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JOY Eurovision

8 Mar 2012

Slovakia presents

National Finals, Uncategorized

Slovakia has presented their entry for Baku. The aesthetically pleasing rock and rhythm musician and songwriter Max Jason Mai will be singing Don’t Close Your Eyes.

Don’t Close Your Eyes is a rock song written by Max himself. According to his bio, he has quite diverse influences ranging from Whitesnake to Sade to Ennio Morricone.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvb-6SBEeE4]

It’s worth noting that Slovakia’s first two entries were rock, both in 1993 and in 1994.

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