In the First World War, Serbia lost about 30% of its population, 60% of its male population. The figure is around 1,200,000 inhabitants who lost their lives. This is perhaps the highest percentage that a country lost in that war. Ramonda is an endemic species and has 3 subspecies. One grows on the Iberian island and in Serbia there is Ramonda Serbica and Natalija's ramonda, which was named after the Serbian queen. Both species are endangered and are protected by law. Natalija's ramonda is also known as the phoenix because it can to dry completely and to revive again when the conditions are favorable. In the First World War, Natalija's ramonda was taken as a symbol of Armistice Day and as a symbol of Serbian suffering in that war, as a new beginning, as a phoenix. The song follows these two stories. It tells where the purple Ramonde disappeared, as a metaphor for the suffering that Serbia suffered. During the performance, purple luminous dots appear on the LED screens that rise and rise. They represent the souls of Serbian soldiers who died defending their country and which go to heaven. At the end of the words, a purple ramonda rises from the ashes. That verse represents the aspiration for a better tomorrow, for the end of war, for the end of suffering, for peace.. Blue tomb. In one part of the song, he says, everything is quiet under the sea. When the Serbian army retreated through Albania to the Greek island of Vido, many soldiers died of disease and hunger. It is estimated that around 5,000 people died then and were thrown into the Ionian Sea for eternal rest. Since then, that place has been called the blue tomb.
It is simply amazing. It is in my Top 3 this year and it got such a good message! Ramonda hits all my soft spots and I might even overtake my number 1 before the beginning of Eurovision itself.
We are very proud of Teya.. The song is very beautiful and one of the few special and unique songs this year! Masterpiece that I hope will be recognized 👏👏👏🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🙏🙏🙏 Go for it Ramonda Dedicated reaction , great job!👏
This purple dream 🪻 is Eurovision winning material - not only because a ballad will absolutely stand out at Eurovision this year, but also because it represents the spirit of its country in a way that makes me shiver in front of this mesmerizing beauty!💜🪻🇷🇸 I do understand the profound meaning because I am half Croatian, but even if we don't look at borders and nations, "Ramonda" is a haunting mélange of velvety melancholia, spectral grace and deepest emotions! And there couldn't be a more suitable voice to share this multi-layered message with the entire world: Teya Dora is not only a heartwarming human being and exceptionally gifted artist, but has the ability to seduce the masses with a voice out of this world. Vocals and songs don't always need to be loud and sharp to cast a spell over the universe, and in this case a dark lullaby is predestined to make this world a better place. Ramonda only needs one drop of water to rise from the dead - and if we look at the current state of our world, a sweet masterpiece like this has never been more necessary than now. Like the flower itself, "Ramonda" grows and grows and grows with every single listen, its putting me in a trance at night and day, and I'm already sure that Teya's magic will heal all the suffering in the world in May. This entry fulfills me on the deepest possible level and it speaks to my soul as if it was born within me!💜🪻✨️🌙
@@SimoneZaino-fq4rkWhy not ??? If Jamala could win with the song 1944 for Ukraine, so can Teya Dora, this is a similar message but far more beautiful as a song in my opinion!
❤this beautiful magnificent song Ramonda I listen to it again and again and again and I never get enough and it always makes me cry first and then smile and always like that every day I literally wake up with this song and fall asleep with this song Ramonda. It hypnotizes me. Well done Teya Dora thank you. thank you very much thank you for the song Dzanum Moye more.❤
If anyone is interested, here is an analysis: 1. Ramonda is a very rare purple flower that grows on Mount Rtanj in Serbia and is known as the “Phoenix flower”. It can survive in harsh environments and can “revive” itself after dehydrating with only a drop of water. It was used as a symbol of the Serbian people in WW1 during which Serbia lost 1/4 of its population. 2. There are several lines in the lyrics that reference the famous exodus of the Serbian people (along with The king and army) who travelled by foot over Montenegrin and Albanian mountains to Greece in harsh winter of 1915. Around 240.000 people died on the journey and were buried at sea in a Greek Island in what is known as “The Blue Tomb”. The line “there, under the water, everything is dead silent” is a reference to that. Also, the intro of the performance and her sitting on a rock is also related to that. Furthermore, another line states “there’s nobody left to guide me towards the morning star” again symbolizing the life in them fading as well as the fading hope of the Serbian people and utter desperation that we would perish in the war. Then you have “The world burns, every flower dies, where have the purple Ramondas vanished” = where have all the Serbs gone? The song ends with “A single purple Ramonda rises from the ashes” symbolizing hope and just like the Ramonda flower resurrects, so do the Serbian people. But the lyrics are very layered. It has clear references to history, but it can also be interpreted as a personal struggle and finding hope for yourself on an individual level.
I think the big point about this song that everyone is missing, is that it’s not only about events of WW1 specifically. Of course the flower is a symbol for that, but the lesson is timeless and very relevant today - the world seems to be in despair, there is war and suffering everywhere. On a personal level people are struggling more than ever mentally. This song applies to all of us every day, it’s a reminder that like a Ramonda, we can all bloom once again no matter how isolating and hopeless things feel around us.
