Is That A Whiff Of The Souk...?
Ah, Wogan's favourite phrase to comment on anything sounding vaguely ethnic. He'll be using it plenty this year, not least on Turkey's entry, "Shake It Up Sekerim" which was finally revealed yesterday.
And it's really good!
Imagine if Justin Timberlake was Turkish and you're pretty much there. It's a very funky song, very contemporary with a fantastic chorus and there is much whiff of the souk about it still. Some have compared it to Sertab, and I suppose that's fair - it is sort of east meets west pop, but it works really well, and this should surely qualify if there's any justice.
Meanwhile, Serbia also chose their debut entry this week as a sole state. The question is, whose entry is better? Serbia or Montenegro? There's only one way to find out (in mock Harry Hill fashion)... and that's to listen to the songs. I would say that Serbia win this year.
"Molitva" is the Serbian song and will be sung by Marija Serafovic who sings like an angel and looks like Pink, a bizarre juxtaposition. However, despite "Molitva" being a very nice song indeed with a rather beautiful melody, it falls very much into the same category as Bosnia & Herzegovina and FYR Macedonia. All these songs are very nice on their own but they really cancel each other out - they're all rather similar Balkan ballads. Unluckily for Serbia, I'd say their entry was the weakest of that three.
It will probably qualify from the semi-final though (as will FYR Macedonia undoubtedly) and a draw that puts those three songs together would be disastrous. Still, it's not happened yet so we won't worry too much. But with so many Balkan ballads, the votes will probably be all split between them and they'll all finish mid-table. Which leaves perhaps a more funkier, Turkish effort to come through... maybe...
And it's really good!
Imagine if Justin Timberlake was Turkish and you're pretty much there. It's a very funky song, very contemporary with a fantastic chorus and there is much whiff of the souk about it still. Some have compared it to Sertab, and I suppose that's fair - it is sort of east meets west pop, but it works really well, and this should surely qualify if there's any justice.
Meanwhile, Serbia also chose their debut entry this week as a sole state. The question is, whose entry is better? Serbia or Montenegro? There's only one way to find out (in mock Harry Hill fashion)... and that's to listen to the songs. I would say that Serbia win this year.
"Molitva" is the Serbian song and will be sung by Marija Serafovic who sings like an angel and looks like Pink, a bizarre juxtaposition. However, despite "Molitva" being a very nice song indeed with a rather beautiful melody, it falls very much into the same category as Bosnia & Herzegovina and FYR Macedonia. All these songs are very nice on their own but they really cancel each other out - they're all rather similar Balkan ballads. Unluckily for Serbia, I'd say their entry was the weakest of that three.
It will probably qualify from the semi-final though (as will FYR Macedonia undoubtedly) and a draw that puts those three songs together would be disastrous. Still, it's not happened yet so we won't worry too much. But with so many Balkan ballads, the votes will probably be all split between them and they'll all finish mid-table. Which leaves perhaps a more funkier, Turkish effort to come through... maybe...
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