Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Latvia's Supernova returns as usual as their national selection for the Eurovision song contest 2025 in Basel. A total of 20 songs have been selected out of the 96 submitted for the semi-final on February 1 and  ten of them will be voted for the final a week later. There will be 50-50 televote-jury vote.  Among the artists we have two Eurovision veterans, Justs (2016) and Citi Zēni (2022). There are also a few regular Supernova participants trying once again, leading them of course Markus Riva - this is his 10th time since 2014 without a win (he has missed only 2021 and 2024 selections).  Below is my usual first listening ranking stars. Somehow "Definition of mediocre nothingness" pops into mind while listening. Meaning none is really, really bad but none isn't anything special either with very few exceptions. Then again songs tend to get better with further listenings... The Ludvig seems to be the one to beat I suppose.  Greta sadly had to withdraw last minute due i...

The Eurovision song contest 2022 has begun in Turin this morning with the first rehearsals of Albania, Latvia, Lithuania, Switzerland, Slovenia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, The Netherlands and Moldova. And with rehearsals come problems as everything isn't (yet) perfect despite stand-in rehearsals and all that, which is very normal and adjustable. Apparently The Netherlands weren't happy with their stand-in for example but the bigger problem is the malfunction of the sun on stage that may have caused Lithuania to alter their staging. It looks like there's a problem with its motor that causes problems with the LED wall as the sun doesn't rotate all the way as it  should and it may not be fixable.... We'll see. Ukraine has had different kind of problems as they have had to change their staging several times as Ebu has considered their ideas too political until they have come to an agreement what is acceptable and suitable for Eurovision. And yes, the Green room is Green. There ...

  Here we go again! Once again Blogilkar's home jury has sat through the songs and videos and voted from 1 to 10. This year the jury consisted of pre-teens, 20somethings, 30somethngs, 40somethings and 50somethings. Even a dog participated and went nuts for Romania but was not allowed to vote. Most of the jury members had not heard any of the songs beforehand, some not even the Finnish one.And yes, this jury didn't care for betting odds, fan favorites or wanks but only their own taste and first impression! I will be counting down from bottom to the top and  here are places 33-36. Check out also places 37th to 40th . 33. LATVIA -  Citi Zēni - Eat Your Salad (Average score 4,14) Works maybe once – but then again that's all they need. Works live but would I listen to this again? No. Promises more than it delivers in the end, not forgetting the pussy. And pre-teens think this is old people's jazz music.  34. ISRAEL - Michael Ben David - I'M (Average score (4,14) Maroon5 ...

"Instead of meat I eat veggies and pussy, I like them both fresh, like them both juicy...."   The award for most memorable opening line of any Eurovision entry goes to Supernova 2022 winners Citi Zēni aka Other boys and their Eat your salad . Citi Zēni was formed two years ago in a songwriting camp in Riga. They are Jānis Pētersons, Dagnis Roziņš, Reinis Višķeris, Krišjānis Ozols, Roberts Memmēns and Toms Kagainis. Their debut album Dogs take to the streets was released last year. Further listening  Limuzīns Uz Krīta  and  Vienmēr Kavēju Supernova 2022 results: 1. Citi Zēni - Eat your salad (jury 1. - televote 1.) 2. Aminata - I'm letting you go  (2. - 3.) 3. Bujāns - He, she, you & me  (8. - 2.) 4. Miks Galvanovskis - I'm just a sinner  (4. - 6.) 5. Elina Gluzunova -  Es pabiju tur  (3. - 8.) 6. Mēs Jūs Mīlam - Rich itch  (10. - 4.) 7. Bermudu Divstūris - Bad   (9. - 5.) 8. Inspo - A happy place ...