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[Jeff Abbott]

THE UKRAINE



It's quite an interesting choice from the host country.

[Jeff Abbott]

MOLDOVA




The Epic Sax Guy is back.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 26 February 2017 - 08:07 AM, said:

I'm gonna wait till next week's Andra Chansen ans see what happens then.

Anything can still happen

[Jeff Abbott]

LATVIA



That one was definitely the best choice out of a very weak final in Latvia.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 27 February 2017 - 03:25 PM.

[Jeff Abbott]

AUSTRIA

[celinesounds]

My favorite Portuguese song, there is still the final, but Spring song got my support





I support this one, because it shines, and to me is like the Italian, different

[ErwinG]

We are missing a couple of countries and some countries' official songs that will be announced in the coming days/weeks; but so far we are looking like this:

Eurovision Song Contest 2017 - First Semi-Final
Albania – Lindita with Botë
Armenia – Artsvik
Azerbaijan – DiHaj
Belgium – Blanche
Cyprus – Hovig with Gravity
Czech Republic – Martina Bárta with My Turn
Finland – Norma John with Blackbird
Georgia – Tako Gachechiladze with Keep The Faith
Greece – Demy
Latvia – Triana Park with Line
Moldova – SunStroke Project with Hey, Mamma!
Montenegro – Slavko Kalezić with Space
Poland – Kasia Moś with Flashlight


Eurovision Song Contest 2017 - Second Semi-Final
Austria – Nathan Trent with Running On Air
Belarus – Navi Band with Historyja majho žyccia
Croatia – Jacques Houdek with My Friend
Denmark – Anja Nissen with Where I Am
F.Y.R. Macedonia – Jana Burčeska
Hungary – Joci Pápai with Origo
Ireland - Brendan Murray
Israel – Imri Ziv with I Feel Alive
Malta – Claudia Faniello with Breathlessly
Serbia – Tijana Bogićević
Switzerland – Timebelle with Apollo
The Netherlands – O'G3NE


Eurovision Song Contest 2017 - Grand Final
France – Alma with Requiem
Germany – Levina with Perfect Life
Italy – Francesco Gabbani with Occidentali's Karma
Spain – Manel Navarro with Do It for Your Lover
Ukraine – O.Torvald with Time
United Kingdom – Lucie Jones with Never Give Up On You

[Jeff Abbott]

CYPRUS

[ErwinG]

I am liking Moldova's and Cyprus' songs now ...

Italy's official video is about to reach 40 million views already ...

[Jeff Abbott]

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

I am liking Moldova's and Cyprus' songs now ...

Italy's official video is about to reach 40 million views already ...

Everybody says Italy is gonna win it all.

The good thing is that Francesco promised to keep his song all in Italian.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 01 March 2017 - 01:17 PM.

[Jeff Abbott]

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

I am liking Moldova's and Cyprus' songs now ...

Italy's official video is about to reach 40 million views already ...

I really like Denmark this year, she's from Australia and her voice is amazing.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 01 March 2017 - 01:38 PM.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 01 March 2017 - 01:17 PM, said:

Everybody says Italy is gonna win it all.

The good thing is that Francesco promised to keep his song all in Italian.

I would love for Italy to win it all ... then I can finally go back to Italy ...

However, there are still many songs to be released before the finals ... so there is a chance that everything changes ...

Btw Spain's song from Manel is in the Top 5 as one of the Top viewed videos of February - which of course has Italy at #1

Jeff Abbott, on 01 March 2017 - 01:37 PM, said:

I really like Denmark this year, she's from Australia and her voice is amazing.

I still need to listen to Denmark, but Poland is still great and I like the UK song too ...

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 01 March 2017 - 01:44 PM, said:

I still need to listen to Denmark, but Poland is still great and I like the UK song too ...

For the first time in quite some time almost everybody here in Poland likes our song, that's so strange.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 01 March 2017 - 02:02 PM, said:

For the first time in quite some time almost everybody here in Poland likes our song, that's so strange.

which makes this year even better ...

[Davey84]

The Dutch entry will be: O'G3NE with Lights and Shadows

More info on the song will be revealed on Friday!

http://www.nu.nl/son...ngfestival.html

[ErwinG]

Davey84, on 02 March 2017 - 06:10 AM, said:

The Dutch entry will be: O'G3NE with Lights and Shadows

Lights and Shadows? Hmmm - sounds interesting/intriguing


Croatia will present their song today ...

Edited by ErwinG, 02 March 2017 - 10:05 AM.

[angelil78]

Iceland will choose it's song on March 11th.

I used to hope that this song, Paper with Svala would win http://www.ruv.is/lag/paper
Svala has been performing since she was a kid here in Iceland. I do like 1 or 2 of her songs but in general her voice annoys me.

