Monday, December 22, 2008

Eurovision 2009: Albania - What It Is and What It Nearly Was

Albania decided their Eurovision entry, and it seems the elfin-looking but deep-voiced Kejsi Tola won with a song that looks extremely difficult for non-Albanian speakers to pronounce

I think there's a fair chance of that song title getting translated before Spring.

 


Just 8 points separated Kejsi and 3rd placers West Side Family who sought to give Albanian rap its due. I'll let the visual and aural tell their own story.




At the other end of the spectrum was Soni Malaj who came in 16th with Zona Zero. Now she's pretty and can hold something approaching a tune, but I think she needs to shoot her choreographer as the Trampettes are upstaging her with some unintentional comedy.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

well, i think it's great that soni malaj is willing to hire the physically disabled as dancers -- and that she even let's them use their canes in the routine.

Anonymous said...

So Albanaia has gone plastic already, shame. They were really the country to watch for sincere and haunting soul numbers last years, now I guess the 'up and coming' crowd have been let in.

Next will be the really high value pop production that they think will do well and when it doesn't end up poking noses with an 'ironic' bad loser song as is the evolution of ESC and how it became camp in the first place. Hopefully that will take time though. But you're generous with Soni being able to hold a tune and frankly joins the 'rappers' in the unintentional comic routine lineup.

But last year's Olta Boka still holds a star with me and even have one of her songs on my phone's playlist still: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66BlRxKK6WI Wonderful alien mix of asian and european by imo a fantastic albeit still unpolished 16 year old voice.

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