Estonia ESTONIA 2022 - Stefan - Hope

[escYOUnited]

We let them tell us what to do
Why why why
We live to die for worthy things
Oh ya ya ya

We promised we would never lose our pride
Your word's worth nothing if you lie
We're standing tall and looking up, our Father would be proud
And I'm happy to be working my own ground

We'll be the last ones breathing here

Hey, sing your heart out boy
For all the people great and small
Oh, when all else is lost
The future still remains our own

We're taught that we were born to lose
But why why why
Don't waste your breath, it's time to choose
Oh ya ya ya

We promised we would never lose our pride
Your word's worth nothing if you lie
We're standing tall and looking up, our Father would be proud
And I'm happy to be working my own ground

I said
Hey, sing your heart out boy
For all the people great and small
Oh, when all else is lost
The future still remains our own

I hope

We let them tell us what to do
Why why why
We live to die for worthy things
Oh ya ya ya

No matter what they try, tearing up our lives
I know we will always rise

I said
Hey, sing your heart out boy
For all the people great and small
Oh, when all else is lost
The future still remains our own

I hope

The future still remains our own

I hope
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[Looren]

"My biggest fan is me" am ded

 

[BorisBubbles]

"My biggest fan is...." :whispers into mic: "me "

he is king, he is queen.

 

[RainyWoods]

Levvis - Let's Talk About = 8/10
Shira - Under Water = 7/10
Elina Nechayeva - Remedy = 7/10
Alabama Watchdog - Move On = 6.5/10
Goodreason - Three Days Ago = 6.5/10
Anna Sahlene - Champion = 6/10
deLULU - Music Saved My Soul = 5.5/10
Merilin Mälk - Little Girl = 5/10
STEFAN - Hope = 4/10
Lauri Pihlap - Take Me Home = 3/10


For me this was yet another fairly bland group of songs. Let's Talk About was hilarious and kind of charming for what it was, although certainly repetitive. Elina's song is unexpectedly mellow and actually very pleasant, but she's underselling herself vocally here as the whole thing doesn't really build to much, though remains nice. The live performance will hopefully elevate it. It's certainly not bad anyway. Under Water has a nice vibe but is missing something. Champion sounds like it was dragged kicking and screaming from an early 10s Melodifestivalen. It gives me Helena Paparizou Survivor vibes a little, but nowhere near as good unfortunately.

 

[Mrm]

1. Evelin Samuel
2. Anna Sahlene

 

[njdevils94]

Lauri Pihlap - Take Me Home = 3/10

It's like he wasn't even trying with that chorus.

 

[Looren]

Omaga, three of my 5 10/10s are in so far, is my luck turning * - * ?

 

[alyrin]

ELINA YASS

 

[JChan]

A jury of music professionals pick "alabama watchdog" to qualify???? Maybe I'm anti jury after all

 

[Looren]

Omg, wonderful results ! I got 4 of my 5 10/10s, am so happy

 

[BorisBubbles]

I feared Goodreason would pay the price for awful jury making decisions, but oh well. Alabama Watchdog being a jury Q means they'll likely die in the semi, so I can't be too bothered.


The other four were good choices. :-)

 

[BarefootBoogaloo]

Quarterfinal 3 Qualifiers

 

[rasmuslights]

shira and delulu should've made it.

 

[EscGeek]

I love 8 songs so far and 6 (Boamadu, Stig, Jyrise, Zevakin & Grete, Alabama W. & Merilin) are still in the game. Only Fiona And Me & Levvis are out.

Ps. Bring back the leaks.

 

[Ana Raquel]

Well all people don't watch Eurovision 100% and don't mind people opinions.

????????? what has this got to do with not wanting transphobic artists in a supposedly LGTQIA+ friendly space

 

[Ana Raquel]

Also radabama terfdog qualifying is the reason juries should be extinct and not even correctly qualifying merilin will make up for it

 

[rasmuslights]

OK next week I just need Liis/Kerli/Jüri to be back plz.

and those who mock the juries... the televote in Estonia is usually way more tasteless than the jury.

 

[Mainshow]

I have no clue what has been going on with Alabama Watchdog and I`m a huge fan of Eurovision. All I "know" is that Aram MP3 was called a homophobic prior and during the contest as well since he made disrespectful comments about the LGTBQ+ community in Yerevan.
Also, there has even been a video of Little Big making homophobic comments during their trip to Amsterdam after seeing a rainbow flag and they still were very popular amoung the (LGTBQ+) hardcore fansbase of Eurovision.
And let us not forget about Carola from Sweden who wanted to cure all gays via prayers.
Or Takasa who would have qualified back in 2013 (televoting) despite the Heilsarmee basically sacking/firing employees who are lesbian/gay/LGTBQ+.

I agree that Eurovision should be a safe place for everyone and thus, no transphobic, homophobic or racist people should take part BUT we have already seen "borderline" cases/artists in recent years and neither the juries, nor the fans did really care about it...

 

[alyrin]

i just checked how people reacted to elina's song on facebook and they really seemed to like it.. and now we're going to see it live too.. i just know it'll be a serve

 

[BorisBubbles]

ps. Bring back the leaks.

Yeah so about that... It appeared as though Eesti Laul's technicians finally bothered to encrypt the vids... except it looks as if they did too good of a job and the vids won't upload to actual website for anyone who vists

that's one way to stop leaks.

 

[njdevils94]

I have no clue what has been going on with Alabama Watchdog and I`m a huge fan of Eurovision. All I "know" is that Aram MP3 was called a homophobic prior and during the contest as well since he made disrespectful comments about the LGTBQ+ community in Yerevan.
Also, there has even been a video of Little Big making homophobic comments during their trip to Amsterdam after seeing a rainbow flag and they still were very popular amoung the (LGTBQ+) hardcore fansbase of Eurovision.
And let us not forget about Carola from Sweden who wanted to cure all gays via prayers.

I agree that Eurovision should be a safe place for everyone and thus, no transphobic, homophobic or racist people should take part BUT we have already seen "borderline" cases/artists in recent years and neither the juries, nor the fans did really care about it...

You can't just turn Eurovision into jst people that agree with my politics otherwise you'd be left with only western European countries. It's never been proven Alabama Watchdog are actually transphobic otherwise everyone on here would agree.

Maybe I'm coming at it differently because I'm completely independent from the crappy two parties we have over here and I've just seen this kind of stuff all the time on both sides and it's never ending.