#FolkBandwagon Great song. Another song underrated by the bookies. Musically great, vocally nice, I think they have a great balance in the vocals which makes it thoroughly enjoyable. Great song.
Israel - Mei Finegold - Same Heart
#EuroPink Okay maybe trying to steal Pink's style with a power vocal on a rock song. The beat drop is such a let down to the rest of the song, but overall is seriously a fierce song. The balance of Hebrew and English is perfect as well. Should be a top 10 finalist.
Norway - Carl Espen - Silent Storm
#MaleLanaDelRey Seriously this song is just a plain ballad. Very Lana-esque aka… just starts soft and doesn't build to anything but is overrated and everyone is loving it for no reason (sorry Seb). I really hope this song falls flat because compared to the other ballads this year, this is pretty forgettable and bland.
Georgia - The Shin and Mariko - Three Minutes to Earth
#YodelingNatives Seriously I keep forgetting about this song until it pops up on the playlist. Unfortuantely it will do well because it's Georgia. Seriously what are they trying to do with this song? I have no idea what is going on here
Standing for Semi 2
1) Israel
2) Malta
3) Norway
4) Georgia
Overall Standings update (note, this is from when the blogs were started, an updated ranking will happen after the final blog)
1) Ukraine
2) Belgium
3) Armenia
4) Sweden
5) Israel ****
6) Malta ****
7) Latvia
8) Estonia
9) Azerbaijan
10) Montenegro
11) San Marino
12) Hungary
13) Norway ****
14) Netherlands
15) Iceland
16) Moldova
17) Portugal
18) Albania
19) Georgia ****
20) Russia
My greatest fear this year is that Silent Storm wins in a landslide. Unlikely a landslide, but I can still see it winning (I think juries will eat that shit up even though everything you said is 100% valid).
I don't think Georgia will qualify despite it being... Georgia. It's too out there even for Eurovision standards.
Malta - I was so glad that Malta did well last year and I can see this being a surprise top 10 song again. It should pick up points from the UK + Ireland as we love this sort of style at the moment.
Israel - This is definitely my guilty pleasure of the year. I love her and I hope Israel progress to the final this year, as they were robbed in the last contest.
Norway - It will make finals...but as you say this is quite bland. There are much better ballads in the contest.
Georgia - I quite like this, as it is so unique. Honestly it is what I imagine Yoshitomi 's mind to be like. :p
TolisKalkasFritzyyyyy I'm Georgian, but I don't think this will qualify :( I really like it, but it's a confusing song and the meaning isn't really explained. Plus The Shin really need to work on their live vocals.
1. Armenia
2. Ukraine
3. Hungary
4. Israel ***
5. Estonia
6. San Marino
7. Azerbaijan
8. Malta ***
9. Moldova
10. Iceland
11. Montenegro
12. Sweden
13. Norway ***
14. Portugal
15. Albania
16. Georgia ***
17. Belgium
18. Netherlands
19. Russia
20. Latvia
#EurovisionSongContest #Eurovision #ESC14
I don't think Georgia will qualify despite it being... Georgia. It's too out there even for Eurovision standards.