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Belarus BELARUS 2018 - Alekseev - Forever

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    27 13.9%

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    15 7.7%

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Trece
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Alekseev just confirmed he will not change his song. Hope he will be back to the original melody tho xcrossed
 
ESCREGION
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First of all i didn't caught the Belarusian NF because i live in Patras where is held the most famous Carnival of greece so these 3 days i will take a 3-days off form the NFs....
And then Alekseev was one of my faves but am i sooo drunk or his vocals are so bad????I am really sad for Belarus and Alekseev...He has a lot of work to improve his live until May if he wants a good result....
A 6 for the song and not for Alekssev if he won't improve this 6 will fall down....
 
Mrm
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ESCREGION said:
First of all i didn't caught the Belarusian NF because i live in Patras where is held the most famous Carnival of greece so these 3 days i will take a 3-days off form the NFs....
And then Alekseev was one of my faves but am i sooo drunk or his vocals are so bad????I am really sad for Belarus and Alekseev...He has a lot of work to improve his live until May if he wants a good result....
A 6 for the song and not for Alekssev if he won't improve this 6 will fall down....
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They'll FALL LIKE A DOMINO!!! :lol:
 
Nicholas123
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ESCREGION said:
First of all i didn't caught the Belarusian NF because i live in Patras where is held the most famous Carnival of greece so these 3 days i will take a 3-days off form the NFs......
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I'll be there tommorrow...
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My beloved hometown! :mrgreen:

About the winner of the belarussian NF it's an ok pop song (the chorus reminds me of Demy's "oso o kosmos tha exei esena" for some reason), but seriously what's with those atrocious vocals and pronunciation? :eek:
 
JonnyWest
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I liked this before but damn I find it so annoying now :? the performance was awful, too kitsch for my taste, there was no soul, emotion, a huge disappointment ... This needs serious work (his vocals as well, they were too plain)

His english is also pretty bad and very distracting.

I think this is the first entry of the year that I'm not a fan. 4 points
 
QwaarJet
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Worst entry so far. Appalling trash. Belarus already red for qualification.

2 points.
 
RainyWoods
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The inevitable happened then eh? The composition itself is fine, good even. The whole package though is cringe-inducing. I'm pretty sure the intention wasn't to turn their song into a piece of eurotrash, but with the dreadful English pronunciation, poor singing (that's actually even haunting my ears now still as I type this) and stiff, tacky performance, well, they've somehow managed it. It's a shame as I enjoy the song in the studio version when it's not in English. Some songs can get away with being this trashy, but I don't think this is one of them. I can forgive all the above when there's charm to be gathered from something, but this is not one of those instances really at all.

I'll give 5 points on the strength of the composition. Ditch the English first and improve the live performance. As it is right now, I think this song is in big trouble.
 
ESCREGION
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Nicholas123 said:
I'll be there tommorrow...
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My beloved hometown! :mrgreen:

About the winner of the belarussian NF it's an ok pop song (the chorus reminds me of Demy's "oso o kosmos tha exei esena" for some reason), but seriously what's with those atrocious vocals and pronunciation? :eek:
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Ohh yes.....now i remember it...yua had told me that Patras is yout homweown.....
About the Demy's song a big THANK you....when Alekseev's song revealed i was sure that his chorus was sth tht i had heard again....
ps. Demy's song "Oso o kosmos tha exei esena" music composer is Dimitris Kontopoulos.....I am not sure but i think that dream team is "behind" Alekseev's song....Is it true??
 
Sean
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His Offkey-Singing is part of the whole Package. It reminds me a bit of our Lovely Lena and she was by far the best as we all know.
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Exactly how I feel. It's an incredibly Eurovision performance in a good way. Over the top visual distractions, questionable vocals and a really thick accent but the song is actually really good. In a way it's all quite charming in a nostalgic 00s Ukrainian entry way. My favourite song so far in a turgid year at the moment
 
poland

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I would be very shoched if this qualify from the semi. By far the worst song, and we have a lot of bad songs so far...
 
BernadetteCydonia
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Sammy said:
"No need to worry, rain falling down" - who writes lyrics like these. xrofl2
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If you want to look at a worse example of English lyricism when it comes to NF entries... have a look at this :D


e: i mean worse from grammatical standpoint. the atmosphere is beautiful.
 
A-lister
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Belarus will regret that they let corruption decide the outcome here... wait and see...

People say the performance is kitsch, well he needs all distractions in the world from the fact that he has little talents so in that sense they are doing the right thing...
 
israel

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The song was plastic and generic to begin with, but performed live it is the absolute worst I have ever heard. And the performance overall looks like a hot mess.

UK, Spain and Denmark with even worse songs imho, sing them better at least and will have more decent stagings.
 
Kaz
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My favourite going into the NF was Shuma, and they performed great, but Gunesh’s vocals were simply outstanding. I reckon that she would’ve won if international juries were involved.
 
poland

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I am disappointed. Very, very, very disappointed. The song itself was amazing before he changed it to this awful version. I was ready to call him a winner. It is such a beautiful song with beautiful lyrics [YT: ALEKSEEV - Forever (Eurovision version)]. Why he sang different if there's a title "EUROVISION VERSION"? And, why can't he sing live? Shame, Alekseev, shame.
Go back to old version, please. And take some singing lessons. Then i will change my mind. Now: :12: -> :0:
 
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