Moldova again chooses a new old representative who will once again have the opportunity to perform on the Eurovision stage. It’s about Natalia Barba with the song In The Middle.
I remember Natalia very well from 2007 when she sang the song Fight and won a high 10th place. Even then, she was one of the best at the Eurovision Song Contest. She had a very fiery performance and a memorable violin sound, I’m sorry she didn’t win an even better position.
When I found out that she would perform again at the Eurovision Song Contest, I was happy because I expected that we could hope for another great success for Moldova. But unfortunately, I was mistaken. The song is really bad, I don’t even know how to define it. It is neither a ballad nor a fast pop song nor some kind of ethno-modern song. The lyrics are terrible, clichĂ©. The instrumental is not bad, but the whole song is stuck in time as if it’s not 2024 but 2005. It may be harsh to say this, but I find this sad.
I understand that sometimes there are no good songs in the national selection, so anything is chosen, but this song is not good. Moldova is in the first semi-final where we expect a bloodbath, so I think Moldova will probably not go to the final no matter what they do on stage. I even think she could win zero points from the audience except maybe a couple of sympathy points. This year’s worst Eurovision song so far. My rating for the song In The Middle is 3/10.