Armenia – The national broadcaster AMPTV has released “Future Lover”, the song that Brunette will song to represent them in Liverpool!
Last year, Armenia qualified to the Eurovision Grand Final for the first time since Artsvik in 2017 and even though the final result was disappointing (20th), the song “Snap” ended up having a career thanks to TikTok, the contest official partner. There was therefore no real doubt they were going to drop their NF Depi Evratesil (2017-2020) and go back to that internal selection.
Brunette is a local popstar, with million of views online for her biggest hits such as “Smoke Break”. AMPTV’s Executive Director Hovhannes Movsisyan emphasised the importance of entrusting the representation of Armenia to young and talented artists. Davit Tserunyan, the Head of the Armenian delegation, says they are currently working on the song and then on the video, so it’s offically not finished yet.
What do you think of this entry? What are its chances in Liverpool?
The Eurovision Times 
Georgia: A blend of “Visionary Dream” and… “Warrior”!
Not the best diction.
Good luck!
1. Spain
2. Czechia
3. Serbia
4. Finland
5. Malta
6. Portugal
7. Australia
8. Slovenia
9. France
10. Azerbaijan
11. Italy
12. Germany
13. Latvia
14. Austria
15. Sweden
16. Switzerland
17. Denmark
18. Greece
19. Armenia
20. Moldova
21. San Marino
22. Georgia
23. Ireland
24. Estonia
25. Iceland
26. Albania
27. Norway
28. Cyprus
29. Lithuania
30. Belgium
31. Netherlands
32. Israel
33. Ukraine
34. United Kingdom
35. Croatia
36. Romania
37. Poland
The final nail in the coffin! :D
I prefer semi 2, there are more than 5 songs I don’t want to hear in the final from the first semi :)
Armenia and Slovenia will probably be my votes in semi 2!
Armenia: I didn’t much like her previous singles, so it was a pleasant surprise for me how much I liked this on first listen. Unlike Israel, this brings together many styles but they all stand good on their own and next to each other, from the poetic, romantic start to the Alina Pash-inspired “panic attack” in the middle and finally to the imposing, magisterial finish in the manner of Ivetta. The “be good, do good, look good” chorus and the ending in armenian are both gorgeous.
Georgia: I knew this wasn’t going to go well when I saw the fake strawberry hair color on the promotion photo. This gives me a headache, it is simply hectic for the sake of being hectic. You can really tell that a Eurovision Junior team is behind this and her (heavily autotuned) vocals are a big turn-off. Apparently making too much noise for no reason signals ambition in Eurovision.
Final ranking before I listen to all the songs again:
1. Spain
2. Norway
3. Italy
4. Finland
5. United Kingdom
6. France
7. Sweden
8. Portugal
» 9. Αrmenia
10. Serbia
11. Germany
12. Czechia
13. Slovenia
14. Cyprus
15. Israel
16. Austria
17. Estonia
18. Greece
19. Latvia
20. Australia
21. Croatia
22. Iceland
23. Switzerland
» 24. Georgia
25. Romania
26. Malta
27. Moldova
28. Ireland
29. San Marino
30. Netherlands
31. Αzerbaijan
32. Poland
33. Lithuania
34. Denmark
35. Belgium
36. Ukraine
37. Albania
So – what opens semi 2? Belgium or Romania?
I’ll take a guess:
1. Belgium
2. Estonia
3. Denmark
4. Armenia
5. Greece
6. Iceland
7. Romania
8. Cyprus
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9. Lithuania
10. Australia
11. Albania
12. Slovenia
13. Austria
14. San Marino
15. Georgia
16. Poland
I’d say:
Iceland
Belgium
Estonia
If Romania is keeping their staging from the NF they’d be an awful choice to start with lol
I don’t know who will get picked, but if it was up to me I think I’d pick Denmark.
Belgium is the amusing opener.
Just get one of the worst ones out of the way. It is so unpleasant. As is Romania. Just.. get it over with, would be my suggestion.
Iceland makes sense, but it is almost too nice.
It will be nice if Belgium is an opener as it will kill its chances from going through.
