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.
Switzerland - Veronica Fusaro - Alice **
Now this one's a tricky one. First listening (or rather just a bit of it when it was published) left me rather unimpressed but now listening it properly it's quite interesting. Different for sure, somewhat memorable. But then again we don't have any live performance (when writing this) so how this be staged; just simple rock act or a circus act with dancers and artsy nonsense? If the first option I'd say midtable at best, if the latter even NQ. But this is different, refreshing and a good choice no matter what.
Albania - Alis - Nân ****
The live performance in FiK was quite dramatic, powerful and engaging. The lyrics are beautiful and you can feel Alis pain. Great entry I wish all the success in the world. The melody also sticks to your mind even if at first might seem a bit difficult. This is sailing to the final and places well there. Left side of the final table.
When I first heard this I thought Ok, Aussies are here to battle out the win. Then second time hearing the full song... nah. Makes me think more of a Maltese entry bought from Sweden any given year. Big favorite, flop result. As much as I like piano the piano solo in the middle seems out of place and isn't even very interesting, more like some Mozart thrown in for some reason. This said, this will do reasonably well, Top-10 but maybe not Top-5. This isn't Lost without you. Then again should this end up in Top-3 I'm not surprised.
And there's not a proper live performance yet to judge when writing this.
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