Estonia 2018: Elina Nechayeva

Photo: Kairit Leibold

The winner of Eesti Laul 2018 is Elina Nechayeva with "La Forza":

This lady is so freaking talented! I dont care much about the song but her vocal performance is just WOW and she looks so stunning on stage!

Finland 2018: Saara Aalto

Photo: shotbywarila

YLE ditched the UMK 2018 songs and selected Saara to represent them in Lisbon, this is "Monsters" the song she will sing in May:

I dont like the way YLE handled the UMK 18 thing but I understand their decision to pick Saara, and Im happy for her cause she is living her ESC dream, however I dont get their over the top/glitter/costume change/more is more approach, I know Saara is a campy artist but there are just too many things happening on stage and they just dont work imo. I think the song is nice (Wont be on my favs list though) so I hope they can find a way to fix the messy staging.

Cyprus 2018: Eleni Foureira

This is "Fuego", the song that will represent Cyprus in Lisbon:

I was expecting this to be an Aphrodisiac/This is love/Solayoh kind of cheap mess but I gotta say that this is a very nice party song and I really hope they work hard on the staging and on her vocals cause this truly has the potential to be the bop of the year! Go Cyprus!

The Netherlands 2018: Waylon

Waylon is back and this is "Outlaw in 'em", his Eurovision 2018 song:

Waylon has such a strong stage presence and I think he could do a kick ass performance with this song. Good luck to The Netherlands!