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AND THAT IS A WRAP! (Other than the 90 minutes of interlude, voting and outcomes)
✨✨✨ A bald man joins in midway by way of and ruins a track! ✨✨✨
Actually each time I hear this I actually get pleasure from it after which abruptly I’m reminded, oh yeah, then that man meanders throughout it. Like when the Sugarcubes got here out and everybody was completely enraptured by Björk’s voice however they saved having Einar waffle throughout all the things hyperlink whole wind-up retailers.
26: 🇦🇱 Albania – Shkodra Elektronike with ‘Zjerm’
They’re named after Shkodër, the place they arrive from, though they’ve each moved to Italy now, and they’re devoted to creating fashionable digital sounds closely influenced by the music they left behind. I like the string association on this one, very cinematic.
✨✨✨ Inexplicable masks! ✨✨✨
I actually hate these gurning animated uncanny valley statues on the video display screen. Perhaps it was a deliberate creative alternative nevertheless it simply appeared a lot like AI slop that it floor my gears.
25: 🇸🇲 San Marino – Gabry Ponte with ‘Tutta l’Italia’
A large celebration of Italian tradition from the tiny enclave that sits inside Italy, made by Italian DJ Gabry Ponte. It isn’t his first brush with Eurovision, as he co-wrote Austria’s entry in 2022.
I’m intrigued by a tiny nation sending to the competition a track in reward of the tradition that surrounds it however which it declined to hitch throughout Italy’s unification course of, however perhaps that’s as a result of I’m a historical past nerd.
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I imply it could be an excessive amount of prosecco however I’ve acquired fairly teary now about this one. She is making a proper mess of that stage, although.
24: 🇫🇷 France – Louane with ‘Maman’
The “France don’t ship a French ballad problem” has been failed for one more yr. Louane is established in France as each a singer and actor. She is bringing a giant highly effective Adele-style ballad to the celebration with a message about motherhood – it’s devoted to her late mom – and this might do nicely I believe.
My household watch celebration is considerably smaller than this huge stadium celebration they’re exhibiting now. France are up subsequent. I’m going to take a 5 minute break …
There’s a query whether or not the very fact it’s such a favorite will dampen voting enthusiasm on the evening. It’s infuriatingly catchy, and my sister, who has not heard or seen it earlier than, is hooting with laughter subsequent to me.
23: 🇸🇪 Sweden – KAJ with ‘Bara bada bastu’
Right here come tonight’s winners. A giant favorite with the bookies, which appears to be true of something Sweden ever enters, this has acquired huge drunk singalong Opus “Life is Life” vibes to it. Sweden practically all the time sends an English language track – however not this. It’s the first time Sweden’s entry is in Swedish since 1998 and the band are literally from Finland. I’ve no concept if their accents are any good. Anyway it will lodge itself in your mind and I’d wager solely an surprising big public vote for one thing else goes to shift it from the highest spot.
BREAK OUT THE SMILEY EMOJI IT IS THE ACID BREAKDOWN KLAXON 🙂🙂🙃🙂🙂
This one has been an absolute grower for me. I initially dismissed it as 90s club-lite nevertheless it has simply lodged itself in my mind.
She earned bonus factors earlier this week as a result of she was a visitor on Scott Mills’ BBC Radio 2 breakfast present and managed to swear stay on air 3 times, bless her.
22: 🇩🇰 Denmark – Sissal with ‘Hallucination’
This comes geared up with a naggingly acquainted chord development/synth arpeggio line, and I believe Sissal will rating nicely with this. She is from the Faroe Islands and cites Robyn as an affect, which might be fairly self-evident because the track goes alongside. I’ve come to essentially, actually prefer it.
✨✨✨ Guitar shreddage! ✨✨✨
I’m not bitter* however actually why are we sitting by way of this after we may have had Milkshake Man or Laika Get together. WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?
[*We have established that I am bitter]
21: 🇵🇹 Portugal – Napa with ‘Deslocado’
My idea is that someplace at RTP HQ in Lisbon they’ve a giant sack, and written on the aspect of it’s “That ballad we often ship to Eurovision” and yearly they’ve a rummage round and pull one thing out at random, and this yr it’s Napa. As soon as it will get going it’s got a little bit of a mid-period Paul McCartney & Wings about it. Solely the band Napa may have been.
Right here is the unique efficiency with the unique saucier lyrics, should you hadn’t seen it by the way in which
I imply, it’s A LOT, eh …
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