MALTA EUROVISION 2024 - REACTING TO ‘LOOP’ BY SARAH BONNICI (FIRST FULL LISTEN) 

It gives me Jennifer Lopes vibes. Well She can sing and dance. I like the song.👏👏👏

when I tell you this is perfectly timed I just found out I have covid and I needed this so bad I'm not joking 😂

For me the dancebreak is everything. I Get goosebumps.❤

I feel like people are trying too hard to be nice and say stuff like "Just because it has a dancebreak, its not a slomo copy". The choreography included like 9 dancemoves from slomo, the outfit looks simular to the one of chanel, the melodies are sometimes the same aswell (the first line of each of their second parts literally sounds identical), i could even go on about other stuff like one song being about making a video in slomo and the other putting the video on loop...

Really can't connect to this song on any levei. When I first heard it didn't even think of Slomo, and this was my favourite in 2022....

Indeed, it is very difficult not to draw comparisons with SloMo. And I am not at all that kind of person who is quick to make those comparisons with SloMo or Fuego with each female bop. This is currently last in my ranking but I do not hate it. I just think it is quite dated and I just can't put it above one of the other songs. This could also go in a lot of directions in terms of the results. It is hard to predict but if she performs well she could definitely qualify.

Loop still hasn’t been released (aside from the music video), so I hope they might be revamping it yet again! We will see 😅

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Love it

She will revamp the song !!

Angelina Mango won San Remo!! She’s gonna rock at Eurovision. Can’t wait for your reaction :)

This is one of those Eurovision songs that makes me think, "yeah I can see why this country chose to send that". After not qualifying two years in a row, Malta decided to follow a successful formula. It's kind of formulaic and very SloMo-inspired, but I do really like the synths in it.

I get the comparisons to SloMo, but what about 2019's Replay? 'You've got me on loop' vs 'You need my love on replay'

She can sing and dance a lottt. I really like this song and I think it’s gonna bring Malta back to the final, however I don’t think it’s going to do a lot in the final. The song doesn’t punch as much as SloMo, Fuego and Unicorn but it’s good enough to get a respectable placement

This is a lot better from Malta! Still sad the Busker didn't do too well but at least this is competitive! And Sarah will have plenty of time to improve her vocals. However, it obviously does sound like another song that did well will cause inevitable comparisons! I will say though there's a LOT more dancing in this that people will appreciate and there are some more unique ideas there with the flip and blindfolds which they could easily expand upon. So far so good. Though I think with all the potential girl bops we could get at Eurovision this year, Matt Blxck with his male Banana domination could have given Malta a televote landslide potentially! I'm serious! What I do like though about Sarah is that she is young and energetic so she could easily blossom and mature by the time Eurovision comes! Sarah wasn't the frontrunner until some weeks ago, when her music video was released and people could actually see her vision!

I want it to qualify. I hope it does. A little concerned ngl

You keep watching for the dance. But I would love a revamp to make the chorus stand out more

based to the studio version and music video, I think this has some K-Pop elements as well; a combination of western Pop (often heard in songs of Anne-Marie or Dua Lipa) and K-Pop (often found in tracks of Aespa, Blackpink and Itzy); I think it could be somehow a bit better that the staging was more similar to, or inspired by, live televised performances of the artists I have just mentioned (such as, for example, their performances in televised music awards shows like Brit Awards), and less resembled some of the past Eurovision performances (mainly, as many people mention, the performance of Spain's entry in 2022).

For American viewers, substitute “Walmart” for “Tesco” 😀

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Ah, so this is the Chanel copy this year, is it? Sorry, the "Tesco Value Slo-Mo" 🙂 The song itself isn't really doing it for me. It borrows from too many others. For example, the "M-m-m-move" bit at 3:24 - it's taken straight from Mata Hari by Efendi, no? It's all very derivative, but it'll probably qualify. Funnily enough, the Sweater song is still my favourite Maltese entry of recent years. On the subject of dance breaks, have you noticed how they've become more of a thing in recent years? Chanel set the standard, with Noa Kirel taking the same route last year. And then you had Brunette (Armenia), who added an entire dance routine into the song before the last chorus at the contest, which didn't even exist in the official video. So the trend seems to be going that way for some entries right now, where the song takes a clear second place to the visuals.

Look, I liked Chanel before she had ever preformed it in front of an audience, so I like this too. Does this hit quite as hard in this version and is she executing it exactly as perfectly as Chanel (which granted is an extremely high bar)… not quite. It it’s still pretty darn good though. Perhaps the revamp will elevate it further and if she can get even more stamina, this could do quite well. Probably not a winner but I am personally glad it is there.

The comparisons with SloMo say it all and I agree - this doesn't have anything like the same level of substance as SloMo, Fuego or Unicorn which would say are among the best of their kind. This will struggle against Italy, Luxembourg and probably Greece as well if Marina Satti's entry is upbeat and well-executed. With Latvia and Ireland and possibly Georgia in contention to qualify, I fear Malta could be in for a few years in the wilderness.

