MOLDOVA

The Moldovan Final was held on February 24th. The winner was chosen by a 50/50 televoting and jury mix. Going to Lisbon is the group DoReDos with the song “My Lucky Day”

The members of the band are stood behind large mirrors. As we discover these mirrors are moved around the stage creating different shapes, frames as well as making different reflections and visual tricks – think cheap kaleidoscope! In fact most of what you see in the reflection is the audience! Behind the mirrors are backing dancers that do the moving but also come out periodically doing street/Cossack crossover dancing in suits – go figure? The floor is also pulsing blue-ish white circles of light like a disco floor but can only really be seen on the above shots.

As I have already nodded this is a very choreography heavy routine and the whole thing is staged within an inch of its life. The 2 men are also dressed in suits like the dancers whilst the female singer is dressed in quite a fancy short, tight and silvery dress, which doesn’t really go with everyone else. The song has a fast folky base and has a very Balkan-esque brass and drum filled introduction which repeats in the background from time to time. The three members take it in turn to lead the vocals and although they are not bad singers there is something very lacking about the sounds they are making. The song stays pretty much on a level until the final 30 seconds when it goes full on Balkan with some mass dancing, de-de-de-ing (with clapping slapping hand gestures) and ends rather suddenly.

This was the obvious big favourite before the final partly because they are a known act but also because of the people who wrote the song. As a plus this is another genre to add to this years list and I think the group will be a lot of fun in Lisbon but I really think everyone involved need to have a total rethink about this entry. I am not at all suggesting it is awful but it feels like everything but the kitchen sink has been added, ending it up is a right royal hot mess. The song is fine it just needs a clearer identity. The mirror gimmick looked appalling, they need to wear something totally different, or have a costume change for that final switch up and they need to unravel that stayed choreography. If anybody had any balls it would be switched, partially or totally, into Romanian! This is Eurovision by numbers and I really really really don’t like it.

ARTIST – DoReDos

SONG – My lucky day

MUSIC - Philipp Kirkorov

LYRICS - John Ballard