2015 Eurovision Songs on the World Music Charts

Måns Zelmerlöw by Ailura (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 at], via Wikimedia Commons

Måns Zelmerlöw may have won the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden, but the real litmus test of victory is how the public across the world vote with their hard-earned cash.

It's not only the victor who can induce people to part with their money, but some of the also-rans too - if they're lucky. Consequently, the music charts across the world become the barometer of what was truly popular at Eurovision.

So, here's a snapshot of the chart positions of some of the 2015 entries (correct at the time of publication):

Heroes - Måns Zelmerlöw

• Australia | #19
• Belgium | #1
• The Netherlands | #38
• Finland | #16
• France | #38
• Ireland | #10
• Norway | #37
• Portugal | #45
• Spain | #7
• Sweden | #5 (Previously peaked at #1)
• Switzerland | #1
• United Kingdom | #11 (The midweek update puts the song at #39, meaning that it will have dropped out of the Top 40 by Sunday).

Guy Sebastian by Ailura (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 at], via Wikimedia Commons

Tonight Again - Guy Sebastian

• Australia | #12 
• Sweden | #41
• Switzerland | #39

Loïc Nottet by Ailura (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 at], via Wikimedia Commons

Rhythm Inside - Loïc Nottet

• Belgium | #1
• France | #85
• Ireland | #83
• Sweden | #25
• Switzerland | #34
• United Kingdom | #69

Polina Gagarina by Ailura (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 at], via Wikimedia Commons

A Million Voices - Polina Gagarina

• Belgium | #22
• Ireland | #86
• Sweden | #48
• Switzerland | #39
• United Kingdom | #97

Nadav Guedj by Ailura (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 at], via Wikimedia Commons

Golden Boy - Nadav Guedj

• Belgium | #36
• Sweden | #54
• Switzerland | #54

Mørland and Debrah Scarlett by Ailura (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 at], via Wikimedia Commons

A Monster Like Me - Mørland and Debrah Scarlett

• Norway | #31 (Re-Entry | Previously peaked at #24)
• Switzerland | #45

Il Volo by Ailura (Own work) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Grande amore - Il Volo

• Spain | #24
• Switzerland | #19

Elina Born and Stig Rästa by Ailura (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 at], via Wikimedia Commons

Goodbye to Yesterday - Elina Born and Stig Rästa

• Sweden | #56
• Switzerland | #68

Three other Eurovision-related songs managed to make their marks across Europe, albeit in relatively lowly positions. Switzerland's chart, home to several Eurovision entries, saw Aminata's Love Injected  scrape in at #74 while Spain's effort, Amanecer  by Edurne, returned to its national chart at #12, having previously peaked at #3.

Finally, last year's winner Conchita Wurst, reappeared in the Austrian chart at #52 with the single You Are Unstoppable, far off its original peak of #13.

It appears the success rate of songs in 2015 will not match their predecessors of the last few years . In fact, the UK Number 11 entry of Sweden's winning song has already failed to match the Number 3 high of Loreen's victorious entry from 2012, Euphoria.

The elation and celebration of the 60th edition has not translated into huge singles sales across the Continent, it seems.

 

Eurovision 2015: Heroic Victory For Sweden

Eurovision 2015: The Top 3 at the close of play

Sweden added another Eurovision title to its collection last Saturday night when Måns Zelmerlöw secured the country's sixth win with his folk-pop anthem, Heroes. 

Russia is declared the runner-up, while Italy takes the bronze.

Heroes performed at the Eurovision 2015 Final:

The event started rather strangely with the ever-intrusive figure of Conchita Wurst gliding across the arena on a zip-wire, before handing over the hosting duties to an unnecessary female trio who gleefully exhibited as much charisma as a collection of showroom dummies.

Not an auspicious start, but the Austrian organisers were determined to ensure this 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest would be as big and as flashy as ever. They produced a show with plenty of colour and plenty of glitz filled the stadium, but Conchita aside, thankfully a lot less camp. It was just that the majority of the songs failed to reflect the enormity of this Eurovision occasion. It was mostly a succession of overwrought ballads - some of which should have remained in the semi-finals - with just the sporadic ray of sunshine provided by such countries as Israel, Australia, Sweden and yes, the United Kingdom.

