2009: The Best

URBAN SYMPHONY WITH "RÄNDAJAD" FOR ESTONIA

PHOTO CREDIT: Indrek Galetin (EBU)

This is the sort of entry I watch Eurovision for. It's a new sound in a, new to me, language with a strings section playing over an electronic synthpop arrangement. If I had heard this song on the radio or really any setting, I would've been instantly drawn to it, and here it was in Eurovision!"Nomads" has fantastic vocals singing tight harmonies in Estonian, an already melodic language. The mixture of acoustic and electronic elements really worked for this song. Urban Symphony's entry instantly stood out during the lead up for the 2009 contest. I expected it to do well and it's results are fairly good considering it's dark horse status in the show that year.

Semi-Final Score: 115 pts (3rd place out of 19)

Final Score: 129 pts (6th place out of 25)

Written by Sven Lõhmus.

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