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[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 13 March 2017 - 11:05 AM, said:

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

I just got hooked on the revamped version of Latvia's song.



Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 13 March 2017 - 11:18 AM.

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 13 March 2017 - 11:05 AM, said:

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

I'm baffled by something else, we all know Italian song is one of the best this year, but 57 million views? It seems kind of 'exaggerated' if you know what I mean.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 13 March 2017 - 11:21 AM, said:

I'm baffled by something else, we all know Italian song is one of the best this year, but 57 million views? It seems kind of 'exaggerated' if you know what I mean.

Not really ... if you count the Italian population alone it would mean that every Italian has seen the video ... but we know that it is not only them who have seen the video ...

[Davey84]

Jeff Abbott, on 13 March 2017 - 11:21 AM, said:

I'm baffled by something else, we all know Italian song is one of the best this year, but 57 million views? It seems kind of 'exaggerated' if you know what I mean.

I haven't even heard it! LOL Nor hear the media talk about it...

[celinesounds]

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.

he is hot,
memorable voice
and is not the same like others,
he brought something new
he is more kind of entertainer , that makes the song good

Edited by celinesounds, 13 March 2017 - 01:51 PM.

[ErwinG]

celinesounds, on 13 March 2017 - 01:39 PM, said:

he is hot,
memorable voice
and is not the same like others,
he brought something new
he is more kind of entertainer , that makes the song good

But will it be good enough to win???

We all know how Europe votes in the end ... and not all favorites have won when the public voted and the jury decided ...

[Jeff Abbott]

ALBANIA

(English revamped version)



Sadly, it's not the orchestral version they planned to use.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 13 March 2017 - 02:09 PM.

[Jeff Abbott]

celinesounds, on 13 March 2017 - 01:39 PM, said:

he is hot,
memorable voice
and is not the same like others,
he brought something new
he is more kind of entertainer , that makes the song good

ErwinG, on 13 March 2017 - 01:55 PM, said:

But will it be good enough to win???

We all know how Europe votes in the end ... and not all favorites have won when the public voted and the jury decided ...

Plus, he won San Remo Festival with that song, it might have also given him some additional exposure.

Maybe it's also because of that gorilla gimmick?

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 13 March 2017 - 02:08 PM.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 13 March 2017 - 02:07 PM, said:

Plus, he won San Remo Festival with that song, it might have also given him some additional exposure.

Maybe it's also because of that gorilla gimmick?

I do hope the Gorilla gets to go to Kyiv too ... it would not be the same!

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 13 March 2017 - 02:12 PM, said:

I do hope the Gorilla gets to go to Kyiv too ... it would not be the same!

exactly, there's no way he's gonna drop the gorilla thing

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 13 March 2017 - 02:15 PM, said:

exactly, there's no way he's gonna drop the gorilla thing

Can you imagine a lot of gorillas walking and dancing around the stage?

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 13 March 2017 - 02:17 PM, said:

Can you imagine a lot of gorillas walking and dancing around the stage?

btw, I don't wanna sound ignorant but has it ever been explained what that gorilla has to do with the song?  It's in Italian so it's kind of hard to work it out.

just curious

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 13 March 2017 - 02:24 PM.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 13 March 2017 - 02:23 PM, said:

btw, I don't wanna sound ignorant but has it ever been explained what that gorilla has to do with the song?  It's in Italian so it's kind of hard to work it out.

just curious

LMAO

La scimmia nuda balla
Occidentali’s karma

That's the naked ape dancing mentioned in the song ... not sure what it is for though

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 13 March 2017 - 02:32 PM, said:

LMAO

La scimmia nuda balla
Occidentali’s karma

That's the naked ape dancing mentioned in the song ... not sure what it is for though

ok, I thought it was just some random gimmick, you know like the Ukrainian hamster wheel or Greek trampoline.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 13 March 2017 - 02:36 PM.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 13 March 2017 - 02:35 PM, said:

ok, I thought it was just some random gimmick, you know like the Ukrainian hamster wheel or Greek trampoline.

you never know on the ESC stage ...

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 13 March 2017 - 03:19 PM, said:

you never know on the ESC stage ...

I wanted to mention Polish boobs and butter churning but then I realized these were an integral part of our song 3 years ago.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 13 March 2017 - 03:34 PM, said:

I wanted to mention Polish boobs and butter churning but then I realized these were an integral part of our song 3 years ago.

Yes, they were ... nothing beats some boobs

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 13 March 2017 - 03:37 PM, said:

Yes, they were ... nothing beats some boobs

... especially those Polish ones.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 13 March 2017 - 03:39 PM, said:

... especially those Polish ones.

Oh yes

So ... how is your Top 10 coming along?

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 13 March 2017 - 03:49 PM, said:

Oh yes

So ... how is your Top 10 coming along?

Still working on that, gonna let you know as long as I make up my mind, it's gonna be tough.

what about you? already decided?

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 13 March 2017 - 04:11 PM.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 13 March 2017 - 04:06 PM, said:

Still working on that, gonna let you know as long as I make up my mind, it's gonna be tough.

what about you? already decided?

