The time has come for us to reveal our top national final song of 2019! We’ve been counting down the entries over the last ten days, and it’s time for us to finally announce our top five – and ultimately, the song we’ve picked as Team Wiwi’s combined favourite.
But which of our final five — Aly Ryan, Anna Bergendahl, Bella Santiago, Electric Fields or MARUV — will win? Check them out below.
5. “Ashes to Ashes” — Anna Bergendahl (Sweden)
After the crushing disappointment of her non-qualification in 2010, Anna Bergendahl‘s return to Melodifestivalen was all about redemption. And oh, did she accomplish that. Gone was the timid, nervous performer we saw in “This is My Life”. “Ashes to Ashes” saw a confident Anna, owning her stage.
It might not have been an easy road to the Melodifestivalen final for “Ashes to Ashes” — having to qualify through Andra Chansen — but that didn’t matter. Anna won over fans and reminded us why we all fell for her at Melfest 2010. Here’s hoping she’ll get a redemption shot at Eurovision itself too.
4. “Army of Love” — Bella Santiago (Romania)
Whilst Selectia Nationala might be “better” remembered for its aftermath, there’s no denying that we’ll be remembering Bella Santiago for some time too. The Filipino singer had impressed in the 2018 selection alongside Jukebox, and then gone on to win Romania’s X Factor to boot.
A late entrant to the Romanian selection, Bella brought her “Army of Love” with her. Whilst the song inevitably attracted comparisons to ESC songs previous, it also featured a killer breakdown section in Tagalog. Ultimately, this was a great showcase of Bella’s talents — and one we keep on going back to.
3. “Wear Your Love” — Aly Ryan (Germany)
Germany certainly knew how to keep us waiting this year. With the songs for Unser Lied für Israel only released a couple of days before the show, there was little to no time for the songs to gain much hype. But even that didn’t stop Aly Ryan‘s “Wear Your Love” from becoming a fast fan favourite.
Going from sultry to full on pop hooks, “Wear Your Love” was certainly a stand out. Aly’s performance at the national final itself may have been a little more divisive, but that didn’t stop her getting full marks from the “fans jury” at ULfI. But the other two voting methods didn’t reward her quite as much — will that have been the right decision come May 18?
2. “Siren Song” — MARUV (Ukraine)
What could have been. The story of MARUV’s victory in Vidbir — and subsequent non-selection for Eurovision — is already very well known territory. But this is a celebration of the songs that didn’t make it to Eurovision; of course, that means celebrating MARUV.
Entering Vidbir at the last moment as a replacement for Tayanna meant MARUV didn’t have the smoothest start to the contest. But with her obvious charisma and performance flair, coupled with the remarkable hooks of “Siren Song”, meant the opposition hardly had a chance.
More impressively, MARUV even overhauled her performance from the semi-final to the final. With the almost iconic leg thrusts seared in many people’s minds, this is a national final performance that will go down in history. Ultimately, it’s just a shame we won’t get to see it on the grand stage in Tel Aviv.
1. “2000 and Whatever” — Electric Fields (Australia)
How to teach Eurovision fans around the world the Pitjantjatjara language — and win their hearts too. Electric Fields came in to Australia Decides as near unknowns. But the duo made sure that we’d all remember them by the end of the show.
With an amazing dance beat with nods to aboriginal roots, “2000 and Whatever” was a fan favourite from the moment it dropped. Whereas other acts were able to bring more elaborate staging to Australia Decides, Electric Fields kept it simple. They told the song through sheer passion and ultimately, unbridled joy.
The roar from the crowd as Zaachariaha flipped his long hair back confirmed that they were most certainly in the fight to win. They may have just missed out on beating Kate Miller-Heidke, but they certainly won with us. Congratulation to Electric Fields and “2000 and Whatever”, our top national final song of 2019!
And there we have it! Our list is now complete. The top two could not have been closer, either. Remarkably, both MARUV and Electric Fields received more than double the votes of any previous song in the last five years we’ve been running this countdown!
What was your number one national final song of the year? Let us know your winner in the comments below.
“Surprise” by Lilly Among Clouds definitely deserves a spot on the list for me.
And Irama. God how could I forget Irama.
