Hello everyone I am back once again to give my unsolicited reviews and rankings for this years Eurovision entries. I'm just gonna jump on the horse and get ready to rank all of the entries because what else would I do?
Oh before I start I will preface this every blog that I will not be including that one country in my rankings, I want to stand in solidarity of Palestine so this is my way of doing so. If you have an issue with it then this isn't the Eurovision blog ranking for you .
Without further ado let's begin!
30th: 馃嚨馃嚬 Portugal - "Grito" by iolanda
I don't know y'all this song does not do anything for me, it tends to be forgettable to me, and usually I really love ballads. I just don't feel anything from this song, and so I have to cut the song here. She has a beautiful voice, and I know Portugal usually slays when it comes to ballad but I'm just not really sensing anything special regarding this song. There's so many better ballads this year so I can't just see myself ranking this song any higher than it already is. It's really nothing to sneeze at tbh, that's all I really have to say on the matter so I'm going to move on.
29th: 馃嚤馃嚭 Luxembourg - "Fighter" by TALI
Again this song doesn't really do anything for me, it's great to see Luxembourg back after all these years, but out of all the songs that were "girlbops" this year, this one really just lacks any substance for me. In a similar vain to Portugal, where there's many songs like this one this edition, there has to be one song that eventually falls flat, and I think this one definitely falls flat. TALI also has very shaky vocals, they aren't bad, but she definitely needs work. I was so excited to see the return of Luxembourg, but this isn't the song I was hoping for them, but I do hope they plan to stick around after this edition because it'd be nice to see more from them in this generation of Eurovision.
28th: 馃嚫馃嚜 Sweden - "Unforgettable" by Marcus & Martinus
So the rejects from last year coming second place of the eventual winner ends up getting their time to shine, and in all honestly, this song is very meh. It's nothing really to rant and rave about, and it just there to be honest. Like it just gives me basic boy band song, and not even one of the good ones. Sweden really let down the expectations after coming off the high of Loreen winning, but hey at least they are hosting so they'll at least put on a great show in other regards. But for the song itself, nothing special, nothing exciting, nothing memorable so it's placed here since I can at least remember the other songs.
28th: 馃嚫馃嚜 Sweden
29th: 馃嚤馃嚭 Luxembourg
30th: 馃嚨馃嚬 Portugal
31st: 馃嚥馃嚛 Moldova
32nd: 馃嚚馃嚳 Czechia
33rd: 馃嚜馃嚫 Spain
34th: 馃嚠馃嚫 Iceland
35th: 馃嚝馃嚠 Finland
36th: 馃嚘馃嚥 Armenia
Hello everyone I am back once again to give my unsolicited reviews and rankings for this years Eurovision entries. I'm just gonna jump on the horse and get ready to rank all of the entries because what else would I do?
Oh before I start I will preface this every blog that I will not be including that one country in my rankings, I want to stand in solidarity of Palestine so this is my way of doing so. If you have an issue with it then this isn't the Eurovision blog ranking for you .
Without further ado let's begin!
33rd: 馃嚜馃嚫 Spain - "ZORRA" by Nebulossa
Again another one of those songs that are really just "what is this" like I could appreciate Eaea last year because of the cultural heritage behind the song despite me not liking it but I'm just really confused at this song being selected. Was BenidormFest that bad or something? It also gives me a dated sound that I don't think is for this contest, and while I do appreciate the message of woman empowerment, and also a nod in the music video to trans musical artist Manuela Trasobares. It's just not a song I can personally get behind, and it just seems very dated but a bit more modern then Iceland's was. This song isn't offensive, but I'm not really hopping on the Spanish train for this song. It's okay, but nothing that I really like so unfortunately I have to cut it here.
