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No. 190078
Serbia: Konstrakta - In Corpore Sano
Vidrel is the live performance since I think that's the must-watch, but here's the mv anyway:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S1jrYq87Zw No. 190105
>>190092>Depends on what part of Europe you live in, I guess. I live right by the Russian border and I don't think anyone here is going to let this go for a long timeAh you're right, that was shallow thinking of me, I'm sorry. I'm in the West so I'm more distanced from the situation.
>I don't mind an Ukrainian winIs it your favourite then? Personally I think it'll definitely get top 5 or top 3 at least. I must say, I don't actually like the song at all.
No. 190113
I skipped listening to half of the songs from the first few seconds when I heard a piano or a serious soulful voice kek. I hate ballads.
my favourites
>>190038>>190051>>190060 (I know it's cringe but it's also very fun)
>>190066>>190070>>190078>>190050I haven't seen these guys in years wow.
>>190087I do feel people will vote for them due to the current climate but it's still a good song(the rap is kinda meh though)
No. 190128
>>190059what are anons' thoughts on the Italian song? everyone here loves it but it's kind of boring to me, but I don't like romantic ballads in general so I'm not objective
t. anonIta
No. 190257
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>>190070Is this the only fucking weird entry of this year? I hope Norway scores high for having the balls of keeping up the tradition of bizzare Eurovision songs.
What's everybody's favourite uh, colorful performance from the past? I fucking love the Romanian vampire. Also still have nightmares about that one britbong entry which basically was a failed British Airways commercial
No. 190258
>>190257>>190060oh god, how could I have missed the vegan propaganda? so I guess it's at least two weird entries for this year.
Dude makes me think of a skinny Każ Miller lmfao
>>190071Wow I somehow did not expect my country to send a downright suicidal dude to Eurovision
No. 190276
>>190257>What's everybody's favourite uh, colorful performance from the past?I have many and I would spam the thread kek. Verka is a standard classic. The russian grannies, Ireland's dustin the turkey, lithuanian's funky dudes with the disco shorts in 2010, Ukraine's be my valentine, the angel and demon from Azerbaijan's first entry,Germany sending a dude with disco pants with Dita Von Teese, Latvia's pirates etc. The period 2008-2013 was good for weird shit.
I'm posting this one cause I'm STILL extremely salty it didn't go to the finals.
No. 190277
>>190276samefag my dumbass didn't sage
This one is my guilty plesure even though it's kinda terrible kek
No. 190398
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>>190257I don't remember what country/year but the man in the hamster wheel will never stop being funny to me
No. 190405
>>190276Don't really care for the rapping but the parts with the woman are badass. I love her strong voice, it almost sounds like a studio recording. I feel like you often don't get that with EDM because the vocals tend to be processed.
Also, watching this video made me realize how much many entries look almost like music videos on tv nowadays.
No. 190415
>>190087The odds have Ukraine winning at like 23% or something ridiculously high like that, but I think we’ll get a more realistic picture once actual rehearsals start. That being said, I could see a lot of ex Soviet countries giving ukraine very high jury and televoting points but like others have said, not sure how this will translate to those not immediately impacted by the current situation/without similar history with Russian aggression
The only sure prediction I can make now is Greece and Cyprus will give each other 12 points
No. 190805
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>>190257maybe not my fave but i will never forget this dude.
No. 190966
>>190277kek every now and again i remember getting this one stuck in my head
el chiki chiki will always be one of my favorites, mostly because this guy looks exactly like a goofy spanish guy i used to work with. will always be kind of sad we didn't get to see little big perform uno at eurovision 2020
No. 203298
>>203051I'll just post the ones that are reposted on youtube
vidrel is Cyprus, very nice staging imo
No. 203657
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Apparantly the stage was supposed to have this huge ass "sun" with rotating arches that was supposed to rotate in between performances to accomodate to every country's performance but the thing broke and now they're going to leave this gigantic black arch on the stage and it's fucking ugly and it looks ridiculous. You can see how it blocks the visuals behind it. You can bet your ass there's going to be lots of awkward camera angles to try to hide that thing.
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We're watching Eurovision (first semi final) in the lolcow movie room tonight! It's at 21:00 CEST (A little less than 4 hours from now)
No. 205122
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Albania
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Latvia
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Lmao if this shit wins…
No. 205128
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>>205127I miss Verka. Last year's entry was awesome too. If they win I think no one's gonna be able to argue that Eurovision isn't political anymore, kek.
No. 205129
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Moldova kek
No. 205131
Moldova best one so far
>>205065link?
No. 205246
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>>205154>>205123The only way I can justify it is that the jury didn't want the crowd to scream PUSSY on the top of their lungs in the finals like it happened in the semis.
I'm coping hard about them not passing. They were all great especially their cute energetic singer.>>205129>>205132at least we have this. Loved their performance.
