Πρόβες!

Μωρέ μπράβο, από τους πιο καλοντυμένους/νες η αποστολή μας! Απ' ότι είδα εμείς και άλλοι 3-4 ήταν normal, οι άλλοι τσιρκολίκι εντελώς...

Master έγραψε:

Master έγραψε:Μπράβο στα παιδιά, αξιοπρεπή και επαγγελματική αντιμετώπιση της κατάστασης, μακάρι και να πλασαριστούν λίγο ψηλότερα απο τις προσδοκίες όλων!!!

Aν περάσουμε την σκόπελο του ημιτελικού βεβαίως-βεβαίως

Όταν πρωτοβγήκαν οι Αργκό και ήταν σαν βλαχαδερά όλοι λέγαμε οτι κατά 99% θα είναι ο πρώτος μας αποκλεισμός, και ο Μάστερ ονειρευόταν 2η θέση στον τελικό.
Τώρα οι υπόλοιποι ακόμα και οι πιο "απαισιόδοξοι" μιλάμε για πρόκριση και ο Μάστερ λέει οτι μπορεί να αποκλειστούμε!

Μα δεν σε πιάνει κανείς από πουθενά ανθρωπέ μου! 

Gresk Einherjar έγραψε:

Master έγραψε:

Master έγραψε:Μπράβο στα παιδιά, αξιοπρεπή και επαγγελματική αντιμετώπιση της κατάστασης, μακάρι και να πλασαριστούν λίγο ψηλότερα απο τις προσδοκίες όλων!!!

Aν περάσουμε την σκόπελο του ημιτελικού βεβαίως-βεβαίως

Όταν πρωτοβγήκαν οι Αργκό και ήταν σαν βλαχαδερά όλοι λέγαμε οτι κατά 99% θα είναι ο πρώτος μας αποκλεισμός, και ο Μάστερ ονειρευόταν 2η θέση στον τελικό.
Τώρα οι υπόλοιποι ακόμα και οι πιο "απαισιόδοξοι" μιλάμε για πρόκριση και ο Μάστερ λέει οτι μπορεί να αποκλειστούμε!

Μα δεν σε πιάνει κανείς από πουθενά ανθρωπέ μου! 

Γεράματα, τι περιμένεις??

Στις 10 ωρα ελλάδος ειναι η γενική πρόβα των επιτροπών???

Πρώτη dress rehearsal:

FINLAND

The postcard for Finland starts with Sandhja on a tram. The theme of the postcards isn't really clear yet. But I'm really impressed with how the name of the country appears: circles swish about to form the letters and then become the background for the title of the song onto which the song title and writers appear.

The outfit we have been seeing during the rehearsals *is* the one she wears for the show. The hair has had a bit of a turn for the worse. Not sure what is being behind that idea but hey ho. Vocally Sandhja started quite bad but improved during the song. The group are enjoying their time on stage but unfortunately it is not really receiving any acclamation from the gathered members.

GREECE

The postcards was filmed in Thessaloniki, with them dancing along in a dance studio and then along the promenade with the white tower in the background.

Vocally as we have known them before - not that good but it's Greece so never rule them out. The dancer takes his shirt off but in order to not be so obvious that his mic leads are behind his back, he has a white tree painted on with the trunk being along his spine.

MOLDOVA

idia is standing on the plain, not in Spain, but somewhere in Moldova, to then look for the falling stars through a telescope in an observatory. She also runs. Towards the qualification? Who will say. But the title animations are still ace. Each country's letters appears in a completely different way.

The outfit from the second rehearsal appears to be the one chosen for the contest. The dancer is camping it up. Lidia is doing her best vocally but has a really bad note in the bridge before the final chorus. The song is sung fully in English - it appears they did not want to pay the fine for changing parts to French.

HUNGARY

Freddie finds himself in the covered marketplace in Budapest, then shows off his cooking skills in a pizzeria. Finally he contemplates, guitar in hand, next to the river Danube, whilst glancing smoldering in the camera.

Freddie appears to have left his usual attire at home and is now wearing rippd jeans,  a white oversized t with an overlength on his right hand side. Vocally coming accross quite nicely. Less shots of the drummer who has no clue what he's doing. First time there has been a solid clap in the room.

CROATIA

Nina leaves behind bouquets of flowers in the laps of statues. She then hugs trees, She ends her postcard in a libray.

First error of the day - we're stopped. We have to do the intro music (after the postcard) again.

The ripping of the first dress is still a bit random - two people dressed in dark cloacks one on each side rip her clothes off - hmm... Vocally she is doing a lot better than expected considering she is apparently sick. The dress still takes too much attention away however.

