The 2008 season is now coming at a distance at this point of time and a new season is about to start. Keep in mind that both Iceland and Bulgaria started their national seasons already in October last year - which means that only in about a month we might see some season kick off... wow - looking forward to it though;)
But before that time I would like to give a quick review of the semifinals and the final of the 2008 season...
as I stated earlier 2008 was in my eyes and ears one of the weakest editions ever, but i suppose thats because of the increasing number of countries participating and therefore also an increasing number of bad entries participating... THANKFULLY this year Eurovision turned out almost excactly the way I wanted it to - Almost ALL the best songs from the semifinals qualified to the big final on saturday night:) Which means that all bad songs were left behind and the quality of the final itself became VERY high, and therefore we got one of the best finals ever. But there are a few songs i would have rather seen in the final than others - those include San Marino (which was a good song and a good performance, but maybe not the right song for ESC), also I think that the Netherlands had a much better performance than for example Armenia (she did not hit a single note in her semifinal performance and must have qualified thanks to the emigration votes only). Also what the hell did Poland do in the final? I hated this song, and it deserved to get last place. And also, expected but not anticipated, Azerbaijan qualified... just a silly song and a silly performance.
So to sum up: a 100% perfect final would have included San Marino, The Netherlands, Bulgaria and Macedonia on behalf of Poland, Azerbaijan, Latvia and Georgia. Also I never understood the hype about Sweden this year and I never believed in it either... and it turned out to qualify only with the help ofthe juryvote... and of course it did poorly in the final, very understandable. Also I would have rather seen Ireland in the final than jokeact Azerbaijan to be honest, but i am also glad that Ireland did not qualify because otherwise we would have seen several muppet-acts next year I suppose.
The big surprises of 2008 turned out to be Croatia: a fantastic performance, never believed i would end up loving this song but i do. Also Finland made a great impact and i was soo surprised but glad that they qualified (eventhough i hated the song before i saw the show). Also Israels song was performed very well (which i did not expect to be honest). THe Greek song became a lot more addictive when seen live than on record, and wow - what a show Ukraine put on - I had shivers all over my body through the whole performance of Shady Lady. Turkey also turned out to be a great song and is now in my opinion one of the best Turkish entries ever:) Iceland gave an extremely well performance as well and in my opinion should have done a lot better. Even Spain was chearful...scary. All the nordic countries qualifying was a surprise, also that Norway did not get the 12 point from Iceland actually...which i bet many expected. Norway coming 5th was probably a big shock for many, especially for some certain Maria-haters among the ESC-fan-community - which made me extremely happy to be honest;) I Always believed in our song this year:)
What disappointed me the most was actually the bad camerawork for the French entry (which is a fantastic song), but it was meant to be like that (though it didnt have a very positive effect). Also Germany was not as good as I hoped... and also i think that both Portugal, and Iceland should have done much better... then on behalf of Armenia and Azerbaijan which did very well but did not deserve it.
2 semifinals worked this year - the final was close to perfect - the only thing I still would react to is the voting procedure... There should either be 50/50 telephone,sms/jury vote and ONLY the countries in the final should be allowed to vote, with maybe an additional vote called non-qualifiers vote. As we now see when backup jury votes have been revealed the UK would have scored a lot better than what they actually did... i do believe that jury votes should be included again so that one can get a more diverse voting pattern... this year it was just to obvious that Russia would win - which i dont mind (but i prefer the first version of the russian song not the one that was performed in the ESC).
