Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

  If you look Tamara from afar and turn off the sound you might think it's Diana Ross on stage with that dress and huge hair. And that's just about it. The song is a standard, and the backdrop doesn't make any sense or support the song in anyway. Lots of red and then random images. Add dry ice first and pyros next. The excitement comes mainly if her hair will catch fire...   Unoriginal and uninteresting to say the least as a song and staging. She does vocally a pretty solid job but honestly she doesn't come across the screen as a very likable one, does she? I'm almost scared of her.... I would say this will remain in semi and it's ok. 

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Pictured khinkali, Georgian dubling in absense of any national flower Georgia was one of the first countries electing its represant and song this season. The national final on January 20, 2017 in Tbilisi featured 25 entries chosen from an open call, and the winner was chosen by international jury-televote. Singer, songwriter and actress Tako Gachechiladze (34) won with the self penned Keep the faith . She already almost got to Eurovision in 2009 being then part of the winning team Stephane & 3G with We don't wanna Put in , the song that was withdrawn/disqualified in the middle of the Russian-Georgian war and Putin being the prime minister at the time. She also participated in the national final in 2008 placing 10th. She kept the faith and is back now - again with some more or less hidden political statements, in the backdrop at least. The song is a typical Disney ballad with very American style motivated lyrics, apparently aimed at women to be strong, believe in ...

Eurovision bubble is something many artists tend to return, or at least try. This year again in various national finals we have several previous participants trying again, including winners. But the sad fact is that usually the comebacks aren't so succesful. Previous winners in recent years from Dana International to Niamh Kavanagh and Charlotte Perrelli have tried and failed. But sometimes it works, like Poli Genova last year. In May we will know how it will go for these lucky ones who are back at it: Omar Naber from Slovenia returns to Eurovision, and even to Kyiv where he represented his country for the first time in 2005. Back then he failed to make the final placing 12th in the semifinal. Koit Toome and Laura from Estonia have both represented their country separately in the past. Koit placed 12th in 1998 and Laura as a member of Suntribe also did Kyiv 2005 but the girlband failed to make the final placing only 20th in the semifinal. Moldova's Sunstroke Pr...

Tako Gachechiladze has won tonight the Georgian national final with Keep the faith . The backdrop included provocative images of world events from 9/11 to newspaper headline "Russia invades Ge..." This brings back a few years ago when We don't wanna put in  won the national final and never made its way to Moscow stage. And yes, she was part of the group! Tako Gachechiladze — 122 Nutsa Buzaladze — 107 Maliibu — 105 The Mins — 105 Mariam Chachkiani — 83