No. 205871
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screaming in pain because moldova is for sure not going to win but i know for a fact italy or ukraine will
No. 205963
>>205871I'm like 200% sure Ukraine will win nonna, I like their song so I don't mind. I hope Italy doesn't win because their song sounds shit live (even though I'm a huge Mahmood fan). Moldova is really really good and I really hope they make it to top 5 just to spite Romania for sending a stupid ass song that's not in Romanian
I feel like there were so many good songs that didn't even make it to the final, it looked like it was gonna be a good year but somehow the line up for the final seems so boring
No. 206006
>>205995Germany gets last place, "12 points for Ukraine" x 10000, Cyprus gives Greece 12 points (obv), Iceland's host tries to be quirky and says jaja dingdong or something, juries' favourite loses the televote by a landslide, Sweden somehow manages to get more points than Norway despite being boring
Those are like the really obvious stuff although this year will be pretty atypical because of the war. I'd include the Romania/Moldova 12 point exchange like
>>206005 mentioned but I'm pretty sure they'll vote for Ukraine as they both share borders with it
Off-topic but does anyone know why there's little to no interaction between the hosts and the green room this year?
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No. 206113
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let's fucking go moldova
No. 206117
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moldova you better win
No. 206120
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fuck sad moids
No. 206125
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No. 206129
>>206120For real, this final was full of sad moids
>>206128You still need to be in Europe to vote using the app
No. 206206
>>206205So wholesome
nonny this year weren’t so many euro anons here
No. 206208
About these "technical difficulties" from six countries:
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/melodifestivalen/a/dnWlKw/ebu-sex-lander-kan-ha-fuskat-i-eurovisionEBU accused them of vote manipulating and decided to choose the votes themselves instead by analyzing other neighbourhood countries.
No. 206210
if it wasn't for the nonsensical jury votes and political shit, Serbia would have won
>>206170its what we deserve kek
No. 206231
>>206223I liked Spain’s song even if it was coomer shit, it was kind of catchy, I would’ve preferred Norway or Lituania as the winner.
And I was honestly annoyed by how Spain got treated, if they really didn’t want her to get chosen, then maybe specify that you can’t even participate if you’re not born in Spain?
No. 206321
>>206234its to do with the European Broadcasting Union not europe as a continent
so countries that are able to join are
Algeria (refuse to because of isreal)
Egypt (refuse to because of isreal)
Jordan (refuse to because of isreal)
Lebanon (were going to join in 2005 but didnt due to isreal)
Libya (refuse to because of isreal)
Tunisia (were going to join in 1977 but didnt due to isreal)
Vatican City
Countries that once were in eurovision but not any more
Andorra
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hungary
Luxembourg
Monaco
Morocco
Russia
Slovakia
Turkey
countries that voiced interest in joining but cant joint due to ebu rules
China, peoples republic of (eurovision suported this until they found out that china censors all the pride flags and other lgbt content)
Faroe Islands (cant as part of denmark)
Gibraltar (cant as part of uk)
Kazakhstan (not member of ebu)
Kosovo (not part of un so can not be full member of ebu)
Liechtenstein (no national broadcaster, so cant join ebu)
Qatar (was ebu associate member but since removed)
Scotland (cant as part of uk)
Wales (cant as part of uk)
Wales and Scotland are part of eurovision choir though
Wales and Kazakhstan are part of junior eurovision
No. 206326
I know people here are upset about uk not winning but i thought ukraine was better. The uk guy had a good voice but it wasn't just as catchy and because of the amount of ballads this year i already forgot about his song. I do think its nice for UK that they finally are not in the bottom. Do you think next year eurovision will be hosted in one of the big 5, like maybe Germany or UK?
>>206197Yeah last year was so much better, to many boring songs this year. I don't mind that ukraine won even if it's mostly pity votes because atleast it wasnt a ballad.
No. 206327
>>206321Slovakia had a lot of good entries but in the end Slovaks stopped giving a fuck because of how little points they'd keep getting, people here prefer Czech and Slovak versions of "Voice" instead. It sucks but oh well.
Belarus couldn't participate last year because it was a political Pro-Lukashenko song, so EBU told them to fuck off.
No. 206360
>>206188i mean they did win 2016 when they sung about being invaded by russia in ww2, after crimea and donbass were invaded
so its not exactly unprecedented
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No. 206404
>>206386I can guarantee you that Europe coming together to make Ukraine win is gonna piss off Russia, and it's already a noble goal to achieve. Besides, the song was good, it would've been top 10 easy even if nothing was going on in Ukraine
>>206360>i mean they did win 2016 when they sung about being invaded by russia in ww2, after crimea and donbass were invadedCrimea was attacked in 2014 not 2016, are you telling me country is not allowed to sing about their painful history ever otherwise it's calculated entry for pity points?
No. 206415
>>206404pro russian hackers tried to hack the vote and stop ukraine from winning accoridng to italian police
so they are pissed off
No. 206433
>>206328I believe that during the live stream there were multiples anons saying they wanted uk to win, which is surprising because uk was just another sad moid song. But maybe these anons are from uk and just wanted to win badly?
>>206397>Moldova third place with televotesAbsolutely based, this proves again jury votes are stupid. Why the hell did they like uk that much, because he's an tiktokker? Anyway spain should have been second imo and Moldova third just like the televotes
No. 206497
>>206496Also, you don’t spend probably at least a million of euros on clothing, travels, food, hotels, media representatives, you don’t have to train your voice and your choreography to hop on the bus, you can just wait for the next one that comes in a few minutes, this contest takes a whole year of artists honing their skills to even participate.