But taking recent events into consideration i have to say that i agree with the many fans and non-fans who suggest that Russia should not be allowed to arrange ESC as long as they are in are in war... ESC is not supposed to be about politics, but it is supposed to be about unity and peace and if a country cant act upon this in real life then they should not be allowed to host this fantastic competition either.... but thats just my opinion of course. All my support goes to Georgia especially, we totally understand why they withdrew their participation next year... and also if other former sovietic countries do the same. This also make a great statement about the need for a change in the voting procedure. Why do so many countries consider to withdraw eventhough these are the countries who "always" award Russia with their 12 point mark? Mainly because it is NOT the estonians, or the latvians, or the ukrainian who's actually voting for Russia... but its the Russians who live in the respective countries (of course people love to vote for their homecountry, but it does not give a correct picture of the nations real votes if this is about to continue)... so lets see what 2009 brings along. It is for sure that there are discussions about a new voting procedure for next years competition - lets hope its a good one;)
Looking forward to a new season:) WOW - its only a few months left now:-D
tirsdag 2. september 2008
fredag 23. mai 2008
The Dream Eurovision of 2008:)
To be honest I think 2008 is one of the weakest Eurovision's in many many years. There are not many strong songs to be honest...
So therefore I have created my own list of entries from the national selections of 2008 which I would've liked to have seen in this years competition.
I will use the same running order as the official semifinal running order:
Semifinale 1:
1: Montenegro: Stefan Filipovic - Zauvijek volim te This song was chosen internally by the broadcaster, therefore no other choices - it is very very boring.
2: Israel: Boaz Mauda & Oshrat Phaphir – Butterflies Even though the live performance in the national final was not the best (then refering to the vocal of the girl) this song was by far the strongest I feel. Also the performance could've been improved until the show in May.
3: Estonia: Rolf Junior - On On On This is a cute song which I think would've fared better with the viewers than Kreisiraadio... and the performance in the national final was colorful in the right way and not over the top.
4: Moldova: Alexa – We Are One This is a very catchy eurovision schlager and would've been a sure qualifier for Moldova I think.
5: San Marino: Miodio - Complice I actually like this song very much, even though it might be the best song for Eurovision. You can say it was too good for Eurovision which need simple but catchy songs to do well. I hoped it would qualify, but it didn't. But a very descent debut of San Marino.
6: Belgium: Paranoiacs - Shout It Out Well to be honest I have three huge favorites from the Belgian selection this year, the other two being Femme Fatal with Decadence and Di Bono with the song I'm Not Sorry, but neither of them reached the Belgian final, and Shout it Out is very catchy as well. Well performed and would've been in the shake up for qualification I feel.
7: Azerbaijan: Unformal – Little Muse This song would've been a better alternative than the winner regarding the quality of the song (in my humble opinion of course). The presentation was good, the vocal was good, but the English was not so good,but it feels like a real song more than Day After Day...
8: Slovenia: Iris - Peti Element Unfortunately Slovenia had one of the weakest preselctions this year, and it is hard to pick out a favorite, and I did not like the winning song. The more interesting song was Peti Element which I believe could have become more of a fan favorite than Rebekas song.
9: Norway: Michelle - Baby Don't Stop The Music Even though I LOVE the Norwegian song this year I did not find it to be the strongest in the Norwegian selection this year. The strongest and most modern songs did not even get to the final. The best of the lot was Baby Dont Stop the Music which is catchy and by far would have presented a more interesting performance and also would have become a fan favorite for sure.
10: Poland: Izabela Kopeć - You've got my love Another hard selection to pick my favorite, but Izabela Kopeć's You've got my love was by far one of the more interesting songs in the selection. My biggest favorite was though the song Bella by the group Video which is rumoured to be one of the songs sent in but included in the Polish preselection this year. Bellas was GREAT.
11: Ireland: Leona Daley - Not Crazy After All. The biggest shock in this years preselection. Leona Daley gave an extremely well performance of this song and to me this would have been of the CLEAR FAVORITES to Win the whole competition. Fantastic song, fantastic artist.
12: Andorra: Gisela - Casanova. Chosen internally by the national broadcaster. I do not like this song, since we have heard this song 1000 of times before in a better package, often coming from Sweden.
13: Bosnia & Herzegovina: Elvir Lakovic Laka - Pokusaj. Chosen internally by the national broadcaster, but then again a fantastic song. Interesting, original and catchy. This is not a joke entry but ART through music. This song might be in for a surprise win this year.
14: Armenia: Surusho - I Can't Control It. Well to be honest I do like this years entry, but it is too childish and to me her english is worse than in the song i really prefered to win. I Can't Control It was modern song were east and west meet in a good harmony of music. This would've done just as well as Qele Qele I am sure of it.
