Jonas Myrin doesn't have residence there though. His Twitter even says "Londoner from Sweden" or something to that effect
Yep I had a look through his Twitter last night just to try to find out, and tbf looking through it seems he lives in Germany now, there seems to be other stories about him saying that too. I suppose it's similar to Raymond Barker and I had considered possibly selecting Trash for France before myself, so it's hard for me to have an issue with it. The problem is there's about 10 songs you could probably put a question mark over without knowing totally what the rules are and then it starts to get a bit messy, I think it just needs clearing up a bit next time if possible.
Nothing like a good sleep, to calm down a bit, I'm on concerned with Norway at the moment. I believe I have been a bit less strict with rules, but I want to get this contest going properly.
Romania: I heard this song a while back but wasn't really a fan of it. The chorus sounds a lot more awesome and anthemic than I remember it to be, but I think the electro-beat overwhelms it a bit. Still, a good song. 6/10 Montenegro: It's okay but not very good, but it is Montenegro so I wasn't expecting anything fantastic. 4/10 Armenia: It's no Sirusho. It has a bit too much of that regions twang on the song to be enjoyable, but it's not bad. Just middle of the road. 5/10 Monaco: The first standout of the contest! I've heard this song and it's always been pretty impressive, following the other songs it stands out even more. Really like it! 9/10 Tunisia: I was expecting this to be much worse than it is... It's actually alright, a bit cheesy but not bad. I think it'll struggle to qualify though with only 8 places. - and then this is a lesson why I should listen to the full song before I review, as opposed to review whilst i'm listening. The rap was an unpleasant surprise an otherwise good song. 4/10 Azerbaijan: It annoys me how Dima knows he's hot and totally takes advantage of it. I like the video, and the song itself is okay. It sounds like a Russian equivalent to some Usher duet. 6/10 Wales: Been a fan of her for a while now, and this song is awesome. But the video is literally one of the saddest things, ever. Good song. 8/10 Estonia: Lmao, Smirnoff. This is really good, the standard is getting strong! 7.5/10 Liechtenstein: This is a tricky one. The song itself is incredible, like, I had it down as a winner from the second I heard it last year... and even had it as my song for Finland... But I don't agree with it being used for Liechtenstein, so i'm torn. I tend to vote on songs anyway so I will give it points but I really hope this doesn't win anymore, which is a shame because it's a winner-worthy song. 10/10 Serbia: Oh, this is good. Impressed, especially for Serbia! I really like it. 7.5/10 Greenland: I'm a big fan of Soluna, robbed last year at Eurovision and I like this song as much as I liked that other song that Katsuya used last year. My only problem is that i'm just not sure how well it stands out. It will definitely be getting points out of me, though. 6.5/10 Morocco: This has potential to be good but it doesn't quite ever get there for me, sorry. 5/10 Italy: Italy always delivers in this contest, despite never having that win. This is no different. It's not an 'epic' song like Cercavo Amore/E'Lamore Che Conte but it's good and deserves to qualify in my opinion. 8/10 Albania: This song sounds ridiculously familiar, but I have no recognition of ever hearing it before. I like it but it's not great, a bit dull. The chorus is strong but not strong enough to recover it and keep it up to the standard seen in this SF. It is really good for Albania, though, and I think it would've qualified in a Final/SF/QF format. 7/10 England: I remember 'Some Kinda Rush' by these people lol... This isn't as good, sorry, but it's nice to still see them releasing music. I think, if this had been marketed well, it could've been a big club hit! Thumbs down from me though, sorry. 6/10 Russia: I've always been a fan of Nyusha's music, I don't even know why. I love her name lots, too. But, unfortunately, there is something about this song that I'm just not loving as much as I have done previous songs. I think it's pretty insignificant in comparison to the other songs. Northern Ireland: I've always been a fan of 2DCC. This isn't their best song entered but it's still good. 7/10 Iceland: Aw, I was expecting this song to be entered at some point. I like it, but it's not very... interesting. I'm a bit over these quiet, quirky songs with nothing going on in them. Not the worst in this SF but it doesn't stand out as being one of the best, either. 6.5/10 San Marino: There's something really annoying about his voice, so i'm not a fan, sorry. 4/10
I can tell that qualifying is not going to be anything easy... There are 11 songs I would be happy with qualifying, but my ideal top 8, which is never going to happen, would be:
Albania
Estonia
Italy
Liechtenstein
Monaco
Northern Ireland
Serbia
Wales
Favorites:):
Liechtenstein, Iceland, Italy and Morocco (finally a great Morrocan rock group)
Furthermore: Albania, Montenegro, Estonia (good finds for difficult countries)
It's hard to tell, some places that only have one decent source say 'heritage', so I guess you'd have to accept it as it could be grandparents or parents.
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Yep I had a look through his Twitter last night just to try to find out, and tbf looking through it seems he lives in Germany now, there seems to be other stories about him saying that too. I suppose it's similar to Raymond Barker and I had considered possibly selecting Trash for France before myself, so it's hard for me to have an issue with it. The problem is there's about 10 songs you could probably put a question mark over without knowing totally what the rules are and then it starts to get a bit messy, I think it just needs clearing up a bit next time if possible.
