Lithuania - Andrius Pojavis - Something
I think today's three songs are the three hardest to predict. Each of them can go either way from total failure to doing surprisingly well and shaking the top of the final scoreboard. Lithuania brings Andrius with his song that does have something indeed. It's very nice to listen to, makes me want to jump in a car and drive endlessly among the fields. Only that I don't have a car nor a licence to drive. There's also a chance he ruins the performance by being too eager and pushy, but of course it's good to see someone is overexcited about his song and clearly enjoys performing it, but maybe a fine tuning here would do good? More elegance and grace? And no gimmicks.
Armenia - Gor Sujyan & Dorians - Lonely Planet
First it was solo Gor, then with his band and now they go under Dorians only. Why all this fuss about not having Dorians in the national final? And after that poor performance there, the studio version with fancy video seems like from another planet indeed. Armenians all over Europe will vote for their own boys, and those liking this kind of rock as well. I still don't warm up to the song even if it's not bad. Just not my cup of tea and I wish countries who clearly have one would showcase some of their cultural sounds in Eurovision and this lacks 100% any Armenia in it. But I guess this will do well anyways. Or bomb totally.
Malta - Gianluca Bezzina - Tomorrow
For me this was out of the blue winner in Malta and I didn't even shortlist this among the top-16. Hardly noticed it in the final. Will televoters in Malmö pay attention, other than fans who have had chance to listen the song over and over and learn to like it? Gianluca is another puppy like singer this year and somehow his shy and nervous performance fits this not so demanding song, and it has an air of being somewhat amateurish and goofy, but that is exactly it's charm and strenght. Will it work? I have no idea. It's different from the rest and stands out for that and gives a clear contrast to Finland and Bulgaria before and after it.
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