In my Top 8 for definite were Makeda (Germany) and Wiktoria (Sweden). MARUV wouldn’t been there however despite me liking the song. And probably Laura Bretan (Romania) and Bogi Nagy (Hungary) and Surma (Portugal) and Adrian Jørgensen (Norway) and Jana Šušterši? (Serbia) and Release Me by Darude ft. Sebastian Rejman (Finland) finishing off my Top 8. Also, Lisa Ajax (Sweden) :: 1. Makeda – The Day I Loved You Most 2. Wiktoria – Not With Me 3. Surma – Pugna 4. Adrian Jørgensen – The Bubble 5. Bogi Nagy – Holnap 6. Laura Bretan – Dear Father 7. Lisa Ajax… Read more »
Nice list. Although I would’ve put MARUV first, not only because I like it better, but because it was actually chosen and supposed to be at Eurovision.
What a top 3. I was expecting Maruv to win, but I prefer it this way. If chosen they would have improve this year line up for sure. Australia would have been my fav instead of my last! So sad for Electric Fields, their performance was hypnotic, so much energy live… I’ve watched the live performance like a thousand times over and over again. I really hope they come back. Here is my top 25 NF songs (without NF winners): 1. Electric Fields – 2000 and Whatever (9/10) – Australia Decides 2. Sheppard – On My Way (8.25/10) – Australia… Read more »
Agree with 4 songs, but insead Anna , I would put Morland.
Aly Ryan, Maruv, Bella Santiago all would’ve made better choices than what was eventually selected
shows how little all countries about this years eurovision in israel a shame to them
I would have expected to see a lot of MARUV fans disappointed that she isn’t first. EF was alright, but MARUV’s song is going to stand the test of time better in terms of “the one that got away”… She would have placed in the top 5 in Tel Aviv, no question about that.
PS: Wow, there are a lot of butthurt Bretanians here. Seriously did you expected the wiwis to ever give her a top 5? lol CHILE
Dear father not in the top 25? I am shock
Bella Santiago #4?! Hahahahahaha! Wiwiclowns strike again. But it’s ok, I understand, now you can afford a journey to Tel Aviv this may, I hope you have got enough money in Romania and that it was worth to sabotage one child and make to win that Ester thing. Greetings.
For the first time, I agree with the Wiwi Jury so much !
#TeamElectricFields #ForeverNumberOne
But I love Kate too.
I like Kate but not her song.
If Elina Nechayeva couldn’t win Eurovision, how would Laura Bretan do it? And Elina has a trained operatic voice, and professional jury can notice that. There’s no way that jury would vote for 16 years old UNtrained operatic voice. This is why jury is so exigent with pop-opera. Stick to pop if you obviously don’t have enough training for opera, come back when you’ll be Maria Callas.
You clearly have no fundamental knowledge about how the human voice works. Sure, Elina has a university decree, but that is not clear proof that she is a good singer. For example, her notes in the lower registers are breathy and she needs to work on that. Laura is clearly talented, and with proper tutelage she can achieve a lot. And comparing them to Callas? Seriously? If you are familiar with opera and vocal technique, you’ll know that voices can come in many shapes, sizes, volumes and colours. Using only one singer as a model abouthow others should develop and… Read more »
Sure, not Maria Callas copycat, but at the same level. And you’ve just admitted Laura still needs work to have a good operatic voice. Jury notices that, and many esc fans are wondering why jury doesn’t like pop-opera. It’s because singers shouldn’t do opera if they are not ready.
Nechayeva is an experienced, talented, professional singer. Critically acclaimed and has a world tour coming up… and you still criticize her? Someone is SAAAAALLTTYYYYYYY
Well, she’s done only recitals so far, we’ve never seen her in an actual opera production. She is also only 25 or 26 if I’m right, whereas the human voice reaches maturity at around 29. Just look at her videos of concerts and recitals: her lower register is yet to be stabilised with proper exercise, and you can clearly say by looking how her jaw and neck muscles contract when singing notes above D6 that she puts too much effort in it. True, these notes are extremely high and require effort, but a coloratura soprano should invest a little less… Read more »
Cute.
Electric Fields all the way
Where is Laura Bretan?
Being homophobic somewhere, why?
Bella Santiago over Laura Bretan? Not even putting Laura in the top 25?
Damn wiwi, this is just embarrassing at this point.
