selections 2015

Elina Born & Stig Rästa will represent Estonia in the 60th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. With the song Goodbye to Yesterday, they win the Estonian national final. They were amongst our favorites of this selection. A selection we discussed in our podcast #44 (recorded in french).   Elina Born & Stig Rästa – Goodbye […]

  But uh… What is going on in Sweden ? That semi wasn’t good at all… Not a single song really inspiring and the best performance (except the suit) is out ! It was the attempt too much for Andreas Johnson who finished last. An unfair ranking for me. If the stylist and hairdresser should […]

After an interminable national selection, Vaidas Baumila and Monika Linkytė are selected to represent Lithuania with the song This Time. Eight shows was needed, to choose a song at first, then a singer. An aberrant selection way, but the result is actually not that disappointing. It’s unlikely were here have a winner for the 60th […]

Wow !… But where that one came from ?! Ann Sophie wins the preliminary round of the German national final (the unknowns heat…) with a stunning act. Every songs of Unser Song für Österreich are not published yet, and it’s so far unclear whether, as last year, the winner of the wildcard will fly to […]

Il Volo, the big (and youth) winners of the Sanremo Festival, accept RAI’s invitation to represent Italy at the 60th Eurovision Song Contest. And they will perform their winning song Grande Amore in Vienna. Nostalgic for the “golden age” contests with orchestra will no doubt be delighted. Since this is not my case, I just […]

Bojana Stamenov, finalist of the local Got Talent 2011, will represent Serbia at the 60th Eurovision Song Contest with the song I Moj Svet Ceo. The performance is so Over The Top, it’s really hard to focus on the song. We certainly saw worse, but there is also much better… The Serbian delegation has now […]

Aïtor woke his neighbors shouting for joy at the announcement of the result. María Ólafsdóttir wins the Söngvakeppnin 2015 with Unbroken. I’m less enthusiastic and I think Iceland missed more effective songs. If you speak french, you can listen to some of them in our podcast #45.   María Ólafsdóttir – Unbroken  

  While schalger no longer has the favor of the Swedish selection, Magnus brilliantly reminds us, as Alcazar last year, that it still has an audience. Girls with hair in the wind, choreographies with knees swinging, and soppy catchy songs. Besides, he was wearing that beautiful and stylish pants… Bravo Magnus !   But this […]

They were part of our favorites for the Danish final and thanks to juries they won that Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2015. When I say “our favorite”, I actually mean those of Aïtor, Farouk and Fabrice… Cause I confess it’s not exactly my cup of tea. But as every year, the show was spectacular, with […]

  Eric Saade returns to the competition with a spectacular staging : a beautiful opening with shadows and video overlays, and an effective ending on a platform flying over the audience. The choreography is stunning. Well the song has not the same level, but tonight’s performance already set Eric Saade as one hot favorite to […]