Austria knows how to grab attention this year. I was skeptical they weren’t holding a national final but they shut me up at least. Continue reading ESC 2017 Review: Austria – Running Running →

I actually do like this song but for some reason I always forget which one it is until I remember the video has her in a suspended ring so I hope they do that on stage as well to tie it together. Continue reading ESC 2017 Review: Serbia – Ring Too Deep →

Well, it’s definitely NOT a ballad. Continue reading ESC 2017 Review: Montenegro – Rocket to the Stars →

A bit of a disappointing Melodifestivalen this year led to this extremely formulaic entry from Sweden. Continue reading ESC 2017 Review: Sweden – I Can’t Do This Again →

Supernova is usually one of my favorite events out of the national finals and while Latvia’s winners deserved to win, they didn’t really beat anyone to do it making me feel like Latvia could have been holding back on us. Continue reading ESC 2017 Review: Latvia – Where We Draw The Line →

I don’t have anything clever to say about Iceland because Iceland didn’t send their clever entry and instead sent this (still great) more standard song. Continue reading ESC 2017 Review: Iceland – Cut Like Paper →

This is a completely unique song but there’s a lot of things to unpack also. There’s also a long part where there is no singing during the song as well so we’ll see if that spells trouble for Hungary. Continue reading ESC 2017 Review: Hungary – Make Some Noise →

Israel is one of the few countries to send three male solo singers in a row (sans band even!). I don’t know what it is in the water there but it’s brought them good luck so power to them. Continue reading ESC 2017 Review: Israel – I Feel Okay →

Germany really needs to sort itself out. As novel as the things have been the past three years, Germany isn’t wracking up the points and it’s unlikely to do so this year either… Continue reading ESC 2017 Review: Germany – Not Going to Make a Titanium Comparison →

This is surprisingly high for me to rank San Marino two years in a row. What can I say? I’m inhabited by the spirit of the night. Continue reading ESC 2017 Review: San Marino – Spirit of Serhat →