THE NETHERLANDS

The Dutch postcard is about Douwe doing Parkour, Pool and Horses. Parkour in a tree, Pool in a bar, and riding a horse.

Although everyone on stage seems confident vocally the song is still losing us at the 10 second break. This could go really bad if the audience doesn't play along.


ARMENIA

Iveta is witnessing some women baking traditional flatbread. After that she finds herself in a fruittree garden, wearing a flower crown.

And the second issue of the day. We are soon back on track however.

The camera angles are getting cleaner and there is much pyro going on in this rehearsal - which is much more effective. It is now making a lot more sense than in the dress rehearsals where the use of pyro was not available. Before it just looked like she was having a moment but now it all ties together.

The holograms on screen did not happen this time - we are not sure if that was intentional or if it was a mistake. Largest applause up to now in the room.

SAN MARINO

Serhat enjoys the San Marinese view whilst sipping a coffee. He then wanders through the old ancient buildings that San Marino has. Finally he's dancing alone in a random theatre whilst probably humming some song to himself - probably 'I Didn't Know'.
 
The stage was not ready in time, and the stage director primises this will not be the case on the rehearsal this afternoon.

The French backing singer/dancers are ready and we're off. The presentation is ok but just reminds you too much of a bad cruise ship entertainment theatre where you go just because it's the only thing that you still haven't watched on the ship when you've been sailing for a week and are now in the middle of the ocean.

RUSSIA

Russia's postcards consist of Sergey meeting fans, but also smiling to the camera, whils being reflected in the mirror. Finally we get him enjoying time with his dog. Cuteness!

The shadow still didnt work completely this time. There is an angle where the wing clearly is seen not to be attached to Sergey which is the point of it. Vocally outstanding, there is nothing to fault this in this round. The projections are back on thier point so you can't really see how Sergey is standing on the screen - or rather, it is hard to do when you don't know it already.


CZECH REPUBLIC

Gabriella is looking on the hills of Prague. She then decides she wants to do a spot of wall climbing. Active girl. She finishes up in Prague on the Charles Bridge.

After the manicness that is Russia, this is relying purely on a grand voice and a message. In her simplicity and harmony, Gabriela is lighting the stage. This needs to qualify. If it doesn't, there is something very wrong with Eurovision.

CYPRUS

The guys from Minus One are standing on a beach. Then we see them doing what boys like to do: Hanging out with each other, do some instrument shopping, drive around in the dune buggy, throwing old tv's from an apartment building, then finally a bit of volleyball on the beach. Ah. Good times.

Alex Panayi (Cyrus 1995, 2000) is in the press room watching intently his homeland. There is still lots of strobe lighting and cages and shouting and howling. The howl that Francois does is a bit off key. There are more images of the wolves however. And negative imaging. A bit of a 'throw everything and see what happens' approach to the song. Not sure it works.

AUSTRIA

Zoë has decided the vinyards are the way to show herself. With wine of course goes a drop of two of white wine. Probably yet another reference to the actual Frenchness of this entry. Next we see her running about the gardens near one of the many palaces of Vienna and almost getting lost in a Labyrinth. But don't worry, she manages to get out just in time so sit down in the grass an smile seductively at the camera.

Zoë was at the Euroclub last night and had received an amazing applause. She is singing well and it seems that the sickening sweetness of the song has been toned down a bit with the camera angles and lighting. Don't misunderstand - it is still cavity-creating but it is now more of a song for an adult stage rather than something you would see in some childrens' talent show. No pyro nor dry ice or any gimmick - which the song didn't need anyway.

ESTONIA


Jüri goes about his business in Tallinn; being on stage, waiting to be touched up by a make-up artist, sitting on chairs, walking in streets but all of that's not important. We actually get to see him doing a spot of sauna. First in a light blue towel, then - after the hot sauna - cooling off Douwe Bob style. He seems to enjoy it. He's not the only one.

The Estonian delegation have hired a magician to teach Jüri the trick. Dressed in his blue suit he is taking control of the song. Glasses are still off. We are getting to the point where it is a bit hard to concentrate on everything and type so forgive me for any mishaps.

AZERBAIJAN

Samra has decided to put on her running shoes, and then wants to explore some antiques shops. Bored because she couldn't find the old recordplayer she wanted, she then goes to the square in front of the Heydar Aliyev Centre where she spends the rest of the 30 seconds rollerblading.

Song starts and backing vocals have been made higher to try and cover Samra's voice. Unfortunately they need a whole choir on stage in order to cover this mess. Samra is wearing her number from the second rehearsal. The backign dancer who had his chest showing appears to have a white cloth to cover himself now - shame! It was the best part of the show! The Azeri's have paid a lot of money for pyro - another tactic to distract from the song.

