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An average ESC voter does not care about plagiarism. If the performance is great in May they will vote for her. She proved in Amsterdam that her live will be awesome.
Croatia CROATIA 2016 - Nina Kraljić - Lighthouse
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An average ESC voter does not care about plagiarism. If the performance is great in May they will vote for her. She proved in Amsterdam that her live will be awesome.
The most funniest thing of them all - it is not a plagiarism!!!
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They don't accuse Nina, just Croatian fans. People who don't think that Nina's performance was the best think she's in lead just because Croatian fans are promoting the poll.
I was having a discussion even earlier with one particular wiwiblogg user, he/she was really annoyed by those links in YouTube comments that lead to wiwi polls.
But it comes down to the same thing - so what if Croatian fans promote these polls and say "vote for Nina", of course no one who doesn't like the song will vote for it just because someone wrote "vote for it" (ok, some may but I don't believe there will be so many of them to make a big difference). Nor will all these fans stop promoting polls just because they have been kindly asked.
Edit: I've just realized that not only the most viewed Amsterdam performance is Nina's, but that performance is the most viewed 2016 related video on the wiwibloggs YT channel.
They don't accuse Nina, just Croatian fans. People who don't think that Nina's performance was the best think she's in lead just because Croatian fans are promoting the poll.
I was having a discussion even earlier with one particular wiwiblogg user, he/she was really annoyed by those links in YouTube comments that lead to wiwi polls.
But it comes down to the same thing - so what if Croatian fans promote these polls and say "vote for Nina", of course no one who doesn't like the song will vote for it just because someone wrote "vote for it" (ok, some may but I don't believe there will be so many of them to make a big difference). Nor will all these fans stop promoting polls just because they have been kindly asked.
Edit: I've just realized that not only the most viewed Amsterdam performance is Nina's, but that performance is the most viewed 2016 related video on the wiwibloggs YT channel.
Then we can complain about Russian, Azerbaijani, Malteese fans.....................those 3 are especially hardcore fans!!!
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I hoped Nina gave up on this official video but after it has appeared on her official site she continued to dropping on odds...not good, not good...
I don't think video clips effect the odds... If I remember well, she was 13th in the odds even before the video release.
I was hoping the odds will be better after her performance in Amsterdam, but they stayed almost the same.
I hadn't followed the odds before this year's Eurovison and I don't know how accurate they tend to be, but I have little faith that this year's odds are something to rely on, they seem pretty crazy to me.
Problems I have with this year's odds:
- Estonia rating lower than Denmark and Ireland: Estonia is just one place behind Denmark and 2 places behind Ireland, which is the case on oddschecker. I believe Estonia's song is (much) better than the other two and if I look at several polls, others seem to agree with me since Estonia rates on polls with big advantage comparing to the two countries
- Russia being the first all the time as if there's no way some other song will win, while Eurovision fans seem to be pretty divided when it comes to their favorite song
- Russia being the first in general
- Sweden being the third: the song is not that bad and probably doesn't deserve that much hate we can see on the web, but it is not that good either
- the odds seem to not like Nina's live performances (she was 3rd before that performance in Serbia and this one in Amsterdam didn't help her either) while the public's reaction is the opposite - her lives make people like the song more or at least appreciate it
I could probably find some more problems if I give myself more time to think about it.
And I think we have nothing to worry about, not before May and the semis.
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Her live performance in Amsterdam has reached 100.000 views while most performances reached around 6-10 thousand ......
That's why I believe we have a winner ladies and gents.
It's always the public NOT what some silly odds say ..... Let's not forget 2014 and 2011.
That's why I believe we have a winner ladies and gents.
It's always the public NOT what some silly odds say ..... Let's not forget 2014 and 2011.
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Well, Austria was no. 1 in the odds, IIRC. Anyway, I can see Croatia winning. It' a decent song and it would be ok for me although there are songs I like more.
