[P!nk Forever]

Originally posted by KillingYourCareer

I'm listening to the Ukrainian national final songs and omg they always come hard their several pop girls all have an outstanding personality and a place in the industry, it's incredible.

RUSLANA >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their existences.

[KylieistBoi]

Originally posted by KillingYourCareer

I'm listening to the Ukrainian national final songs and omg they always come hard their several pop girls all have an outstanding personality and a place in the industry, it's incredible.

Jamala's song this year is perfection

[KillingYourCareer]

Originally posted by P!nk Forever

RUSLANA >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their existences.

Ruslana is one of the most original popstars I've ever seen. Like, the good sis went live with a nomadic population on the Carpathians to get inspiration for Wild Dances and literally APPROPRIATED their culture to create the best-selling album in the history of the Ukraine even I own a copy of Wild Dances, and I plan on buying its Ukrainian counterpart Dyki tanci too.
But let's be real, the powerhouse vocalist Ani Lorak and the shameless Gaga of the Slavic world Svetlana Loboda completely slay as well. Together with Ruslana they're my trinity of Ukrainian music.

Originally posted by KylieistBoi

Jamala's song this year is perfection

It's jury bait but I don't see it doing well in televote. Smile was better

[KylieistBoi]

Originally posted by KillingYourCareer

It's jury bait but I don't see it doing well in televote. Smile was better

I didn't like Smile one bit, this one's just amazing. I don't think she'll win though

[KillingYourCareer]

the swedish songs are so basic, uninspired and impersonal it hurts
Ace's vocals are so weak, I'll wait for the studio version and bop to it. Sounds like an Ariana song

[KillingYourCareer]

Kii at nobody coming close to Rūta Ščiogolovaitė's televoting numbers in Lithuania. Just cancel all those useless shows and send her.

[Burqa]

our (spain) song is terrible
Maria Isabel was a better choice imo

[KillingYourCareer]

Originally posted by Burqa

our (spain) song is terrible
Maria Isabel was a better choice imo

that overproduced and forgettable mess would've easily come last, at least with Barei y'all can get closer to the left hand side of the scoreboard

[KillingYourCareer]

Jamala 1st in televote and jury vote in the Ukrainian national final
Aida Nikolaychuk being ROBBED by being placed second to last by the jury while being 3rd in televote. Those USELESS juries in the national finals I swear

[geo]

Looks like Ukraine will be sending Jamala, topped both the jury and televoting tonight. We'll see if NuAngels can do any damage.

[geo]

Originally posted by KillingYourCareer

Jamala 1st in televote and jury vote in the Ukrainian national final
Aida Nikolaychuk being ROBBED by being placed second to last by the jury while being 3rd in televote. Those USELESS juries in the national finals I swear

Does Lithuania weight the jury voting higher? Donny is listed as finishing 1st last week. Poor Rūta

[KillingYourCareer]

Originally posted by geo

Does Lithuania weight the jury voting higher? Donny is listed as finishing 1st last week. Poor Rūta

Both Rūta and Donatas had 12 in jury but Donatas had totaled 32 in the international jury and Rūta had 30. Still, Rūta was far ahead in televotes despite the unfavorable running order.

[dannyboy]

Originally posted by KillingYourCareer

the swedish songs are so basic, uninspired and impersonal it hurts
Ace's vocals are so weak, I'll wait for the studio version and bop to it. Sounds like an Ariana song

how can you say they are basic? that was only the first semi final
but yeah I agree about Ace's vocals being very weak

[KillingYourCareer]

Originally posted by dannyboy

how can you say they are basic? that was only the first semi final
but yeah I agree about Ace's vocals being very weak

They were almost all basic af don't act like 90% of your entries aren't generic and badly written radio candy for PET certified English speakers tho

[geo]

Waiting to hear the rest of the songs but I can see Sweden coming back down to earth this year, perhaps just squeaking into the top 10 (the fact that this is a bad result for them ). Ace gave the best performance for me personally but I think Robin would be a safer choice, with Ace's vocals she could easily be slaughtered by the juries, though who knows with them.

[Neonika]

from Sweden I love Ace's song
from Ukraine I like The Hardkiss' song but they could do so much better

havent listened to the other countries

[KillingYourCareer]

Originally posted by geo

Waiting to hear the rest of the songs but I can see Sweden coming back down to earth this year, perhaps just squeaking into the top 10 (the fact that this is a bad result for them ). Ace gave the best performance for me personally but I think Robin would be a safer choice, with Ace's vocals she could easily be slaughtered by the juries, though who knows with them.

The juries chose Isis Gee from Poland to qualify for the final in 2008 despite her appalling vocals.
The juries also put Lena Meyer-Landrut 1st in 2010.
Finally, the juries gave Ell & Nikki from Azerbaijan more points than any other country except for Italy.
The juries don't stan for talent.

[dannyboy]

Originally posted by KillingYourCareer

They were almost all basic af don't act like 90% of your entries aren't generic and badly written radio candy for PET certified English speakers tho

bye Sweden always delivers in ESC

[geo]

Originally posted by KillingYourCareer

The juries chose Isis Gee from Poland to qualify for the final in 2008 despite her appalling vocals.
The juries also put Lena Meyer-Landrut 1st in 2010.
Finally, the juries gave Ell & Nikki from Azerbaijan more points than any other country except for Italy.
The juries don't stan for talent.

Well, the juries are always extremely unpredictable. But generally they're likely to mark you down with poor vocals. Those songs would have got more points had they been sung better.

Lena's 187 jury points was extremely poor for a winner, she was just lucky that nobody else did better

[KillingYourCareer]

Originally posted by dannyboy

bye Sweden always delivers in ESC

It does deliver, but it always stays safe. I can't think of a Swedish entry since 1999 that was risky or well written or of a certain artistic quality.

1999 - Charlotte Nilsson - safe ABBA love song with easy lyrics such as "take me to your heaven, hold on to a dream"
2000 - Roger Pontare - trash
2001 - Friends - generic europop song "listen to your heartbeat it'll take you higher"
2002 - Afro-dite - generic gay anthem "never let it go til you know we'll be reaching for the top tonight"
2003 - Fame - generic Europop with lyrics written using the English words everyone knows "give me your love"
2004 - Lena Philipsson - generic europop with cringeworthy lyrics
2005 - Martin Stenmarck - trash
2006 - Carola Häggkvist - super basic eurodance just like her entire cheap discography
2007 - The Ark - glam rock, I'll pass it as risky
2008 - Charlotte Nilsson - safe eurodance song that flopped bc the good sis was looking like a grey alien twice as old as her age
2009 - Malena Ernman - original idea of combining opera with europop, but trash
2010 - Anna Bergendahl - generic pop midtempo
2011 - Eric Saade - basic dance pop song with trash lyrics
2012 - Euphoria - flawless dance pop song, safe but phenomenal
2013 - Robin Stjernberg - safe dramatic pop ballad
2014 - Sanna Nielsen - safe pop ballad, astonishing vocals, horrible lyrics
2015 - Måns Zelmerlöw - generic David Guetta reject

So yeah, I hope that in 2016 you'll send something with some personality instead of hopping on the trend of the moment