ESC 2011 - Reviewing the countries beginning with "T", "U"

The Netherlands send 3JS with the song "Never Alone" written by Jaap Kwakman, Jan Dulles and Jaap de Witte.

Mediocre song. I prefer the dutch version but even that one isn't so good for my taste. However I remember watching the dutch NF and I wanted this one to win. Well I hope they finally make it to the final.

The Netherlands compete in the 2nd semi-final with running order #3.

4pts from me and good luck to the Netherlands!

Turkey sends Yüksek Sadakat with the song "Live It Up" written by Kutlu Özmakinacı and Ergün Arsal.

I didn't like this at the beginning but it grew on me. Still not one of my favourites and it won't be one of my favourites in the future. I just like the chorus quite a lot but unfortunately that's all. 

Turkey competes in the 1st semi-final with running order #5.

5pts from me and good luck to Turkey!

Ukraine sends Mika Newton with the song "Angel" written by Maryna Skomorohova and Ruslan Kvinta.

Hm...ok I like it. But it's not a song that I will listen to over and over again. It's too slow...but I really like it. It's a beautiful song and I like Mika's voice. I have it on repeat now (as I do with every song I comment) and it keeps growing on me. That's a good sign but whatever, I never vote! :P Hahaha Well I only voted in 2006 and 2008 but that's it. Never again (yeah yeah never say never).

Ukraine competes in the 2nd semi-final with running order #6.

6pts from me and good luck to Ukraine!

United Kingdom sends Blue with the song "I Can" written by Liam Keenan, Ian Hope, Ben Collier, Ciaron Bell, Duncan James and Lee Ryan.

OK UK decided to take the contest seriously after Germany's victory last year. Blue for the UK! Honstestly I don't know any of their songs. I just knew that there's a group called Blue. But I like their song. Not a winner for me but it's one of the best in this year's edition. OK so they have Blue, they have the Olympics, they have the Royal wedding. UK is on the spotlight right now. Will they get the prize? Hope not. There are other songs that I like much more than this.

United Kingdom competes in the final with running order #14.

8pts from me and good luck to the United Kingdom!

So that was it! I'm done and I'm done right on time! On Sunday begin the rehearsals! Now we're talking! That's the most important. Screw the odds and bettings and stuff like this. It all comes down to the rehearsals.

Oh and if you have any problem with me putting the Netherlands to the countries beginning with "T" and not with "N", well I did that because when it comes to ESC I always write the Netherlands so I had to put the country in the "T"s.

ESC 2011 - Reviewing the countries beginning with "S"

San Marino sends Senit with the song "Stand By" written by Radiosa Romani.

San Marino returns with an average song. It's definitely not a bad song but not a winner either. I kinda like it but I will get bored of it by the end of Eurovision. At least this time San Marino will get some points from Italy. ;)

San Marino competes in the 1st semi-final with running order #12.

4pts from me and good luck to San Marino!

Serbia sends Nina with the song "Čaroban" written by Kristina Kovač.

Ooh I love this!! Words that came to mind with the first listening: oldies, retro, '60s! It's fantastic and in serbian! Wiie! I listened to the song and I immediately brought a picture of how I would like to see this in ESC. Nina with a band on stage and 3 girls on the backing vocals. Unfortunately this is not possible since they will need more than 6 people to do something like this. But from what I read they're planning to do something like this. I really hope for a top 10, if not top 5!

Serbia competes in the 1st semi-final with running order #6.

12pts from me and good luck to Serbia!

Slovakia sends TWiiNS wit the song "I’m Still Alive" written by Bryan Todd, Sandra Nordstrom, Brano Jancich.

Sorry Slovakia but this sounds like a typical average/bad american song. Not the worst in the contest but really I don't see anything here. But I definitely prefer this one over Irealnd's twins! At least it has nice lyrics but not my taste. Really.

Slovakia competes in the 2nd semi-final with running order #5.

3pts from me and good luck to Slovakia!

Slovenia sends Maja Keuc with the song "No One" written by Matjaž Vlašič and Urša Vlašič.

Ah one of my top 10 countries in Eurovision's history! And finally after a so-so song in 2009 and a real disaster in 2010 they're back with a great great song! No Maja wasn't my favourite in Slovenia's NF. She was actually my third favourite behind April and Nina Pušlar but I'm totaly fine with Maja. I was (well I always am) against the song's translation from slovenian to english but this is one of the rare cases that it actually worked. So this has to make it to the final.

Slovenia competes in the 2nd semi-final with running order #13.

12pts from me and good luck to Slovenia!

Spain sends Lucía Pérez with the song "Que Me Quiten Lo Bailao" written by Rafael Artesero Herrero.

The ultimate feel-good song of this year's edition! And I have to say that when Spain chose this I couldn't give it more than 5 points. It has grow on me a lot since then! And they removed the "para churu churu" part from the original version. I really disliked that part but sometimes I actually miss it! Hahahahaha I was made fun of it and whenever I do something like that I start liking it! Just as I did to "Algo Pequeñito" last year. I was making fun of the "ooohooh" (or however you spell these phonetics :P) and I ended up liking the song! Anyway...

Spain competes in the final with running order #22.

12pts from me and good luck to Spain!

Sweden sends Eric Saade with the song "Popular" written by Fredrik Kempe.

I can say a lot about Sweden and Melodifestivalen since it's the NF I watch every year and I know all the details about (compared to the other NFs of course). Sweden had much better songs and for once again, a winner among them. Story of my life! Sweden chose the wrong song again. OK "Popular" is a really catchy song and Eric is a good looking guy. He will get votes from the teen girls but let's face it. They lyrics are really bad! And Eric has trouble singing live while dancing like this. And now that he won't have pre-recorded vocals in ESC the song will sound a lot different than in MF.

Sweden competes in the 2nd semi-final with running order #8.

8pts from me and good luck to Sweden!

Switzerland sends Anna Rossinelli with the song "In Love For A While" written by David Klein.

Nice song with a nice melody. Not a song that it will be on my repeat list but I will enjoy it and I don't mind seeing this to the final. I also like Anna's voice and of course the "na na na" part. Hehe

Switzerland competes in the 1st semi-final with running order #8.

5pts from me and good luck to Switzerland!

ESC 2011 - Reviewing the countries beginning with "P", "R"

Poland sends Magdalena Tul with the song "Jestem" written by Magdalena Tul.

Finally Poland! Finally!! A fantastic song! I love it and it's in polish! Love it when people sing in their language. To many of you this will probably sound like typical-eurovision song but that's why I love it! Hehe

Poland competes in the 1st semi-final with running order #1.

12pts from me and good luck to Poland!

Portugal sends Homens da Luta with the song "Luta É Alegria" written by Jel and Vasco Duarte.

During the first ten seconds I said "oh this is gonna be amazing" but then they started singing and I was like "what the fuck is this?". Generally I like the traditional music Portugal sends almost every year but not this one! Sorry!

Portugal competes in the 1st semi-final with running order #16.

1pt from me and good luck to Portugal!

Romania sends Hotel FM with the song "Change" written by Gabriel Băruţă and Alexandra Ivan.

The third song with the message "save the world". OK song, nothing much. Another 3 pleasant minutes but that's all. I'd like to listen to this twice so I hope they make it to the final. I like it.

Romania competes in the 2nd semi-final with running order #14.

6pts from me and good luck to Romania!

Russia sends Alexej Vorobjov with the song "Get You" written by RedOne and Jack Lucien.

So Russia competes with RedOne. Sorry but RedOne’s song that competed in Sweden's Melodifestivalen was miles better! This is so mediocre! Not a bad song but not a great one either... But I'm afraid Russia will do well because well, it's Russia! If you know what I mean. ;)

Russia competes in the 1st semi-final with running order #7.

5pts from me and good luck to Russia!