Guest review by Marcello

Here is the first guest review of Eurovision 2009 in my blog. Marcello is a dear friend of mine from Italy, devoted Eurovision and European music fan, active member of OGAE Italy and he is Parisian in his heart.

MONTENEGRO - Finally they have a decent song with good rhythm... even if it is in English >8
CZECH REPUBLIC - Too ethnic and too gipsy for my tastes! >4
BELGIUM - Very 60's rock in true Elvis style. Nothing new. >6
BELARUS - A song that highlights the vocal capacities of Petr. I like it and hope he will be able to nail it live in Moscow. >7
SWEDEN - From schlager to pop opera. Hope this will reach the final as I can't imagine an Eurovision final without Sweden! >9
ARMENIA - The song is nice and danceable but I'm bored with it already after 2 hearings. >6
ANDORRA - I would have sung it all in Catalan. Chorus in English has no sense. >6
SWITZERLAND - I adore this kind of rock! I hope this gets into final. >8
TURKEY - The usual song from Turkey that flies into the final and ends up well but I don't like it that much. >6
ISRAEL - They are very good and the song shows it. >8
BULGARIA - The song is very difficult to sing with that falsetto and he reminds me of Scialpi (Italian singer big in the 80's) >6
ICELAND - I'm not a fan of ballads but this one is very good and Johanna sings it really well. >8
MACEDONIA - I don't like this rock song and singing in Macedonian doesn't help either. >4
ROMANIA - Forgettable unfortunately. >5
FINLAND - This kind of dance music I like a lot and it shows Finland is not only rock. >8
PORTUGAL - ... and they wonder why Portugal never wins! If they keep sending songs this bad it's easy to understand why? >4
MALTA - She tries it for the third time after being 3rd and 2nd. Will she win? I don't think so but she sings always well and is a great professional. >8
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - I didn't like it at first but further hearings made me like it. >7
CROATIA - This year the level of the songs from the Balcans is rather low and this falls into that category. Looks like the Eurovision returns to west this year. >4
IRELAND - After turkeys, sisters and brothers and Irish ballads girlpower. I like it! >8
LATVIA - I don't like it as a song or as a music style. >4
SERBIA - Read the comment for Latvia. >4
POLAND - Another pretty ballad I would like to hear in the final. >7
NORWAY - Am I the only one who doesn't like this? Alexander is cute and sings well but I don't see anything extraordinary in that to make him such a superfavourite. >6
CYPRUS - Not an easy song to perform. I would like to see what Elisa would do with it! >6
SLOVAKIA - A very classic duet that gets higher marks only because sung in Slovakian. >6
DENMARK - Very Ronan Keating indeed but I like it a lot. Very catchy. >9
SLOVENIA - If they played live it would be so different. Sounds like a backing track and the few vocals by the girl don't make it any better. >5
HUNGARY - Very Vogue by Madonna in the intro but then nothing memorable follows. >6
AZERBAIJAN - Very danceable duet. If Elena Paparizou sung this I wouldn't notice any diffference. >7
GREECE - Sakis is always Sakis. This one's much better than Shake it. >9
LITHUANIA - Cloned song from Alicia Keys. >6
MOLDOVA - See the comment for Latvia and Serbia. >4
ALBANIA - I like it even in English. Makes me wanna sing and dance. >9
UKRAINE - Too much noise, strange sounds and shouted vocals. With irritating chorus. >5
ESTONIA - Also this one I didn't like first but it's well sung and played. Maybe Estonia will finally reach the final? >7
NETHERLANDS - A song straight from the 80's and I cannot not like this. I adore the 80's! >8
FRANCE - A very elegant song and fantastic singer. I hope she will make the top-3 but it will be difficult. >9
RUSSIA - The gap between Dima Bilan and Anastasia Prihodko is wide. And very evident here. >4
GERMANY - Very Ricky Martin but of instant impact. >8
UK - Couple Lloyd-Webber and Warren didn't let me down. Not so sure about the choise of an unknown singer. Couldn't they have had someone known? >8
SPAIN - Finally Soraya in Eurovision! But I think she has had better songs than this one. Let's see how it will be staged. >8

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Today's funniest Eurovision related story comes from Belarus. Some sources claim Ivan wants to perform on stage naked and with live wolf or wolves. It surely would be a first on Eurovision stage! We have seen some forgotten underwear over the years, and some cardbox animals though..... Is it time to take things a bit further? No, according the rules live animals are not allowed, and Eurovision being a family show nudity won't do either. (It seems to be ok to be half naked if you are a dancer though..... )

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Tim Schou has a pretty good solo career going since he left his friends in London. He's travelling the world and relesing songs and videos. The latest one is a great track and comes with a steamy video that kinda takes away from the song really. But who's complaining. If you got it, flaunt it. Enjoy the video below. This post coming after the other Dane, Rasmus Seebach as wishlist for Eurovision. To think about it, Tim would do nicely, too. Maybe he should give it another go?

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