Nah ... it's going to be tough indeed ... I think it will become another Top 15 like last year in the end ...

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 14 March 2017 - 06:55 AM, said:

Nah ... it's going to be tough indeed ... I think it will become another Top 15 like last year in the end ...

well, knowing me and my easy-to-please character I might as well end up with my personal Top 20.

let's say we'll do it as soon as Armenia reveals its song (on Sunday)

deal?

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 14 March 2017 - 12:38 PM.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 14 March 2017 - 12:37 PM, said:

well, knowing me and my easy-to-please character I might as well end up with my personal Top 20.

let's say we'll do it as soon as Armenia reveals its song (on Sunday)

deal?

Deal!

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 13 March 2017 - 11:17 AM, said:

I just got hooked on the revamped version of Latvia's song.



Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good.

This is awesome!!!!!

[celinefanonline]

Australian's entry
Isaiah - Don't Come Easy
the song is alright but i'm not sure if it's a winning song... compare to last year...
btw he won Australia's Xfactor last year!

for Denmark entry the singer Anja Nissen she won the 3rd season of The Voice (Australia) but she didn't do that well here in Australia though...

[ErwinG]

celinefanonline, on 14 March 2017 - 09:01 PM, said:

Australian's entry
Isaiah - Don't Come Easy
the song is alright but i'm not sure if it's a winning song... compare to last year...
btw he won Australia's Xfactor last year!

for Denmark entry the singer Anja Nissen she won the 3rd season of The Voice (Australia) but she didn't do that well here in Australia though...

Yes, I do not think it is a winning song this year either ... there are far better entries this year ...

[ErwinG]

Someone with plenty of time on his/her hands; went through 648 Top videos for ESC 2017 and came up with an updated Recap of Top Videos:

Top 10 so far:
10. Azerbaijan
09. UK
08. Switzerland
07. Poland
06. Sweden
05. Denmark
04. Macedonia
03. France
02. Italy
01. Belgium

So what do you think?

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 15 March 2017 - 11:41 AM, said:

Someone with plenty of time on his/her hands; went through 648 Top videos for ESC 2017 and came up with an updated Recap of Top Videos:

Top 10 so far:
10. Azerbaijan
09. UK
08. Switzerland
07. Poland
06. Sweden
05. Denmark
04. Macedonia
03. France
02. Italy
01. Belgium

So what do you think?

well, I'd swap Switzerland for Israel and it'd be perfect

my guess is that the public will love Italy and professional juries will back Belgium.

I'd love it if Macedonia ended up so high, that girl totally deserves it.

I never expected I'd grow to love the UK entry, at first it seemed so flat and boring. A that time, "Freedom Hearts" was my preferred entry.

Denmark is one of my personal favorites, I don't agree with the criticism the melody of that song is hard to remember, some of the fans complained about that.

There's no way Switzerland is gonna be inside top 10, too much competition I guess.

Azerbaijan deserves top 10, they almost always go with quality songs, it's also the case this year.

France lost a lot of its charm by switching some of the lines into English, so far it has been my #1, now I'm not sure about it.

Sweden will benefit a lot of that staging, it's catchy, memorable, plus that guy is hot as hell. Definitely top 5 material.

Poland really needs backing vocalists. I know Kasia plans to perform together with her brother playing the violin so 4 backing vocalists would be enough to give our song a bit of a dramatic feel. With vocals on point and the diaspora support Poland might surprise a lot of people, I wouldn't mind if that happened.


ok, that was longer than I expected.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 15 March 2017 - 06:01 PM.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 15 March 2017 - 05:54 PM, said:

well, I'd swap Switzerland for Israel and it'd be perfect

my guess is that the public will love Italy and professional juries will back Belgium.

I'd love it if Macedonia ended up so high, that girl totally deserves it.

I never expected I'd grow to love the UK entry, at first it seemed so flat and boring. A that time, "Freedom Hearts" was my preferred entry.

Denmark is one of my personal favorites, I don't agree with the criticism the melody of that song is hard to remember, some of the fans complained about that.

There's no way Switzerland is gonna be inside top 10, too much competition I guess.

Azerbaijan deserves top 10, they almost always go with quality songs, it's also the case this year.

France lost a lot of its charm by switching some of the lines into English, so far it has been my #1, now I'm not sure about it.

Sweden will benefit a lot of that staging, it's catchy, memorable, plus that guy is hot as hell. Definitely top 5 material.

Poland really needs backing vocalists. I know Kasia plans to perform together with her brother playing the violin so 4 backing vocalists would be enough to give our song a bit of a dramatic feel. With vocals on point and the diaspora support Poland might surprise a lot of people, I wouldn't mind if that happened.


ok, that was longer than I expected.

Yes, it was

But you are on point though ... the next weeks will be interesting to see if the same songs are still popular and winning material ...

[ErwinG]

OMG!!!

They finally added the video for Italy's ESC version for this year ... with english lyrics!!!

They also cut some parts so the song can fit with ESC rules - OMG!

Not everybody is pleased!