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EUROVISION 2020 REVIEWS: MOLDOVA, SLOVENIA, POLAND, NORWAY

Moldova - Natalia Gordienko - Prison One of those songs that are just "nice" in every way: melody, idea, vocals... but being so anonymous it leaves you nothing and even after several hearings you really don't remember a thing about. Except the overproduced over the top beats and arrangements. 3/10 Slovenia - Ana Soklič - Voda This is the complete opposite of Moldova. I liked it from the first hearing but then it has just grown and become better! Ana has proved the past months she's one of the best, if not the best, vocalist this year. The song is beautiful and she sings it with style and gusto. And for once the new version is better than the original mix. Could have been maybe a surprise success in Rotterdam, who knows? 8/10 Poland - Alicja - Empires This song's a problem for me. I'd like to like it a lot more than I do in the end. Alicja does a great job for her age, the song is melodic and boombastic without becoming a cliché. But someh...

POLAND: ALICJA SZEMPLINSKA BRINGS EMPIRES TO EUROVISION 2020

Today Sunday it was Poland's time to choose their entry. Three artists made it to the final via Szansa na sukces and 17-year-old last year's The Voice of Poland winner Alicja got full marks from both the jury and televoters with her song Empires that premiered in the show. The other two artists had made their songs available before. In vain. They also sung another Eurovision song from the past) Empires still needs some fine tuning but it's pretty wonderful tune.  Alicja Szemplińska - Empires ( Euphoria /Loreen) (jury 5 + televote 5) 10 Albert Černý (Lake Malawi) - Lucy ( Fairytale /Alexander Rybak) (3 + 3) 6 Kasia Dereń - Count on me (Ufaj mi) ( Satellite /Lena) (1 + 1) 2