My Favourite Eurovision Entries 2016

This year's Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Stockholm, Sweden. To tell you the truth, I'm not as excited for Eurovision this year. The entries this year don't seem to be as good as previous years. Listening to all of the songs (which can always be found on Eurovision's website and Youtube channel) ahead of time, there weren't a whole lot of them that struck me as new, exciting, unique, interesting... there weren't a whole lot that really popped, you know? Most of them didn't have that wow factor that a winning song has. I found that most of the songs just sounded like a lot of songs that I have heard before, like they were copying the sound and style but not really doing anything new with it.

However, I still listened to some songs that were new, exciting, unique, interesting, really popped, and had the wow factor that I was looking for. These songs also come from entries in the 1st and 2nd semi-finals. None of the entries that are automatically in the grand final, otherwise known as the "Big Five," plus the winning country from last year made my list. I was actually surprised about this as at least a few of the automatic entries in the grand final usually make my list. Anyway, here is my list of entries that I like this year followed by explanations of why I like them. Keep in mind that I focused more on the song rather than the video because the performance might be different from how the artists originally performed the song or different from the music video. I will, of course, start with my favourite entry that I am cheering for (I'm "cheering" for them since I am from Canada and am therefore not allowed to vote).


MY FAVOURITE ENTRY:

"Loin d'ici" by ZOË (Austria): I love the instrumentation for this song! It's beautiful and different from other songs that I've heard. The lyrics are nice as well. They are simple but not too simple that it's boring. I love this song so much that I've been listening to ZOË's album, "Debut," a lot lately.


Other Interesting Entries:

• "Pioneer" by Freddie (Hungary): He has an interesting voice and the song has a good beat. I also love the lyrics and the meaning of the song. It's all about being proud of being different and unique.

• "Hear Them Calling" by Greta Salóme (Iceland): I like her voice and the upbeat song. This song sounds like it could be in a movie when characters are running.

• "You Are The Only One" by Sergey Lazarev (Russia): This song is very exciting! It's so fun to listen to and I'm really excited to see how it is performed on stage because they could do some really cool things with this song.

• "Slow Down" by Douwe Bob (The Netherlands): The lyrics have a good meaning about slowing down and finding your way in life. Also, this is more of a country song while a lot of Eurovision songs tend to be pop so it's a nice change.

• "Soldiers of Love" by Lighthouse X (Denmark): The voices of these three men work great together and I also like the bits of piano in the song.

• "Moment of Silence" by Ovidiu Anton (Romania): This song sounds like it could be in a musical. It's very powerful.

Well, there you go! These are my favourite entries this year! As usual, I'll be watching Eurovision online on their web tv since I live in Canada. It takes place on May 10th, 12th, and 14th (you'll have to find out the times for your own time zone).

Cheers,

Kay

Eurovision 2015: The Winner And My Other Favourites

This year's Eurovision song contest was great! The country that I was cheering for (Armenia) didn't win but the country that did win (Sweden) had an amazing performance and definitely deserved to win! I had so much fun watching Eurovision again this year with my family and my dad said afterwards that he really enjoyed it and he likes events like this that you can look forward to each year.

Here is the winner of Eurovision 2015. This is Sweden's entry of the song "Heroes" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw. I was impressed by the way that he worked with the stage. Amazing!

Here is an interview with Måns Zelmerlöw after the big win!

Here are some of my other favourites...

Of course I loved Armenia's entry of "Face The Shadow" performed by Genealogy! This was the entry that I was cheering for, after all!

Hungary had a very meaningful song and performance. The song was "Wars for Nothing" performed by Boggie. This was the entry that my dad wanted to win.

Russia's entry was beautiful! The song was "A Million Voices" performed by Polina Gagarina. 

I loved the dancing in Azerbaijan's entry of the song "Hour Of The Wolf" performed by Elnur Huseynov. I also loved how the moon changed into a blood moon! Beautiful!

Georgia had a strong and powerful performance with the song "Warrior" performed by Nina Sublatti.

Austria's entry of the song "I Am Yours" performed by The Makemakes was great. Just look at the flames in the piano!

Israel's entry was just so much fun! The song was "Golden Boy" performed by Nadav Guedj. It makes me want to dance whenever I listen to it!

The United Kingdom had a really fun performance with the song "Still In Love With You" performed by Electro Velvet. I love their mix of modern and 1920s music, dancing, and performing!

I loved seeing last year's winner, Conchita (from Austria), performing her song "Rise Like A Phoenix" to kick off Eurovision!

I also loved Conchita's performance of "You Are Unstoppable" and "Firestorm" during the grand final!

After watching Eurovision online last year and this year, it's definitely becoming a tradition for my family!

-Kaylie

My Favourite Entries in Eurovision 2015

The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria is coming up soon! The first semi-final is on May 19th, the second semi-final is on May 21st, and the grand final is on May 23rd. All of the songs are already on the Eurovision website for everyone to listen to and I have already chosen the country that I'm cheering for along with a few others entries that I just really like. I'm going to be cheering for...

Armenia with the song "Face the Shadow" by Genealogy!

The story behind the group and song is really interesting! I'm really excited to see how they perform this song onstage!

Here are some of the other entries that I really like:

Hungary with the song "Wars for Nothing" by Boggie:

Lithuania with the song "This Time" by Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila:

France with the song "N'oubliez pas" by Lisa Angell:

United Kingdom with the song "Still In Love With You" by Electro Velvet:

Serbia with the song "Beauty Never Lies" by Bojana Stamenov:

Czech Republic with the song "Hope Never Dies" by Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta:

Last year I was cheering for Conchita Wurst who was representing Austria with the song "Rise Like A Phoenix and I was so happy when Austria won! I am really excited to see Conchita Wurst perform again during this year's Eurovision! Here is the magnificent performance from last year:

Since I live in Canada, I'll be watching Eurovision online on Eurovision's web tv like I did last year. I'm so glad that they make it available for people to watch all around the world!

I can't wait!

-Kaylie