01/03/12 ISRAEL

Prior to the unveiling of the song, the band Izabo was internally selected by Israeli Television to represent them at Eurovision. Strangely, the song was premiered via the internet and not via a special TV show.

The song fluctuates between English verses and A chorus in Hebrewplus the singer’s English is not too bad, although the lyrics are a little bit weak. The song’s feel is very modern yet has a 60’s feel to the melody especially in the chorus. However it is far too busy. The synthesizer parts are too complicated and the tune is very complicated.  In addition it also finishes too abruptly for my liking.

The next day they played the song at the Zappa club which was also placed onto the internet. The band looks a little odd, with the greatest amount of respect they look a little older than what their style of music suggests. They will also (hopefully) look a bit different stylistically in Baku. They don’t sing too bad really and do deliver the song well. However I am worried that the song won’t be enough of a show as it really could do with more of a visual element to it.

The song for me is too odd and really not what I would consider to be a Eurovision song. Maybe it will grow on me in time, however the average Eurovision viewer who will only hear this once may well forget this too easily.

Below is the formal released version as well as the live version,

SONG - Time

ARTIST – Izabo

COMPOSERS – Ran Shem-Tov, Shiri Hadar

LANGUAGE – Hebrew and English