Can you tell me what did chanel really invent after all

Try ti listen “rondine”, it’ a cover by Angelina mango, the winner of Sanremo.

Easily one of the best choices Malta could have made. I've seen a few comparisons to SloMo elsewhere, which is typical I suppose. I think with elevated staging this could certainly do all right in Sweden, but in a 100% public vote semi-final, I just feel Malta will struggle more often than not.

Well, the thing with girly bops is that they have a high qualification rate but little winning potential. Chanel and Noa didn't get better than 3rd. Eleni came 2nd and lost to the cheekier Netta (you can say Toy is also a girly bop but she's not the traditional sexy female and was not trying to be sexy so it doesn't quite count). I don't think there's a girly bop that managed to clinch the trophy in recent years.

Loop isn't a bad song and is somewhat catchy, but it just feels low energy and doesn't really stand out. There's also Sarah, who sounds too wispy and shy to sell this sassy girlbop, though it could just be the style. But as of now, she seems like more of a dancer than a singer. It would be pretty lucky to qualify at this point.

The fact that it feels longer than 3 minutes I think sadly says it all😬 As often is the case for Maltese entries it's not bad, it's just a little forgettable. I loved The Busker last year though, robbery of the year!

it was matt blxck's year 😔

I want to malta do well, but it's not qualifying with this current performance. the song itself doesn't really have any fun parts outside of the chorus, unlike chanel's. the choreo also doesn't make sense past the first minute and it looks like they just filled it with chanel moves to compensate. that flip is good, but it gets so watered down by the second dance break that I doubt people will remember it til the recap. I really hope she can improve her vocals and choreo to make it distinct and impactful, because the framework for an amazing performance is there. it's just a bit of a mess right now, unfortunately

Chanel if she were less talented and couldn't catch her breath. 🤷‍♂️

Ohh pls stop with all the comments that she got inspired from chanel , ive heard chanel song , nothing like it at all

If you pay attention, you can see that they literally copied dance moves from Slo Mo, I don't know if that's good or not, but it seems liek they go heavily inspired by it... At least Sarah is an amazing performer which can sing and dance at the same time while being charismatic. 7/10 not bad at all

There’s just nothing to vote for. Everything has been done and I’m over the dance break songs

Well, here's my local two cents on all the madness that was MESC as well as "Loop". As per, TVM did so many things wrong... Why have 4 quarter finals rife with filler? Why organise a probably expensive songwriting camp to find an "aUtHeNtIc MaLtEsE sOuNd", when you accept the most plastic, Swedish-Norwegian pop imagineable with only a few touches of actual Maltese sound THEN proceed to eliminate all of the latter? Not a single song that was 100% in Maltese was in the final, and even "Cloudmaker" which has a very Maltese ambience despite it being quite internationally indie got the boot. What was the point of organising a selection through MVs and PRECORDED LIVES IN TVM STUDIOS WITH NO AUDIENCE?? A 70/30 JURY-TELEVOTE SPLIT?? And somehow - we got a presentable result that COULD get us to the final... Wha-? I have no idea how, but I'm beyond relieved that it's "Loop" and not "Banana". The latter would have gotten us cancelled (colonial African explorer attire? Seriously?) and the televoters, being the Maltese televoters they are, actually did choose him. So silver linings and all that, but it's just so odd nonetheless. Regarding "Loop" itself - well, the Tesco Chanel metaphor is quite correct. Bear in mind, we seem to have less of this kind of poppy female dance routine these days, and they do sell at least a little, so I'm not writing us off completely just yet. My main concern is that it's a televote-only semi, and without Ireland, UK and Australia, it's an uphill climb, even if semi 2 is apparently full of underdogs. It's not in any way a song I would listen to outside of the Eurovision context, but it's fine enough a choice, even if risky. I was also a tad worried that Sarah would not be able to pull sexy off - she just does not give those vibes, plus as you mentioned, she seemed to be more of a ballad singer. Nonetheless, I think we're in no danger, she did very well live, and I will keep my fingers crossed for an MT qualification despite my very mixed feelings.

It's an average song with an average vocal. I give it a 5.

This is soo Slomo.. Some parts are catchy but overall it's a bit annoying. It's ok for a top 20 I guess. Place 19 or something like that would be a really god result for this song

Oh stop the comparisons everyone! Even ballads sound the same. So what?

If I would be forced to listen to this song for 100x, I still would forget it in like... 15 min:)) And all those dance moves and dance brake, copy/pasted from Noah and Chanel, omg, this should be banned:p

Please don't hold back in your judgement! You are very, very knowledgeable and maybe a bit guarded by your professionalism? (Is that a word) Anyway, this song and performance just sucks 😅

It’s far too repetitive its the same thing over and over again!!! 🇲🇹🇲🇹🇲🇹

Shameless copy of Chanel... even wearing one of her outfits! Do they think no one is going to notice after 2 years? The song is also very poor.