The music video looks like a movie. Gorgeous! Her voice, the look, the story behind the song is what makes it winning material. Shes the best this year🇷🇸 She ATE and left no breadcrumbs 🫶✨💕
again wow! this was such a complex and beautiful reaction and analysis. serbia with croatia, belgium and the netherlands (my no.1) are my favorites! - greetings from vienna!
Hey, as a native Serbian I have to admit I have been sleeping on Teya Dora for whatever reason, and I am so happy I got to know her more now she has more recognition. She is actually a veryyyy talented musician, singer & songwriter. She does a lot of diverse music, a lot of trap, rnb and pop, and in the last few days I just found out a lot of popular songs of other artists here were written by her in the last few years. Anyway, love your video and reaction, lots of love to Ireland from Serbia! 💜
After her song "Dzanum" which went viral all over the world thanks to Tiktok, now we have a sequel in the form of Ramonda.The title of Teya's song "Ramonda" references a flower known by its latin name "Ramonda serbica", an endemic species that only grows in Serbia and around it (some parts of N.Macedonia and northern Greece), discovered by Serbian scientiist in 1884, a flower which is known for its ability to completely dry out and still revive once it gets water, a flower that can straight up come back from undead. Very similar to Ramonda Serbica is Natalie's Ramonda, flower of the same genus, In Serbia it's known as "Natalijina ramonda" named after the XIX century Serbian queen Natalija Obrenović and it's used as a symbol of victory in WWI. In Serbia, to mark this day we wear a phoenix flower - Natalie's Ramonda, capable of resurrection, just as Serbia after WWI, in which it lost almost 1/3 of people. In fact, the song can also talk about loneliness and the ability to have everything in its place one day. Just like Ramonda flower only needs a drop of water to come alive. In the official video clip of the song, there is also a quote from the Gospel according to John: "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it." The island in the video symbolizes Greece, Corfu. That's where the Serbian soldiers retreated in WW1 in a seemingly hopeless situation, being chased to be finished off by Axis forces (like Austria Hungary and flanked by Bulgaria, who wanted a piece of the spoils). Greece took the Serbians in, gave them food, shelter, water... Many died upon arrival and had to be ''buried'' in the sea surrounding Corfu, since there wasn't space left. Absolutely hauntingly beautiful message and ode to one's ancestors who faced near impossible odds. There is even a museum in Corfu with lots of memorabilia from that period.
🇷🇸 I'm glad you understand our song about Ramonda because it's a resurrection flower in the true sense - it hibernates and is born again when it rains like Phoenix 🇷🇸 Serbia!!! I wish everyone new a positive spiritual resurrection and peace throughout Europe and the world like Ramoda 🏵 !!! Welcome in 🇷🇸 Serbia next year on Eurovision song contest !
I am really moved how much you are invested in this analysis. It's not OverthinkingIt (and that's not the idea) but shows all the aspects of the candidate. And it's good to see how Irish people like this song especially when we have a whole week Irish Festival here right now. 😏
Winner is amazing Serbian song Ramonda❤ by amazing singer composer songwriter and pianist TEYA DORA ❤ winner of Evrovision 24 ❤ Thanks for very nice reaction 😌
Misty sea represents "Blue tomb",near Greek island Corfu,where are thousounds Serbian soldier from WWI.Serbia lost 1/3 of population in WWI.But like Ramonda Serbian people survived.Ramonda also can represent batlle life,love,struggle thru life against darknes,tough life of everyone of us,against death.Life must survive,like Ramonda.
The song should definitely stand out in first half of the semi 1 and should Q for the final. Song is so beautiful and magical and I definitely agree that she could be like Alika last year. Cause juries should absolutely vote for it in the final. I am not happy at all that a lot of people in Serbia doesn't like it. Bunch of people in Serbia are really angry because Breskvica lost and Teya Dora won, when Breskvica had 45000 televotes against 28000 for Teya. But she definitely deserves support, not the hate. Unlike my Croatia with one outstanding and at least 15 crap songs, Serbia really had at least 3-4 great options (Teya, Breskvica, Zorja, Konstrakta) for the ESC and basically no bad song in the PZE.
I don't like the fact that many people in Serbia are bashing the song instead of supporting it but that's how people can be not just in Serbia but everywhere, maybe to a lesser extent. When I heard the studio version I liked Breskvica's song the most because I love ethnic music and I wished her to win but once I saw the live performance I got disappointed because it's so outdated. Then I saw Zorjas performance and I liked it so much and regretted that I didn't pay much attention to it while listening to the studio versions. Then when I saw Teya's perofmance I could not decide if I wanted her or Zorja to win.I am happy that Teya won but what I don't like about Ramonda is that it's repetitive, I find it a bit boring but it's growing on me. I like the song overall and the performance is good and I am excited to see what the performance will look like at ESC so I am proud and will support it. It's a shame that Zorja received only 7 points from the tele voting, she deserved to be at second place in the combined voting results. It's also a shame that the juries in SF1 gave more points to Breskvica then Zorja. I also feel like there was no trash songs at PZE this year and I must say kudos the team that organize the show, I enjoyed watching it and the atmosphere in the green room was great. The quality of the national selection has improved much in the last 3 years. Don't think Teya has any chances to win so may Baby Lasagna win ;)
@@RandomGuy-dd3vn Yes,I absolutely agree about Zorja. Her voice is simply WOW. She was underrated in my opinion and would also be a really great choice for ESC.
