#sennek

There are many familiar faces returning to the 2023 stage. Two contestants from the 2012 contest are returning to represent the same countries: Swedish representative and winner Loreen, and Moldovan representative Pasha Parfeny.

Retuning to represent Italy is Marco Mengoni who previously sang for the nation in 2013.

Monika Linkytė is returning to represent Lithuania, this time as a solo act. She originally performed as part of a duo alongside Vaidas Baumila in 2015.

Belgium's Gustaph took part in Eurovision in both 2018 and 2012 as a backup singer for Sennek and Hooverphonic, respectively.

Finally, Georgian representative Iru won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for Georgia in 2011 as a member of the group CANDY.

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Eliot: would somehow be patient 0

Miki: would host a party via Skype

Zena: not infected, but hypochondriac

Sergey: would try to cure it with Vodka

Alekseev: would quarantine himself and forget when it ends

Lake Malawi: would go out as usual

Eleni: would obsessively wash her hands every 5 minutes

Surie: would cough on people on purpose

Ryan: would get very sick and even write his own will

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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