While I think it’s nice that Ukraine won because of all the horrible things they’re going though, it’s kind of shitty to underestimate the work that the artists put into entering the contest.
Ukraine’s song was really nice, I still think that this eurovision had a bunch of ballads without overly complex choreographies because everyone just kind of knew that it was important to show their support for Ukraine.
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did you anons ever watch that yt video "eurovision being a mess"… i loved it so much and it was deleted for some reason
No. 206559
>>206496>>206497bus isn't contest but the analogy is about sore loser fucks like you throwing a tantrum about giving someone a fucking break when they are in a terrible situation.
you selfish fucks think about money when human lives are being lost, like maybe ukrainians deserve to have this nice little thing when they are going through some shit.
maybe better analogy would be you guys throwing a tantrum about some wish foundation letting some cancer ridden kid have his wish come through and you two would be shitting yourself over how unfair that is. the kid is fucking dying, ukrainians are dying, deal with it like grown ups you ugly fat fucks
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in your opinion what were your top/worst songs ?
for me:
top songs: moldova > lithuania > serbia > france > ukraine
worst songs: san marino < switzerland < israel < all sadmoid ballads tbh doesnt matter who after that
No. 206779
>>206759Tbh even if I still believed in trans stuff, I would still find them tiring. It's like they went there just to promote trans rights and shit.
I'm thinking about the one who has a trans kid and if she is gonna put it on hormones/puberty blockers. I hope Iceland won't allow that shit even though they seem to be woke there.
>>206777Favs in no particular order: Latvia (ofc kek), Serbia, Moldova, Romania,France, Mika
Worst: SWITZERLAND and the ballads( I kinda liked Poland tho)
No. 207095
>>206543>illegally occupying northern cyprus for almost 50 years sage for obvious of topic
see i used to be very opposed to northern cyprus until i actually read up on why the split happened
and whilst invading may not have been the best and morally right idea the greek cypriots were being dicks to the muslims and had thrown aside the powershare agreement so i understand why turkey felt like it was their only option and the uk who were meant to enforce the power share agreement and prevent any issues were shirking their duty
also the new millitary rulers of greece were preparing to annex cyprus following their millitary coup so turkey felt it had no choice but to invade
so it was a shit situation all around
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>>207095who should represent florida in the next eurovision song contest?
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old but he was sort of cute here. sorry to a certain frenchanon on farmer movie night…
from: Love Love Peace Peace, 2016
No. 207181
>>206369Fully agreed. It's childish beyond comprehension, my country absolutely tanked in the finals yet I don't give a shit because I'm happy for Ukraine. I'm just happy that this acts as a morale boost to their troops because that's definitely what they need right now, one stupid song contest being weaponized against the biggest threat Europe has right now is a sacrifice I'm willing to make.
>Theres a reason why everyone remembers Lordi, Verka Serduchka, the Russian grandmas etc and its not their musical talent lol.Honestly. Eurovision has never been about the music, it's always been sensationalist first and foremost. Acting like the "actually good song should win" is being salty and it's either a britbong or a spaniard mad that they were "robbed of their victory". Ukraine's song was objectively good though, it's not like they won with trash.
>>206379kek I also had a friend get so mad they had a fucking meltdown over it. Like god just grow up for fuck's sake
No. 207184
>>206543>>206575Ukraine's song wasn't political you idiot, it was literally a song about the writer's mother and how much he loves and respects her. The national selections for Ukraine's representative were held before the war broke out so it had nothing to do with the war at first, only being made into an anthem retroactively. EBU can't control the votes either, if the majority of Europeans want Ukraine to win and vote for them then there's nothing they can do about it.
>>206726Wait, they did? I snoozed during their boring ass entry so I didn't even notice.
No. 207185
>>207184>Ukraine's song wasn't political you idiot, it was literally a song about the writer's mother and how much he loves and respects her.correct but i think people should watch this small part ( from 3:34 ) of vidrel anyway.
for those who cant watch or dont feel like it here is what the lead singer/rapper had to say about the song
>The song was originally about my mum.>Not a single lyric was about the war.>But now for many Ukranians, it's become a symbol of this war.>Even my perception if the song has changed.>I now identify it with Ukraine today, not just my mum. No. 207219
>>207218I hate after all these nice initiatives and helping Ukraine, Poland's ugly face has to emerge yet again. It legitimately sounds like some people see all that help we did as some debt Ukraine has to pay showing endless gratitude to Poland every step they take from now on. Song was shit therefore no points, shut up. It's always the same people who whine Eurovision is too political and no one cares about music but suddenly when such political approach would benefit polish entry, of course its all ok.
>I wouldn't give us points even if Krystian saved me from burning building.maxikek
>>207200Eurovision without salt is no eurovision
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>>207859wait actually? or are you just making a joke because you like them together. tell me the truth
nonny Please…
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>>207887Nothing is confirmed but I believe it's very possible. At least citi zeni asked.
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>>207909I wish I could blame it on the jury but unfortunately they got at the bottom 3 of televotes. The jury actually gave them higher score than televote. I can only think of two reasons why people didn't like it: it was either the spot they were placed(in the very beginning usually most people haven't started watching) or the people who listened to it for the first time found it cringe and ignored it(I kinda dismissed it for this reason at first but their stage presence and whole vibe made it grow on me and now it's cringe in a happy way like that other anon said. OR people aren't green which is hot and cool and don't like the idea of eating pussy idk.
