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EUROVISION 2025 REVIEWS: ALBANIA, ICELAND, SAN MARINO AND AZERBAIJAN

It's time to kick of the usual reviews. The opinions are all mine and if I don't like some song it's simply just not my cup of tea so to speak. If I like something you dislike or hate, it's fine, too. No stresso, no need to be depresso it's just music and tastes that are diverse and therefor beautiful! I also try to predict their success come May a little bit, but as we know once the staging is out everything may change, remember Fuego and Rise like a phoenix for example? For this series I have grouped the songs in fours as usual as the songs may have similarities or something in common. Some fours came out beautifully, the others.... well not so well. But here we go! ALBANIA - Shkodra Eletronike - Zjerm One of the big fan favorites. Original, well performed, great arrangement, intriguing stage presence. Could it be Albania's big year? Or will it be the shock non qualifier? I wasn't hooked up the first time I heard it nor the second and that might be it'...

EUROVISION 2025 ALBANIA: SHKODRA ELEKTRONIKE WINS FiK63

Albanian 63rd Festivali i Kenges was in the end the duel between fan favorite Evajan Gjata and surprise last minyte favorite Shkodra Elektronike with Zjerm (heart). Alis Kallaçi placed third. He was the one I thought could be a surprise winner when watching the first semi-final. There was a three way voting system: Jury, online aka diaspora and SMS  voting in Albania. The jury and the SMS placed the top three in the final order, while the online voting went almost all to Elvana and Shkodra, Elvana winning. I must say I'm not quite onboard this fan train yet. I kinda enjoyed Karnaval even if as a song it isn't much at all but the show on stage was likable and entertaining to watch and listen and it came across somehow likable in all its clichés of a girlypop Eurovision hybrid. I also like Alis, Ardit's boy pop version to Elvana's bop was hilarious  in all it's arrogance. I would also mention Vesa, Jet, Stine  and eliminated Kleansa Susaj's Ta dija.  Shkodra Elekt...