You read my mind.
It is not nice. It is not nice to listen to, it is not nice to watch, it is just not nice.
#biased
It is annoying!
Iceland.
Accessible, strong mainstream sound, inviting.
Georgia is pretty much a clusterfuck of cacophony :s
I actually find Armenia more clustery.. but Georgia is very EEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHEEEEEEEEEE nails-across-the-chalkboardy.
Which apparently is a thing we like now.
Armenia is elegant. It just need sometime to process those different sounds.
Like passing a kidney stone takes time.
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Theme of this year’s ESC is countries that struggle in televote picking THE BOLDEST FLASHIEST THINGS THEY CAN GET:
🇦🇹 🇨🇿 🇬🇪 🇩🇪 🇭🇷
mess.com – I mean, it could be this year’s slogan. Or THE CONFLUENCE OF CONFUSION.
That is the inevitable consequence of having no juries in the semis.
Considering in the past they struggled even with juries, they took the necessary step to at least be noticed.
I agree. I would have opted for native language lyrics though.
Yes. Absolutely. From now on, it’ll be LOOK AT ME OVER HERE until a ballad wins.
Which won’t be this year.
Let’s see what happens, but I believe that the EBU will eventually reintroduce the juries in the semis.
Eurovision version of Italy:
False alarm. It’s just this:
Apparently, they’ll retool it to have a “unique, stark arrangement”. Which TBH, they kinda need after the cold reception outside the border. They won’t win, but if Switzerland fails, they’ll be the only of its kind.
It’s Italy so Mediterranean juries and televoters will make sure this won’t flop. A SR ballad is always revered in the South even the average ones like this. Plus,Marco is charismatic. But i agree this is not a winner.
Is he really charismatic, or is he just hot?
It is not the same. He stares into the infinity on stage, looking perpetually bored.
He’s sexy, comfortable and his stage experience is evident.
Juries always downvote Italy. He’s hot AF of course but the song is dull unfortunately.
My preliminary esc 2023 ranking :
1. Sweden – 9.5/10
2. Norway – 9.0/10
3. United Kingdom – 8.9/10
4. Switzerland – 8.8/10
5. Estonia – 8.5/10
6. Serbia – 8.4/10
7. Denmark – 8.2/10
8. France – 8.0/10
9. Netherlands – 8.0/10
–>10. Azerbaijan – 7.9/10
11. San Marino – 7.8/10
12. Germany – 7.7/10
–>13. Armenia – 7.6/10
14. Australia – 7.5/10
15. Greece – 7.5/10
16. Austria – 7.4/10
17. Albania – 7.3/10
18. Cyprus – 7.2/10
19. Slovenia – 7.2/10
20. Iceland – 7.1/10
–>21. Georgia – 7.1/10
22. Ireland – 7.1/10
23. Ukraine – 7.0/10
24. Latvia – 6.9/10
25. Malta – 6.7/10
26. Czech Republic – 6.6/10
27. Italy – 6.5/10
28. Lithuania – 6.5/10
29. Portugal – 6.4/10
30. Israel – 6.3/10
31. Moldova – 6.0/10
32. Romania – 5.6/10
33. Belgium – 5.5/10
34. Poland – 5.4/10
35. Spain – 5.0/10
36. Finland – 3.2/10
37. Croatia – 1.2/10
Overall quite a mediocre year with a lot of middle ground and little great (or awful for that matter) stuff. Loreen should have this in the bag if there is any justice.
Have listened to Georgia. Let’s congratulate Sweden and Loreen with it’s victory !
Good, good good. :)
And that’s good! ))
Georgia is over the top dramatic, but how can you take it serious with lyrics like “Love is a wordless”, “My love is not a fake”? Lol. Also it’s way too loud and unpleasant to ears.
I’m still surprised it still didn’t bomb with betting odds. It’s a hot mess
Will it Q though from semi 2 ?
Yes it will cause all of BEL, ROU, SMR, DNK, ALB, POL are awful?
