JESC 2015

[DanielLuis]

The stage looks good.

 

[Romeo]

The stage looks like some form of UFO, but I like it

 

[Leydan]

Stage looks great. Prefer it more to last years design.

 

[Charly]

The way BNT and Bulgaria putting it together, it looks like they are doing a brilliant job

 

[Romeo]

Really Like:
Belarus
Australia
Slovenia
Russia
Netherlands

Like:
Ukraine
Armenia

They're ok:
Albania
Macedonia

Don't like:
Georgia

 

[Kaz]

Ok, so I tallied up the votes of 15 YouTube tops and came up with this ranking.

1st 144
2nd 132
3rd 116
4th 109
5th 75
6th 69
7th 69
8th 56
9th 52
10th 48

 

[Scooby]

Serbian song

 

[Yazy]

I still havent´t heard any other song of this JESC yet, but this sounds like it can end up high.

Here is why: It sounds pretty adult (good enough for adult eurovision actually), and adult sounding songs are quite popular on JESC lately.

Biggest plus goes to her voice. Great high notes. Holding high notes like that is not easy. The juries will be proud!

EDIT: I know I´m not the only who is reminded by Bojana´s CSJM in the intro.

 

[Romeo]

I have just been doing some research and found Destiny (Malta) she is promoting "Bling" stating:

"41 Days Away for JESC 2015
There's no fun without some BLING! And I surely love it too bits! ��
Des x x x"

 

[Romeo]

http://www.escunited.com/home/jesc-italy-reveals-their-entry-viva/

It reminds me a bit of ESC Andorra 2004

 

[EscGeek]

Macedonia is leading on my list...it reminds me of Montenegro last year
Italy is 2nd! And nothing like Andorra 2004
Albania has dropped to a 3rd place
Australia is 4th and has the best ballad

 

[Joni]

I think Slovenia and Serbia are clearly the two best ones at the moment.

 

[lavieenrose]

I'm sorry, but that Macedonian song is just so wonderful.

 

[Joni]

I'm sorry, but that Macedonian song is just so wonderful.

Why sorry?

It is, especially because the girls wrote it by themselves. Pretty good job by a 13-year-old.

 

[hijirio]

I loooooved Nisi Sam from last year and Prva ljubezen reminds me of it, why did they resort to rewinding the type of song that failed once, quite risky isn't it?
Bulgaria is such a big disappointment.
Armenia has top 3 material as long as the live performance is satisfying.
I love that the Albanian girl sings a Turkish phrase in her song, yaaay I miss those days when we once had the hopes of participating in JESC, now that we are not even in ESC itself.

 

[Romeo]

I absolutely love the Belarussian song!
Slovenia too
and Russia

Australia is up there too
Netherlands isnt far behind

I dont think there is a clear last place this year, unlike last year when I think we all called Croatia ending bottom. If I had to pick a last place I would say Macedonia, purely because the song isnt that strong.

I would pick Australia as the winner at the minute I think..
I called Italy as a posibility last year if Federica didnt win. I was 100% certain about Gaia in 2013, but prior to that I was always wrong. I predicted Macedonia winning a few times, and Armenia (not when they won though) and I thought Knock Knock Boom Boom would win so I cant be trusted picking a JESC winner. I also predicted Bzz to come last and it won...

 

[CatEye]

I loooooved Nisi Sam from last year and Prva ljubezen reminds me of it, why did they resort to rewinding the type of song that failed once, quite risky isn't it?

The problem with Nisi sam was that it didn't show off enough of Ula's voice and let's be honest, the juries vote at JESC like they would be voting at a singing competition, not a song competition. Add to that that in 2014 the line up was full of ballads, so the juries had to pick something that they wouldn't vote for. So they went for the ballad that was the least suitable for a singing competition as well as the song from Ukraine, because of it's politicial message.
The other thing that was problematic with last year was also Ula herself, she lacks charisma, has little confidence on stage and she simply doesn't stand out of the crowd. The other things that also didn't help were the backing vocals and the english lyrics, which didn't make any sense at all. So it all resulted in a snowball effect.
As of "Prva ljubezen", yes there are similarities with "Nisi sam", but both the song and the singer lack the flaws it had.

 

[CatEye]

Ireland has to officialy present heir song, but the supposed leaked informtion say that the opera song won. Anyway my ranking of the year so far...

Great
12 - Destiny Chukunyere - Not my soul
10 - Lina Kuduzović - Prva ljubezen
8 - Lena Stamenković - Lenina pesma

Good
7 - Mishela Rapo - Dumba je

Decent
6 - Ivana Petkovska & Magdalena Aleksovska - Pletenka
5 - Gabriela Yordanova & Ivan Stoyanov - Colour of hope
4 - Mikhail Smirnov - Mechta

O.K....
3 - MIKA - Love
2 - Kamilla Ismailova - Mirror
1 - Anna Trincher - Pochny z sebe


Dull
11. - Jana Mirković - Oluja
12. - Shalisa - Million lights

Even duller...
13. - Ruslan Aslanov - Volshebstvo (Magic)
14. - Chiara & Martina Scarpari - Viva

A trainwreck, and not the good kind
15. - The Virus - Gabede

Blander than Denmark in the 00's
16. - Bella Paige - My girls

 

[Joni]

Everything is possible in JESC, a singer from Russia representing San Marino...

 

[Mimimatz]

If Ireland picks Aimee Banks (as rumoured), she will probably place in the middle of my top (that depends on the 3 minute version).

1) Australia
2) Slovenia
3) San Marino
4) Belarus
5) Malta
6) Montenegro
7) Serbia
8) Armenia
9) Russia
10) Albania
11) The Netherlands
12) Georgia
13) Bulgaria
14) Ukraine
15) Italy
16) F.Y.R. Macedonia