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Israel ISRAEL 2021 - Eden Alene - Set Me Free
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The tricky thing comes that out of the 5 female uptempos (besides Destiny) who will get more jury love.
If Eurojury is any indication, Eden will get the most support out of the 4. But then that's not a good indication since the actual "live" performances are not used.
If the Israel delegation has come out with a great staging, I wouldn't be here so worried as I'm sure that will guarantee Israel with lots of jury support to help Eden get through to the grand final. Now I'm not so sure anymore especially when it appears that Israel shares similar staging with Croatia even though Eden is a better performer between the 2.
If Eurojury is any indication, Eden will get the most support out of the 4. But then that's not a good indication since the actual "live" performances are not used.
If the Israel delegation has come out with a great staging, I wouldn't be here so worried as I'm sure that will guarantee Israel with lots of jury support to help Eden get through to the grand final. Now I'm not so sure anymore especially when it appears that Israel shares similar staging with Croatia even though Eden is a better performer between the 2.
yeah i believe the same. i guess it also comes to the difference between them in both parts. i believe aze would be like 5th or so with the televoting (probably below ru/ua/mt/lt) and something like 11th or 12th with the juries, while eden would be around 5th/6th in the televoting, but like 15th with the televoting, sadlyBut yeah I agree with you about Efendi probably appealing more to the televoters, but like I said I think Eden will do better with the juries so question is only how well will they both do in the combined voting?
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yeah i believe the same. i guess it also comes to the difference between them in both parts. i believe aze would be like 5th or so with the televoting (probably below ru/ua/mt/lt) and something like 11th or 12th with the juries, while eden would be around 5th/6th in the televoting, but like 15th with the televoting, sadly
You might be right... unfortunately... we'll have to see...
Although 15th in televoting seems a little too low no? I can see at least a handful of entries having less appeal so that would bring Eden to 11th - 12th in the televoting at "worst", so similar scenario as with Efendi but switching the voting groups out.
So depending on how other entries will fair, I could see them ending up in the bottom 10 (at worst) and qualifying... at least I'm trying to stay optimistic for now (imho they both deserve top. 5 in the semi but yeah I'm not delusional).
yeah, maybe it's too low given there are many contestants in semi 1. maybe 13th-14th? i think a similar situation with
2018 (despite both being totally distinct) - good position on the jury, tragic in the televoting, ended up barely missing out
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yeah, maybe it's too low given there are many contestants in semi 1. maybe 13th-14th? i think a similar situation with
I hope you're wrong but we'll see, Latvia 2018 is a slightly odd comparison though as it's more Hooverphonic territory but if just to describe an outcome... we'll see...
But then again I can't see why this would do so tragic with televoters though? In the end of the day it's still 10/16 entries that will qualify (so a majority in fact), and I'd say this has more televoting appeal than N. Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Romania, Norway, Sweden, Australia...
oh in terms of genre, sure. but in this case is more about placements.
i think it will place above n Macedonia and slovenia, at least, but maybe the other divas cancel her out? mainly croatia for having the most similar style to her and probably share the same public.
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I understand...
I do get the "logic" about similar entries cancel each other out, but then again it would also require worse entries or entries with let's say less appeal to fair proportionally better as well, and I don't see why the public will start to vote for an entry that is generally less likable just because some entries are "similar"...
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eurovision.ltu on Instagram: "This is the moments we live for during rehearsals 🥺🥰🥰 @efendi_music @eden_alene #ESC #Eurovision #Israel #Azerbaijan"
64 likes, 1 comments - eurovision.ltu on May 9, 2021: "This is the moments we live for during rehearsals 🥺🥰🥰 @efendi_music @eden_alene #ESC #Eurovision #Israel #Azerbaijan".
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Effendi and Eden, in a moment of communion
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How Eden is going to edge the other female uptempos will be her charisma and vocal abilities.
I have read mostly that Eden exudes some warmth when she performs, she looks very inviting.
I think it's too late for the delegation to go back to the drawing board and change the staging (especially the color scheme).
What they need to do now is to make staging tighter, get the camera angles right, do the dress reveal correctly and have the dancers do a tight choreography. The rest is really up to Eden's ability to perform (especially her whistle notes). She may snatch up some good amount of televotes together with a good chunk of jury votes.
