Mercy - ...for a ''choix incroyable" France!
Music unites...:
Their name is Madame Monsieur and their aim is, to enchant you with love, harmony and dreams...
The French Pop-Duo, that consists of the singer Èmilie Satt and the guitarist Jean-Karl Lucas, took part in the national selection ''Destination Eurovision 2018" and won after an outstanding voting drama. The national juries from different countries, which by the way consists of Iveta Mukuchyan or Swedish Melodifestivalen-god Christer Björkman, had ranked them ''only" in 3rd place. The leading song ''Eva" from Lisandro Cuxi was not able to defend the lead and lost against Mercy with a difference of 24 points.
Madame Monsieur was the favorite of the public and that is the reason why almost everybody is happy about this decision. Well, my personal winner was Emmy Liyana with her song ''Ok ou KO" but that is another topic...
The French Pop-Duo, that consists of the singer Èmilie Satt and the guitarist Jean-Karl Lucas, took part in the national selection ''Destination Eurovision 2018" and won after an outstanding voting drama. The national juries from different countries, which by the way consists of Iveta Mukuchyan or Swedish Melodifestivalen-god Christer Björkman, had ranked them ''only" in 3rd place. The leading song ''Eva" from Lisandro Cuxi was not able to defend the lead and lost against Mercy with a difference of 24 points.
Madame Monsieur was the favorite of the public and that is the reason why almost everybody is happy about this decision. Well, my personal winner was Emmy Liyana with her song ''Ok ou KO" but that is another topic...
The Duo composed among others for the French rapper Yousoupha who reached his biggest success with their song "Ngrtd".
When magic meets special intensity:
From the beginning the song is able to catch the listener's attention. I do not know but for me it is the combination of her soft voice and the smart sounds of the bass.
Especially the performance touched me with its perfect harmony of soul and flow.
When I first listened to Mercy, I was not that much impressed but then came the turning point. Almost everybody raised his or her hand up to the stage so it seems like anyone felt the touching Mercy of Èmilie.
Furthermore the text is an absolut highlight. It tells the story of child who was born in times of war or in general in very hard times (...if I understood correctly). And I do not know why but personally I felt that she was this child in the sea...breathtaking harmony between singer and song I have to say!
Especially the performance touched me with its perfect harmony of soul and flow.
When I first listened to Mercy, I was not that much impressed but then came the turning point. Almost everybody raised his or her hand up to the stage so it seems like anyone felt the touching Mercy of Èmilie.
Furthermore the text is an absolut highlight. It tells the story of child who was born in times of war or in general in very hard times (...if I understood correctly). And I do not know why but personally I felt that she was this child in the sea...breathtaking harmony between singer and song I have to say!
But I am not happy at all with the French entry. Personally I do not really like the bridge and the last thirty seconds because of the ''overusing" of the word "Mercy". On the other hand i must postively mention that they have done the best out of this part. A truely work of art by staging!
The conclusion:
WOW France, you have done an incredible job! Destination Eurovision 2018, ot the more worse version of Melodifestivalen, gave us a lot of impressive songs and you have chosen the one with the best message and packing at all.
Giving a song a soul means more than adding lights or dancers - it means to fill the stage with all, what a song needs and this is sometimes more difficult than it seems to be.
Weel, and when I am watching the national performance of Mercy, I start dreaming because of the beautiful package of the song.
Nevertheless I hope that they will ''correct" a few deatils for Lisbon to make the song more impressive. I mean that ceratin something - reducing the lights, focussing on her and her voice, especially in the silent part before the "Mercys''. Last but not least I have to mention the importance of the starting number because personally I think the song needs a number in front of the running order to stay in the heads of the viewers.
All in all "Mercy" will do great I think because of its magic and the harmony between Jean-Karl and Èmilie. Sometimes music means more than singing...
Giving a song a soul means more than adding lights or dancers - it means to fill the stage with all, what a song needs and this is sometimes more difficult than it seems to be.
Weel, and when I am watching the national performance of Mercy, I start dreaming because of the beautiful package of the song.
Nevertheless I hope that they will ''correct" a few deatils for Lisbon to make the song more impressive. I mean that ceratin something - reducing the lights, focussing on her and her voice, especially in the silent part before the "Mercys''. Last but not least I have to mention the importance of the starting number because personally I think the song needs a number in front of the running order to stay in the heads of the viewers.
All in all "Mercy" will do great I think because of its magic and the harmony between Jean-Karl and Èmilie. Sometimes music means more than singing...
The Rating:
Songquality: 8.5/10p.
Harmony between singer and song: 10/10p.
Performance: 7/10p.
Chance to win: 6/10p.
Personal rating: 8.5/10.
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Totally score: 40/50p.
Listen to the song: Mercy
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