15: The Netherlands: Hind - Your Heart Belongs To Me. Chosen internally by the broadcaster. I loved this song the first time I heard it, but then you get tired of it really fast. Her voice is very good, and the presentation of the song is ok. It was doomed to loose out after Armenias Qele Qele in the semifinal eventhough Hind did a better presentation of her song than Sirusho.
16: Finland: Movetron - Cupido. Finnish hardrock in Finnish is not my cup of tea. Movetron's song would've probably been the better choice I feel, and probably it would've been translated for the international final and then become even better. An energetic performance which for sure would've made a fan impression:)
17: Romania: Zero - Come This Way. Romania had one of the BEST preselections this year, and it is hard to pick just one favorite. But the imidiate favorite after first listenings was Zero's song Come This Way. And this song felt like a Eurovision WINNER to me. But the performance in the national final was not the best but that could've been sorted out before the semifinals of this year.
18: Russia: Dima Bilan - Believe (1st version). I have to admit that I LOVED Believe the first time I heard it, but after they changed it and included all the violins I feel it lost some of the modern rythm which made it great. Now it is okey. It might still be in it for a first victory for Russia. The other hot favorites of the Russian final was Sergey Lazerev's Fire and Aleksey Vorobyov's New Russian Kalinka, wouldnt have minded either of them for Russia this year.
19: Greece: Kalomoira - Secret Combination. This was the best choice of the three alternatives in this years Greek final. But to be honest I think Kalomoiras performance in the Greek final was much better than in the eurovision semifinal.
so to be honest - even if my favorite songs had been chosen for each country i think that Montenegro, Andorra, Estonia, Slovenia, Netherlands and San Marino would have been without a chance to qualify for the final anyways....
I think that Norway benefited of choosing Maria's song this year because of its simplicity even though my favorite was an other song. I think Belgium would have fared a lot better with Paranoiacs song than Ishtars song and if all my favorites had been chosen that Greece might have lost in qualifying out actually, and the same goes for Finland even though my favorite would've been the choice.
Semifinal 2:
1: Iceland: Euroband - This Is My Life. Another strong selection of songs and hard to pick a favorite. Considering Iceland was the show opener on semifinal 2 this was the perfect song. Very good performance, great voices.
2: Sweden: BWO - Lay Your Love On Me. Sweden chose wrong again. Hero might give them a 5th place but BWO's song could have given Sweden the victory for sure. A much more catchy and professional song than Hero.
3: Tyrkey: Mor Ve Ötsi - Deli. A Very good rock song chosen internally by the broadcaster. The eastern european countries are good at choosing songs internally.
4: Ukraine: Ani Lorak - Shady Lady. Fantastic song, fantastic artist, fantastic performance - but if all my favorites had won in the national selections i think it would be harder to win than what it has turned out to be this year. Ani Lorak is in it for the victory for sure.
5: Lithuania: Aiste - Troy On Fire. Lithuania has one of the worst songs of the decade this year. The 2nd place in the national final Troy On Fire would have been a much better choice. Catchy, mystic, great vocal, great performance and very very suited for Eurovision.
6: Albania: Flaka Krelani & Doruntina Disha - Jeta kërkon dashuri. Even though I have learned to like the Albanian song this year (i didn't in the start because Oltas vocals were really bad in the national preselection) I would have preferred this up-tempo song instead. Catchy and interesting. And Doruntina is a Norwegian too;)
7: Switzerland: Paolo Meneguzzi - Era stupendo. Internally chosen by the broadcaster. I do not like this song at all. It is a ordinary Italian pop song which sounds very much like a typical eurovision song. It makes no impact and i am glad it lost out in the semifinals.
8: Czeck Republic: Toxic - Two Sides. This song was by far the most interesting one. With this sound of Kelis it would've stood out and in my opinion qualified easily. The performance in the national selection was great.
