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Estonia ESTONIA 2021 - Uku Suviste - The Lucky One
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Ezio
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I am so obsessed with this song right now, so much energy in this power schlager and his voice.
Last year's cheese was already saved by his amazing voice. This year the song is actually quite nice and his voice is the whipped cream on top of it.
Last year's cheese was already saved by his amazing voice. This year the song is actually quite nice and his voice is the whipped cream on top of it.
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The way Uku would have already represented Estonia in 2010 if he wasn't eliminated in the preselection.
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I had not seen the live performance. That was... really good?!
He upped his game staging-wise: the LED backgrounds, the bits of pre-recorded videos, the chains... Even the color scheme is on point, for the song definitely requires cold hues imo. Also, I like that he is alone on stage, we don't get off-topic props or a cheesy couple of interpretative dancers in the background.
Vocally, he sounded competent. I don't know if it's because he was very focused or into the song, but he looked more humble and human than the "icy Ken" realness he used to give me the last couple of years.
ERR definitely has a solid base to work on visually imo. They may tweak and fine-tune whatever they want, but please keep the color scheme and do not add dancers. Aitäh.
Ezio
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He sounded absolutely great, which makes Denmark sound horrible, if you listen to it next.
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Just came to say I haven't listened to the winner's song, but gave a chance to the other finalists, as Eesti Laul once was a cool, diverse selection I could enjoy, even if most songs are not fitting to my usual songs. Now what is left of that? There are like 75 % male pop ballads and I assume the winner is more or less the same (maybe minus the ballad part). From the rest of this final there are female artists, going actually also for cleansed pop stuff, I hardly find any living soul in. That leaves me with Jüri Pootsmann, Egert Milder and Redel. Could enjoy Egert Milder because it's more folksy at least. Had some enjoyable seconds with Redel, but was still left overly annoyed, so only act I'd have hoped for is Jüri as well. But once again, what happened to Eesti Laul? It's like Melfest 2.0 -_-
EDIT: To explain why I haven't listened to Uku so far. I'll wait for the live stagings in May to try having an unbiased oppinion about the songs. Only exceptions are known from the other threads...
EDIT: To explain why I haven't listened to Uku so far. I'll wait for the live stagings in May to try having an unbiased oppinion about the songs. Only exceptions are known from the other threads...
The Lucky One, might truly be a lucky one.
Out of Uku's other entries, this is something I'm okay with. The production is great on this one, the percussions hit on the right spot on the song, the melody is also better than 'What Love Is', which is a total relief. Maybe I'm not really okay with the number of vocal layers in it, it's way too much and we already have a heavy layering since the first verse, kind of a way to abolish the pre-recording rules, isn't it? The melody and the way Uku sings somehow reminds me of John Lundvik (especially the bridge), and I can actually imagine John singing 'The Lucky One'.
The staging have improved from the semifinal to final, but I feel it'll be a harder job to recreate the same thing at the Rotterdam stage. I'm curious if there will be a significant chang e or they'll keep the same elements with what they had in the final.
? Am I too generous? It's good and does not offend me in any way. Good luck, Uku!
Out of Uku's other entries, this is something I'm okay with. The production is great on this one, the percussions hit on the right spot on the song, the melody is also better than 'What Love Is', which is a total relief. Maybe I'm not really okay with the number of vocal layers in it, it's way too much and we already have a heavy layering since the first verse, kind of a way to abolish the pre-recording rules, isn't it? The melody and the way Uku sings somehow reminds me of John Lundvik (especially the bridge), and I can actually imagine John singing 'The Lucky One'.
The staging have improved from the semifinal to final, but I feel it'll be a harder job to recreate the same thing at the Rotterdam stage. I'm curious if there will be a significant chang e or they'll keep the same elements with what they had in the final.
? Am I too generous? It's good and does not offend me in any way. Good luck, Uku!
Uku flopped hard with the Juries. 8th/12 Place in the Semi.
