i might be one of the very few who likes the look of this years line up a lot
reminding me more of ESC back to the older days when it was mainly about the songs, don't care for that reason it is very Ballad heavy
quite some fun uptempo's we got as well
Moldova with some good old nostalgic folklore rock
Spain with a musicals, series, film actress and former backup dancer to Shakira, with a very ummm how to say it right, fiery, raunchy, sexy bop SloMo
Netherlands going for dutch language again for the first time in 12 years (since 2010) and now with a strong entry too compared to that vader abraham mess
France in Breton dialect language which is also cool
pretty sure UK's Sam and Norway's Subwoolfer can get along very well, i mean they are from ''outer space'' and he sings about space
Finland sending a huge name rock act The Rasmus
Serbia with quite a weird folk entry with Latin language phrases and bit of handwashing choreo (+ she also said about adding english subtitles in the background for translation purposes of the song)
both Malta and San Marino going for acts who are famous in Italy too, San Marino's Achille Lauro also competed in this years Sanremo for Italy and his entry here has a strong glamrock vibe (ala Gary Glitter)
while Emma Muscat for Malta she is maltese, from one of Malta's wealthiest families (basically a family company whom are quite well known across more countries for the design and transport of pregnant women's clothing, children's clothing) and she is also famous in Italy, having duetted with Eros Ramazzotti before, and also with famous tenor Joseph Calleja, and most of her songs with warner music italy have got well over 50 million views on youtube, she won the nf with ''Out of Sight'' but there are rumours she might go to Turin with a whole new song
Belgium going Bond vibes with a bit of a R&B sound, Jeremie Makyese is the artist, he took part in The Voice, and he also is a footballer, a reserve goalkeeper with a lower division belgium team
Poland having Ochman (the grandson of a famous tenor Wieslaw Ochman) one of his entry's composers is Ashley Hicklin, and you guys might know her from being in the team in two UK you decide entries (You by Jaz Ellington and Astronaut by Liam Tamne)