The FYROM Final was held on February 27th at the Universal Hall in Skopje. The winner, Vlatko Ilievski with “Rusinka”, was chosen by televoting (50%) and an "expert" jury (50%).
The winning song is a very typical up-tempo Balkan number with shades of dance and rock music in the backing track. However the singing starts and it is a bit of a disappointment. The verses and choruses are not particularly catchy or memorable. Until 2 minutes in when it literally changes focus and goes all folk Russian (a thetile suggests). There is an accordion, lots of shouting and clapping - totally different. The singer then goes back to the original song but somehow the whole thing seems to make much more sense. Bizarre!
The staging mirrors the song. Vlatki is initially backed by 4 dancers doing slightly Russian inspired moves. There is also the occasional indoor firework! Then a 5th( looking quite drunk and playing an accordion) joins in. Vlatki himself does a lot of jumping and clapping getting the audience to join in. The five do lots of dancing in lines and spinning about. The whole effect looks abut like the dancers behind Alexander Rybak, but not quite as good or organised – yet.
The song needs a lot of work The backing vocals need to be seen to and the whole performance piece needs a lot of organising. Does Vlatki *really* need the guitar either? A typical FYROM fayre, and will get a lot of votes from the Russian bloc.
SINGER – Vlatki Ilievski
SONG – Rusinka (Russian Girl)
MUSIC – Gilgor Koprov, Vladimir Dojcinovski, Vladimir Dojcinovski, Jovan Jovanov WORDS – Gilgor Koprov, Vladimir Dojcinovski, Vladimir Dojcinovski, Jovan Jovanov
No comments:
Post a Comment