9: Belarus: Victor Pshenichniy - Baby Blue. I have to admit it, the performance in the national final was horrible - but the song is SOOOOO good. It is very very catchy and i love this type of songs in the Mika/Scissor Sisters style. The performance would have been a lot better in the ESC anyways - thats always the way with song with Belarussian songs.
10: Latvia: Sabine Berezina - If I Only Knew. Fantastic song in the style of Enya, but a lot more pop. Would've fared a lot better with Eurovision fans for sure.
11: Croatia: Emilija Kokić – Anđeo. This song is alot better than the chosen song Romanca. And the national performance was good also. Typical balkan ethnic ballad, you just gotta love it.
12: Bulgaria: Deep Zone and Balthazar - DJ, take me away. Even though it did not go to the final, i think it was the right choice. It is modern and experimental for Eurovision, which is excactly what this competition needs. The performance was great and in my opinion it deserved a place in the final, especially considering some of the other songs that qualified.
13: Denmark: Simon Mathew - All night long. Denmark did not have a very strong national selection this year, but they chose the right song. It is catchy and easy on the ear (and the eye) but wont make the biggest impression in the final i think.
14: Georgia: Salome Korkotashvili - Captain. The best song from the preselection was Captain for sure, cute and well performed. Other hot favorite would have been 3G and their song I'm Free.
15: Hungary: Lola - Break Out. Another hard selection to pick out a favorite.. but Break Out have a modern sound and a commercial message which is what people want in Eurovision. I think this would have been a better choice than Candlelight.
16: Malta: Pamela - Whispers. This is one of the best ballads of ALL ballads this year, and it didnt even reach the Maltese final. I am sure this song would've qualified and maybe even WON for Malta... well too bad we never get to know the answer to that hypotheses.
17: Cyprus: Nikolas Metaksas - Butterfly. Another great ballad. Probably not a good deal coming straight after another favorite ballad for me, but then again this is my wish list not the actual list. Even though this song would have been a much better alternative than the cabaret they chose.
18: FYR Macedonia: Tamara ft. Vrčak & Adrian Gaxha - Let Me Love You. Well it was the best of the choices I feel. Modern song with a great rythm, but the vocals was aweful in the national selection and slightly improved in the semifinal of ESC. Overall an okey performance.
19: Portugal: Vânia Fernandes - Senhora do mar. Fantastic song, fantastic artist. Very good performance and for the first time in history I felt that Portugal was a sure qualifier and that they might even be in for a surprise win.
The automatic qualifiers:
2: United Kingdom: LoveShy - Mr. Gorgeous. This was the best alternative I feel, even though the national performance was not the best. Catchy and reminiscent of Beware of the Dog by Jamelia.
4: Germany: Cinema Bizarre - Forever Or Never. By far the best song, and it really felt like a Eurovision winner. But the performance was weak, but then again the lead singer was sick and was not able to sing, unfortunately.
19: France: Sebastian Tellier - Divine. This is a fantastic song, chosen internally (can you imagine it?). It is a brand new concept for Eurovision, but that is were the problem also is - is it too modern and too different for the common Eurovision taste?
22: Spain: Anael - Thinking Thinking. Spain choosing their song through Myspace must have been the most innovative selection method in history. But then again the result did not look good, with only a few really good songs qualifying for the national final, and the 5-6 best ones DID NOT qualify at all, this one included. Fantastic song and a Eurovision Winner to me.
23: Serbia: Jelena Tomašević - Oro. Chose the right song and are in it for a second year in a row win. Fantastic song, fantastic artist. very beautiful.
MY dream WIN of Eurovision 2008 would've been SWEDEN: BWO's Lay Your Love On Me, and a CLOSE runner up IRELAND with Leona Daley's Not Crazy After All.
So therefore I have created my own list of entries from the national selections of 2008 which I would've liked to have seen in this years competition.
I will use the same running order as the official semifinal running order:
Semifinale 1:
1: Montenegro: Stefan Filipovic - Zauvijek volim te This song was chosen internally by the broadcaster, therefore no other choices - it is very very boring.
2: Israel: Boaz Mauda & Oshrat Phaphir – Butterflies Even though the live performance in the national final was not the best (then refering to the vocal of the girl) this song was by far the strongest I feel. Also the performance could've been improved until the show in May.
3: Estonia: Rolf Junior - On On On This is a cute song which I think would've fared better with the viewers than Kreisiraadio... and the performance in the national final was colorful in the right way and not over the top.
4: Moldova: Alexa – We Are One This is a very catchy eurovision schlager and would've been a sure qualifier for Moldova I think.
5: San Marino: Miodio - Complice I actually like this song very much, even though it might be the best song for Eurovision. You can say it was too good for Eurovision which need simple but catchy songs to do well. I hoped it would qualify, but it didn't. But a very descent debut of San Marino.
6: Belgium: Paranoiacs - Shout It Out Well to be honest I have three huge favorites from the Belgian selection this year, the other two being Femme Fatal with Decadence and Di Bono with the song I'm Not Sorry, but neither of them reached the Belgian final, and Shout it Out is very catchy as well. Well performed and would've been in the shake up for qualification I feel.
7: Azerbaijan: Unformal – Little Muse This song would've been a better alternative than the winner regarding the quality of the song (in my humble opinion of course). The presentation was good, the vocal was good, but the English was not so good,but it feels like a real song more than Day After Day...
8: Slovenia: Iris - Peti Element Unfortunately Slovenia had one of the weakest preselctions this year, and it is hard to pick out a favorite, and I did not like the winning song. The more interesting song was Peti Element which I believe could have become more of a fan favorite than Rebekas song.
9: Norway: Michelle - Baby Don't Stop The Music Even though I LOVE the Norwegian song this year I did not find it to be the strongest in the Norwegian selection this year. The strongest and most modern songs did not even get to the final. The best of the lot was Baby Dont Stop the Music which is catchy and by far would have presented a more interesting performance and also would have become a fan favorite for sure.
10: Poland: Izabela Kopeć - You've got my love Another hard selection to pick my favorite, but Izabela Kopeć's You've got my love was by far one of the more interesting songs in the selection. My biggest favorite was though the song Bella by the group Video which is rumoured to be one of the songs sent in but included in the Polish preselection this year. Bellas was GREAT.
11: Ireland: Leona Daley - Not Crazy After All. The biggest shock in this years preselection. Leona Daley gave an extremely well performance of this song and to me this would have been of the CLEAR FAVORITES to Win the whole competition. Fantastic song, fantastic artist.
12: Andorra: Gisela - Casanova. Chosen internally by the national broadcaster. I do not like this song, since we have heard this song 1000 of times before in a better package, often coming from Sweden.
13: Bosnia & Herzegovina: Elvir Lakovic Laka - Pokusaj. Chosen internally by the national broadcaster, but then again a fantastic song. Interesting, original and catchy. This is not a joke entry but ART through music. This song might be in for a surprise win this year.
14: Armenia: Surusho - I Can't Control It. Well to be honest I do like this years entry, but it is too childish and to me her english is worse than in the song i really prefered to win. I Can't Control It was modern song were east and west meet in a good harmony of music. This would've done just as well as Qele Qele I am sure of it.
15: The Netherlands: Hind - Your Heart Belongs To Me. Chosen internally by the broadcaster. I loved this song the first time I heard it, but then you get tired of it really fast. Her voice is very good, and the presentation of the song is ok. It was doomed to loose out after Armenias Qele Qele in the semifinal eventhough Hind did a better presentation of her song than Sirusho.
16: Finland: Movetron - Cupido. Finnish hardrock in Finnish is not my cup of tea. Movetron's song would've probably been the better choice I feel, and probably it would've been translated for the international final and then become even better. An energetic performance which for sure would've made a fan impression:)
17: Romania: Zero - Come This Way. Romania had one of the BEST preselections this year, and it is hard to pick just one favorite. But the imidiate favorite after first listenings was Zero's song Come This Way. And this song felt like a Eurovision WINNER to me. But the performance in the national final was not the best but that could've been sorted out before the semifinals of this year.
