17th May, Thursday — ReblogSORRY INTERNET WAS HAVING A WANK YESTERDAY
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13-DENMARK-SOLUNA SAMAY-SHOULD’VE KNOWN BETTER
Very very Taylor-Swifty. People have been comparing this to Anna Berghendahl in 2010 and I don’t agree at all. Anna’s song had a message and was from the heart. This seems very insincere, very fake. Some jumped-up hipster with a guitar laments a lover she drove away, probably because she wore naval garb all the time and stuck the word „Insha’Allah” wherever she wanted into her songs. There’s also two of her friends on a couch for some reason, reminds me of Moldova 2008, another terrible song. It might get through with the teenage girl vote but I hope Jedward soak that up. If it does, it should finish mid-teens oddly enough, but personally I hope it winds up dead last. There are too many good songs to have this one trounce them.
14-RUSSIA-BURANOVSKIJE BABUSHKI-PARTY FOR EVERYBODY
I’m in a few very different minds over this. I’m happy because they beat Dima Bilan, I’m angry because they might do fantastic just because they’re cute, and I’m overwhelmed with their lovable personalities. Anyway this is a massive favourite, and it’s odd that they’re only in it to pay for a new church for their town. I don’t want Russia to win again, they’re too arrogant when they do, but it doesn’t feel like they’re the typical Russian glory-seeking entry like Alexej Vorobjov or Serebro or (eugh) Dima Bilan. They will qualify and then could place anywhere from 1st to 10th, I’m personally hoping 2nd but they might even do one better.
15-HUNGARY-COMPACT DISCO-SOUND OF OUR HEARTS
When I heard this first, I thought it will be a sure-fire winner. Then I heard the rest of the songs. It is a fantastic entry and should definitely qualify with its wonderful message. Hopefully it will do fantastic in the final and might even break into the top 10, maybe 7th position.
16-AUSTRIA-TRACKSHITTAZ-WOKI MIT DEIM POPO
A mental song about shaking your arse. Not only is it a kind of novelty entry, in a way, but it’s a fantastic song too. I was devastated last year when Austria sent a mediocre singer in place of „Oida Taunz”, so now seeing Trackshittaz at Eurovision is fantastic. A smash of a song, it’s poorly placed at the end of the Semi Final in the middle of five consecutive brilliant entries. However this will qualify, yet only to place in the low teens on the Saturday.
17-MOLDOVA-PASHA PARFENY-LAUTAR
Sandwiched between two novelty acts, this song almost seems like a banal ballad in comparison. Yet Lautar is perfect. It’s bright, it’s interesting, it’s something brilliant really, and this will be picked up on by Europe. Something lighter after Woki Mit Deim Popo and before Waterline to give everything a chance to breath, yet not so light that it bores people, as I
hopeexpect Denmark’s song to do. This will qualify, get a better place in the running order draw, and do phenomenally….for Moldova.They’re back. The pair that did Ireland mostly proud with a smash song last year are back. Again.
And are not at all looking for attention. At all.Waterline is a much tamer song than Lipstick, and might actually sound ok if it was sung by an 80s band like A-ha, as I imagine it’s meant to be. Yet Jedward have done their thing, and by that I mean just shout the lyrics with an American accent, and now it’s their song. Images of the Jonas Brothers on South Park flash to my mind as girls aged 0-16 go into fits in front of the televisions as this song comes on, before picking up the phones and voting for Song 18 in a mad frenzy, while their parents remortgage the house to pay for the phone bills. Sadly, only a small portion of any votes for Ireland will count towards Jedward’s ultimate result, as the majority voting will be Irish, or from the UK, which can’t vote in our semi final. Nevertheless, Jedward will bring Ireland to the final, and then finish 11th. And then hopefully stop trying and let someone else do it next year, maybe Bressie or Enya or The Corrs orSocky the bloody Sock Monster or anyone with any discernible musical talent as these lads don’t have it. But seriously, if we want good results without these, we’re going to have to either go down the Swedish route of having a massive thing to choose a great singer, but RTÉ wouldn’t agree to the cost, or the adopt the French system of choosing a well-established artist, but no one would shame themselves like that, I can imagineor that Ryan lad from BGT.
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15th May, Tuesday — ReblogSpanish born artist Marina Molares has a lot of interesting work in her portfolio. We only pulled from her most recent series of collages to show you these fun images, but she has a great collection of photography and installation work as well.