Electro Velvet performed very well, but there was never any question that their song would set the voting alight. The desire to see the UK finish on the left-hand side of the scoreboard soon evaporated when no points were forthcoming from the first few juries. In the end, a total of five points seemed very generous.

As the voting progressed, however, the competition soon developed into a three nation race between Italy (Il Volo), Russia (Polina Gagarina) and Sweden. Thankfully, each country's points reveal was formulated to achieve the greatest tension by keeping the top of the leader board ever changing.

That didn't stop Sweden, the bookies' favourite, from running away with the title yet again - although Italy may feel more aggrieved than most with the result. A closer examination of the votes reveals a telling discrepancy: the public preferred Italy's Il Volo - with fourteen nations giving the pop-opera trio its split of the top points as opposed to just four national juries. In terms of points, Grande Amore received 366 from the televote, but just a paltry 171 from the juries. Sweden was overwhelmingly the favourite with the juries, receiving more than 100 points from them over their runner-up, Latvia.

This begs the question: do the juries have too much voting power? That is a debate in itself, but the discrepancy between the what the public like and what the juries think should win is definitely a cause for consternation.

Nevertheless, the 61st edition of the Contest will return to familiar ground in 2016, albeit not at Sweden's Malmö Arena which has already pulled out of the hosting process. Stockholm appears to be the favourite to stage the event, while seasoned television host and 2015 winner Måns Zelmerlöw has shown interest in becoming one of next year's presenters.

Eurovision 2015: Top 5:

1. Sweden | Heroes | Måns Zelmerlöw | 365 points
2. Russia | A Million Voices | Polina Gagarina | 303 points
3. Italy | Grande Amore | Il Volo | 292 points
4. Belgium | Rhythm Inside | Loïc Nottet | 217 points
5. Australia | Tonight Again | Guy Sebastian | 196 points

See the rest of the final table here (along with the results of the semi-finals)

Måns Zelmerlöw and Swedish fans celebrate the country's sixth victory:

Following Måns Zelmerlöw's triumph, the Swedish team held a winner's press conference which can be viewed here:

Just in case you missed the whole event, Albert Ravey, a contributor at The Guardian's comments section, has provided this concise (and somewhat scathing) recap:

• A lot of people waved flags. 
• There were lots of rubbish songs, including the UK one. 
• The presenters were rubbish. 
• The Estonian song was quite good, but the Swedish one had already been crowned winner before the show started so it won. 
• Lots of the songs were miserable shrieky power ballads like the ones off Frozen with backdrops of clouds and dead trees. 
• The Russian woman cried a lot, especially when people started booing. Russia came second. 
• Nobody voted for Germany, although their song wasn't too bad. 
• The Georgian entry featured a terrifying woman dressed as a crow. She sang a shrieky power ballad backed with clouds and dead trees. She did quite well. 
• Poland had a woman in a wheelchair. She got no votes at all. 
• Everybody said how much they liked the Belgian entry, but it didn't win. 
• Serbia had a huge woman jumping up and down, singing a shrieky power ballad. Everybody said it would do well. It didn't. 
• Greece's shrieky power ballad was so awful, even Cyprus didn't give it many votes. 
• That's about it.

Until next year!

Eurovision 2015: Semi-Final 2: Who Qualified?

The 10 Qualifiers From the Second Semi-Final

Some of Eurovision's more successful nations crashed out of the second semi-final last night, with the likes of Ireland, Iceland and Malta failing to qualify for Saturday's Grand Final. However, unlike Tuesday's first semi-final, this second one had very few notable moments and, in many ways, was far more predictable: there was plenty of smoke, the wind machine was in overdrive again and some of the costumes were...dubious.

Equally unsurprising is that live performance can be even more revealing than some of those outfits. With real-time vocals laid bare before millions, the men and the boys were truly separated and several of the songs suffered as a consequence.

Heading into the semi-final, it was anticipated that Malta's Warrior would join Georgia's in the final line-up. However, Amber's vocals were all over the place, prompting calls in this neck of the woods for her to desist from singing. It was sheer agony and a pity the song's running time was not similar to Finland's effort. It was interminably repetitive and incessantly ropy, so it was really no surprise when it failed to get the nod.

