe the full songs live will change that. Á Dal Final Freddie - Pioneer Kállay Saunders Band - Who We Are Olivér Berkes & Andi Tóth - Seven Seas Petruska - Trouble in My Mind Mushu - Uncle Tom André Vásáry - Why Gergő Oláh - Győz a jó Parno Graszt - Már nem szédülök I think Freddie will win, he ended up getting the most points in the semi. O Melodie Pentru Europa Final Lidia Isac - Falling Stars Felicia Dunaf - You and Me Doinița Gherman - Irresistible Note: I forgot almost every song, but I did remember that I disliked a lot, so I decided to just give you my top 3
UMK Final 01. Annica Milán & Kimmo Blom - Good Enough 02. Saara Aalto - No Fear 03. Tuuli Okkonen - Don't Wake Me Up 04. Mikael Saari - On It Goes 05. Eini - Draamaa 06. Barbe-Q-Barbies - Let Me Out 07. Sandhja - Sing It Away 08. Stella Christine - Ain't Got Time For Boys 09. Cristal Snow - Love Is Blind Any of the top 4 will do here. Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 01. Laila Samuels - Afterglow 02. Agnete - Icebreaker 03. Elouiz - History 04. The Hungry Hearts - Laika 05. Freddy Kalas - Feel Da Rush 06. Suite 16 - Anna Lee 07. Stine Hole Ulla - Traces 08. Makeda - Stand Up 09. Pegasus - Anyway 10. Stage Dolls - Into The Fire One of the top 2 please, I have a feeling Suite 16 will win though :/ Haven't paid enough attention to the other NFs to do a ranking for them tonight
Melodifestivalen - Direct Qualifiers Lisa Ajax - My Heart Wants Me Dead Molly Sandén - Youniverse Oscar Zia - Human Robin Bengtsson - Constellation Prize David Lindgren - We Are Your Tomorrow Frans - If I Were Sorry Ace Wilder - Don't Worry Wiktoria - Save Me
Supernova Final 4 Justs - Heartbeat MyRadiantU - We Will Be Stars Marta Ritova - Not From This World Catalepsia - Damnation If Justs does not win I shall flip tables, a clear winner in my mind. Andra Chansen Duels (who I want) Panetoz - Hall Om Mig Hart vs Molly Pettersson Hammer - Hunger Albin&Mattias - Rik vs Boris Rene - Put Your Love On Me Isa - I Will Wait vs SaRaha - Kizunguzungu Dolly Style - Rollercoaster vs Samir&Viktor - Bada Nadka Think I'll get 3/4 of these, as S&V will blatently win Duel 4. Isa is the only one I really like out of these though.
Melodifestivalen 2016 - Deltävling 4 Molly Sandén - Youniverse Dolly Style - Rollercoaster Linda Bengtzing - Killer Girl Panetoz - Håll om mig hårt David Stenmarck - Du tar mig tillbaks Eclipse - Runaways Frans - If I Were Sorry Melodifestivalen 2016 - Andra chansen Panetoz - Håll om mig hårt vs. Molly Pettersson Hammar - Hunger Albin & Mattias - Rik vs. Boris René - Put Your Love On Me ISA - I Will Wait vs. SaRaha - Kizunguzungu Dolly Style - Rollercoaster vs. Samir & Viktor - Bada nakna
Supernova Final Justs - Heartbeat MyRadiantU - We Will Be Stars Marta Ritova - Not From This World Catalepsia - Damnation I trust Latvia enough to say I think they'll let Justs win.
Krajowe Eliminacje Natalia Szroeder - Lustra Margaret - Cool Me Down Edyta Górniak - Grateful NAPOLI - My Universe Dorota Osińska - Universal Ola Gintrowska - Missing Kasia Moś - Addiction Taraka - In The Rain Michał Szpak - Color Of Your Life