The “Expert” Panel reviews Belarus: ZENA – Like It | (Eurovision 2019)

It’s back! The (in)famous ESC United “Expert” Panel is returning once again! While we don’t claim to be professionally qualified to judge anything, we certainly have strong opinions, so our staff and editors got together to review all 41 of the songs taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 which will take place in Tel Aviv, Israel this May.  Which song are we going to pick as our overall favorite, and will #YOU agree with us or decide on a different winner?

Zena is representing Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with her song “Like it”. She won the National Final in her country decisively and therefore gets to fly the flag for Belarus in Tel Aviv, Israel. Do we like it, that is the big question though as this is the ESC United “Expert” Jury.

Watch our video to get our detailed thoughts and scores and don’t forget to vote in the poll. What score do you give to the Belarusian entry? Will the reader’s results differ greatly from ours? We’ll find out soon enough. You can find the team’s individual score in the video.

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Current ESC United Team Ranking:

1. GREECE: Katerine Duska – Better Love 7.89
2. NORWAY: KEiiNO – Spirits in the Sky 7.87
3. AZERBAIJAN: Chingiz – Truth 7.62
4. ARMENIA: Srbuk – Walking Out 7.26
5. MALTA: Michele – Chameleon 7.18
6. ICELAND: Hatari – Hatrið mun sigra – 7.13
7. SAN MARINO: Serhat – Say Na Na Na 7.07
8. ALBANIA: Jonida Maliqi – Ktheju tokës 7.00
9. RUSSIA: Sergey Lazarev – Scream 6.99
10. ESTONIA: Victor Crone – Storm 6.90
11. HUNGARY: Joci Pápai – Az én apám 6.87
12. SERBIA: Nevena Božović – Kruna 6.84
13. BELGIUM: Eliot – Wake Up 6.73
14. PORTUGAL: Conan Osiris – Telemoveis 6.50
15. NORTH MACEDONIA: Tamara Todevska – Proud 6.43
16. GERMANY: S!sters – Sister 6.19
17. ROMANIA: Ester Peony – On A Sunday 6.05
18. IRELAND: Sarah McTernan – 22 6.04
19. UNITED KINGDOM: Michael Rice – Bigger Than Us 6.03
20. BELARUS: Zena – Like It 5.79
21. ISRAEL: Kobi Marimi – Home 5.75
22. POLAND: Tulia – Fire of Love (Pali się) – 5.63
23. FRANCE: Bilal Hassani – Roi 5.38
24. GEORGIA: Oto Nemsadze – Keep On Going 4.89
25. CROATIA: Roko – The Dream 4.53

 

Reader’s Ranking

1. MALTA: Michele – Chameleon 8.42
2. NORWAY: KEiiNO – Spirits in the Sky 8.05
3. GREECE: Katerine Duska – Better Love 7.86
4. ARMENIA: Srbuk – Walking Out 7.61
5. AZERBAIJAN: Chingiz – Truth 7.55
6. BELGIUM: Eliot – Wake Up 7.07
7. ALBANIA: Jonida Maliqi – Ktheju tokës 6.89
8. SERBIA: Nevena Božović – Kruna 6.88
9. FRANCE: Bilal Hassani – Roi 6.54
10. ISRAEL: Kobi Marimi – Home 6.52
11. RUSSIA: Sergey Lazarev – Scream 6.51
12. HUNGARY: Joci Pápai – Az én apám 6.48
13. POLAND: Tulia – Fire of Love (Pali się) – 6.40
14. SAN MARINO: Serhat – Say Na Na Na 6.37
15. NORTH MACEDONIA: Tamara Todevska – Proud 6.19
16. ESTONIA: Victor Crone – Storm 6.01
17. UNITED KINGDOM: Michael Rice – Bigger Than Us 5.84
18. GERMANY: S!sters – Sister 5.38
19. IRELAND: Sarah McTernan – 22 5.24
20. CROATIA: Roko – The Dream 3.92
21. GEORGIA: Oto Nemsadze – Keep On Going 3.48
22. PORTUGAL: Conan Osiris – Telemoveis Ongoing
23. ICELAND: Hatari – Hatrið mun sigra – Ongoing
24. ROMANIA: Ester Peony – On A Sunday Ongoing
25. BELARUS: Zena – Like It Ongoing