Meanwhile, Ireland's fate was in the hands of the young Lynsey de Paul lookalike, Molly Sterling. It was always a toss-up whether her Playing With Numbers would survive the night. Drawn in second spot, it appeared her nerves kicked in and her downbeat performance suffered as a result. There was not enough sparkle to make it memorable, instead resembling a piece performed at an amateur school concert.

Ahead of time, there didn't seem to be much to pick between Ireland's and Poland's efforts, but a plum draw and a much weightier emotional connection secured Monika Kuszyńska's place in the final. It was no surprise that Lithuania would join her - that kiss, assuredly - but both Cyprus and Montenegro were revelations. Sometimes great vocals combined with simple staging can speak volumes.

That's exactly how Latvia's Aminata achieved her place in the Final. Dressed in a revealing, figure-hugging red dress, she both looked and sounded tantalising: the vocals soaring; the staging perfect; the song even more quirky and memorable than ever. Surely, the performance of the night.

All of this is incidental, of course. Bookies-favourite Sweden was lurking in the shadows with its Heroes, ready to pounce. An assured Måns Zelmerlöw did not disappoint. He brought his stick men with him and proceeded to show the rest of the participants how it is done. Is this Stockholm calling?

[Images: Andres Putting (EBU)]

Here are the qualifiers (as announced):

Country	Song	Performer
Lithuania	This Time	Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila
Poland	In the Name of Love	Monika Kuszyńska
Slovenia	Here For You	Maraaya
Sweden	Heroes	Måns Zelmerlöw
Norway	A Monster Like Me	Mørland & Debrah Scarlett
Montenegro	Adio (Goodbye)	Knez
Cyprus	One Thing I Should Have Done	John Karayiannis
Azerbaijan	Hour of the Wolf	Elnur Hüseynov
Latvia	Love Injected	Aminata
Israel	Golden Boy	Nadav Guedj

These are the seven nations/acts which failed to qualify:

Country	Song	Performer
Ireland	Playing With Numbers	Molly Sterling
San Marino	Chain of Lights	Michele Perniola & Anita Simoncini
Malta	Warrior	Amber
Portugal	Há um mar que nos separa	Leonor Andrade
Czech Republic	Hope Never Dies	Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta
Iceland	Unbroken	María Ólafs
Switzerland	Time to Shine	Mélanie René

Eurovision 2015: Who Won't Qualify From Semi-Final 2?

The second semi-final of Eurovision 2015 takes place on May 21, with a total of seventeen songs vying for the ten remaining available spots in Saturday's Grand Final.

Among those taking part are favourites such as Sweden, Azerbaijan and Slovenia, but unfortunately there are seven that will be jettisoned after all the contenders have performed.

Who will go and who will stay? No-one knows for sure, but here are the seven (or eight) suggestions of songs that could be heading for the exit door.

Semi-Final 2: Thursday, 21 May (Seven songs will not qualify) 

1. Cyprus | Giannis Karagiannis | One Thing I Should Have Done
   
   One of the earliest entries to be decided in this season's Eurovision, Cyprus's song is possibly one of the dullest of the many ballads featured at this year's Contest. The song is nice enough, but it never feels as if it gets out of first gear, stubbornly plodding along at a sedate pace. It's a very lethargic pick to begin the evening's proceedings and not memorable enough to pick up very many votes either.


2. Montenegro | Knez | Adio
   
   One of the few songs to be performed in its native language (hooray!), the fate of Adio will probably suffer because of it (boo!). It's well sung, but just not very dynamic. A memorable presentation may push it up the scoreboard, but it feels as if it is just making up the numbers.


3. Switzerland | Mélanie René | Time to Shine
   
   This is a pretty good song with its Pat Benatar Eighties-vibe, but it seems that Switzerland have to submit something extra special to qualify these days. Unlike last year's effort from the Swiss, this is not quirky enough to capture the votes it needs, even if it should be good enough to proceed. This one might surprise everyone, though, and make the Top 27. Hearing the lyric "mucking about" again would be a bonus, after all! 


