ESC 2012 Reviews: CROATIA, SWEDEN, GEORGIA

We begin the second half of the second semifinal with another balkan ballad from Croatia, Sweden: this year's megafavourites and that joke from Georgia.

CROATIA
Nina Badrić - Nebo
So after a possible break we continue with another balkan ballad not as good as its predecessor (Slovenia) but still strong. Nebo is a well-composed and professional song with a great combination of strings, synths and loosely ethnic sounds. The electric guitar in the chorus sounds magical which is actually the strongest part of the song, too bad we won't get that live. Nina's vocals are also very strong. The only bad aspects around it is that is a bit repetitive and could turn boring and the fact that it's sandwiched between the two strongest competitors this year might overshadow its chances of qualifying I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Rating: 3.5/5.0
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SWEDEN
Loreen - Euphoria
Now we go down to what a lot of people were waiting for. The absloute favourite at this year's contest: Loreen. It clearly has a lot to offer and to me is Swedish best entrant ever (the only one I've personally liked). Euphoria is a modern dance song leaning towards trance which has a wider acceptance than the mainstream forms of dance music or the underground electronic music and that's the reason why it's become such a powerful number. I personally would have added dubstep to it so it'll make it perfect. Some say it's a runaway winner like Norway in 2009 and it probably is but I really hope for a much more exciting vote which we haven't had in years. I'm going to give it the perfect score.

Rating: 5.0/5.0
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GEORGIA
Anri Jokhadze - I'm A Joker
And after a marvelous performance we get this shameful number. Georgia sent us some of their finest performers all of its four previous entrants were very professional and then they brought of this joker (and a bad joker). It's hard to understand what were they thinking when they choose this song. Another dissapointment is the fact that we will be hearing the Georgian language for the first time in the contest coming from this dull act. The song is unlistenable, I can't stand it the whole three minutes and alot of people are with me, I have counted five last places from four diferent bloggers. It's ranked last in several web polls and charts and if it wasn't an ex-Soviet republic it'll be a contender for nil points.

Rating: 1.0/5.0