Luna and “The Tower” are this year’s Polish proposal for . The singer has long been one of the favorites in the pre-selections held behind closed doors. and her wild “Witcher Tarohoro”. As usual in such situations, some Eurovision fans will undoubtedly be dissatisfied with this turn of events. Justyna Steczkowska has been talking about Eurovision for years, and she was also preparing intensively for this year’s performance. Luna, compared to Steczkowska, is practically unknown to the wider public. Despite this, TVP chose her “The Tower” and not “Witcher Tarohoro”.
Initial reactions from the competition’s most die-hard fans are cautiously enthusiastic about this selection. And how does Luna compare to the competition? Check it out.
Eurovision 2024. What chances does Luna from “The Tower” have in the competition?
For several decades, Eurovision has been a combination of a giant show and a real song competition. It is not without reason that such sensations as last year’s Croatia (Let 3 – “Mama SC!”) or crazy Finland (Kaarija – “Cha cha cha”) make it to the Finals. These performers know how to take over the stage and give the audience an inexplicable feeling that they are participating in something crazy and unique. Thanks to this, they not only make themselves remembered and advance to the last stage of the competition, but sometimes even come close to winning (a year ago Finland was very, very close).
As if on a second leg, we get a series of correct, nicely performed songs that are sometimes more catchy to the ear. In recent years, Switzerland and the Netherlands have been particularly at the forefront of this, often using the same songwriters and producers.
The tail in this strange creature will be one-off songs – to be listened to in the semi-final and quickly forgotten. Terrible, poorly made, too dramatic or too cheap – if these features are present without an appropriate dose of madness on stage, they have no chance of making it to the final.
Against this background, where does Luna and her “The Tower” rank in 2024? I think it has a really good chance of pleasing the audience and going beyond the semi-final stage. There are several reasons. Basic: It’s a slick, rhythmic radio song. You can listen to it while driving to work in the morning, it doesn’t tire you out, it doesn’t loop or irritate you. Luna has a very nice, soft voice that catches the ear well. After the second listening, you can easily repeat the melody line, which is also important when it comes to voting.
Eurovision 2024. Luna’s competition in the first semi-final
. We still don’t know seven proposals – Croatia, Serbia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Iceland and Portugal have not yet selected their candidates, Cyprus will present the song only in over a week. Meanwhile, the competition that has already emerged looks like this:
Ireland, Bambie Thug, “Doomsday Blue” – this is something strange and with this proposal Ireland will not get to the final again. This will continue the bad streak that has been going on since 2014. In the last ten years, Ireland have reached the final… once. Bambie Thug won’t make it, which means there are still four countries left to beat.
Lithuania, Silvester Belt, “Luktelk” – in the case of Lithuania’s proposal, we can count on the fact that Silvester will not be able to carry his song vocally on stage live and will start to fake it so much that everyone’s ears will fall off. However, his “Luktelk” has a lot in common with our “The Tower”. This is a good listen and it could be a place in the final.
Ukraine, Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil, “Teresa & Maria” – Rap rarely appears on the Eurovision stage, and Ukraine would like to present it to Europe. Is the song about Mother Teresa and the Virgin Mary THE one? I don’t keep my fingers crossed for this proposal, but due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, this song will probably get enough points to advance to the final. For now, Ukraine is leading in bookmakers’ quotations.
Finland, Windows95man, “No rules” – People will either love them or hate them. Finland doesn’t pretend to take this competition seriously, it puts a guy in a white T-shirt with the Windows logo and flesh-colored pants. If the men put on the same show on stage as they did at the pre-selection Uuden Mussikin Kilpailu competition, they will have a guaranteed place in the final.
Luxembourg, Tali, “Fighter” – Luxembourg returns to the competition after more than 20 years. The song “Fighter” is unfortunately unlistenable and you can safely assume that Tali will fail on stage in all these fancy sound tricks. I don’t want to believe that Luxembourg will manage to book a place in the final with this song. Nothing makes sense here.
Moldova, Natalia Barbu, “In the middle” – a piece of the “tiring, a bit ethnic, spoofing” genre. I hope this is not what we want to hear twice in 2024 – both during the semi-final and in the final. Let’s not do this to ourselves.
Slovenia, Raiven, “Veronika” – Raiven’s proposal is that although it is rather heavy, it is very good to listen to. Slovenia is a competition unknown here. For now, bookmakers are reluctant to award points here, but viewers on YouTube have a different opinion.
Against the background of these songs, our Luna appears – literally – in white. “The Tower” has a beautiful beginning, rhythmic chorus. You may really like it, but we are only dealing with a version that has not yet been adapted to the big Eurovision stage. There will also be visualizations and additional dancers. If only Luna delivers with her voice (extremely difficult sixths, and earlier low sounds, which are also easy to listen to), all this should give us a pass to the finals. Especially since there are already worse players in our semi-finals, against whom Luna shines effortlessly.
Do I support this proposal more than Blanka’s “Solo”? Yet how. In her pre-selection performance, Blanka showed that singing is her hobby, but definitely not her strong suit. She conquered Eurovision with her dancing (the dance interlude, also used by Spain and Israel), beauty and the very, very hard work put into making the sounds pure. Even during live performances, Luna doesn’t have to be afraid of all this – she has a voice, a good song and a good chance not only to reach the finals, but also to take a decent place in it.
Source: Gazeta
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