The “Expert” Panel reviews Norway: KEiiNO – Spirits in the Sky | (Eurovision 2019)

It’s back! The (in)famous ESC United “Expert” Panel is returning once again! While we don’t claim to be professionally qualified to judge anything, we certainly have strong opinions, so our staff and editors got together to review all 41 of the songs taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 which will take place in Tel Aviv, Israel this May.  Which song are we going to pick as our overall favorite, and will #YOU agree with us or decide on a different winner?

KEiiNO is going to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song contest 2019 with their song “Spirits in the Sky”. The trio won the Norwegian Selection Show Melodi Grand Prix with a fairly large margin from the televoters and will try their best to qualify from the Semi-Finals and potentially even more. The song is inspired by the struggles for equal rights regardless of ethnicity, gender identity and sexuality, given their long struggle in pursuit of equal rights. How does the ESC United “Expert” Panel feel about it?

Watch our video to get our detailed thoughts and scores and don’t forget to vote in the poll. What score do you give to the Norwegian entry? Will the reader’s results differ greatly from ours? We’ll find out soon enough. You can find the team’s individual score in the video description box.

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Current ESC United Team Ranking:

1. NORWAY: KEiiNO – Spirits in the Sky 7.87
2. AZERBAIJAN: Chingiz – Truth 7.62
3. SAN MARINO: Serhat – Say Na Na Na 7.07
4. ALBANIA: Jonida Maliqi – Ktheju tokës 7.00
5. HUNGARY: Joci Pápai – Az én apám 6.87
6. BELGIUM: Eliot – Wake Up 6.73
7. NORTH MACEDONIA: Tamara Todevska – Proud 6.43
8. GERMANY: S!sters – Sister 6.19
9. UNITED KINGDOM: Michael Rice – Bigger Than Us 6.03
10. POLAND: Tulia – Fire of Love (Pali się) – 5.63
11. FRANCE: Bilal Hassani – Roi 5.38
12. GEORGIA: Oto Nemsadze – Keep On Going 4.89
13. CROATIA: Roko – The Dream 4.53

Reader’s Ranking

1. AZERBAIJAN: Chingiz – Truth 7.55
2. BELGIUM: Eliot – Wake Up 7.07
3. ALBANIA: Jonida Maliqi – Ktheju tokës 6.89
4. FRANCE: Bilal Hassani – Roi 6.54
5. HUNGARY: Joci Pápai – Az én apám 6.48
6. NORTH MACEDONIA: Tamara Todevska – Proud 6.19
7. UNITED KINGDOM: Michael Rice – Bigger Than Us 5.84
8. GERMANY: S!sters – Sister 5.38
9. CROATIA: Roko – The Dream 3.92
10. SAN MARINO: Serhat – Say Na Na Na Ongoing
11. GEORGIA: Oto Nemsadze – Keep On Going Ongoing
12. POLAND: Tulia – Fire of Love (Pali się) – Ongoing
13. NORWAY: KEiiNO – Spirits in the Sky Ongoing