Ukraine UKRAINE 2018 - Mélovin - Under the Ladder

[AlekS]

Commentators are rehearsing as well Prytula is preparing to comment on STB:

Douwe Bob?

 

[Fierro]

My honest opinion on rehearsal clip. I feel awkward and disappointed. MELOVIN and his team are so talented and do their job great but two things completely destroy immersion for me:

1) Poor, not. . atrocious! camera work. I despise how they show the staging from the worst possible angles.
2) Audio. I don't hear backing track at all. Only his singing. I want to enjoy entire song, not acapella!!!

Thus said I don't feel the song on this stage at all and I even think there's slight chance we don't qualify to final. No TOP-10, sorry, unless production team will make a miracle (I mean fixing camera and sound).

 

[A-lister]

In your opinion but not in mine, he lives up to his material like no other and it suits him very well.

Just different opinions , I think you didn't really get my point though so I'll not dig deeper into it

Good for you that you support your entry though , I wish I could have the same enthusiasm for our entry but I can't fool myself into liking something that isn't really good . I guess in the case of Ukraine, I'll just have to pass and wait until next year, after a couple of years of dryness from Ukraine's side, I hope you'll get back to form and once again prove me why I rank you one of the best ESC countries of all time.... but that's for the 2019 thread though.

 

[Milos-BC]

never disappoints At least not in my case. I really like this song. He's not in my overall top 10 but he is quite close nonetheless. This should have no issues of passing the semi at all.

6 points.

 

[DaFlo]

Our boy just slayed

 

[AlekS]

http://www.instagram.com/p/BilYUMFADjH/

http://www.instagram.com/p/BikjjrCAEv8/

 

[yulichka]

Going back to Vidbir 2018 - Vilna presented her song in the Ukrainian language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF89-STWKEw

 

[A-lister]

Going back to Vidbir 2018 - Vilna presented her song in the Ukrainian language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF89-STWKEw

She should have gone with Ukrainian from the get-go, English didn't fit it

 

[Fierro]

Now I think this is glorious. Have been listening and watching his jury performance numerous times

BTW What is he doing with Kirkorov here?

Also Diva Monroe

 

[WhoKnows]

She should have gone with Ukrainian from the get-go, English didn't fit it

The Ukrainian lyrics are so off though. Not any better than English tbh.

 

[A-lister]

The Ukrainian lyrics are so off though. Not any better than English tbh.

Maybe, but to a non-Ukrainian speaker it sounds nicer and more fitting. Why people insist on having English in ethnical songs I still don't get, it might work in ethno-Pop, but this wasn't really one those entries.

Anyways, we'll see if she's back next year, her entry was ok but nothing astonishing.

 

[WhoKnows]

Fascinating interview with Ruslan Kvinta (in charge of this year's National Selection). It's in Russian, but he talks about Melovin, the song and ESC in general.

Some highlights
-He doesn't sing Under the Ladder is a hit song, but Melovin is a great performer and really wanted to go to ESC
-He thinks Melovin will finish around 14-15. He also thought Alekseev will do better, around 13-14 because he's famous. lol
-Gaitana was depressed after her ESC flop.

 

[WhoKnows]

Maybe, but to a non-Ukrainian speaker it sounds nicer and more fitting. Why people insist on having English in ethnical songs I still don't get, it might work in ethno-Pop, but this wasn't really one those entries.

Anyways, we'll see if she's back next year, her entry was ok but nothing astonishing.

I would say, of all the finalists this year, she's probably most likely to come back next year. Or at least try.

 

[A-lister]

I would say, of all the finalists this year, she's probably most likely to come back next year. Or at least try.

I can somehow see Ukraine going back to an internal selection though, not sure why.

 

[DaFlo]

MÉLOVINNNNNN

 

[AlekS]

 

[ESCKerli]

I'm probably wrong, but I actually think you or might have won the televote in this semi.

 

[Leydan]

Correct me if i'm wrong... but I do believe Ukraine is now the last country standing with a 100% record.

 

[AlekS]

Correct me if i'm wrong... but I do believe Ukraine is now the last country standing with a 100% record.

+ Australia.

 

[Brandt]

He knows how to rock the stage. One of my absolute favourites this year. Go