SWEDEN
Eric Saade - Popular
Eric Saade took victory this year in the Swedisn Melodifestivalen and will head on to Dusseldorf in May with the song "Popular". Sweden have had a tough time in Eurovision in recent years and will be looking to restore their reputation as one of the dominant forces in the contest.Sadly though, Eric Saade has little chance of doing that.
What you get with Saade is a slightly-more-modern-than-usual piece of Schlager that fills the Melodifestavlen each year. This was by no means the strongest song in this years selection but given Saade's popularity, pardon the pun, and the competent staging this won an easy victory, but the 21 year old singer will not have it so easy in Dusseldorf.
After a background in the mildly successful boyband "Whats up?" Saade went solo in 2009 scoring a number two album to which he is currently working on the follow up. He has also performed some brief tv work and is a known face in his home land.
But Eric Saade will find it very tough in his semi-final, perhaps the stronger of the two. Working in his favour may be the draw going third from last with two of the weaker songs in the contest following his. This should be enough to grab the votes he needs to make it to the final but once there I see the Swede perfoming simialr to Charlotte Perrelli on her return to the contest.
The song itself has an obvious hook, is well sung to give Saade credit, and the staging and performance will be as always with Sweden, second to none. But at the end of the day I see the song failing at the final hurdle. This is not a genuine contender for Eurovision despite what you may read on other fan sites and will not feature in the shake up. If it doesnt make the final, it would not be a huge suprise but I am predicting it to make the final and place around 21st.
4 comments:
It's still the best song this year, and the strongest performance... the other songs are weak, you can't disagree with me on that...
I hate this song. The lyrics are so dumb. I think this might be the shock non-qualifier.
very nice stage appearance but the song is STUPID...not that Sweden had great songs this year at MF like other years...!
Anna's song last year was 100 times better than this cr*p. This is plain awful. Cannot believe it qualified - can only put it down to Eric's good looks and the slick presentation.
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