Netherlands
Hind
Your Heart Belongs To Me
Very charismatic performer and on the face of it a great chorus with a nice build, though falters towards the end when it ought to be stomping to a climax. Might just drag the Dutch into the final, then with a good draw give a mid table result. She can sing live, which seems to be the
thing she has over the Armenian girl. 6/10
Alexander-NL:
I’m happy with our choice of artist this year. She’s such a doll. Lovely girl, inside and out. I was kinda hoping for something more out there for the song though. To me this sounds like the song that just failed to make her last album. It’s not a bad song by all means though, I just seriously doubt the votes will come rushing in for it. To me it’s not unlikely she’ll make it via the jury and then do badly in the final.
6/10 (20th)
Boog:
One hybrid followed by another. An unfortunate draw for both with the three of the four virtually indistinguishable songs of this genre in the same semi. The version I have is a live one and clearly confirms this girl’s inability to hold long notes; they’ll need to beef up the backing singers at the end of a few lines to avoid the poor girl being exposed unnecessarily. I love the fact that to get to the Kroller Muller national museum in the Netherlands you have to get a train, then a bus, then (if you wish ) a bike (the driveway is looong!)
Personal Score out of ten (4) Winnschans (0%)
Harrow:
More MOR from the Dutch. Nice singer though. 5/10
Lobo:
Listened about 1 minute in a live version. No chance in hell.
MerseyMike:
They seem to have repeated last year’s feat of choosing a good singer and saddling her with a song of breathtaking dullness. This will get some neighbourly Belgian votes but other than that – a good bet for bottom of the pile. 4
Stefan:
For a country whose entries are often as flat as the landscape, they're entering a surprisingly good tune with some semi-exotic elements owed to Hind's background. I'm afraid that still won't help much though. 6/10.
Tore:
This is a pretty decent song. It’s a straight forward pop song with a touch of Arabic in the chorus. It sort of aiming at the same voters as Greece and Armenia (I think) and based on that I’m afraid The Netherlands will suffer badly. But we’ll see. Chances of qualifying: 30%
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