Festival I Kenges
is by far and away one of the strangest national final formats currently in
existence for Eurovision. Not because it has a confusing format (if you don’t
mind annual format changes) but it throws out some of the most random winners
compared with an national final format, with no set pattern nor any sign of a
theory emerging about what constitutes a good song in FiK. Last year certainly
was a year which gave me great confidence in the Albanian selection process and
as followers of this blog will know I was a huge fan of her and her song.
Despite that
confidence building moment Albania have taken that and smashed it into many
pieces, leaving me curled up in a corner rocking back and forth screaming about
the advantages of public selection. Why you might ask? Well, I’m not convinced
that sending Adrian Lulgjurai and Bledar Sejko and their song idenditet was the
right choice. Firstly I think that it is too much of a pop/rock song to do very
well at the contest. Secondly I think the FiK performance didn’t suggest
anything special about the pair that will bring them through the glass curtain
and into peoples living rooms.
The song
itself is probably one which is a bit too rockish for me to like it. However I
like parts of the song however there are other parts of it that just turn me
off. The song is very Balkan sounding even for a rock song.
Overall the
success of this song depends on the jury support it receives. It may come in
the public’s top 10 in the semi-final but if the juries don’t support it its
dead in the water.
Verdict: It
just feels that Albania has learned nothing from last year. This still feels
like this song could come from any FiK final.
Grade: D- (42%)
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