Eurovision 2013: Georgia

I cannot believe that I'm going to say this.  I really like the Georgian entry.

Nodi Tatishvili & Sophie Gelovani   "Waterfall"

I'll be the first to admit that this is a very calculated choice by the Georgian broadcaster, GPB.   They got the composer of the winning entry from last year, Thomas G:son, and looked at the staging of the winner from two years ago and came up with this song.

Usually I would deride this sort of thing, but the choice of Tatishvili & Gelovani have something that Eurovision duets in previous years tend not to have--chemistry.

If you take a look back a prior years' duets, the singers feel like they're singing in different worlds. 

 

Chanée and N'evergreen   "In A Moment Like This"   Denmark   2010

 

 

Ell and Nikki   "Running Scared"   Azerbaijan   2011

 

 

Greta Salóme & Jónsi   "Never Forget"   Iceland   2012

You may feel differently, but I feel that there was no connection between the singers in the three songs I've posted above, while the Georgian entry has that connection.  It looks like the two actually like each other.  For me, that goes a long way to sell the song, since my idea of a good duet is set up by this song.

 

 

Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers   "Islands in the Stream"

 

Tatishvili and Gelovani are the singers who come closest to that level of chemistry that Parton and Rogers have.  That means I'm flying the flag for the Georgian entry, even though I tend to hate duets in Eurovision.

Eurovision 2012 Entrants: Denmark

Well, this is the time of year where it starts getting fun if you are a fan of the Eurovision Song Contest.  From now until the end of May countries are picking their entrant to the ESC.  It makes the end of winter go by so much faster, since the first signs of spring here in Alaska are still a few months away.

This entry is all about Denmark, since the winner of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix was decided this weekend.  
I was expecting some quality, since over the past few years Denmark has done really well, coming in fourth in 2010 with Chanée and N'Evergreen and fourth with A Friend In London. 
So let's see what the Danes chose.

Soluna Somay  "Should Have Known Better"

I'm kind of speechless. It's the strongest song so far, and it's likely to be another Danish entry that does well in the finals.

It's good.  Ir's good in a way that if given to a singer like Kelly Clarkson, it would have the potential of actually making the US music charts.

Or maybe I'm deluded by my own personal like of songs sung by chicks with guitars.

I do hope they change their costumes and staging.  It looks like Soluna raided the closet of Adam Ant while the rest of the group went shopping at American Apparel, neither of which looks particularly good.

What do you think of Denmark's entry?