Eurovision Review 2021: Poland - Rafał "The Ride" (WIWI JURY)
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- Our review video of "The Ride" - Poland's Eurovision 2021 song from Rafał. We discuss his chances of qualifying from Semi-Final 2 and make our predictions.
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Featuring:
William - / williamleeadams
Oliver - / reviloadams
Lucy - / lucyeapercy
Video Editor:
Cinan - / cinansdl
Thumbnail photo credit: TVP
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I'm just amazed how our broadcaster can send great songs to Junior Eurovision and win back to back and struggle so much to put anything above average for adult contest.
You are 💯% correct!
I love The Ride. No huge world changing message, good beat, nice voice, retro vibe, upbeat, positive. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT 😇 the points are criminally low. Rafal isn't riding to the final, but he has taken a ride to my playlist and is one of my most played songs this year
unfortunately Rafał is not playing a character, that’s how he always is
oh he's playing a character. The one NOT chosen by the Polish public. Asslicking can get you far in today Poland. And he's the living proof of it. Shame on Rafal.
The song itself, I kinda like. It's a bit repetitive and generic, but I do like that 80's feel to it. The biggest problem for me is Rafal himself. Dude literally has charisma of a wet cardboard. And he's whole appreciate just gives me strong "How do you do fellow kids?" vide. If literally any other person sang this, I would like it more. And I'm still not over Alicija. 😭
Omg. I just won't write my opinion because you just said it perfectly. My score 2.5/10
I do not get why they did not let her return. She could have qualified from the final last year and could have gotten a top 20 result. She is such a great singer and personality.
I like the honesty of Oliver. He is not afraid of trashing a song if he things it deserves it. I agree with him frequently.
Everyone keeps saying he’s well known in Poland, but my Polish friend says he never heard of the guy
I do love this song. It's in my top 10. I was born in the 90s, so I don't really have a reference to the 80s life, but in a year where so many countries are said to have this influence, this is the only one that I would say really transports me to that era. I listen to this and I feel alive, I feel energy, I love the music and the lyrics and it impacted positively in me since the first listen, and it's still growing for me. It's a definite yes for me, and regardless of what happens, this is gonna be one I'll be listening to and coming back to after years.
same! you worded that great
A MelFest reject song that wouldn't have cleared the first round in 1985, with a whiff of Will Ferrell's Fire Saga-esque parody, sung by the Polish answer to Stephen Mulhern who was chosen last-minute in suspicious circumstances, and who is universally scoffed at by his own country.
What a car crash.
I think he will be somewhere between 9th and 13th place in the semifinal. To be honest, if he qualifies, I wouldn't be surprised.
I like how they say that him being popular is a positive even tho it is a negative for him, because a lot of polish people don't like him, just look at the music video. 34k dislikes is not good, with only 18k likes, its not good. Being a Pole I wouldn't vote for my country this year. I voted for Poland every time I could, but not this year. TVP learn, and if you don't learn, just send good songs for junior Eurovision and win a couple of times and I'll be a happy pole.
I m seriously sick of you guys talking about polish diaspora EVERY YEAR? if you don't know what to say then say nothing, but please stop saying the same thing, other countries have their diasporas as well and so what?
Every Eurovision Song contest I hear... 'polish diaspora will get the song to the final"
yet we haven't been in finals in a few years, so clearly this is not the case.
This song is number 12 in my top 39. I love it.
I so agree with Oliver! HOW is Portugal lower than Poland? Anyway great video!
....I don’t think one or two places really matters when you’re that low in the rankings...
Clara Rubensson's vocal, on the original Swedish demo is far superior. It gives the song that bit of an extra 'spark'. I suppose it's the difference between a proper singer and someone just phoning it in. The female vocal really suits the 80s vibe of the song. Shame Clara didn't use it herself, at Melfest :-(
2.5 seems WAY too low for this entry, guys! And I can’t see how Denmark can be rated higher either.
In sooo jealous William. I got my drivers license on my 4th try. But I also live in Sweden and theye super strict. You have to drive aproximently 45 minutes and you can’t make a single mistake.