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if you look in the background nobody else has their shoes much less socks taken off
what did he mean by this nonas? i am shaken to my core. and then he kisses his hand after grabbing his socks….
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howling haha with laughter at this
also to anybody curious it is pretty much known/confirmed that the people behind subwoolfer (norway entry) are ben adams from a1 and gaute ormåsen
No. 278877
>>209439kek after so many months i come and see this. they officially confirmed it on February
came to revive the thread with my favourite this year(and so far)
No. 278905
>>278877The most aggressive cha cha cha ever. I like his outfit.
This is our winner (great performance after being interrupted by a wetlands activist whose sign no one could read)
No. 279071
There is drama over polish representant. Blanka that won the preliminary is chummy with on of jury member's son, is involved with another jury member dance show. Also rules for voting were changed three days before the competition and there was no transparency in how many votes each participant got from televoters. Shitstorm is pretty hilarious tbh also song ( Blanka-Solo) is crap. Also Ochman pretty much side-eyed Blanka while he was giving her ticket to Liverpool and it's slowly becoming a meme in polish internet.
>>278877How we say in Poland "buja"
No. 279104
>>278877this has my vote for sure kek. I hope that this year many people will sing in there native language again
>>279071oh wow that sucks, i watched vid related and it seems like she has some trouble hitting the notes. Super weird that they would change the rules 3 days before the competition. Who would you have otherwsie have gotten as representant for Poland if it wasn't rigged?
No. 279311
>>279104Probably Jann with Gladiator. Also in bookmacher's ranking before the preselection Poland was ranked 6th (while there was a chance that Jann might be our representative) and after Blanka's 'win' it's fallen to 17th place kek
There was also a bit of talk how sound was a bit fucked in performances of other candidates while Blanka's was okay. Eitherway people are salty as fuck and some ESC media outlets are apparently going to investigate this shitshow but it'll probably change nothing.
No. 279398
>>278877Lots of weird/joke entries this year huh. I like it!
Can't wait to see what our entry will do live, I'm kind of shocked they've been allowed to perform.
No. 279473
>>279398I've had 'mama kupila traktora' stuck in my head for the past few days.
I hope they won't be disqualified, I wanna see the britbongs in Liverpool try to pronounce "ŠČ".
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Jann announced your dates throughout mid to late April. This unfortunately solidifies that he will not be going to Eurovision even if an actual investigation takes place
No. 280171
>>280168Nona, i don't follow Eurovision but i've looked into what was going on because I was so impressed by this guy, it's really a shame.
I firstly saw the music video and thought that the song was so cool and interesting, but when I saw the performance he honestly reminded me of Britney Spears lmao, i hope he will get the fame he deserves because he is clearly talented and seems to put a lot of effort into what he does, even if the vocals didn't sound the best there..
No. 280172
>>279771Yeah, he's not a bad singer but the song was very forgettable imo. It seemed like the usual ballad about love and fucking that every singer does at some point.
I didn't like Lazza's song that much because I'm not into that singing style (same with Madame), though the base was very good I admit. Mr. Rain had a nice song and I expected him to win. I thought Paola and Chiara's song would get more votes as well since it's catchy and it would have fit nicely into Eurovision.
No. 280188
>>279104This performance is so fucking funny KEK. If I hadn't known better I would've thought it was a layered comedic criticism about the industry churning out pretty popstars who can't really sing, singing run of the mill popsongs. It genuinely sounds like an AI-generated popsongs KEK. I love how even the aesthetics are super dated, it looks like it rolled straight out of 2016. I haven't laughed this hard at a performance in a long time kekkk
>>279311Pretty sure the whole drama catapulted the guy into a level of success he wouldn't have gotten if he'd actually gone to ESC. Too bad for us though because he's cute (I hope he's not underage)
No. 280195
>>280188from his wikipedia page
>Jan Rozmanowski (born February 12 , 1999)he's 24 !
No. 280214
>>280188>it looks like it rolled straight out of 2016Kek she reminds me of a bootleg Ariana Grande from 2016.
>>279311He's very pretty and I like this song a lot more. I agree with your comment on the sound being a bit fucked, I still hope they will do an investigation because it would be funny if she wasn't allowed to sing at eurovision.
No. 280570
>>280550>>280551Totally agree. Eurovision can give a band exposure, but there’s no guarantee it’ll actually help their career. There are so many singers/bands who do well in Eurovision and then you never really hear anything about them afterwards.
Even people who get popular afterwards have other contributing factors. Maneskin blew up in Europe for being hot and charismatic. They blew up around the rest of the world because one of their older songs went viral on tiktok.
The metal thing is generally true as well. Lordi winning definitely made their career outside of Europe, but their extreme costuming played a very big role in their win
No. 281309
Israel announced Noa kirel back in the summer and now her song is finally going to premiere in about an hour. A part of me thinks it could be good because I read she was working with a good team of writers. But I tried listening to her other music and absolutely none of it stood out to me, so I’m not getting my hopes up
>>281290Two months is so long to wait
nonnie. Besides it’s just the music video, their stage performance will still be a surprise
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>>280550>>280551>>280570i mean then there is ABBA of course kek
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>>281105Yeah, FINALLY. Otherwise pic related would have won since the jury was sucking his dick.
