An amateur here but ...can anyone beat Italy?
StephenHKent
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Hi everyone.
I'm not a eurovision expert but I came across the Italian entry on youtube. Wow. Musically faultless with an incredible climax. As long as the boys voices are steady and they avoid a cheesy wooden delivery, surely this is a world class song and will win?
..prove me wrong, euro fans!
my all time fave euro song is Iceland a few years ago, "is it true"? I think it was called. Beautiful song, astonishingly simple and powerful with really emotional icy blue visuals, made me weep,I had to watch it over and over. But it came second to an overrated bit of folky fiddling by a dark haired boy.
I'm not a eurovision expert but I came across the Italian entry on youtube. Wow. Musically faultless with an incredible climax. As long as the boys voices are steady and they avoid a cheesy wooden delivery, surely this is a world class song and will win?
..prove me wrong, euro fans!
my all time fave euro song is Iceland a few years ago, "is it true"? I think it was called. Beautiful song, astonishingly simple and powerful with really emotional icy blue visuals, made me weep,I had to watch it over and over. But it came second to an overrated bit of folky fiddling by a dark haired boy.
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Who is your favourite so far?
Be like last year where we have no real idea until the semis have been done and dusted.
I totally agree and I'm grateful for it - it's so much more fun to watch when you're not sure which way the leaderboard is going to go.
Personally I do not like the Italian entry at all, it's not my thing. Right now I see Lithuania as the dark horse - it stands out for me as being such a sweet, joyful song with a fun performance in a year where the majority of entries so far are either angsty, dramatic or sad. Also loving Estonia and Slovenia, and Ireland has a certain charm in how natural it is. But that's just my opinion! Anything could happen before May!
Could it happen? I dont know. Sweden (who ate quite consistent ) are yet to reveal
We virtually know the Swedish representative Hero's by Mans
Pretty much. He'll clean up on the televote and the juries won't hinder him. Bit boring having such an obvious result. Probably another top 5 at Eurovision.
It's not a cool song, but it has 3 young boys singing in an operatic style (Britain went mad for something like this on Britain's got talent), so regardless of the song, people will vote because of that aspect. The little one's red glasses will be all over twitter and that will gain some votes. The song itself is quite good, has a bit of a kick to it and is sung well. Not to mention the fact that this is in an outsider's opinion VERY ITALIAN in style, even if any young Italian hates it because it's stereotypical and not representative of Italy's music scene at the moment. For example I haven't seen this songplayed on any of the musi channels, but a lot of the other San Remo acts are being played. It's not considered cool or quality in Italy by any means but when has that ever stopped a song from winning Eurovision. Alexander with Fairytale for Norway, anyone?
At this early stage, I actually quite like Iceland's pop number. But then it all changes when I see the performances and hear them all properly.
Estonia and Denmark are my faves so far.
Try 30 years it was written in the 1980s apparently yet so was Norway 2008
The song and stile of singing is not to every ones taste but non the less it is powerfully delivered with excellent vocals!
From a voting point of view, I suspect Il Volo who are known as artists across the globe and are representing Italy are going to pick up a lot of votes, potentially I can see a record points haul...
I hope not, tbh. Whilst the staging is obviously excellent the song for me is a let down.
To answer the OP, I think Italy is very beatable. I think it will probably be this years surprise flop.
It certainly sounds like it. You would think that after the Amaury fiasco in 2011 people would wise up that pop opera is not necessarily a good idea for winning the Contest. It wouldn't surprise me if this song misses the top 10, never mind not winning......this is Eurovision, not an episode of Britain's Got Talent.
Agreed. Popera has never managed a top 10 placing in Eurovision as far as I can remember, though admittedly this is probably the best example of the genre we've had at the contest.