Finland FINLAND 2019 - Darude ft. Sebastian Rejman - Look Away

[crashworld]

Still have issues with the placements of the Darude + Sebastian + dancer on the stage. Looks very disconnected. Not convinced this will qualify.

 

[Stargazer]

I'm sorry dear Suomi, but this is just bad. :? There's nothing of substance here, I'm afraid.

 

[grazy2266]

I feel this song is alrite afte a few drinks in the Euro club but on the Eurovision stage it's a no no for me, hmmmmm i think this might struggle tonight in getting through they need to pull it out of the bag and be spot on i think to capute the audiebce at home

 

[Citelis]

I really want them in the final because i like this more than most of the rest SF1 entries but sadly their chances are nearly nonexistent.

 

[midnightsun]

Well...

Nothing more to say! Wanted it to qualify so much but once it had started I knew it was over.

 

[Citelis]

As i was expecting they did not qualify. It won't be surprise to me if they finished 16th or even 17th on jury voting.

 

[Sammy]

When I remember the fuzz they made when Darude was announced - and now this outcome. But to be fair, this was the most powerless dancing track I've heard in a while...

 

[midnightsun]

Actually it had the most powerless singer.
Sebastian should put away the mic and come to me instead!

 

[RainyWoods]

Chose the wrong song. Could have had a chance with Superman but instead they went for the most subpar of the three. It's a shame. The staging actually wasn't too bad at all but I think the moment after Estonia performed it was very clear that Finland weren't going anywhere. Two songs competing for the same vote with one just having so much more oomph and artist charisma than the other. A Darude song that just wasn't fun was a bad move.

 

[opinionsigotem]

UMK needs to go back to a multi-artist selection. So sad to see how far they've fallen from Softengine to this (which could well have come last given how other than "we have Darude" there was absolutely no reason presented to vote for it).

 

[LalehForWD]

I liked the song. I didn't take much notice of the song beforehand but seeing it live I heard some true basic quality. With a different setup it could have been great. The overall act was uninspired and the production terrible, which of course contribute to not standing out in the studio version. And what about this arena rocker singing house???

 

[cegs5]

YLE you can't just announce Darude and expect that the votes will come automatically... he was just left behind with a keyboard that barely made the whole skng, instead of getting the wjole attebtion with a few seconds of a solo performing (see what the epic sax guy did!)

I hope YLE realises that their ESC team is incompetent, I believe they do have good intentions but they just don't know what to do.

 

[hijirio]

If they gave me this song and told me to do everything in my power to make this qualify, I would only shoot the female dancer and add close shots to the audience, nothing else.
Sebastian's presence made it another pop song, and Estonia did it better.

 

[Juliette]

Sebastian can't sing. How could anyone expect for something else? Yay for me, I dislike this kind of music anyway.

 

[cegs5]

Sebastian can't sing. How could anyone expect for something else? Yay for me, I dislike this kind of music anyway.

I don't think vocal skills are definitive in order to qualify, in fact yesterday there were some qualifiers who couldn't hit a note or be musically pleasent, it's the full package what matters.

 

[midnightsun]

Yes, Sebastian can't sing. I suppose he has other qualities!

Yet the songs was my no. 3 overall. I grew up with that kind of music. It's dated dance music but to me still better that some of the contemporary stuff like Cyprus, Switzerland, Malta...
I still fucking LOVE that song and I'm really sad but I saw it coming. Performance not powerful enough, in no ways, not only Sebastian. Darude appeared as enthusiastic about performing as he does in the videos on the official Eurovision channel: bored. I also suppose the female dancer was drunk and I worried she'd fell of that cube almost all the time.

 

[musicfan]

Good one, definitely deserved to qualify. I think we all know at least a couple qualified just because they were cute young men.

 

[tuorem]

What's with Rejman singing "lookooway" instead of "look away"? Apart from his bad vocal, that got me confused.

 

[Milos-BC]

This song could've been saved with a good performance, and sadly, that aspect was atrocious.


Sebastain looked like poor man's Wolverine and he sang horribly too.


Such a shame, this had a chance to make it with the right presentation.


Darude has now joined the list of big names who failed to deliver on ESC (DJ Bobo, No Angels, Blue, etc....).

 

[Citelis]

I can't believe it but they came dead last in the semifinal!