Britain's Got Talent.. Or do they...?!

There are six acts competing to represent UK in the Eurovision finals in Portugal this year. They will battle it out Live on stage (and TV I presume) on February 7th.

Asanda  

Legends 

 Like about half of the Eurovision contestants the last ten years, 16 year old Asanda hails from the world of televised talent competitions. More precisely, Britain's Got Talent, where she made it to the final.

-  I'm not hating this song. It's kind of monotonous in the verses, but has a really nice danceable beat after what I can only describe a a very bridgey chorus build up. I'm really hoping for some cool choreography in the live performance. Early favourite..

Goldstone 

I Feel The Love

This girl group is made up of Aimie Atkinson, Helen Wint and Rhiannon Porter. Both Aimie and Rhiannon have backgrounds in musical theatre, like a few of this years British hopefuls. Maybe because of last years winner, Lucie Jones' smash success (in UK Eurovision standards...) The girls says their song "makes you feel positive about the world" with its message of "love don't hate". Eh..OK.

- What's up with this half rap thing?? This song sucks.. awful chorus. It actually makes me feel like I hate the world a little bit..The build up to the chorus reminds me of Jesse J's bang bang song, only a lot more tame, and as I said, what it builds up to is just sad. Good singers, by all means, but this is a song contest isn't it?!? I'm gonna have to find something else to love, cause it ain't this song. Cliché O'rama. Next please!

Liam Tamne

Astronaut

Hahahaha:) Hilarious! His last name is soooo close to a description of this assembly of songs as a whole. Liam also has a background in both musicals and The Voice. A double threat there then...:P

- I really don't buy the premise of this song.. I mean, who the hell wants an astronaut?? I bet they're away A LOT. And you probably can't go with them neither, like he's claiming here.. And If I can't call my sailor boyfriend when he's on a ship on planet earth, you probably can't call you astronaut when you need him neither!:P But looking past the somewhat strange metaphors (and several of the song writers here are Danish, something that might explain that..), it's actually quite a nice melody. I really don't like ballads in Eurovision, though, so to be perfectly honest, I hope Liam doesn't win. 

RAYA 

Crazy 

Raya is a singer, dancer and DJ who has, among other things (I hope..), danced for Little Mix. This song is partially written by Greta Salome Stefansdottir, who has represented Iceland twice at Eurovision.

- Feeling a little bit of anticipation here. Nice build up to the chorus, but then it kind of flattens out.. Very anti climactic.. Listening to this song reminds me of the feeling I had when I heard "Icebreaker", the Norwegian entry in 2016. Not liking this all that much.. Maybe if she throws in some hefty dance moves in her stage performance..For some reason I'm picturing this performance with her singing from behind a DJ booth with earphones halfway on. If that happens I'm throwing something at the TV. Just saying..

SuRie 

Storm

Susanna, aka SuRie is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music. She's been a backing singer in two previous Eurovisions. (And she has inherited Dame Helen Mirren's hair from 2016..)

-Oh hell no!! These lyrics makes me want to throw up in my mouth! Every God damn sentence is so yucky cliché I seriously feel physically ill. Nobody should use the phrase "chasing rainbows" ever, EVER again! Somebody should slap these song writers. HARD! And the sad attempt of making this song current with a splash of EDM only underscores the awful, awful lyrics. Bye, Bye SuRie.

Jaz Ellington

You 

This guy has also been a contestant on The Voice, where he reached the semi-finals.

- Oh this song is nice. Well up until the chorus at least... The verses are really nice. I'm loving this guys voice. If we could just cut the chorus out, all together, I would listen to this all day long. However..This is not I repeat NOT a Eurovision song! There are music genres that just does not belong in the glittery camp-fest that is Eurovision, and soul most definitely is one of them.


Ok. So Asanda for the win. Not thinking this will shake the music world to it's core, but I've heard worse from you UK, far far worse.