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Olivier Rocher from France

Let’s be honest here. When CyBC said they would go internal this year, I thought “Oh My!”. When Minus One were announced as the Cypriot entrants, I couldn’t help but say “Rock for Aphrodite island? Really???”. Eventually, “Alter Ego” was premiered with a high quality music video and I was more that positively surprised! Compared to the 2 other rock entries this year (Georgia and Montenegro), Cyprus is way over the top! What a track! From the very first note it’s powerful, catchy and modern, without being one of those messy rock acts that we are used to hear. The singer (a French man by the way) has a great voice that suits “Alter Ego” perfectly. For sure, the Cyprus entry will stand out, and in a good way. Once again, a live performance would be great to see how good this entry is. But for me Minus One have to qualify!

Luka Popovic from Serbia

This is a good pop-rock song and by far the best when compared to other entries in the same genre. With so many ballads around, I think the song should generally do well, at least in the semi final, especially if producers give it a good running order. For me the last part of the song is the best, when the beat slows down and the lyrics become more audible. It is a catchy entry.

Jaime Solloso from Spain

This is a very potent number, it starts off with the lyrics and the “you know” line which by itself is fairly annoying but the song does have a great melody and impacts straight from the beginning. Minus One do tell a story with the song and use the instrumental sounds to add gravitas where needed. Although it’s a sort of pop-rock number, it is miles away from Lordi, which is no bad thing. We have evolved from that time and this son gis very much the voice of now. Again, staging is key. Depending how this is staged it could do very well. The fear is that if the acoustics are not right, it may sound flat. It’s certainly a Top 3 contender, if performed correctly on the night.

OIKOPANEL VOTING

FIRST SEMI FINAL	TOTAL
Armenia	38 points	05	05	04	04	08	06	03	03
Austria	28 points	02	01	08	01	01	04	01	10
Azerbaijan	58 points	08	07	07	07	07	08	08	06
Bosnia & Herzegovina	32 points	05	03	05	05	06	05	01	02
Croatia	60 points	04	08	06	10	10	08	04	10
Cyprus	60 points	08	07	08	10	04	06	10	07
Czech Republic	00 points	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00
Estonia	00 points	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00
Finland	00 points	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00
Greece	00 points	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00
Hungary	00 points	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00
Iceland	00 points	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00
Malta	00 points	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00
Moldova	00 points	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00
Montenegro	00 points	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00
Russia	00 points	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00
San Marino	00 points	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00
The Netherlands	00 points	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00

*oikopanel is consisted of Fotis Konstantopoulos (Greece), Morten Kaiser (Denmark), Jaime Solloso (Spain), Olivier Rocher (France), Victor Cruz Lafuente (Spain), Luka Popovic (Serbia), Alenka Alexandrovic (Switzerland) and Andreas Athanasiou (Greece)