Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

  End of the penisgate. The image has been altered aka the lines have been filled with color and looks more like what it's ment to look like, the Freedom monument in Riga. The backdrop and the whole is a Nina hagenish explosion of colors and facila expressions and posing. The last 30 seconds with the smoke and wind machines is hysterical. All this covers up the fact the song is very repetitive and goes nowhere really.  The finish is a huge let down when instead of a boombastic end we just drift away quietly.... But the camerawork saves a lot and most likley this will gather just enough votes to qualify. But barely. 

  Last but not least for today, Latvia. What can I say? This is somewhere between Nina Hagen and Dolly Style what comes to visual explotion. It's very colorful and that smoke mixing the colors shady makes kind of a water colory effect and it all gets soft and nice despite being the said colorful explotion.... The song is a good finish for the show and will be remembered. If it will be voted enough to make the cut is another matter.... but everytime I hear it I like it, but then when making the ranking it's not kinda there.... 

Pictured is Latvia's national flower daisy Latvia had again its well working Supernova again as national selection and Triana Park made a comeback to the contest and ruled it from the beginning by winning its heat, then semifinal and finally the grand final with Line . The song is written by band members Agnese Rakovska, Kristaps Ērglis and Kristians Rakovskis. Triana Park (aka Triānas Parks) is 6th time lucky as they have tried to get to Eurovision already in 2008-2012 every year. A little break made wonders and in 2017 they came back triumphant. The band's line up is Agnese Rakovska (lead vocals), Artūrs Strautiņš (guitar), Edgars Viļums (drums) and Kristaps Ērglis (bass). The band has been together since 2008 and well know for their previous national final performances and extravacant stage shows.  One album, one EP and a long string of singles to their credit they are ready to take on Europe. This is very contemporary, a bit alternative yet something you...

Triana Park finally made it this time - 6th time lucky! - and won Supernova 2017 with Line . The Supernova line up was very mediocre this year and they were the only ones that had something going on so well done.