Let’s look at the positives of my Slavic relatives in Ukraine. The singer has a very powerful voice and can certainly belt it out in the massive arena. It’s the best of the three entries Ukraine picked this year.
And I’m afraid I’m struggling after that. It isn’t that it’s bad, it’s just somewhat lacking in positivity and inspiration as are a few songs this year. Indeed you have to wonder if anyone will stay tuned in after seeing this.
It’s a very brave entry to try and even braver of her to stand alone vulnerable in the middle of the stage with a very paired down performance and presentation. I don’t know if that was because they ran out of money after being fined or holding more than one contest to choose their song, but there’s none of the props and gimmicks that we’ve come to expect of Ukrainian entries and it could badly use them. They’re obviously looking to let the song speak for itself but the song needs a bit of help.
I still think that there’s an outside chance it will sneak through to the final but on the basis of what I’ve seen I’m erring more towards a “no” for the first time for Ukraine 🙁