Let's start with my current bottom-4:
Croatia - Roko - My dream **
"I dream of love You dream of love Angels of God We all dream of love"
Roko Blažević (19) sings reasonable well but it's all so old fahioned and kitch it's almost painful. And therefor almost good. If sung entirely in Croatian this song would have a reason to exist. On the other hand a similiar kitch took his Talent of Croatia coach Jacques Houdek to the final top-8 in 2017, so this could be a shock qualifier, but I doubt it... yet I'd just giggle it away not bing surprised at all! I just hope they drop those wings, that's so last century.
Maybe they do as they seem to be replaced by dancers Endi and Diego Siqueira - or will they all sport wings with bare upper bodies? Clearly pulling all strings here.... The Croatian version is still more bearable....
Moldova - Anna Odobscu - Stay **
"No matter what they say It’s now or never, it’s forever"
If Croatia's staging was old, so is Moldova's song. Only a few years ago Eurovision was infested with these female ballads with heavy beat and screamy vocals. They rarely had success and I never liked any of them and this one's no different. Anna Odobscu (27) handles her vocals but this evokes nothing in me, which is even worse than evoking irritation, and the arrangement is very poor. Non qualifier for sure and a candidate for the last place in semi final most likely.
Germany - S!sters - Sister *
"I’m tired Tired of always losing"
If Moldova is a candidate for lasst place in its semi final Germany is once again reserving that place in the final. The song is tired, the sisters (Laurita Spinelli and Carlotta Truman) uninspired, the whole affair is unintersting and forgettable. A real toilet break entry. It was better this last minute addition to the national final line up was never made. Useless.
Georgia - Oto Nemsadze - Keep on going *
(Sul tsin iare/სულ წინ იარე)
Keep on going forward! Heartily go on! Wounds! Force barb wires!
Hard to think this would go very far when the voting starts. But you never know. I don't believe this would make it to the final but somehow I wouldn't be surprised if it did. Confusing. Apparently important lyrics but why the stage is filled with Georgian flags? I don't get this. Nor like what I hear that much. 29-year-old Oto Nemsadze is a seasoned competitor and looks older, too, and as much as I would like to give Georgia extra points for singing in Georgian I can't. This just isn't worth it. Yet it isn't that bad... is it?
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