Here my Top 10
#10 – 2000 and Whatever (Electric Fields)
#09 – The Bubble (Adrian Jorgenson)
#08 – Take My Soul (Lea Nanos)
#07 – Release Me (Darude ft. Sebastian Rejman)
#06 – Siren Song (MARUV)
#05 – Sweet Lies (Kerrie-Anne)
#04 – Tempo (Margaret)
#03 – Incomplete (Yesyes)
#02 – Wear Your Love (Aly Ryan)
#01 – Army of Love (Bella Santiago)
Want to go more in-depth, but for now, off the top of my head, my NF faves were:
Brunettes Shoot Blondes – Houston (Ukraine)
Arvingarna – I Do (Sweden)
Electric Fields – 2000 and Whatever (Australia)
Ella Hooper – Data Dust (Australia)
Mørland – En livred Mann (Norway)
Barbora Mochowa – True Colors (Czech Republic)
Seemone – Tous les deux (France)
Monika Marija – Light On (Lithuania)
Sandra – Soovide puu (Estonia)
What’d I say?
Well I had already figured out two things for sure about a week ago: 1. Colin’s number one is “Light On” by Monika Marijia. 🙂 N.B. Monika is my favourite Lithuanian singer currently, and I really hope she comes back next year. 2. “Dear Father” is nowhere to be found in this blog’s top 25. Chris’s explanation for this, below, is probably factually accurate, but the reasons behind the lack of support from the team are sadly quite obvious to me. I hope that when the performer is of adult age, the issues can be discussed more openly. Because, objectively,… Read more »
2. Or maybe, honestly and truthfully, with no influence from the editors of the site at all, the entire team just found “Brutalero” to be a better song than “Dear Father”.
Oh sorry, I couldn’t type that with a straight face. ?
ROFL
Brutalero probably wouldn’t make my Top 250 and I’m not even joking.
Now, this is a proper top five and not just a copy and paste of what everyone else chose.
Although I didn’t like Hoje (the live performance was very strange), I really like all of your other choices!
No Laura Bretan in the top 25? Geez. You guys don’t know how to quit when you’re ahead!
I put my top 25 list up on youtube so I won’t write it all out here but two of your top five were really high up in my list, too. So, not bad! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTkANvru9-0
Yey! Oliver Berkes was your favourite! 🙂
Great video list. I would have put Makeda (Germany) in there too, and Seemone (France).
Did you watch his new music video? Even though it was in English, the song got me all over again!
Haha thanks! Seemone JUST missed my cut (Think she was 27th).
Yeah I saw it. That song is the strongest argument yet to allow a 4th minute at the contest. Editing it down to 3 minutes took away its magic.
The video is so beautiful and so is the song. The English lyrics are really good. I got emotional.
Cool video. There are several ones we share. Gave you a big like. 😉
Maruv for interval act to sing siren song!
y’all still cryin for electric chairs…. their song is pure noise, it’s for our good australia refused to send them. seethe
also siren song ain’t half good as a song but the performance sold it really well
15 dislikes for your comment ? Well done mate. It makes me laugh.
I did not see all the national finals, but Portugal and Italy had a very strong line up this season and neither is present in this top.
I saw mostly nordic countries, wich is far from my personal taste….
My top 10 of this years nf season 🙂 10:Ella Hooper – data dust (aus) 9: Bernarda Bruno – I believe in true love (cro) 8 Julie & nina – leauge of light (den) 7 Aly Ryan – Wear your love – (ger) 6 Monika – light on (lit) 5 Makeda – the day I loved you most (ger) 4 Tania Doko – piece of me (aus 3 Konya – szaszor visszajatszot – (hun) 2 NBC – igual a ti (por) 1 Sheppard – on my way (aus) Also shout out to festival da cancao and australia decides for delivering… Read more »
I’m glad that someone else likes “Data Dust” by Ella Hooper. I love that song. 🙂
Yesss, i thought it was super fun!
Really unique list, Tibor! Thanks for sharing. Hoje & 2000 and Whatever are both in my honorable mentions. Nene is my 15th. 😉
I like Anywhere as well. I didn’t follow Sanremo. I assume there were many great songs.
Deal 🙂
You’ll love Sanremo, Colin. I could make easily a top 10 just with Sanremo and Festival da Canção entries this year.
