Finland FINLAND 2018 - Saara Aalto - Monsters

[Alaska49]

saara is second half, delivers a strong and confident performance, has voting buddies uk and estonia in this semi, and the song is one of the more upbeat numbers of the semi. if she flops it would be the biggest shock of the season for me lol.

 

[DanielLuis]

saara is second half, delivers a strong and confident performance, has voting buddies uk and estonia in this semi, and the song is one of the more upbeat numbers of the semi. if she flops it would be the biggest shock of the season for me lol.

Well, if the performance is an over the top mess like on UMK I can't see it qualifying. First because the semi-final is very strong, and second because Cyprus also has a very upbeat and similar number, has voting allies and is just a bit later on in the running order, which means it can totally outdo Finland and still it's voters. If Cyprus nails the performance nobody will remember Finland, or the people that will will compare it negatively to Cyprus.
Finland is in a really bad spot I think.

 

[Alaska49]

i think that people are putting way too many eggs in a question mark basket such as eleni. the evidence favours saara more strongly, UMK was her only bad performance of the song (and also... we have no eleni evidence either way). if saara and eleni are even fighting for the same kind of televote, which might not be the case since we only assume that because both are upbeat songs by women. i think both advance.

 

[Ana Raquel]

i think it's probably because cyprus is in a better position and saara has done a bad performance before (which is exactly umk) while eleni is kinda a mystery so maybe people have more hope on her

that being said, i'd love to see both in the finals, i miss my pop divas

 

[Yoozek]

i think that people are putting way too many eggs in a question mark basket such as eleni. the evidence favours saara more strongly, UMK was her only bad performance of the song (and also... we have no eleni evidence either way). if saara and eleni are even fighting for the same kind of televote, which might not be the case since we only assume that because both are upbeat songs by women. i think both advance.

Come on. Saara would sing Fuego with literally 0 effort, while Eleni couldn't hit one high note in a way Saara does in Monsters.

 

[Jounah]

UMK has been the only bad performance of the song. Clearly they wont make the same mistake again. And her singing is flawless.

 

[Yoozek]

With every performance she is slaying even harder! That choreo gets better and better every damn time as well!

 

[lolita]

With every performance she is slaying even harder! That choreo gets better and better every damn time as well!

It is good, even better when she is not experimenting too much with staging, this and performance in Lithuania are good. I hope that she won't overdo her staging in ESC, than it will be perfect. I love her voice, especially high notes and acoustic singing.

 

[Kairit]

I'm pretty sure this will do better with the juries than the public, actually. She's def going to pull off some vocal acrobatics at the end and that worked for Denmark last year Even if the song isn't that memorable. Yet it's definetly more memorable than Denmark last year and more accessible & modern as a pop tune, so I'm sure she'll gather a good televote score as well. She'll give her all w/ everything. I can't see it not being enough.

 

[Yoozek]

What if you had to pick this or Fuego to qualify?

Saara's song is just good positive pop with gem vocals, while Eleni's one is gonna be pure sex. Thus, add these slutty dancers to Monsters (don't go slutty Saara, just the dancers) --> Eleni flops in sf cause girl got nothin..

 

[Geborgenheit]

I think I have unfair to Saara and this song previously. It is better than many others, I hope it will be in the final.

 

[John1]

I think I have unfair to Saara and this song previously. It is better than many others, I hope it will be in the final.

Saara hacking her way through the final will solely depend on the staging, not on her vocals as some people told it beforehand.

 

[Geborgenheit]

Saara hacking her way through the final will solely depend on the staging, not on her vocals as some people told it beforehand.

Not sure about it.

I personally do not care much about staging. The song itself should inspire.

 

[Jounah]

https://youtu.be/Z63CdpBotEQ

Saara slaying it on XFactor Finland

 

[hugh]

Can't wait for Saara's rehearsal, I hope she brings it all and then some. Sending good thoughts to Saara! x12s

 

[Jounah]

Based on the vid from the rehearsals Saara's performance is going to be amazing!

 

[AlekS]

Pyros. Tom of Finland-like dancers. Better than I expected, not sure about that platform tho.

 

[Jounah]

Finland is a definite qualifier

 

[Ana Raquel]

WIG FLEW TO ASIA

 

[Luki]

That whole structure is a mess, xfactor uk proved she is not the most relatable performer that takes time warming up to, besides that song has a very limited demographic appeal. The staging seals Saara's fate as she will have to fight hard for 10th place in semi. Ofc I am probably wrong, but this is what I'm reading rn.