Our “Expert” Panel continues for another year, with 15 members of the ESC United team having sat down to review the hopefuls that were set to represent their nations at Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam!
As a quick reminder, the rules of our “Expert” Panel are simple; our team provide a score for each entry between 1 and 10, with .5 scores also possible – 1 being terrible and 10 being a perfect score and an amazing entry. Each entry will also have a video, where Matt will discuss the entry with three members of the panel and provide their rationales for their points for the song.
Time to see which song is next up…
Our next song is Belgium’s “Release Me”, from the legendary trip-hop group Hooverphonic. There was a great deal of hype for their selection back in late 2019, so did we feel that the track lived up to the fans’ expectations?
#YOU can see below how Matt, Sean, Gabe and Roy feel about the Belgian song below;
Want to know how our full panel’s score breaks down? Find out below how all 15 members voted…
- Boris 7
- Connor 8
- David 5
- Fernando 3
- Gabe 6
- Holly 7
- James 5
- Matt 5.5
- Melanie 7
- Robert 9
- Roy 6.5
- Sanio 7.5
- Sean 5
- Sebastian 9
- Stefan 7
As usual we also asked our forum readers and members to share their votes on the song, with the Forum giving a score of 6.90 to Belgium!
So where does this put Belgium in our overall ranking? The average score for “Release Me” was 6.53, just about overtaking Czech Republic and sitting in 9th currently.
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- 🇮🇸 Iceland – 8.63
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland – 7.87
- 🇲🇹 Malta – 7.76
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands – 7.15
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – 7.10
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus – 6.82
- 🇭🇷 Croatia – 6.77
- 🇩🇰 Denmark – 6.59
- 🇧🇪 Belgium – 6.53
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic – 6.45
- 🇦🇱 Albania – 6.42
- 🇬🇷 Greece – 6.40
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia – 6.01
- 🇪🇸 Spain – 5.97
- 🇵🇹 Portugal – 5.95
- 🇱🇻 Latvia – 5.80
- 🇦🇹 Austria – 5.60
- 🇦🇺 Australia – 5.69
Iceland still have a strong lead, so who could threaten it? Next up, it’s France’s Tom Leeb with “The Best in Me” – so make sure to subscribe and enable notifications for our YouTube channel to not miss a thing!
Do #YOU agree with our score? What do #YOU think of Belgium’s Eurovision 2020 entry? Share your thoughts with us on our forum HERE or join the discussion below and on social media!
