9 hours ago, alphanguy74 said:

I literally HATE the way all these female singers sound. I don't even know how to describe it. Anxhela is the only one I like so far. Her voice is beatiful. 

 

And that’s the beauty of Eurovision - the diversity that is on offer. I guarantee that for every female vocalist you don’t like, there will be many people who do like them. Everyone’s tastes are different, and that’s exactly what should be celebrated. There is no one correct way to sing 😉

We’ve have two more entries decided via national finals tonight (Estonia and Denmark), with another two still going (Italy and Portugal)!

 

Estonia...

 

 

 

Denmark...

 

 

And another couple of incredible choices from national finals tonight. Portugal have for the first time ever chosen a totally English-language song to represent them, and Italy selected a heavy-rock band in their Sanremo contest!

 

Portugal...

 

 

 

And Italy...

 

 

Estonia is just as bland as their entry last year. Portugal is a snoozefest as well. Quite a lot of songs this year lack a proper hook or a distinctive melody.

 

Denmark rides on the current 80s retro trend – I kind of like it. By the way, this will be the first time since 1997 that we will hear the Danish language in the contest.

1 hour ago, Huntress said:

Estonia is just as bland as their entry last year. Portugal is a snoozefest as well. Quite a lot of songs this year lack a proper hook or a distinctive melody.

 

Denmark rides on the current 80s retro trend – I kind of like it. By the way, this will be the first time since 1997 that we will hear the Danish language in the contest.

 

As I was saying to alphanguy above, I’m enjoying the actual diversity of the songs on offer this year. In fact I have Denmark, Estonia and Italy all in my Top 10 at the moment. 

 

And remember, for every song that we might not like, someone will definitely love. Music taste is not absolute 😉

And we now have San Marino landing on our doorstep, with an appearance by none other than *Flo Rida*...

 

 

This is great and will probably give San Marino its best result ever (ok, given their poor track record, this is not that hard to manage  ).
However, it's still not clear if FloRida will appear on stage with Senhit ...

On 3/6/2021 at 5:29 AM, OzFrog said:

 

And that’s the beauty of Eurovision - the diversity that is on offer. I guarantee that for every female vocalist you don’t like, there will be many people who do like them. Everyone’s tastes are different, and that’s exactly what should be celebrated. There is no one correct way to sing 😉

To me, the lack of diversity is the problem. Such a high percentage of these girls that sing in this bizarre, auto-tuned cursive singing... they more or less all sound alike  (with a few exceptions). If you think about past singers, such as Abba, Lulu, Aretha Franklin, Cher, Diana Ross, Olivia,  etc... they couldn't be more different from one another. 

 

 

Edited March 8, 20214 yr by alphanguy74

On 3/6/2021 at 8:40 PM, OzFrog said:

And another couple of incredible choices from national finals tonight. Portugal have for the first time ever chosen a totally English-language song to represent them, and Italy selected a heavy-rock band in their Sanremo contest!

 

Portugal...

 

 

 

And Italy...

 

 

Now THIS I like!!!! Beautiful melody, great vocals. This is now my favorite so far. 

2 hours ago, alphanguy74 said:

To me, the lack of diversity is the problem. Such a high percentage of these girls that sing in this bizarre, auto-tuned cursive singing... they more or less all sound alike  (with a few exceptions). If you think about past singers, such as Abba, Lulu, Aretha Franklin, Cher, Diana Ross, Olivia,  etc... they couldn't be more different from one another. 

 

 

 

I’m definitely hearing a difference in vocal styles with the female vocalists. We must have different hearing then 🤷‍♂️

49 minutes ago, alphanguy74 said:

Now THIS I like!!!! Beautiful melody, great vocals. This is now my favorite so far. 

 

And this I agree with you on. While it might not be everyone’s cup of tea (and nor should it be), it does have a distinctive style to it, and is one you can easily get lost in.

And tonight Russia chose their song in a 1-hour 3-song mini national final...

 

 

And today we had a surprise drop from Belarus - this is already causing controversy as this group is known to be strongly sympathetic to the oppressive Lukashenko regime. Indeed the 2020 entrants VAL were removed from contention for 2021 after having voiced public support for the Belarusian opposition during their election protests. Anyway, here’s the song...

 

 

12 hours ago, OzFrog said:

And today we had a surprise drop from Belarus - this is already causing controversy as this group is known to be strongly sympathetic to the oppressive Lukashenko regime. Indeed the 2020 entrants VAL were removed from contention for 2021 after having voiced public support for the Belarusian opposition during their election protests. Anyway, here’s the song...

 

 

The song istelf has good structure... it would be alright in the hands of someone who could actually sing. 

Today we got FOUR new songs to add to the Eurovision 2021 repertoire!

 

Austria...

 

 

 

Greece...

 

 

 

Switzerland... 

 

 

 

And lastly, Bulgaria...

 

 

The entry from Belarus will most likely be disqualified because of its political lyrics.

 

United Kingdom: