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| Aussie Eurovision tragic Gordon Watson |
#Aussieeurovisionfan Gordon Watson gives his assessment of the 2013 Eurovision song contest.
The event that stops Europe, and some other parts of the
world, is on again! Yes it is time for Malmo to roll out the glitter carpet for
Eurovision!
The 2013 Eurovision is packed with class, great songs,
great performances and the usual left field performance that leaves you
thinking WT!
After trawling through the Eurovision website and
playing, and replaying, each song in this year’s competition I have come up
with a definitive list of my favourites based on the song and the performance.
And let me tell you, what a tough task it was and I think this year’s live
voting will go right down to the wire.
Missing from this year’s Eurovision is some the usual ostentatious
quirkiness and instead replaced with a competitive mix of new sounds, big
ballards and dropping beats that will worm their way into your ear.
Classic ear worms (songs that get stuck in your head) from
this year’s competition include Bonnie Tyler and Believe In Me and the beautiful Eg
A Lif. But look out for Ireland with Only
Love Survives, and Malta with Tomorrow.
It is safe to say, my favourites for 2013 have kept it simple instead of trying
to be everything to everyone and as a result have created some of the best
music Eurovision has ever seen.
It was tough to pick a winner, but coming out on top for
me, and I hope this is a good omen for Hungary was ByeAlex with Kedvesem. This cute song sung in
Hungarian, translates to she’s the one
for me, whirls around your ears and takes you on a melodic and hypnotic journey
of love.
Like every year expect the unexpected. I think if there
is a song that leaps out from left field it could be Igranka performed by Who
See from Montenegro. This song deliberately avoids being mainstream and
maybe just enough of a leap to take the music savvy audience with it. Cezar
from Romania will leave you in vocal bewilderment, but I am not sure this will
be enough for the vocally schizophrenic talent (I mean that in a nice way) to take the title.
Finally, watch out for
Finland’s answer to Pink. Krista Siegfrids is a power packed performer with a gritty
edge and with a song called Marry Me,
could well be on a winner, especially with countries like France passing new marriage
equality laws.
For everything Eurovision
visit http://www.eurovision.tv/page/malmo-2013
Gordon’s Eurovision Points for 2013
Douze points - Kedvesem (Zoohacker Remix) performed by ByeAlex - HungaryDix points - Only Love Survives performed by Ryan Dolan - Ireland
Huit points - Tomorrow performed by Gianluca - Malta
Sept points - Eg A Lif performed by Eythor Ingi - Iceland
Six points - Believe In Me performed by Bonnie Tyler – United Kingdom
Cinq points - What If performed by Dina Garipova - Russia
Quatre points - L’enfer Et Moi performed by Amandine Bourgeois - France
Trois points - I Feed You My Love performed by Margaret Berger - Norway
Deux points - Only Teardrops performed by Emmelie de Forest - Denmark
Un point - Marry Me performed by Krista Siegfrids – Finland
Then….
11. Identitet, performed by Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko – Albania
12. Love Kills performed by Roberto Bellarosa – Belgium
13. L’Essenziale performed by Marco Mengoni – Italy
14. You performed by Robin Stjernberg – Sweden
15. Igranka performed by Who See – Montenegro
16. Contigo Hasta El Final (With you until the end) performed by ESDM – Spain
17. Glorious performed by Cascada - Germany
18. Straight Into Love performed by Hannah – Slovenia
19. Its my life performed by Cezar – Romania
20. Hold Me performed by Farid Mammadov - Azerbaijan
21. Mizerja performed by Elitsa Todorova, Stoyan Yankulov - Croatia
22. Shine performed by Natália Kelly – Austria
23. You and Me performed by Takasa – Switzerland
24. Waterfall performed by Nodi Tatishvili & Sophie Gelovani - Georgia
25. Ljubav Je Svuda performed by Moje 3 – Serbia
26. solayoh performed by Alyona Lanskaya - Belarus
27. Something performed by Andrius Pojavis - Lithuania
28. Birds performed by Anouk – The Netherlands
29. An Me Thimasai performed by Despina Olympiou – Cyprus
30. Et Uus Saaks Alguse performed by Birgit – Estonia
31. Gravity performed by Zlata Ognevich – Ukraine
32. Lonely Planet performed by Dorians - Armenia
33.O Mie performed by Aliona Moon - Moldova
34. Alcohol Is Free performed by Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis - Greece
35. Pred Da Se Razdeni performed by Esma & Lozano – FYR Macedonia
36. Samo Shampioni performed by Elitsa Todorova, Stoyan Yankulov – Bulgaria
37. Crisalide (Vola) performed by Valentina Monetta – San Marino
38. Rak Bishvilo performed by Moran Mazor – Israel
Last place…….Here We Go performed by PeR – Latvia (sorry Latvia :()
PS - I will be watching Eurovision live via the live stream and will be tweeting like a crazy man - you can follow me at twitter.com/gordonwatson or friend me on Facebook at facebook.com/gordonjameswatson