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Vote in the usual Eurovision fashion, and voting closes on the 13th February 2013.
Norway - Katzenjammer - Rock-Paper-Scissors
Romania: I heard this song a while back but wasn't really a fan of it. The chorus sounds a lot more awesome and anthemic than I remember it to be, but I think the electro-beat overwhelms it a bit. Still, a good song. 6/10
Montenegro: It's okay but not very good, but it is Montenegro so I wasn't expecting anything fantastic. 4/10
Armenia: It's no Sirusho. It has a bit too much of that regions twang on the song to be enjoyable, but it's not bad. Just middle of the road. 5/10
Monaco: The first standout of the contest! I've heard this song and it's always been pretty impressive, following the other songs it stands out even more. Really like it! 9/10
Tunisia: I was expecting this to be much worse than it is... It's actually alright, a bit cheesy but not bad. I think it'll struggle to qualify though with only 8 places. - and then this is a lesson why I should listen to the full song before I review, as opposed to review whilst i'm listening. The rap was an unpleasant surprise an otherwise good song. 4/10
Azerbaijan: It annoys me how Dima knows he's hot and totally takes advantage of it. I like the video, and the song itself is okay. It sounds like a Russian equivalent to some Usher duet. 6/10
Wales: Been a fan of her for a while now, and this song is awesome. But the video is literally one of the saddest things, ever. Good song. 8/10
Estonia: Lmao, Smirnoff. This is really good, the standard is getting strong! 7.5/10
Liechtenstein: This is a tricky one. The song itself is incredible, like, I had it down as a winner from the second I heard it last year... and even had it as my song for Finland... But I don't agree with it being used for Liechtenstein, so i'm torn. I tend to vote on songs anyway so I will give it points but I really hope this doesn't win anymore, which is a shame because it's a winner-worthy song. 10/10
Serbia: Oh, this is good. Impressed, especially for Serbia! I really like it. 7.5/10
Greenland: I'm a big fan of Soluna, robbed last year at Eurovision and I like this song as much as I liked that other song that Katsuya used last year. My only problem is that i'm just not sure how well it stands out. It will definitely be getting points out of me, though. 6.5/10
Morocco: This has potential to be good but it doesn't quite ever get there for me, sorry. 5/10
Italy: Italy always delivers in this contest, despite never having that win. This is no different. It's not an 'epic' song like Cercavo Amore/E'Lamore Che Conte but it's good and deserves to qualify in my opinion. 8/10
Albania: This song sounds ridiculously familiar, but I have no recognition of ever hearing it before. I like it but it's not great, a bit dull. The chorus is strong but not strong enough to recover it and keep it up to the standard seen in this SF. It is really good for Albania, though, and I think it would've qualified in a Final/SF/QF format. 7/10
England: I remember 'Some Kinda Rush' by these people lol... This isn't as good, sorry, but it's nice to still see them releasing music. I think, if this had been marketed well, it could've been a big club hit! Thumbs down from me though, sorry. 6/10
Russia: I've always been a fan of Nyusha's music, I don't even know why. I love her name lots, too. But, unfortunately, there is something about this song that I'm just not loving as much as I have done previous songs. I think it's pretty insignificant in comparison to the other songs.
Northern Ireland: I've always been a fan of 2DCC. This isn't their best song entered but it's still good. 7/10
Iceland: Aw, I was expecting this song to be entered at some point. I like it, but it's not very... interesting. I'm a bit over these quiet, quirky songs with nothing going on in them. Not the worst in this SF but it doesn't stand out as being one of the best, either. 6.5/10
San Marino: There's something really annoying about his voice, so i'm not a fan, sorry. 4/10
I can tell that qualifying is not going to be anything easy... There are 11 songs I would be happy with qualifying, but my ideal top 8, which is never going to happen, would be:
Albania
Estonia
Italy
Liechtenstein
Monaco
Northern Ireland
Serbia
Wales
Albania
Azerbaijan
England
Estonia
Italy
Liechtenstein
Monaco
Northern Ireland
Romania
Wales
Liechtenstein, Iceland, Italy and Morocco (finally a great Morrocan rock group)
Furthermore: Albania, Montenegro, Estonia (good finds for difficult countries)
Reminding people.
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Vote in the usual Eurovision fashion, and voting closes on the 16th February 2013.
Austrian heritage apparently (on Wikipedia)
Sorry, I coulda sworn that said something other than Austrian (with the Maltese), I must have misread it
You might have been repeating the 'Australia' from the first sentence.:p
Yeah, I think that was it.
It's hard to tell, some places that only have one decent source say 'heritage', so I guess you'd have to accept it as it could be grandparents or parents.
I think I prefer this to the Train number so in the end the change has done it good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF79kG8yF2Y
Damn you copyright!:mad:
Any way, Vimeo link