Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Here it is, already traditional Blogilkar's Eurovision Home Jury results. This year we had a total of nine people in the jury from teenagers to 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, most every one just people who do watch Eurovision but aren't any fanatic fans, just tv viewers who don't remember who won two years ago or sometimes even last year, don't have a clue about the polls and odds but just score the songs to their liking. We used 1 to 10 scores. Tie breaks were settled by highest marks and if still a tie by my preference. Here we go! 8. GREECE - AKYLAS - FERTO    53 9. ESTONIA - VANILLA NINJA - TOO EPIC TO BE TRUE    52 10. FRANCE - MONROE - REGARDE    51 11. AUSTRALIA - DELTA GOODREM - ECLIPSE    50

Željko Joksimović & DARA - Lane Moje *** Once again the #EurovisionALBM series gives us cover versions of Eurovision classics by this year's artists. Here's a little collection (to be updated) Akylas - Rise Like a Phoenix (Conchita Wurst cover)*** Bandidos do Cante - Saudade, Saudade (MARO Cover) *** Alexandra Căpitănescu - Fuego (Eleni Foureira Cover) *** AIDAN - Per Sempre Sì (Sal Da Vinci Cover) ** Satoshi - Rim Tim Tagi Dim (Baby Lasagna Cover)** Daniel Zizka - Amar Pelos Dois (Salvador Sobral Cover) *** ESSYLA - Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son (France Gall Cover) *** Monroe - Tattoo (Loreen Cover) ** LAVINA - In My Dreams (Wig Wam Cover) ** Eva Marija - Eins, Zwei, Drei (LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER Cover) ** LELÉKA - Baller (Abor & Tynna Cover) ** AIDAN - Per Sempre Sì (Sal Da Vinci Cover) ** SENHIT - Occidentali's Karma (Francesco Gabbani Cover)*** JONAS LOVV - Arcade (Duncan Laurence Cover)**** Eva Marija - Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi (Céline Dion cover)** LELEK - Wild Dan...

    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.  Greece - Akylas - Ferto ***** Ok, this is this years Käärijä/Joost/Baby Lasagna/Tommy Cash but Akylas has what the others have missed since Käärijä: the cute bubbly personality that I can't not adore. The song's also fun, catchy but not studid. The arrangement throws in nice nuances and the ballad bit fits and is beautiful and very, very Greek. Great job. I hope this makes the Top-5. Should this win I wouldn't be too sad but this more of a tyoical runner up like song. Instead of the national final video I want to add here the preview video as it shows best his personality.  Moldova ...

Sing for Greece, the Greek national final for Eurovision song contest, come to an end tonight and Akylas as expected swept full set of points from each and every jury.  A total of fourteen songs made it to the final from two semi-finals, each with 14 songs selected out of 265 submissions,  staged earlier this week, among them Eurovision veterans Koza Mostra, fan favorites Good Job Nicky and Evangelia and most of all Akylas who has already gone viral in some Käärijä way (who indeed has shown support in Joost Klein, Baby Lasagna and Tommy Cash style) irritating some part of the fandom.  Akylas Mytilinaios (27, Ακύλας Μυτιληναίος) is a Greek singer and songwriter. He has been releasing singles since 2021. Four years ago he participated in The Voice of Greece.  Final rresults: Stylianos  - YOU & I   18  7th D3lta - Mad about it   21   6th Mikay - Labyrinth   4  10th Marika - Daughters of the Sun (A, E, I, O, U)   0  1...