Fortuna Music Contest #08 • Nantes, France

Even if the song isn't eligible, this is such a great winner. V-pop truly shining through with its brilliance here, congratulations Martin!
Solid pop even though I think this is slightly overrated. Not really original, but the production quality is quite high here.
  After that iconic Milica Pavlovic victory in NNMC, I understand the hype for this and pushing it for top 3. Balkan bops can still deliver.
I freaking love this Egyptian entry and the song is still underrated. Should have been the runner-up behind Vietnam, we need to see more from the middle-east and especially their more experimental stuff.
I feel that the song is very messy and the vocals doesn't fit the all-over-the-place production. The song felt very standard too, I do not get the push for top 5 here.
Country is easy to digest and the the chours is effective, I can see high placement for his even if I don't like this.
Pongo is a great artist and have so many good songs in her discography worth sharing. Angola has a very interesting music scene that is still underrepresented, check it out!
A creative entry and this does stand out a lot. Just unfortunate that the song isn't my cup of tea for giving it points, it's not a bad entry. Well done Ferret!
Too niche and edgy to break even, but damn... The entry is freaking great and I love how the crazy noise synths are executed here to make the song explosive. I'm really happy this made it to the top 10.
 Narkis is a super competent artist and her songs have top tier production always. Top 10 is logical.
Kazakhstan have a very strong music scene and is a powerhouse in this forum and other places. There are better Kazakh songs than this, but still a solid entry (cute even).
Ugh... Very standard radio pop, not even well-produced. I don't get how this is almost top 10.
Not too compelling or original, but the production is neat.
Underrated as f*ck, alternative stuff from Sweden is underused in generad. Should have been placed way higher.
Great art direction for the MV and decent enough pop song for that single point. But still very standard.
One of the most creative entries this edition, I love this side of South Korea. I just wish the chorus were much stronger.
I really want to like this, the song is authentic and the concept they aimed for is more than appreciated. Only if the song had a way better production team to make everything about it much stronger. The song comes across as very cheap as it is right now.
Yeah... My backup is not very competitive and had this shortlisted for another contest in years. Was a good enough opportunity to unearth "Rain" for Fortuna and see if the entry will stick, it did not as it turned.
80s vibes songs can work really well if you got the right execution for this. This entry doesn't work at all, the jarring duo vocal clash with the 80s synths and the song itself isn't very strong. Kind of the same as with South Korea and New Zealand, with very interesting ideas on paper that don't really work in practice.
Super iconic MV and the song is damn fun. Maybe too mellow and doing too little with the stuff they got to break even. I think this is underrated still.
This would have done much better in the actual contest, this would be what Europe would expect from iconic greek schlager. Doesn't fit Fortuna unfortunately.
No comment here... It's not worth it...
Death on arrival... The United States has an ever-increasing underground scene that can do every niche style with top-tier production, with so much untapped potential. Very disappointing to send Bruno Mars here...