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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?
Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl are representing Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel with their song Sebi. The duo won EMA, the Slovenian National Final show, being put forward by the Juries to the Top 2 and then overwhelmingly winning the televote. Are the stars once again lining up for Slovenia to qualify? And do we give it the stamp of approval? This is the ESC United “Expert” Jury.
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 Slovenian 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.
[socialpoll id=”2544562″]Current ESC United Team Ranking:
- ITALY: Mahmood – Soldi 8.70
- THE NETHERLANDS: Duncan Laurence – Arcade 8.67
- SWEDEN: John Lundvik – Too Late For Love 8.06
- SWITZERLAND: Luca Hänni – She Got Me 8.01
- CYPRUS: Tamta – Replay 7.95
- GREECE: Katerine Duska – Better Love 7.89
- NORWAY: KEiiNO – Spirits in the Sky 7.87
- AZERBAIJAN: Chingiz – Truth 7.62
- SPAIN: Miki – La Venda 7.57
- ARMENIA: Srbuk – Walking Out 7.26
- MALTA: Michele – Chameleon 7.18
- ICELAND: Hatari – Hatrið mun sigra – 7.13
- SAN MARINO: Serhat – Say Na Na Na 7.07
- ALBANIA: Jonida Maliqi – Ktheju tokës 7.00
- RUSSIA: Sergey Lazarev – Scream 6.99
- ESTONIA: Victor Crone – Storm 6.90
- HUNGARY: Joci Pápai – Az én apám 6.87
- SERBIA: Nevena Božović – Kruna 6.84
- BELGIUM: Eliot – Wake Up 6.73
- SLOVENIA: Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl – Sebi 6.69
- PORTUGAL: Conan Osiris – Telemoveis 6.50
- NORTH MACEDONIA: Tamara Todevska – Proud 6.43
- GERMANY: S!sters – Sister 6.19
- AUSTRALIA: Kate Miller-Heidke – Zero Gravity 6.12
- ROMANIA: Ester Peony – On A Sunday 6.05
- IRELAND: Sarah McTernan – 22 6.04
- UNITED KINGDOM: Michael Rice – Bigger Than Us 6.03
- BELARUS: Zena – Like It 5.79
- ISRAEL: Kobi Marimi – Home 5.75
- CZECH REPUBLIC: Lake Malawi – Friend of A Friend 5.73
- AUSTRIA: Paenda – Limits 5.65
- DENMARK: Leonora – Love Is Forever 5.63 (Highest Scores: 9,8.5)
- POLAND: Tulia – Fire of Love (Pali się) – 5.63 (Highest Scores: 9,8)
- LATVIA: Carousel – That Night 5.60
- LITHUANIA: Jurij Veklenko – Run with the Lions 5.50
- FRANCE: Bilal Hassani – Roi 5.38
- MOLDOVA: Anna Odobescu – Stay 4.90
- GEORGIA: Oto Nemsadze – Keep On Going 4.89
- CROATIA: Roko – The Dream 4.53
- MONTENEGRO: D-Moll- Heaven 4.44
Reader’s Ranking
- MALTA: Michele – Chameleon 8.42
- NORWAY: KEiiNO – Spirits in the Sky 8.05
- PORTUGAL: Conan Osiris – Telemoveis 8.00
- SPAIN: Miki – La Venda 7.97
- ITALY: Mahmood – Soldi 7.96
- ICELAND: Hatari – Hatrið mun sigra – 7.86 (10 Points=57.2%)
- GREECE: Katerine Duska – Better Love 7.86 (10 Points=49.7%)
- ARMENIA: Srbuk – Walking Out 7.61
- AZERBAIJAN: Chingiz – Truth 7.55
- BELGIUM: Eliot – Wake Up 7.07
- ALBANIA: Jonida Maliqi – Ktheju tokës 6.89
- SERBIA: Nevena Božović – Kruna 6.88
- ROMANIA: Ester Peony – On A Sunday 6.60
- SWEDEN: John Lundvik – Too Late For Love 6.54 (10 Points=21.3%)
- FRANCE: Bilal Hassani – Roi 6.54 (10 Points=18.1%)
- ISRAEL: Kobi Marimi – Home 6.52
- RUSSIA: Sergey Lazarev – Scream 6.51
- HUNGARY: Joci Pápai – Az én apám 6.48
- POLAND: Tulia – Fire of Love (Pali się) – 6.40
- SAN MARINO: Serhat – Say Na Na Na 6.37
- NORTH MACEDONIA: Tamara Todevska – Proud 6.19
- ESTONIA: Victor Crone – Storm 6.01
- UNITED KINGDOM: Michael Rice – Bigger Than Us 5.84
- BELARUS: Zena – Like It 5.41
- GERMANY: S!sters – Sister 5.38
- IRELAND: Sarah McTernan – 22 5.24
- MONTENEGRO: D-Moll- Heaven 4.87
- LATVIA: Carousel – That Night 4.65
- MOLDOVA: Anna Odobescu – Stay 4.27
- CROATIA: Roko – The Dream 3.92
- GEORGIA: Oto Nemsadze – Keep On Going 3.48
- CZECH REPUBLIC: Lake Malawi – Friend of A Friend Ongoing
- AUSTRIA: Paenda – Limits Ongoing
- CYPRUS: Tamta – Replay Ongoing
- THE NETHERLANDS: Duncan Laurence – Arcade Ongoing
- DENMARK: Leonora – Love Is Forever Ongoing
- LITHUANIA: Jurij Veklenko – Run with the Lions Ongoing
- AUSTRALIA: Kate Miller-Heidke – Zero Gravity Ongoing
- SWITZERLAND: Luca Hänni – She Got Me Ongoing
- SLOVENIA: Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl – Sebi Ongoing
Constantinos
May 6, 2019 at 14:25
Tis “expert” panel and “readers” panel should have been closed before rehearsals start.