Beautiful song, and more importantly it will really stand out this year! A few cool tidbits about the music video: I believe the mountain and ocean imagery are meant to reference the Serbian retreat and blue tomb. After Serbia started losing in WW1, they had to escape through the Albanian mountains to Greece. Over a hundred thousand soldiers and civilians were killed or succumbed to illness during the journey, and many died after reaching Greece. Due to a lack of burial space, they were laid to rest in the sea off the Greek shore. I just love how deeply historical everything about this song is!
Ome of the faves i feel. I havent seen any bad stuff about her and people seem to rrally love her. I can see it in top 10/5. Doing really good with jury but also suprising with televotes🌸💜🇷🇸 Serbia deserves their flowers, very different in a year full of crazy up beat songs
Where have you been?? Thought you were ignoring us this year 😂😂😂 joking, thank you for all of your amazing work , I thoroughly enjoy all of your analysis ❤
Here are the lyrics in English. Hopefully, I managed to make the lyrics rhyme but to stay faithfull to the original. RAMONDA 🌸 " There's no, there's no peace for me Restless, sleepless with no dreams Night forbids the dawn to come Hardest for the lonesome Underwater, silent and bound I scream but i can't make a sound Above the hills there is a light But there's no end in sight Only wounded can walk this path There's no guide to take me far Into brightnes of the Morning star World in flames Flowers burned away Where've they gone from us? Lilac Ramondas Lilac Ramonda x8 There's no guide to take on me The stars are gone, they fell asleep Even prayers wouldn't console me Where've they gone from us? Lilac Radmondas Lilac Ramonda x8 From the ashes rising high... Just one Lilac Ramonda. " 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 All the best from Serbia and thanks for your support for our Teya Dora. 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
IMO there is no need for any text at the end of the song since it is shown Ramonda growing. The crazy lights thowards the end of the song should represent the lightnings from the video. I agree that they are causing bit of distraction. I hope they will find the solution for it. By the way, Teya Dora was studying graphic design before she enrolled in music school where she was so good that she got the grant to continue her studies on Berkeley University in Massachusetts. I believe that most of her visual appearance including the staging is her own idea...
End means , it is awakening from the ashes one purple Ramonda, which represts resurrection of a Serb people, and Ramonda also means Fenix flower , it can awake after dead
Breskvica was my favorite (I'm proving very good at picking number twos) but I'm not mad about Teya Dora winning. Particularly impressive was the staging: after you went through the lyrics, I realized I knew what that song was about despite not knowing a word of Serbian. It was all there visually.
This fan tribute has the best translation, the one Tom is using here. I don't particularly like the translation done on the official video. Just turn on subs
The blue tomb Halt, Imperial galleons! Turn your mighty sterns! Thread with the silent pace! I'm proudly holding a requiem in the middle of cold night Over these sacred waters.
Here at the bottom, where the shells fall into the weary sleep And the moss drops over the dead algaes lie the gravesite of the valiant, brother by a brother, Prometheuses of hope, apostles of woe.
Do you not feel how the sea lingers, Without disturbing the eternal rest of the fallen squadrons? From the deep abyss the peaceful sleep relieves them, and with the weary flight the moons ray strolls.
It's the temple of secrets and the tomb of dismal For the great dead man, endless like our mind. Silent like midnight over the southern islands, Dark like the consciousness, cold and agonizing.
Do you not feel that from the livid depths the piousness grows sprinkled over the waters And in the air dances the strange pantomime? It's the great soul of the deceased one that wanders.
Halt, Imperial galleons! On the gravesite of my brothers shroud your trumpets with black colours. May the guards solemnly sing the requiem Over here, where the waves kiss one another!
For many of the centuries will pass, like foam that passes over the sea and dies without a hint, And some new and great shift will come, To make the luminous home over those many graves.
But this gravesite, where is buried the great and terrifying secret of epopee, Will be the cradle for the fairytale of times, where the spirit will search for his paragons.
There are buried the wreaths of yore and the passing joy of one entire kin, that's why that grave lie in the shadow of the waves Between the earth's bosom and firmament.
Halt, Imperial galleons! May the torches freeze, May the paddling die silent, And when I finish my requiem, slip into the black night piously and soundlessly.
For I want the endless silence to reign so that the dead can hear the sound of the truculent lava, How their boiling blood foams up in the children that cry out under the aegis of glory.
For, there far away, the battlefield blazes with this same blood that rests here: Here over the father the peace is reigning There over the son history's in the making.
That's why I want peace, to hold the requiem without a word, without tears and gentle sighs, to conjoin the scent of incense and the dust Along with the soundless roars of the distant drums.
