It is what it is, I guess. There is no doubt that It is a decent enough song – however it is missing something – but I don’t know what that something is. It’s left me a little cold and the couple of people I have just spoken to have agreed. It should qualify but the pyro effects (depending if they go for the mines or the waterfall) could either make or break it…
I can’t decide if this is going to bomb in the final or not now. I still have the feeling that the juries will hate it and it’ll come 10-12th I suspect which may not be the result it deserves.
You are right it is difficult to place, man aside(!) it is a great song and very well performed. The juries will see that. Remember our Austrian sausage went through juries in their X factor, and later national finals. There the juries loved the performances, I believe the public were split.