Sweden SWEDEN 2024 - Marcus & Martinus - Unforgettable

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[Realest]

Who is this we you are referring to?

The whole ESC-Fandom.

 

[EscGeek]

@njdevils94 @Realest Never stop bantering guys. I love it

I'll be predictable and support Smash Into Pieces.

 

[empo21]

Mid af and I'm not expecting it to get better

Smash Into Pieces and Lisa Ajax sound the best and will probably be the qualifiers. Samir & Victor have potential to win second chance.

Do we have details on the show? Are they still doing the 1st finalist announcement and then the voting results?

 

[Sammy]

This years winner HAS to be in another Semifinal. At least I hope so.
How is it, that even the token rock entry sounds like a polished song? Substitute the electric guitar with a keyboard and you have another schlager-pop-clone. Still the best one in this semi.

 

[njdevils94]

Solid enough opening semi for me but I have a clear favorite from the snippets.

 

[HarryUK]

What an underwhelming opening to Melfest! I am so disappointed. Even Samir & Viktor are meh at best.

Dotter save us!!

 

[mauve]

Very underwhelming. Hope this is only the warm-up phase cause this is boring as hell. Even the German section sounds better.

 

[Mainshow]

Melina's song is kinda cute.

But the rest is "meh", dated and mediocre at best.
Smash Into Pieces is funny - it's as sugary and Schlager-esque as the other entries.

I will definitely not be misisng out watching and/or instead on Saturday.

Adam Woods wasn't even able to hold the notes as a featuring artist last year - how can he survive his own song for 3 minutes?

Weak semi - none of these entries would finish Top 15 in televoting in May.

 

[Gwendal]

Well, that's a very mellow Mello heat.
Nothing bad, nothing groundbreaking. Only wondering how will go the buildup in Lisa Ajax's song, but it seems less powerful than "Torn". And Elisa sounds like a Lina Hedlund ripoff.

 

[MopManMoss]

Melfest has fallen off massively in the 2020s, I especially dislike the Smash Into Pieces song it sounds like the intro to an anime and I mean that negatively

 

[HarryUK]

Even the German section sounds better.

I wouldn’t go that far

 

[HarryUK]

Melfest has fallen off massively in the 2020s, I especially dislike the Smash Into Pieces song it sounds like the intro to an anime and I mean that negatively

Much preferred Six Feet Under! That was in my top 5 of last year… this year’s offering is lukewarm at best

 

[MopManMoss]

Much preferred Six Feet Under! That was in my top 5 of last year… this year’s offering is lukewarm at best

I didn't like last years either it was just cringy imo same reason I don't like ollies songs

 

[mauve]

I wouldn’t go that far

You not, but I would.

 

[BorisBubbles]

The whole ESC-Fandom.

NOT THE PORTION OF THE FANDOM THAT IS ABLE TO CRITICALLY THINK AND LOVE THEMSELVES.

...

so yeah, the whole ESC-Fandom.

 

[MopManMoss]

Solid enough opening semi for me but I have a clear favorite from the snippets.

Jordan Henderson heat 1 winner confirmed

 

[BorisBubbles]

also i've listened and there's no opinion to be had :-) Norway's first heat gave me more :-). It's about as good as LUSC. :-)

shit country, shit selection GET BETTER.

 

[njdevils94]

So yeah, I was already expecting it but Lisa Ajax does sound the best for me from Semi 1.

Awful Liar sounds like a hybrid of My Heart Wants Me Dead and Torn in my opinion.

Smash Into Pieces probably win the semi though. I like their song again so fine with that. Min melodi is very cute but it probably won't be higher than 5th in the semi sadly. Elisa Lindström song sounds like it could be my last place of the entire selection.

Rankings for Semi 1 off the snippets (2nd and 3rd nearly even. Only two songs I didn't like based on first listen)

1. Lisa Ajax
2. Melina Borglowe
3. Smash Into Pieces
4. Samir & Viktor
5. Adam Woods
6. Elisa Lindström

 

[Looren]

Smash Into Pieces is my clear fave there, then I would say Lisa and Elisa

The rest can burn

 

[Stargazer]

I really like Melina Borglowe's song, and I like how classic schlagery Elisa Lindström's song is. Smash Into Pieces also has a better song than last time, and I quite like that as well.