Tara Wills cover Amazing

From Hungary... very amazing and interesting cover! Congratulations Tara!

First semifinal: Critique of the day later

I already know that now it is very easy to think about the happened. Without doubting Tanja had to be in the final and it would be one of top 5 on saturdays final, but I want to think about the happened. 

Hit song, stylist, choreography, feelings between the couple, makeup, hard work realized... quite perfect, I don't have words, the Estonian team is the best!.

I cannot say anything on what they vote for the associations of Eurovision or the public who often is influenced per the geopolitics and votes to the neighboring country, to the country where he/she was born... but yes that I can think what I saw on Tuesday. 

With the help of the music expert Telly Ulman, she has made me think a series of details that some I already advanced these night but that she deepens and extends.

We add all the themes that Tanja already was taking dragging: seemed with Loreen (the public has not understood that it could be a complementary performance to Loreen) and the problematics or confusion in the public if she was singing live... the following observations:

· As Telly says, this stage was too big for this dance and song. Unlike the Eesti laul and the video clip of the song, certainly the intimate and romantic atmosphere that has to demonstrate the song gets lost in a too big stage. Probably without lights (everything the dark one), and a few areas lighting them the most striking atmosphere had been created between them...

· Cameras work was not right: I already said that it looked like to me a good idea to begin stretched on the stage and with the camera in the "sky". Nevertheless any change rapidly...

The most common characteristic in the action: cameras very far from the performance. This already I observed it on Tuesday article in the night. Too deep... all very far... no intimacy between them... too much light... In addition Tanja's face is seen very rarely.

 

Backing vocals? Once or twice, I was thinking that they were not... and yes! Marvi, Kaire and Marilin they were on the corner of the whole scene... Does someone know how they were dressed? Were they handsome?

Backing vocals? on the right corner!

The intimate atmosphere returns to lose, you do not believe yourself the history... The camera focus from very far, again and again... now from the sky!... there are once or twice that once focus from above (they two almost do not meet) and in once one sees up to the whole flight of steps of the public...

From the sky... where are Tanja and Argo?

public? this breaks furthermore the romantic history of the moment...

In the most difficult moment of the whole choreography... the reflections on the stage also seem to me to be guessed right... also the camera had to be one more poc nearby...

This mirror below...

I believe that some spectator will have needed these small mistakes but will not have been decisive for Tanja's elimination. The juror already is different, they know much more of music and they might have been fixed in these details... I also want to add to my comment that any other experts in Estonia, Juhan Paadam in Õhtuleht magazine has also noted some other design flaw or strategy errors (he refers to brown color).

Though I return to repeat that Tanja would be in the top 5 undoubtedly. In the first semifinal there has qualified some country that was not deserving it... and they have forced Estonia to remain out of the final.

The principal motive: I believe that the people have not understood the difficult thing that is to sing and to dance at the same time...

Do not be the one who decided the sights of the cameras and stage design but... I am sorry, it has not been too guessed right... Sometimes the grandeur of the stage can be a negative weapon... The stage of the Eesti laul was perfect for this song and choreography.

This blog has never been of critique always it has been of promotion and spreading of the artist... but all the magazines do, we also want to think.

Already well I have said my opinion... it continues being a terrible injustice not to reward Tanja's and Argo hard work in these months... do not worry Tanja, already you are international!.

Tanja says in this video "All the contestants are amazing"

Today photos and Video of Tanja in the old town of Copenhagen - at Eurovision Village

Songs: Amazing and Cover of Vaya Con Dios «Nah Neh Nah» 

Song: Amazing

Song: Amazing 

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Cover of Vaya Con Dios «Nah Neh Nah

"Ringvaade" interview to Tanja before and after the withdrawal

This photo leads to a video program "Ringvaade" of ETV that explored the emotions in the first Eurovision semi-final stage, before and after the withdrawal.

Also we know impressions of: Marvi Vallaste, Kaire Vilgats, Marilin Kongo, Mikk Saar and Timo Vendt

Initial reactions from the press of Estonia to the elimination of Tanja

First videos interviews to Tanja after eliminated in the semifinal.... she is sad but says it is a wonderful experience and there's more to think how each country voted... everything is done... what fortitude that shows this girl!.

Video by ERR

Photo Postimees by Tairo Lutter

"What happened? Estonia did not get the finals" says Õhtuleht magazine, 

"Sorry! Estonia did not make the finals of the Eurovision" says Elu24

and Publik Delfi says "SUMMARY: The sad! Tanja superhuman effort is not guaranteed to Estonia in the Eurovision finals".

Gallery postimees Tanja and Estonian team at Green Room

Tanja shines in Europe but she cannot qualify by the final

The festival of Eurovision is like that... Today Tanja and Argo have done an exceptional choreography in the first semi-final of the festival of Eurovision with wonderful lifts and flyings that have left without words many people... and nevertheless it could not have classified Tanja by the final. 

Estonian team from Tanja official page on Facebook

Beginning choreography both stretched on the stage still creates more excitement in the story and dancing... she danced with her habitual fluency... as if she was doing it among friends... nobody would suspect that as minimum 100 millions of persons watching TV show in this moment.

I've only seen a single flaw: I have not seen at any time that the camera focus on the three backing vocals: Marvi Vallaste, Marilin Kongo and Kaire Vilgats.

Photo by Sander Hesterman (EBU)

How can it be this? Yesterday I looked at OGAE's results 2014 (OGAE is the world biggest fan organisation for the ESC) and had the impression that today would not be OK... Of 40 countries where the fans issued your vote only 4 voted for Estonia... it seems to be impossible but it is like that... Normally the one who gains this fans' voting gains the contest... if this is like that this year would gain Sanna Nielsen from Sweden (I have to say that "Undo" it is a striking and deep song).

I could never have understood since it can be known for what I will vote... this only is a hypothesis not? Since one sees that it is not a hypothesis.

The names of the favorites in the houses of bets also repeat themselves in OGAE: Sweden, Armenia, Hungary... they return to repeat like like eternal nominated.

Photo by Postimees

The weight that Tanja is supporting all this time with her similar dance to Loreen finally has been imposed and has separated her of the final. Incredible and unjust punishment... In agreement it is possible to compare but cannot this dance be complementary to Loreen?. Nobody has been understood either by this, or the juror or the public... and I return to say the same thing who can sing and dance simultaneously without losing the voice as Tanja?. 

Does not this deserve a prize? It looks like Loreen... and what? The repeated conjuration thousand times in the interviews finally has happened... There were more probabilities of being in the final (10 countries on 16) but the punishment has been too strong...

Tanja's light has shone in Europe but the end has been too sudden and violent... she has enjoyed the best festival of Europe's music but the final result to the realized effort is bitter and unjust... Don't worry Tanja, now Europe already knows you, you have many new fans. 

Thanks to you and following your career I could have known much better the festival within and that it did not know (red carpet, opening ceremony, press conferences, meet and greet...) and we have many new videos, hundreds of photographies, post and numerous interviews in english... for what more can I ask? Please, don't worry!.