The Netherlands finished selecting their entry for Baku and the outcome is, ehm, a little bit surprising.
Try to picture a woman looking a little bit like Cher's younger sister who always longed for a role in "Dances With Wolves" and occasionally dresses up like a sqaw and playing the guitar. At the same time.
Dress her up with a song straight out of the summer of love, a Joan Baez goes Both Sides Now-kind of song that has always, secretly, wished to be a singalong schlager.
Trying to fit all these pieces together? Failing miserably?
Joan Franka does not have an easy task to pull this song off and secure the first Dutch spot in a final since 2004, but I would not count her out just yet. This song is catchy in its own little way and will stand out soundwise as well as visually among the other entries.
If the audience will like that or not is too big a question at the moment, but is by no means the weakest entry the Dutch sent in lately. Sometimes it pays off to be brave.
Joan Franka - You And Me (Netherlands 2012)
Lol this is something I might expect from one of those small eastern european countries, but not from a more progressive nation like The Netherlands.
ReplyDeleteI LOVEEEEE this entrance!
ReplyDeleteGreat great great! DEF a WINNER!