Eurovision 2005

[jawnbc]

So which one of these do you think is a contender? You'll need Real Player to hear 'em . . .

1. Andorra La Mirada Interior, Marian de Wal (yeah, she'd Dutch,singing in Catalan, for Andorra. Don't ask such complicated questions!)

2. Malta, Angel, Chiara (who finished a very close 3rd at the 1998 Eurovision with "The One That I Love")

3. Albania, Nesër Do Të Shkoj, by Ledina Çelo. Remember last year Albania almost pulled a Edyta by finishing 7th in their very first try)

4. Slovenia, Stop, Omar Naber. Slovenia's best showing remains Sestre, 2002's drag queen trolley dollies air hostesses

5. Cyprus, Ela, ela (come baby), Constantinos


To me, only one registers at all....Chiara's Angel. And since we already know she can sing live, plus they're directly in the final, I'm predicting top 3.

Comments

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Oh turn that stuff off.
Fer the love of all that tis holy....

[progbear.livejournal.com]

Oddly, the Albanian entry was the one that stuck out for me. Kinda corny, but well-sung and with a real Mediterranean feel, both qualities I appreciate.

It won't win, of course. But it is a decided improvement over last year*

You get a bit of the Mediterranean feel in the Cypriot entry too, but it's a little more generic. The Andorran entry is nice, but not much more. Interesting that it doesn't really sound as though she's singing phonetically, but then I don't speak Catalan so what do I know? The poor Slovenian guy sounds like he's having trouble faking interest in the song he's forced to sing. As we all know, that never happened before!

As for the Maltese entry...pure saccharine. Please let this not win! I was going to say that this would jinx it and make sure it would win, but these days, it seems any song I have feelings for positive or negative is fated not to win. Nicki French's ironically titled "Don't Play That Song Again"? Hated it with a passion. Didn't come within throwing distance of the winner's circle. Most of the winners these days tend to be songs I have no strong feelings for positive or negative. I couldn't hum "I Wanna" or "Everybody" if you paid me money, and I found the videos to "Every Way That I Can" and "Wild Dances" far more memorable than the songs that accompanied them.

Using that logic, "La Mirada Interior" is the clear winner here.

*where I'm convinced their top-ten finish in 2004 was due to the "Let's be nice to the new kids" vote. Sort of like Cyprus' sixth-place finish in their first year (helped along by Greece's twelve, a bit overgenerous for what's basically an "Eres tú" imitation).

[superbbluewren.livejournal.com]

Now Canada is great. I don't dispute it. But the national anthem to be the background music for how many posts recently? I gag on Advance Australia Fair, even on a good day.

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

I adore Malta's entry, and Chiara has a gorgeous voice. I really hope that this one scores high!

Am I the only one that finda "Ela ela" to ... I don't know, DRAG?