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  1. Neo

    Norway NORWAY 2024 - Gåte - Ulveham

    The juries usually want to root out Europeanness, but there's been a shift where at least national language is accepted now. Ethnic music and thematics is probably too far, and we saw it in the national final when the international juries voted it down.
  2. Neo

    Finland FINLAND 2024 - Windows95man - No Rules!

    Well that was different.. :whistle:
  3. Neo

    Bosnia & Herzegovina BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 2024 - not taking part

    Wasn't this song in Serbian and Marija half Serbian? How was that received?
  4. Neo

    Bosnia & Herzegovina BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 2024 - not taking part

    Can I just say 2007 Marija Sestic - Rijeka Bez Imena regularly pops up in the head unlike few others and has over the years turned out to be one of my absolute favorites? Beautifully sung too.
  5. Neo

    Norway NORWAY 2024 - Gåte - Ulveham

    :12: .. from me. Right up my alley with heavy and ethnic. I'm also taken with Gunhild's performance. A very good MGP this. One of the best IMO.
  6. Neo

    Norway NORWAY 2024 - Gåte - Ulveham

    IMO mistake by Gåte with that official video. Doesn't fit at all, and just 'demystifies' things. Yes they have a nice studio, but the video from the semi-final would have been much better to promote with.
  7. Neo

    Norway NORWAY 2024 - Gåte - Ulveham

    Downvoting anything European and upvoting anything remotely Billboard has always been the jury way. (although recently improved to allow national language) Stars have to align for that to happen as juries wil undoubtedly vote it down. I lol'ed :ROFLMAO:
  8. Neo

    Iceland ICELAND 2024 - Hera Björk - Scared of Heights

    Listened to all now Still can't get over how many good voices and songmakers there are in tiny Iceland Clear favorite is Blankiflúr - Sjá þig I can understand Iceland considering to drop out because of the Gaza genocide, but IMO they shouldn't. No politics in Eurovision and the booing on the...
  9. Neo

    Norway NORWAY 2024 - Gåte - Ulveham

    Damdiggida is not a venereal disease. It's when you pull out early.
  10. Neo

    Norway NORWAY 2024 - Gåte - Ulveham

    But not sure it's really just up to us. And I don't just mean juries either. With Erika Norwich having 100K + followers on TikTok it's likely some of the diehards will manage to register as voters. I don't think the registration process is that strict at all. Just install an app and send off...
  11. Neo

    Norway NORWAY 2024 - Gåte - Ulveham

    They do rig. That the last 3 songs in each semi went through to the final is of course no coincidence. The best songs were deliberately put there. KEiiNO last in the last final with the worst group says who they most wanted to go through. The recipe is clear: A fast act to start the show, then...
  12. Neo

    Norway NORWAY 2024 - Gåte - Ulveham

    Absolutely they have favorites. The level of influence from articles on their web page, to the ordering of songs and semis, to selecting juries, and now even having 'judges' judging the songs during the show, is really astounding. I can understand it as Norwegians have weird tastes and are...
  13. Neo

    Norway NORWAY 2024 - Gåte - Ulveham

    Surely means KEiiNO is lost and that My AI is going to take it as all the semis were the top 3 last. They just put KEiiNO first to be a party starter. Either a lot of Erika Norwich's international Tik-Tok followers managed to register to vote (using VPN or whatever), or that's just what the...
  14. Neo

    Norway NORWAY 2024 - Gåte - Ulveham

    Bizarre with Gåte's lyrics needing to be changed after first being okayed. It's stretching the 'original' thing a bit far if century old folk reuse is too far, especially with all the genre rehashing that goes on in ESC. Agree juries would always go for vocal performance and the most...
  15. Neo

    Norway NORWAY 2024 - Gåte - Ulveham

    Yeah how else to explain the fascination with kitsch lately Venus too. No doubt this was NRK ensuring 'diversity' to the final. They are pretty obsessive with that.
  16. Neo

    Norway NORWAY 2024 - Gåte - Ulveham

    His voice is also very good for the song. Total pros. And yes a likely disappointment coming up with the odds favoring Ulveham.
  17. Neo

    Norway NORWAY 2024 - Gåte - Ulveham

    Yeah agree. It's really grown on me too.
  18. Neo

    Norway NORWAY 2024 - Gåte - Ulveham

    Shame about Venus, it just didn't translate well to live, and she also made the mistake of being in her 50s. (NRK's notorious lighting didn't help either of course) The US country song is no surprise as that's who Norway is, but the AI thing I don't get at all. Because it was like Aqua, is that...
  19. Neo

    Norway NORWAY 2024 - Gåte - Ulveham

    Been listening to Eli Kristin Hanssveen - Touch of Venus which is really good and superbly sung with a good voice, but no surprise as she's a professional soprano. Unfortunately the lyrics is the 'woman good, men bad' tripe that is well past its sell-by date. (imagine a guy singing touch of mars...
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