You only have to look at the photo to know what kind of song he sings to be honest. I don't want to be an ass even, not even saying it's bad, just not my thing at all and we had these songs a billion times already and they don't stick out in the mass of similar tracks from the ESC so I am glad the audience chose something else.
No. 281346
>>190066God I LOVED this song so much I voted for them. Glad they were second in the audience voting IIRC.
Fuck the jury. Their taste is always horseshit and they always vote for middle-european countries or boring pop.
Looking forward to 2023. The Balkan- and eastern Slavic countries are always the best IMO.
No. 281358
>>281355Really? That would be great.
I never understood the point of it anyway. First of all are they everything but neutral, second do I not understand why I am even supposed to care about what five academic hipsters think. At least the jury from my own country aren't even people that seem professional, it's literally just some moderators from casting shows and other third rate celebrities.
No. 282123
>>282120samefag this is 3rd place of sweden’s melodifestivalen but i’m gonna share it anyway bc i love it
while you’re here check out other melodifestivalen 2023 songs, esp the final entries there’s a lot of fun stuff. also the troon came in dead last kek
No. 282144
>>282120fuck yes imagine if they sent out that tone tranny. holy shit i was praying on his downfall from a distance kek i'm almost shocked that they didn't considering it's sweden after all
no offense swedeanons but then again melfest has an insane complicated system that makes no sense at all.
No. 282238
>>282128I like Cha Cha Cha a lot (aside from the unsightly tiny moid) but I think it'd be pretty cool if Loreen, we haven't had a (solo) woman win a couple of years now and it'd be the first time a woman wins twice in a row, I think.
>>281411How does someone from overseas get into Eurovision?
By the way, if non-participating countries are apparently allowed to vote now, does that mean participating countries will be able to vote in both semi finales now?
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>>282238Did you mean: Sexy tiny moid
>>282239Same sis, and I hope these Ukrainian artists are safe right now.
No. 282293
>>282146Tinfoil blog but going by how shitty melfest is run from behind the scenes and how they seem to constantly want to take away the power from the people I think they planned for her to win all along.
>The producers choose what songs get to be in melfest. They choose some average/strange ones on purpose to make the good ones they chose more likely to win. That's why the 4 qualifying shows never have more than 2 famous singers/bands so they can ensure only the "good" ones stay in the competition. They'll also also do things like only have one single rock song per year, so it's not even subtle the way they do it.>Loreen was the very last performance of the last qualifying show. This was to make sure she's on people's minds at the big final, ensuring she gets more votes.>Loreens number is suspiciously more well-produced than the others. They could amp up every performance if they wanted, they choose not to because they want her to stand out and seem better.>The producers get to handpick the international jury themselves, they can freely pick people they know will have the desired taste to ensure they give her high points without having to directly bribe them so it seems more genuine (the jury is just one single person from each of the other countries). The jury has 50% of the votes, that's ridculously high but they need it to get the result they planned.>They made sure to split up the votes in the qualifying shows by age because they know the majority of voters are young, so doing it this way ensures the song that actually gets the most votes in total can't win and ruin it in case young people decide that sending a "bad" meme song would be hilarious one year>Note that they did not disclose if they still used this age-split system in the final. They just called it "the people's votes". Technically if they wanted to they could look at which of the 2 ways (votes in total or split by age groups) give them their preferred result in real time and just report the one they prefer. Neither one would be "lying".I don't think it would even be possible for Sweden to send a song like Give that wolf a banana with this current system, the producers wouldn't like it so they've made sure it can't happen.
No. 282542
>>282532What happened that made the songs so diverse and good this time? There was a bad drought in the 10s IMO when almost every song was a samey pop ballad, but it got better the last years and now it's fucking perfect.
I also love that they moved on from "serious" and conservative presentations. Music was always about rebellion, passion or fun. This time they seem to go full out.
Just from the short video here I would also say that I like Czechia, Finland, Norway and Moldova the most. Hell I already voted Moldova last time, they have a great taste it seems. Russia and Ukraine were also almost always top tier. I have to listen to the other songs for 2023 haven't done this yet.
No. 284792
>>282238>How does someone from overseas get into Eurovision?I saw it being meme’d on tumblr for years, but didn’t know how to watch because it isn’t broadcast here and the stream on YouTube is geoblocked here too. Then I saw måneskin and was determined to watch. I found a stream from another country and absolutely loved it. I then went back and started watching the older Eurovision years on YouTube that weren’t geoblocked and became a little bit obsessed lol
>>283587I don’t think Ukraine will win again this year. Last year’s song wasn’t that great, but at least the chorus was catchy and I liked the flute parts too. Their song this year is incredibly generic and bland. There’s no substance to it and if they hadn’t won last year, I don’t think their song this year would’ve qualified
>>283808This year was my first time watching national finals. It’s definitely fun to pick a few to watch and you discover a lot of great new music that doesn’t make it to the Eurovision stage
No. 292039
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So Ireland's creative director Ian Banham has been fired for 'contradicting Eurovision values' by agreeing that a man isn't a woman and can't go to women's prisons (as well as pointing out that Dylan fella isn't a woman on Twitter) Noticed and reported by troons at ESC discord.
