SVERIGE - Sweden 2010 - Anna Bergendahl - This Is My Life

[Bojan]

the second biggest shock tonight for me (after Croatia failing) was to see Sweden out of the final too!

 

[alca]

Timoteij would have won the whole thing! But I won't start this discussion again.

Anna is only 19 (well not yet) and I don't think that she's thinking what is waiting for her back in Sweden. She feels sad because she's not in the final. Because she "let down" all those who voted for her. I would feel the same way if I was in her shoes!

 

[Margerita86]

How about a 3-way system:
* Televote
* International juries (6-12)
* National juries (6-12)

Each with the same amount of total points to deliver. Screw the people getting 50-50. The Swedish people clearly do not know what is going to do well at ESC.

I agree, we suck when it comes to who we like to vote for tbh, but we don't get to pick the actual entrants that compete though.

I think we should lower our points given with 50-75%...

 

[pavarotti]

Look, it's a great song and Anna sang it beautifully. Only Alyosha of Ukraine put in a better vocal.
You should only be angry at the eejit juries and televoters for ignoring her. To put through the likes of Israel, Georgia, Ireland and Cyprus ahead of Sweden is nothing short of scandalous and totally non-sensical. It just shows the ESC has little to do with song quality and much more about diaspora, political voting and ridiculous qualifying system whereby semi 1 was full of absolute dirge and semi 2 was good enough to be the final.

 

[Urania]

I'm from Sweden and I certainly do not blame Anna for this fail. I blame us - the people - ...and Christer Björkman. He really needs to go. I think his taste in music is getting too old for this competition and he probably doesn't understand what Europe wants, or else, he wouldn't have let 'This Is My Life' compete in the Melodifestivalen at all. Actually I don't think any of the songs would have worked any better, despite the many Swedish peoples complainants about how Salem would have been soooo amazing.
We seriously need new song writers, because obviously this isn't working.

Yes which is why I want both internation jury groups in the final and I also want them to get a group of say 20-30 or however many is needed to actually pick the entrants next year, swedes stay away!

If I know the swedish people correctly; they would never ever accept it, but probably boycott the whole competition.

How about a 3-way system:
* Televote
* International juries (6-12)
* National juries (6-12)

Each with the same amount of total points to deliver. Screw the people getting 50-50. The Swedish people clearly do not know what is going to do well at ESC.

This sounds like a good idea. More power to the juries who actually know the competition (...however, if we want to do good, the international should have more power). If the Swedish people could accept that there personal taste isn't always the best for Eurovision, but think about what Europe actually would want to hear; It could go better. Still, I think, more power to the juries and less for the people. Just don't remove it completely, if we want to keep some interest left from the Swedes

 

[94ayd]

It's not a problem to have Swedes think they have the best taste but they MUST understand that their entry will be judged by NON-Swedes.

 

[Margerita86]

If people can't accept that the current people who are chosing the entries suck at it we can most likely forget about being in the final for the next decade or so...

I can accept it if the group consist of swedes as long as all the ones who are currently on it are gone and if they choose them with europe in mind and forget a bit about what our market likes.
That danish song could have done very well in our competion too potentially.

Edit : Are there any online petitions to remove both Christer Björkman AND the current group chosing the entries? I want to sign it...

 

[ParadiseES]

I don't agree either... You can't know what can do well and what can't. Sometimes you are sure "this is good for eurovision" and you flop and sometimes you think "omg this is not for eurovision" and it appeals.

People must vote for whatever they like

 

[Urania]

Haha, yes, of course. How AWFUL to have an outside opinion :roll:

 

[FallenAngelII]

Look, it's a great song and Anna sang it beautifully. Only Alyosha of Ukraine put in a better vocal.
You should only be angry at the eejit juries and televoters for ignoring her. To put through the likes of Israel, Georgia, Ireland and Cyprus ahead of Sweden is nothing short of scandalous and totally non-sensical. It just shows the ESC has little to do with song quality and much more about diaspora, political voting and ridiculous qualifying system whereby semi 1 was full of absolute dirge and semi 2 was good enough to be the final.

It's your personal opinion. My personal opinion is that the song is garbage and her voice is at times weak and about to break. She needs more experience and learn to conquer her nervousness on the stage. This was far from a flawless vocal performance (though very good), her voice is not an ideal pop voice (it's highly niche) and the song is far from great.

 

[Raul_Spain]

Poor Anna but Salem Al Fakir would have go a lot more far.

 

[Margerita86]

I don't agree either... You can't know what can do well and what can't. Sometimes you are sure "this is good for eurovision" and you flop and sometimes you think "omg this is not for eurovision" and it appeals.

People must vote for whatever they like

But let's face it what works well here doesn't work in eurovision and we need a change bad and it starts at the songs picked.

 

[FallenAngelII]

On the subject of Christer Björkman: I cannot fathom why he's still allowed to be the head honcho of the Swedish delegation. Clearly he's a giant failure! After a string of catastrophic placements in the final, we end up not even making it to the final!

Why? Because it's Christer Björkman who chooses what songs get to be in Melodifestivalen. And he keeps choosing the same entries year after year! Sweden's chances rest entirely on the shoulders of one man, pretty much. One man's personal tastes in music and biases (because he gets to choose which entry gets to perform in which slot, which to me is unacceptable) is allowed to decide Sweden's chances at the ESC.

How can SVT accept this, especially after 5 failures in the past 6 years alone with Carola's 5th placement being the only non-failure?!

 

[ParadiseES]

I think you just should not vote for the names, but for the songs. That's all

 

[Urania]

I agree. We should have more new people working on Melodifestivalen. Different song writers, remove Björkman, new choreographs etc. If Europe doesn't like what we send these days, we can't just bring in small new elements every year and expect it to make wonders so that we win.

Out with the old and in with the new, I say!

 

[Margerita86]

Which is why I want a petition with possibly 100k+ swedish signatures on it to present to SVT...

 

[Margerita86]

I think you just should not vote for the names, but for the songs. That's all

Same thing in eurovision as back home I vote for the song I like best, performer not so important.

 

[Raul_Spain]

I like destiny twists. Wasn't "In a moment like this" a Melodifestivalen rejection?

 

[ParadiseES]

Well, you tried hard. At least you tried something different to the typical and outdated schlagger. At least you're not failing with the same year by year. And I'm sure you'll find the way, it's just a matter of time and nobody can beat Sweden on this

 

[Margerita86]

Well, me and Fallen still want Christer gone to speed up the process by a decade or so...