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Albania ALBANIA 2014 - Hersi Matmuja - One Night's Anger

How do you rate the entry?

  • 12

    29 14.1%
  • 10

    23 11.2%
  • 8

    13 6.3%
  • 7

    22 10.7%
  • 6

    23 11.2%
  • 5

    22 10.7%
  • 4

    18 8.8%
  • 3

    9 4.4%
  • 2

    15 7.3%
  • 1

    14 6.8%
  • 0

    17 8.3%

  • Total voters
    205

arne1990

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I gave it 6 points. They - obviously - has to rewrite the song, but I think the song has some potentional.
For the first place in Albania, it was between Klodian Kaçani and Hersiana. Don't really know who was better...
 

Mrm

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I also think FiK is always fixed, every single year! :? Otherwise they will introduce televoting..
 

i anixi

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Will you all please check your evil suspicious minds and stop bashing my beloved Albanian jurors? xgaah

I urge them... I demand they should preside from now on over every NF in Europe and whereabouts and ultimately over eurovision itself!
Oh, what a dream show it would be xheart
 

lowyby

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I don't mind about any corrupt shizzle in the jury, since 2008 Albania sent entries I loved SO much (ignore 2013)
 

une

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Oh, come on, the albanian jury might have some sympathy for a particular composer, but I don't think the winning songs are exactly fixed, as you can't deny that the song was really good and the best of the evening, so why should it have been fixed?! If you notice, the albanian jury goes for songs of strength and character, rhythmic modern songs don't have very much chances with them, unless the sound is very albanian. There's no way for Florent Boshnjaku, the composer of Rona Nishliu for example to have corrupted the jury, everyone in Albania knows that kosovars are lost inside Albania when it comes to that, the song should have been extremely good for it to have won.

As for this song, I like it very, very much, it is very fresh and albanian. The intro is nothing unusual when you know that it has been composed by Genti Lako, you would expect that from him. I really, really hope they keep it in albanian, it is so important in this song.
 

ESC

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After hearing this song many times, i have to say: This song has potential. Bilingual version would be very suitable.
 

QwaarJet

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After hearing this song many times, i have to say: This song has potential. Bilingual version would be very suitable.

Incoming A-Lister in 5...4...3...
 

pinkchiffon

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This might be a stupid question, but can we get a source that the offending jury member is the songwriter's brother? I can't find them mentioned in the same sentence anywhere except in this thread, and I'm beginning to wonder if their surname isn't just a coincidence...
 

ParadiseES

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Don't really like it. Excellent voice, as always from Albania, but a weird song with very different parts that don't make sense for me.

We'll wait for the final version when they'll improve the song. The instrumental parts are especially terrible.

2 points.
 

theCONWEL

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What I think I love the most about this entry is the vocals! Hersiana has so much control, her voice is beautiful to listen to :D

I'd give this entry 12pts if it wasn't for the ghastly intro xgaah
 

theCONWEL

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ALBANIAN ONLY! xcheer

It would be interesting to hear an English version as well as an Albanian one, but I do think that a large part of the charm of this entry lies in the use of the native language. :mrgreen:
 

A-lister

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It would be interesting to hear an English version as well as an Albanian one, but I do think that a large part of the charm of this entry lies in the use of the native language. :mrgreen:

Not sure what the interesting would be tbh, I hear and use English pretty much everyday... xshrug

And yeah, one of the main points to why it should be kept in Albanian is mentioned in your last sentence ;)
 

Leydan

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Not sure what the interesting would be tbh, I hear and use English pretty much everyday... xshrug

Well to me, It allows me to compare the quality of the song from its native language to English. (like San Marino and Serbia in 2013) Usually though the English version is super cheesy and the lyrics laughable which is the case of them two above. So in most cases, English ISN'T always better... Had they both sung in English then it wouldn't surprise me if both did worse than what they did do. Especially San Marino.
 

theCONWEL

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Not sure what the interesting would be tbh, I hear and use English pretty much everyday... xshrug

I mean it would be interesting to be able to understand the song, but I definitely think that it should remain in English for the contest. Like MayaSar, she made multiple versions of her song in various languages, though 'Korake Ti Znam' was always going to Eurovision. It would be cool if Hersiana did something like that :D
 

A-lister

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Well to me, It allows me to compare the quality of the song from its native language to English. (like San Marino and Serbia in 2013) Usually though the English version is super cheesy and the lyrics laughable which is the case of them two above. So in most cases, English ISN'T always better... Had they both sung in English then it wouldn't surprise me if both did worse than what they did do. Especially San Marino.

I mean it would be interesting to be able to understand the song, but I definitely think that it should remain in English for the contest. Like MayaSar, she made multiple versions of her song in various languages, though 'Korake Ti Znam' was always going to Eurovision. It would be cool if Hersiana did something like that :D

Firstly, if a song is translated "well" it usually lose its original lyrics anyways (because literal translations barely work out well anyways). I mean you can already read the translations of the lyrics if you want to? Not really sure why an English version is even needed. Hungary released a Swedish version of their entry last year, sure it was fun and all but still sounded odd and I guess I could live without hearing it. I always said that a good song speaks for itself, there's no need to "understand" lyrics even, it's all about the "feeling" it gives plus I think languages add character and especially if one doesn't understand (or very little) it's exotic and interesting... but maybe that's just me.
 

Knubelznarm

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At Eurovision they should stylize her name as Hercie Matthews and revamp the song totally. I'm thinking an homage to Mariah Carey with the title "One Night's Passion".

THERE you have it girls! xheart
 
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