THE LAST POST OF 2016

Another year about to end and it's time for me to make the last post of 2016. I'll post my top 5 of this year and as a bonus I'll add a bunch of pics from some of my favorite artists of ESC16.

5. FRANCE: AMIR - J'AI CHERCHÉ

4. LATVIA: JUSTS - HEARTBEAT

3. GEORGIA: NIKA KOCHAROV & YGL - MIDNIGHT GOLD

2. SWEDEN: FRANS - IF I WERE SORRY

1. UKRAINE: JAMALA - 1944

I put my eye on Jamala in 2010 when she was announced as one of the participants of the Ukrainian NF and since that moment I knew she had what it takes to win Eurovision. What she did on stage in may was magical and it makes me extremely happy to see such a talented artist as a ESC winner.

Thanks to all the people who visited my blog this year & thanks to every single artist who gave me a bit of their time to answer lots of silly questions for this years interviews. Lets get ready for Kiev 2017!

2016: National selections (2)

Here is the 2nd part of my favorite NF songs from 2016:

Kristi Popa - Ajo çfarë ndjej

Catalepsia - Damnation

NAVI - Heta ziamlia

Erna Mist & Magnus Thorlacius - Ótöluð orð

Kállay Saunders Band - Who We Are

Boris René - Put Your Love on Me

Pur:Pur  - We Do Change

Robin Bengtsson - Constellation Prize

Laila Samuels - Afterglow

Mick Pedaja - Seis

THE HARDKISS - Helpless

Mikael Saari - On It Goes

2016: National selections (1)

Here is the 1st part of my favorite NF songs from 2016

Muri & Mario - To Stjerner

Annica Milán & Kimmo Blom - Good Enough

SunSay - Love Manifest

Salvador Beltran - Días de alegría

Petruska - Trouble in My Mind

Enxhi Nasufi - Infinit

Margaret - Cool me down

Sophia Nohr - Blue Horizon

Eini - Draamaa

Saara Aalto - No fear

María Isabel - La vida sólo es una

Albania 2017: Lindita Halimi

Photo: Fadil Berisha

After 3 long nights of FiKmas (Songs, Awkward moments, and publicitet) the winner of Festivali I Këngës 55 is Lindita Halimi with the song Botë:

Hmm I like Lindita and Im happy for her but Im not a fan of this song. She is so much better than this "showing how good I sing" song. I really hope she finds an excuse to change the song like Elhaida did in 2015. C'mon Lindita! Bring us a S'të fal part 2!

Now this is exactly what we need from Lindita, She is a smart, hard working lady and I hope she finds a way to make the albanian entry work.

Big shout out to my favorite in this years FiK: DILAN REKA!

Photo: Orsola Mema

I liked Dilan last year but I didnt expect a song like this one from him. My first impression was like "WOW this sounds like a modern song and he is killing it on stage" and then I just started clapping and dancing along, The applause he got at the end of his performance shows you how good he was. (I was also cheering in front of my computer) Would have loved to see him in Kiev but Im glad he got a good result. Keep making good songs Dilan!