Never give up on you - Force yourself to believe
Power to the people:
Like in the last year, the public of the UK gets the chance to choose their representer for Eurovision by the Preselection show "Eurovision: You decide".
In comparison to last year, there was added an international, professional jury that got Alexander Rybak, ESC winner from 2009, as a part of it. The combination of jury and public vote announced the winner of the show who is Lucie Jones, a former X-Factor contestant.
There she was sent home as the fifth act and, special fact, she failed against Jedward, the Irish brothers who presented Ireland two times (2011,2012). She lost in deadlock, which means that she got a fewer numberof votes than Jedward, but something went wrong while this process was running and a controversial discussion was upcomming but in the end she will represent the UK in Eurovision seven years later but how good is her song?
In comparison to last year, there was added an international, professional jury that got Alexander Rybak, ESC winner from 2009, as a part of it. The combination of jury and public vote announced the winner of the show who is Lucie Jones, a former X-Factor contestant.
There she was sent home as the fifth act and, special fact, she failed against Jedward, the Irish brothers who presented Ireland two times (2011,2012). She lost in deadlock, which means that she got a fewer numberof votes than Jedward, but something went wrong while this process was running and a controversial discussion was upcomming but in the end she will represent the UK in Eurovision seven years later but how good is her song?
Another ballad like thousand others before:
We all know these typical ballads, a quiet beginning, no really impressive moments in the first Refrain because the focus should be located on the second one and on the end, which should makes you crying by a long note. Boring!
It is pretty nice and the quality of the song is not bad but the kind of song is overused in the charts. The piano is the best instrument to improve the beautifulness of a female voice but if the whole have not enough power, the viewer will not reminds on this act.
She sets little accents with her emotional voice but my question is, will it be forgotten when it located between two powerfull songs???
It is pretty nice and the quality of the song is not bad but the kind of song is overused in the charts. The piano is the best instrument to improve the beautifulness of a female voice but if the whole have not enough power, the viewer will not reminds on this act.
She sets little accents with her emotional voice but my question is, will it be forgotten when it located between two powerfull songs???
The conclusion:
To be honest, she was not my favourit because her song sounds to monoton, for my ears.
Holly Brewer does so many times better on stage because her song got so much more power but I have to judge about Lucie so I will do this.
It is, as I have metioned it in the previous part, a nicely song which sounds very cute with this litle protegonist in the foreground. You feel what she wants to tell: Believe in yourself and solve you away from this world and go this step with me into this pain-free zone.
It might can work on stage if maybe dancers join her because the stage in Kiev will be bigger than the one from the National selection and maybe she seems to be alone and lost on the big stage. We will see what she get but I do not think that this will climb up over position 17!
Another problem is the starting position because if it will be located between a favourite or an impressively powerful song, it will not do well. I wish the UK the best of luck because they need the good result but this year, for me, will not be the year of the former champion.
Holly Brewer does so many times better on stage because her song got so much more power but I have to judge about Lucie so I will do this.
It is, as I have metioned it in the previous part, a nicely song which sounds very cute with this litle protegonist in the foreground. You feel what she wants to tell: Believe in yourself and solve you away from this world and go this step with me into this pain-free zone.
It might can work on stage if maybe dancers join her because the stage in Kiev will be bigger than the one from the National selection and maybe she seems to be alone and lost on the big stage. We will see what she get but I do not think that this will climb up over position 17!
Another problem is the starting position because if it will be located between a favourite or an impressively powerful song, it will not do well. I wish the UK the best of luck because they need the good result but this year, for me, will not be the year of the former champion.
The Rating:
Songquality: 8/10p.
Harmony between singer and song: 9/10p.
Performance: 6/10p.
Chance to win: 3/10p.
Personal rating: 7/10.
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Totally score: 33/50p.
Listen to the song: Never Give Up On You
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