Hungary HUNGARY 2014 - András Kállay-Saunders - Running

[i anixi]

Armenia and UK. I honestly see no other possible winner this year.

Armenia's a winning song, but it's not a winning performance. Too many long shots, to begin with. They are beautiful and dramatic, yes, but to get the amount of votes a victory requires you need to connect with the singer and that is not happening.

The UK looked like they'd got it in the bag, until last rehearsal. She was looking nervous and uncharismatic and that dress was just laughable. And a golden cascade, really? Again? I'm just not so sure anymore.

I definitely think Hungary is in with a chance, it is instant and easily enjoyed by a vast majority, yet it is not shallow, and the way things turned out, I wouldn' mind that one bit.

 

[musicfan]

Nothing special, but they were given a great draw.

 

[busybee]

Armenia and UK. I honestly see no other possible winner this year.

Aram was very bad vocally last night...which is why Armenia's odds have been drifting.
UK could do it. For Armenia, I believe a top 5 is the most they can reach.

 

[ParadiseES]

Aram was very bad vocally last night...which is why Armenia's odds have been drifting.
UK could do it. For Armenia, I believe a top 5 is the most they can reach.

He started bad the first seconds, but we can't really say he was VERY bad, since he nailed the highest parts and was amazing for the most part of the song. The staging is better too. We can't say Armenia is winning for sure, but certainly we can't rule this one out. However, I do think we can rule Hungary out, though I don't expect a bad result or something like that.

 

[ParadiseES]

Armenia's a winning song, but it's not a winning performance. Too many long shots, to begin with. They are beautiful and dramatic, yes, but to get the amount of votes a victory requires you need to connect with the singer and that is not happening.

The UK looked like they'd got it in the bag, until last rehearsal. She was looking nervous and uncharismatic and that dress was just laughable. And a golden cascade, really? Again? I'm just not so sure anymore.

I definitely think Hungary is in with a chance, it is instant and easily enjoyed by a vast majority, yet it is not shallow, and the way things turned out, I wouldn' mind that one bit.

Well, Hungary is a perfect winner when you listen to the studio version, but live.... that's a different story. Despite Kallay has a beautiful voice, he sounds way worse live, kinda flat and quite different than the studio version. I think this weird staging doesn't work. Something more simple would work much better than this WTF thing IMO.

Anyway, we are all biased, because we all knew the songs some months ago. We are talking about the possible impact of the songs according to the impact we had months ago, comparing the songs now to the moment they were presented. Many people are disappointed about Hungary and Armenia after the live performance, but most people will only know this songs now and it could probably work for them, we never know....

One day I would like to avoid everything ESC related until the Eurovision shows to learn about how biased we are, but I'd lose a lot of fun too....

 

[Sean]

Well I'd say Armenia's performance didn't have enough oomph for a song of its style so I have a feeling they may be out of contention now. Hungary too didn't really have too strong a performance but it was a much better package overall than Armenia. I guess it's still just wide open right now and it's too early to call. Maybe Netherlands will take it after all

 

[i anixi]

Well, Hungary is a perfect winner when you listen to the studio version, but live.... that's a different story. Despite Kallay has a beautiful voice, he sounds way worse live, kinda flat and quite different than the studio version. I think this weird staging doesn't work. Something more simple would work much better than this WTF thing IMO.

I just can't see it like that. I thought he sounded way better than in his national final and very similar to the studio version... The staging seemed simple enough to me, nothing really weird in it, and the last minute dancing was incredibly impressive. I was moved by the whole thing and i'm not easily moved.

One day I would like to avoid everything ESC related until the Eurovision shows to learn about how biased we are, but I'd lose a lot of fun too...

I had that, as had so many of us, prior to 2008. Those were dark years when eurovision simply came and went like that! I don't ever wanna go back to it

 

[busybee]

Regarding Hungary, we mustn't forget that the average viewer watched it for the first time last night...and it had (together with the Netherlands) the most noticeable staging. By noticeable I mean something that no other song had last night...or even in the last years, that I can remember. Estonia tried to do something different, too, but the song just didn't convince people (you have to have a song, too).
So, especially about those 2 countries (Hungary-Netherlands) I'm very optimistic because the (minor, in any case) vocal mistakes will be overlooked by the public because they're both just impressive to watch.
Armenia, on the other hand, as well as Sweden, have songs that are based 100% on the singer because, well, there's nothing else to watch! That's why if Aram or Sanna don't do that well vocally (Sanna did great, by the way), it will weigh heavily...that's the difficulty of ballads, especially ballads without any 'story to tell' on the stage.

 

[Verjamem]

I really want Hungary to victory, but it will be a difficult task. At least, I hope that Molly won't won instead of him.

 

[SweEscFan]

Hungary and The Netherlands were great last night

will vote for em both on Saturday night.

 

[tuorem]

I discovered the songs of the 1st semi yesterday, so I'll give my opinion on the Hungarian entry this year.

Seems like there is a lot of hype around this entry (together with Armenia) but, after having listened and watched the performance, I don't know why. Of course, the guy can sing, overall the song is good and modern, but I think that it is ruined by a structure that makes it to repetitive, plus the "running, running, running" are irritating and don't add anything to the song, which is a shame. I don't have a lot of things to say, of course it deserved to qualify but it's not among my favourites.

I don't think this will end up high in my ranking, but it will on Saturday. Congrats for the qualification btw.

 

[Joyride]

My vote on Saturday will certainly go to Hungary (and two or three othr countries) - amazing performance, great!

 

[JTL90]

Hungary and The Netherlands were great last night

will vote for em both on Saturday night.

I'm going to the same thing on Saturday. Kallay-Saunders' performance was really effective last night. His vocal problems at the end of the song didn't bother me.

 

[Sparky]

Horribly overrated.

 

[Mrm]

Fantastic performance!

I'm watching at you tube again and I can say that effects and choreography are probably the best from the 1st semi..everything worked perfect for him..

 

[i anixi]

Fantastic performance!

I'm watching at you tube again and I can say that effects and choreography are probably the best from the 1st semi..everything worked perfect for him..

I happen to think so too Could't detect any major "vocal problems" anyway

 

[Mrm]

I happen to think so too Could't detect any major "vocal problems" anyway

I'm still not a huge fan of concept and theme though..

 

[i anixi]

I'm still not a huge fan of concept and theme though..

No, neither am I

 

[busybee]

I can say that effects and choreography are probably the best from the 1st semi..everything worked perfect for him..

Not probably...they were the best..and having watched 2nd semi rehearsals, I think they are the best overall.

 

[Sean]

#21 Hungary in the final, I think they're back in the game!