But all in all, Israel should be proud of its product since it's a Israeli-produced package? The staging director, the stylist, the make-up artists, the songwriters, the dancers, the artist (ie. Eden) are all from Israel if I am not wrong.
I only wish they have bring some elements from the music video. I really love the silver glittery outfit she wore in the music video, that would have been a great outfit. Instead of blue + pink, the grey + pink palette actually looks really good. It's just unfortunate she is coming after Croatia with the same colour palette.
I have read mostly that Eden exudes some warmth when she performs, she looks very inviting.
I think it's too late for the delegation to go back to the drawing board and change the staging (especially the color scheme).
What they need to do now is to make staging tighter, get the camera angles right, do the dress reveal correctly and have the dancers do a tight choreography. The rest is really up to Eden's ability to perform (especially her whistle notes). She may snatch up some good amount of televotes together with a good chunk of jury votes.
But all in all, Israel should be proud of its product since it's a Israeli-produced package? The staging director, the stylist, the make-up artists, the songwriters, the dancers, the artist (ie. Eden) are all from Israel if I am not wrong.
I only wish they have bring some elements from the music video. I really love the silver glittery outfit she wore in the music video, that would have been a great outfit. Instead of blue + pink, the grey + pink palette actually looks really good. It's just unfortunate she is coming after Croatia with the same colour palette.
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I LOVE her face when she whistles!!!!!! But I don't think it will be enough to qualify
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The dancers 
The hair
The whistle note
The outfit
The hair
The whistle note
The outfit
Ezio
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I am not sure if the stunning whistle note can save this song from the semifinal. It could be enough to pass Romania though.
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This song makes me happy, for some reason
NemesisNick
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I've produced this video, containing my views on the song representing Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021: Eden Alene - "Set Me Free"
Nemesis Nick Talks Eurovision: Israel 2021
Nemesis Nick Talks Eurovision: Israel 2021
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I've been telling myself not to get too invested, I mean at the end of the day, it's just Eurovision. Life still moves on even if she NQ (*touch wood*).
Having said that, I've been trying not to read the reviews of her rehearsal performance but I can't help it in the end. There are a considerable amount of comments from those who watched the full rehearsals mention that Eden was pretty shaky with her vocals. From what I can gather, besides nerves, it is likely to due with the dance routine and also how they move around the stage. I hope she manages to find the balance to juggle her vocals with the dance routine. Or they find some ways to cut down any unnecessary dance moves for her. In my opinion, in order for her to edge out her competitors, her best bet is to get the jury support as I feel her song has the most jury appeal out of the female uptempos (beside Malta). Understandably, she is probably under tremendous stress especially having to worry about the safety of her loved ones back home.
I really hope she will be able to do her best in the jury show and the semi-final and convince the juries and viewers that she deserves a spot in the grand final. *fingers crossed*
Having said that, I've been trying not to read the reviews of her rehearsal performance but I can't help it in the end. There are a considerable amount of comments from those who watched the full rehearsals mention that Eden was pretty shaky with her vocals. From what I can gather, besides nerves, it is likely to due with the dance routine and also how they move around the stage. I hope she manages to find the balance to juggle her vocals with the dance routine. Or they find some ways to cut down any unnecessary dance moves for her. In my opinion, in order for her to edge out her competitors, her best bet is to get the jury support as I feel her song has the most jury appeal out of the female uptempos (beside Malta). Understandably, she is probably under tremendous stress especially having to worry about the safety of her loved ones back home.
I really hope she will be able to do her best in the jury show and the semi-final and convince the juries and viewers that she deserves a spot in the grand final. *fingers crossed*
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I think you can vote up to 20 times from one phone line, so in the ESC 2021, someone from Netherlands, Germany and Italy could vote once for every country other than Israel (as they're only voting, not competing, in that semi-final). People from the countries actually competing in the First Semi-Final (other than Israel) could vote once each for every country other than Israel and their own. Effectively that's one way someone could "downvote" Israel - give one vote to every country other than Israel (and your own country if competing in the First Semi-Final).
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This wouldn't consider "downvoting", this would mean she is losing the vote that she is potentially getting.
"Downvoting" would be any vote she receive will be negated. That's how I see it.