What?? Poland is my guilty pleasure this year!! 7,5/10
i like how most of the dislikes were since before the premiere and now they're the only ones that are still here XDDD
SPOILER ALERT
Wiwi Jury Ranking (so far):
01. Ireland 🇮🇪 7.70
01. Italy 🇮🇹 7.70
03. Cyprus 🇨🇾 7.45
04. Finland 🇫🇮 7.34
05. Ukraine 🇺🇦 7.32
06. Russia 🇷🇺 7.18
07. Sweden 🇸🇪 7.14
08. United Kingdom 🇬🇧 6.82
09. Croatia 🇭🇷 6.75
10. Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 6.57
11. Israel 🇮🇱 6.45
12. Latvia 🇱🇻 6.34
13. Belgium 🇧🇪 6.16
13. Czech Republic 🇨🇿 6.16
15. Serbia 🇷🇸 6.09
16. Norway 🇳🇴 5.89
16. Albania 🇦🇱 5.89
18. Spain 🇪🇸 5.34
19. Germany 🇩🇪 5.14
20. Estonia 🇪🇪 5.07
21. Austria 🇦🇹 4.89
22. Slovenia 🇸🇮 4.84
22. Denmark 🇩🇰 4.84
24. Poland 🇵🇱 4.50 (NEW)
25. Portugal 🇵🇹 4.32
26. North Macedonia 🇲🇰 4.05
27. Georgia 🇬🇪 3.82
I like "The Ride"
Rafal is not only the presenter he is primarily a singer, he participated in the Voice of Poland and he reached to the semi-finals. I really love this song. And he is in my top 10 this year.
No he is not primarly a singer because he has not recorded anything for years
Guilty pleasure alert!!! Wow, this was a strange "I love you, but I hate you" review ;)
If this was sung by Stefania fans would talk about this having winner potential lol
If this was send by Sweden, Wiwi would be praising it to the roof.
So, as I always point out, I listen to the full Eurovision playlist on shuffle, in the background, with the screen off.
I didn't notice this one. Yep, it's another one of my "blurred-into-the-majority-of-the-rest" songs.
Love this song. Top 5 for me. Second half of the chorus and the middle 8 are great.
Lucy is looking like Netta ,so beutifulll🤗
WiwiJury:
Ireland 🇮🇪
Italy 🇮🇹
Cyprus 🇨🇾
Finland 🇫🇮
Ukraine 🇺🇦
Russia 🇷🇺
Sweden 🇸🇪
United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Croatia 🇭🇷
Azerbaijan 🇦🇿
Israel 🇮🇱
Latvia 🇱🇻
Belgium 🇧🇪
Czech Republic 🇨🇿
Serbia 🇷🇸
Norway 🇳🇴
Albania 🇦🇱
Spain 🇪🇸
Germany 🇩🇪
Estonia 🇪🇪
Austria 🇦🇹
Slovenia 🇸🇮
Denmark 🇩🇰
[NEW] Poland 🇵🇱
Portugal 🇵🇹
North Macedonia 🇲🇰
Georgia 🇬🇪
For me, this song took some time for me to grow. But finally I gave it a 5. I do not skip it if it comes up.
My #2!! Really hope it qualifies🎉
I love The Ride. 🚗🚘🚙
I agree with Oliver. Now that he mentioned it, it does sound like the song is unfinished and just a demo.
I can't imagine this song qualifying.
One of my growers. I do not Understand the hate.
I don t understand wiwi jury . For me is Poland a lot better than Danemark.
Hold on.... is Lucy from Market Harborough?!! (Not a stalker, just putting it out there 😜)
This is going to the final
For me in Semi Final n°02 he is my number 15/17 and in total 35/39. By a french fan. Don't like the song.
as deban said.... it’s a song for people who can’t sing
My scores:
Latvia 🇱🇻 - 7
Serbia 🇷🇸 - 7
Sweden 🇸🇪 - 4
Belgium 🇧🇪 - 8
Norway 🇳🇴 - 7.5
Russia 🇷🇺 - 6.5
Czech Republic 🇨🇿 - 8.5
Albania 🇦🇱 - 6.5
Ukraine 🇺🇦 - 8.5
Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 - 8
Germany 🇩🇪 - 6
Finland 🇫🇮 - 7
Spain 🇪🇸 - 6.5
Cyprus 🇨🇾 - 8
Israel 🇮🇱 - 7
Estonia 🇪🇪 - 3
Ireland 🇮🇪 - 9
Slovenia 🇸🇮 - 7
Austria 🇦🇹 - 5.5
Denmark 🇩🇰 - 5.5
Portugal 🇵🇹 - 6
North Macedonia 🇲🇰 - 2
Italy 🇮🇹 - 9.5
Croatia 🇭🇷 - 7
Georgia 🇬🇪 - 8
UK 🇬🇧 - 4
Poland 🇵🇱 - 5
Note: The song is catchy, can‘t deny it. I only remember 3 lines tho. And it is kinda cheesy.
