Russia - 1 Win
Sergey Lazarev - "Scream"

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Romania - 0 wins
Ester Peony - "On a Sunday"

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An epic ballad verses a jazz-pop song that is very similar to Latvia's song last year. Ester doesn't articulate her vocals as well as Laura Rizzotto did last year. Hopefully Ester will perform her song better.

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Sergey was unlucky to not win Eurovision in 2016, ( Read more... )

Latvia - 1 win
Carousel - "That Night"

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Lithuania - 0 wins
Jurij Veklenko - "Run with the Lions"

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Trendy hipster music verses a trendy young thing. It is obvious which one is prettier but neither song is a stand out and both are borderline at best to qualify.

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Jurij is a talent show graduate who is singing a song that sounds like a 'winners single' ( Read more... )