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Austria only climbed to #1 in the odds during Eurovision week. Before that, they were around 15th I think, while the Netherlands were even lower. The big favourites pre-contest in the odds was Armenia with Sweden a close second. But other than 2014, these last few years the odds have been right. In 2012 Sweden was the clear favourite, in 2013 Denmark was the clear favourite, and last year Sweden was the favourite even though Italy was putting up a fight.
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The Common Linnets were #22 in the odds before the semi final ........ And they ended up #2.
I loved their song right from the start and I wanted them to win.
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Nina is going to open the semi-final of 'The Voice-Croatia' with 'Lighthouse' this Saturday at 20:00 on HRT1
HRT is for once doing a great job in hyping general population into supporting and watching ESC. First the HDS drama, then guest appearance in RTL direkt and now The Voice.
I said earlier this year and I'm still behind it, HRT is bidding high for next year's ESC just like they did in the 90s. Euterpa
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On her Facebook page, Nina said that Juraj Zigman designed the dress she wore in Amsterdam and that he will also design a dress for the Eurovision performance.
So it seems everyone was wrong assuming Matija Vuica will design her dress.
From eurosong.hrt.hr:
Nina: "Zigman is a fantastic designer and there's a reason why he wins numerous awards and nominations, including the 'Elle Style Awards'. Since winning the Voice, I expressed my wish to meet him and cooperate with him, therefore I'm very glad about this. He is the one of those creative people in their field of work to whom you can absolutely trust and who always makes more than expected."
Zigman: "That work is different from everything else I'm working on, especially commercial collections that are presented on fashion shows. I like the stage and I like when creations can be presented in that way, and each singer I'm working with I see as a challenge, regardless of their music genre. Nina and her song "Lighthouse" inspired me very much. It is rare that the music inspires me that much, but this song took me to another world."
So it seems everyone was wrong assuming Matija Vuica will design her dress.
From eurosong.hrt.hr:
Nina: "Zigman is a fantastic designer and there's a reason why he wins numerous awards and nominations, including the 'Elle Style Awards'. Since winning the Voice, I expressed my wish to meet him and cooperate with him, therefore I'm very glad about this. He is the one of those creative people in their field of work to whom you can absolutely trust and who always makes more than expected."
Zigman: "That work is different from everything else I'm working on, especially commercial collections that are presented on fashion shows. I like the stage and I like when creations can be presented in that way, and each singer I'm working with I see as a challenge, regardless of their music genre. Nina and her song "Lighthouse" inspired me very much. It is rare that the music inspires me that much, but this song took me to another world."
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I hope Nina will slay in May and bring home at the minimum a 5th place for Croatia 
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On her Facebook page, Nina said that Juraj Zigman designed the dress she wore in Amsterdam and that he will also design a dress for the Eurovision performance.
So it seems everyone was wrong assuming Matija Vuica will design her dress.
From eurosong.hrt.hr:
Nina: "Zigman is a fantastic designer and there's a reason why he wins numerous awards and nominations, including the 'Elle Style Awards'. Since winning the Voice, I expressed my wish to meet him and cooperate with him, therefore I'm very glad about this. He is the one of those creative people in their field of work to whom you can absolutely trust and who always makes more than expected."
Zigman: "That work is different from everything else I'm working on, especially commercial collections that are presented on fashion shows. I like the stage and I like when creations can be presented in that way, and each singer I'm working with I see as a challenge, regardless of their music genre. Nina and her song "Lighthouse" inspired me very much. It is rare that the music inspires me that much, but this song took me to another world."
Zigman ima dvije krajnosti- ili je krasno ili je užasno. Nadam se da će iskemijati ovo prvo.
EDIT: oops, I wrote in Croatian. I was saying that Zigman can make both a beautiful or disgusting dress, it depends. So I hope for the best.
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I can't understand people comparing her voice to Ellie Goulding's. Ellie could only dream to have a voice as beautiful as Nina!