Songs from (mostly) everybody

This weekend was the last super Saturday/weekend before all the Eurovision entries are due to the EBU. Since it’s close to ranking time I’ll keep it short.

There was a lot of variety chosen and presented this week. There were some expected ballads, “Nije ljubav stvar” from Serbia and “Vida minha” from Portugal. There was some average Eurovision-style pop in “Lautar” from Moldova. There was some more dance-pop from Romania (“Zaleilah”) and Sweden (“Euphoria”).

The two more unexpected songs were “Don’t close your eyes” from Slovakia, a harder rock song than the other ones in competition this year, and “Party for Everybody” from Russia, a folk/dance song with internet meme potential.

The remaining countries left to hear from are: Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Montenegro, San Marino, and the United Kingdom. Hopefully we will actually hear their songs by next Sunday.