Netherlands – A YouTube clip of Anouk, performing live, shows her singing just under a minute of her Eurovision entry ‘Birds’ a cappella. Anouk will represent the Netherlands in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The clip was filmed at Utrecht’s Tivoli De Helling last night. Check out the clip… http://youtu.be/of0Yx1KK700
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Thanks for the radio link Mermaid and Patrick P haven’t a clue what’s going on lol, hopefully the song will be worth it.
Ohh I think Kaliopi is on the stage and I can’t watch it
Kaliopi, live yay!
on the radio
still rocking it…what a fantastic singer
MRT Radio 2: Kaliopi’s currently performing Crno i Belo. I started out really liking the song, but then, Kaliopi’s performance in the ESC raised the song to a perfect 12/12 and 2nd place in my personal rankings last year.
The orchestration they’re using for this performance is softer than the ESC version, and while it’s still interesting, I definitely prefer the original orchestration in this case. This one doesn’t have quite the same power.
Great to hear her again, nice one.
Horrible results..I don’t like anything what qualified, Soulky, Sarit Avitan, The Ultras, ALL are out? :S
And where is that Vladi song? I haven’t heard that entry, it wasn’t on the list at all.. :/
And I want to watch Ezma live. She sounds interesting.
Is Esma is singing now..sounds like her
Oh I know who is that, that’s one with a beard, with similar voice to martin Rolinski….but they have deleted his song from YT, strange. :/
Moran Mazor must qualify tomorrow, I hope Kathleen or Moran Mazor win now…all fun entries and modern are ditched…
What I am listening now it is smth I expected Greece or Turkey to send to ESC all these years. Trans-balkanian traditional music. I hope ”Mizerija” is similar to this.
Mizerija or Imperija?
Imperija, Mizerija is for Croatia :p
Oh if this is the snippet of Imperija i might not like it has pop elements.
*I meant ”Imperija”.
Imperija is mix of balkan and modern uptempo
Modern uptempo? Then it is ruined. Why they did dare to keep it solid balkan. I wanted 100% gypsy-balkan sounds.
if it had been only Esma, your dream would have come true
Whatever that last song was, it was absolutely gorgeous.
Fantastic start
I’m a bit disappointed but at least it’s up-tempo!
I am gutted sorry but this is s… 1/10! It is just salad of different sounds and the result is obviously smth tasteless. Pffffff!
Well done Macedonia..another great song comes into my top 5
Please do not mess with the language…it is beautiful as it is!
I don’t like it. Where is Ezma’s traditional elements in this song? Well the up-tempo element is not bad, but it is repetitive and generic. They could do a lot better.
Obviously they avoided taking a risk..if it had been too ethnic,they would have stayed in the semi..now they have a chance to do well
Why I think a traditional could still work better? At least it would be more original. Now, I think it is very generic. A pop-dance beat with techno elements infused with a traditional music (trumpet). Now I am curious enough to see how Ezma fits visually in this when her music is barely represented in ”Imperija”. I don’t know everything sounds awkward to me for now.
I’m really liking “Imperija.” If they feel they need to use modern pop sounds, which I will admit that I would prefer if they didn’t, this should be how artists incorporate them. Probably not going to be a 12/12, and I don’t want to rank it until after I see the performance, but it’ll get in my top.
Imperija will do well..I have no doubts it will pass the semi
Just got home, is this the song playing right now, an instrumental version? Just curious…
No.the real one,well it’s up tempo!
I like it! It is definitely one of the better songs this year and deserves Macedonia’s best result yet. Especially in this weak year. It isn’t a 10/10 for me because it is a little too repetitive with too few lyrics, not very strong refrains and I would have liked more folk/gypsy TBH, but it’s still a good effort. They blend together nicely in this kind of song. Maybe an 8+ or a 9-/10.
can’t agree with you more..The best part is the start..chourus part could have been better but maybe they can revamp it..it is among good songs of this year…in a weak year like this it has to end up on the left side of the scoreboard
2 words: Let down…
Let down…big time here as well.
Well all this fusion of pop,dance,techno sounds make the song sound a bit cheap tbh!Plus,it doesn’t have a strong chorus,It’s rather monotonous and repetitive.Esma’s solo parts are better.But it’s up-tempo.
I fully agree with dimitri i posted a comment earlier on the same issue, sound-salad…
1-Denmark -Cyprus
2-Greece
3-Norway
4-Macedonia
5-Albania-Russia
I like it ! Intro is haunting and I don’t mind the blending of different sounds in it !
Best song chosen today.
For the moment an 8/10 !
It’s quite energetic and makes wanna dance !
1.Greece
2.Denmark
3.Norway
4.Ukraine
5.F.Y.R.O.M
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9.Croatia
10.Georgia
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19.Ireland
20.Latvia
( 21.Belarus )
22.Slovenia
23.Belgium
If I like LIVE performance , I will upgrade Esma & Lozano to 9/10 and tied first with GREECE on my list ! It’s damn ADDICTIVE !
Repetitive rhythms are always effective in this respect. I still say ”imperija imperija” even if I don’t like it in overall.