Teya and Salena (Austria): Voice 7
Coming from the sow of superfluous kitsch, the two even take the liberty of quoting Edgar Allan Poe: well matched, as mentioned, with that dance background, a decidedly more sophisticated version beyond the Brenner pass of our Jo Squillo and Sabrina Salerno. Here is the line-up for the final.
Mimicat (Portugal): Grade 7.5
One of the fiercest and most interesting contestants of this Eurovision Song Contest: she attacks the stage and almost eats it up, taking the Portuguese from Portugal to other territories than the melancholic inertia of fado
Remo Forrer (Switzerland): grade 5.5,
Young Remo has a beautiful stage presence and a powerful voice reminiscent of his British counterparts. More than the piece, objective in the grooves of the ordinary
Blanka (Poland): Grade 7.5
Brave, this Pole, they said. Which alludes to auto-eroticism in a very bigoted reality like your country’s. And let’s also record the danceable song with the beautiful chorus “So-lo, so-lo” that will surely work on the radio
Luke Black (Serbia): Grade 6.5
When listening again, the boy judges himself better: also because he distances himself from a certain turbo folk tradition and instead keeps an eye on the electronics from across the channel (some veins even Depeche) with moderate success.
La Zarra (France): Voice 8
With this name it would go a long way in Italy, on the other side of the Alps it tastes completely different: also because this French-Canadian-Moroccan dish is anything but tamarra. It begins with an approach to Piaf and then always turns to the areas of electronics with sensitivity
Andrew Lambrou: Voice 5
The manner of speech of the Swiss also applies to the Cypriots: an important voice and the Physique du Role are not enough, songs are also needed. And this one is indistinguishable from thousands of others
Blanca Paloma (Spain): Voice 5
For all registers that can be selected in Spain, he chooses the folkloric ones of flamenco and thus reflects the usual Balkan registers: singing talents are not thematized (even if he perhaps shouts a little too much, as Mara Maionchi rightly pointed out), but the choice definitely old
Loreen (Sweden): Grade 8.5
Here she is the favorite of the edition: Tonight she won some good opponents compared to the semifinals between Mengoni, France and Ukraine. But he stays on pole in terms of vocals, attitude, performance, vocals.
Albina & Familja Kelmendi (Albania): Grade 4.5
Here we are beyond the Jackson family: because in this case, father and mother avoided stepping onto the field. They are all there: it is the effect of the small orchestras at village festivals. Not quite the best
Marco Mengoni (Italy): Voice 8
Too elegant for a context like Esc. Both Two Lives with its melody and rhythm changes; It hypnotizes you both in the performance with choreography by Yoann Bourgeois and in the falls and jumps between the trampoline and the stairs.
Alika (Estonia): Voice 6
A classic ballad, piano and dramatic strings, with the chorus opening and she singing out loud. Everything seems designed to follow a classic scheme without adding originality.
Kaarija (Finland): Grade 8
There is a sense of the show: the wooden box of the scenography and the lines with the dancers, the fluorescent colors, the play with the shadows. There’s the track: a very tight techno BPM and drunk on the piña colada takes on the lyrics. All in the name of trash, however, turning it into the Finnish version of Gangnam Style’s Korean psy. The verdict appears to be a snub, but the vote is high: it already exists.
Vesna (Czech Republic): 5.5
A hymn to the empowerment of women. The piece squints: the verse has something captivating, urban and somber; The refrain dives into folklore with a dance rhythm. Sin. Also because the visuals are interesting with the projections of menacing hands and arms.
Voyager (Australia): 5th
There is unconscious garbage and conscious garbage. The big convertible in focus, the silver jackets and the metal parody of “Promise” lead us to the second hypothesis. If someone likes it, it’s good. Not me.
Gustaph (Belgium): Voice 5
A funk disco piece that doesn’t drag on. Gustaph lacks the charisma (and occasionally the voice).
Brunette (Armenia): Grade 5.5
A ballad that wants to be international, but remains colorless in the end.
Pasha Parfeni (Moldova): Voice 4
Sooner or later someone will file a lawsuit for Esc’s damage to folklore. Attempting to revive it with dance has devastating effects on musical memory. And here everything is enhanced by costumes from fantasy series and the dwarf piper.
Tvorchi (Ukraine): Grade 6.5
All of Liverpool is blue and yellow: newly painted benches, balloons in the windows and even the menus of many restaurants feature traditional Ukrainian dishes in homage to last year’s winning country. While the Kalush Orchestra (who performed at the opening) aimed for an ethno-rap, this year’s choice is the opposite: an urban duo. The visuals interacting with the singer and dancers are the most beautiful thing about this Esc.
Alessandra (Norway): Grade 4.5
She is Italian, her name is Alessandra Mele and she was born in Pietra Ligure in 2002, but let’s not say it too often and let’s continue to bully ourselves for being the country of the Maneskin … A pop dance song in which the epic buzz is so great You wouldn’t expect the Knights of the Robot Roundtable to take the stage.
Lord of the Lost (Germany): Voice 6
Uncompromising metal. Despite the growl in his voice. Alien costumes and flames on the stage glide toward the Tamarro. Curious, listen to the cover of Due Vite by Mengoni.
Monika Linkyt (Lithuania): 5.5 points
The effect of the dress and the cut are a bit Barbie. The verse is there, indie pop singer-songwriter style, in the chorus she starts screaming. If Vanoni told Giorgia that she always yells at Monika, she would call the police to disturb the peace.
Noa Kirel (Israel): Grade 4.5
Even the song about the unicorn… a mix that brings together different ideas, from Bowie’s Life On Mars (I hope you’ll forgive me for mentioning it) to tribal drums, without finding a dimension of its own.
Joker Out (Slovenia): Voice 6
A fresh and cheerful skirt. But not even the moves and looks of a teen band…
Let 3 (Croatia): Grade 7
Long-time anti-militarist punk fans bring pure madness to the stage. Between the parody of Chaplin’s “Great Dictator” and the Sanremo customs of the Elii. Over raincoats and military hair, they end up in underpants and a tank top. The tractor referred to in this nursery rhyme is not a tribute to Rovazzi, but a nod to the small gift that Belarusian dictator Lukashenko gave to fellow dictator Putin. What is reflected in the text’s psychopathic alligator?
Mae Muller (UK): Grade 3.5
The story goes that he dumped her, talked to her about mental health issues but didn’t tell her he cheated on her, and that instead of staying home crying all alone, she wrote a song ( actually “I Wrote a Song”). . Here it might be better to cry and let off steam, like everyone who doesn’t have that much musical talent does.
Mahmood: Voice 7
Mahmood has been invited to the BBC’s tribute to Liverpool’s music. It fell to Imagine by John Lennon. Difficult task. If you play it on the piano, it’s the same and a thousand other versions. If you change something, the lèse majesty cannon fire will start. Alessandro got his hands on it by focusing on an orchestra of strings and an electronic carpet. What is striking, however, are his vocal embroidery