18: Russia: Dima Bilan - Believe (1st version). I have to admit that I LOVED Believe the first time I heard it, but after they changed it and included all the violins I feel it lost some of the modern rythm which made it great. Now it is okey. It might still be in it for a first victory for Russia. The other hot favorites of the Russian final was Sergey Lazerev's Fire and Aleksey Vorobyov's New Russian Kalinka, wouldnt have minded either of them for Russia this year.
19: Greece: Kalomoira - Secret Combination. This was the best choice of the three alternatives in this years Greek final. But to be honest I think Kalomoiras performance in the Greek final was much better than in the eurovision semifinal.
so to be honest - even if my favorite songs had been chosen for each country i think that Montenegro, Andorra, Estonia, Slovenia, Netherlands and San Marino would have been without a chance to qualify for the final anyways....
I think that Norway benefited of choosing Maria's song this year because of its simplicity even though my favorite was an other song. I think Belgium would have fared a lot better with Paranoiacs song than Ishtars song and if all my favorites had been chosen that Greece might have lost in qualifying out actually, and the same goes for Finland even though my favorite would've been the choice.
Semifinal 2:
1: Iceland: Euroband - This Is My Life. Another strong selection of songs and hard to pick a favorite. Considering Iceland was the show opener on semifinal 2 this was the perfect song. Very good performance, great voices.
2: Sweden: BWO - Lay Your Love On Me. Sweden chose wrong again. Hero might give them a 5th place but BWO's song could have given Sweden the victory for sure. A much more catchy and professional song than Hero.
3: Tyrkey: Mor Ve Ötsi - Deli. A Very good rock song chosen internally by the broadcaster. The eastern european countries are good at choosing songs internally.
4: Ukraine: Ani Lorak - Shady Lady. Fantastic song, fantastic artist, fantastic performance - but if all my favorites had won in the national selections i think it would be harder to win than what it has turned out to be this year. Ani Lorak is in it for the victory for sure.
5: Lithuania: Aiste - Troy On Fire. Lithuania has one of the worst songs of the decade this year. The 2nd place in the national final Troy On Fire would have been a much better choice. Catchy, mystic, great vocal, great performance and very very suited for Eurovision.
6: Albania: Flaka Krelani & Doruntina Disha - Jeta kërkon dashuri. Even though I have learned to like the Albanian song this year (i didn't in the start because Oltas vocals were really bad in the national preselection) I would have preferred this up-tempo song instead. Catchy and interesting. And Doruntina is a Norwegian too;)
7: Switzerland: Paolo Meneguzzi - Era stupendo. Internally chosen by the broadcaster. I do not like this song at all. It is a ordinary Italian pop song which sounds very much like a typical eurovision song. It makes no impact and i am glad it lost out in the semifinals.
8: Czeck Republic: Toxic - Two Sides. This song was by far the most interesting one. With this sound of Kelis it would've stood out and in my opinion qualified easily. The performance in the national selection was great.
9: Belarus: Victor Pshenichniy - Baby Blue. I have to admit it, the performance in the national final was horrible - but the song is SOOOOO good. It is very very catchy and i love this type of songs in the Mika/Scissor Sisters style. The performance would have been a lot better in the ESC anyways - thats always the way with song with Belarussian songs.
10: Latvia: Sabine Berezina - If I Only Knew. Fantastic song in the style of Enya, but a lot more pop. Would've fared a lot better with Eurovision fans for sure.
11: Croatia: Emilija Kokić – Anđeo. This song is alot better than the chosen song Romanca. And the national performance was good also. Typical balkan ethnic ballad, you just gotta love it.
12: Bulgaria: Deep Zone and Balthazar - DJ, take me away. Even though it did not go to the final, i think it was the right choice. It is modern and experimental for Eurovision, which is excactly what this competition needs. The performance was great and in my opinion it deserved a place in the final, especially considering some of the other songs that qualified.
13: Denmark: Simon Mathew - All night long. Denmark did not have a very strong national selection this year, but they chose the right song. It is catchy and easy on the ear (and the eye) but wont make the biggest impression in the final i think.
