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Greece GREECE 2018 - Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou

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Yoozek
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Okay now, what's happened here? She delivered!
The ending was a bit... empty... there was nothing really but the rest of the performance was EXTRAORDINARY! It was sooo Greek, so folky... And then there's Lithuania who got through.
 
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I kinda like this, but others were just so much better so i won't miss it... i felt more sorry for greece in 2016 xshrug
 
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Wow, this has to be one of the biggest shocks of the night for me. She delivered the performance and I said all night long "oh Greece will certainly go through" how wrong I was. I can't get my head around what went wrong here?
 
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This is the most shocking NQ from tonight (for me at least). I was almost 100% sure it would go through. Maybe it wasn't perfect vocally, but the song itself is just amazing... The staging was fine as well. I'm just sad. (Same goes for Alekseev btw)

(I honestly don't think she changed her name to "Yianni")
 
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Because your neighbours were not enough to pull your boring entry through? I think it's justice at its best.

And I think it's ironic that Eleni is now slaying for Cyprus in the final.
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The song is not boring at all - it's epic in the original sense of this word with its epos consolidation, but it also takes breath away, the melody has traditional nuances and zests that make it all the more captivating too making me feel so pure and uplifted but the performance / staging here was empty, cold like there was no complementary staging to it and the vocals were slightly off. I don't think she's the most charismatic singer that I've seen either. Not bad a la Belarus or Macedonia but not great either.

That was a wasted opportunity.
 
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I'm really shocked. Yianna is not the greatest singer in the world, but the performance was fine. It definitely was better than Finland and Ireland.
 
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the semi was strong enough and she was juuuust underwhelming enough that her eviction isn't too much of a shock, as sad as it is to lose such a good song so soon.

demy having gone to the final and yianna not going, though? UNFAIR. BAD KARMA. BALANCE MUST BE ACHIEVED ONCE AGAIN.
 
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Alaska49 said:
the semi was strong enough and she was juuuust underwhelming enough that her eviction isn't too much of a shock, as sad as it is to lose such a good song so soon.

demy having gone to the final and yianna not going, though? UNFAIR. BAD KARMA. BALANCE MUST BE ACHIEVED ONCE AGAIN.
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Demy had a much better staging though. xshrug What was wrong with this blue hand?
 
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It's ok! It was a hard semi, the hardest semi in years, and Yianna did her best! We are proud of you Yianna! Thank you! xrose
 
Mii11
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Alaska49 said:
the semi was strong enough and she was juuuust underwhelming enough that her eviction isn't too much of a shock, as sad as it is to lose such a good song so soon.

demy having gone to the final and yianna not going, though? UNFAIR. BAD KARMA. BALANCE MUST BE ACHIEVED ONCE AGAIN.
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I can see your point, but to be honest I don't think there was any performance tonight that was perfect. Even :cy: (my favourite) wasn't as good as I expected. I cringed a lot at how awful :at:, :bg:, :cz:, :il: were at times, and in the case of Finland the whole performance was dreadful.

As for Demy, she should have failed to qualify IMO but her song wasn't that bad. Oniro mou is definitely better though.
 
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Mii11 said:
I'm really shocked. Yianna is not the greatest singer in the world, but the performance was fine. It definitely was better than Finland and Ireland.
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That was the problem, it was just fine but nothing more. This semi was a battlefield and you need to bring your A game.
Greece unfortunately did not as did Belgium. Finland advanced because you could feel how much effort Saara was putting in and Ireland imo just had a fantastic atmosphere and staging. Greece didn't have anything memorable for it, indeed it was fine, but I can't say anything more about it. In such a strong semi, this is exactly what gets left behind. Unfortunately she wasn't in semi final 2, but we all knew some good entries had to be send home today.
 
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I think it's very sad that Yianna failed, but the signs unfortunately were there when watching the rehearsal footage. The staging was ok, not amazing but at least serviceable. It's the way she sings the song that becomes a problem live. I felt like this distance when watching Yianna and found it difficult to connect. Her singing feels quite monotonous, like she's almost disinterested. It's the vibe I got from it which is unfortunate, because I like the song, and it has some beautiful moments. I would have loved to have seen it pass, but presenting a song like that is not going to get it points. A sad ending as this was your most wonderful entry in years. I tried to keep the faith until the very last qualifier was called, but deep down I could feel this one was a miss. I'm sad for Greece.
 
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Shame on you, Europe for not letting this mesmerizing and perhaps the most autentic song of the year qualify to the finals.
Yianna deserved it as much as all the rest of the qualifiers. My heart is broken like literally xcry
 
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Mii11 said:
I'm really shocked. Yianna is not the greatest singer in the world, but the performance was fine. It definitely was better than Finland and Ireland.
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Sadly, Yianna was just singing without any interest to transmit any emotion or story unlike Saara and Ryan, they might have weaker songs, but the way they presented them was better. You could just feel they were defending their stories while Yianna was just there and nothing happened, she had a diamond on her hands but treated like a mere stone.
If Eurovision were about studio versions, Greece deserved better hands down... but it's not.
 
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Im pretty sure, she was 8th-10th in the TV but the Juries killed her.
 
Mii11
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cegs5 said:
Sadly, Yianna was just singing without any interest to transmit any emotion or story unlike Saara and Ryan, they might have weaker songs, but the way they presented them was better. You could just feel they were defending their stories while Yianna was just there and nothing happened, she had a diamond on her hands but treated like a mere stone.
If Eurovision were about studio versions, Greece deserved better hands down... but it's not.
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Well, I don't agree. Finland was bloody awful, I actually like the studio version of the song but Saara's performance was underwhelming, vocals were off and the backing vocalists were awful too. I actually wanted Finland to qualify before the rehearsals, but after the first one I immediately changed my mind.

As for Ireland, I don't think the song is as bad as, let's say, :ie: 2016 but it just didn't deserve to qualify. The only reason it qualified is because of the gay dancers, without them it would have been second to last.
 
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Sultana said:
Shame on you, Europe for not letting this mesmerizing and perhaps the most autentic song of the year qualify to the finals.
Yianna deserved it as much as all the rest of the qualifiers. My heart is broken like literally xcry
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Mine, too. I am still quite in shock. xcry xcry
 
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