Romania ROMANIA 2019 - Ester Peony - On a Sunday

Citelis · May 2, 2019

There are several songs that ended last with 0 points at OGAE voting. Juries maybe can appreciate the amazing song Ester has.

Citelis · May 2, 2019

However i have to agree that laura could be on televotings top 3 in the final.

Antho · May 2, 2019

Citelis said:
However i have to agree that laura could be on televotings top 3 in the final.

No way. Her song was cheesy and dated. She would have done a top 15 at best.

QuirkyYodel · May 2, 2019

If you’re using OGAE results as a standard then at least be fair - Albania had 0 points last year as well; ended up 11th and didn’t completely flop as expected in the televote neither in the semi nor the grand final.
And odds don’t mean anything, really, besides indicating the top 4 or 5 of the batch. Look at how nobody cared about Ireland and Serbia in their semis last year.

I love Ester’s song - I know it won’t win or come any close to that by any means. However, I’m sure she’s gonna put her heart and soul into her performance in May. I thought this topic ended ages ago already - the national final rules were senseless but Ester won it fairly. Wanna hate on something? Hate on the organizers and not on the player. And if it helps, there are lots of videos showcasing Laura’s vocals all over the internet. Can’t wait to see Ester shine in a few weeks on the ESC stage.

Citelis · May 2, 2019

Antho said:
No way. Her song was cheesy and dated. She would have done a top 15 at best.

She could easily flop on juries but not on televoting. Ester has more jury-friednly song than Laura.

Realest · May 2, 2019

Lol, Laura would wish the Floor with Ester with both, Juries and Televoters Im pretty sure.

lavieenrose · May 2, 2019

Realest said:
Last Place with 0 Points at OGAE

You have been visited by the Patron Saint of Latvia; please do carry on.

Seriously, though, the issue was not its reception (which is easier to quantify) but rather its quality, which, if you do want to allow quantifiable measures like OGAE to determine your taste, knock yourself out, but if that's something you think everyone should do, that's how you end up with some pretty unfortunate fan behavior.

Realest · May 2, 2019

The History proves thats its more likely to end up well if you are popular during the Season. Its not only about the Ogaes, also in both Forums, at Youtube and in the Bettingodds noone likes this Song. This is a Disaster compared to what could have happened if Laura was here.

lavieenrose · May 3, 2019

Realest said:
The History proves thats its more likely to end up well if you are popular during the Season. Its not only about the Ogaes, also in both Forums, at Youtube and in the Bettingodds noone likes this Song. This is a Disaster compared to what could have happened if Laura was here.

But that's not what you said. What you said was that the song was bad, and in the same paragraph, you cited evidence like the OGAE result, which relates to what you're talking about ^ here rather than the quality of the song.

HayashiM · May 3, 2019

I personally don't think Ester's song is (that) bad, but that doesn't make the rest of Realest's points invalid. The odds placed Romania in top 5 with Laura in the running, while with Ester, pretty much a freefall followed - and surprise surprise, one of the few people who thinks it will do very well, is the one who helped to choose it (I am not saying there aren't people who like the song, I just say it really isn't a favourite, while Laura's quite possibly might have been).

hugh · May 3, 2019

'On a Sunday' is easily one of my favourite entries from Romania, possibly more than 'Playing With Fire'.

And Ester Peony is a very classy performer.

4815162342 · May 3, 2019

QuirkyYodel said:
If you’re using OGAE results as a standard then at least be fair - Albania had 0 points last year as well; ended up 11th and didn’t completely flop as expected in the televote neither in the semi nor the grand final.
And odds don’t mean anything, really, besides indicating the top 4 or 5 of the batch. Look at how nobody cared about Ireland and Serbia in their semis last year.

I love Ester’s song - I know it won’t win or come any close to that by any means. However, I’m sure she’s gonna put her heart and soul into her performance in May. I thought this topic ended ages ago already - the national final rules were senseless but Ester won it fairly. Wanna hate on something? Hate on the organizers and not on the player. And if it helps, there are lots of videos showcasing Laura’s vocals all over the internet. Can’t wait to see Ester shine in a few weeks on the ESC stage.