Halt, Imperial galleons! In the name of sensible respect Slide with the silent pace. I'm holding the requiem, that the heavens have not yet seen Over these sacred waters! lyricstranslate.com/sr/plava-grobnica-blue-tomb.html
for the lyrics/text, if they decide to include any i wonder if they're going to do it like they did with konstrakta, where they didn't have any text in the background but some subtitles/translations are added at the bottom of the screen instead
I wonder whether this song (and Portugal's, to be honest) are the right choices for ESC. I think they both lack the ability to immediately capture attention which is possibly the most important quality of a ESC winner
As for the result, I don’t expect a good result, because we have only been in the top 20 of the jury vote once since 2015 (which was #11 with Konstrakta) and a quiet song like this will be a bit forgotten by the televote. So either a NQ or scraping by to the final and finishing bottom 5. But I don’t care, I still think this is one of the best songs we have ever sent to Eurovision. I absolutely love it.
My gut feeling with this is it's going to sneak through in like 9th or 10th and then finish top 10 in the final, sort of like Estonia last year. EDIT - And just after I sent this comment I heard you mention the comparison with Alika so we are on the same page. Alike was 1 of only 3 acts in SF2 last year who scored in every country so that supports the idea that Teya Dora will score in every country granted alot will probably be 1-5 pointers.
I dont see Croatia winning this year. Like if we compare it it isnt as ateong as kaarija last year so i domt see it getting as big as televote as kaaroja did or as much jury points. I see croatoa being like from 15 to 20 with jury but top 5 witj televote
I think the meaning of ramonda flower in the song is misinterpreted; i think it's rather very personal. She stated that in her childhood she used to hike with her parents and remembers that they would stumble on ramonda flowers in the mountains occasionally. She lost her father recently so...yeah
There aren’t any similarities between Serbia and Portugal in terms of their genre. The only thing they have in common is that both are ballads. That would be like saying Finland and Cyprus are direct competition because both are faster songs.
In the First World War, Serbia lost about 30% of its population, 60% of its male population. The figure is around 1,200,000 inhabitants who lost their lives. This is perhaps the highest percentage that a country lost in that war. Ramonda is an endemic species and has 3 subspecies. One grows on the Iberian island and in Serbia there is Ramonda Serbica and Natalija's ramonda, which was named after the Serbian queen. Both species are endangered and are protected by law. Natalija's ramonda is also known as the phoenix because it can to dry completely and to revive again when the conditions are favorable. In the First World War, Natalija's ramonda was taken as a symbol of Armistice Day and as a symbol of Serbian suffering in that war, as a new beginning, as a phoenix. The song follows these two stories. It tells where the purple Ramonde disappeared, as a metaphor for the suffering that Serbia suffered. During the performance, purple luminous dots appear on the LED screens that rise and rise. They represent the souls of Serbian soldiers who died defending their country and which go to heaven. At the end of the words, a purple ramonda rises from the ashes. That verse represents the aspiration for a better tomorrow, for the end of war, for the end of suffering, for peace..
Blue tomb.
In one part of the song, he says, everything is quiet under the sea. When the Serbian army retreated through Albania to the Greek island of Vido, many soldiers died of disease and hunger. It is estimated that around 5,000 people died then and were thrown into the Ionian Sea for eternal rest. Since then, that place has been called the blue tomb.
Serbia is probably the best country in Eurovision now, for me. Loco Loco was my winner in 2021 as well as Luke Black last year.
Beautiful. I didn´t really care on my first listen but I absolutely got into it on my second try. Best ballad this year. ❤
It is simply amazing. It is in my Top 3 this year and it got such a good message! Ramonda hits all my soft spots and I might even overtake my number 1 before the beginning of Eurovision itself.
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Dieses lied bringt einen zum Nachdenken, es sollte eine Weltfrieden Hymne werden !!!
Perfektna analiza. Hvala ❤️🇷🇸
Great analysis Tom, cheers from Serbia 🥂
Yes!
We are very proud of Teya.. The song is very beautiful and one of the few special and unique songs this year! Masterpiece that I hope will be recognized 👏👏👏🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🙏🙏🙏 Go for it Ramonda
Dedicated reaction , great job!👏
This purple dream 🪻 is Eurovision winning material - not only because a ballad will absolutely stand out at Eurovision this year, but also because it represents the spirit of its country in a way that makes me shiver in front of this mesmerizing beauty!💜🪻🇷🇸 I do understand the profound meaning because I am half Croatian, but even if we don't look at borders and nations, "Ramonda" is a haunting mélange of velvety melancholia, spectral grace and deepest emotions! And there couldn't be a more suitable voice to share this multi-layered message with the entire world: Teya Dora is not only a heartwarming human being and exceptionally gifted artist, but has the ability to seduce the masses with a voice out of this world. Vocals and songs don't always need to be loud and sharp to cast a spell over the universe, and in this case a dark lullaby is predestined to make this world a better place. Ramonda only needs one drop of water to rise from the dead - and if we look at the current state of our world, a sweet masterpiece like this has never been more necessary than now. Like the flower itself, "Ramonda" grows and grows and grows with every single listen, its putting me in a trance at night and day, and I'm already sure that Teya's magic will heal all the suffering in the world in May. This entry fulfills me on the deepest possible level and it speaks to my soul as if it was born within me!💜🪻✨️🌙
I agree but def not winning material
@@SimoneZaino-fq4rkWhy not ??? If Jamala could win with the song 1944 for Ukraine, so can Teya Dora, this is a similar message but far more beautiful as a song in my opinion!
