The Ballad is Back

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With 20 countries already having chosen their representatives and the song they will sing it is quite clear that the most popular genre of music in 2009 is the ballad. A genre of music which appears every year in some form or other, but on a much smaller scale seems to have taken over the popularity which had been taken over by the dancy/pop tune. The ballad I would say has not been this popular since the early 1990's.

With that in mind the ballad is definately making a comeback in 2009 and with nearly half of the songs already being chosen being one.

United Kingdom, France, Iceland, Denmark, Poland, Cyprus, Malta and Lithuania are to date sending ballads and I think they are all pretty darn good.

So why is the ballad making a comeback in 2009?

I wonder whether that it is due to the comeback of the juries in 2009 and that most countries seem to be using a 50/50 jury/televote split in choosing their entry.

Will all these ballads get lost amongst the others?

I don't think so because this year the ballads are fab and I think that the fact that they are all sung well will help. The other thing with the ballads that have been chosen so far is that they all focus on the song rather than the performance.

How many more ballads will be chosen this year?

Well I can't see Sweden or Norway sending a ballad.

I think Ireland and Portugal may!

Russia, Greece and Ukraine definately wont.

Another couple of weeks and we will know for sure.

Comments

Anonymous said…
I wouldn't call Denmark a ballad. It's an up-tempo song, or the very least a mid-tempo song, certainly not a ballad. So that leaves 6 songs out of 22 being ballads, not exactly an overwhelming amount. And far from over half... More like just over 1/4.
18 February 2009 at 23:32
Paul said…
Well I was wrong about Ireland!!!!!!!
21 February 2009 at 18:45
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