Three Minutes To Earth

THE SHIN & MARIKO

SECHUK JURY

85.5

/ 280 (30.5%)

INTERNATIONAL JURY

GEORGIA

JURY TOTAL

37.5

Amar

I am thoroughly confused by this. I don't even know if I listened to a song from start to finish after hearing it, it just has an awful arrangement. I do applaud Georgia 's efforts... but, I can't imagine a single person that would pick up their phones to vote for this.

2

Axel

OMG, this is just strange.

0.5

Benedek

This country has an ok entry this year.It is not bad but good either.I don't know how much chance it has. For me is forgettable but my opinion is just one.

4

Douwe

The most different song in this years contest comes from Georgia . Folk meets modern music mixed with country and even quotes from Bach. As ambitious as it may be it also represents a risk as it sounds hectic, very messy and thrown together.

3

Elias

And out of nowere appears the most un-interesting song of 2014. What the hell they were thinking when they peak this

2

José

I like the colour of the voice of Mariko, other than that I find this song a 3 minutes cumulus of yells and inharmonious noices, that are forced together. Somehow I'm not surprised with this result, seems that my musical times has been hisotrically far away from Georgia .

4.5

Mark

this is the song I have been looking forward to most as Georgia have been in my top 5 for the last 5 years. But I have to be honest this is just awful. Everything I hate in a song

1.5

Melissa

I cannot get into this at all. It feels like they've got 3 different songs with different BPM's to play simultaneously on a dodgy music app. They do get a few points from me though for choosing to return to Georgian composers.

2

Octavio

I'm not quite sure what to think about the song. It's extremely different, this is almost experimental music. Not brilliant, but a bit refreshing. The vocals could use some work though, but I like the musical elements.

4

Paul C

Oh dear !. What a mess of a song, it goes in all directions, I don't get it, it looks like a mix of different song put into one. Can't see Georgia getting any points this year.

0.5

Pia

Take the female singer away ! And maybe just maybe I could give some more points. This is crap!

2

Roberto

Ok Georgia, we are joking. Where's your entry please ? But, in its way, it's something different from the same old story we saw so far. Something different, yes, but confused and weak in many points. It seems an offhanded journey from the Native American Indians to the mainstream M.O.R. songs of the 70s. Good idea, hasty and failed result.

5.5

Roy

So far I have not hated a song this year, okay some are 4 or so out of 10, but I thought this year would bring no awful songs but this is truly awful. I cannot understand that anybody can think this is nice music to listen to, I just hear strange sounds or noises. The title should have been THREE MINUTES TOO LONG, well, the 3 minutes felt like 3 days to me. I never thought the JOKER song of 2012 would now sound like a GEM compared to this.

0.5

Samantha

Applause for doing something different! The immediate image that I got when hearing this was a deleted scene from "Hair". Structure is hard to follow, but Mariko's voice is interesting (Shakira-like?).  

5.5

UNITED KINGDOM JURY

GEORGIA

JURY TOTAL

48

Andrew

Is this a song. Or more accurately is it just one song? The musical equivalent of a 'cut and shut' motor and equally undesirable. Why did they bother going all the way to Stuttgart to record it!

1

Brian

Probably the most unusual song of the contest but it has something that I can't quite put my finger on at the moment. I like this and keep playing it. I think it will qualify to the final

7.5

Danny

This song is completely devoid of both structure and tune. A complete and utter mess from start to finish. Georgia clearly are another country who don’t want to win this year, and if this qualifies, I will be ASTOUNDED.

1

David A

It is difficult to find the words to describe this three minutes of self indulgent babble. It’s a bit like that point of a hangover when you can’t chose between throwing up and eating a pork pie and all you can do is lie on the sofa hoping to die. You know it will pass but the experience is hell.

1

David B

It's a little bit country, it's a little bit jazz, it's a whole lot weird. Very reminiscent of Pentangle's output from the early 1970s. I applaud Georgia 's attempt to break away from anything remotely traditionally Eurovision. How will this one be staged? I'm looking forward to finding out.

8

David E

Goodness, early 70's, floaty kaftan-wearing prog rock.  I suspect you may need to be in some kind of drug induced haze to really "dig" what these crazy dudes are going on about... It's certainly not Nodi! 

2

Dean

What is this?  How do you go about writing something like this? At the beginning I thought something had gone wrong. It was almost deliberately non-musical.  No.

1

Eddie

I think this was gonna be a great ethnic ballad and then goes into some MoR / country / improve / funk mixture. When she comes in, it sounds better. It does get better but then goes off track again. I am very confused by this entry. Please stop it.

3.5

Gary

I often harp on about nations sending their own song and not buying one in from another country. Top marks to Georgia for not doing that. What they have done though is confusing. I’m getting flower power and some strange wailing. When the voices kick in properly, they are damn good voices, but they don’t seem to have considered who this musical structure will appeal to - too meandering without finding a level that works.

2.5

Matt

Umm, well, it is a long three minutes and quite frankly awful and a mess.  Sorry but did anyone think this would be a good idea as their voices blend like fingernails on a blackboard. Querky and off the wall.

1

Nico

Nice idea, kudos for being adventurous and a nice video. So that's the positives. Someone might like it.... but not me. Would not choose to listen to it again.

4

Paul J

Well it’s certainly different! I’ve liked most of Georgia ’s songs apart from that hideous thing in 2011… Not a fan of yodelling though. What a shame, I’d love them to win one day. Even though they’ve got a Shakira-soundalike, it’s not going to be Tbilisi 2015!

4

Sally-Ann

In a year of the bizarre, the whimsical and the downright tuneless, Georgia manages to encapsulate all three with a largely instrumental folk tune that baffles rather than bewitches.  Stick to your Waterfalls, Georgia !

4

Tristán

What a fantastic Eurovision this is turning out to be. This is prog-folk, not a genre I'm particularly enamoured with but I'm so glad to hear it here. There is something very charming about this entry. It won't make the final but I can't wait to see it live.

7.5