In my opinion, highest *average* quality was in Australia Decides, A-dal and Destination Eurovision. That didn’t stop two of them to pick a wrong winner, though. Some NFs with *much* lower average quality, like Songvakeppnin, picked much better.
wtf…ashes to ashes is such an awfully bland song
Without overthinking it (after all, I still have 41 official entries to rank…), here my top 10 of “you’ll be missed” songs:
1) “2000 and Whatever” (Electric Fields, Australia)
2) “Tous les deux” (Seemone, France)
3) “La ragazza col cuore di latta” (Irama, Italy)
4) “En livredd mann” (Morland, Norway)
5) “Igual a ti” (NBC, Portugal)
6) “Siren Song” (MARUV, Ukraine)
7) “Light On” (Monika Marija, Lithuania)
8) “Surprise” (Lilly Among Clouds)
9) “Ashes to Ashes” (Anna Bergendahl, Sweden)
10) “Mundo a Mudar” (Madrepaz, Portugal)
I mean Aly Ryan was ridiculously robbed and I’m still disappointed she won’t go to Tel Aviv.
I still think Lilly Among Clouds should have gotten the ticket. Aly Ryan was disappointing live and spent the entirety of the upbeat dance banger walking slowly on a treadmill. She was my favorite going in, but I knew she had lost within the first minute of her performance.
My Personal Top 15 NF Songs 2019: 15) Sigmund – Say My Name – DEN 14) MAID – Freaks – UK 13) The Swingers – High Heels In The Neighbourhood – EST 12) Freedom Jazz – Cupidon – UKR 11) Electric Fields – 2000 And Whatever – AUS 10) Courtney Act – Fight For Love – AUS 9) BB Thomaz – Demons – GER 8) Aly Ryan – Wear Your Love – GER 7) Bella Santiago – Army Of Love – ROM 6) Chimene Badi – La-haut – FRA 5) Hanna Ferm & LIAMOO – Hold You – SWE 4)… Read more »
Mostly quite different picks from mine, but I always like seeing different opinions. It would be boring if all lists are the same.
Thanks Colin! 😀
I’ll wait for people hating me for MAID or Margaret – but I really don’t know what everybody had with Gabriella in January?! She was massively robbed! Great song and performance!
That was one of the songs from Italian-Swiss broadcaster that were added to the line-up of internal selection made by SBC. Those were the only ones revealed to the public (besides Luca’s song of course).
@Tibor: You don’t know Scilla yet? Aw, we must fix it haha: https://youtu.be/9OEM_wi9U7k
Enjoy! 🙂
Very original list! Coincidentally you also included the song I hated the most this season, but hey, that just shows how tastes differ. I’m surprised tho that the Divaz didn’t make the cut, concidering how much you loved them back in January.
Thanks! Which song you hated the most? Now I wanna know, no problem 😀 Yes, I do love the Divaz indeed, but well, I had to choose 15 and I wanted Chimene and Gabriella a bit more in the list. It’s the same with other songs. I also love Anna Bergendahl, but I wanted Margaret and “HannaMOO” more. And I tried to take as much countries in as possible, so not more than 2 songs from FRA and SWE 😀
Well, I just couldn’t click with Sigmund’s song. I guess it was just too much for my taste. I found lyrics and melody pretty bland and dreadful, and there’s something in the singer that just really irritates me. But it’s good that there are people that like it – I’m just not one of them.
MAID wouldn’t have made my list but definitely think it was one of the better UK choices this year.
Thanks! They were awesome! Group harmonies and hand choreo. Too bad that all people inside the UK were discussing the “soccer” thing and I was like “fgzipkhgjyjb. Stop it, there are people outside the UK who love this entry and Europe does not care about one word in the lyrics!” 😀
No Laura Bretan? Man, you are such clowns and so unprofessional…. That girl has one of the best esc songs this year and only reason why she is not on ESC semifinal is beacuse of unprofessionalism from Wiwi Team…. Now you can delete my comment….”I do not stand by in the presence of evil.” – Alita
Romania wouldn’t have qualified with Laura Bretan’s pretty basic song.
I must admit, if something like the laura bretan situation would happen during the actual eurovision, it would be a pretty big scandal. Especially with that pre recorded reaction video. ( Deleting all the comments under peoples posts doesn’t work along either)
You forgot to put her in a cage. But only by a whisker.
ugh the winner that got away ): they can keep ignorin her she’s still romania’s mini legend
April fools? I hope so. MARUV second? After everything.. Wiwibloggs, i have uncomfortable question to you “Maruv did won, AGAIN?”
