Romania ROMANIA 2023 - Theodor Andrei - D.G.T. (Off and On)

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[dannytr24]

Fighting for the last place with Norway and Spain, another

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

This is totally meh... Don't like it at all, but maybe it will grow... I hope. Because right now it is maybe my last place, sadly.

 

[Mainshow]

I showed my mother all songs and apparently, she really likes this one Oo

What the hell.

 

[94ayd]

Best one selected yesterday, its only downfall so far is the staging - .

 

[Ezio]

Not a great song neither and the nerd pimp with hookers staging is a complete butcherfest for the juries

 

[MopManMoss]

Gave it another try today and it's clicked, staging is pretty dire though

 

[Fluke]

Oh boy, we sure are swimming in mid-noughties-style staging and aesthetic now suddenly. Is it deliberate or just because it's cheap to make, and the gimmicks are a easy way to get attention? Either way, there is some real quality here, particularly the vocals, which might get rewarded by juries, though they might also hate it for the stage gimmicks.

All the weird entries chosen in the same day is a bit much for anyone to take in right now, but i don't see this making my absolute favorites, but i don't hate it. Also, it's curious that this is the first male artist with this type of "jazzy" entry - a couple of years ago there were several females in very similar style, and they all pretty much flopped.

 

[Ezio]

We always can count on a Eastern European country to bring hookers to the stage.

The only Western European country that I recall to have served lingerie, was Andorra 2006, and it should have won for it.

 

[Iker]

I am sorry but I find it quite bad. The singer has some charisma and I did enjoy thee part where after high falsetto vocals her suddenly goes down into very low notes but I fail to see any satisfying melody, hook or instrumental here. The lyrics are here, but not my thing either.

I expected something much better after reading some praising comments somewhere else. I assume that most songs in Romanian final were so, sp bad that this one stood out in a very positive way by the contrast.

Or Romania saw sexy ladies on stage and just voted for him because of it! xD

 

[njdevils94]

I'm not surprised it only took 5,000 votes to win the selection (based on what happened in 2018) and that we got a random winner,.

Does anyone else think the staging is giving 2006 Sense tu vibes?

 

[Leydan]

Omg. Getting reminded of this hit from Andorra.

 

[mauve]

I showed my mother all songs and apparently, she really likes this one Oo

What the hell.

Tell your mom she has excellent taste! I gave it a finally. Better than many other songs this year for me.

 

[Iker]

We always can count on a Eastern European country to bring hookers to the stage.

The only Western European country that I recall to have served lingerie, was Andorra 2006, and it should have won for it.

Don't forget Germany 2008. Dita Van Teese gave us a little show!

 

[midnightsun]

Isn’t this basically Funny Girl (Latvia 2018) but with a male? I kinda like it like I liked Latvia 2018 but it isn’t very innovative and kinda stale so I have to give it less points than I want to. Maybe 5-6 pts.

 

[Mainshow]

The song will remain in Romanian and English:

🇷🇴 Romania: “D.G.T. (Off and On)” to Remain in Romanian and English For Eurovision - Eurovoix

Theodor Andrei has confirmed to TVR that “D.G.T. (Off and On)” will be remaining in Romanian and English for Eurovision 2023.

eurovoix.com

 

[MopManMoss]

Isn’t this basically Funny Girl (Latvia 2018) but with a male? I kinda like it like I liked Latvia 2018 but it isn’t very innovative and kinda stale so I have to give it less points than I want to. Maybe 5-6 pts.

this is better because the perfomer isnt american unlike latvia 2018

 

[Luneaux]

Honestly I don't really like this song and artist, it goes to the last positions with Croatia so far on my TOP list. I find this underwhelming and in a way a bit cheap and slimy, the vibes I get from his performance... Not my thing.

 

[PollyWantsACracker]

Hola mi bebe.

Romania, this is an entry in which a pretty decent young man, entertainer and good vocalist, together with his producer who tried to make something out of the record, has to fight against the writer who invented some basic melody and a stage director with completely cheesy, outdated concept.

It's a decent song, but needs totally different presentation. I gave it a 5.

It could grow on me with better sound production (national final pretty messy sound wise) and staging in Liverpool.

 

[PollyWantsACracker]

I showed my mother all songs and apparently, she really likes this one Oo

What the hell.

I totally get it, it has 90's breaking to the 00's rock sound all over it.

I'd like it very much as well if I were not into analyzing, but "going with the flow".

Same as Tvorchi, appeals to the memory of "good old music from when everything was simplier".

 

[PollyWantsACracker]

We always can count on a Eastern European country to bring hookers to the stage.

The only Western European country that I recall to have served lingerie, was Andorra 2006, and it should have won for it.

If we would replace "Eastern European countries" in this post with "African Americans", you'd been cancelled faster than J.K. Rowling honey. Mind your language if you can't preconceptions.