Tamara Gachechiladze "Keep The Faith"
Comparisons are very easy for this song. You take the Bond theme theatrics of Conchita Wurst's winning song from 2014 and combine it with the political message of Jamala's winning entry of last year and you get "Keep The Faith".
The song has courted controversy due to the staging of the national final performance--especially at 1:27, when a graphic of a newspaper stating "Russia Invades Geo..." is prominently features on the screen behind her.
It's not the first time Gachechiladze has been a part of this sort of musical brinksmanship before. She was a part of the Georgian entry in 2009 that was disqualified because it had lyrics that were considered to be political speech.
3G and Stephane "I Don't Wanna Put In"
I suspect that the political staging of the national final will be swapped out for something more Eurovision friendly, but I think this is a song on the bubble for qualification. There are a lot of power ballads sung by attractive women and this is very early in the semifinal and is likely to be forgotten.
It's a shame. I kind of like it.
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