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Winners And Losers From EiC In Our Newsletter Written by on April 20, 2015

Welcome to another week and another newsletter from the ESC Insight team. This week’s edition can be read through this link.

The main focus is of course the Eurovision in Concert from Amsterdam with more than half of this year’s acts performing in the show. We also feature news from across the Eurovision world including from the OGAE and from Conchita Wurst. Robertson’s Reflection each week in our newsletter offers the views of Newsletter Editor Ben Robertson about the latest Eurovision stories. This week he reviews the performances from Amsterdam not to say which were best and worst, but to say who won and who lost the most from the experience.

Winners
Germany – Ann Sophie with ‘Black Smoke

Ann Sophie’s qualification route from amateur wildcard to being handed victory by default has already made her association with Eurovision a little bit fraught. Adding to that has been the issue that this was her ‘second’ song in the Contest and not the one she originally was competing with (that was ‘Jump The Gun’). Her Club Concert performance was very confident and in comparison the performance of ‘Black Smoke’ felt karaoke in the German National Final.

Now though she owns the song and it feels connected to her artistry. For me Ann Sophie now has made this her own the performance had a sense of self-security about it now that I worried would be lost after the debacle in Hannover.

Moldova – Eduard Romanyuta with ‘I Want Your Love

I don’t understand this. With the dancers back Eduard looks like the sleazy pop star nobody is going to like and cast a vote for. He is good at charming an audience on stage when let loose, but to bring in the people from his National Final performance without and difference or gimmick seems a mistake to gain some positive news at the biggest preview event.

More than anybody this would have been the event perfect for Eduard to have created a little bubble of excitement by trying something new. He hasn’t done that with this performance which makes him less involved with the public than what I saw in Riga.

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About The Author: Ben Robertson

Ben Robertson has attended 23 National Finals in the world of Eurovision. With that experience behind him he writes for ESC Insight with his analysis and opinions about anything and everything Eurovision Song Contest that is worth telling.

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