YES! Fuck Yes. Andorra. What an amazing try! For Andorra's debut entry, Andorra made it their goal to prove that a small nation, which is mainly a tourist attraction, could be awesome. They chose 2 acts (Marta Roure and Bis A Bis) and launched their selection process. They chose 12 songs (oh and just so many great songs) and dove in. They divided the 12 songs into 6 Quarter Finals, from which an "Expert" Jury, an SMS vote and a Televote (they even were brazen enough to allow the Catalans living in Northern Spain to have a hand in choosing the first song to be sung in Catalan on the Eurovision stage), chose the advancing song. Then the 6 Songs were divided into 2 Semi Finals, where the top song from each Semi Final advanced to the Final. In the Final, there were 2 separate votes. One chose the song, the other chose the singer. Thankfully, they chose wisely and sent a just so brilliant song, sung by an Andorran singer (bad teeth and all!). Back in 2004, there was just immense hype about the Andorran song. All us ESC fans just adored everything about it and, though we never expected it to win, expected it to get into the final and fall somewhere between 8th and 15th. Ugh. How wrong we were! It only got 18th in the Semi Final with just 12 measly points (all from Spain...shocker). Ugh. Pain. Angst. Anywho
To chose my winner, i divided the songs into 2 Semi Finals based on performer. In each Semi Final, i awarded "Televotes" to chose the 3 Finalists. In the Final, i chose my winner in two rounds. In the First Round, i awarded points two times, first based on first listen and second after a few listens, to chose my top 3 Songs. In the Second Round, i chose my winner by awarding "Televotes"
Number - Title (Translation) - Televotes - Place
Semi Final 01 - Bis A Bis
01 - El Destí (Fate) - 5 491 - 6th
02 - No Esperis Amor (Don't Expect Love) - 25 169 - 1st
03 - Confia En Mi (Trust In Me) - 18 204 - 2nd
04 - Vine (Come) - 14 657 - 3rd
05 - Anem Cap Al (Let's Go North) - 6 723 - 5th
06 - És Que Si (That's It) - 13 098 - 4th
Semi Final 02 - Marta Roure
01 - Crec (I Belive) - 10 091 - 6th
02 - Terra (Land) - 15 715 - 4th
03 - Em Quedarà (It Will Remain For Me) - 20 269 - 2nd
04 - Si Et Perds (If You Get Lost) - 18 568 - 3rd
05 - No És Nou (It's Not New) - 14 649 - 5th
06 - Jugarem A Estimar - Nos (Playing At Loving Each Other) - 32 007 - 1st
Final -
Number - Title (Translation) - Vote 01 - Vote 02 - Total - Televote - Place
01 - Em Quedarà - 08 - 02 - 10 - X - 5th
02 - Vine - 02 - 04 - 06 - X - 6th
03 - Jugarem - 12 - 12 - 24 - 41 247 - 1st
04 - No Esperis Amor - 10 - 08 - 18 - 18 691 - 2nd
05 - Si Et Perds - 04 - 10 - 14 - 16 583 - 3rd
06 - Confia En Mi - 06 - 06 - 12 - X - 4th
Comments -
"Jugarem A Estimar - Nos" has been my clear favorite since the beginning. That said, back in 2004, i was WAAAAY more in love with "No Esperis Amor" and "Vine" than i am now. I was also WAAAAY less in love with "Confia En Mi" and "Si Et Perds" than i am now. Thankfully, my tastes have matured. There's an mp3 floating around out there of Bis A Bis performing "Jugarem", but it was Marta's song from the instant it was presented. I think the most impressive thing about the Andorran selection this year is that they found that elusive combination of being modern, yet folksy and true to the Andorran music tradition (glares at Portugal, who just sends folksy but far from modern songs).
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