4. The Czech Republic | Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta | Hope Never Dies
   
   A lot better than any of the Czech Republic's past entries, but there is something just irritatingly overwrought about the whole thing. Although it's sung with passion, the duo's voices do not blend well to these ears, sounding as if one voice would be adequate. The language change to English may help the Czechs, but even so, there's a feeling that it won't receive enough support.


5. Portugal | Leonor Andrade | Há um mar que nos separa
   
   Poor old Portugal have been waiting forever to secure their first Eurovision win and it looks likely that they will have to wait yet another year to fulfill that dream. A song that will be presented in its native language, Porugal is another nation which often has to produce something near-sensational to qualify. This is not it, unfortunately.


6. San Marino | Anita Simoncini and Michele Perniola | Chain of Lights
   
   Ever since the micro-state first entered the competition, it has found it difficult to qualify. It famously happened last year but, apart from the fact that San Marino is generally isolated and starved of support, this effort is way too sweetly cute to repeat the feat. It would be great to see them back in the final, but Chain of Lights is unlikely to make it happen.


7. Poland/Ireland
   
   Molly Sterling will sing Playing With Numbers for Ireland while Monika Kuszyńska will perform In the Name of Love for Poland. Both are relatively bland piano-driven ballads and, because of this, both are in danger of falling at this semi-final hurdle. There's nothing much to distinguish between the two, but one of them will have to go. With the voting power of the Polish diaspora, it's possible that Ireland could miss out on the Final once again.

These seem to be the likely candidates, but you may think differently. Which countries do you feel could fail to advance to the Final?

Who Won't Qualify From Semi-Final 1? See here

Semi-Final 2 Playlist (in draw order) 

Eurovision 2015: Semi-Final 1: Who Won't Qualify?

With forty countries participating and only twenty-seven spots available in the Grand Final, which songs will suffer the indignity of falling at the semi-final stage of Eurovision 2015?

It's never an easy task to predict how the public will vote at this point in the competition, but there are usually some strong contenders which you know will qualify - even if you are someone who is hearing the entire selection for the first time. What can be much harder is to pick out those six or seven songs which won't be heard again on the Eurovision stage. 

Much depends on the presentation and the live performances of course, but here are some thoughts about the possible casualties:

Semi-Final 1: Tuesday, 19 May (Six songs will not qualify)

1. Finland | Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät | Aina mun pitää

Much has been written about the developmental disabilities of the Finnish act and it seems that the song's qualification chances are more dependent on how the audience reacts to that fact, rather than the song itself.

Musically, this short punk anthem may appeal to some, but in Eurovision terms, it is unlikely to capture enough votes to progress.

2. Armenia | Genealogy | Face the Shadow

Whether there is any political motivation behind the song or not (it purportedly pays tribute to the Armenian Genocide victims - something vehemently denied by both Azerbaijan and Turkey), this well-intended mishmash of voices does not blend at all.

The idea may have been a good one, but the execution falls flat - as will Armenia's hopes of qualifying. Performing in the dreaded second spot does not bode well either.

3. Serbia | Bojana Stamenov | Beauty Never Lies

There is something about this song that has never really clicked. It sounds like two compositions which have been badly crow-barred together to produce a trashy, forgettable Eurodance concoction.  Lots of unfathomable wailing does not help the cause.

However, the whole package has Eurovision written all over it, so it will probably qualify and finish in the Top 10. Let's hope not.

4. Moldova | Eduard Romanyuta | I Want Your Love

The studio version of this song is not too bad, possessing a likable Britney Spears-vibe, as well as benefitting from an uptempo beat among the abundance of this year's ballads. However, Eduard's live rendition at Moldova's national final was atrocious.

Lousy vocals, and an even worse dance routine, did not endear his performance to many. A repeat of that, combined with taking the stage first, and he's likely to be taking an early bath.

5. Hungary | Boggie | Wars For Nothing

Another ballad and another song with a message. It has its heart in the right place, but unfortunately, the whole package lacks any sparkle. It looks and sounds old-fashioned and those that tune in to the semi-finals are likely to reject it.

Were it fortunate enough to progress to the Grand Final audience, it could possibly rank quite well. It's very doubtful that the song will get that chance, though.

6. Belarus | Uzari and Maimuna | Time

At this point, there are a couple (or three) songs that could be in the frame: Macedonia, The Netherlands or perhaps the entry from Belarus.