14: Georgia: Salome Korkotashvili - Captain. The best song from the preselection was Captain for sure, cute and well performed. Other hot favorite would have been 3G and their song I'm Free.
15: Hungary: Lola - Break Out. Another hard selection to pick out a favorite.. but Break Out have a modern sound and a commercial message which is what people want in Eurovision. I think this would have been a better choice than Candlelight.
16: Malta: Pamela - Whispers. This is one of the best ballads of ALL ballads this year, and it didnt even reach the Maltese final. I am sure this song would've qualified and maybe even WON for Malta... well too bad we never get to know the answer to that hypotheses.
17: Cyprus: Nikolas Metaksas - Butterfly. Another great ballad. Probably not a good deal coming straight after another favorite ballad for me, but then again this is my wish list not the actual list. Even though this song would have been a much better alternative than the cabaret they chose.
18: FYR Macedonia: Tamara ft. Vrčak & Adrian Gaxha - Let Me Love You. Well it was the best of the choices I feel. Modern song with a great rythm, but the vocals was aweful in the national selection and slightly improved in the semifinal of ESC. Overall an okey performance.
19: Portugal: Vânia Fernandes - Senhora do mar. Fantastic song, fantastic artist. Very good performance and for the first time in history I felt that Portugal was a sure qualifier and that they might even be in for a surprise win.
The automatic qualifiers:
2: United Kingdom: LoveShy - Mr. Gorgeous. This was the best alternative I feel, even though the national performance was not the best. Catchy and reminiscent of Beware of the Dog by Jamelia.
4: Germany: Cinema Bizarre - Forever Or Never. By far the best song, and it really felt like a Eurovision winner. But the performance was weak, but then again the lead singer was sick and was not able to sing, unfortunately.
19: France: Sebastian Tellier - Divine. This is a fantastic song, chosen internally (can you imagine it?). It is a brand new concept for Eurovision, but that is were the problem also is - is it too modern and too different for the common Eurovision taste?
22: Spain: Anael - Thinking Thinking. Spain choosing their song through Myspace must have been the most innovative selection method in history. But then again the result did not look good, with only a few really good songs qualifying for the national final, and the 5-6 best ones DID NOT qualify at all, this one included. Fantastic song and a Eurovision Winner to me.
23: Serbia: Jelena Tomašević - Oro. Chose the right song and are in it for a second year in a row win. Fantastic song, fantastic artist. very beautiful.
MY dream WIN of Eurovision 2008 would've been SWEDEN: BWO's Lay Your Love On Me, and a CLOSE runner up IRELAND with Leona Daley's Not Crazy After All.
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Well getting this page up and running takes more effort and time than expected... there is so much to dive into - our goal is to have a very accurate and informative, and most of all an interesting, page about the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix - therefore there has to be done a lot of research before we go public with it. Contacting NRK (the national broadcaster of Norway) for information does not help either because they dont seem to be too eager to help claiming that they don't have the information (which i do not believe since it is specific names which I am looking for - which cannot be that hard to look up in their archives)...well, well... so hopefully we will get it up and running this fall:)
mandag 17. mars 2008
Good Evening Europe:)
Well this is my very first blog ever... and it will be all about eurovision, how exciting;)
I am a huge fan of this competition and one day my dream is to go and see the international final live. So far I have only been able to go to the national final here in Norway for the last 3 years... it's strange how much better all the songs sounds when you experience them live;)
I will try to update this blog often. And i will continue to contribute to the up and coming fantastic homepage of eurovision-norway. Really looking forward to hear from you and to let you in to the fantastic history of norwegian national finals and artists:)
I am a huge fan of this competition and one day my dream is to go and see the international final live. So far I have only been able to go to the national final here in Norway for the last 3 years... it's strange how much better all the songs sounds when you experience them live;)
I will try to update this blog often. And i will continue to contribute to the up and coming fantastic homepage of eurovision-norway. Really looking forward to hear from you and to let you in to the fantastic history of norwegian national finals and artists:)
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