@@Berndr Very low on the Scoreboard and on odds🤷
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You are so kind ❤
God Bless❤
I love that song. Really deep and pure and credible, it leads you to listen and to feel whatever you feel. So happy that I discovered this gem. 💫
Serbia is very proud of this ballad about a magical symbol of peace and renewal.Ramonda serbica and Teya Dora 💗🇷🇸 Great historical ballad💗🇷🇸
❤this beautiful magnificent song Ramonda I listen to it again and again and again and I never get enough and it always makes me cry first and then smile and always like that every day I literally wake up with this song and fall asleep with this song Ramonda. It hypnotizes me. Well done Teya Dora thank you. thank you very much thank you for the song Dzanum Moye more.❤
I love this song, and I am not botherd which place it will be.❤
She will not buy you on first listening, but after several listens she will for sure. Her song is acquired taste.
Amazing,emotional,artistic,unique!!!💜🪻💜🪻💜🪻
Thank you, Tom! I always appreciate your reviews, they are great and so much fun
No problem Kris. Thank you for the quote that you gave me
If anyone is interested, here is an analysis:
1. Ramonda is a very rare purple flower that grows on Mount Rtanj in Serbia and is known as the “Phoenix flower”. It can survive in harsh environments and can “revive” itself after dehydrating with only a drop of water. It was used as a symbol of the Serbian people in WW1 during which Serbia lost 1/4 of its population.
2. There are several lines in the lyrics that reference the famous exodus of the Serbian people (along with The king and army) who travelled by foot over Montenegrin and Albanian mountains to Greece in harsh winter of 1915. Around 240.000 people died on the journey and were buried at sea in a Greek Island in what is known as “The Blue Tomb”. The line “there, under the water, everything is dead silent” is a reference to that. Also, the intro of the performance and her sitting on a rock is also related to that.
Furthermore, another line states “there’s nobody left to guide me towards the morning star” again symbolizing the life in them fading as well as the fading hope of the Serbian people and utter desperation that we would perish in the war. Then you have “The world burns, every flower dies, where have the purple Ramondas vanished” = where have all the Serbs gone? The song ends with “A single purple Ramonda rises from the ashes” symbolizing hope and just like the Ramonda flower resurrects, so do the Serbian people.
But the lyrics are very layered. It has clear references to history, but it can also be interpreted as a personal struggle and finding hope for yourself on an individual level.
I love this song, and the symbolism brings me to tears. The music is powerful, moving and her voice is beautiful.
Thank you Tom. We are proud of our Teya Dora 💜💟 🪻
I think the big point about this song that everyone is missing, is that it’s not only about events of WW1 specifically. Of course the flower is a symbol for that, but the lesson is timeless and very relevant today - the world seems to be in despair, there is war and suffering everywhere. On a personal level people are struggling more than ever mentally. This song applies to all of us every day, it’s a reminder that like a Ramonda, we can all bloom once again no matter how isolating and hopeless things feel around us.
The music video looks like a movie. Gorgeous! Her voice, the look, the story behind the song is what makes it winning material. Shes the best this year🇷🇸 She ATE and left no breadcrumbs 🫶✨💕
Excellent analysis and promotion for Teyas song. Hi from Paris
again wow! this was such a complex and beautiful reaction and analysis. serbia with croatia, belgium and the netherlands (my no.1) are my favorites! - greetings from vienna!
This is comment, this is analysis! Congratulations!
Hey, as a native Serbian I have to admit I have been sleeping on Teya Dora for whatever reason, and I am so happy I got to know her more now she has more recognition. She is actually a veryyyy talented musician, singer & songwriter. She does a lot of diverse music, a lot of trap, rnb and pop, and in the last few days I just found out a lot of popular songs of other artists here were written by her in the last few years.
Anyway, love your video and reaction, lots of love to Ireland from Serbia! 💜
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We haven't forgotten your reaction from the Arena during qualifiing of SF1 and supporting LB last year. Thx 🙋♀️
Greet&Love from 🇷🇸
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After her song "Dzanum" which went viral all over the world thanks to Tiktok, now we have a sequel in the form of Ramonda.The title of Teya's song "Ramonda" references a flower known by its latin name "Ramonda serbica", an endemic species that only grows in Serbia and around it (some parts of N.Macedonia and northern Greece), discovered by Serbian scientiist in 1884, a flower which is known for its ability to completely dry out and still revive once it gets water, a flower that can straight up come back from undead. Very similar to Ramonda Serbica is Natalie's Ramonda, flower of the same genus, In Serbia it's known as "Natalijina ramonda" named after the XIX century Serbian queen Natalija Obrenović and it's used as a symbol of victory in WWI. In Serbia, to mark this day we wear a phoenix flower - Natalie's Ramonda, capable of resurrection, just as Serbia after WWI, in which it lost almost 1/3 of people. In fact, the song can also talk about loneliness and the ability to have everything in its place one day. Just like Ramonda flower only needs a drop of water to come alive. In the official video clip of the song, there is also a quote from the Gospel according to John: "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it." The island in the video symbolizes Greece, Corfu. That's where the Serbian soldiers retreated in WW1 in a seemingly hopeless situation, being chased to be finished off by Axis forces (like Austria Hungary and flanked by Bulgaria, who wanted a piece of the spoils). Greece took the Serbians in, gave them food, shelter, water... Many died upon arrival and had to be ''buried'' in the sea surrounding Corfu, since there wasn't space left. Absolutely hauntingly beautiful message and ode to one's ancestors who faced near impossible odds. There is even a museum in Corfu with lots of memorabilia from that period.
