Greece GREECE 2024 - Marina Satti - Zari

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[mauve]

I can see this fail in the semis - it is simply not memorable enough. It will probably come down to the performance though. But just a little dancing choreo might not do it.

 

[Bobjan FR]

immediately

 

[0scar]

Wouldn't be surprised if this is gonna be the Eaea of 2024 - really popular in the fandom but not generally liked by the public

 

[Sabrewulf238]

I can see this fail in the semis - it is simply not memorable enough. It will probably come down to the performance though. But just a little dancing choreo might not do it.

I'm going to guess that Marina will pull it off live and elevate it. So I think Greece will likely qualify.

I do feel like it's the kind of song that could really flop live in the wrong hands though.

 

[gigi_copp3]

Wouldn't be surprised if this is gonna be the Eaea of 2024 - really popular in the fandom but not generally liked by the public

Eaea had a difficult rhythm to follow, it was not catchy at all. It was a mix of perfect things (perfect voice, perfect staging) but the song was so hard to listen.
Zari is catchy enough to get a decent result

 

[0scar]

Eaea had a difficult rhythm to follow, it was not catchy at all. It was a mix of perfect things (perfect voice, perfect staging) but the song was so hard to listen.
Zari is catchy enough to get a decent result

Well I beg to differ - I listened to this right before I went to sleep and when I woke up this morning I tried to remember anything about the song and I could remember.. well, nothing. Only that it was a bunch of noise cramped into one song.
I honestly cannot identify a proper melody, while it was way easier with Eaea.

Tried it again this morning but nope Greece, this isn't for me. I'm disappointed because I was looking forward to this one and was prepared for Greece to be a contender for the win but this is nowhere near winning.

 

[FilipFromSweden]

This song is such winner behaviour

 

[han-g]

Eaea had a difficult rhythm to follow, it was not catchy at all. It was a mix of perfect things (perfect voice, perfect staging) but the song was so hard to listen.
Zari is catchy enough to get a decent result

Is it? I like it, but I've seen enough people find it to messy and not to their tastes and difficult to listen to for me to get an eaea vibe from this.

 

[Judas]

I am not particularly fond of the song but I like the humorous elements in the music video. If it reflects well on the stage it will be one of the more entertaining entries which can easily go to the final.

 

[Ewigkeit]

NOT HER COMPETING WITH MY FAV GENRE (Reggaeton) hshshajabshshah AAAAAA this is beyond my imagination

 

[mup]

Well done to for going back to Greek after ditching it for too many years, for me they should always incorporate their own language into their entries.

 

[empo21]

At least Zari has a guaranteed 12 from cyprus televote and won't go single digit like Eaea (I still hurt)

 

[Lance Esgard]

The video gives me the impression there is an important point being made, perhaps about tourism or the flattened perception of a country held by those outside of it, or perhaps just online video culture, but I don't yet know what it is about.

Musicially, this is very much an acquired taste at least in terms of Eurovision musical norms. I think the Eaea comparison is apt in that this both Blanca Paloma and Marina Zari, with their entries, seem to me to be more about presenting an authentic slice of musical culture to a more global audience than pursuing a more commercial, homogenous sound.

This approach comes at the cost of accessibility, but arguably it delivers something more important.

Personally I don't like this as much as Eaea, but I think Zari is a song that I needed to hear. With Eaea, despite the elements that were new to me, I was able to immediately understand and like it because I was able to connect with the emotional delivery of the vocals and the atmospheric backing. For Zari, right now I almost totally don't get it. Reggaeton is something I 've never been exposed to before and so although I don't like this at all (at least so far), it intrigues me.

As I have replayed it, I am starting to get into it more. It is giving me a musical education and so even though this may not end up being something I actually enjoy, I do appreciate that it has exposed me to something different in terms of musical cultures.

Beyond that though, I don't think the audio mixing does Zari any favours. I think it sounds noisier as a result of how sound of the instrumentation booms above her voice. Maybe that is normal for reggaeton, I don't know, but maybe that is part of what is influencing the reception to this song that I have come across thus far.

 

[han-g]

At least Zari has a guaranteed 12 from cyprus televote and won't go single digit like Eaea (I still hurt)

They need to qualify to get them.

 

[empo21]

They need to qualify to get them.

I'm not planning on acting like this isn't a safe qualifier.

 

[han-g]

I'm not planning on acting like this isn't a safe qualifier.

I'm it 100% sure it is, just as I now think if eaea had to qualify it wouldn't have.

 

[ArmpitOfEurope]

They need to qualify to get them.

Imagine thinking that this wont qualify in the 2nd semi, over songs like Malta, Denmark, Czechia, Latvia and San Marino, and with televoters only deciding the result

 

[mup]

I do hope Greece will qualify, they put a lot of effort in this and Marina seems to have a lot of experience in singing and producing, which is good after last year, when Greece unsuccessfully sent an unexperienced young singer who had to face pressure and criticism.

On Marina's bio I can see she's an accomplished singer/songwriter/musician and producer who studied a lot and has plenty of titles and works to prove it: classical piano, vocal training, lyrical monody with honors, advanced classical studies, jazz composition, producing cultural events, releasing successful pop songs and building a repertoire ranging from traditional to contemporary. Having such trained artists who make their own music with their own identity is good for Eurovision.

 

[Ewigkeit]

Ahhh listening to it on repeat… can this win already pls!!

 

[AliceEsc]

After sleeping on it, I love it even more than yesterday, if that is even possible. I can't predict the outcome until I see what the have in store for us for the live performance. It could go from bottom 5 to top 5, if they grab the audience's attention.

The expected negative critics in Greece are from the usual people and their expected comments.