Every year there's the song that's touted as the front runner. This year the song from Armenia is "that" song. Take a listen.
Aram Mp3 "Not Alone"
I may be damming this song with faint praise, but I must say "Not Alone" is very polished and very professionally produced. I'll also say that Aram Mp3 is a competent singer and the song is well suited to his voice.
Yet the song doesn't linger after listening to it. Nothing makes me want to listen to either the song or the singer again, making the love that is being show for it mystifying.
It's the same argument I had with the Danish entry last year, which was pegged to win when it came out fo Dansk Grand Prix and stormed to victory in Malmö.
Emmilie de Forest "Only Teardrops" Denmark 2013
Although the songs are very different, both of them have the same level of polish and professionalism. They're songs that are calculated to appeal to the widest possible swath of people. They're songs tailored to win the contest.
Because of that, the songs themselves are completely bland. Instead of being something that will make a lasting impression, they hit immediately.
"Not Alone" could very well win the contest, but it's not one that will make any impression on the European musical landscape or have any sort of afterlife once the Contest is over.
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