Edsilia Picks Dutch Entry!

Last night, the 2007 Dutch Eurovision entry was chosen. It had been announced some weeks ago that former participant Edsilia Rombley (4th in 1998) would take the responsibility of dragging the Netherlands out of the semis and into the grand final. In a rather bizarre nation final, Edsilia performed three songs and then SHE, not anybody else, chose which song she was going to have as her Eurovision entry. Ooh, the power.

Anyway, not wanting to upset the crowd in the studio, she chose the song that went down the best, and so the 2007 Netherlands entry is called…

“NOOIT MEER ZONDER JOU” – Edisila Rombley

It’s an upbeat song that starts slow (yep, one of those deceiving ones) and then breaks into a big chorus. But… it just doesn’t seem to be as big as it should, or indeed could be. I think there’s a big song waiting to get out here but, at the moment, its arrangement is not giving it enough power. It’s also already been likened to “One Day In Your Life” by Anastacia and, although the tune is different, the chord progressions are identical. “One Day In Your Life” though is one extremely powerful song! Edsilia should take some hints here.

So yeah, the Dutch entry as it stands is NOT BAD, and most certainly better than “Amambanda”, their entry last year, which was one of the worst Dutch songs ever. If they want to get out of the semis though, they need to rework the song because they won’t qualify if they don’t. And I fear that Netherlands are just one step away from pulling out of Eurovision if they don’t get the result they want this year. They haven’t finished in the Top 10 since 1999. Which is fair enough in some cases (2001, 2004, 2005), but not in others (Glennis Grace WAS ROBBED).

So good luck to the Netherlands – great performer. Just rework the song!!!