WWW Song Contest #71

BTW Samira has a new song and as always it's amazing 😍

I don’t think it has to do with that to be honest...Because pretty much the same people pushed the country into their first TOP 10 placing last decade. I guess it’s just a matter of trying different stuff and genres, as well as a matter of luck, as this edition was for instance quite tough. Maybe this entry would’ve reached the TOP 10 had it been a weaker edition. But in any case, I guess it doesn’t have to do with being indifferent to Filipino songs but with just not liking the entry as much.

I mean, you're basically just repeating my words You're saying it yourself that the entries sent are just underwhelming. So what do you expect from people? I don't think that in any contest, players will be like "Oh let's give this country and help it do well, because they're in general not very successful". Everyone just votes according to what they like and not according to how successful a country is. At the same time, you're referring to the difference between a song contest and a showcase. Unfortunately, the majority of the people taking part just want a good result and they don't mind sending songs that are not representative of their countries' music industry (many examples can be found from the earlier till the most recent editions). So obviously, if someone tries to send something that is more "ethnic" in some sense, it might do well and be highly appreciated but at the same time it might as well flop, because it might sound weird to people. That's just tastes varying. People get to choose what to send indeed but from the moment they decide to go with something, that should mean that they support it and that's what counts. The outcome is not to be decided by the one who submits though, it's the rest of the people deciding.

You even mentioned that your country is unlucky. Well, exactly what I said; sometimes it's also a matter of luck. So what would you expect us to do for that? If, whenever they sent something good, the edition was pretty tough, then obviously it would be less likely for the song to enter the TOP 10. Philippines is also not a participating country in ESC (it might seem irrelevant but it still plays its role as ESC countries can send NF songs/artists or ESC artists who are more known and whose songs might be already quite known), so it is obviously harder for them to do well than it would be for almost any other European country or so. I also don't think it's appropriate to compare the fact that some countries which debuted after Philippines managed to get a TOP 10 result earlier; obviously they were lucky enough to send the right song at the right edition and the best thing to do is to congratulate them for their achievement.

At the end of all this, it is just a song contest, so I wouldn't be disappointed about the results. There are much more important things in life and much more serious stuff to feel disappointed about.

I totally feel and understand you. Like Mimis say life goes on