I agree. Siren Song and 2000 and Whatever should have been switched, but they both deserve Top 2.
I know it’s obvious but can I ask why Dear Father was not included in this list of 25?! So it was the main pretender, it put Romania 3rd in odds at that time, it had huge odds at winning the Selectia, it attracted 8 times more people televoting, it won by a landslide the televoting, it had 40%, a never seen before score. A foreign jury on a mision imposed a winner that only amassed 3% in televoting, it came 8th, a debutante i.e. amateure at the age of 25, with absolutely nothing under her belt, no concert, no… Read more »
I already explained in the first comment that Dear Father did, indeed, receive votes from some members of the team, but it didn’t get enough to reach the top 25. This was not a “who came closest to winning a national final” ranking. This was personal tastes, and similarly, everyone is allowed to support their own favourites as well.
I remember when you guys first reviewed Romania’s selection, a bunch of you put as winners songs so awfully bad that deservedly did not even got into the finals, just tell me if it’s bad taste or sabotage?! The Four?! Ielele?! Badulescu?! This dreadful Santiago?! What drives you this way, I am at a loss! Your choises were so absurd and contrary to the pure evidence that I call them malicious! I think your mission was just to shoo away Laura Bretan, the only one with a chance in Eurovision. Well, you did it!
Shut up Yaa, Ester is song-writer, she studied music in University. Since when talent shows mean a “previous career”?
Don’t tell me to shut down, she is a nobody, didn’t do anything before, she is 25, living on… what?! Face the truth! She was imposed on us, in bad faith, corruption and prejudice, things we are sadly familiar with, but I will not conform! # rezist! Laura Bretan at 16 has milions under her spell, her voice is extraordinary, not Elina, nor Australia, think Maria Callas , her song was original, controversial but bound to score well, we’ve just missed an unique oportunity to just win! Play that song against any of the favourites, you will see the danger!… Read more »
My Top 5 NF songs: 5. Monika Marija: Criminal (Lithuania) – epic and powerful! MM had two chances of being in my top 3. 4. Aldo Blaga: Your Journey (Romania) – my favorite piano ballad of this season and probably my SN winner! 3. MARUV: Siren Song (Ukraine) – Best dance song of this season and ESC’s biggest crime in a long time! 🙁 2. Gergo Szeker: Madar, repulj! (Hungary) – Unique and mesmerizing throughout. Hungary had an opportunity to have a masterpiece two years in a row! 🙂 1. Monika Marija: Light On (Lithuania)- Song that touched me most… Read more »
Honorable mentions: Albania – Dua ta besoj, Peng, Hije, Me jete, Te dua ty Australia: This Is Not the End, Set Me Free, 2000 and Whatever Belarus: Humanize, Stop Breathing Croatia: Tower of Babylon, Ne postojim kad nisi tu Czech Republic: Space Sushi, True Colors Denmark: League of Light, Anywhere Estonia: Coming Home, Wo sind die katzen, Pretty Little Liar, Little Baby El, High Heels in the Neighborhood France: Passio, Ce qui me blesse, On cherche encore, Le brasier, La-Haut, La voix d’Aretha, Comme une grande, La promesse Germany: The Day I Loved You Most, Let Me Go, Wear Your… Read more »
Haha…the double Monika Marija threw me!
I had completely forgotten how much you loved Aldo Blaga’s song, too. 😉
Great ranking, Colin! I enjoyed reading it (I posted mine elsewhere in the thread).
Love your video. 🙂 Lighthouse is such an amazing song. Not to even go to semi finals is a crime on Hungarian jury.
Well, my first clue was “two men and one woman who’ve lost their respective NFs”. Ofc, they are Gergo, Aldo and Monika. As Monika has two songs and Maruv technically won, it pretty much covers it. 😉
Just one thing surprised me: Makeda (Germany) was not in your top 25?
Actually, now she is, but as I forgot about Germany (I don’t have an official list as it was no time), so I sorted my top 25 without it. I re-listened to it many times now and absolutely love it. It’s my 16th as of now. But the fact I haven’t mentioned it on time made me list it now not to avoid it completely. Hope that makes sense.
