Slovenia 1997

I usually think this country presents great finals, but this one was quite mediocre. I didn't take notes of my partner's points properly, so only my points are presented this time. Heck, they're the ones counting anyway.

1 Nekdo (boring womanballad)
2 Zaradi Nje (Boring manballad)
3 Zbudi se (nice ballad, worthy winner) 12 p
4 Veter z juga (semi-gothic Lynni Treekreem) 4 p
5 Kadar bos ob njej pazal (syrupy ballad) 3 p
6 Daljare (frightening) 2 p
7 Le en paljub (comedy-song) 10 p
8 Prosam ostani (Boyband-ballad) 7 p
9 Korak v dzjev (ballet-ballad) 6 p
10 Jagode in cocolada (Vazelina bilopphøggers) 8 p
11 Vzakandi avdezi (boring old woman-ballad) 5 p
12 Tvoja pesem (strange long-haired guy)
13 Objemi mi nezmo (some duety thing) 1 p

Pardon my Slovenian, I don't understand my own handwritten notes. But an update it was, nevertheless :)

Albania 2004

Yey, time for an update! What's to say about Albania? That they have a certain thing for the ë-letter? In the few years they've taken part in ESC, I must say I have really enjoyed their entries. I remember I watched the 2008 final webcast on New Year's Eve, and it was a helluva show with endless entrants, where participants in the contest and guest appearances were mixed together in a rather unlogical pattern. And the music was good! I was not quite as impressed over their debut year 2004, but the winner stands out as a classic...at least, in my own view. My points to the left. And notice the fancy minus-points :)

1 Bota Ime / Arbër Arapi 3p,8p (ok popjazz)
2 Ju të dashurat e mia / Kujtim Prodani 4p, 0p (Croonerpop)
3 Sytë e zemrës / Anisa Dervina 1p, -2p (moaning ballad)
4 Syri saj po më vërbon / Francesk Radi 8p, 6p (Folk novelty)
5 Me ty /Rudi & Ingrid Jushi 10p, 7p (slutty rap)
6 Trill vjeshte / Edmond Mancaku 2p, 2p (boring rock)
7 E dashurar / Evis Mula (latino)0p, 12p
8 E nesemja tjetër kvit i takon / Kozma Dushi 5p, 3p (old man's dance)
9 Një shprese për jetën time / Klajdi Musabeliu 0p, -3p (boring ballad)
10 Njëmije zemra / Rovena Dilo 0p, 0p (boring ethno ballad)
11 Mbivrë / Mariza Ikonomi 0p, 1p (boring ballad)
12 Dua të bëhem imazhi yt / Anjeza Shahini 12 p, 4 p (Schlager dance)
13 Qëndroj / Eneda Tarifa 7p, 5p (Semi-slutty ethnofunk)
14 Hirushja / Rosela Gjylbegu 0p, -1p (Housewife-ballad)
15 C'pune ke ti me dashunnë / Ermiona lekbello 6p, 10p (Israelic esc-song from the 80s)
16 Lja / Orges Toce -1p, 0p (boring guitar-ballad)
17 Kthehu dhe kujto / Voltan Prodani -2p, 0p (boring man-ballad)
18 Sikur të rroja sa kjo botë / Andi Kongo -3p, 0 p (boring man-ballad)

Phew...it will take a long time before I write Albanian again...

It's been over a year since I've updated my blog, and here we are, once again, in the heat of the nf season! Not that I follow all of them closely, so far this year I've been watching Denmark, Romania (good final with a great winner!), some Slovenian semi, a half Andorra (more than enough :)), the first Swedish semi and of course Norway. I was even present at the semi in Kongsvinger, and I will be in Oslo Spektrum for the Norwegian final.

The reason I'm on here now, is a web 2.0 course at my job. They're very enthusiastic about blogging here. I'm not so sure. But since I remembered my username and password, maybe I should give it one more chance. The last old nf I watched was Norway 1987. Sigvart Dagsland looked so young...oh well. Kate was a good choice. Nice to see her once again in Kongsvinger.