After a strong debut last year with one of Australia’s top artists, Guy Sebastian, Australia is back in the contest for the 2nd time, this time, we have to fight it out in the semi-finals like majority of the other countries. SBS has internally selected former X Factor winner, Dami Im and the song she…
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After 2 years of final qualification in a row. Montenegro are looking to continue the successful run with the band Highway, who are taking their out-there song titled The Real Thing. This is a song that has completely divided the Eurovision fan bubble, with some people hating it, and some loving it. As a result,…
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At the start of the national final season, there was nothing that hit me as winning material, nothing really hit me at all as a really great song (since then, some songs have grown on me). Along came Cyprus with a band I was very happy to see returning, this time to Eurovision, after last…
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Take 2 of the German selection (context: they chose internally, then they didn’t, then they had a national final and pretended like they didn’t look foolish) gave us Jamie-Lee Kriewitz with the song Ghost. Jamie-Lee won the latest series of the Voice in Germany, and soon after she was picked for Eurovision – what a…
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This year, Azerbaijan internally selected Samra, a young, fresh talent of Azerbaijan with the song Miracle. The song is a Swedish composition, which was apparently submitted into the Swedish Melodifestivalen, however ended up in the hands of Azerbaijan, and we ain’t mad about it. I’ve personally found Azerbaijan to be pretty hit and miss in…
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Last year, Denmark failed to qualify for the final, which is pretty unheard of for Denmark. The choice last year was a cutesy boyband with a cutesy song – and this year, Denmark seems to be still enjoying the cutesy boyband’s, as they’ve chosen the trio Lighthouse X with the song Soldiers of Love. Will…
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This year, Belarus has caused a bit of a stir with their participant, Ivan. The song is Help You Fly, and the song was seemingly under the radar… that was until news reports claimed that Ivan wanted to sing on stage naked with live wolves, and that the delegation was trying as hard as possible…
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This year, Austria has chosen Zoë as their representative, singing the song Loin d’ici. The song is entirely in French, which is a first for Austria, who regularly send songs in German or English. Last year, in their home country, Austria undeservingly ended up with nul points, but will this year be any better? The…
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After a long national final, Freddie triumphed as the winner with his song Pioneer. The anthemic song seems to have won many of the fans over, and offers a completely diverse sound in comparison to the Hungarian entry in 2015. The song has rock elements, mostly through Freddie’s voice, but is pop at its core,…
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Another returning artist of this year comes from Iceland – Greta Salome is back, solo this time, with the song Hear Them Calling. Her last participation was with Jonsi back in 2012, but will she improve on her previous results, and bring Iceland a win? There is no doubt that this song is absolutely modern,…
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