I only appreciate Tom's reactions ❤ Love you Tom! Hugs from Belgrade!
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🇷🇸 I'm glad you understand our song about Ramonda because it's a resurrection flower in the true sense - it hibernates and is born again when it rains like Phoenix
🇷🇸 Serbia!!!
I wish everyone new a positive spiritual resurrection and peace throughout Europe and the world like Ramoda 🏵 !!!
Welcome in 🇷🇸 Serbia next year on Eurovision song contest !
Teya Dora Winner!❤
I was waiting for your reaction,thank youu🫶
I am really moved how much you are invested in this analysis. It's not OverthinkingIt (and that's not the idea) but shows all the aspects of the candidate. And it's good to see how Irish people like this song especially when we have a whole week Irish Festival here right now. 😏
Ramonda Winner!
Lovely review, Tom💜
Winner is amazing Serbian song Ramonda❤ by amazing singer composer songwriter and pianist TEYA DORA ❤ winner of Evrovision 24 ❤ Thanks for very nice reaction 😌
The staging is a close interpratation of the video. That moving single light is the star, the strobe light are lightnings etc.
Every second of the song it's perfectly done.
Thank you Tom again. 👏👑Ramonda,Teya🌸 our pride💜
Winner is amazing Serbian song Ramonda❤ by amazing singer composer songwriter and pianist TEYA DORA ❤ winner of Evrovision 24 ❤
Serbia can win!
Don't be delulu, we can't lol
Even if Serbia does not win, I'm glad to discover Teya Dora (like I enjoyed Luke Black). I'll follow her.
@@sweettooth.02 zasto ne bi pobedili?
@@aleksapetkovic8722 Zato što si debil
@@aleksapetkovic8722možemo, ako ne pobedi politička opcija. Možda je na to mislila
Misty sea represents "Blue tomb",near Greek island Corfu,where are thousounds Serbian soldier from WWI.Serbia lost 1/3 of population in WWI.But like Ramonda Serbian people survived.Ramonda also can represent batlle life,love,struggle thru life against darknes,tough life of everyone of us,against death.Life must survive,like Ramonda.
the song is among the top three favorites in my opinion, but we'll see, many people vote..
I don't think it's shyness, it would be suffering. Beautiful voice, beautiful song.
i always like your videos before i have even watched them 😄 i just know every one of your videos will be worth my time, no doubt.
Awww thank you 🙏🏻
The song should definitely stand out in first half of the semi 1 and should Q for the final. Song is so beautiful and magical and I definitely agree that she could be like Alika last year. Cause juries should absolutely vote for it in the final. I am not happy at all that a lot of people in Serbia doesn't like it. Bunch of people in Serbia are really angry because Breskvica lost and Teya Dora won, when Breskvica had 45000 televotes against 28000 for Teya. But she definitely deserves support, not the hate. Unlike my Croatia with one outstanding and at least 15 crap songs, Serbia really had at least 3-4 great options (Teya, Breskvica, Zorja, Konstrakta) for the ESC and basically no bad song in the PZE.
After a few listens, they fell in love with the song. 😂
I don't like the fact that many people in Serbia are bashing the song instead of supporting it but that's how people can be not just in Serbia but everywhere, maybe to a lesser extent. When I heard the studio version I liked Breskvica's song the most because I love ethnic music and I wished her to win but once I saw the live performance I got disappointed because it's so outdated. Then I saw Zorjas performance and I liked it so much and regretted that I didn't pay much attention to it while listening to the studio versions. Then when I saw Teya's perofmance I could not decide if I wanted her or Zorja to win.I am happy that Teya won but what I don't like about Ramonda is that it's repetitive, I find it a bit boring but it's growing on me. I like the song overall and the performance is good and I am excited to see what the performance will look like at ESC so I am proud and will support it.
It's a shame that Zorja received only 7 points from the tele voting, she deserved to be at second place in the combined voting results. It's also a shame that the juries in SF1 gave more points to Breskvica then Zorja. I also feel like there was no trash songs at PZE this year and I must say kudos the team that organize the show, I enjoyed watching it and the atmosphere in the green room was great. The quality of the national selection has improved much in the last 3 years. Don't think Teya has any chances to win so may Baby Lasagna win ;)
@@RandomGuy-dd3vn Yes,I absolutely agree about Zorja. Her voice is simply WOW. She was underrated in my opinion and would also be a really great choice for ESC.
