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Monday, August 6, 2012

Tobson's Ranking: #10 Albania

Artistic, demanding and difficult. Albania making it into top five is surely the sensation of the year.



Rona Nishliu - Suus (Albania 2012)

Through the years, Eurovision audiences have shown that they like easy songs. Ditties. Choruses with handles, the kind you can hum along to or sing in the shower.

Try singing this one in the shower and you'll burst an artery or something.

In short, given the usual standards of this contest, the Albanian entry should not have stood a chance. But then Rona Nishliu swept in, took the stage, imposed herself on the audience and demanded their attention before delivering her big ballad in the way that stars do.

It just proves that also more demanding material belongs to Eurovision, especially when there is a powerful voice and a whole lot of star quality there to back them up. Suus scoring highly this year was more than a success for Albania, it was a bit of a victory for the entire contest.

My grade: 4/5

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