Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Here it is! The incorruptible, infallible and most reliable Blogilkar's Home Jury made of people in their teens, 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's, mainly Finnish and mainly those who turn into Eurovision only on that one Saturday night, enjoy the show and that's it. Most everyone heard the songs for the first time so this was a true first impression judgement. And thus they had no idea about the fan polls, betting odds and trivial information and expectations. And boy did they turn those pools and odds around mostly, sinking some major favorites and enjoying some real underdogs. I will countdown the full ranking day by day until we have our winner out just before Liverpool is in full swing. This year I publish very few comments or opinions. Just the average score (we voted 1 to 10). In short this year is considered a bit poor by the jurors compared to for example last year and it may show in the somewhat low scores. Anyways: Enjoy! 30. CZECHIA - Vesna - My sister's...

Czech Republic has managed to gain success and following in the past years in the Eurovision circuit and the national final went live this year for the first time since forever. Or sort of. January 30 the presentation show was streamed live where the entries performed live and the voting started. People all over the world were able to vote their favorite online until February 6, and the winner will be announced the day after. The international votes weight 70% and the rest is national. One song in particular became a huge fan favorite as soon as it was clear it was one of the five songs but what else is there in store. I review. Maella - Flood * This one didn't really impress me at all. Nice but that's all. Pam Rabbit - Ghosting  *** Quite catchy and interesting that with excellent staging could do well at Eurovision. I quite enjoy this but still not quite four stars worth. Yet.  Markéta Irglóva - Happy  ***** This is adorable, so sweet and happy, I'm in love. Fandom won...

Czech Republic is riding with success lately at the Eurovision song contest and their national selection Escz will go live instead of just videos this year. On January 30 the five participants will be streamed live via eurovision.tv and national broadcaster and people everywhere may vote for the winner until February 6, when the winner will be announced. The voting will be 70/30% international/national votes.  Among the artist already familiar Pam Rabbit who hopes to be third time lucky having participated already in 2019 and 2020, besides being already on Eurovision stage in 2018 with Mikolas Josef. Another familiar name is Markéta Irglová. Yes, the very same Markéta from last year's Icelandic selection as that's where she lives these days, despite working mostly in the US. Rodan was awarded as The Discovery of the Year 2021 in Czech Republic, Vesna comes from folk-pop world, and Maella who has gone from jazz to alt-pop and loved by BBC Introducing completes the five-some. Upd...