I wasn't planning on doing personal reviews this year either but here we go after all. Truth to be said I have listened the entries 0-2 times before sitting down now to comment them. Let's go!
The usual Blogilkar's home jury will reunite later and the results revealed in due time. meanwhile, my thoughts and comments on the entries of Eurovision song contest series is right here.
Austria - Cosmò - Tanzschein **
Certainly different from last year's entry. I kinda like this but then in the end not so much. This starts well and makes me curious but then it gets quite repetitive and goes nowhere. He's doing vocally good enough live but not so sure about the performance and masks and stuff. Haven't we seen that quite a few times already? Not sure how this act will open up to those not understanding German though. I can't quite see neither juries nor televoters going wild for this. Final placing 20something? Or even dead last. Again. Austria knows something about that.
France - Monroe - Regarde! ****
Tricolore, tour Eiffel, Paris... oh yes this is the French Eurovision video. France has sent opera before and been big favorite to win with it ending only 15th mainly due to poor vocals when it mattered. I suppose we won't have that problem here with her and Monroe comes across quite likable. The song flows ahead in steady twists and turns and somehow it works in the end. The staging will be crucial but as there's no live performance of any kind as yet (when writing this) one can only wonder what their plans are. I like this but I doubt this will remain in my playlist too long after May. One of the favorites to win this should easily reach Top-5. Unless televoters have had it with opera.
Sarah Engels - Fire ***
I tossed this aside as a poor Fuego wannabe at first due to the staging and live performance. Where Eleni was fierce Sarah comes across just girl next door and she's no Chanel as a dancer either. But somehow this works well enough and considering the almost total lack of this genre in the line up all of sudden this isn't that bad after all. This could be a total flop like Germany usually or score a bit better for the reasons mentioned above. Yet most likely 20something.
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