In the Superfinal he won with around 46%.
Last Year he had 70%.
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In the Superfinal he won with around 46%.
Last Year he had 70%.
Uku Suvistele tõi Eesti Laulu superfinaalis võidu 24 081 häält
Laupäeval toimunud Eesti Laulu finaalis anti kokku enam kui 100 000 häält. Mõlemad publiku hääletusvoorud võitis Uku Suviste, kelle poolt helistati esimeses voorus 11 393 korda ja superfinaalis 24 081 korda.
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Uku flopped hard with the Juries. 8th/12 Place in the Semi.
In the Superfinal he won with around 46%.
Last Year he had 70%.
Uku Suvistele tõi Eesti Laulu superfinaalis võidu 24 081 häält
Laupäeval toimunud Eesti Laulu finaalis anti kokku enam kui 100 000 häält. Mõlemad publiku hääletusvoorud võitis Uku Suviste, kelle poolt helistati esimeses voorus 11 393 korda ja superfinaalis 24 081 korda.
which is weird to say the least. I mean I still hate this song, but it was better than last year.. it's true that the competition was harder this year. but yeah I mean to come 8th/12th in an Eesti Laul semi - tragic to say the least.. he'll not qualify at esc.
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Uku flopped hard with the Juries. 8th/12 Place in the Semi.
In the Superfinal he won with around 46%.
Last Year he had 70%.
Uku Suvistele tõi Eesti Laulu superfinaalis võidu 24 081 häält
Laupäeval toimunud Eesti Laulu finaalis anti kokku enam kui 100 000 häält. Mõlemad publiku hääletusvoorud võitis Uku Suviste, kelle poolt helistati esimeses voorus 11 393 korda ja superfinaalis 24 081 korda.
Wow, Gram-O-Fun was no. 3 on the second round of televoting.
So close to qualify to the finals, but then again, it would have never won.
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I must say that the lyrics are 10/10 and the song is something I'd love to listen to on the radio while driving, but the overall melody doesn't get a grip
because strong lyrics
because strong lyrics
rasmuslights
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I really hate the estonian voting system.. especially the superfinal concept..
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I do agree, I find the superfinal concept pretty silly though. But I guess it's just to generate more money.
But what do you hate about the Estonian voting system? I thought it's actually alright.
Letting the public to select 2 more entries they prefer from the "left-overs".
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Yeah ... and people dared to complain about Uku's vocals, yeah there were some minor issues but it's nothing compared to what was going on with that Danish song live. I mean the vocalist was off the key like almost 50% of time during much easier song.
the only reason we have a superfinal is because of m o n e y, and it's highly unlikely that we will get rid of it any time soon (especially not with our current terrible HoD, who recently said that he wants even MORE songs competing at eesti laul)
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Well, Uku would have won this year anyway, even without the superfinal. Since they probably would have used televote scores as the deciding factor. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the superfinal myself. On one hand, it's kind of nice to have the televoters get the final say.. on the other, it does makes the jury somewhat useless. Talking about juries tho', the differences between the local one and international one are pretty big! Sissi was only 7th in the semi jury ranking, but won the entire thing in the final. She did have a better performance there, but still. And Wingman was 11th in the semi ranking and second in the final... with the exact same performance no less! I guess not all juries have the same taste, but this is a bit extreme.
Since they probably would have used televote scores as the deciding factor. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the superfinal myself. On one hand, it's kind of nice to have the televoters get the final say.. on the other, it does makes the jury somewhat useless. Talking about juries tho', the differences between the local one and international one are pretty big! Sissi was only 7th in the semi jury ranking, but won the entire thing in the final. She did have a better performance there, but still. And Wingman was 11th in the semi ranking and second in the final... with the exact same performance no less! I guess not all juries have the same taste, but this is a bit extreme.
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We all know the REAL reason Uku stormed to the win:
She was stuck to that telephone the entire evening.
She was stuck to that telephone the entire evening.
