(Belgium NF 2002)
mp3: http://www.sendspace.com/file/zxhkf7
Let’s take a close look at the Flemish national finals over the last 20 years. What do Ingeborg, Barbara Dex, Lisa Del Bo and Vanessa Chinitor have in common? They were not only female vocalists but also safe choices. So when Sergio was picked to represent Belgium in 2002
with Sister, it was a rather brave choice: the Flemish version of rock ‘n’ roll. But, as the following years would prove, it was more chosen because of the hype that was created around one specific song than because of musical merits.
The biggest victim of the Sergio-hype was – no doubt – Yasmine Karraz with Take This Heart. When I watched her perform this song live on TV, I don’t know what happened but she even managed to shut up my boyfriend. 3 minutes later we looked at each other and asked
ourselves: what was that!? We both had been listening speechless to one of the most brilliantly performed songs in a Belgian national final ever.
She won her heat and ended third in the final but I’ll never ever forgive the jury for not picking this young girl with her sweet song. Especially when they commented that in the televoting age a ballad wouldn’t do well … Two years later Cyprus showed us that we should’ve ended 5th in 2002 with the much better Take this heart!
I couldn’t find a youtube-link of her performance but Harrow was so kind to make this song available through esnips …
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2 comments:
Nice song, first time I hear it. Her voice is a bit too sugary for my liking, very Disney sounding ballad.
Not a patch on my Jessica though, she'd have crapped all over this! ;)
It sounded much better live, too bad i couldn't find the youtube-link ...
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