Super Sized Songs Saturday and Sunday

This past weekend included this year's actual Super Saturday, but the rest of the week was busy too, with song selection shows on nearly every day of the week.

Armenia had a four-song final and one of the songs missing out was "Toy Planet." It has a much stronger chorus than the song that got selected.


One of the two songs missing out in Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov's three-song final in Bulgariawas "Samo Shampioni." It's a catchy drum song, what else would you expect?


Missing out in Estonia was "Päästke noored hinged" by Grete Paia. I love this Estonian-language piano ballad that turns dubstep in the chorus. A perfect combination of what we like most from Eesti Laul and the zeitgeist of Western popular music.


Hungary decided not to choose "Élj pont úgy" by Laura Cserpes. I always like a good power ballad, this one delivers and does it job fine.


Israel had four selection shows this week, so here's a non-qualifier from each of them.
"Bo" by Laila Malcos is a jazzy, Latin pop song that sounds a little like hold music, which doesn't sound like a compliment, but it is intended to be. It could be the best hold music ever and I would stay on the line for far too long just to hear this song repeat.


"Mon amour" by Sarit Avitan is a mix of ethnic ballad dance dance that is always welcome in this contest.


"No war" by Bezalel Raviv has some great strings in the chorus.


"Replace You" by Yarden Tzur is very cute.


Missing out in the final in Serbia was "Magija" by Sky's, which like the winning song was performed by a female trio. This one is more sweet and upbeat.


One of the two songs missing out in Spain was "Dame tu voz." It feels very late 90s guitar pop.


I was disappointed that "In and out of love" by Martin Rolinski didn't advance to the final in Sweden. I was so happy to see him return and the song did not disappoint. He sings "wooooooah" like nobody else.


Next weekend: finals in Israel, Romania, and Sweden!