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!

Eurovision 2016: And the winner is...

UKRAINE!

YES! YES! YES! YES! IM SO FREAKING HAPPY! I CANT BELIEVE IT! WHAT AN EXCITING NIGHT! (ALL CAPS EMOTIONS!)

I'll start by saying GOOD JOB SVT! The whole show was GREAT. Petra and Mans were phenomenal and Edward's script was brilliant. Its going to so hard to top this year's shows.

LOVE LOVE, PEACE PEACE!

Lets watch the moment of the results:

This is so crazy! I remember how mad/disappointed I was back then when she lost the Ukrainian national final in 2011, I still cant believe that a song like this one won the contest. But thats Eurovision, you never know what's going to happen. All these weeks I've seen so many "This song is too dark", "Too sad to win", "The public wont vote for a depressing song", "Eurovision is love peace party songs, not this" comments and last night the audience proved all those people wrong (2nd place in the televote). I hope the triumph of Jamala brings more different songs to the contest. We need more heart, emotions, risky entries, less over produced acts, passion on stage. Im over the moon right now and Im extremely happy for Jamala, This has been one of my favorite ESCs ever and Im glad it had a fantastic ending! GO UKRAINE! GO JAMALA!

BIG SHOUT OUT TO:

FRANCE/AMIR

SWEDEN/FRANS

AUSTRIA/ZOË

BULGARIA/POLI GENOVA

THE NETHERLANDS/DOUWE BOB

GEORGIA/NIKA KOCHAROV & YGL

LATVIA/JUSTS

Photos: Andres Putting (EBU)

Thomas Hanses (EBU)

Eurovision 2016: Pre - Final

Photo: Anna Velikova (EBU)

Tonight is the night! In some hours we will know who is the winner of Eurovision 2016 but before that I will post some pictures from my favorite acts from this year:

SPAIN: BAREI

CZECH REPUBLIC: GABRIELA G

SERBIA: SANJA VUCIC

HUNGARY: FREDDIE

FRANCE: AMIR

CROATIA: NINA KRALJIC

GEORGIA: NIKA KOCHAROV & YOUNG GEORGIAN LOLITAZ

THE NETHERLANDS: DOUWE BOB

ITALY: FRANCESCA MICHIELIN

AUSTRIA: ZOË

SWEDEN: FRANS

ARMENIA: IVETA MUKUCHYAN

LATVIA: JUSTS

UKRAINE: JAMALA

Russia or Australia are probably the ones that will fight for the victory tonight and as you can see non of them are in my favorites but thats okay, I learned to only care about my favorites so no matter what happens tonight I'll be very proud of all of them.

GO UKRAINE!

GO LATVIA!

GO SWEDEN!

GO AUSTRIA!

GO ITALY!

GO THE NETHERLANDS!

GO GEORGIA!

GO FRANCE!

HAPPY EUROVISION 2016!

Photos: Pelle T Nilsson / Stella Pictures

Eurovision 2016 - Semifinal 2: The Results

Time to talk about the results from last nights semifinal.

I'll start with a shout out to IVAN!

His team put so much effort in the performance that I have to say that it looked pretty cool and Ivan did a nice job on stage.

Here is my ranking of the finalists:

10.Poland: Michał Szpak - Color of your life

09.Israel: Hovi Star - Made of stars

08.Australia: Dami Im - The sound of silence

I really like Dami and her vocal performance last night was great but to me the whole package is too plastic, I wouldnt to see this act winning, can you imagine the number of screaming divas we would get next year? SCARY!

07.Lithuania: Donny Montell - I've been waiting for this night

He is a good performance but the song is very "David Lindgren".

06.Bulgaria: Poli Genova - If love was a crime

This is one of the catchiest songs of this year but the performance doesnt work for me, I was expecting more energy from her, the stage looks too dark and empty and her outfit is just awful.

05.Serbia: Sanja Vučić - Goodbye

Love Sanja but I dont know why this didnt convince me, I still liked it though but I dont think it will be one of my biggest favorites in the final.

04.Belgium: Laura Tesoro - What's the pressure

Im not the biggest fan of this song but I kinda liked this performance.

02.Latvia: Justs - Heartbeat

Damn! He gave it all on stage! Im very proud of him and Aminata. Such a brilliant act, I hope it gets a good result on saturday.

02.Georgia: Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz - Midnight gold

This is probably the biggest surprise of the year for me. What a fucking amazing performance! LOVED IT! (I also love the fact that they are just there to perform and they dont care about anything else) Go Georgia!

01.Ukraine: Jamala - 1944

!!!!!! You have no idea how much I would like this to win. You might love it or hate it but I think we can all agree that Jamala's talent is out of this world. She is unbelievable and what she does on stage is so beautiful. I wish her all the best from the bottom of my heart and I hope she gives her all on saturday night. GO JAMALA! GO UKRAINE!

Photos: Andres Putting (EBU)

Anna Velikova (EBU)

Thomas Hanses (EBU)

Eurovision 2016: Pre - Semifinal 2

The 2nd semifinal of Eurovision 2016 is just in a few hours so its time to post my pre-semifinal ranking:

SWITZERLAND

ALBANIA

SLOVENIA

IRELAND

POLAND

DENMARK

NORWAY

LITHUANIA

ISRAEL

MACEDONIA

8.AUSTRALIA

7.BELARUS

6.GEORGIA

5.BELGIUM

4.BULGARIA

3.SERBIA

2.LATVIA

1.UKRAINE

I only have two things to say about this semifinal: GO JAMALA! & GO JUSTS!

Photos: Thomas Hanses (EBU)

Andres Putting (EBU)

Anna Velikova (EBU)

Latvia 2016: JUSTS!

The winner of Supernova 2016 is...JUSTS!

The Supernova 2016 finalists were all really good so lets give a big round of applause to all of them and to LTV! Justs was just awesome since day one and Im really happy for him but now its time for him and his team to work hard on the eurovision performance! Right now I cant see him doing better than Aminata last year but I can see him in the top 10. GO LATVIA!

BIG SHOUT OUT TO: 

CATALEPSIA

MYRADIANTU

MARTA RITOVA

and of course to RIGAS BEAVER!

LOVE HIM!