by sleuth08 » Tue Mar 03, 2020 1:33 am
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TWENTY FOUR HAS BEEN SELECTED AS OF MARCH 2.
MY PERSONAL OPINION:
MOST OF THIS YEARS SONGS ARE A DOWNGRADE FROM LAST YEAR. NOTHING THAT MADE ME GASP LIKE IN 2017 WITH SALVADOR SOBRAL OR LAST YEAR'S DUNCAN LAURENCE. NOR THERE ARE SONGS WITH SOCIAL JUSTICE OR POLITICAL MESSAGE LIKE 2018 WITH NETTA AND 2016 WITH JAMALA.
BUT FOR NOW I CAN FEEL THIS COULD HAPPEN ON MAY 12, 14 AND 16:
AUSTRALIA AND UKRAINE WILL KEEP THEIR PERFECT GRAND FINALS PLACEMENT.
ICELAND AND LITHUANIA BOTH HAVE CATCHY TUNES AND DANCES. THOUGH ICELAND IS MY PERSONAL FAVORITE TO WIN AS I WANT ICELAND TO HOST EUROVISION. LITHUANIA COULD PLACE IN THE TOP 10 OR EVEN TOP 5 AFTER IN 2016 WITH A 9TH PLACE FINISH.
I HAVE A FEELING ALL BIG 5 WILL PLACE LOW OR IF NOT ALL WILL BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BOARD UNLESS THE STAGING OF THEIR PERFORMANCE WILL BE AMAZING.
UNITED KINGDOM AND SPAIN'S SONGS ARE VERY RADIO FRIENDLY. BOTH HAVE CATCHY CHORUS. I CANNOT GET THE UK'S SONG OUT OF MY HEAD. IF THEY STAGE THEIR PERFORMANCE WELL (THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR THESE 2 COUNTRIES), THEY COULD PLACE HIGH - EVEN PLACE IN THE TOP 10 (LUCIE JONES' SONG, INITIALLY FOR ME, WAS BORING AND BLAND. BUT AFTER SEEING THE STAGING, IT BECAME ONE OF MY FAVORITES AND I GOT UPSET WHEN SHE GOT A LOW VOTES ON THE TELEVOTES)
I THINK SWEDEN AND RUSSIA WILL PLACE WITHOUT A QUESTION EVEN WHEN WE STILL DO NOT KNOW WHO WILL REPRESENT AND WHAT SONG (I PREFER THE MAMAS TO GO TO ROTTERDAM FOR SWEDEN).
LOOKS LIKE BELARUS IS RIDING ON THE CATCHY DANCE MOVES CRAZE. I THINK THEY WILL PLACE IN THE GRAND FINALS
NORWAY, POLAND AND SLOVENIA IS DOING A TAMARA TODEVSKA SLASH CONCHITA WURST. BASED ON THEIR NATIONAL SELECTION I SEE ALL 3 GOING TO THE GRAND FINALS.
DESPITE A COOL PERFORMANCE, I DOUBT SERBIA WILL GET 12 POINTS (ESPECIALLY MONTENEGRO IS NOT PARTICIPATING)
AS FOR NOW THIS IS MY TOP 10 IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:
1. ICELAND
2. LITHUANIA
3. UNITED KINGDOM
4. SPAIN
5. LATVIA
6. CZECH REP.
7. UKRAINE
8. NORWAY
9. AUSTRALIA
10. SERBIA