I think Denmark is fine and will get the young vote (as well as what nordic and baltic vote comes with the semi). Albania is in a good semi with a lot of friends. Romania also will Q, same as Poland imo. That leaves little space. Greece will also Q and Iceland will be 50-50. I am not 100 % sure I see the votes for Georgia right now, I ll have to sit down and make some calculations. It has some definite points from its love affair with Lithuania so thats a good start.
Denmark will get votes, it has an audience that audience is just not ET ;)
It agitates me, A LOT 🤪
That’s Spain for me :P
Erm
We are a minority lol
And ISL is forgettable same as GRC
I guess being ambitious helps…
They should have chosen to sing in Georgian. If the live rendition is weak, it will fall like a stone on my list.
On Georgia – I so want to listen to it live. I do not dislike it, but it won’t bother my favourite songs. The stubborn option for the English does not help it at all. It will land near Armenia no my list. Good luck!
SF2 ranking
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5.🇦🇲
6.🇮🇸
7.🇬🇷
8.🇵🇱
9.🇦🇱
10.🇪🇪 – it has the potential to go higher if Alika delivers in May. For now I find her annoying.
11.🇩🇰
12.🇬🇪
13.🇱🇹
14.🇧🇪
15.🇹🇩
16.🇸🇲
Had the top5 was in SF1 I would have still qualified them, however I can’t say the same for the rest in my top10. I can easily qualify Israel, Malta and Azerbaijan from this SF.
My ET PREMATH top 10 will consist of four Semi1 finalists, four Semi2 finalists and two Big 5
Can’t wait <3
I do not even know exactly who sings in when.
*who sings when
I have four big5, five from the first semi and one from the second, lol.
Not very well balanced lol
I see that several members have been discussing which songs will do well in May. It’s hard to predict who will win, but, atm, Sweden is the obvious candidate – the jury vote is in the bag and by a huge distance. Loreen’s problem lies with the televoters. SVT will have to change the stage presentation, so things may get better in that respect. Finland and Norway will do very well with televote, imo. As was said above, Italy will come across as an oasis of tranquility, showcasing his charisma and excellent vocals. Spain may come across as too intense and in your face. France and Portugal (if Mimicat manages to reach the final) will also sound different and not so “OMG, I need to see a shrink!”. The current odds are a product of well oiled pr machines. I do not trust them much and it’s clear that some youtubers promote who pays them. We will have to wait and see.
Sweden’s literally the same song as 2012, they really should be disqualified.
I wouldn’t say that. It’s just a reheated version of Sweden 12, which only shows that MF has run out of original ideas.
Finland, Norway, Czechia and France are doing well on the local Spotify viral top 50 and this chart was accurate predicting the Portugues top televote points.
P.S. – “Gladiator” has enteres the chart at n.º 45. Poland 23 is no where to be seen though.
*Portuguese… *entered… *nowhere
It all starts with a family in slippers drinking wine in front of the fireplace. As we say here, you can tell a good day from the morning…
It’s a more up tempo and diverse edition than some previous ones. Definitely not among my favorites ones atm.
There’s a lot I am looking forward to in this edition but the albanian Konitopoulos clan, belgian Boy George, azeri Beatles, danish vocaloid and maltese men-babies are particularly low points.
Greece and Iceland are very boring back-to-back. They make Ireland sound interesting…
I strongly disagree regarding Malta. It’s unpretentious and pure fun meaning very unMaltese in esc. Also, I get you like Ireland but in no way it outshines Greece or Iceland.
I didn’t like it better than either of them but now I have second thoughts…
As for Malta, I think that people are way too lenient on them because it’s different compared to what they have sent before but this sax thing has been done to death in ESC. Also their styling is horror.
I dont really like Malta, the sax feels joke, the song is annoying and the live messy. He’s very cute though.
I can reveal (hope he wont be mad at me but he said it was ok for me to share his thoughts on esc songs before) that Marc P hates it lol
I like Malta, too; I was so glad they picked it instead of their usual screaming ballad woman. The others you mention are all totally boring to me. Lots of make-drinks-breaks this year.
the “rounder girl” of the year in Malta was, for once, male :p Brace yourself:
it tied The Busker in jury votes (and both were tied second to Mtt Blck lol but it doesm ean both juries and televote wanted something else for Malta this year, and Ryan was runner up by default)
I’m really glad they’re doing something different this year. I seem to like their bands, the female singers not so much; guys can go either way (pun intended).