But I kinda got sick of her voice.

Now I hope this one will win Tonight with Aron Hannes. I saw him at my local mall yesterday and he did a good job. http://www.ruv.is/lag/tonight-0

Over all for the Icelandic Eurovision, I'm not a huge fan of any of the songs.

[ErwinG]

The Dutch song sounds great ... I got to look for what people are saying about it though ...

#CryNoMore

The official youtube channel for Eurovision has the video online already and it's been viewed over 40,000 times already ...

[Davey84]

The Netherlands - O'G3ne with Lights and Shadows

Edited by Davey84, 03 March 2017 - 04:27 PM.

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 03 March 2017 - 09:58 AM, said:

The Dutch song sounds great ... I got to look for what people are saying about it though ...

#CryNoMore

The official youtube channel for Eurovision has the video online already and it's been viewed over 40,000 times already ...

Agreed, I'm relieved to be honest. I read a bunch of negative comments about the Dutch song before even listening to it but I gotta say it's really good and upbeat.
Those sisters have great voices that compliment one another really well.

Well done, the Netherlands.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 03 March 2017 - 04:33 PM.

[browseceline]

Jeff Abbott, on 03 March 2017 - 04:33 PM, said:

Agreed, I'm relieved to be honest. I read a bunch of negative comments about the Dutch song before even listening to it but I gotta say it's really good and upbeat.
Those sisters have great voices that compliment one another really well.

Well done, the Netherlands.

Yes they have great voices and the blending of their voices is beautiful..but this song just does not have it. Too much of together singing and it reminds me of hold on by Wilson Philips. The song also sounds dated. I also get a gospel feeling..So, we will not go far with this song imo. Despite the great singing of these talented sisters.

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Edited by browseceline, 03 March 2017 - 04:39 PM.

[Jeff Abbott]

browseceline, on 03 March 2017 - 04:38 PM, said:

Yes they have great voices and the blending of their voices is beautiful..but this song just does not have it. Too much of together singing and it reminds me of hold on by Wilson Philips. The song also sounds dated. I also get a gospel feeling..So, we will not go far with this song imo. Despite the great singing of these talented sisters.

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I guess the song sounding dated and belonging to the 90's was the biggest issue some of the people had with this song. I don't mind it though.

Besides, it's much better than the likes of Croatia, Slovenia, Malta, Switzerland and many others (too many, to be honest).

I think it's way too early to predict this song's chances of qualifying to the final. Anything can happen.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 03 March 2017 - 04:49 PM.

[Jeff Abbott]

PORTUGAL



Here's how you make your song being outdated an advantage. The bookies seem to have high hopes of this one.

[Jeff Abbott]

ROMANIA



The one word that describes my feelings towards this song is this - NO.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 06 March 2017 - 05:05 AM, said:

PORTUGAL



Here's how you make your song being outdated an advantage. The bookies seem to have high hopes of this one.

I may have to listen to this a couple of more times ... but not that into it at the moment!

[ErwinG]

So what do you think about Greece's and Australia's songs?

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 07 March 2017 - 06:44 AM, said:

So what do you think about Greece's and Australia's songs?

The "problem" with those two songs is that the expectations of them were raised by the public so high that it's quite difficult for these artists to meet them.

Greek song is cheap as hell with really cheesy lyrics.

Australian one is quite nice actually, that guy has beautiful voice. It's one of the better ballads this year.

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 07 March 2017 - 10:07 AM.

[ErwinG]

Jeff Abbott, on 07 March 2017 - 10:05 AM, said:

The "problem" with those two songs is that the expectations of them were raised by the public so high that it's quite difficult for these artists to meet them.

Greek song is cheap as hell with really cheesy lyrics.

Australian one is quite nice actually, that guy has beautiful voice. It's one of the better ballads this year.

Yeah, I know what you mean ... I do like the Greek song (cheese-and-all) and while I do like the Australian song, I expected something more after last years' song ...

Malta is sending a Duo (not sure when they will present the song) and Macedonia will be presenting their song on Friday ... there is still plenty of songs to come out and make this happen!!!!!

[Jeff Abbott]

ErwinG, on 07 March 2017 - 10:42 AM, said:

Yeah, I know what you mean ... I do like the Greek song (cheese-and-all) and while I do like the Australian song, I expected something more after last years' song ...

Malta is sending a Duo (not sure when they will present the song) and Macedonia will be presenting their song on Friday ... there is still plenty of songs to come out and make this happen!!!!!

Where did you hear that? Haven't they already selected this famous Maltese woman the name of whom I don't remember?  

Edited by Jeff Abbott, 07 March 2017 - 01:00 PM.

[Jeff Abbott]

THE CZECH REPUBLIC