#verjanem

250. Eva Boto - “Verjanem” Slovenia 2012

What is this Real Bridesmaids Of Maribor realness being served here? Everyone is dressed for a wedding reception lol (Eva is the cake, obviously). 

Snark aside, I think “Verjanem” is rather pleasant actually, but it tries too hard to fuse “Cvet z juga” with “No one” a bit too forcibly, becoming a wash of whateverness instead. Still, random opera harpy is bae even if she dragged it into the NQ underworld with her offkey wailing <3

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249. Genealogy - “Face the shadow” Armenia 2015

An Iconic disaster on every level. 

Vocally: Setting of course the stage for Tamar Kaprelian’s EPIC Rise and Fall in Depi Evratesil, but also featuring some AWFUL vocal performances from the others, barring Inga and the Australian Opera diva lol <3

Politically: Such an in-your-face-obnoxious, fingerwagging anti-holocaust ASSAULT, Flinging “DON’T DENY’s” at everyone’s heads <3 Having to change their title, but not their message lmfao <3

Visually: The cloaks lmfao <3 The MAP OF THE WORLD <3 The South-America erasure <3 Obnoxious clock and tree backdrops to hit home with the already suuuuuuper transparent message <3

I mean, don’t get me wrong; “Face the shadow’ is horrible. It’s a terrible song. It completely fails at paying tribute to the victims of the Armenian genocide and worse, it cheapens the genocide. I don’t feel the least bit guilty mocking it and neither should you!  Yet, at the same time, it’s so shittastic it almost becomes... good? Well, maybe not ‘good’, but ironically stanworthy at least. DON’T DENY!!! YOU AND IIIIIIIII~

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248. Katerine Duska - “Better love” Greece 2019

Likewise, “Better love” is kind of really bad lol. I mean, I think the composition itself is fine, if lazy (shocked Jessie Ware hasn’t filed a lawsuit yet), but the live execution reaches a level of trainwreck that is VERY entertaining to watch, yet at the same time I can’t genuinely say, that I ~live for the mess~  I mean, where to even start with this tryhard staging? Random rapier-wielding fencers, butterfly backing vocalists, a forced floral theme (including a giant orb which is supposed to represent a seed). It’s all very far-fetched? WHICH IS A TERRIBLE TAKE ON STAGING, because “Better love” is an easy song to get into (unlike “Face the shadow”) so why even bury it under tryhard symbolism? Keep it simple, the song will sell itself. 

Overall, I like "Better love” more than I dislike it. It’s enteraining if very, very flawed. Seriously, get it together Greece  WHAT UR WAITING FOR? WHAT UR WAITING FOR FOR? WHAT YOUR WATING FOR? (better songs, better songs) ________________________________________________________________

247. Sieneke - “Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie)” the Netherlands 2010

God I’m so torn about Sieneke, of all entries. On one hand, I think she’s embarrassing and pedestrian. I usually love my Banality Anthems, which is the term I use for silly songs about everyday things, (”Beautiful Song” won’t be showing up anytime soon!), but “Ik ben verliefd” is like... literally summing up random places all around the globe. I have heard much, much better Dutch schlager in my lifetime. On the other hand, ETHNO-SCHLAGER BANGER, um hello? It’s a subpar one, granted but I’m not made of stone. The carnival theme <3 The dancers <3

I also LIVE for the mess that was the Dutch NF: you see, the Dutch chose their song (this song!!) internally and then tasked the bunch of nobodies that were the 2010 Dutch National Finalists, to bring their ~interpretation~ and Sieneke was the best one, somehow? It wasn’t even close, lmfao. Actually, I’m underselling the crazy. Sieneke tied for first, so the hosts dragged the composer on the stage to break the tie and it was basically a coin flip? WHAT A TRAINWRECK WE STAN!!! but only ironically though lol. ________________________________________________________________

247. Guy Sebastian - “Tonight again” Australia 2015

~Shock boot~

I mean, I can hear the battlecry of those with inferior taste! "BUT BORIS TONIGHT AGAIN SOUNDS LIKE A CHARTING HIT” and well, yes, exactly? Do you know how fucking pedestrian that makes the song lol? I don’t mind “Tonight” again at all, bear with me, but if you  turn your radio on and switch through the stations and you'll hear at least three “Tonight agains”. It’s nothing special. ^_^