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Eurovision Song Contest 2020 – The Nordic countries have now all made their decisions and picked the acts that they are sending to Rotterdam in May

Posted by mycketforvirrad
Tags: nordics, song contests, videos, playlist, eurovision.2020

Rather than post all of the countries entries as seperate posts in ~music, and give everyone Eurovision fatigue before the event has even kicked off, I have listed them below for your consumption.

I won't write long paragraphs based around my opinon of the differing entries; suffice to say that one act stands out in a sea of mediocrity among the Nordic entries this year. I'll leave you to guess which one that might be...

Sweden
The Mamas – Move

Denmark
Ben & Tan – Yes

Norway
Ulrikke – Attention

Finland
Aksel Kankaanranta – Looking Back

Iceland
Daði & Gagnamagnið – Gagnamagnið (Think About Things)

5 comments

  1. [5]
    KapteinB
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    I'm loving Iceland this year. :-) It's my favourite song from them since at least 2014.

    I'm loving Iceland this year. :-) It's my favourite song from them since at least 2014.

    3 votes
    1. [2]
      sandaltree
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      Agreed, I haven't found a eurovision song this catchy since maybe ever. I love the style and on-purpose goofy dancing.

      Agreed, I haven't found a eurovision song this catchy since maybe ever. I love the style and on-purpose goofy dancing.

      2 votes
      1. fandegw
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        It makes me think a lot of parcels, their first full album in particular: youtube playlist deezer spotify apple music (you should definitely listen to their EP deezer, spotify, apple, soundcloud)...

        It makes me think a lot of parcels, their first full album in particular:
        youtube playlist
        deezer
        spotify
        apple music
        (you should definitely listen to their EP deezer, spotify, apple, soundcloud)
        But every thing at eurovision feels like a subpar version of something I already know well, and this is no exception. But at least it feels a little bit more "original" for eurovision standard

        2 votes
    2. [2]
      mycketforvirrad
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      Definitive stand out entry among this group of songs, for sure! Which is strange, because when I first listened through the playlist of all the Icelandic entries this year, it didn't jump out to...

      Definitive stand out entry among this group of songs, for sure! Which is strange, because when I first listened through the playlist of all the Icelandic entries this year, it didn't jump out to me.

      The bookies have Iceland odds on to win this year, from what I see, followed by Lithuania and Romania. Checked out the latter to see what all the fuss was about. Turns out it's boobs.

      1 vote
      1. cfabbro
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        Yeah, I wasn't sold on Think About Things at first either, but it's slowly growing on me, and the more I listen to it the more I actually like it. It's a bit understated, especially compared to...

        Yeah, I wasn't sold on Think About Things at first either, but it's slowly growing on me, and the more I listen to it the more I actually like it. It's a bit understated, especially compared to the insanely over-the-top Hatari performance from last year, but it's still pretty dang catchy. That said, I really like Denmark and Sweden's entries too though.

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