No. 292260
>>290967They really are worse then Poland. i'm pretty sure the whole dutch populations dislikes them so much that we don't even want to go to the finals kek. Oh well, i hope that Finland wins.
>>292039Disgusting tbh, but eurovision has been known to pander to troons
No. 292577
>>292039Do these retards realize there's a shitton of "transphobic" and even "homophobic" countries in Europe participating in ESC? Wouldn't be surprised if there's several closeted ""transphobes"" participating every year. Actual retards
>>292044really, who? I always hated that gross crossdresser that won for Austria a couple of years ago. People still call him a her, fuck you womanhood isn't a pretty dress.
Here's a palate cleanser
No. 292686
>>292577It was Dana International in 1998 with the song Diva. I hadn't immediately clocked him when I first saw the performance, but after the nonna here said there was a troon winner in the 90s, I went ahead to YouTube to check out past winners of the 90s and upon seeing his performance I got suspicious and googled him lol.
And right on about closeted transphobe performers. And by transphobic, I mean a lot of these people probably wouldn't agree on housing an obvious male in women's prisons. But as we saw, that was enough to get a man fired for 'contradicting Eurovision values' lol.
No. 293526
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Spoiler because it's an actual spoiler but I have to post this.. this is apparantly a picture from Romania's rehearsal. WHAT IN THE BLOODY HELL IS GOING ON?
No. 294274
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Neon green clothes, techno and gibberish (to foreigners) non-english lyrics is such a winning combo. See: Käärijä and Go_A
No. 294699
>>283587I refuse to believe that Ukraine won only by pity points. Their song and performance
was objectively good and memorable, their original winner who was disqualified due to some technicality was nowhere near as catchy and universal-sounding as Kalush Orchestra ended up being. But to be fair, Ukraine has always performed really well in Eurovision. They consistently secure spots in the top-10 and top-5, in the 20 years they've been participatng they've won two times and even this year their entry has a very professional quality to it. They're just really talented people, that's it.
No. 294902
>>294699I'm glad Ukraine won, Engeland was second place and I don't even remember what the song sounded like. Like you said Ukraine was a lot more memorable.
>>294896See you there tomorrow anon! Just like last year I will try and chat on my phone since I will watch it on television with my family and friends. I remember last time there was a bit of delay on cytube so I will try and not accidentally spoil you guys when i post in chat!
No. 295264
>>295247Nona get into the moovie night stream next time!
NORWAY AND FINLAND FOR THE FINAL YAY!
No. 295266
I'm scared that sweden will win again, i dont want that
>>295247>>>/ot/1572353go join us upcoming Thurdays, today we were with like 40 people!
>>295264I'm glad those were my faves!
No. 295284
>>295277They're cool, I loved them! It's fun watching eurovision this year. Let 3 reminded me of something from the past that I miss, but I struggle to remember what exactly. I feel like there were a lot more bands that didn't take themselves seriously in the 90s and the beginning of 00s. Something like Knorkator? Nothing else comes to mind but there definitely was more
I also liked Serbia and Norway, Moldova was decent, too. Czechia is nice, not a fan of rapping tho. I feel like everyone who made it to final deserved it.
No. 295336
Even though I'm glad Kaarija went to the final(he is my fav this year) I'm not a fan of the new staging. It is way less cool and impactful than the national final. Compared to it, it felt lucklaster and the dancing was all over the place.
>>295269>not the narcissistic troonwhat narcissistic troon?
No. 295337
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I wasn't into the song at first but it's grown on me.
No. 295344
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https://uquiz.com/quiz/mb9Jct/what-eurovision-2023-song-are-youFor anyone that is bored right now.
I got Albania's song and… as far as I know, no ones likes this one?? I haven't heard it yet, I will have to wait until tomorrow to see if I like it, lol.
No. 295354
>>295349You know you could just do a quick google search
https://www.escdaily.com/ukraine-wins-eurovision-2022-with-a-historical-televote/>Ukraine has won the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. The band Kalush Orchestra was ranked 4th in the jury vote, however they won the televote by a historical score of 439 points. Sure the war was probably a big part of it, but the song was objectively good and would still have made it far.
>>295352Uk was really boring imo, i dont even remember what the song was.
>>295347I just looked him up and he looks scary kek. I'm glad he isn't representing Sweden
No. 295355
>>295266Loreen's entry is boring and I don't get the whole deal about it being amazing and sending shivers down peoples' spines etc. I hope she doesn't win just because it sounds like every other generic love anthem in the world.
>>295349>>295352Nope, like
>>295354 said they performed well with both televotes and jury vote. UK's song was dog shit compared to them and it came in second.
