Wiwi Jury: Norway’s Mørland & Debrah Scarlett with “A Monster Like Me”
“It’s the most twisted but also the most authentic love song”
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Wiwi Jury: Estonia’s Elina Born & Stig Rästa with “Goodbye to Yesterday”
“This song doesn’t cook — it smoulders”
Wiwi Jury: Azerbaijan’s Elnur Hüseynov with “Hour of the Wolf”
“Meditative and moving, grand yet intimate, this song is more poetry than pop”
Wiwi Jury: Poland’s Monika Kuszynska with “In the Name of Love”
“The song is about as exciting as soggy cardboard and goes nowhere”
Wiwi Jury: FYR Macedonia’s Daniel Kajmakoski with “Autumn Leaves”
“Autumn is such a miserable season”
Wiwi Jury: Latvia’s Aminata with “Love Injected”
“Her voice packs the punch of a nuclear bomb, and her Amazon-inspired dance moves could disarm the most aggressive tribesman”
Wiwi Jury: Australia’s Guy Sebastian with “Tonight Again”
“Well done, Wizard of Oz!”
Wiwi Jury: Belgium’s Loïc Nottet with “Rhythm Inside”
“Prepare for an aural orgasm!”
Wiwi Jury: Moldova’s Eduard Romanyuta with “I Want Your Love”
“You want my love, but I want you to shut up”
Wiwi Jury: The United Kingdom’s Electro Velvet with “Still in Love with You”
“The production is cheap, the lyrics are borderline misogynistic, and the melody is like something created by Don Draper”
Wiwi Jury: Albania’s Elhaida Dani with “I’m Alive”
“Other divas shout but Elhaida glides”
Wiwi Jury: Hungary’s Boggie with “Wars for Nothing”
“The only way this song is going to stop wars is if it puts everyone to sleep on the battlefield”
Wiwi Jury: Russia’s Polina Gagarina with “A Million Voices”
“There’s no reason to hate this song just because of the country she’s born in”
Wiwi Jury: Greece’s Maria Elena Kyriakou with “One Last Breath”
“She oozes the pain of Antigone and the madness of Medea, but unlike those ficitonal characters Maria Elena is very much alive”
Wiwi Jury: Serbia’s Bojana Stamenov with “Beauty Never Lies”
“Bojana just became my queen for Eurovision this year!”
Wiwi Jury: France’s Lisa Angell with “N’oubliez Pas”
“Never forget the First World War and never forget the mighty French chanson”
Wiwi Jury: Iceland’s Maria Ólafs with “Unbroken”
“Let’s hope that María ditches the low-budget Emmelie de Forest look and goes for something a bit hipper”