With Russia and a few of their other Eastern voting pals in this semi, Uzari and Maimuna could advance to the Final, but their violin-driven melody really doesn't deserve that honour.

Admittedly, it's a lot livelier than many of the other contenders, but its lyrical and creative deficiencies let it down.

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Naturally, everybody has their own opinions about the possible non-qualifiers from this semi-final and your thoughts are welcomed.

A full list of those countries participating in this semi-final can be found here.

Who Won't Qualify From Semi-Final 2? See here 

Semi-Final 1 Playlist (in draw order)

The 2015 Eurovision Top 40: A Personal View

My 2015 Eurovision Top 40

Have you decided how best to rank the forty entries competing at this year's Eurovision Song Contest? While a Top 5 or even a Top 10 may be relatively straightforward to arrange, if however, you find it increasingly difficult deciding which country should be, say 23rd or 30th, then Mr Gerbear's nifty sorting tool will definitely help you solve the problem.

The device produces a series of battles between countries from which you select your preferred songs. There are around 150 of these battles which eventually determine the final ranking of all your choices. The picture above is the outcome of the selections I made, showing Italy as my favourite song this year.

Why not try it out for yourself and discover how you rank all forty songs. Will Grande amore be your Number 1 as well?

Eurovision 2015: Albania: Elhaida Dani: Diell

Elhaida Dani

Diell (Sun) sung by Elhaida Dani has won the ticket to represent Albania at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. The song was among eighteen compositions vying for the win at the annual Festivali i Këngës (Song Festival) held in Tirana.

The three-hour show was the culmination of two epic semi-finals, during which twenty-six songs were performed.

In the final, Elhaida Dani was the last to take the stage and, after a very dramatic performance, her victory was revealed to be a near landslide. Of the seven jury members, including Albania's 2012 represenative Rona Nishliu, six of them gave Diell their top score.

A resounding victory is nothing new for Ms Dani, of course. In 2013, she participated in Italy's version of The Voice, winning the show with more than two thirds of the public vote.

Can she repeat the feat in Austria in May, 2015? My hunch is that she won't be able to do it again, particularly with this song.

I've listened to it a couple of times and I'm still not really sure why it won the national final. Elhaida Dani's vocals are great, so no complaint there. They're powerful, dramatic and they soar. The problem is with what she is singing.

As is usual with the entries from Albania, they start off their lives in their native language. That's fine, but it's already a barrier for a non-native speaker. So, one is reliant on the melody and the overall performance.

It's always a positive to have the music provided by a live orchestra and at no time did Elhaida Dani appear as if she was battling with it. She's obviously a more than competent stage performer, who is also easy on the eye.

Unfortunately, Diell is a very pedestrian power ballad with no obvious hook to it. Despite the singer's emotional input which endeavours to involve the audience, the melody goes nowhere and the whole package ends up sounding like a second-rate Disney tune.

Without some much needed changes, Albania could easily become a casualty of the semi-finals once again.

What do you think?

[Update: Diell has been withdrawn and replaced with I'm Alive as the Albanian entry. A review will appear once the the new song is made public.]

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Eurovision 2015: Belarus: Uzari & Maimuna: Time

Uzari and Maimuna: (Image Facebook)

The process of choosing the song to represent Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest is not usually one which runs too smoothly - or, so it seems, without some kind of fallout.

This time, after a lineup of fifteen competitors fought for the right to represent the country in Vienna next year,  Uzari and Maimuna were ultimately crowned the winners with the song, Time.

For many, this was not the song that was predicted to win before the staging of the national final. That honour was bestowed upon the girl-group Milki and the song Accent, both a product of past Eurovision winner Alexander Rybak. As it turned out, neither the public vote nor the combined jury points placed Milki at the top of the pile, which prompted an angry outburst from the 2009 victor.

Rybak's consternation aside, the weighted votes of the jury put Time in first place, a full ten points ahead of the runner-up, Anastasia Malashkevich with Don't Save My Name. Having endured terrible audio on the internet feed from Minsk, practically all of the contenders sounded dreadful to me - including the much-lauded newcomers, Milki.

Uzari, however, has competed in the previous two Belorussian national finals without much luck, but combining talents with the beautiful violinist Maimuna has changed his fortunes - even if this wasn't a landslide victory.