MARUV Aysat (!!!) and Aly Ryan wouldve been my winners if selected, and Bella Santiago 3rd. The start of the ESC NF season was filled with bad decisions (especially Montenegro and Czech Republic) but after everything 2019 turned out to be a great year. But I still want justice for MARUV.
YASSSSS! 2000 and whatever is my favorite this year! Australia just butchered their chance of winning.
SEETHE
Zero Gravity has a better chance of winning than 2000 And Whatever. But since it didn’t even win it’s selection, we’ll never know for sure.
Electric Fields fans are so bitter that if Kate won Eurovision they would say “Electric Fields would have won by an even bigger margin!”
Kate won clearly and was the choice of the people. We all have disappointments in selections. Move on.
Zero Gravity will be damn lucky to sneak into top 10, sister! 2000 and Whatever will be at least top 5 in the final for sure. Kate’s fans are so delusional that you even think she can win with that song. The second-most disliked video this year on official Eurovision channel says a lot.
The live version of 2000 and whatever was a little disappointing. Tous les deux, Hazavágyom and Light on were my top favourites this year. Still sad they didn’t make it.
YAAAAAAASSSS ELECTRIC FIELDSS THEY DESERVEEE
Fair enough – “2000 and Whatever” was a great bop, and I still remember the pain I felt when it came 2nd (tho Kate wasn’t a bad pick at all). But I just want to post a quick memoriam to those songs that didn’t make it into this list: *violins start to play* – Kaia Tamm – Who sind die katzen? (I mean, craziness I miss at Eurovision) – Barbora Mochowa – True Colors (Lana Del Ray references are understandable, but it just really touches me) – Matay – Perfeito (nice, Christmas-style ballad) – Surma – Pugna (weird, freaky, but… Read more »
That’s what i mostly meant, though the song is a bit Kate Bushy (at least to me).
1. Igual a Ti
2. Light On
3. Madár, repülj!
4. Nënë
5. Të dua Ty
fight me
Amazing picks, Jo! Two of them are in my top 5 too. 🙂 Love all 5.
YASSSS ELECTRIC FIELDS <3
There’s no Gulag anymore, so why do you feel it’s unspeakeble?! Of course it’s Laura Bretan’s Dear Father, and this outrageus injustice was coldhandedly performed by yours faithfully, Wiwibloggs. Oh, that smugness, that derisive boredom, their sheer lack of responsability and morals make me sick.
That is not entirely the case. There is a morally responsible stance whichever way you look at it. If Laura had won, she would have set herself up for an inevitable backlash because of “that video”. Not winning actually protected her from that scenario. Generally, I still think the ESC should raise its age requirement to 18, and Laura should have perhaps won JESC instead, morally. Food for thought.
The point is that “moral responsibility” can be argued both ways. So your view is also valid, especially if the artist (and her guardians) were prepared to “face the music”.
They just crushed her, the 2 of them, at the age of 16, she keeps filling small venues , her fans follow her on Yt, and the impostor is enjoying the limelight, and an audience of 200 milions! Romanians left angry, dispirited, empty, homophobic even. Just why? I must remember you that the mentioned video was not on TV, it was on a Fb stream of a small minority religious group, that doesn’t count, it’s just them, they don’t impose anything, it’s really not Saudi Arabia, live and let live!
Dear Father 🙁
I think army of love is kinda overrated. It’s an even more obvious fuego copy than replay. I liked her 2018 selectia nationala song better.
Agree!!
Imagine a contest with “Army of love” and “Wear your love” in! So many love ?
Maruv = OVERRATED
Maruv should have won this one, seemone second. This is one list I vehemently disagree with team wiwi
The biggest fail of ESC national finals in last 10 years is, that Electric Fields didnt win in Australia. They could win Eurovision. Hope to see them next year for Australia.
Totally agree with your top 3
As I know these are two points that will inevitably be discussed in these comments: 1. Yes, Dear Father was eligible, it did score points, and narrowly missed out on the countdown by a handful of spots. 2. I’ve seen a few people question why MARUV was eligible. I’ve always applied the same rules when running this – where a song that wasn’t selected for Eurovision, but won a national final, was able to be voted for. The only major examples previous examples of this were “Heart of Stone” in 2015 for Germany, and “Un giorno mi dirai” in 2016… Read more »