32nd: 馃嚚馃嚳 Czechia - "Pedestal" by Aiko
I'm sorry but I honestly wanted Red Flag Parade to win, and I was honestly shocked seeing Aiko win this National Final. I mean I've heard of some of Aiko's songs like I really enjoyed her song Instincts, but this one really fell flat for me. Something about the beginning vocals really are grating to my ears, and she can't really sing... I mean Czechia usually has problems with their acts not singing well, but this one I don't know. It's a fun chorus so that's why it's not the WORSE song in the selection, but something about this song is still a bit grating to my ears so I have to cut it here since the songs above are less offensive to my ears then sections of this song. It's decent for what it is but not strong enough for me to keep it any longer.
31st: 馃嚥馃嚛 Moldova - "In The Middle" by Natalia Barbu
Moldova usually serves decent songs or song that I can grow to like, but this one I'm not so sure about, I think they kinda dropped the ball compared to the other entries on the list here, and bringing back yet another returning artist is a bit risky. This song is just super forgettable to me, and I can't really remember much about it except the violins which says a lot since if I can't remember anything else from the song it isn't something I'm gonna really support. I do hope Moldova changes up their staging a bit before the semis because I can see potential, and I understand the meaning of the song relates to their staging, but for me it's just not going anything, so I think it's honestly forgettable. Sorry Natalia, I have to cut you here.
31st: 馃嚥馃嚛 Moldova
32nd: 馃嚚馃嚳 Czechia
33rd: 馃嚜馃嚫 Spain
34th: 馃嚠馃嚫 Iceland
35th: 馃嚝馃嚠 Finland
36th: 馃嚘馃嚥 Armenia
Hello everyone I am back once again to give my unsolicited reviews and rankings for this years Eurovision entries. I'm just gonna jump on the horse and get ready to rank all of the entries because what else would I do?
Oh before I start I will preface this every blog that I will not be including that one country in my rankings, I want to stand in solidarity of Palestine so this is my way of doing so. If you have an issue with it then this isn't the Eurovision blog ranking for you .
Without further ado let's begin!
36th: 馃嚘馃嚥 Armenia - "Jako" by LADANIVA
From the very top of my rankings last year to the very bottom it suffers the similar fate as Spain from last year, it's just not for me. I really think her voice is really grating to my ears and I do love the cultural elements but it really isn't enough for me to actually like the song. I don't know something about this really I just can't get behind especially how Armenia created this beautiful song last year. While this is beautiful in it's own way, just not something I really like for my music tastes. The voice isn't really something I like, and I just had issues listening through the full thing cause I'm not the audience for it. Good for them to bring some Armenian heritage to their music this year, just really not for me.
35th: 馃嚝馃嚠 Finland - "No Rules" by Windows95man
Finland... what in the god's name is this? You went from something wild and crazy that is Cha Cha Cha to this... disappointing song. The main thing I hear is that deep voiced man sounding so similar to the "You touched my tralala" man, and now I cannot unhear it. This song is so bad and the only reason it's not last is at least the other person can sing pretty decently? I guess? There's some elements I enjoy here but it says so much that the jury in the Finnish national final gave this the least amount of points. It's not for me, it's not really a good song in my opinion, and Finland really dropped the ball here. I don't want to listen to this ever again... but unfortunately I'm going to have to come May so... I guess good luck me!
34th: 馃嚠馃嚫 Iceland - "Scared of Heights" by Hera Bj枚rk
This would be a good song... if this Eurovision was in the 1980's. It's not terrible but it's not good either, it's really just super dated that in comparison to the other songs I cannot rank this song anywhere near the top of the list, not even near the middle, just overall this seems like a good place for it right here and now. Honestly I saw a youtube comment about "Can we have Bjork? We have Bjork at home" and this is the Bjork at home lol. She's gonna have fun out there in Malmo for sure, but we all know this isn't going to qualify anytime soon. It's good to see her back, but times have changed, now it's time to move on. As I shall move on with the rankings!
34th: 馃嚠馃嚫 Iceland
35th: 馃嚝馃嚠 Finland
36th: 馃嚘馃嚥 Armenia
