Although only having four songs in the final for Supernova this year, the Latvian national final was really entertaining (thanks to Riga Biebrs). At the time, I wasn’t overly impressed with the songs, but I was hoping that Aminata would win. And she did. Her performance was powerful, mesmerising and addicting, and I’m so glad…
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Iceland had quite a good national final, and there were a few songs I could have seen on the Eurovision stage. In the end, it was between two of my favourites, and Maria Olafs was the eventual winner. This song had a strong following when first chosen, but the hype has died down a little.…
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I have one question for Cyprus – Why didn’t you pick Minus One?!?!?!! I think there’s more place this year for a good quality rock song, more than there is for yet another slow song. And this really isn’t one of the better slow songs. Giannis Karayiannis isn’t the problem here. If the song was…
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This year, Azerbaijan has chosen a singer who is no stranger to the Eurovision world. Elnur Huseynov participated back in Azerbaijan’s debut performance in 2008 as part of a duo. This year, he’s back as a solo singer, with the song Hour of the Wolf. Elnur also recently won the Turkish version of the Voice…
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San Marino finally stepped away from Valentina Monetta, and is giving two young stars the chance to show their stuff and represent their country with pride. Michele Perniola and Anita Simoncini are unique in the sense that both participated in Junior Eurovision, Michele in 2013, and Anita only months ago! I really loved Michele in…
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Leonor Andrade was the lucky participant to represent Portugal this year, with the song Ha um Mar que nos Separa. The song is in Portugese, which comes as no surprise, as it’s a tradition for Portugal to sing in their national language, and good on them. Even though I love that it’s in Portuguese, I…
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Norway took us back to a time where the orchestra was a norm. Conveniently, they chose a song which compliments an orchestra perfectly. The song has a similar tone to last year’s entry, Silent Storm, which I still think to this very day was ripped off – totally should have been in the top 5!…
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This year, Montenegro is hoping to follow from their success last year, where they qualified for the first time ever! Knez is the artist with all the pressure to succeed once again, with a Zeljko song – Adio. The song is no doubt touched by the legendary Zeljko Jokismovic, it’s almost a mix of all…
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Malta, as per usual, was one of the first countries to choose their song for the 2015 contest. Amongst tough competition, Amber won the votes and the right to represent Malta for the 60th anniversary of Eurovision. However, this is not Amber’s first Eurovision appearance – Remember the backing singer for Kurt Calleja? Well, that’s…
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Lithuania actually did something promising this year. It’s almost inconceivable to think that Lithuania has actually made a proper effort to actually match the song with the artist/s. I remember hearing ‘This Time’ sung by Vaidas alone, and as much as I wanted him to win, it wasn’t as impressive as many of his other…
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