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Germany GERMANY 2014 - Elaiza - Is It Right
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I actually think LaBrassBanda, that won the televote in German NF 2013- but were screwed over by the juries, would have been more successful in ESC (atleast with televoters) than Cascada were... I mean they were sorta like if one mixed Greece with Hungary, energetic-alternative-hipster-ish-local-ska in native language...
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Believe me ... I was live in Hannover when this happend .... and it was just a bunch of noise!
BTW Cascada won the televote actually
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I rather think that Greece would have scored them off...
Nackert is like a boring version of the Greek song, absolutely no highlights, no real melody, not catchy and in contrast to the Greek band they are not even sympathic.
I didn't want Cascaca to win, but I was very relieved that La Brass Banda didn't win
Blitzkids or maybe Saint Lu would have had chances to reach a good ranking in ESC
Nackert is like a boring version of the Greek song, absolutely no highlights, no real melody, not catchy and in contrast to the Greek band they are not even sympathic.
I didn't want Cascaca to win, but I was very relieved that La Brass Banda didn't win
Blitzkids or maybe Saint Lu would have had chances to reach a good ranking in ESC
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Believe me ... I was live in Hannover when this happend .... and it was just a bunch of noise!
BTW Cascada won the televote actually
Oh sorry, they were second in televote and first in this odd radio vote thingy (which was also part of public vote)... so that's what I meant, if one count the radio voting to the public one then yes they won the public vote.
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Well, my personal fav from the German selection was Betty Dittrich... it got really screwed over by the juries aswell (note how the juries screwed ALL German language entries over!!!)... that was such a nice little guilty pleasure song.
I never liked Blitzkids
Saint Lu were ok though
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Maybe I'm your neighbor but you don't know it
My neighbor ... hmm so you are a my best friend actually ?! Or the 80 year old Granny ?
Well, my personal fav from the German selection was Betty Dittrich... it got really screwed over by the juries aswell (note how the juries screwed ALL German language entries over!!!)... that was such a nice little guilty pleasure song.
I never liked Blitzkids
Interesting, because both were my favouirites.
Edit: LaBrassBanda is a great live band, I like them very much and I've had high hopes myself, but their song tbh was too weak, at least in my opinion: The verses were almost without melody; only refrain and (of course
) the energetic live performance were good. (P.S. I'd like them to come back next year with a cracker song 
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I'm not sure whether or not you've been living under a rock these past few years, but Cascada has had a few hits in the last five years....
"Fever", "Dangerous", "Pyromania", "San Francisco", "Au Revoir", "Summer of Love", and "The Rhythm of the Night".
So stick that in your pipe and smoke it, deary.
Noticed I used the word hit
What you mentioned are just one flop after the other
All these were hits here, and this means they were in other countries as well. They didn't have a #1 in the UK or USA, but you can't call these flops...
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Edit: LaBrassBanda is a great live band, I like them very much and I've had high hopes myself, but their song tbh was too weak, at least in my opinion: The verses were almost without melody; only refrain and (of course
This would be interesting. I kinda liked their song in the NF but it was kinda weak in its genre.
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Maybe in Cyprus then... but not generally speaking...
Cascada simply have two global/pan-European hits: Everytime We Touch (a cover) and Evacuate the Dance Floor... sure they might have some random hits in some random markets... but I meant overall.
You think Cascada would enter ESC if hey were so successful?
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Cyprus has the same hits with Greece, so if something is famous in Cyprus, then it is in Greece as well.
Yes, they weren't pan-European hits, but they weren't big flops either.
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Interesting, because both were my favouirites.
Edit: LaBrassBanda is a great live band, I like them very much and I've had high hopes myself, but their song tbh was too weak, at least in my opinion: The verses were almost without melody; only refrain and (of course
Well, that's the interesting thing with different music taste...
Well, I think Cascada had a better song than LaBrassBanda, but in hindsight with the results of ESC 2013 I think that LaBrassBanda would have stood out more.
I hope atleast next year you won't have juries that are by purpose dismissing all German language songs...
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For an act that is aiming on a global scene, yes they were flops...
Well, we'll see, but...I personally don't think that "the juries" (<--so annoying tune, btw.) will do that, tbh.
We had Mia Diekow and Betty this year, at least.
See?
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Well, we'll see, but...I personally don't think that "the juries" (<--so annoying tune, btw.) will do that, tbh.
We had Mia Diekow and Betty this year, at least.
See?
Betty didn't receive any pts from the jury, Mia received 2pts (even though her song was way weaker that Betty's)... but still the lowest (or no pts) went to the German language entries... while everything over 2pts went to the English language entries (even if they were worse some of them).
people vote for the 'most convincing' in a show like this, obviously - and this aspect in ESC usually counts a lot.
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people vote for the 'most convincing' in a show like this, obviously - and this aspect in ESC usually counts a lot.
Actually, Betty got 4pts from the televotes and was 3rd in the radio vote... it was just the juries hating her
One of the worst songs was this one though... pure kitsch crap... I can't get how it was 3rd with the public: