Category: ESC 2024
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2023 vs 2024: The ESC Smackdown Part 2 (France to Moldova)
Twelve more countries! Part 1 of the Smackdown ended with the 2024 roster comfortably leading 8 to 4. Is this lead going to extend? Will the 2023 entries be able to catch up? Let’s find out: France: Évidemment vs Mon amourThis is a really solid back-to-back showing for France. I…
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2023 vs 2024: The ESC Smackdown Part 1 (Albania to Finland )
How does our 2024 roster compare to 2023? Is it really the strongest ESC line-up of all time? Well, I’m not a scientist, but here’s how this is going to work!
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Azerbaijan 2024 Review: “Özünlə Apar” – Fahree feat. Ilkin Dovlatov
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Armenia 2024 Review: “Jako” – Ladaniva
Armenia will never give you the same song twice, and I don’t know that you can say that about many countries at ESC. It doesn’t always work, and sometimes it works months after the contest and it becomes a worldwide viral hit (although for the record – I liked SNAP…
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Georgia 2024 Review: “Firefighter” – Nutsa Buzaladze
Starting in 2017, Georgia has been on the worst current NQ streak (tied with Latvia) at ESC. Some of it (2018/19/21) falls squarely on their shoulders and the weakness of their selections, but I genuinely liked their 2022 entry, and last year Iru had quite a number of vocal supporters,…
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Our Last National Final Saturday! Sweden (Marcus & Martinus) and Portugal (Iolanda) Reviews
And with that, we’re done! Our ESC National Final season has gone as fast as it came, and all we have left now is a handful of internally selected acts (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Israel) who will be revealing their songs in the coming days. I have discussed both these entries…
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Greece 2024 Review: “Zari” – Marina Satti
The art of the ESC internal selection is a hard one to hone and master. If you announce your act and song too soon, you have to keep the buzz alive for the whole season. If you announce late, you need to live up to mounting expectations nearing the end…
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Australia 2024 Review: “One Milkali (One Blood)” – Electric Fields
When I think about Electric Fields and ESC, there’s an overwhelming sense of unifinished business. This goes all the way back to 2019, when the duo entered Australia Decides with 2000 and Whatever, one of the best songs of the year or arguably the decade and not just at Eurovision,…
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Another Busy Saturday!!! Iceland (Hera Björk) and Serbia (Teya Dora) Reviews
Iceland’s been on a journey this ESC season already. When news about Bashar’s participation broke out, Iceland momentarily shot to #1 in the odds, eventually settling somewhere in the bookies’ top 5 when the actual song was released. Regardless, Söngvakeppnin remained a hotly (and often disgracefully) debated topic, with fans…
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Melodifestivalen 2024 – Ranking All 12 Finalists from the Swedish National Final
We made it, y’all. 5 heats, 30 tracks, a (disastrously conceived) second chance round, and Sweden has picked the 12 songs that will be vying to represent the current titleholder at ESC on their home ground. I have OPINIONS – some good, some not – but I would like to…
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