MONTENEGRO

The guys from Highway like walking through white corridors, and loitering in music school class rooms. They also like playing a bit of basketball. But their favourite pass-time is freezing to death on some Montenegrin mountain. Each his own I guess.

And we start off with a bad not - the intro scream scares us. The camera is still a mess, and it appears that none of the Monenegrin requests have been taken into account by SVT. Marija is on the satellite stage doing her own thing. Petar seems to have issues with his in-ear since he keeps on touching it - either to put it back in properly or to try and indicate it. The song ends without much attention being given to it having been on.

ICELAND

Greta like geysers. But she also likes waterfalls. But what she likes most of all is playing her violin. Sitting at the campfire she doesn't mind, but violin playing is her absolute favourite thing ever.
 
The interection between Greta and the images of the projections is much better than in any of the rehearsals we've seen before. She is also looking a lot more confident that she had been before. The camera angles are a hundred times better than what it was and things are coming together nicely. This received the biggest applause it has up to now this week. Maybe we shouldn't have been so quick to write Iceland off this year.

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

Bosnia's troupe (you know who they are) are being followed in the studio, we can watch them as they sing together. Yes. Together. Imagine that. There's also a photo session in the local deli, with fresh Bosnian produce and olive oil adorning them.

Wearing all black while Dalal is in red, the group perform without errors. This will definately be a hit in the Balkan region. Nothing much to say - definate qualifier.

MALTA

Ira shows off some of the sites of Malta - first she's in Gozo, then she is at the Aquarium in Buġibba, later has a spot of food - the traditional 'ftira'. She finishes in Republic Street, Valletta, looking seductively into the camera while the rest of the pedestrians walk on past not giving her a second look.

Ira is no longer mentioned in the credits of the song. The dress is from the second rehearsal. In fact, it was quite similar to that rehearsal. Some slight changes of the camera angles was all that could be noticed. Vocally strong however it could be that the song will be lost in the whole swirl of this year.

Gresk Einherjar έγραψε:

Master έγραψε:

Master έγραψε:Μπράβο στα παιδιά, αξιοπρεπή και επαγγελματική αντιμετώπιση της κατάστασης, μακάρι και να πλασαριστούν λίγο ψηλότερα απο τις προσδοκίες όλων!!!

Aν περάσουμε την σκόπελο του ημιτελικού βεβαίως-βεβαίως

Όταν πρωτοβγήκαν οι Αργκό και ήταν σαν βλαχαδερά όλοι λέγαμε οτι κατά 99% θα είναι ο πρώτος μας αποκλεισμός, και ο Μάστερ ονειρευόταν 2η θέση στον τελικό.
Τώρα οι υπόλοιποι ακόμα και οι πιο "απαισιόδοξοι" μιλάμε για πρόκριση και ο Μάστερ λέει οτι μπορεί να αποκλειστούμε!

Μα δεν σε πιάνει κανείς από πουθενά ανθρωπέ μου! 

Α εγώ αυτή την φορά δεν τον αδικώ τον Μαστερούλη, δεν την έχω σίγουρη την πρόκριση!

Gresk Einherjar έγραψε:Πρώτη dress rehearsal:

GREECE

The postcards was filmed in Thessaloniki, with them dancing along in a dance studio and then along the promenade with the white tower in the background.

Τα τελευταία χρόνια κάθε φορά που πηγαίνω την βρίσκω όλο και πιο χάλια, αλλά τι να κάνω...την αγαπώ!!!

Gresk Einherjar έγραψε:

Τον σκότωσε τον αμανέ η J.La...   Ό,τι αξίζει απο το κομμάτι είναι τα 30 πρώτα δευτερόλεπτα και η Λαχανούλα τα εκτέλεσε. Τέλος πάντων.

Αυτό το κάτι σαν δέντρο στο μπακράουντ υπήρχε και πριν; Δεν το είχα προσέξει...

Αυτο το δέντρο που λες μ αρέσει περισσότερο......

Mastiha έγραψε:

Gresk Einherjar έγραψε:

Τον σκότωσε τον αμανέ η J.La...   Ό,τι αξίζει απο το κομμάτι είναι τα 30 πρώτα δευτερόλεπτα και η Λαχανούλα τα εκτέλεσε. Τέλος πάντων.

Nαι ρε γαμώτο....τέτοια κάντε και στις γαμωεπιτροπές τωρα, ειμαστε που ειμαστε οριακά,, αποτελειώστε το!!!

Είχα μια βδομάδα...τι μου θυμίζει, τι μου θυμίζει, τι μου θυμίζει;
Τελικά το βρήκα ........

Mastiha έγραψε:η J.La...

