Review: Uzari and Maimuna with Time

Belarus gets into the duo mania bringing us Uzari and Maimuna, if you want to consider that him singing and her playing the violin is actually a duo. It is an up-beat song, which is really something in this year’s competition, played by two good-looking people and with a violin in it (something that has been proven to be a good thing in 2008 and 2009 winning songs). Could this be their ticket to success?

The song starts with a gentle piano, and gradually grows with some bass to finally introduce Maimuna’s violin. It is a good beginning, but I just don’t love Uzari’s voice. He doesn’t make any vocal effort throughout the whole song, and it would be literally naked without the back-up singers at some parts. Luckily, the violin gets some of the attention, and helps the bridge to sound special. Without it, Time would be a generic pop song, just that. It has a nice message and a catchy melody that sticks into your head for a while after listening to it, but there’s nothing more to it. At least, not for me.

Will it make through it semi-final? Yes. And it will probably make it to the left side of the chart on Saturday. I like it, and I don’t mind when it pops out in my playlist ‘cause it makes me dance a little bit, but it’s just not my favourite. Better song than last year’s Cheesecake, anyway, so well done, Belarus.