Daniel's Song Race All Stars • S01 W02 • Judges' Critiques

A nice song! I liked it, nothing more, nothing less really. And after all, you had Armenia so you weren't exactly spoiled for choice either - and you sent one of their best entries too so well done on that! You did what you could, and it paid off in my scores! Looking forward to hearing more from you, sweetie!

Ehhh, you could do better than this. I mean, you have Romania which is undoubtedly the worst country you could have in terms of my ranking (alternative music sweetie i'm so sorry), so I did show some pity by not giving you a 1... but this song just isn't it. Boring, contrived, typical Romanian pop, [the antigaga code], you get the gist. I hope I see better from you.

Honey, the redemption challenge was last week! You're a bit late!
This was possibly the wisest and most thoughtful decision this week. You sent the best recent Russian entry, and it's actually a good song as well. I also admire the fact you went for a song with a bad result. Clearly, you took our advice from last week and you searched for that rough diamond - something you didn't do last week. You have proven yourself to be a worthy contestant, and I hope you can continue this success! Very well done!

Of course, Bangir Bangir is undoubtedly a bop... but I'm just not bought on why you chose it. It's painfully obvious, it's extremely popular outside of the NVSC sphere, there are better choices and it isn't exactly an adventurous song. Knowing what you're capable of, you could do much better, but I'm still giving it points because it is truly a bop to be honest.

Yeah, I like this! It's typical eastern European pop but with an atypical twist, and deserves to do well. My only concern is - like Madame Sheila - it wasn't exactly the most adventurous choice you could have made, and I've judged you in the past: you are capable of delving into the deep. Don't stay at the shallow end, but regardless, well done!

Well... Hungary isn't really the best country to get either way...
but you still managed to send the worst song possible. I know, it isn't your typical NVSC Hungarian pop song, but that doesn't disqualify this from being one of the most cretinous NVSC songs of all time. I am a bit ashamed, Tracy sweetie. You gave me so much hype for you in your first week, but that seems to have dissipated. You're going to have to earn that hype back!