Croatia - LELEK

Very sad song but epic instrumental

Živjo, Darker Tautumeitas, nice to see you finally made it past Dora! 

I loved The Soul of My Soul when I first heard it, but in all honesty, it wouldn't have made the 12 points in my book. Andromeda somewhat does feel like a carbon copy of it at times, but with significant improvements! Especially the shift from English (2025) to Hrvatski (2026), which made the lyrics infinitely better. What else is there to say? This is an easy dvanaest bodova for me.

Ah yes, one more thing. I am SO hoping for this to get the Tautumeitas treatment in their semifinal (1), because I sadly am not able to vote for them. On the other hand, if Atikin wins their national final, I would not want him to NQ either...

This is dramatic! It sounds like Tautumeitas but less river nymphy and more “burn the witch”. The choral vocals are fantastic. I’ll be listening to this when I want to get pumped up about something.

Very powerful and mesmerising