Continuing on as you 'light your (ass on) fire' while you enjoy my posts, critiquing the 42 at EUROVISION LVII this May in Baku, Azerbaijan. Now it's on to 24-19.
Just like the Bud Light slogan goes...HERE WE GO!
At 16, Eva Boto (SLO) was the youngest competitor at this year's ESC with "Verjamem." Never heard the song? For starters, the name of the song will get people confused if this was a reggae song. "Yeah! I'm lighting up a joint and I'm verjamin'!" Nope. "Verjamem" is a great song and a great effort that I thought was too hard to rank, therefore I put this at number 24.
Rambo Amadeus (MNE), was one of the oldest competitors at ESC this year (he turns 50 this year). Don't know people's beef with "Euro Neuro", or maybe because the brainless are too stupid to cave into a fairly intelligent piece. It's liberal (I'm conservative-somewhat-in most areas of science.), but hell, it's good and educational and it's good. That is why I'm ranking it higher than these fools ranked it, which was down the bottom. Don't be disappointed. Rambo always has one rule: always stay cool like a swimming pool. It's at number 23 on my rankings.
ESC 2012's lone duet of Jonsi and Greta Salome Stefansdottir (ISL) was one of the best this year, and powerful. "Never Forget" had it all, but was glad this gem made the final. Great ballad, and was tough for placement, hence my ranking of this song was at the 22nd position.
At number 21, Pastora Soler (ESP) had one of the brilliant ballads this year, with "Quedate Conmigo," in which she has done an English version of the song. The Spanish version is heaps better and more flow than the English version. Once again, tough to rank this gem in my rankings.
Another good song that was tough to place in my rankings was "Nebo" by Nina Badric (CRO). "Nebo" is NOT about anything related to the Friday movies. No "That's my bike punk!" in the lyrics or no other Deebo references like "you got knocked the fuck out!" No not that stuff. Never heard original, but the ESC version is great, which I ranked it at number 20.
Yet another good song at ESC this year was "Nije Ljubav Stvar" by Zeljko Joksimovic (SRB), which is at number 19. Great song, breathtaking ballad, and was one of the best this year. Glad this gem made the final, and for those who think this is boring, screw you! You need a brain to listen to this!
So to recap so far after 4 posts and 4 reviews:
42. Ireland
41. Austria
40. San Marino
39. Norway
38. Georgia
37. Moldova
36. Turkey
35. Cyprus
34. Greece
33. Lithuania
32. Romania
31. Albania
30. Ukraine
29. Latvia
28. Belgium
27. France
26. Netherlands
25. Portugal
24. Slovenia
23. Montenegro
22. Iceland
21. Spain
20. Croatia
19. Serbia
Keep reading to see where Loreen ends up in my rankings. Up next it's 18-13 in the 42!
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