No. 295359
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>>295347wtf is this weird grin/smirk kek. why flamboyant gays cant just stay they way they are
No. 295360
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saging for mini meme dump
No. 295362
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>>295361(loved someone saying "sweden sending the same song but it's performed in a hydraulic press)
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No. 295365
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No. 295366
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No. 295380
>>295347He seems found of the moid exposer move, he did something similar on Let's dance too.
https://www.tv4play.se/program/lets-dance/h%C3%A4r-sl%C3%A4nger-tone-sekelius-kl%C3%A4derna-%C3%A5t-sidan-och-visar-upp-sitt-riktiga-jag/20501544>>295350Same, I will be really happy if Finland or Norway wins not only because their songs are fucking great but because it feels like cheering on your siblings kek
>>295336I'm not a fan of the new staging either, I get having him and the dancers break free from boxes is symbolic of the lyrics but it feels too crowded. There was a weird echo when he sang too which better be fixed for the finale.
No. 295602
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>>295344Talking about the unpopular entries… This is like one of the only two songs this year that is so bad i skip whenever they come up, second being Spain (I've seen so much praise of this one and it feels like a joke i don't get, the song is unlistenable to me).
As for Albania's entry, i really like the song, though i haven't seen live yet
No. 295615
>>295597Yeah semi 1 was stacked. Semi 2 doesn’t have a lot of great stuff, so I think if Latvia and Malta had been in 2, they both would’ve qualified
>>295602I totally agree with you about Romania, especially since I listened to everything from their national final and I know they had much better options than this. Spain I half agree with you. I personally like Spain, but it is definitely an acquired taste
No. 295621
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>>295344Not a very accurate description of me, but I got one of my favorite songs this year
No. 295636
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>>295344I'm a social genius nonas, kek
This song is really good though!
No. 295644
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>>295366New zooplus package came, with the neon green wrapper. I'm going to make some sort or rosette for my dog to wear for pictures. CHA CHA.
No. 295646
>>295640It's totally the opposite for me kek. I thought the choreography, stage and overall setup was much better at the semi-final. I also think the camera work wasn't as good plus he seemed a little off and he had sound issues.
Nonetheless people loved it and that's all I care about.
No. 295693
>>295646What more exactly? Not trying to start a fight, I just find it interesting how we see it opposite ways.
I thought the big shadow and the long snake tongue made him look more demonic and rock n roll, as well as breaking out from the box being quite playful and fun while showing he "can't be contained". Then the release of the pink dancers on a leash was a nice reveal and made it seem like he was in full control over them as their demonic overlord kek
No. 295700
>>295694Well the cha-cha-cha dance reference in the refrain makes us understand that it's about party and dancing. I think if there is one catchy part that the audience can understand or easily sing along with then the language barrier doesn't matter.
>>295656Where did you see the footage filmed from the audience, nona?
No. 295719
>>295694I don't speak Finnish but I looked up the lyrics before. I think the fact that it IS Finnish and people don't understand it is helping the song a lot. If it had been English it would have been clear that the lyrics are basically just "generic party song about drinking". Right now (English speaking) people can at least snap up "pina colada" "dance" and get the right idea of what it is about, but it can't really be "ruined" from the lyrics being bad/cringe since they don't understand the words and they can instead focus on and sing along to the "cha cha cha" parts.
I'm a swede so I love and support Finland as a neighbouring country, and I would absolutely want you guys to win with a song in Finnish. In Sweden we do the same thing, we "can't" send a song in Swedish because we think it's not good enough for the rest of Europe, we're not cool and global enough. It just HAS to be English, that's the only
valid language because at the end of the day we love sucking up to American culture and are told that's the only right way to do pop culture. I think it's a shame that we're constantly told and feel like our own cultures aren't good enough. Our languages are fucking awesome.
No. 295721
>>295719>Our languages are fucking awesome.Amen. I'm also Swedish and it's annoying how we keep sending these generic songs in english.
Ukraine won with a song in their own language last year and before that Italy won with an italian song. You'd hope that would make everyone less afraid of sending a native language song. Cheering for Finland, show us the power of non-english songs!
No. 295723
>>295717I agree! I really liked that previous winners Ukraine and Italy sang in their native languages, it's really interesting to hear how other European languages sound like.
>>295719>If it had been English it would have been clear that the lyrics are basically just "generic party song about drinking". But the song isn't a generic drinking song and that's a big reason to why it had such a grip on the Finnish audience who understood its lyrics and cultural context, I think something got lost in translation. It's about someone who's shy and socially withdrawn, then breaking out of that shell through encouragement and having fun, even if it's just for tonight. Notice how according to the lyrics he "still has a serious face" even after drinking the pina coladas, it's only after he enters the dance floor that he starts loosening up and how "this world isn't making him scared anymore".
No. 295724
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>>295694>>295656>He was recovering from a 40-degree fever this week too How hadn't I heard anything about this? I hope he sleeps well under his formula one sheets with his little bulbasaur to get better.
>>295693It's cool nona. It's just a difference in opinion not a big deal.
Well I was a big fan of the camera work of the national final like how he kicked the wood and he stared from the hole and all those close-ups. I also really liked the boxing ring out of euro pallets, the dancers appearing earlier and him lashing the leashes(idk how to describe it) and the closeups on them and how they danced around him symbolising his insecurities(they did that in the semi too but it didn't feel the same), how they lifted him up , I even liked the dancer's outfits better. I liked the idea of the box but the boxing ring had to be sacrificed for it and tbh, the tongue thing looked kinda silly to me and the fact that there was no pole on the shadow and he was holding nothing on it was kinda awkward looking. In short, I believe the semi had a better direction and told a more coherent story when it came to the lyrics(not that I would know if someone didn't explain but I liked how it flowed. It really made an impact of how I think about the song).