Master έγραψε:Nαι ρε γαμώτο....τέτοια κάντε και στις γαμωεπιτροπές τωρα, ειμαστε που ειμαστε οριακά,, αποτελειώστε το!!!

α) χαλάρωσε.
β) αυτή ΔΕΝ ήταν η πρόβα των επιτροπών.
γ) στο ESCKaz για την παρουσία μας πριν λίγο έγραψε:

Greece has no problems whatsoever in the performance, it is quite energetic and guys just give it all on the stage. Would love to see this qualifying as it is quite unique, we don't have many songs with national instruments this year.

Mastiha έγραψε:... Λέει ότι είναι απο τους λίγους που πιστεύουν ότι φέτος η Ελλάδα θα αποκλειστεί....

Δώσε στοιχεία για τον τύπο!!

HOLA έγραψε:

Mastiha έγραψε:... Λέει ότι είναι απο τους λίγους που πιστεύουν ότι φέτος η Ελλάδα θα αποκλειστεί....

Δώσε στοιχεία για τον τύπο!!

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t50.2886-16/13197162_981479878614037_1080006613_n.mp4

Πρόβα επιτροπών

Gresk Einherjar έγραψε:

Master έγραψε:Nαι ρε γαμώτο....τέτοια κάντε και στις γαμωεπιτροπές τωρα, ειμαστε που ειμαστε οριακά,, αποτελειώστε το!!!

α) χαλάρωσε.
β) αυτή ΔΕΝ ήταν η πρόβα των επιτροπών.
γ) στο ESCKaz για την παρουσία μας πριν λίγο έγραψε:

Greece has no problems whatsoever in the performance, it is quite energetic and guys just give it all on the stage. Would love to see this qualifying as it is quite unique, we don't have many songs with national instruments this year.

Επίσης όπως όλοι γνωρίζουμε η Ελλάδα είτε πηγαίνει είτε όχι στις πρόβες των επιτροπών το αποτέλεσμα ήταν, είναι και θα είναι πάντα ένα!   Ακόμη κι αν αναστηθεί η Μαρία Κάλας και πάει στην πρόβα οι επιτροπές θα την κάνουν και πάλι στάχτη!

Mastiha έγραψε:Επίσης όπως όλοι γνωρίζουμε η Ελλάδα είτε πηγαίνει είτε όχι στις πρόβες των επιτροπών το αποτέλεσμα ήταν, είναι και θα είναι πάντα ένα!   Ακόμη κι αν αναστηθεί η Μαρία Κάλας και πάει στην πρόβα οι επιτροπές θα την κάνουν και πάλι στάχτη!

Έτσι!

Για να είμαστε δίκαιοι πάντως, ποτέ μέχρι σήμερα σε ημιτελικό η Ελλάδα δεν ήταν κάτω από 9η, τουναντίον σε τελικό ποτέ δεν ήταν πάνω από 11η

Mastiha έγραψε:........

Επίσης όπως όλοι γνωρίζουμε η Ελλάδα είτε πηγαίνει είτε όχι στις πρόβες των επιτροπών το αποτέλεσμα ήταν, είναι και θα είναι πάντα ένα!   Ακόμη κι αν αναστηθεί η Μαρία Κάλας και πάει στην πρόβα οι επιτροπές θα την κάνουν και πάλι στάχτη!

Aυτό ακριβώς! ΟΤΙΔΗΠΟΤΕ και αν στείλουμε, ΟΤΙΔΗΠΟΤΕ και αν κάνουμε πάνω από τη 15η θέση δε θα δούμε ΠΟΤΕ από επιτροπές!

Gresk Einherjar έγραψε:

Mastiha έγραψε:Επίσης όπως όλοι γνωρίζουμε η Ελλάδα είτε πηγαίνει είτε όχι στις πρόβες των επιτροπών το αποτέλεσμα ήταν, είναι και θα είναι πάντα ένα!   Ακόμη κι αν αναστηθεί η Μαρία Κάλας και πάει στην πρόβα οι επιτροπές θα την κάνουν και πάλι στάχτη!

Έτσι!

Για να είμαστε δίκαιοι πάντως, ποτέ μέχρι σήμερα σε ημιτελικό η Ελλάδα δεν ήταν κάτω από 9η, τουναντίον σε τελικό ποτέ δεν ήταν πάνω από 11η

Μήπως είναι φέτος η χρονιά που θα γίνει η αρχή; Όπως έγραψε και ο ιταλός ανταποκριτής...

Εεεε θυμίστε μου λίγο, εχουμε αποτελέσματα απο πέρσι στον ημιτελικό μας, ξεχωριστά επιτροπές-κοινού.....??