Ukraine UKRAINE 2024 - Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil - Teresa & Maria

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[Realest]

Alyona Alyona feat. Jerry Heil - Teresa + Maria 9.3/10
Yagody - Tsunamia 6.1/10
Skylerr - Time is running out 5.5/10
Melovin - Dreamer 5.0/10
Anka - Палала 4.7/10
Ingret - Keeper 4.3/10
Nahaba - Glasss 3.6/10
Yaktak - Lalala 2.4/10
Drevo - Endless Chain 2.1/10
Nazva - Slavic English 1.8/10
Ziferblat - Place I call home 1.7/10

 

[EscGeek]

After registering for the Russian social media service VKontakte, she used the name Jerry Mouse, referencing the cartoon character of the same name. She then changed Mouse to Heil, citing her desire to use whatever American surname she saw on the Internet first. She has expressed her embarrassment for the backstory behind her stage name, calling it "moronic."

Don't be embarrassed Jerry, we've all been there

 

[AlekS]

"Teresa and Maria" spent 3rd consecutive day at #1 on Spotify.
During its 8th day it had almost the same amount of streams like Tvorchi on May 14

It also overpassed Maruv's debut week on YT.
Pic vid and lyric vid have 1 million+ views. Each
The streaming figures have gradual progression on all platforms.

 

[WhoKnows]

Tvorchi's NF "victory" was the biggest manufactured BS in Vidbir history. Nobody ever really cared about their song.

 

[Mainshow]

Yeah let's not pretend Tvorchi weren't a well-established duo with some dedicated fans (they had been on Ukrainian wishlists for some time) and they had a really mesmerising performance on stage.

(It's my least favourite Ukrainian entry since Melovin but them winning Vidbir didn't come across as a surprise to me at all).

 

[PollyWantsACracker]

Vidbir is not Vidbir without scandals. YAKTAK plagiarized (or bought) his key sample from another song released in 2022. It's identical. As well as rhythm section. The whole song is based on it, lol.
Even if the broadcaster closes their eyes (it's impossible to use a backup, because they have shot postcards and they're working on everyone's staging already), the jury should butcher him

EDIT: The broadcaster has consulted with the EBU and the EBU allowed his participation because he bought the samples.
YT objects:

LMAO! Full length matches the song

I wrote here that I know the song from somewhere else first time I heard it.

But they all bought it from a Turkish rapper, his sample is an original, I just can't remember the guy. I know the song was a huge hit before COVID, but I can't remember the pal's name and title of the song (could be also Amnesia by Roxen ).

 

[AlekS]

Jerry Heil and Zaho.

@Adi025 When and FSC entries meet in real life.

 

[AlekS]

The voting for the jurors in Diia state app will end tomorrow at 10:00.

710 000 people have voted.

1. Andriy Danylko (Verka) - 43.78%
2. Jamala - 23.56%
3. Serhiy Tanchynets - 12.44%

Kateryna Pavlenko (Go_A) is 4th, she got only 10.10%. Serhiy is the lead singer of super popular rock band. He's not connected to ESC, so it would be interesting to see his faves (my bet is on Drevo and Ingret, maybe Yaktak) Melovin can rely only on Danilko. Jamala will give him 7-8 pts in best case scenario. Tanchynets will rob him.

 

[AlekS]

Melovin said he will be alone on stage.

Ingret will be all alone on stage as well.

 

[AlekS]

https://imgur.com/qWmDvrB

Unfortunately, Youtube didn't include Suspilne's video in the weekly chart (otherwise, they would have been 2nd), but the picture video (!) from alyona's channel solely aims at #1 this week

 

[AlekS]

https://imgur.com/qQsDOUi

Ingret sounds awesome live!
Melovin's pronunciation has improved and his falsetto also sounds great live.

 

[Kam2]

For the first time in years vidbir livestream wil have an international version with English commentary: https://www.youtube.com/live/u7MBtrr3Dis

 

[lasse braun]

i would not count them out - nice streetperformance.

 

[Ravlyk]

i would not count them out - nice streetperformance.

So she can sing it live without an autotune. Interesting.

 

[AlekS]

Skylerr performed her song live on the radio:

alyona alyona and Jerry Heil performed in the morning show and sound engineers sabotaged the whole thing. They didn't turn off the mics of the hosts so they were echoing the vocals + the double was too loud.
This is how it sounded live in the studio, not on air:

Yesterday was the best streaming day on YT with 400k views

Ingret sounds even better than last time o_0.

 

[jatojo]

'Teresa & Maria' is a nice song. But the strongest part of it is performed by background singers - which is a good example of why pre-recorded vocals are a bad thing for Eurovision. The chorus would have had more impact if it was actually sung on stage.

The weakest part of 'Teresa & Maria' is probably the initial "verse" which sounds like something from any other Eastern European song. They should have thought of something better here (or just left it out).

 

[MAD20]

Just watched Teresa & Maria performance and I think this is the best choice Ukraine could do (even if I liked more Jerry Heil's song from last year). It would be amazing to see the backing vocals live on stage in Malmö, making the song a good contender for the top 5 without any doubt.

 

[AlekS]

This time it can be a different subway station.

I like interaction with the art director. Each performer has their own interactive 3D model like in PC game and each performer decides/records how they are going to move.

 

[AlekS]

Vidbir intro Katya from Go_A gave her green fur coat too.

 

[AlekS]

The bookies. alyona alyona and Jerry Heil strengthened their position.