Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Another seethrough white dress.... Sigh. Windmachine. Sob. Water bubbles in the backdrop. Eeek. All seen before already. Luckily she opens the second semi so maybe somepeople didn't watch the first one and find it new and exciting. The dancer enters in the mid song adding nothing really to the lot. Even Tijana chooses to just ignore him and push him away.  So he decides to roll in the floor and then run backwards. it's not a good sign if ne is more interested in his doings than her.... This wasn't much to start with but it still manages to disappoint. 

  Serbia seems to be suffering the same as Finland last year: a great opening number on paper that fails to deliver and instead of getting us to the mood kinda bores us already. Add some questionable vocals and it's a mess. Tijana wasn't wearing her dress yet, and she has a male dancer on stage while the backing vocalists are hidden away somewhere in the backstage (poor souls). A lot of blue and bubbles. Serbia has a lot to do and  change if they wish to qualify....

Following  Slovenian Omar 's and Greek Demy 's example also Serbian Tijana has released a native language version of her entry, only that she has also re-arranged the whole thing and once again it's so much better! As is Malta's Claudia 's Italian version..... 

Pictured is Serbia's national fruit plum in absence of a national flower Serbia chose internally Tijana Bogićević, as well as her song In too deep written by international team Borislav Milanov, Joacim Bo Persson, Johan Alkenas and. Lisa Ann-Mari Linder. There's a curious rumour that this song was first picked up by Macedonia, who then have to give it to Serbia and pick up another song for reasons unknown. True or not, it's Macedonia's gain! Tijana Bogićević (35) is one of those singers this year who moves from the Eurovision backing singer (in 2011) to the spotlight. She also tried to get to Eurovision already in 2009 competing in the national final finishing 17th out of 20. She has been around from 2001 as backing and studio singer, and being part in various groups. Now she come to Kyiv all the way from Boston where she now lives. Maybe it will be her big break finally? This is another those midtempo female songs that promise a lot but deliver very lit...

It's time for Serbia to reveal their entry In too deep by Tijana Bogićević. It starts off quite interesting but then sadly nothing much happens and the overal feeling afterwards is it she didn't quite deliver. Then there's the curious rumour about the catfight over this song by Serbia and Macedonia... (or was it the other way around?). Anyways, it's a bit sad all ex-Yogos have dropped all the Slavic characters and are offering standard western pop.... This being a prime example. Not bad, but nothing special either....