I was able to watch the majority of this show in the
internet. At first I thought I had missed most of it but as it happened the
first half of the show was nostalgic Eurovision padding with appearances from Elpida, Anna
Vossou, Kalomera and Kati Garbi (amongst others) performing more modern
versions of their Eurovision entries. The standard of entries was quite good
and 3 of the 4 were worthy of winning the title. As it happened, once the 4
entries were done and dusted the voting did not go on long.
The staging of the whole show was very simple with just a
basic stage with lighting and a small screen at the back. The DJ in the band
was centre stage on a small plinth whilst the two vocalists stood either side
but moved around on the bulk of the stage. The performance needs lot more
direction and interaction but a lot of this was stymied by the simplicity of
the stage and the lethargy of the audience to get involved.
The song is a modern, up-tempo dance song with brass
sampling with a Balkan edge. The song starts off slow with Riskykidd doing a
small rap. Then the singer joins in with a chorus followed by an instrumental
break. It is a very modern song and has lots of interesting rhythms and earworms.
The chorus repeats the title numerous times and the instrumental brass breaks
are really quite infectious and appealing. Although I think that the rapping is
sometimes superfluous it does give does give a modern edge to it. The false ending
is actually very clever and will fool a lot of people.
As you can tell with the tone of this review, much needs to
be worked on with the visual performance of this song. I think with much more
freedom of movement, lighting and more vibrant video screens. Also with more varied
camera shots they will be able to sell the song more to the viewers at home. I
don't think they need any dancers as I think the stage could be made busy
enough with just the three of them, although they may need a backing singer to
help with the repetitive parts and help with the end chorus.
But the big question is - can Greece
Do they REALLY want to win...?
This was one of my favourite songs before the show stared
and I am so pleased that it won. In addition it was good to see that their
vocal performance was quite strong and not too dissimilar to the recorded version.
This will easily qualify and I think this will be an almost definite top 10 if
not top 5.
Artist - Freaky Fortune featuring Riskykidd
Song - Rise Up
Music - Nick Raptakis, Teo Pouzbouris
Lyrics - Nick Raptakis, Teo Pouzbouris, Riskykidd
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