Denmark DENMARK 2019 - Leonora - Love is Forever
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I think Denmark is just incapable of selecting a good entry, no matter the circumstances.... This sounds like something from an old Apple commercial, just absolutely awful and trivial, whimsy background music. And why isn't there any live performance at all?
NemesisNick
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The Danish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2019, is now over. Here the super final results:
1st Leonora - "Love is forever" (42%)
2nd Julie & Nina - "League of light" (35%)
3rd Sigmund - "Say my name" (23%)
Congratulations to Leonora for winning tonight. The question is, how will she fare at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in May? That's a questionable matter. Although Leonora has a beautiful voice, and "Love is forever" is a nice ballad, I think the style of song sounds worryingly similar to Switzerland's "In Love for a While" which finished last with just 19 points in ESC 2011 Grand Final. Just like most countries, Denmark has to qualify from one of the semi-finals, and Denmark happens to be in the second semi-final on 16 May 2019. The UK has been drawn to vote in that semi-final, so I'll be able to vote for Denmark if I want to that night. If Denmark is lucky enough to qualify for the Grand Final, I think it "Love is forever" will suffer a similar fate to Switzerland in 2011. Time will tell. Personally I would have preferred Julie & Nina - "League of light" to win tonight, as I thought that entry was better, but that wasn't to be. Denmark has chosen Leonora - "Love is forever", and that's that. Well done to all ten artists who performed tonight, and in particular the three that made it to the Super Final.
1st Leonora - "Love is forever" (42%)
2nd Julie & Nina - "League of light" (35%)
3rd Sigmund - "Say my name" (23%)
Congratulations to Leonora for winning tonight. The question is, how will she fare at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in May? That's a questionable matter. Although Leonora has a beautiful voice, and "Love is forever" is a nice ballad, I think the style of song sounds worryingly similar to Switzerland's "In Love for a While" which finished last with just 19 points in ESC 2011 Grand Final. Just like most countries, Denmark has to qualify from one of the semi-finals, and Denmark happens to be in the second semi-final on 16 May 2019. The UK has been drawn to vote in that semi-final, so I'll be able to vote for Denmark if I want to that night. If Denmark is lucky enough to qualify for the Grand Final, I think it "Love is forever" will suffer a similar fate to Switzerland in 2011. Time will tell. Personally I would have preferred Julie & Nina - "League of light" to win tonight, as I thought that entry was better, but that wasn't to be. Denmark has chosen Leonora - "Love is forever", and that's that. Well done to all ten artists who performed tonight, and in particular the three that made it to the Super Final.
RevNet
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THE GOOD:
-The simple instrumentation works for this song.
-The vocals have just the right amount of sweetness.
THE BAD:
-While I said that the instrumentation works for the song, this song needs one more instrument, I feel. Maybe a bit of violin?
THE VERDICT:
We could be going to Denmark again in 2020 because this song is the right kind of sing-along simple. Normally, having multiple languages in a song muddies a song, IMO. Here, however, the addition is done really well to where it doesn't distract too much from it. Overall, this is a really sweet song. It's also a bit quirky, too. With the right staging, this might be the winner. 10 points
-The simple instrumentation works for this song.
-The vocals have just the right amount of sweetness.
THE BAD:
-While I said that the instrumentation works for the song, this song needs one more instrument, I feel. Maybe a bit of violin?
THE VERDICT:
We could be going to Denmark again in 2020 because this song is the right kind of sing-along simple. Normally, having multiple languages in a song muddies a song, IMO. Here, however, the addition is done really well to where it doesn't distract too much from it. Overall, this is a really sweet song. It's also a bit quirky, too. With the right staging, this might be the winner. 10 points
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I think Denmark did the right choice. The song is really really cute, the performance is interesting and memorable and she does it well. I am surprised that I actually like the danish entry for once. Good choice Denmark! 
Alaska49
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lol this thread basically got no new pages and leonora isn't on youtube yet. denmark is such a flop these days. i disliked all 10 songs in my first and only listen so i have no idea what my opinion will be after watching her live. it probably sucks though rofl.
RainyWoods
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The lyrics are unbearable. The singing is annoying. The green screen is tacky. The overall package is incredibly twee.
3 points, only because the song somehow managed to have a little charm to it despite everything being so, so wrong. It's like if Lena, Anna Rossinelli and Zoë (who are just about listenable by themselves) were cloned together as one, and that's going too damn far. I'm moody and can't handle this kind of stuff at the moment. Too sickly sweet and irritating.
3 points, only because the song somehow managed to have a little charm to it despite everything being so, so wrong. It's like if Lena, Anna Rossinelli and Zoë (who are just about listenable by themselves) were cloned together as one, and that's going too damn far. I'm moody and can't handle this kind of stuff at the moment. Too sickly sweet and irritating.
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The lyrics are unbearable. The singing is annoying. The green screen is tacky. The overall package is incredibly twee.
3 points, only because the song somehow managed to have a little charm to it despite everything being so, so wrong. It's like if Lena, Anna Rossinelli and Zoë (who are just about listenable by themselves) were cloned together as one, and that's going too damn far. I'm moody and can't handle this kind of stuff at the moment. Too sickly sweet and irritating.
I actually think that you gave 3 points cause of giant chair..
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This is just completely going to drown in the sea of acts who try to stick to your brain. The down to earth vibes only work if its fine-tuned to perfection like 2017, but here it’s not even close
2017, but here it’s not even close
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VikingTiger
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In my opinion the right choice , in a rather weak selection of songs.
The song itself it quite enjoyable, although I normally really dilslike sing-along-cheerfully-happy-songs. In this case it's not the song itself that represents it's weakest link; it's the singer. She seemed rather stiff and too serious on stage. Not much carisma there.... And the vocals where definitely not spot-on liker they should be.
But I will reward the whole act 7 points .
The song itself it quite enjoyable, although I normally really dilslike sing-along-cheerfully-happy-songs. In this case it's not the song itself that represents it's weakest link; it's the singer. She seemed rather stiff and too serious on stage. Not much carisma there.... And the vocals where definitely not spot-on liker they should be.
But I will reward the whole act 7 points .