Big Blue Flash

Following on from Part 1 , here's my quick review of the remaining 18 songs. Remember that I'm sticking to reviewing mainly the songs themselves in their studio versions. I'm using the same scoring system, namely: no stars = if I had control of the playlist I would turn it off or skip ★ wouldn't skip if it came up on shuffle ★★ on my "2024 Eurovision Favourites" playlist on Spotify ★★★ spent my own money getting a digital download; gone digging around their back catalogue for more stuff ★★★★ bought their entire back catalogue; checking out tour dates Here we go again then: Armenia: Ladaniva - " Jako " ★★★★ Well, I had to wait for the penultimate song announcement, but with Armenia's entry I finally have a 4-star rating to award in 2024. This is all folk and no fusion, although *whose* folk music it is exactly might be debated: Ladaniva is a partnership formed between French trumpeter Louis Thomas and Armenian-French vocalist Jaklin Baghdasary...

2024: the year I came prepared for Eurovision! By the end of February we already knew the official selections of who to send, and what song to sing, from over half of the 37 participating countries. I've listened to the songs as they became available, and somewhat arbitrarily I've chosen 19 of them to review below. This means I'll have roughly half of the entries to review at a later point, hopefully not too far away now that all the songs have been released. Unlike 2023, I'm reviewing these songs well before the actual contest and so I'm not going to be able to comment very consistently on the quality of live vocal performance given the various different set-ups the different countries have for selecting their entrants and whether there is any good live footage. However, where I've been able to hear live performances from national finals, there will no doubt be things to comment on. But for now I'll stick with reviewing mainly the songs themselves in their ...