I already reviewed the first semi-final here, so let's move on to the second semi-final without further explanations. (Edit. I have made a tiny little mistake in the main photos - spot the wrong one!)
Hurricane - Zumi zimi zami ***
Hurricane is no more, long live the new Hurricane. Somehow this feels a bit Hurricane light compared to the original trio and their energy and voices. But this is fun anyways. I don't know how they are live so hard to say how this works on stage or will they make a mess of zumi zimi zami?.
Nadia - Devojka tvog dečka *
This takes forever to get going and when it does it isn't anything special. A filler.
Filarri - Posle mene ***
Balcan botox disco, quite pleasant one. I imagine myself driving with a car by the Adriatic seaside roof down this blasting out enjoying life.
Zejna - Rumba ****
Oh yes, love this one! I hope she delivers live and the staging works. This is silly enough yet catchy enough to stand out. Rumbanbumbum! Ram pam pam!
Frajle - Neka, neka **
Quite pleasant and enjoyable but also forgettable. For the village fest rather than Eurovision stage.
Igor Vins & Bane Lalić - Zato što volim *
Groovy ok, but that's all. Sounds like a demo. Just over 2 minutes but still feels long that proves the point?
Egret - Ako shvatim kasno **
A generic ballad that wouldn't be out of place in some hotel's lobby piano bar. Quite pretty but...
Dzipsii - Greh ***
We move from hotel's lobby to its nightclub's early bird cocktail hour. Promised more than delivered in the end. Potential disaster live I think for some reason.
I don't find anything to say really.... The wailing ladies, the drama.... Meh.
Jelena Vlahović - Kao grom iz vedra neba ***
Very old school indeed. And therefor quite refreshing. Half way comes sound effects in attempt to bring this to 2000's. Could fit in into ESC in the 1990's.
Ivona - U noćima ***
Typical Balcan pop as I see it. Good ideas but could be sharper. This could go either way with further listenings.
Gift - Liberta *
Sounds like Italian pop rock that sometimes ends up in Sanremo. And leaves me equally indifferent.
Milan Bujaković - Fenomen ***
Sounds anthemic. Like a hit for someone big whose fanbase would suck this up as a masterpiece. I don't know if he's one. This is also straight from the 1980's/90's.
Duo Grand - Viva la vida ***
The intro leaves you wondering what an earth is coming up and then it's opera pop with gypsy vibrato. And then it all changes to Arabic rock. Very strange. The genre changes are really in this year! But this is by far the weirdest so far!
Anđela - Loše procene **
Back to standard pop tunes of this era. Not much happening here. Except those annoying beats and sounds most everyone seems to feel obliged to add these days.
Doris Milošević - Tišina **
Very airy intro. And then off we go to a questionable arrangement again. Sigh.
Update:
The finalists are (a very weird results, I would have changed a half of them relaly):
Frajle, Nadia, Filarri, Gift, Hurricane, Dzipsii, Zejna and Duo Grand.
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