Neither the public nor all of the members of the jury were behind Time. It's not surprising as the standard of all the songs was less than ideal.

Time tries to be a pop/rock song with classic overtones, courtesy of the violin. It starts off with promising drama, but that promise soon turns to disappointment as Uzari begins his vocals. The chorus sounds worse than the verses; a cat on heat is more in tune.

It's not only the vocals that let this song down. The lyrics leave something to be desired, as well. What exactly does "Time is like thunder" mean? Having read the text of the song, it looks mostly to be a collection of random words thrown together in the hope that they make sense. It's a shame really, as the melody and the hook are quite memorable.

How it fares in the Contest will be dependent on the staging and the set-up of the semi-finals, though. By any standards, the vocals will need improvement by May.

As it is now, I foresee Belarus failing to make the Grand Final. What are your thoughts?

Eurovision 2015: Netherlands: Trijntje Oosterhuis: Walk Along

Trijntje Oosterhuis: This Is The Season

If you know anything about Dutch popular music, you'll know that Trijntje Oosterhuis has been one of The Netherlands' biggest recording stars, having enjoyed commercial success at home since the mid-1990s. She will now display her considerable talent in Vienna on the 2015 Eurovision stage performing the song Walk Along.

Before embarking on her productive solo career however, she was part of the band Total Touch with her brother, Tjeerd. The pair secured two multi-platinum selling albums in the Dutch charts before breaking up. Since then, Trijntje has registered five Top 5 albums of her own.

Her last one was released in 2012 and entitled Wrecks We Adore. It was a Dutch Number 1 and produced by Holland's 2013 representative, Anouk, who registered a Top 10 Eurovision placing with the song Birds. Anouk has now composed Walk Along as the country's 2015 entry, seemingly providing backing vocals to the track as well.

Unlike Birds (and Calm After the Storm) however, the song's release has come particularly early for the Dutch entry. Both The Common Linnets' and Anouk's efforts were not announced until April/May of their respective years.

Timing aside, Walk Along is revealed as a jaunty, singalong acoustic guitar-driven composition which not only highlights Trijntje's superior voice, but also the obvious talent and influence of Anouk.

Her impact belies Trijntje's preference for the jazz genre, instead giving this track a more modern pop/rock feel. Initially, it sounds more accessible than the Dutch songs of the past two years, but they both did well without the cheery banality that infects a lot of Eurovision's output.

That's not to say that Walk Along is unimaginative and uninspired. It has a good hook with a memorable chorus, although some might find irritating the obvious repetitiveness in the second half of the song.

Hopefully, that won't harm its chances in qualifying for the Final next year. I'd like to see The Netherlands there again.

How about you?

Above image by Henk Bezemer (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Eurovision 2015: Macedonia: Lisja Esenski: Daniel Kajmakoski

Daniel Kajmakoski

Daniel Kajmakoski, singing the composition Lisja esenski (Autumn Leaves), will represent Macedonia at the 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 in Vienna, Austria.

Twenty music stars, accompanied by a live orchestra, performed their songs on the stage of the Metropolis at the Skopje 2014 Music Festival. Daniel accumulated the most points in a 50:50 weighted vote, split between an international jury and a public telephone vote. It was a close run thing, though, with just two points separating first and second place (Tamara Todevska with Brod sto tone). Lisja esenski thus becomes the first national selection in the 2014/15 season.

As such, there is obviously nothing else to compare it with, but even so, it's a strong, modern pop ballad that shows great potential. It helps that local X-Factor winner Daniel Kajmakoski is a strong singer because he carries the melody very well, even if I have no understanding of his lyrics.

Will an English version help the song? Very possibly. While I usually prefer to hear the original language, the current lyrics offer limited appeal to the wider, Eurovision audience. In the long run, this may hamper its chances of success.

A change in language didn't help Macedonia earlier this year, however. The country failed to qualify from the semi-finals when Tijana's poor performance of the totally dissimilar To the Sky failed to garner enough votes.

Will the same happen to Daniel Kajmakoski in Vienna in 2015? Time will only tell.

What do you think of Macedonia's chances with this song?

Image: Facebook

An English version, Autumn Leaves, has been released: