Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

The Netherlands - Jeangu Macrooy - Grow The host country often has the pressure off and can send something more demanding, like the Dutch this time. Certainly not an easy, catchy song but full of emotion with a good arrangement and a fine vocalist who does what he always does without trying to fit into the ESC model. Except for the lenght and I feel this song just gets going when it reaches the 3 minutes and therefor only.... 7/10 Denmark - Ben & Tan - Yes I get what they are after here, but this really isn't my cup of tea. It's shouty and noisy. Certainly would have worked wonders in an arena full of people, it's catchy and all that but ... No, I find this a bit irritating. Certainly not in my playlist.  4/10 Ireland - Lesley Roy - Story of my life Maybe I'm wrong with my ranking, but I haven't really gotten onboard with this one. I like her and she's proven to be a fantastic Eurovision ambassador in this pre-contest period so I really ...

Jeangu Macrooy (26), born in Suriname, will be flying the host country's flag in Rotterdam 2020 Eurovision. This singer-songwriter has been living in the Netherlands since 2014 and has made already a name as a modern soul singer-songwriter. In his native Suriname he formed a band Between Towers that released one album before he moved to Enschede to study songwriting and music. Soon he was playing in clubs, being a support act for many concerts and his songs made it to HBO advert and as theme song of a Dutch movie, and he's been a regular musical guest in a talk show. In Easter 2018 he played Judas in the tv-production of The Passion with 3,5 million viewers. Last year he released his second album and Grow is already his 12th single. 

It's been a busy week in the Eurovision world and bresides various national finals - the last ones being tomorrow in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Portugal - the previously announced artists have finally revealed their entries.....