Marko Vozelj smartly dressed performs his quite nice yet a bit boring Moj si zrak. Somehow kind of Italian song. Vocally he is pleasant. Dancers inside and outside huge transparent balls complete the act.
Eurovision veteran Nusa Derenda next looking royal in her peach colored dress performing her Sanjajva. Windmachine under her dress makes a nice effect :-). Besides that she has three backing vocalist and the song flows nicely with some a bit ethnic "na la la leys" Vocally she is perfect of course.
The men known to abuse the use of hairgel next, Langa with their Roko mi daj. This is so called Balcan ballad. Four ladies in black wave in the background and one guy forgot its a so called Balcan ballad and runs around trying to look like it was a rock anthem. Windmachine makes an appearence as well.
Four piece Tangels next with their Kaj in kam. All are in mainly black and sitting first put get up once they have a solo to do. Pleasant song but somehow I think this is not what get the televoters hot. But I kinda like it.
And after that we have a commercial break and time to reflect things so far. Well, I doubt the winner is amongst the first four songs even if all of them have been pretty good.
After some talk about Eurovision oddities like Verka Serducha, Lordi, Sestre and Dana International we are back on track with Brigita Suler and Para me. Long blue dress and two male drummers in black, three female backing vocalists and windmachine... is that going to do the trick for Brigita? Somewhat repetitive and a drum bridge reminding a bit of White & black blues but... no. I don't think she's going to win either.
Nezna by Anatastazija next. Once again blue and black. She looks a bit like Italian housewife after a visit to parruchhiere. Three violinist ladies sitting and playing, a grand piano and backing singer. Rather anonymous ballad she kills with some wrong notes. Nope. The worst so far I'm afraid. I doubt she would have gotten here if she had to go through the semifinal.
Next one of the favourites, Manca Spik with Andrej Babic's Tukaj sem doma. Guess what? She's in blue! Alone on stage until an angel choir walks in in white. Anthemic with a wardrobe trick. But haven't we heard this so many times already? Some shaky vocals in a very emotional performance. But if she gets to Oslo and has to meet Coral I think she's doomed.
We move on to totally different atmosphere with Hamo & Gal's Crni konji cez nebo. Singer is very casual while the pianist has a fancy jacket. Very rusty voice but it fits the song nicely. Simple, acoustic and beautiful. I like but this would be something totally different from Slovenia. Judging the applause people liked it!
Next Martina Sraj with Dovolj ljubezni. Silver and white, miniskirt for her while the backing group in black. Starts off very gospely and goes on very American, makes me think of Kelly Rowland but the song isn't really going anywhere (well, neither do those American hits!). Pretty good performance but ... I'm curious to see what the televoters think! After all she did qualify from the semifinal.
While I'm still thinking and wondering about Martina next act is on stage, Stereotipi with Daj mi en snak. For me it's the worst song tonight. Totally uninteresting. It's not even annoying, just uninteresting. And it's time for a break....
We are back with Nina Puslar and Dez. Silver pants under a grey dress for redhead Nina - modern day Katja Epstein - and four male dancers with a coreography that use nicely the whole stage. Rocky simple pop song with catchy hook and pulsing beat. This is officially now my favourite! It's not a masterpiece I know but all comes together nicely.
Another by favourite follows right after, Vlado Pilja with Tudi fantje jocejo. Black suit and tie with white shirt looks always good, the song is nicely arranged without pretendous gimmicks and like Dez previously it's nothing extraordinary but a good sum of its parts. Vlado has somewhat forced vocals tonight though. Shame.
Next on stage something else: Ansamble Roka Zlindre & Kalamari with Narodnozabavni rock. My biggest fear tonight is this would win. An annoying cocktail of rock and folk. They didn't even bother to mix them but keep singing two different songs in pieces and bits. Horrible bs. (Why am I thinking Global Kryner?)
Last but not least Lea Sirk and Vampir je moj poet. Again black and purple! Two dancers and three backing singers with her. Jazzy groovy number. Not bad at all but not maybe exactly what will attract the European televoters, is it?
Another commercial break and I have to admit I have no idea who's going to win, or even who I would like to win? Maybe Nina after all. Or Hamo & Gal? Manca and Nusa are rather calculated and made for Eurovision, and that may not be the best choice anymore. I tend to like the Slovenian entries when fans don't and dislike them when the others think they are great.... Go figure! Recap didn't make things any clearer.
Time for some Quartissimo, last year's winners - that I didn't like btw. Two songs by them and next on stage Sasa Lendero. Next Tinkara Kovac. And now we have Alexander Rybak with Europe's skies. There were reports he was suffering from nervous breakdown but at least play-back seems to be working fine. To say the truth he isn't looking very happy or energetic. And we move on to Fairytale. The act is the same as in Euroviisut in Finland it seems. He has three violinist girls and two Frikar dancers with him.
I guess it's time for the results.....
Oh dear. No comment. Except I'm not surprised.
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