With his song The whole universe, Switzerland’s Gjon’s Tears has qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place on Saturday. Thursday evening, during the second final which took place in Rotterdam, the young Romand surprised by a minimalist scenography. While some prognosticators saw him in a rich setting and at the piano, the young Romand sang The whole universe in a sober arrangement, made of black and white.
At the end of the evening, Gjon’s Tears was declared a finalist in a list which includes, in its first contenders, Albania, Serbia, Bulgaria and Moldova.
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A pretty bad selection, let’s say it
It must be admitted that the Swiss hope appeared in a selection of the second final on the whole rather heartbreaking, marked by the performances of fireworks type fitness room (Uku Suviste, Estonia), of an almost shocking self-assumed doll in 2021 (Stefania, for Greece), from an infuriating Amen thudded by the Austrian competitor, Vincent Bueno, not to mention the endless and unbearable chanting of the Polish candidate, a TV presenter forcibly launched in place of the singer scheduled for 2020.
Worse and worse
Serbia was represented by three singers with hair as long as the quantity of botox injected into their faces, while Finland – there, nothing changes – vociferated by a group of imitation-hard rock full of flame and, we It almost smells like Rabbit Kulta.
Note that the quality of the offers increased throughout the evening. With the singer Victoria, Bulgaria breathed a precise and touching pop-folk, far from the pretenses seen before.
A competition between francophones? Or Albanian?
Obviously, the French Barbara Pravi, with her very Piaf – and talented – assertion here, represents a threat for the young Swiss, in the sector of the rare songs of the 2021 competition that are not in English.
Ironically enough, another threat to Gjon’s Tears could come from Albania – first cited Thursday night, let us remember -, whose singer Anxhela Peristeri delivered a quite touching song.
Gjon’s Tears, a Swiss course
Civilian Gjon Muharremaj, Gjon’s Tears was born in 1998 in Switzerland, to a family from Albania and Kosovo. In 2019 he participated in The Voice. Last year he caused a sensation with his song Answer me, which was to represent Switzerland at Eurovision, which was finally canceled. The title was written by the tandem Aliose, author of several successes including As we breathe.
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This 2021 edition of Eurovision takes place in Rotterdam because of the nationality of the winner of the year 2019. However, the winner of the 2019 edition of Eurovision, the Dutchman Duncan Laurence, tested positive for Covid-19, had to cancel his participation in the final on Saturday.
An opinion on this 2nd final?
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