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Beautiful song, and more importantly it will really stand out this year! A few cool tidbits about the music video: I believe the mountain and ocean imagery are meant to reference the Serbian retreat and blue tomb. After Serbia started losing in WW1, they had to escape through the Albanian mountains to Greece. Over a hundred thousand soldiers and civilians were killed or succumbed to illness during the journey, and many died after reaching Greece. Due to a lack of burial space, they were laid to rest in the sea off the Greek shore. I just love how deeply historical everything about this song is!
Serbia also has faries in its folklore 🧚♀️ thanks for the great review 😁🍀
This will qualify in the final and there is also Croatia and Slovenia in the semi final I think it will go through and I liked the song
I wanna be flexibile in life as Tom's fingers and hands are when he is explaining something lol....
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Ome of the faves i feel. I havent seen any bad stuff about her and people seem to rrally love her. I can see it in top 10/5. Doing really good with jury but also suprising with televotes🌸💜🇷🇸
Serbia deserves their flowers, very different in a year full of crazy up beat songs
Best Eurovision song ever !
Where have you been?? Thought you were ignoring us this year 😂😂😂 joking, thank you for all of your amazing work , I thoroughly enjoy all of your analysis ❤
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Great song
1.Israel
2.Serbia
3. Ukraine
Love the review. You're the best. Love from Sweden
Yes reborn in Serbian language mean "VASKRSENJE"💜👍🌸Thank you Tom for gorgeous reaction
Love it❤
Here are the lyrics in English. Hopefully, I managed to make the lyrics rhyme but to stay faithfull to the original.
RAMONDA 🌸
" There's no, there's no peace for me
Restless, sleepless with no dreams
Night forbids the dawn to come
Hardest for the lonesome
Underwater, silent and bound
I scream but i can't make a sound
Above the hills there is a light
But there's no end in sight
Only wounded can walk this path
There's no guide to take me far
Into brightnes of the Morning star
World in flames
Flowers burned away
Where've they gone from us?
Lilac Ramondas
Lilac Ramonda x8
There's no guide to take on me
The stars are gone, they fell asleep
Even prayers wouldn't console me
Where've they gone from us?
Lilac Radmondas
Lilac Ramonda x8
From the ashes rising high...
Just one Lilac Ramonda. "
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All the best from Serbia and thanks for your support for our Teya Dora. 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
Could you imagine if they put her last in the first half followed by Finland? What a contrast that would be!
IMO there is no need for any text at the end of the song since it is shown Ramonda growing.
The crazy lights thowards the end of the song should represent the lightnings from the video. I agree that they are causing bit of distraction. I hope they will find the solution for it. By the way, Teya Dora was studying graphic design before she enrolled in music school where she was so good that she got the grant to continue her studies on Berkeley University in Massachusetts.
I believe that most of her visual appearance including the staging is her own idea...
End means , it is awakening from the ashes one purple Ramonda, which represts resurrection of a Serb people, and Ramonda also means Fenix flower , it can awake after dead
Excellent breakdown Tom 👏🏼
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Breskvica was my favorite (I'm proving very good at picking number twos) but I'm not mad about Teya Dora winning.
Particularly impressive was the staging: after you went through the lyrics, I realized I knew what that song was about despite not knowing a word of Serbian. It was all there visually.
It nearly reminds me of some of Bjork videos - Joga, Black Lake etc. with cruel but hopeful nature... wish her the same success as Bjork 💜
I love this song. But I cant find the translation. Would love to know what she s singing! One of my favorites
Try 2 find official spot, title is there...
This fan tribute has the best translation, the one Tom is using here. I don't particularly like the translation done on the official video. Just turn on subs
Tommy, what do you think about the ESC changes ? especially the voting changes
Amazing song Ramonda by amazing singer composer songwriter and pianist TEYA DORA WINNER of Evrovision 24 💯♥️ Thanks for very nice reaction 🙏❤
The blue tomb
Halt, Imperial galleons! Turn your mighty sterns!
Thread with the silent pace!
I'm proudly holding a requiem in the middle of cold night
Over these sacred waters.
Here at the bottom, where the shells fall into the weary sleep
And the moss drops over the dead algaes
lie the gravesite of the valiant, brother by a brother,
Prometheuses of hope, apostles of woe.
Do you not feel how the sea lingers,
Without disturbing the eternal rest of the fallen squadrons?
From the deep abyss the peaceful sleep relieves them,
and with the weary flight the moons ray strolls.
It's the temple of secrets and the tomb of dismal
For the great dead man, endless like our mind.
Silent like midnight over the southern islands,
Dark like the consciousness, cold and agonizing.
Do you not feel that from the livid depths
the piousness grows sprinkled over the waters
And in the air dances the strange pantomime?
It's the great soul of the deceased one that wanders.
Halt, Imperial galleons! On the gravesite of my brothers
shroud your trumpets with black colours.
