Ukraine for the win. I know they will kindly request the UK to host 2023 on their behalf.

netherlands song

I Like our entry a lot :beat: so melancholic




San Marino's song, i am ashamed to say it but Stripper gives me Gary Glitter vibes all over in the instrumentals :facepalm: and i don't want to be reminded by paedo glitter :facepalm:

Will this be allowed to go on?

As long as putin doesnt nuke turin in protest.

good choice from UK


tiktok superstar Sam Ryder :clap1: :clap1:



potential of a top 10 but maybe similar result as 2011 with Blue

North Macedonia revamp/final version

Armenia is represented by an artist named Rosa Linn, and her song will be called Snap

the song will be released March 19th

netherlands live performance of de diepte

Serbia has such a masterpiece this year :clap1:

info regarding austria's entry, DJ Lum!x

and the singer Pia Maria will make her debut as an artist in the contest, only 18 yrs old

tomorrow Sweden's Melfest final

i shall post the top 3 odds faves in here








:)

and yes Anders Bagge is a familiar name, quite a big name

not as a singer, but as a composer


he worked for artists like Westlife, Janet Jackson, Celine Dion, Madonna, Santana, Jennifer Lopez, Anastacia, Nick Lachey, Jessica Simpson, Samantha Mumba, Lara Fabian, Enrique Iglesias, Ace of Base and Ashley Tisdale


he composed Azerbaijan's 2010 (Drip Drop) and 2012 (When the Music Dies) entries


and he has been a jury member on Swedish version of Idols

as for the other two odds faves

Cornelia Jakobs - the daughter of The Poodles singer Jakob Samuel and she herself started her career in the girl group Love Generation who took part in Melfest 2011, 2012 and this is her solo debut in this festival


Klara Hammarstrom - basically known from the swedish reality series Familjen Hammarstrom, about a family with a huge passion for horse riding, and Klara herself also has been a competitive horse rider, this is her third attempt in Melfest

2020 (Nobody: failed to qualify to the final) 2021 (beat of broken hearts: 6th place in the final) and now with run to the hills, which she co-composed alongside melfest veterans Jimmy T and Anderz Wrethov and Julie Aagaard

Klara's boyfriend is famous ice hockey player Alexander Holtz

Malta's new song

music video


:love:

now we just need song reveals from Armenia and Azerbaijan


we already know their artists


for Armenia that is: Rosa Linn

and for Azerbaijan that is: Nadir Rustamli

hosts Italy will perform as 9th in the final

Of the ones I've heard Halo - Austria is my favourite, its already a staple gay club banner.

mr double zero James Newman randomly invited for london pre party

:laugh3: :laugh3:

first year i won't even bother looking at the results, considering Ukraine have already won :yuk:

imagine sending sympathy votes to a lighthearted fun song :umm2: how low can you go


Jamala's sympathy support for 1944 was very deserving compared to this years winning song Stefania, more impactful, powerful message etc



but well my favourites never win so, i will just watch for the sake of entertainment


my favourites are

Malta's Emma Muscat, she is such a superstar :love:

Cyprus's Andromachi, superstar greek queen and of course getting my support because i am TeamEyelar still and her being in the composer team is just wow and what surprised me

France well breton language is for sure interesting, and anything what oozes FIFA soundtrack potential vibes i love too

Australia, Sheldon representing autistic people like me in this contest :flutter:

Nicky's Eurovision 2022 Summary of each country's entry
 

one big post incoming now
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Semi Final 1

Albania: one of the few upbeat songs with quite a catchy hook, their revamp includes more english lyrics, some albanian and some spanish lyrics

Bulgaria: one to draw in the 50+ age groups for sure, very solid rock song but very oldfashioned either, is a nice one if ur a fan of Toto, Simon Phillips is in this supergroup too

Latvia: first of the quirky entries inspired by Iceland's success last year, and they want us to eat our vegetables, wasn't my favourite in the NF and there were stronger quirky fun options in the NF, but this can do well

Lithuania: lithuanian language being back for first time since 1994 when they scored a 0 points at their debut and never went fully in lithuanian ever since, this one has a very french vibe too bit a la christine and the queens meets 1920's speakeasy vibe

Moldova: they're back, after 2005 and 2011 this is Zdob si Zdub their third attempt and this is a folklore rock song about a train journey from chisinau to bucharest

Netherlands: very moody dutch ballad, representing the current nederpop scene very well, de diepte means The Depth as in overcoming mental health issues

Slovenia: iceland last year but then in slovene, by our youngest contestants of this year they first won EMA Fres (newbies section) and then their national final amongst more well known names to fly off to Turin for them

Switzerland: Boys do Cry, well if only the singer had more emotion like Michael Schulte had in 2018, then this wouldn't be as much of a disappointment after 2 strong years (2019, 2021) for them

Ukraine: ethno folk, rap fun song, the bookies favourite not sure why if you ask me, this is not a winner at all, would deserve a nice 5th-8th place in the final though

Armenia: very american indie pop song, quite refreshing to see this good quality indie pop coming from armenia, very current too

Austria: DJ Lum!x is one of austria's most popular and upcoming DJ stars, Pia Maria is making her debut in this contest at just 18 years old no previous music experience, and song wise heavily reminds you of Ava Max and especially So Am I

Croatia: the croatian Taylor Swift, strong 1989 album vibes, she is a good performer as well

Denmark: from danish language last year to going for a all female rockband which is also very nice on its own, song wise quite a average denmark esc entry

Greece: a song about death in times of a covid pandemic and a war in ukraine, well that is inappropriate, the singer though is very talented, strong london grammar, birdy vibes

Iceland: icelandic language is so magical, the song by 3 sisters is composed by one of their biggest stars Lay Low who toured with Of Monsters and Men, and the song oozes a strong First Aid Kit vibe

Norway: when masked singer meets eurovision, very strong storytelling of these characters and very very catchy bop ready for the tiktoks

Portugal: portugal being portugal going for something very original, oldschool, nice mix of english and portuguese, very strong live performer too
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Semi Final 2

Australia: you can really notice his influences include Boy George, this song not the same is about Sheldon's whole life so far and is very strong in terms of emotion, passion and superb vocals

Azerbaijan: very much a case of copy/paste from old esc songs (bit of sound of silence, bit of arcade, bit of silent storm) very unauthentic and is a german nf reject

Cyprus: very greek ethno midtempo ballad, first time of them in greek again since 2013, 10 composers for this entry and Andromache is a very good singer, performer

Finland: ICONIC rockband best known for global hit In The Shadows, yes The Rasmus are back, only problem Jezebel is a very mediocre song, one of its composers also was behind Bonnie Tyler's believe in me

Georgia: georgia being typically georgia, in a league of their own with a very decent but not competitive at all quirky pop-rock entry

Israel: a song which belongs in Drag Race more than in ESC, the Slavko of this year, very fun but chanceless when it comes to results

Malta: generic maybe, dated maybe, but overall a very happy, uplifting song, and these times are perfect for these anthemic self-love songs, Emma Muscat is maltese, plays piano since age of 5 and has duetted with tenor Joseph Calleja and famous italian artist Eros Ramazzotti in her still very young career so far, she is quite a superstar of a singer, performer

San Marino: another one who is very famous in italy, Achille Lauro he took part also in italy sanremo this year before taking part in sanmarinese national final and this song its chorus reminds you of gary glitter songs, typical glamrock song

Serbia: very weird song, a first for ESC are lyrics in latin, but the handwashing choreo is weird to see, vocally she is a serbian lady gaga for me personally in places

Belgium: huge no already is chorus which is a cheap copy of Michael Jackson's Dirty Diana, starts off with a bond tune like Conchita's rise like a phoenix

Czech Republic: very solid EDM banger, could have potential to be this years big summer hit and Dominika, well fun facts she is daughter of Ice Hockey goalie ''Dominator'' Dominik Hasek

Estonia: nice western vibes, bit of a ennio morricone vibe too in instrumentals, solid country vocals and a cowboy duel on stage

Ireland: dua lipa inspired pop song by a familiar face for people from UK, finalist of the voice uk

Montenegro: anthemic covid pandemic awareness song, also why breathing is the most important thing in everyone's life, very nice english balkan ballad

North Macedonia: very nice ballad by one with a very authentic recognizable voice

Poland: Krysztian Ochman is grandson of famous tenor Wieslaw Ochman, very nice gospel ballad, but has strong similarities to 2019 winner Arcade

Romania: latin pop songs are extremely popular in romania, Llámame means call me and i think many women want to do that after his very sexy performance with this song which could be a huge latin pop hit

Sweden: sweden sending a female singer again for a change, also not with their usual pop songs but with a very authentic ballad, strong contender to win

Big 5
Italy: returning act here Mahmood (2019 Soldi) but this time he brought a new rising star Blanco with him, a song about love, Brividi

France: no song in french but in breton, very much perfect combo of ethnic and dance pop, this can make them again do well very anthemic too

Germany: his father is tv presenter, actor Ricky Harris from Detroit, germans trying to recreate their 2018 success with Michael Schulte, but i'm not sure about this one

Spain: former backing dancer for Shakira at 2010 MTV Ema's, and also very popular actress in films, series and musicals in spain, born in havana, cuba and moved to barcelona with her family when she was 3, the song is a reject by Jennifer Lopez, very strong latin pop uptempo

UK: the british their best entry in recent years, can avoid bottom half for sure, maybe similar result as Blue in 2011 could be realistic

start of pre-party season tonight


kicking off in Barcelona

the line up for this first pre party

no Achille Lauro tonight apparently since one member in his team was tested positive for covid