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UNITED KINGDOM: “LOVE WILL SET YOU FREE” BY ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK (F - 01) It’s a Big 5 member, because BBC is one of the 5 bigger contributors of EBU-UER, I think it’s the 2 nd one after NDR from Germany. This year they’ve picked up the experienced voice and established artist like Mr. Engelbert Humperdinck, with a beautiful song, very easy to listen to where the voice of the singer is the main character of the song itself and with a meaningful message on it. Well known in the whole Europe, Humperdinck gives a great chance to the UK to get another top5 this year, or who knows, perhaps the winning luck as well. United Kingdom has won 5 times the ESC and it has the record of have been runner-up not less than 15 times. United Kingdom will be the 1 st song to be presented next May 26 th 2012, in the Baku Crystal Hall in Azerbaijan. REINO UNIDO: “LOVE WILL SET YOU FREE” (EL AMOR TE HARÁ LIBRE) POR ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK (F-01) Parte de los 5 Grandes de Europa; p...

With 42 to listen to and watch (the preview videos) the best is start now, besides there will be days that I won’t post a thing so let’s start. MONTENEGRO: “EURO NEURO” BY RAMBO AMADEUS (S1 – 01) I’m so bad defining musical genres; I think this song is a Balkan rap or something like that.  It’s a love-hate song, there are people who doesn’t get it even me (sometimes, I wonder if I like or dislike lol), despite I like the video and the langue he is using to express his social-ecologist message. The song itself isn’t that bad, it’s unusual for the Festival, but it has nice rhythms and good sound mixing, also it’s not strong and there’s a lack of voters in its semifinal. Montenegro will start a semifinal for the 3rd time in 4 attempts in Eurovision. This year is that 3 rd year opening and Rambo Amadeus will be the 1 st artist on stage next May 22, 2012. The best place to date of the little Balkan republic has been the 11 th place got in the first semi final of the ESC...

It’s time to talk about what Melodifestivalen was born for…. Eurovision Song Contest and its 57th Edition to start next may. Es hora de hablar de la razón por la que Melodifestivalen nació… El festival de la canción de Eurovision y su edición número 57 por comenzar en mayo. Well, now we have all the 42 songs, it was going to be 43, but wisely Armenia withdrew from this year competition, maybe because “they can’t go where they’re not well welcome.” Bueno, ahora tenemos las 42 canciones, que al principio iban a ser 43, pero sabiamente Armenia se retiró de la competencia de este, tal vez, porque “ellos no quieren ir dónde no son bien recibidos.” We also have the starting draw now available, so it’s time to talk about each song individually. But I’m going to post in this one the list of each Semi Final and the Finalists’ numbers ;) También tenemos el orden de salida disponible ahora, así que voy a hablar de cada canción a nivel individual, pero voy a postear aquí l...

First, I wanna say sorry for those who read me and were specting my review about the Final of the Melo2012... I’m sad ! L Melodifestivalen has come to its end and I’ll have to wait another year to have so much fun as I did this year. Well, life’s like this. I’m going to talk about Globen Finalen results; I’m going to do a little review of that night. In brackets J: Jury results, and T: Televoting points = Total of the Sum. 08 MIRAKEL – BJÖRN RANELID FT. SARA LI = last place; 10th (J: 1 + T: 24 = 25 Pts) Got what they deserved? Not at all, the song at first was strange but at the end it’s a nice tune, a good mixing between poetics and music (that at the end is poetic but sung).     04. WHY START A FIRE – LISA MISKOVSKY = 9 th Place (J: 21 + T: 18 = 39 Pts) I don’t know why she went so down low, she was great on stage, she did what she should and it was great! I love the song, unusual but lovely. I’d like to see her with another tune forward i...

Hello, this is gonna be the first time I’ll talk about any “Andra Chansen” so far… I’m gonna talk about it by groups, the first two duels and semi and then, the other two and the second semi, because I think it’s more easy in that way. Here I go… DUEL 1: DYNAZTY – “THE LAND OF BROKEN DREAMS” VS TOP CATS – “BABY DOLL” Dynazty’s song is power, in my post about their Deltävling (semi) I wrote, I like this kind of songs and groups because it rules hahahahaha… But, we’re living a kind of “want to live retro” in our present and Top Cats’ rockabilly was more and they defeated Dynazty’s rock tune. Top Cats became in the first semifinalist of 1s semifinal. Let’s see the video of the less lucky during televoting (a.k.a. Loser) DUEL 2: ADREAS JOHNSON – “LOVELIGHT” VS TIMOTEIJ – “STORMANDE HAV” I wanted both in the final, but mister Björkman (Melodifestivalen’s producer) fixed everything to do not let them be in the final. Andreas’ song was kinda great! I ...

Leksands Deltävling was held last Saturday and these were the results of that amazing Semi final, in this Swedish city ;) 02. MARIA BENHAJJI – “I MINA DRÖMMAR” R/= LAST PLACE Beautiful song and very well performed by the only fact that was a webbjoker it plays against it, since the webbjoker contest was created, none of its winners has reached the Andra or the Final spot, that’s sad, the only near of that was Julie Alvgard when she placed 6 th last year in 4 semi final. Let’s see the Maria BenHajji’s career develop a little more and she could come back and advance a little more ;) 05. CAROLINA WALLIN PÉREZ – “SANNINGEN” R/= 7TH PLACE I don’t know what it happens with the Latin names in Melodifestivalen, since long time ago, I can’t find an act qualified in a final with a Latin Last Name, well maybe Danny Saucedo counts XD (so the answer would be, since last year hahaha) I like this song, I thought it would be one of the chosen ones, but ...