James and Noa review Moldova and Hungary...

O Melodi Pentru Europa - James

Tonight, one of the seven, and the longest National Final in ‘O Melodi Pentru Europa’ reached it’s climax, with Lidia Isac winning the Moldovian right to participate in Stockholm with her song ‘Falling Stars’. This national final overall was very disappointing, and it demonstrated where Moldova has been going wrong in previous years; the national final just simply does not come across appealing enough.

If it wasn't for Lidia, Moldova would have without doubt had occupied spot number 43 in this year’s contest. ‘Falling Stars’ was the worthy winner. The song is upbeat, fun and a song that has the potential to be very appealing in Stockholm. However, there is work that needs to be done. First of all, the song itself needs tightening up, by perhaps adding more of a dance beat and club feel to it, since this year's standard is incredibly high. 

Lidia Isac will represent Moldova

If you're going to send dance, you need to send it with modernity and catchiness, and I feel only the latter exists right now. Some tightening up could really bring it into line with other upbeat and club tunes which we can expect in May. Vocally, Lidia slightly disappointed me; she really struggled to hit the high notes at times, which may be due to the studio in which the final was hosted in, even so, there is room for improvement.

There is three months to get things right, but I am one for optimism and trust Moldova will ensure that they can improve this song however they can. I'm excited to see what happens, and congratulations to the worthy winner of Lidia Isac. Rating: 6/10

A Dal - Noa

The winner Freddie is an Hungarian singer  who won the Hungarian “Rising Star”. He was a quite leader in the predictions to win .

He won with the song Pioneer and he is going to represent Hungary in The Eurovision song contest

Freddie is off to Stockholm!

in Stockholm. (good luck!)

The acts that compete and my rating :

1- MUSHU- uncle tom : 4\10 – The staging was very cool and the song was quite catchy however nothing special.

2- Parno Graszt - Már nem szédülök: 5\10 – I liked the fact it was in Hungarian , but more then that nothing special in the song.

3- Berkes Olivér & Tóth Andi - Seven Seas : 6\10 – the song was kind of nice but the vocals were pretty weak .

4- Petruska – Trouble in my mind : 7\10 – weak vocals but the song was great and I liked it !

5- Oláh Gergő - Győz a jó : 6\10 – It was different from all the songs but pretty simple and basic.

Winner :6- Freddie – Pioneer – 8/10 : strong song and vocals ! totally stood out from the rest of the songs.

7- Kállay Saunders Band – 4/10- Who We Are: The song was okay but the vocals were out of tune and totally ruined  the song .
8- Vásáry André – why : 3/10- was pretty basic and boring.