ESC Covers start the Eurovision 2024 countdown from position 37 to the top place. We are using the review of Morten Thomassen from Norway. ESC Covers google translated it from Norwegian to English.

This is a blog entry and represents only writer Morten Thomassen’s own views.

Having not qualified for the final since 2016, there were probably many roars of victory in Georgian homes when Nutsa Buzaladze finally made it there and in the semi-final where she came 8th with points from quite a few countries, you would think that this song with quite so fierce dancing would also set those who voted on fire.

There, our Georgian friend got quite a few points and as many as 20 of the 34 points she got which took her to 21st place came from the neighboring countries of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Georgia has obviously managed to maintain her friendship with these two neighbors who are otherwise known for to be at odds with each other.

This lady could sing and dance at the same time, although it must be said that the vocals sometimes became a bit shrill without it ruining too much, what perhaps rather ruined more was that there was a bit too much dancing and the song was basically a pretty thin soup of a song that was held up by a fierce show and a vocal meant to impress the masses.

Because in the middle of it all, which is actually a pretty cool performance, young Miss Buzaladze appears simply very hyper and what she had of charm disappears very much and what should have been a fierce case becomes cold in a strange way.

I see that the lady sees herself as self-motivated, active and energetic, but a slightly smaller dose of cod liver oil would probably have been preferable during this number and personally I react to all the singing that is heard when we see the lady dancing, it’s perfectly fine that they that votes for that, this will, I hope, still be a singing competition.

We sincerely hope that this country’s next place in the final will be before 2032, eight years waiting for the final ticket is far too long to wait if you ask me and a little music with some Georgian undertones could perhaps be something?

Featured image – Sarah Louise Bennett EBU