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Oshawott

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Molitva was as a song very anthemic, that always appeals to the voters. And it had good staging, with great backing singers, which worked well with the stage act. They actually made Marija stand out even more.
I'm not saying that every songs needs to use the exact formula, but I can see the minor flaws hurting Nina and her final result, if they don't take them into consideration.

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Šerifović had a lot more than just a great vocal performance - what she really had, her singing was flawless.
I just think that Nina should in this case listen more to the advices of her label and not HRT.
 

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I think you can't...
When I have a double post I just edit one of them and write something else...

Haha and I think you want to edit "I want the performance to be over the top with too much going on" part. :D

I responded too quickly to CatEye and then made another post when realized you replied, too. My process of thinking then: "now it looks like I'm spamming this thread...I'll just edit the first post , add a reply to you and delete the other post". Until I realized I can't. :D Oh, well...learned a lesson. :D Will be more careful the next time.
 

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Haha and I think you want to edit "I want the performance to be over the top with too much going on" part. :D

I responded too quickly to CatEye and then made another post when realized you replied, too. My process of thinking then: "now it looks like I'm spamming this thread...I'll just edit the first post , add a reply to you and delete the other post". Until I realized I can't. :D Oh, well...learned a lesson. :D Will be more careful the next time.

hahaha this is what you get when your on writing a post on a forum, writing an essay and watching esc 2014 vs. 2015. videos on youtube. :p

I'm sometimes trying not to spam but when I see that the thread is dead is post something stupid just to make people here talk about it. What I don't know that my posts are more off-putting than the silence here... :lol:

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I hope we get a new interview soon... and I hope that she will promote on more places than just in London and Amsterdam...
But at least then we will get some new interviews and know how she's dealing with the foreign media.
 

Euterpa

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hahaha this is what you get when your on writing a post on a forum, writing an essay and watching esc 2014 vs. 2015. videos on youtube. :p

I'm sometimes trying not to spam but when I see that the thread is dead is post something stupid just to make people here talk about it. What I don't know that my posts are more off-putting than the silence here... :lol:

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I hope we get a new interview soon... and I hope that she will promote on more places than just in London and Amsterdam...
But at least then we will get some new interviews and know how she's dealing with the foreign media.

Haha, I understand. I should be writing my thesis but here I am instead. :D

Your posts are not off-putting haha at least not to me and not on this thread (I don't follow other threads as much). To post anything just to keep the thread alive is a good strategy. :)

Interview would be very good and I'm also hoping to see her perform the song live. The official audio sounds a bit weak to me comparing to what I'm used to hear from her so I really hope her to change that.
 

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Apparently we will have the old Dora format back for the next Eurovision season. :eek: It's news to me, but I'm not usually up to date.
 

Sammy

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slightly overrated in the polls in my opinion. i do like it, but i don't see it in the top 3 or 5.
 

Oshawott

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Ksenija bringing Dora back with her black sorcery...
If this is true, I do hope that there will be some changes. I really want an international jury (or I even read comments about how some want an ex-yu jury that would be also good). I pretty much lost all of my trust in Croatian experts and the general public.
And for God's sake let there be a decent stage. And no Duško Čurlić...
 

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Is there a source?

Can´t say that I´m looking forward to it if it is going to be EXACTLY like before.

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At least some changes in the staging, voting, young and charismatic hosts (not talking about Iva Šuletić).
And a better way of picking which songs are gonna make the final (and not the "the worst songwriters get to pick an artists and he's directly in the final) or just no direct final for anyone. Two semi-finals and the best 5-10 advance to the grand final.
 

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I just hope that Nina is alright after all this bullshit, I would probably have a breakdown if I were here...
Why didn't the HRT team insist for a song by Croats, why the director only now talking?
 

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As I understand, Kovačić said that the song will be chosen differently in the future, but he never mentioned how and that Dora is coming back. To me it seems like "jutarnji" was just "creative" in that bottom title.
 

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As I said already, I wouldn't have anything against Dora if it would be like Dora 2005 :D

But I don't like them not supporting the song because it's written by international authors :/
 

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I'm loving this song more and more, currently my second favourite. I just don't give it any chance of winning, the hype is too big in this forum I think.

I'm already preparing for a doomsday scenario where :ru: wins, which would be an even worse winner then 2011 :az:.
I see this as one of the few songs that could challenge Russia but it needs a perfect staging, which I doubt will happen even though this song lends itself to so many great staging ideas. Where Russia already seems to have the song and performance ready to go, the staging here will remain very uncertain. My prediction is that this song will cruise to the final, but I'm afraid that there it will end somewhere between 10-15.
 

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As I understand, Kovačić said that the song will be chosen differently in the future, but he never mentioned how and that Dora is coming back. To me it seems like "jutarnji" was just "creative" in that bottom title.

What he kinda confirmed is that this is the last time that an act was selected internally with composers from abroad.
The new show might not be called Dora, but there are not many possibilities there either.
It's either Dora, something similar to Dora or they'll send a winner of a festival (CMC comes to my mind, there's not a single festival that's more Croatian than CMC).
 

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Is there someone who gave zero to this song, brave enough to explain to wide audience why this song deserve zero?

Thanks.
 

Oshawott

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Made a friend give a bad review to the Croatian Composers' Society. GOOD ALWAYS PREVAILS!!!!
xfruits:xfruits:xfruits:xfruits:
 

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As I understand, Kovačić said that the song will be chosen differently in the future, but he never mentioned how and that Dora is coming back. To me it seems like "jutarnji" was just "creative" in that bottom title.

True, but I don't think they will come up with an alternative. I think a NF with two semis and a final is a good song selection procedure.
 
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