Continuing with the comments of the choices for the Eurovision, here are for two more countries.
Turkey and Can Bonomo
Turkey's participation in Eurovision is a very special case. He debuted in 1975 being in last place, as in 1983 and 1987. The luck has completely reversed itself in 1997 when it reached the 3rd place, due not only to bet on the traditional Turks rhythms often mixed with a touch of modernity, or in rock bands, as well as much due to the strong Turkish diaspora by Europe, which allowed the country from the introduction of televoting, always managed to reach several times not only TOP10 as the TOP5. Since the entry of Turkey, the countries that gave more points are all in Western Europe: The Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium and the record holders in the allocation of points to Turkey, France and Germany (since 2004 the only year in which France did not give the 12 points in the final beyond the year in which Turkey was not present, it was only in 2008, and Germany itself has repeatedly which also gave him the 12 points or 8 or 10 points).
All this wave of success ended abruptly last year when Turkey for the first time since there are semifinals in the competition failed to pass the final, after the previous year have been awarded the 2nd place.
As expected, international juries were not attributed to the Turkish performance enough points to put it in the top 10, because from the televoting, diaspora was once again able to put Turkey among the10 highest scores. This could have been very beneficial for Turkey, not only to realize that the vote of the diaspora and the choice of traditional rhythms that also appeal to the public other than immigrant from Turkey are not sufficient to obtain good results, but also to the fact Turkey has to start to diversify their bets and invest in other musical aspects. In recent years the stakes in Turkey have been with very monotonous level of diversity of styles, or songs that combine traditional music with a touch of modernity, or the typical rock band. But always in the same tone, without major changes.
Perhaps this is why the bet this year was different. Turkey turned the focus on traditional music, with a strong presence of Easternrhythms, and with a touch of modernity. But this year, the music is indeed much more original. The interpreter, Can Bonomo, a 24 year old Turkish singer, will sing the theme "Love Me Back".
Both the representative and the music were selected internally by theTurkish broadcaster that broadcasts Eurovision in the country.
This is a bet that most likely will bring Turkey back to final and with a good classification. As the selection was internal, there are no other competitors that I can compare. And the presentation of the music does not correspond at all to act in final, if only because they are on stage more than the six elements that the rules define as the limit.
However, I am sure that Turkey will bring us a great show as it has been customary in recent years, before the poor performance last year.
The Netherlands and Joan Franka
Now for an opposite case to that of Turkey: since there semifinals, the Netherlands has only been present in the final the first time in 2004. From there, the nearest place was the 13th place in 2008, finishing last year to have reached the last place (which has not reached since 1968!!) in the semifinals. The last time he was in the Top 10 (8th place) was in the distant year of 1999.
This year this Western European country also brings us a song quite different from the ordinary. It's called "You and Me" and is played by Joan Franka, a singer with 21 years old with Turkish and Dutch nationality, that was presented in an Indian style.
The music can have the advantage of originality, both musically and image. However, the vocal qualities during the festival selection leaves much to be desired. And it seems that the jury was the same opinion.
The selection of the representative of the Netherlands was comprised of two parts.
At first, there were three duels in which two songs competed to pass the final stage. Then, among the three winners of the duels, the winner would come out. During the duel, the winning song won both 1st place in the jury and the televoting, compared to its rival (the singer Raffaela Paton with the theme "Chocolatte"), but in the final competition obtained (by far) the lowest score by the jury. The significant victory by the televoting is that allowed the singer to obtain the first place.
Although the jury had voted more in the 3rd ranked (already in duels received more votes from the jury), the singer Ivan Peroti who played"Take the I am," I preferred the 2nd place, the singer Pearl Jozefzoon with the song "We Can Overcome". It certainly is a very common style of music and does not usually have much success in the contest. However, that would certainly appeal more to the international juries.
I think what is lacking in winning song is the existence of the highlights in music: it is too dull, and always in the same intonation.As for the lyrics and once again I say, originality, it was well done.
Of the countries that gave more points to the Netherlands since the introduction of the semifinals, will vote in the same semifinal in whichit participates, Malta, Norway and Turkey, which unfortunately are not among the five countries that have more votes to the Netherlands.
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