Blogilkar's Robert was in Amsterdam last night attending the 4th Eurovision in concert and here's his report.
Eurovision in
Concert: A big success!
Last night the 4th
edition of Eurovision in concert was held. It was the best so far. In
comparison with last year, the venue De Melkweg was a well chosen
location for this musicfestival. Even with a sold out concert of 1350
people, it did not feel so packed as last year and the sound this
year was really good. 23 countries presented their song for Baku,
only Gaitana from the Ukraine cancelled last minute due to vocal
problems. One of the presenters of this evening was Ruth Jacott ( NL
1993 ) who started the evening with her Eurovision entry Vrede. Later
she would sing 2 more Dutch preselection songs from 1993, Blijf bij
mij en Medeleven. The audience loved it.
After the opening
of Ruth Jacott, it was time to countdown the 23 songs from all over
Europe. Here is the list
of countries in order of performance:
- Greece
- Belgium
- Latvia
- Austria
- Finland
- Portugal
- Hungary
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Albania
- Malta
- Slovenia
- Macedonia
- San Marino
- Moldova
- Bulgaria
- Lithuania
- France
- Azerbaijan
- Rumania
- Spain
- Ireland
- Netherlands
Except for San
Marino, Rumania and doubtfully Ireland, all songs were sung LIVE.
Well done, cause this year I could not discover an artist who did a
bad job. They all sang well. Highlights vocally were certainly Rona
Nishliu from Albania, Kaliopi from Macedonia, Filipa Sousa from
Portugal and Pastora Soler from Spain.
The best show on
this stage was for Jedward from Ireland and Valentina Monetta from
San Marino.
The audience
reacted very strongly on the opening act of Greece, Portugal,
Macedonia, Spain, Ireland and the closing act Netherlands. The Dutch
Joan Franka was given an extra warm welcome.
But the absolute
winner of the evening was a song that was played in all the breaks in
the evening. It was a song of a country that was not present at this
concert. But to see the audience reacting on this song, we only can
conclude that it will be Stockholm 2013.
Stay tuned for more stuff from Amsterdam by Robert.
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