Eurovision: in preparation for Malmö 2013 (IV)

Now I will talk about two Nordic Countries that were very wronged last year.

DENMARK AND EMMELIE DE FOREST

After the big sucess of 2010 (4th place in the final) and 2011 (5th in the final) last year Denmark finished in an unfair 23rd place. But I think that this year the fate will be different.
The Dansk Melodie Grand Prix 2013 had a many songs with an good quality. But I think that Denmark made the best choice.
Despite the potential of the other 2 songs in the Superfinal, the "Only Teardrops" had the best performance and can attract better the public.
Emmelie has a good voice and an interesting performance on stage. She cans embody the spirit of the song and transmit it to the public.
And the song is very peculiar and original. The instruments used remind me the traditional songs of this part of globe. And all the persons in the stage can enrich the perfromance. The whole performance was thought to detail: is chartismatic, full of energy and original.
I hope that this year Denmark could reach a better place in the final: they have a song that could please not only to the public but also to the juries.
From the countries that usually give more points to Denmark will vote this year in the same semifinal in which Denmark will participate, Sweden, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. But they will not have with them the two countries that in the past gave more points to Denmark: Iceland and Norway.


ICELAND AND Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson

Iceland has done great furor among fans before the festival, but at the time of the festival has presented since 2010, results surprisingly low.
Last year ranked in 3rd place in the OGAE's voting's ,but in the festival stayed at 20th place with only 46 points.
This year Iceland brings us a very quiet ballad entitled "Ég á Líf".
Of the 12 songs in the competition this year, there were some interesting proposals but none have pointed out as the best of all. Not even the song of Yohanna (that brought Iceland to the 2nd place in 2009) was a very strong proposal. The music with that Yohanna tried again participate in Eurovision in 2011 was better than this.
Returning to the winning song, all the performance focuses on the presence and voice of the singer on stage.

Eyþór  has a good voice and good stage presence. Manages to convey the calm and the passion of the ballad, that reminds me of a romance with a happy ending. Unfortunately I do not know if it will please the audience to put Iceland among the top 10 of the second semifinal. From the countries that tend to give more points to Iceland will vote in the same semifinal of Iceland, Norway, Hungary and Spain. But from the 5 countries that give more points do Iceland will not vote in the semifinal 2, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.
I think that Iceland will be more favoured by the juries, that can put it between the 10 more voted countries.
And I hope that Iceland will not change the language of the song.



Good luck to both countries!!!