Monday 12 March 2012

10/03/12 SWEDEN

The Swedish Final was held on March 10th at the Globe Theatre in Stockholm, hosted by Sarah Dawn Finer, Helena Bergström & Gina Dirawi. Before the final there were 5 preliminary rounds. After a voting via 11 international juries and a national televote the winner was announced as “Euphoria” by Loreen

The song is very much a typical Swedish production and in many ways does reflect the recent musical offerings of contemporary Swedish artists and producers. The song is very memorable as it does create an atmosphere in its music and lyrics. The chorus is really big and have an almost passable earworm to it on the “u-u-u-u-up” parts.

Loreen is a very engaging performer. She has a good voice and I have no doubt she will be able to sing this live in Baku, although many have commented that they don’t know what she is saying, which I personally think is a little unfair. I also really enjoy the ‘dancing’ she does. It’s very tai-chi like and reflects the lyrics in part. She is alone on stage for almost all of the song except for the end where she is joined by a male dancer. She dressed quite modestly but I quite like this. I think that this shows that you don’t been bright lights, costume changes and a full blown dance routine to be big at Eurovision.

This is by far the best and most polished song/performance piece we have seen this year and should go top 5 with ease.




SONG – Euphoria
ARTIST – Loreen
COMPOSERS – Peter Boström, Thomas G:son
LANGUAGE – English

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