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[Jeff Abbott]

MONTENEGRO




EDIT:

I take back my previous words about Malta - this one is even worse, especially its lyrics.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 10 March 2017 - 12:01 PM.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 10 March 2017 - 10:57 AM, said:

Busy day, indeed.

I still think Malta has the weakest song this year, I'm a big sucker for ballads, but this one, there's no redeeming feature here, it just puts me to sleep.

I do like it though ... not in love with it, but I like it!

btw the song for Israel is AWESOME!!!!!!

[ErwinG]

OK ... what's with Belgium's and Ireland's voices mix-up?

They don't sound the way they look ...

[Jeff Abbott]

F.Y.R. MACEDONIA



Macedonia has never sounded better, this might actually be their best effort to date.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 10 March 2017 - 03:05 PM.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 10 March 2017 - 03:03 PM, said:

F.Y.R. MACEDONIA



Macedonia has never sounded better, this might actually be their best effort to date.

I am intrigued ... let me find the video and hear

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 10 March 2017 - 03:13 PM, said:

I am intrigued ... let me find the video and hear

I'm sure you'll love it, It's so refreshing, modern and so not Macedonia.   
She needs to go straight to the final.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 10 March 2017 - 03:18 PM, said:

I'm sure you'll love it, It's so refreshing, modern and so not Macedonia.   
She needs to go straight to the final.

Absolutely ... that's what I love!!!

My Top 10 is changing after all

[Jeff Abbott]

AZERBAIJAN

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 10 March 2017 - 03:48 PM, said:

Absolutely ... that's what I love!!!

My Top 10 is changing after all

It's gonna change even more. My top 10 is becoming really packed.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 11 March 2017 - 06:48 AM, said:

It's gonna change even more. My top 10 is becoming really packed.

Packed, but no Top 10 anymore


btw I watched the 2015 & 2016 ESC Finals again ... and in 2015 I had a Top 10, and when trying to make a Top 10 for 2016, I couldn't ... so I ended up with Top 15 ... I guess this year it's bound to happen again!

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 11 March 2017 - 07:44 AM, said:

Packed, but no Top 10 anymore


btw I watched the 2015 & 2016 ESC Finals again ... and in 2015 I had a Top 10, and when trying to make a Top 10 for 2016, I couldn't ... so I ended up with Top 15 ... I guess this year it's bound to happen again!

It will be the same for me as well.

btw, have you heard a revamp of both the UK and French songs?

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 11 March 2017 - 01:48 PM.

[angelil78]

Watching the Icelandic finals now. We will know in less than 3 hours who we will send to Ukraine

Looking forward to hear all the final songs. Hope they release the cd sooner this year

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[Jeff Abbott]

angelil78, on 11 March 2017 - 01:52 PM, said:

Watching the Icelandic finals now. We will know in less than 3 hours who we will send to Ukraine

Looking forward to hear all the final songs. Hope they release the cd sooner this year

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It's difficult to choose which one of four national finals to watch tonight.  

I haven't listened to any Icelandic songs yet, but I hope I'll be pleasantly surprised with your representative.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 11 March 2017 - 02:07 PM.

[angelil78]

Jeff Abbott, on 11 March 2017 - 02:07 PM, said:

It's difficult to choose which one of four national finals to watch tonight.  

I haven't listened to any Icelandic songs yet, but I hope I'll be pleasantly surprised with your representative.

Yeah so much going on tonight.

One of my fave contestant in Iceland won a song contest few years back by singing TTWII and she just spent some time talking about Céline backstage.

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[Jeff Abbott]

SWEDEN



This staging is everything, Sweden's gonna have another top 5 placing.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 11 March 2017 - 03:00 PM.

[angelil78]

Iceland

[Jeff Abbott]

NORWAY



So catchy and easy on the ear.

Nice.

[Jeff Abbott]

SERBIA

[Jeff Abbott]

btw, rumour has it that Russia will withdraw from this year's competition for obvious reasons.

The decision will be made public tomorrow.

[Jeff Abbott]

Jeff Abbott, on 12 March 2017 - 05:43 AM, said:

btw, rumour has it that Russia will withdraw from this year's competition for obvious reasons.

The decision will be made public tomorrow.

Never mind my last post hehehe.

What's the best way for your country not to get booed?

RUSSIA



All the freaking mind games Russia likes to play. Come to think of it, that choice doesn't surprise me at all.

The song would be much better if sung in Russian and not in broken English.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 12 March 2017 - 02:23 PM.

[ErwinG]

Valentina is back at ESC!!!

[celinesounds]

after all Italy has the best song

Love Russian song too , Netherlands, France, my country i have to put on the list too - Portugal

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 13 March 2017 - 07:56 AM, said:

Valentina is back at ESC!!!

I didn't expect that. hehehe

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 13 March 2017 - 09:33 AM, said:

I didn't expect that. hehehe

Me neither ... but it's great!

And I really like the song too!

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 11 March 2017 - 01:47 PM, said:

It will be the same for me as well.

btw, have you heard a revamp of both the UK and French songs?

I like the revamps of these 2 even more now ... this is going to be an exciting couple of weeks leading up to the first semi-final

[Jeff Abbott]

BULGARIA



Damn, Bulgaria is great once again. Love it.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 13 March 2017 - 10:50 AM.

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 13 March 2017 - 09:58 AM, said:

I like the revamps of these 2 even more now ... this is going to be an exciting couple of weeks leading up to the first semi-final

When it comes to the UK revamp I do like it a lot, the backing track is much more distinctive now which makes the song less forgettable.

About the French one, well the parts in English sound so out of place here, I'd prefer the revamped version as long as it was sung entirely in French. For me keeping it in the Alma's native language is the way to go.

On stage it might work, but for now I'm not convinced.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 13 March 2017 - 10:56 AM.

[Jeff Abbott]

celinesounds, on 13 March 2017 - 08:37 AM, said:

after all Italy has the best song

Love Russian song too , Netherlands, France, my country i have to put on the list too - Portugal

Plus, Francesco's song has more than 50 million views on Youtube (almost 57, to be exact) which is quite an achievement two months before the final.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 13 March 2017 - 11:01 AM.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 13 March 2017 - 10:55 AM, said:

When it comes to the UK revamp I do like it a lot, the backing track is much more distinctive now which makes the song less forgettable.

About the French one, well the parts in English sound so out of place here, I'd prefer the revamped version as long as it was sung entirely in French. For me keeping it in the Alma's native language is the way to go.

On stage it might work, but for now I'm not convinced.

It would work fine in full french mode too ... I like Bulgaria's song as well ...

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 13 March 2017 - 10:58 AM, said:

Plus, Francesco's song has more than 50 million views on Youtube (almost 57, to be exact) which is quite an achievement two months before the final.

I'm still wondering why the official video has not been added to the Official Videos Playlist on the ESC Youtube channel though ...