Armenia is the second entry Ida Andia of Romania and Roy van der Merwe of South Africa look at and highlight a good point and a bad point of the entry.
Ida – Good point : I like the powerful song, her voice too. She sings very well live.
Bad point : The shooting with the empty arena.
Roy – Good point : Like her voice a lot.
Bad point : Do not think the song is strong enough.
From today, over the next 60 days, Ida Andia of Romania and Roy van der Merwe of South Africa will look at the 41 entries in the 2019 Eurovision song contest and mention one good point and one bad point of each entry.
We start off with Albania.
Ida – good point : I liked the colours on stage – red and black, like the Albanian flag.
Bad point : I did not like her dress too much.
Roy – good point : I like the fact that their entry is in their own language.
Bad point : Difficult to follow the message of the song in Albanian – would have liked maybe a portion in English.
Tonight is the grand final of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, Who will be the winner this year?
1. Malta
2. Albania
3. Czech Republic
4. Germany
5. Russia
6. Denmark
7. San Marino
8. North Macedonia
9. Sweden
10. Slovenia
11. Cyprus
12. Netherlands
13. Greece
14. Israel
15. Norway
16. United Kingdom
17. Iceland
18. Estonia
19. Belarus
20. Azerbaijan
21. France
22. Italy
23. Serbia
24. Switzerland
25. Australia
26. Spain
The favourite for many weeks has been The Netherlands but there is big competition from Australia, Russia, Sweden, Azerbaijan…and possible outsiders like Norway, Malta and Denmark. Also, Iceland has a big hype. Spain and France and Italy are highly rated with fans .
ESC Covers predicts – ROY NIEL IAN COLE
TO WIN RUSSIA RUSSIA SWEDEN SWEDEN
BOTTOM PLACE GERMANY SLOVENIA GERMANY SERBIA
We will see later…but for sure there will be many big performances.
Unique coffee is being presented in the Press Centre at the Expo in Tel Aviv at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.
You can choose your favourite country or artists from this year’s contest.
ESC Covers selected Croatia and Malta.
Thanks to My Heritage and Ripples
Here are the predictions of the ESC Covers team for the first semi-final of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.
ROY IAN COLE
CYPRUS Y Y Y
MONTENEGRO N N Y
FINLAND N Y Y
POLAND N Y Y
SLOVENIA N N N
CZECH REPUBLIC Y Y Y
HUNGARY N N N
BELARUS Y Y Y
SERBIA Y N Y
BELGIUM Y N N
GEORGIA N Y N
AUSTRALIA Y Y Y
ICELAND Y Y N
ESTONIA Y N N
PORTUGAL N N N
GREECE Y Y Y
SAN MARINO Y Y Y
The bookmakers predict the seven countries not to make it will be : Poland, Portugal, Georgia, Belarus, San Mariino, Finland, Montenegro
Ida Andia from Romania finishes today with her look at the big 5 in the Grand final of the 2019 Eurovision song contest.
The last country I am looking at is SPAIN. It is a happy song, typical for this Iberian country. It is good to listen ”La Venda” on a beach, on a summer day, while you are relaxing. I hope Spain will not be last, like in the recent years, but I think not many people will vote for it – maybe not many will understand the message, so unfortunately, I don’t think it will be on the left side. For me the song is catchy, I really like it.
Ida Andia of Romania continues looking at the Big 5 and today it is the turn of Italy.
Mahmood has a special voice and a special way to sing. I really loved the song, Soldi, from the first time that I heard it. San Remo has good songs and, at Eurovision, sends the best. This year is not exception. He sings in Italian, like always. The song transmits a message – it is a painful story, about how to live without a father. He will be definitely in TOP 10, so on the left side. I would really like that this song to revenge ”Occidentali’s Karma”, my favourite song for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, who finished, unfortunately, on 6th in the Grand Final.
Ida Andia is looking at the big 5 and their chances at the 2019 Eurovision song contest. Her attention today is on France.
Bilal has an interesting voice and he sends a strong message through his song – Roi (King). I like the mix between English (for understanding better the message) and French. I think he will be on the left side in the Grand Final.
Ida Andia of Romania is looking at the big 5 and their chances in the Grand final of the Eurovision 2019 song contest.
Maybe Michael Rice has a voice BIGGER THAN ours but the song is not great. The chorus of Bigger than us is strong, but I think that the country will be on the right side in the Grand Final. It is not my cup of tea.
