Your biggest growers and faders

[Jonaxh]

Growers:




Faders:

 

[NikkiBoy]

Growers:
Albania
Latvia
Macedonia
Iceland

Faders:
Estonia
Austria

 

[carl1]

Growers:
Faders:

 

[Ritararita]

Growers:
The only problem I have with this is Elnur´s ridiculous overacting during his live performances and the fact he strangely reminds me of count Orlock from Nosferatu thanks to it. But the song itself is nice and for me it is the biggest earworm of the ballads.
Still not sure if the magic will work without the fascinating music video, which I would describe as "Alfred Hitchcock directing Stephen Sondheim´s musical based on Henrik Ibsen´s play", but I love it more with each listening.
Guilty pleasure, I guess. This song is like Frankenstein´s monster on LSD - sewn up fragments from 4 or 5 already existing songs, performed with juvenille naivety of singers who have no idea about the originals´ existence. I think it´s so silly that it actually has some unintended surreal quality which I love.

Faders:
Sympathies for Bojana as person are one thing, being fan of the song another. With each new version it loses more from the regional identity of the original, which was - at least for me - the most appealing aspect of it.
Similar problem as with Elnur - I like the song and dislike the irritating way Ann Sophie performs it. Since it looks like she doesn´t care about criticism and keeps singing it more or less the same, completely satisfied with herself inside the parallel world she seems to be living in, it´s now almost dead for me.
At first, I was moderately intrigued by the catchy "WaaarriOoOoOr" yodelling, by Amber´s creepiness and the overall Spanish horror alike aesthetics of the music video. But much more listenings later, it became just another "hysterical woman screaming" case for me.

 

[carl1]

Growers:
The only problem I have with this is Elnur´s ridiculous overacting during his live performances and the fact he strangely reminds me of count Orlock from Nosferatu thanks to it. But the song itself is nice and for me it is the biggest earworm of the ballads.
Still not sure if the magic will work without the fascinating music video, which I would describe as "Alfred Hitchcock directing Stephen Sondheim´s musical based on Henrik Ibsen´s play", but I love it more with each listening.
Guilty pleasure, I guess. This song is like Frankenstein´s monster on LSD - sewn up fragments from 4 or 5 already existing songs, performed with juvenille naivety of singers who have no idea about the originals´ existence. I think it´s so silly that it actually has some unintended surreal quality which I love.

Faders:
Sympathies for Bojana as person are one thing, being fan of the song another. With each new version it loses more from the regional identity of the original, which was - at least for me - the most appealing aspect of it.
Similar problem as with Elnur - I like the song and dislike the irritating way Ann Sophie performs it. Since it looks like she doesn´t care about criticism and keeps singing it more or less the same, completely satisfied with herself inside the parallel world she seems to be living in, it´s now almost dead for me.
At first, I was moderately intrigued by the catchy "WaaarriOoOoOr" yodelling, by Amber´s creepiness and the overall Spanish horror alike aesthetics of the music video. But much more listenings later, it became just another "hysterical woman screaming" case for me.

I would love to have Croatia back.

 

[Ritararita]

I would love to have Croatia back.

Oops. Fixed.

 

[Fluke]

Growers: Azerbaijan, Austria, Belarus, Macedonia, Moldova (yes really)
Faders: UK, Serbia, Montenegro, Australia
My top 3 is unchanging.

 

[aef]

Growers (from ++++ to +) :





Faders (from ---- to -) :



(still my number 1!)

 

[Dante]

Growers:

The most underrated song of this year. The new version is better and I appreciate more and more the entry.


Faders:

I didn't like it at first, but it started to grow on me and get on my top 10 after a while. Now I wonder why I liked it,it's getting on my nerves.

The live version just turned out to be a big disappointment.

 

[Luki]

Grower:
Fader:

 

[VikingTiger]

Grower: . I was very disappointed the first time I heard it. And now - I keep finding myself singing and humming the tune!

Fader: . Even though France has sent far better chansons, I was happy for this. Initially.... I dont think I have listened to it in many weeks.

 

[sapsan]

Growers:

1. Slovenia - my first impression - this song is average and overrated definitely beyond my top 10. Now I listen this song every day and can't stop to listen it.
TOP-2 deserved.
2. Azerbaijan - this song was great for me since the first time I've heard it but I evaluated it in 6 pts so not the best of. Now I've already defined - this is a real winner for me. This is my kind of music.. 12 pts

Faders:

1 Norway - my first impression was - this is the best ballad of this year together with Greece. 12 pts. Now I think it's good but too boring. One day I'll delete it of my music collection.
2. Greece - this entry was the best for me and I didn't understand why it's so underrated. Now it's starting to be annoying for me.
3. Malta - This entry was the first song I liked of this season but the new version is not enough good for me though still in my TOP-10.

 

[Joyride]

Growers: Moldova, San Marino
Faders: Cyprus

 

[GermanBango]

Growers: are now in my Top 10 - are now in my Top 20 (yeah I'm not that hyped about these 2 but still they are growing)

Faders:

 

[JamieBrown]

Growers: - Azerbaijan was a bit too grandiose to me, now I see, that they are still better than so many others
Faders: - Was very nice to me in the beginning and 9th, now it's only 12th, because I see the lyrics are soo cheesy (Yeah that's the biggest fade that can happen to my former favourites this year :lol)

 

[SwissKung]

Growers: & &

Faders: & &

 

[Franco]

Growers:
Fader:

 

[Lupus]

Growers:
Czech Republic (I didn't get overwhelmed at first, but it's steadily risen in my rankings)
Denmark (At first I was unsure, but it didn't take long to get up high!)
Serbia (The English version completely won me over after I hated the original version)

Faders:
Iceland (It's sweet, but not much more. Gone from top ten to midfield.)
Spain (Again, gone from top ten to midfield. Just doesn't wow me any more)

 

[aef]

Today's grower & fader from me:

Grower:


Fader:

 

[theCONWEL]

and, to a lesser extent, growing on me atm!