"Their choreographer is Jüri Nael – the only person is Estonia to hold a Masters degree in theatrical dance production."

 

For the first time in the history of Eurovision, five girls and five record players will take to the stage of the Eurovision Song Contest – it’s Suntribe, a girl band that is hugely popular in Estonia. The band is made up of Mari-Leen Kaselaan, Rebecca Kontus, Daana Ots, Laura Põldvere, and Jaanika Vilipo. They are all under 22 years old, they all go to school and they have all been learning music for several years.

Their hobbies include motorbikes, modelling, swimming, folk dance and cooking. Their musical role models are Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Madonna and Anouk as their musical role models. Their choreographer is Jüri Nael – the only person is Estonia to hold a Masters degree holder in theatrical dance production. The girls’ stage outfits are made by the most glamorous fashion designer in Estonia – Gerly Tinn.

Estonia will thus send two girlbands to the Eurovision Song Contest this year as Vanilla Ninja will be representing Switzerland. The writer of the "Let's get Loud" is Estonian selection veteran Sven Lõhmus. He has written several songs for the Estonian final before, including Church of love (1999), Another country song (2002) and Vanilla Ninja's Club Kung-Fu (2003).

The Singer

You get the feeling that this is what happened when 4 young girls were bored of the same old soaps and instead watched the Estonian version of Why Don't You during the Summer Holidays. They had an idea and before they knew it, had qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest. They're perky young things, of that there's no doubt, kids you can see baking cookies with an extra ingreient of God to sell around the neighbourhood. Add to thsi that Estonia's most glamorous fashion designer has come up with an incredibly daring mix of t-shirt and jeans for this occasion, and a winning combo it is not.

The Past

Ruffus got punched upon arriving back in Tallinn in 2003 after the contest. Some might say an over-reaction by the Estonians, a nation who weren't used to Eurovision failure. Wogan's paranoid fantasy of "Baltic block voting" aside, Estonia has done a super job over the years bearing in mind the handicap of so many singers/songs with double consonants and vowels. They won it in 2001 with a commonly held opinion that it was a sack of shite, and should have never got close to the podium. Last year they had a drummer who flew himself across the stage and head-butted the cymbals...and it still didn't help them.

The Song
I've had difficulty in deciding if this makes me nauseous or quite ambivalent...such is the effect that repeated listens has on you. "Let's Get Loud" is a loud, "anthemic", rousabout effort, with 4 young girls telling you to do something...anything. You may decide to turn it off.
They're supposed to sing "we're hot like Indian spice" but I'm telling you she sings "I'm hot like Gideon spice". And whilst I don't know what it means, I wouldn't be surprised to find many other "mis-pronunciations" proclaiming the word of their Lord.

"We're not angels in the sky
Playing harp and flying high"

The state rests.

Gestures - 12 It should be higher as there's four of these with a full quota of eight arms .
"Wanna" Count - 4 That's right a big four wanna's. Extremely high on the Wanna ladder, which really should help.

Overall
I've got this to qualify through to the final, and I'm not sure why. It's apparent that they don't do anything with their zimmer frame alike mixing decks, and their choreographer is noticeable by his lack of effort and their lack of application.
I think it must be the naive charm of these nations that make them relatively successful at Eurovision...that, and their neighbours.

In a Nutshell
"Girls Banned"

"The Shrink Says"

Suntribe suggest to me a human manifestation of phi phenomenon, that is, a visual illusion whereby single movements of life blinking off and on in succession, appears to actually move.  
During the song "Let's Get Loud", the females on their mixing decks take it in successive turns to develop an eerie impersonation of an actual pop song. The reality of course is quite different, as the foursome are in fact basic lifeforms incapable of making individual music of any merit.

Let's Get Loud 

I'm hot like Indian spice, like boiling water
I'm in the mood, no-one can stop me tonight
So turn the power on, give me the guitar
No time for misery, all right

When the bass is loud, drums sound like a thunder
I'm spinning round my records, that's right
Come on, let's raise the roof
Wake up the neighbours
Open the windows, scream and shout

We're not angels in the sky
Playing harp and flying high
Now we can turn the crowd
So let's get loud

Come on, girls sing along that song
Shake the house till the early morning
Boring yesterday is gone
So let's get loud

Come on, girls you can rock the crowd
Dance all night, turn on the party
We just wanna hear you shout
So let's get loud
(So let's get loud, yeah)

Turn off the TV set
This soap is boring
Bold & Beautiful ain't our theme tonight
So let us rule your heart
And be the leaders
Wake up you guys and feel alive

We're not angels in the sky
Playing harp and flying high
Now we can turn the crowd
So let's get loud

Come on, girls sing along that song
Shake the house till the early morning
Boring yesterday is gone
So let's get loud

Come on, girls you can rock the crowd
Dance all night, turn on the party
We just wanna hear you shout
So let's get loud
(Let's get loud, let's get loud)
(Let's get loud, let's get loud)

Come on, girls sing along that song
Shake the house till the early morning
Boring yesterday is gone
So let's get loud

Come on, girls you can rock the crowd
Dance all night, turn on the party
We just wanna hear you shout
So let's get loud

Come on, girls sing along that song
Shake the house till the early morning
Boring yesterday is gone
So let's get loud

Come on, girls you can rock the crowd
Dance all night, turn on the party
We just wanna hear you shout
So let's get loud!

Prediction Semi Final =7th
Final TBA (N/A)