May the guards solemnly sing the requiem
Over here, where the waves kiss one another!
For many of the centuries will pass, like foam
that passes over the sea and dies without a hint,
And some new and great shift will come,
To make the luminous home over those many graves.
But this gravesite, where is buried
the great and terrifying secret of epopee,
Will be the cradle for the fairytale of times,
where the spirit will search for his paragons.
There are buried the wreaths of yore
and the passing joy of one entire kin,
that's why that grave lie in the shadow of the waves
Between the earth's bosom and firmament.
Halt, Imperial galleons! May the torches freeze,
May the paddling die silent,
And when I finish my requiem, slip into the black night
piously and soundlessly.
For I want the endless silence to reign
so that the dead can hear the sound of the truculent lava,
How their boiling blood foams up
in the children that cry out under the aegis of glory.
For, there far away, the battlefield blazes
with this same blood that rests here:
Here over the father the peace is reigning
There over the son history's in the making.
That's why I want peace, to hold the requiem
without a word, without tears and gentle sighs,
to conjoin the scent of incense and the dust
Along with the soundless roars of the distant drums.
Halt, Imperial galleons! In the name of sensible respect
Slide with the silent pace.
I'm holding the requiem, that the heavens have not yet seen
Over these sacred waters!
lyricstranslate.com/sr/plava-grobnica-blue-tomb.html
for the lyrics/text, if they decide to include any i wonder if they're going to do it like they did with konstrakta, where they didn't have any text in the background but some subtitles/translations are added at the bottom of the screen instead
Yea that could work as well. They could do some artistic font
Serbia 2025❤❤❤
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Excellent bro...
❤srecno❤ramonda❤
This song will make the final.
Hey tom. I just wanted to ask. With all this stuff going on with Israel. Will you make a video about hurricane (Eden Golan's Esc song)
Oh I thought that Israel would not have been invited this year. Given how political eurovision is
Tom, do u think u will do a separate video about the pretty big changes??
The ones about the big 5 and voting? Yes I likely will
@@ESCTom yayy
Ramonda represents ww1 , when Serbs , all not just from Serbia lost 1/3 of a male population
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Purple is Gimlo's favourite colour! After green of course...
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Ramonda srbica❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉
Teya Dora is a jury winner!
Teya Dora Winner 🏆
I wonder whether this song (and Portugal's, to be honest) are the right choices for ESC.
I think they both lack the ability to immediately capture attention which is possibly the most important quality of a ESC winner
They are trying to capture the soul, not the attention.
To be fair, that English translation is very poetic and not litteral
Belgrad 2025
As for the result, I don’t expect a good result, because we have only been in the top 20 of the jury vote once since 2015 (which was #11 with Konstrakta) and a quiet song like this will be a bit forgotten by the televote.
So either a NQ or scraping by to the final and finishing bottom 5.
But I don’t care, I still think this is one of the best songs we have ever sent to Eurovision. I absolutely love it.
YeP it’s not just about the result, this is a lovely entry regardless of where it places
Ne seri
My gut feeling with this is it's going to sneak through in like 9th or 10th and then finish top 10 in the final, sort of like Estonia last year.
EDIT - And just after I sent this comment I heard you mention the comparison with Alika so we are on the same page. Alike was 1 of only 3 acts in SF2 last year who scored in every country so that supports the idea that Teya Dora will score in every country granted alot will probably be 1-5 pointers.
Winner Ramonda 🪻💜
When are you reacting to Marina Satti’s Zari and Greece?
It’s very high on my list. I have been travelling a lot the last few days so I am behind
@@ESCTom Looking forward to your opinion
I dont see Croatia winning this year. Like if we compare it it isnt as ateong as kaarija last year so i domt see it getting as big as televote as kaaroja did or as much jury points. I see croatoa being like from 15 to 20 with jury but top 5 witj televote
well I will always adore Beovizija for giving us Nevena Bozovic and "Kruna" in 2019
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Glasaj za nju i rvoji pratioci jer je zaista to umetnicka pesma , sto uvek na Euroviziji posalje Srbija !!!!
What about the reaction to San Marino and Megara?
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I think the meaning of ramonda flower in the song is misinterpreted; i think it's rather very personal. She stated that in her childhood she used to hike with her parents and remembers that they would stumble on ramonda flowers in the mountains occasionally. She lost her father recently so...yeah
I hope that you will not analyze Israel’s song 🫶🏻🙏🏻
Perhaps a bit too late, but you forgot to mention Portugal vs Serbia in similarity of genres.
And Latvia ?
There aren’t any similarities between Serbia and Portugal in terms of their genre. The only thing they have in common is that both are ballads.
That would be like saying Finland and Cyprus are direct competition because both are faster songs.
I reviewed this before Portugal was chosen. I left a text note about it in the video
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I find text during a live performance kind of cheugy and I hope they don‘t make use of it. Salvador Sobral and Jamala didn‘t and won anyway
Yea Salvador is a good example
Tom, you really love invoking Game of Thrones, I might turn it into a drinking game 😝💙
i looooooooooooooooooove Games of Thrones
Apart from that last season 🤮