Romania ROMANIA 2019 - Ester Peony - On a Sunday

[Fluke]

Not surprised she didn't make it, even though i thought she would before. Ugly clothes, weird inappropriate dancers and just a total mess overall.

 

[tuorem]

Ester slayed, the staging slayed, her voice slayed.

I could understand the Humans could be left behind, but this should have advanced.

 

[Ana Raquel]

Ester slayed, the staging slayed, her voice slayed.

I could understand the Humans could be left behind, but this should have advanced.

sis
if she somehow placed lower than the humans, heads will roll

you have now idea on how INFURIATED I am and it's not even saturday

 

[EscGeek]

Oh and yes, I am still doing this. Very happily so. I really don't like fishy things and biased "journalists" who can't remain independent.

I didn't like the fishiness of it either, but since i liked "on a sunday", I found it easy to let it go and make the most of it.

 

[DaFlo]

Mehhhhhh should've qualified as well, voted 2 times for her.

Bretan ppl already invading the thread

 

[Ana Raquel]

if there is one person to blame

that person is called emmelie de forest for tanking bella who would have EASILY qualified

 

[hijirio]

The Humans were in a relatively easier semi and Ester was in a very competitive one so I can't compare their results. I think Ester would have qualified last year in SF2.

 

[HayashiM]

Anyway, most of my point isn't Bella / Laura / Ester, it really is about bloggers not being a good material for any jury in any part of the contest where those bloggers could compromise their neutrality.
As I have already expressed quite a few times by now, so, howgh.

 

[Teaisloveable]

Ester would have qualified had she been in the first semi final. Pretty gutted to be honest

 

[tuorem]

if there is one person to blame

that person is called emmelie de forest for tanking bella who would have EASILY qualified

Bella kicked ass, she had really good vocals and her song was strong imo. The one to kill for me was Laura Bretan, she seemed talented but the song was a huge NO.

 

[Ana Raquel]

Bella kicked ass, she had really good vocals and her song was strong imo. The one to kill for me was Laura Bretan, she seemed talented but the song was a huge NO.

the song was horrendous and never deserved the hype it had and probably wouldn't have qualified as well. but ester was selected not only because of wiwi tanking laura, but also emmelie tanking bella

 

[Ana Raquel]

Anyway, most of my point isn't Bella / Laura / Ester, it really is about bloggers not being a good material for any jury in any part of the contest where those bloggers could compromise their neutrality.
As I have already expressed quite a few times by now, so, howgh.

while i agree they are not suited to be juries, i'll just do a p.s.

neutrality/impartiality in journalism is a myth. it never existed and it will probably never exist.

 

[QuirkyYodel]

Ester was G R E AT! I really hope we’ll go internal next year, that’s all I have to say right now.

 

[Realest]

Wow, the Romanians on FB are really angry, especially that they lost vs
This Year will have more Viewers in the Final despite having 19 Millions Habitants less.

 

[Ana Raquel]

Ester was G R E AT! I really hope we’ll go internal next year, that’s all I have to say right now.

send talent
send cezar

 

[tararaaam]

A really nice song lost by weird staging.

 

[BorisBubbles]

Robbed. Absolutely, utterly ROBBED.

 

[Gera11]

I thought it was a pretty strong performance tbh. Losing against Denmark, wow. As i said, internal selection next year or bye.

 

[RainyWoods]

I'm really sad for Romania. The song was cool and I like Ester a lot.

BUT.... I think the staging really is perhaps where this fell apart a bit. It was too much. What I loved about this at the Romanian selection was that it was just Ester on her chair looking moody, couple of guys pretending to play their instruments and the haunting Americana decadent vibes the imagery created. For Eurovision they just took with them too many ideas. Ever since the slight but unnecessary revamp I've felt like the entry has been going in the wrong direction. The sprinkly stardust sound going into the final chorus was a sign. I voted for Romania tonight cause it's brought me joy throughout these months, but it wasn't quite the same entry I fell in love with at the beginning. They should have gone darker with the staging and probably not brought along dancers. The whole thing looked a bit cheap in comparison to other performances tonight. The ideas were many, and the effort was big, but they needed someone there to rein it all in. It's a shame to see it end like this.

 

[lavieenrose]

I'm really sad for Romania. The song was cool and I like Ester a lot.

BUT.... I think the staging really is perhaps where this fell apart a bit. It was too much. What I loved about this at the Romanian selection was that it was just Ester on her chair looking moody, couple of guys pretending to play their instruments and the haunting Americana decadent vibes the imagery created. For Eurovision they just took with them too many ideas. Ever since the slight but unnecessary revamp I've felt like the entry has been going in the wrong direction. The sprinkly stardust sound going into the final chorus was a sign. I voted for Romania tonight cause it's brought me joy throughout these months, but it wasn't quite the same entry I fell in love with at the beginning. They should have gone darker with the staging and probably not brought along dancers. The whole thing looked a bit cheap in comparison to other performances tonight. The ideas were many, and the effort was big, but they needed someone there to rein it all in. It's a shame to see it end like this.

I think you've hit the nail on the head. I honestly wasn't entirely sure what that performance did to *increase* their odds, and while I love the song, it didn't inspire me even to send *one* vote its way just because there truly was no coherent concept. I'm sad for Romania and what/whom its miss empowers but can't say I didn't see it coming.