Iceland ICELAND 2015 - María Ólafsdóttir - Unbroken

[Milos-BC]

Eeeeh.........well, it's better than last year's entry, that's for sure


A bad and uninspiring entry. It has some parts that I like, but overall, it just doesn't work.


2 points.

 

[SRBIJA]

Well Iceland, you screwed it up this time.

 

[lavieenrose]

I like this one a lot (although I refuse to accept the actual title and instead refer to the song as "Is It True 2: Is It Two?").

 

[wyq614]

Iceland, is it true???? You selected this out of so many adorable songs?!

I'm sorry I think this will not make it into the Final. 2 points.

 

[ES2011]

I don't seem to get all the negativity on this forum about this song. I thinks it's a pretty good, melodic and powerfull pop song. Everybody seem to love it before the national final started and the life performance was one of the better ones, so why all the complaining all of the sudden? This song will easily make it to the final, but I don't think it can win the entire contest. I have almost no complaints about this choice even though i preferred others. My only complaint it that handicapped itself by translating their song into english, making it much more bland than the Icelandic version. The Icelandic language always gives something extra and magical to the songs they send and almost never get better when they translate it into english (exept for Pöllaponk )

 

[ESCPOLAND]

I see that many people are a haters of Unbroken

 

[DanielLuis]

Unfortunately what seems to happen a lot in this forum is that if a person's favourite doesn't win a NF they will automatically dislike the song that won, even if they actually appreciated it beforehand.

 

[purplefebruary]

Unfortunately what seems to happen a lot in this forum is that if a person's favourite doesn't win a NF they will automatically dislike the song that won, even if they actually appreciated it beforehand.

True. Personally my favourite was Feathers and I'm glad Maria won.

 

[DanielLuis]

True. Personally my favourite was Feathers and I'm glad Maria won.

Exactly the same as me

 

[RainyWoods]

My favourite was Sunday and i'm personally very upset that Maria has won. I even went back through all the comments to see what my initial view on her song was, and it happened to be the one song from the whole selection I immediately dismissed. We've got yet another dull, indistinguishable piece of radio friendly pop to go with all the other dull, indistinguishable pieces of radio friendly pop. To make things even worse, I find Maria's voice incredibly aggravating. For me, going with "Unbroken" was the worst possible choice Iceland could have made. If I wanted to hear music like this, i'd just turn on the radio (and weep). I come to Eurovision for the bold, the extravagant, the unusual, the emotional, the fun. After two wonderful Icelandic entries, and ones before that I really appreciated (despite not perhaps being the biggest fan), it's a real shame to see such a special country for music, take such a massive drop in quality/creativity.

I honestly can't believe how this edition of the contest is shaping up. It just keeps getting worse and worse. Whatever the genre being sent, the songs have been so bland and uninspired. It would be beyond tragic if by May, my favourite is still Malta. I should not even be championing a song like "Warrior", but as it stands at the moment, it's the only song with a bit of spark to it, as generic a composition as it is.

 

[Iuris]

Haters gonna hate.

 

[Iuris]

I love María, but I cannot forget her. 1

 

[blue00eyes]

This song is weak and awful, I hope it won't qualify.

 

[kamc]

Pleasant, if a little boring. I'm growing tired of the barefoot pixie look though. I hope she finds a pair of shoes before Vienna.

 

[lilka]

Nothing extraordinary, boring, 0 points.

 

[ayzelto]

The song keeps growing on me every time I listen to it, but I'm afraid it can be a reflection of Ireland last year. Similar songs... similar result? I hope not!

 

[Hamster]

Definitely not they won't be dragging in Irish dancers and Irishing it up

 

[QwaarJet]

The song keeps growing on me every time I listen to it, but I'm afraid it can be a reflection of Ireland last year. Similar songs... similar result? I hope not!

The reason Ireland failed last year is that Kasey Smith couldn't hit a note with a baseball bat.

 

[kengaIME]

My favorite was Feathers and I think they ruined a potential top 5 not choosing it. X-OI

 

[pinkchiffon]

I'm not sure Feathers would have placed that high actually, but not everything is about results. It would have been more divisive and therefore interesting to have around. Unbroken is a song you hear every year by a performer you see every year.