Greece GREECE 2021 - Stefania - Last Dance

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My heart was born a radical
Electric and dynamical
I never listened to the remedies
With no forevers, no eternities
Holding on beyond the night
For a shadow that feels right
Holding on beyond the night to you

If the dreams we made are made of fire
I would give a life just to live the dream again
If our hearts are hanging on a wire
Let's forget the world below and dance until the end

Let's dance
Our last dance
A rockin' romance
This ain't our last dance
Let's dance
Oh-oh-oh-ooh-ooh
Oh-woah-woah-ooh
Oh-oh-oh-ooh-ooh-ooh

My heart was born in neon lights
Floating in space like satellites
Looking for signs of life tonight
As we collide in black and white
Holdin' on beyond the night
For a shadow that feels right
Holdin' on beyond the night for you

If the dreams we made are made of fire
I would give a life just to live the dream again

Let's dance
Oh, last dance
A rockin' romance
This ain't our last dance
Let's dance
Oh-oh-oh-ooh-ooh
Oh-woah-woah-ooh
This ain't our last dance

Take a deeper breath before we touch
Running out of time, let's use it up
And hold me before the morning comes

Let's dance
Oh-oh
A rockin' romance
This ain't our last dance
Let's dance​

 

[hijirio]

It's definitely not what I expected. Some of the ideas just make no sense, but it's kinda enjoyable.

I thought they would have done something akin to her jumping off the building, the dancers turning to a white glow like in the video etc.

Yeah the idea itself is not that bad, but it's executed very poorly. You see her climbing on some screen, but it doesn't make any sense. I wish there were some steps or some building she's climbing onto, now she only seems like floating on a senseless image.
Tonight when y'all watch the whole performance, you'll understand what I mean.

 

[spinachpie]

Yeah the idea itself is not that bad, but it's executed very poorly. You see her climbing on some screen, but it doesn't make any sense. I wish there were some steps or some building she's climbing onto, now she only seems like floating on a senseless image.
Tonight when y'all watch the whole performance, you'll understand what I mean.

Wait, when she's climbing the stairs, it's just into space?

 

[hijirio]

Wait, when she's climbing the stairs, it's just into space?

yes....... it's very similiar to Sergey's staging from 2016, but Sergey was stepping on some cubes. Stefania is just walking on the backdrop cluelessly, then stands on the air, but it looks so lame and cheap lmao

 

[hunty73]

Greece have an incredible artist here,and they are trying to pull off something different for the audience at home.ESC has moved forward over the years and its acts like Greece this year trying things that make that happen.
Green screens need people to be about 6 feet away to avoid shadows and they are too close hence the odd glitch,but i doubt viewers at home after a few drinks care about the odd glitch.She got a huge cheer from the live audience and they arent even watching the feed.
Stefania might be jury bait as well as televote.She went throught the gears with only a couple of slight mistakes on the vocal.The juries score on average as well so entries that dont split opinion too much tend to do well.Another thing to remember is the Greek diaspora hasnt had much to excite them for while.This entry should.

 

[spinachpie]

yes....... it's very similiar to Sergey's staging from 2016, but Sergey was stepping on some cubes. Stefania is just walking on the backdrop cluelessly, then stands on the air, but it looks so lame and cheap lmao

Haha. I'm still excited as she has a great voice, is stunning, and I absolutely love the song. oH oH oH ohhhh oH oH oH....

 

[hawadharma]

Yeah the idea itself is not that bad, but it's executed very poorly. You see her climbing on some screen, but it doesn't make any sense. I wish there were some steps or some building she's climbing onto, now she only seems like floating on a senseless image.
Tonight when y'all watch the whole performance, you'll understand what I mean.

Oh no sounds like tragedy

I imagined a different staging for her, she can use LED all she wants but lose the limbless dancers and green screen.
Maybe starting dark in space, slowly descending to Earth through a waterfall and ends up in the water

 

[Gitte]

Pretty disappointing performance. I don't know what because I don't know much about singing, but her vocals also sounded a bit off/weak/I barely heard the first few sentences over the background music. I liked this song from the performance but at the end I wouldn't have disagreed with a nq. Guess not.

 

[A-lister]

I am happy for Greece, this has been the biggest grower for me this year, although something is stiff in the whole concept of the performance though... still though congrats well deserved

 

[tararaaam]

Vocals were on point, she was really afraid, the green-screen looked less glitchy than in the rehearsals. I guess if she is less stressed, she can do a top 15.

 

[Gitte]

Vocals were on point, she was really afraid, the green-screen looked less glitchy than in the rehearsals. I guess if she is less stressed, she can do a top 15.

I saw about a gadzillion weird arm shadows. Pretty glitchy.

 

[tararaaam]

Have you seen the rehearsals? It’s like 50% less

 

[Nicholas123]

She needs to show more confidence ASAP. She needs to feel it. But i cannot blame anyone else but Fokas. His big fat ego made him create such a demanding stanging for a quite inexperienced singer, that this was bound to happen.

Anyway, congrats, Stef, and good luck in the final!

 

[EscGeek]

Imagine seeing Stefania walking on air and thinking the performance looked cheap. Kate Miller-Heidke could never!

This looked amazing imo. & i hope to see more green screen magic in the future

 

[Gitte]

Have you seen the rehearsals? It’s like 50% less

50% less than a giant mess is still a mess.

 

[Fluke]

The stage gimmicks was probably the only reason this qualified. Not really a bad performance, but still.... a completely pointless, heartless mass product.

 

[Ana Raquel]

I expect a result similar to 2019, but a bit more balanced score between juries and televotes

congrats to her though!

 

[Nicholas123]

a completely pointless, heartless mass product.

Very Swedish, indeed.

 

[tararaaam]

I think people confuse “heartless”, with “stressed”. Give an 18 yo a break…

 

[cegs5]

The stage gimmicks was probably the only reason this qualified. Not really a bad performance, but still.... a completely pointless, heartless mass product.

The staging was what put me off actually. This kind of video clip stagings should stop! for me it kind of kills the atmosphere of a live event.

 

[Ianp16]

I was surprised this qualified. She looked like a sexy feminine Tinky Winky. The outfit was nice but looked cheap. She also started off really confident and then seemed to look a bit stressed after the first minute. The whole thing was a bit too much, in my opinion. I'm glad she got through though because she is a stunning girl and the song is nice.