North Macedonia FYR MACEDONIA 2015 - Daniel Kajmakoski - Autumn Leaves

[Mimi]

Daniel's FB:"Viewing room .... we make some correction after viewing second rehearsal. Stay Tuned!!!"

 

[Stargazer]

They're the group who sang "No Diggity," and Daniel's a longtime fan, so he successfully asked them to back him up.

Wow didn't even realize it was Blackstreet. Talk about a '90s flashback! But still, they don't fit the song and I think this will be Macedonia's downfall. He should have been solo on the stage against an epic backdrop.

 

[anselm]

Here's our interview with Daniel:

 

[Mimi]

 

[Sean]

Here's our interview with Daniel Kajmakoski in case you missed it.

 

[Illyrios]

The song is fantastic. That choreography had me almost in tears from laughter, though.

The third backup singer that kept grabbing his crotch for some reason. Absolutely hilarious.

 

[ZoboCamel]

The choreography just seems like the final problem in a series of events that have made Macedonia slip down my rankings this year. They were my #1 with Lisja Esenski! I wanted to support them! Everything just gradually went downhill after the revamp was released, and I'm only barely supporting them to qualify now... 1

I really do have a love/hate relationship with Macedonia in Eurovision; they almost always choose something I like and then let me down. I was devastated when they didn't qualify in 2010, and I was glad to see them doing well in 2012 but confused as to why it got better results than certain other songs. I enjoyed Imperija in 2013, and even after they made the swap to Pred da se Razdeni, I still hoped they'd do well... and then Esma ruined the live completely. I liked them last year, but staging and a weak live ruined it again. And now for this year they've chosen my favourite Macedonian Eurovision song yet from the NFs, they had plenty of time to draw out the song's potential, and... used it to significantly weaken the song and come up with some weird staging.

GAH.

 

[aletem]

Much, much better than the first two rehearsals. It looks better now and no silly circle dancing!

 

[Biste]

Thank god they changed things again. This is so much better than at the 2nd rehearsal!

 

[niko]

This is so bad. It's just bad, bland and boring. The song goes nowhere.

 

[MyHeartIsYours]

I like the song, he's a good singer, and the stage looks fantastic. But those backing singers? How do they fit with the song at all?! 7 points.

 

[NemesisNick]

I've just seen the preview video on eurovision.tv for F.Y.R. Macedonia. Does anyone know the significance of the series of boy and girl pictures being drawn during the video?

 

[FoxOfShadows]

Please don't withdraw. Please don't withdraw. Please don't withdraw

 

[Grinch]

Please don't withdraw. Please don't withdraw. Please don't withdraw

Why would they?

 

[Luki]

Such a meh song, but he did well. Still think this ended up 16th in semi.

 

[FoxOfShadows]

Why would they?

Their participation this year was very shaky and this might have just tipped them over the edge

 

[Brandt]

The song was not good enough. However, his staging was good. It could have qualified around 8th - 10th but missed. Still, there are much worse qualifiers than that song. Not a surprise it failed, afterall.

 

[Fluke]

Oh god, what the HELL just happened there? He was a whole tone off pitch for part of it! He sounded like a broken tape recorder randomly warbling up and down in pitch at one spot! I almost feel sorry for him now, his in-ear monitor must have cut out completely or something, there's no other way it could go THAT wrong....

 

[Grinch]

The song was not good enough. However, his staging was good. It could have qualified around 8th - 10th but missed. Still, there are much worse qualifiers than that song. Not a surprise it failed, afterall.

To me, it's the opposite. The song is good but the staging SOOC

 

[toinou03]

Euh... What a boredom... And what a bad staging... :?