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SERBIA: “NIJE LJUBAV STVAR” (LOVE ISN’T A THING) -  Ž ELJKO JOKSIMOVI Ć (SF2-01) It’s a “it’s not you, it’s me” song, I explain, Ž eljko has composed 3 eurovision songs previously with different flag, but all of them from the Balkans; “Oro” (Serbia 2008), “Lejla” (Bosnia – Herzegovina 2006) and my top favourite from him and sung by him “Lane Moje” (Serbia-Montenegro 2004). “Nije Ljubav Stvar” it’s a good song, but it doesn’t have an easy to remember title and from there it’s a kind of trouble to me. I can easily remember all the previous titles of his songs, but with this I have a kind of affair. Ž eljko has the fame to get a really great place in the final but he has to start the 2nd Semifinal and he is followed by another FYR, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia that for me can take a lot of votes from him, because I feel that the Macedonian song has an easily remember, it grows and it’s more powerful, the Kaliopi’s voice. The second semifinal of this year Eurovision ...

The 4 TH semi final in Malmö, has arrived and all the 32 songs are known now. As all of us expected, it was the strongest semi final of all the tour, I liked 7 of 8 acts, and let’s talk about the results. 02. OPA! – “ALLTING BLIR BRA IGEN”. R/= LAST PLACE. I kind of liked it, but didn’t convince me a 100%, despite the lyrics was good but so easy at time. They were the new ones in the semi, that in regular words mean “last place”, it’s always nice to hear Greek soundings in Melodifestivalen, but my favorite ever, has been “alla” by Sofia Berstron in 2009 ;).  05. HANNA LINDBLAD – “GOOSEBUMPS”. R/= 7TH PLACE We’re living in middle of a retro wave and Hanna took us till 80’s decade, and mostly to “Flash dance” époque, I love it, and it’s gonna be one of my favorite songs of the season without a doubt, I wasn’t even born when this kind of music was on, or I was too little to enjoy it, so, that’s why I got some fascination, besides ...