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Mother
AXEL
HIRSOUX
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SECHUK
JURY
163.5
/
280 (58.4%)
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INTERNATIONAL
JURY
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BELGIUM
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JURY TOTAL
86
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Amar
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In
retrospect this is a very nice ballad that has a stellar voice to
back it up, but in a year filled with ballads, this is just another
bore. It will just get lost in the mix.
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5
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Axel
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Quite good.
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6
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Benedek
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Quality
ballad good vocals.I think
Belgium
it
has chance to go to the final.I like this song.
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8
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Douwe
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Axel has an amazing voice and there is no escaping the fact that
he gives his all when singing this song. Having said that 'Mother'
is just that little bit too cheesy and sugary for it to be a real
contender. With so many other powerful and emotional ballads and
performances I worry that some of them may cancel each other out.
Belgium
does
deserve a place in the final though ...
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7
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Elias
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Completely
boring with childish lyrics
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5
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José
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Axel
is a incredible performer, he put us in the exact position he
intend, just inside the song. However, I hardly see the young voters
touched on their heart, by a song that they might find even
depressive.
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6
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Mark
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Please pass the bucket! I love my mother and all that but what on
earth were the Belgian public and jury thinking about. Hideous
Hideous Hideous!
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0.5
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Melissa
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I don't mind this song, but it's hardly groundbreaking stuff, and
in a semi-final full of great ballads, particularly from
Azerbaijan
,
Sweden
and
Montenegro
, I suspect this will quickly be forgotten when it comes to the
recaps. Axel's voice and the lyrics of this warrant extra points.
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6.5
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Octavio
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I like this song! It's just so beautiful, the perfomance
is touching and powerfull! It's perfect, this a song that
could connect and relate to most of the viewers than this. His voice
is awesome.
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9
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Paul
C
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This just is not my type of music at all. Yes, Axel has a
powerful voice but it is too melodramatic for me. Having said that,
I think this entry deserves a place in the final but not winning the
competition.
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6
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Pia
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Ok , he´s a good singer, but the melody is to difficult to
remember , too complicated, sorry
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6
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Roberto
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You
might think this is a predictable, obvious, glazed song. A vaguely
retro atmosphere, a bit gloomy, a bit exaggerated. The song is
yearning, well interpreted, full of feelings. Axel is a very
talented singer: his performance gives emotions and this is becoming
"a rare thing" in the ESC. A classical and classy song
that goes "desperately alive".
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9
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Roy
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Many years ago Barbara Streisand had a song called Mother which
became a classic. Will this "Mother" replaces that? The
singer has a very good voice and actually the whole production
reminds me of Malta 2005 "Angel". So is a second place
also the outcome for this song?
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8
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Samantha
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Ok, his voice is good, so I give him
credit for that. But I get seriously turned off by overly-maudlin,
sappy ballads, and anything that describes one's mother as
"soul mate" immediately brings my mind to Norman Bates.
Eesh.
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4
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UNITED KINGDOM
JURY
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BELGIUM
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JURY
TOTAL
77.5
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Andrew
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Oh
my goodness another ballad sung by a man but this really tugs on the
emotions. I said it was possibly
Yerevan
next
year but I think this has enough impact to take the prize to
Antwerpen.
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8
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Brian
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OK so this may seem a bit corny but it got a lump in my throat.
He delivers it well and makes it believable and as a male
ballad is to me much better than
Norway
. Well done
Belgium
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8.5
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Danny
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Well Axel
is a good singer. Sadly that is the ONLY positive thing about this
song. The lyrics are laughable and the performance is overwrought,
but this type of song has it’s fans so I can actually see it doing
well. For me though, this is the worst song of the contest by a
country mile.
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0.5
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David
A
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This
shows just how long three minutes can be. We waited almost to the
end to get the worst song in the contest I have heard since 1983.
Sounds as though it was written by a child for a school project or
the first JESC. This annoys me so it will defiantly win.
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0.5
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David
B
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Like
Norway
,
Belgium
goes for a large bearded man with a
ballad. However the Belgian effort is a mawkish, slightly creepy
affair. Not my cup of anything but this kind of thing goes down well
with those who sit glued to trashy talent shows. I think this might
do worryingly well.
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4
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David
E
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For me this is the musical equivalent of a Nestlé's Milky Bar.
Unnaturally sickly and sweet with a vague hint of baby vomit.
However, the masses will overindulge in this sugar-fest in droves
and come May, the Milky Bars will be on him!
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7
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Dean
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Great
voice and the tune is kind of fine. But the whole Mother thing? Just
seems a bit odd to me.
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6
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Eddie
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A
very musical theatre entry. He has a very good voice and the song
builds nicely around him. In a year of ballads, it does stand out as
a old fashioned ballad with a big voice. The simple performance will
see this to the final.
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7
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Gary
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This is a wow performance of a good
song. The guy sure can sing, but the title could send the song
either way. On the balance most people hold their mum in high
esteem, so this should strike a chord, as it did with Ruslana. Maybe
a little insipid, but go
Belgium
!
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7.5
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Matt
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I like this one! The lyrics are
perhaps a little 'tweet' and 'cringy' but the sentiment is sincere.
Nice to see someone a little larger taking to the stage and he does
indeed have a powerful voice; it perhaps could do with a little more
control but a forceful presence.
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6
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Nico
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Yeah , it's a good old fashioned belter , yeah very old fashioned, but
who cares? I can see
Belgium
doing rather well this.
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8
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Paul
J
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Great voice but I can’t help finding this a little bit creepy.
Boy has mother issues! Will probably qualify but then again it’s
an easier year…
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4
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Sally-Ann
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Penned by the
Scarborough
writer who
composed Tom Dice's brilliant "Me & My Guitar", this
in contrast is the Mother of all bad songs. Dreary tune, badly sung.
No final for
Belgium
again.
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2
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Tristán
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Belgium
left some crackers behind in the semifinals, but
"Mother" was for me the best of the ones that did make the
cut. Very emotional, and bound to do very very well, especially with
19 Eurovision countries celebrating Mother's Day that week. Still, I
wish it were 2Fabiola representing the Belgians instead.
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8.5
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