#esc2014

Welcome back to Eurovision Thoughts. The part of the blog where I mention a random thing in Eurovision that I've been thinking about.

This week (and rather appropriately after discussing a 2014 entry), I want to discuss something I noticed about Finland's 2014 entry on streaming.

So, my favorite Finnish entry is 2014's "Something Better" by Softengine. And of course it's on my Spotify playlist (and in a WIP), and one day while I was listening to my music, it came up...and it sounded different.

The cover looked different (it was the UMK cover as opposed to their album cover), and it sounded different...but BETTER? I like this new version and wanted to share my thoughts about it. If they sent what looks to be the UMK version, I still would have liked it all the same! :)

One of the truly magical things about Eurovision is the fact that we get to see different perspectives of a song and differing opinions and rankings with the variety of songs we receive every year.

For today's post, I would like to focus on one entry in particular that while it finished rather well, I find it underrated to me. This entry being Norway's entry from the 2014 contest held in Copenhagen.

From the Wikipedia article, the song ("Silent Storm" by Carl Espen) won Melodi Grand Prix, going on to finish 7th in the semi-final, and finally sealing an 8th place finish in the Grand Final. And if I recall, I ranked it rather high in my 2014 rankings.

The song is incredibly beautiful, taking interpretations in different directions (I see some mental health undertones in this song), and I do think that it deserved the results it got. So, how exactly did it do in the contest?

Looking on Wikipedia, "Silent Storm" did NOT get any 12 points in either the Semi or Grand Final, the highest score coming in the form of 10 points from Finland in the Semi and the Netherlands in the Grand. The lowest was 2 points from Switzerland in the Semi and 3 countries (Austria, Iceland, and Romania) gave the song 1 point in the Grand Final.