The Wiwi Jury — our in-house panel of music unprofessionals — continues to rate and review the songs competing in the andra chansen round of Sweden’s Melodifestivalen 2020. Next up, we listen to Anis don Demina who is back with “Vem är som oss”. Did we hear his message? Read on to find out?

Anis don Demina – “Vem är som oss”

“Vem är som oss” reviews

Antranig: Last year, Anis don Demina collaborated with Zeana for what I consider to be the best entry ever left behind in a Melfest semi. This year, he’s going solo and I find it to be less impactful. However, he happened to be competing in one of the weakest semis we’ve ever had and it unsurprisingly found a way through. What I really love about this is the staging — they had a concept and they nailed the execution of it. While it won’t make waves, it makes pleasant ripples.

Score: 6.5/10

Jonathan: These clever upbeat Swedish-language songs designed to bring the fun are where Melodifestivalen shines. Anis don Demina delivers an energetic performance that gets your foot tapping and puts a smile on your face regardless of if you understand Swedish or not. “Vem e som oss” is a breath of fresh air amongst some of the more serious contenders and would be right at home in the grand final at Friends Arena.

Score: 8/10

Natalie: Ok, so I very sadly don’t speak a word of Swedish and I feel that’s quite crucial to appreciating this song. I imagine this song was written specifically for Swedish viewers of Mello, and I don’t think they imagined it would go to the global viewers of Eurovision. From my monolingual Australian perspective, it seemed like a very strange but polished hip-hop-pop song staged in a slick, eccentric way. But I think it’s more than that, and I can tell Anis is a very charismatic and talented performer. It definitely was memorable and stood out to me. But I don’t think I’m quite the target market for this.

Score: 6.5/10

Ron: I’m usually not into this kind of songs but Anis Don Demina can sure deliver. “Vem e som oss” is so catchy and fun while also having a very important message: ignore your haters, follow your dream as there is no one like yourself. Even if you can’t understand all of the Swedish lyrics, there’s no way that you’ll listen and not go “Shu shu” in the chorus. Anis is very likeable and the cool staging with the video magazine behind him fits so well, yet it feels like the performance could be tweaked a bit more to have an even bigger impact.

Score: 7.5/10

In our Melodifestivalen Wiwi Jury, we have 14 jurors but only room for four reviews. The rest of our scores can be found below:

Angus: 1/10

Åri: 1.5/10

Barnabas: 6/10

Florian: 6.5/10

Lucy: 7/10

Luis: 2/10

Pablo: 8.5/10

Robyn: 8.5/10

Tobias: 6.5/10

Tom: 7.5/10

Before calculating the average score, the highest and lowest scores are dropped. This is to remove outliers and reduce potential bias. We have removed a low of 1 and a high of 8.5.

Wiwi Jury verdict: 6.17/10

Read all our Melodifestivalen 2020 Wiwi Jury rankings here

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Euroboy
Euroboy
4 years ago

This is really bad

UmBv
UmBv
4 years ago

This is so underrated by fans

Amanda
Amanda
4 years ago
Reply to  UmBv

because it is a ripped off song

Briekimchi
Briekimchi
4 years ago

I actually really liked this. It’s in my top five, in fact. So many of the Melodifestivalen songs are, shall we say, similar? Especially, if you only listen to them once. This definitely stood out for me and I loved the stage show. Anis is also an energetic and interesting performer. I’d like to see it in the final.

Rasmus
Rasmus
4 years ago

Stop attacking Melodifestivalen entries with baseless accusation of plagiarism. Melfest is 100% original

Bebethequeen
Bebethequeen
4 years ago
Reply to  Rasmus

Biatch are you deaf

Amanda
Amanda
4 years ago
Reply to  Rasmus

LOL you know as we all know that this song is not 100% original

Här finns det faktiskt anledning att kritisera, då kan vi ju lika gärna bara ta en avicii-låt och lägga på text utan att någon reagerar, de har regler i mello av en anledning och om en så uppenbar kopia får tävla, vad säger det då om tävlingen?

Colin
Colin
4 years ago

When I heard it, I wasn’t sure whether it’s good, but I was sure I was being entertained. Among a lot of try-hard, but lacking pop songs, this one felt fresh enough just for being funny. I am assuming that it’s some kind of inner Melfest satire and I’d appreciate it more if I had the lyrics. It’s messy, but engaging and could easily be the only Swedish language song to reach the finals.

Bebethequeen
Bebethequeen
4 years ago

He looks like a huge inflated purple balloon, he should wear something more flattering .

Anna
Anna
4 years ago
Reply to  Bebethequeen

He is one of those youtubers that shows off his wealth, he is nice and stuff but low key brags a lot about how expensive his clothes are, how he flies 1st class etc, sure he is selfmade i guess and people seem to like it…

Lisianthus
Lisianthus
4 years ago

You can’t review this without mentioning how similar it is to Can’t Hold Us.

Idan Cohen
Idan Cohen
4 years ago
Reply to  Lisianthus

My thoughts exactly. this is 85% can’t hold us by macklemore! this should have been disqualified.

Héctor
Héctor
4 years ago
Reply to  Lisianthus

God, I didn’t pay attention at all cause I only listened to the snippet, but the structure and the beat is the same.

Marshmelly
Marshmelly
4 years ago

Finally, a review of this song without any references to Macklemore!! That is nice for a change!!

Héctor
Héctor
4 years ago
Reply to  Marshmelly

I mean, if the song is a copy we should adress that.