I have to disagree as well when it comes to Malta.
I am not exactly thrilled with many of the 2023 songs, but there are some very interesting proposals on the table. Waiting for the Liverpool live renditions.
Georgia and Armenia are both messes, like Israel. Greece is boring. Sweden a carbon copy of Euphoria. I really like Portugal, I love the whole “Rita Hayworth walks into a casino in Montevideo” feel. Overall a terrible year, I really like just UK, FRA, SLV, POR – maybe MLT? FIN is fun but let’s face it, in what situation would you listen to it? Even Italy’s unusually dull.
I like listening to Finland b2b with Serbia while going to work though, the only 2 I listen to regularly (as in daily)
Serbia’s too much of a downer for me and he can’t sing at all. Interesting contrast btw!
it works perfectly well
Finland is the song I listen to most!!
It’s to aggressive for me, I can only do it for about a minute.
I love maximalist music, subtlety is old news lol
I like it, I just don’t love it. I’m mainly into electro/dance right now, it’s happy and bouncy.
Dance music doesn’t get enough respect in this world :)
I’m still in my Italian music phase but part of me thinks I’m falling back into new wave pretty soon
I like a few more songs than you. I also think that Lithuania 23 may do better than most expect, because the song has a hopeful and positive message. I think that the winner of the televote will be a song that manages to convey hope, fun and joy. Loreen will win the jury vote. People are tired of drama and bad news.
P.S. – “Ai Coração” is all about southern and eastern European sounds. Yes, I can picture Rita singing that song, waving her red hair. :)
She’s the best, my favorite female film star. Guy is Cary Grant or William Holden.
I’ll have to check out Lithuania again, I honestly don’t remember any of the Baltic songs. Agree the winner will be fun, people want and need distraction. Its a srrange year, it felt we had turned a corner the last 2 ESCs but now it’s sort of a mess.
I have several favourite film stars from that period. Rita Hayworth, Olivia de Havilland, Ida Lupino, William Holden, James Stewart, Gary Cooper, among others.
We will find out what happens soon enough. Anyway, the best part of the season is over, imo.
P.S. – Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers will always have a special place in my memories of old movies. I love watching those two dance in the extravagant movies they made.
All excellent though – unpopular opinion – I’m not a James Stewart fan; same with Tom Hanks, the “aw shucks” shtick doesn’t work for me. I perfer Gene Kelly to Fred Astaire, he was more athletic plus he did Brigadoon, which was a movie my Scottish dad also loved. I’ve gotten settled to talking about him in the past tense, still can’t do it with my mom.
Olivie de Havilland really should have gotten an Oscar for Gone with the wind, her portrayal was heartbreaking. Weirdly underrated, not a classic leading lady is why I guess. People think of her as a supporting actress, wrongly IMO. I prefer her over her sister.
I love the Capra Stweart. De Havilland was always underrated, that voice and those eyes. I am a big fan of Kelly as well, but Astaire is pure class.
Speaking of class, I also like Audrey Hepburn. Their one film together, Funny face is unfarly obscure, it’s charming and hilarious. That, Some like it hot and Singin’ in the rain are probably my favorite comedies.
Funny face Louvre scene is incredible
I love the bookstore sequence in the beginning, too. I love these 50s movies where it’s kind of a travelogue, usually France or Italy. Gorgeous to look at, beautiful people in beautiful places.
I love that movie very much. Exquisite stuff.
Funny, classy, gorgeous – what more can one want?
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Armenia payed the promotion in put media, lmao.. They claim it is fantastic song and ask if this is the winner of 2023 esc
https://www.prva.rs/show-biz/vesti/da-li-ce-ova-pesma-pobediti-na-evroviziji-publika-odusevljena-kako-zvuci-video-2305180
*our media