My personal jury:
Latvia = 3.5
Serbia = 9
Sweden = 7.5
Belgium = 5.5
Norway = 9.5
Russia = 7
Czech Republic = 9.5
Albania = 6.5
Ukraine = 5.5
Azerbaijan = 5.5
Germany = 8.5
Finland = 7
Spain = 6.5
Cyprus = 8.5
Israel = 7
Estonia = 8.5
Ireland = 7.5
Slovenia = 2.5
Austria = 5.5
Denmark = 4.5
Portugal = 5
North Macedonia = 5
Italy = 6
Croatia = 2
Georgia = 4
UK = 6.5
Poland = 6.5 - I can’t tell if I unironically like this song or not, I feel like I genuinely enjoy it but I also constantly clown it whenever it comes on, I guess I can’t take Rafał seriously lol. Being serious tho, I love the 80s vibes in this a lot and the visual aspect with the neon lights is pretty cool, but his voice and charisma.....not quite my favourite. Rafał manages to turn himself into a complete meme but honestly the performance he did on the voice kids wasn’t bad, I actually thought his vocals sounded better live.
For me it just doesn't go anywhere. It's like a long aimless journey down the motorway with no real destination.
I do love the aesthetics of the video. The neon is a real modern take on the neon obsession of the 80's, which really does work with the 80's sound. But for some reason the 80's sound sounds like it wasn't intentional and it was down to the cheap production that makes it sound out of date.
Listen to Raylee's 'Heroes', Stefania's 'Last Dance' and Svala's 'Paper' for an authentic, successful modern take on the 80's sound. The production sounds expensive in comparison to this. Its like someone stuck a huge vacuum in and sucked all the charisma out of the song.
Bland.
This is ok song I give it 5 out of 10
I agree with Oliver that the song might was a last minute choice. Poland sent many great songs to eurovision. This is a disappointment to me.
WTF IS THAT BEAR MEAT?!?!?!?!?
I hope Rafal is charismatic enough to qualify
See normally I quite like Polish entries that try to be different but this song is just not the one 😭 the Visuls and graphics are good but it's not as good as other songs in semi final 2 plus the running order really doesn't help.
The song has an ok vibe, but severely lacks impact, therefore being another Polish entry that is neither great nor awful for me. It'd be a 4.5 for me
I disagree with Lucy respectfully. Denmark's song is not better than Poland's. Denmark's is like a bad entry from 1987, so dated.
Poland's is generic, but the synthpop melody is a catchy tune and one which I think will stay in voter's minds. I think it fuses contemporary and '80s very well.
Poland should know that rainbow colors are nothing to be afraid of. ♥️🌈
How does it comes to the song?
I agree with Oliver. Rafal does sound.. weak in his voice/ demo singer. The song is ok, but this is not going far. A 6.0 for me
This along with N. Macedonia, Denmark, and Estonia are the songs I can’t even sit through
Me neither. But I love Vasil as a human ❤️
Yeah same N Macedonia isn't so bad and neither is Estonia but i haven't listened to it much since they got released, Denmark is just a no no 😂😂😂😂
This actually is a good track. The singer is just hilarious though 😂
5 of 10
Not bad, not good
Bold prediction: Poland will end up higher than Iceland.
See you right there on 23.04, when EBU publishes results
Interesting, why?
Jurys will have a boner for Iceland..... they were favourite last year so I don’t know why everyone are sleeping on them. Then again, I hope Rafał qualifies.... I love him! ❤️
I’m from the future -> Iceland qualified, Poland NQ’d
It’s going to win
Yess...the last place
it might win backwards tho😃
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@@herkshe žinau😔
Are you sure you didn't get your order in reverse? XD
I kinda like it. By far the best polish entry in a while imo.
Will not qualify. The guy wears sunglasses and do the ROBOT!?
ROBBED!