Albania did more or less flop in the televote in the semi. Most of their points came from their active diaspora. 12 from

, 10 from

and 10 from

. Only 16 points came from the other 18 countries.

Of course a lot of time has passed and Ester is not the one to blame (and I don't think anyone is doing it here?) but after watching wiwibloggs review why should anyone not be allowed to say it was a poor decision of them in sending Ester?
I even enjoy 'On A Sunday', but it is doing much worse in every single stat than I anticipated when it was chosen. There is like absolutely nothing speaking of a good result. Because Romania is already starting with 36 points from

and

- it has an easier job in qualifying than a lot of the others. But even that is going to be a huge task. It is going to need the support of the juries. Without them, it looks extremely likely to flop.

QuirkyYodel · May 3, 2019

4815162342 said:
Albania did more or less flop in the televote in the semi. Most of their points came from their active diaspora. 12 from , 10 from and 10 from . Only 16 points came from the other 18 countries.

Of course a lot of time has passed and Ester is not the one to blame (and I don't think anyone is doing it here?) but after watching wiwibloggs review why should anyone not be allowed to say it was a poor decision of them in sending Ester?
I even enjoy 'On A Sunday', but it is doing much worse in every single stat than I anticipated when it was chosen. There is like absolutely nothing speaking of a good result. Because Romania is already starting with 36 points from and - it has an easier job in qualifying than a lot of the others. But even that is going to be a huge task. It is going to need the support of the juries. Without them, it looks extremely likely to flop.

Still, Albania qualified in a bloodbath of a semifinal and performing early before the fan-favourite Belgium made it even harder to survive. Let's also not forget the fact that live performances can change everything and I'm pretty sure we all know this, considering the country we're talking about now.
Romania was once again screwed with the running order, odds and even OGAE (not to mention how well received it was by the fandom) last year so technically, it had all the characteristics of an entry that comes near the last place in the semis.The final result showed that it was right out of the grand final.
Now, anything can happen once again - Ester can both end up as a NQ with few points as well as a top 10 in the final. We'll see.

4815162342 · May 3, 2019

QuirkyYodel said:
Still, Albania qualified in a bloodbath of a semifinal and performing early before the fan-favourite Belgium made it even harder to survive. Let's also not forget the fact that live performances can change everything and I'm pretty sure we all know this, considering the country we're talking about now.
Romania was once again screwed with the running order, odds and even OGAE (not to mention how well received it was by the fandom) last year so technically, it had all the characteristics of an entry that comes near the last place in the semis.The final result showed that it was right out of the grand final.
Now, anything can happen once again - Ester can both end up as a NQ with few points as well as a top 10 in the final. We'll see.

Eugent qualified because the juries were rewarding his extremely strong vocals. I highly doubt something similar could happen to Ester.

Last year semi 2 was considered one of the weakest semis in a long time and yet Romania only managed to get 12 from

, 12 from

, 8 from

and 8 from

in the televote. Everywhere else they were 13th-17th place.

I am not ruling out a qualification for Romania, but as things stand right now it more likely not to qualify. I highly doubt a top 10 placement in the final is possible. Maybe if they come up with some DoReDos staging.
If you think different, odds for top 10 at betfair are 36. Should be worth a small bet

Citelis · May 3, 2019

Last year Romania had a terrible song.

Realest · May 3, 2019

Romanias Spokesperson

Citelis · May 3, 2019

Easily the best entry of 2017. xcheer

NikolaiMoller · May 6, 2019

Really like the staging.

I think Romania is very underrated this year.

Citelis · May 6, 2019

Staging looks amazing. Her vocals are amazing. She must be in the final!

vicki · May 6, 2019

https://poetandpoem.com/meaning-poem-birpurush-rabindranath-tagore

I think she shouldve had a throne instead of a couch and played the Dracula bride card. Im not a fan of the outfit but în the video the dancers seem to do a Tamta dress revealing moment.

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