#breathlessly

310. Claudia Faniello - “Breathlessly” Malta 2017

[2017 review here] (Shared with Tako & Martina)

Lol did I forget to rank Claudia, after ranking her much lower before? Well, no, I just have no opinions on her whatsoever. No positive ones, no negative ones, none. So, I have to pick a spot to park Claudia in and I’ve chosen this one, dwi!!!

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309. Ethno-Jazz band Iriao - “For you’ Georgia 2018

[2018 review here]

As is wont to happen when blowaway winners strike, many Eurovision entrants in the consequative year will try to channel the previous winner’s gimmicks. Iriao’s plan to emulate Salvador through a stripped-down native-language traditional music number backfired massively though: the song & act are two giant duds. I can give them a few props for trying something different, as Georgian eurovision entries always do, but I won’t because borink. :) 

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308. Nina Badric - “Nebo” Croatia 2012

Lolnina. ’Nebo’ is probably the most forgettable song ever in Eurovision. When I first compiled the list, my initial tally came out at 407 songs and I instantly assumed I had forgotten one of the boring 2012 ballads, of which “Nebo” stands out as the most anyonymous (because it doesn’t stand out at all 😏) 

(in reality the song i forgot was “Straight into love” lmfao but that one won’t show up soon <3) And I mean, what even happens during these three minutes in which this nondescript song takes place? Everyone is so poorly dressed (not on the least Nina herself), that I’m half-expecting an EPIC dress reveal during the middle eight, but instead we get a blank Rambo banner and a coupious amount of by wideshot. Bore on, ms. Badric.

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307. Evelina Sašenko - “C’est ma vie” Lithuania 2011 

An uninspired Disney ballad without any base charm. She has a great voice, I guess? The sign language tho....🤮 ________________________________________________________________

306. Sennek - “A matter of time”. Belgium 2018

[2018 review here]

BEFORE IT ALL ECHOES-ECHOES AND FLOPS.

Honestly guys, just read my 2018 review because it’s one of the best write-ups I’ve ever written on this blog and it details the flaws in “A matter of time” better than any rehash could. I’ve written enough rants, both here and on ESCUnited to last me a lifetime. 😊

However, I will recognize that I’m very harsh on Sennek: “A matter of time” is a very good song still and there is even *some* ironic amusement to be found in the song becoming its own self-fulfilling prophecy and I love how ”countries throwing away easy qualification due to laziness and arrogance” can now be equated to ‘pulling a Sennek’. So while ‘A matter of time’ IS an embarrassment in the eyes of this Belgian, I can’t bring myself to rank it any lower than this. 

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Claudia Faniello representará a Malta en Eurovision 2017 con Breathessly.

BANGKOK  | Paraguay contestant wins, then swoons at beauty pageant

BANGKOK  — A Paraguayan pageant winner has swooned on stage after admitting the anticipation just before the announcement was unbearable.

Miss Grand International 2018 Clara Sosa fell while the first runner-up Miss India Meenakshi Chaudhary tried to help. Sosa soon recovered and had a teary smile as she was crowned.

The pageant was broadcast live on Facebook late Thursday from Yangon, Myanmar.

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Malta: Malta’nın Eurovision 2018 Temsilcisi Belli Oldu

Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması‘nda katıldığı yıllarda genelde seçimini ulusal final yoluyla yapan Malta, 2018 yılı için son yıllarda kullandığı format olan Malta Eurovision Song Contest yarışmasını yapma kararı almıştı…

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