Israel ISRAEL 2018 - Netta Barzilai - Toy

[Chorizo]

My opinion of this song grows worse and worse every time someone 'reminds' it's likely to win the entire contest. :? Which keeps happening quite often these days.

That would require such a major jury failure...

 

[0scar]

Apparently Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS have been uploading sign language videos of the 2018 songs. For example..

 

[A-lister]

Although I personally have some other entries ranked higher than this, out of the ones that are considered "winning candidates", it would be so great if a song like this would win Eurovision, this is exactly the antidote we need after the kind of entries winning the past years. This is a party banger, it's well produced, it's fun yet smart and it includes both modern contemporary sounds yet local sounds which makes it unique. I root for Netta!

 

[AlekS]

White Riding Hood

 

[theditz83]

White Riding Hood

That was exactly what I thought

 

[94ayd]

White Riding Hood

Kind of looks like the wolf pretending to be White Riding Hood after he ate her (because of her devilish face). :twisted:

 

[Gera11]

 

[Nemesis]

 

[AlekS]

Kind of looks like the wolf pretending to be White Riding Hood after he ate her (because of her devilish face). :twisted:

She's just luring the other mischievous men wolves to skin them for her fency collection

I'm not your toy, motherf---a!

 

[Lietuvis]

So much better than the original. She'd be in my top5 if this was the performed version.

 

[Bsimmons]

her shoes are like ice skates without the blades.

 

[mauve]

So much better than the original. She'd be in my top5 if this was the performed version.

Hell, soooooo much better. Hate the OV, but this one is so much better, including Elina.

 

[theditz83]

So if Netta isn't using her looper on stage any more, will she revert to the original version of the song that appears on the album? As it sounded like the new intro was built to showcase her skills with the looper, and it won't be that evident any more. Shame really, but we'll see how it comes off with live vocalists (I suspect not quite as quirky or cool)

 

[ChrisOL]

So if Netta isn't using her looper on stage any more, will she revert to the original version of the song that appears on the album? As it sounded like the new intro was built to showcase her skills with the looper, and it won't be that evident any more. Shame really, but we'll see how it comes off with live vocalists (I suspect not quite as quirky or cool)

No, she is still using the looper version so not the original version. But yes the backing vocalists have to do this parts and it sounds rather meh from what I can judge :?

 

[tsegaye]

I don't know why but I have a strange feeling about this one now, even if the staging appears to be good now I felt that it sounded quite screamy in the dress rehearsal... Probably will qualify (even though I have started to doubt it) but will it go top 10 in the final? Not sure anymore.

 

[Earthland2]

The first time I heard it I thought this would be the obvious winner. But even then I realized it might come off as kitschy in the live show ... and it seems this is just what has happened. No offense though, it would be very hard to really pull off this kind of song in live performance. Probably will still get high place, and still is contender for the 1st place also. Bookies still love it.

If it's not Israel and it's not Norway, it does kinda leave only ... Estonia. I hear something is being said for France and Bulgaria also, but I just don't see anything there. Czech also totally failed in the staging for me, though song is good.

 

[theditz83]

No, she is still using the looper version so not the original version. But yes the backing vocalists have to do this parts and it sounds rather meh from what I can judge :?

Ugh, that's what I'd feared. It sounds awesome when it's all Netta's vocals layered gradually, but think it might sound more amateur somehow fully "live" with backing vocalists. We'll see what happens I guess, but I'd say that this is by no means the runaway favourite to win that the odds suggest...

 

[Gitte]

Israel has gone on and off for me. I kinda like the song, it catchy, and the message that's after it is...Nice. But it's also kind of annoying. Kitschy and attention-seeking, and even though the message can be great I feel the lyrics haven't executed it well. I also don't like Netta - I can be wrong, but she looks kind of over-confident to me; the kind of confident that isn't sincere and humble anymore. More a kind of bitchy, if-you-disagree-with-me-or-think-I'm-not-perfect-i-will-kill-you-because-I'm-secretly-very-insecure-confident, which I hate.

 

[Preuss]

the only bad parts of Netta's performance are when she sings:

Wonder woman, don’t you ever forget
You’re divine and he’s about to regret

don't know whether it's just me, but my ears bleed then

 

[Vektor]

It looks like they Netta delivered in the Jury Show. I still want to see the whole act and get a confirmation from iTunes and YT later in the week, but this is definitely not a Italy 2017 case anymore, and Israel is really close to winning the ESC.