>>295694Idk about english anons, but as a non-english speaking person who doesn't pay attention to lyrics most of the time, I could care less. I have been watching the contest for a very long time and the first winners I remember were non-english songs. But it was a smart idea of them to add cha cha cha for the international audience to sing to.
In other news, he is trending on a hockey stats site(he used to play hockey) and they have added his current image and the eurovision video kek
No. 295725
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>>295724samefag I love how Finns have collectively lost their minds and kaarija-fied everything
No. 295729
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>>295728And for the end on a more serious note, tumblr is a fun site to follow eurovision until one comes up to posts like this. Is anyone actually thinking this?(ok the poster and a few other people but how can this be a mainstream opinion)
No. 295740
>>295441I loved Latva as well and was gutted to see it not go through. I think several factors contributed to it not qualifying. First it was a very strong semi with a lot of good songs. Then they were early on in the running order which is statistically bad for voting because people forget you, sandwiched in between two very upbeat, catchy songs so it just kinda got lost in the crowd. It's a song that you need to hear more than once to really appreciate, it's not catchy upon first listen. Then it's also the first year (in recent times) we've had televote-only semis and televote tends to go for the flashiest, catchiest, easiest to consume things (sorry Cha cha cha), jury would've probably saved it. And I saw someone write this and I very much agreed with them: normally in ESC even the weird or out there performances and uncommon genres still have something 'Eurovision' about them, think Georgia 2022 or Finland 2021. Sudden Lights were like the most non-Eurovision entry we've seen in a long time.
>>295628 is right, Eurovision is it's own special thing and doesn't accurately reflect how Europeans consume music normally.
>>295602The staging for this one is HORRIBLE like genuinely TERRIBLE beyond words
>>295694I'm fine with it in Finnish, it sounds good and funny. I probably would like it less if I could actually understand the lyrics because I know it's a dumb party song kek. I'm not anti-English though, for something like Aija I was really happy to understand the lyrics because they're beautiful. Capre Diem in Slovenian is awesome. Echo really should've been in Georgian because those lyrics are a literal word salad, so it really depends on the song for me.
No. 295755
Which song are you most excited about tonight nonas?
>>295724>I hope he sleeps well under his formula one sheets with his little bulbasaur to get better.This is such a cute mental image.
No. 295759
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>>295755>>295724You'll be happy to know he did just that.
No. 295767
>>295759Kek I know that's why I said it.
>>295755Obviously Austria. Tbh idc much about this final but I wish Slovenia passes so that Käärija can be with his bf Bojan in the final . I know my country will flop and I also hope that Poland flops because her song is shit and she doesn't deserve to be there.
No. 295770
>>295729Oh god, I saw a couple of months ago a video of some Ukrainian blogger criticizing this song and music video for various reasons, the most
triggering being that the crown was never a symbol of sovereignty in Ukraine and is rather perceived as something related to Russian imperialism, and the sisterhood (=panslavism) message, because it's something that's also pushed by Russia. She dissected the video as well, but tbh I didn't really understand some parts of it either, seemed a bit weird and unfinished, I guess. Some people agreed with her, some didn't. I'm a Ukrainian and had no negative thoughts when I first heard the song, I'd say it's pretty touching even. I'm sure no such shit as panslavism was implied and crown is not used in historical context, it's more like a general symbolism. There's a certain trend since the start of war where people would dissect anyone's songs, videos, etc. with anti-war message and some go too far, but I suspect it's either those who live in twitter or people that "need" to make content. I hate it that they speak for all Ukrainians. Honestly there are billions of other reasons to be upset now and they definitely don't include someone's attempts to
support us, even if it's not "perfect" from someone's point of view.
No. 295803
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moid licking camera warning
i'm fangirling. i feel twelve years old. i'm rejuvenated, revitalized. sorry nonnis
No. 295872
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Nonas, I wanna see your tierlists now that the semis have ended and we have watched all performances.
https://tiermaker.com/create/eurovision-2023-902887(pls let 3 anon, don't come at me, it's just that their song is not my type, pls forgive)
No. 295880
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>>295872here's mine.
>slovenia okKEK thanks for giving them their own tier. he was baiting and unfortunately it worked on me.
my opinion will definitely change after the final, catch me back here again this saturday ! i can't wait !!!
No. 295891
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>>295880>GulagLOL
>>295872Heh, nonnies, why do you hate Ireland so much? It's super mediocre but I'm surprised you have such negative feelings about it
Here's mine. I have mixed feelings about Serbia because I cringe hard at "game over" and a bit less over other little things but in overall it was like a faggy Trent Reznor and I liked it
No. 295896
>>295891>why do you hate Ireland so much? It's super mediocre but I'm surprised you have such negative feelings about it NTA but the irish band are a bunch of twats. They sacked their choreographer after he wrote sane ("troonphobic") comments about male criminals being men and not women.
The front man also threw a tantrum after they didn't make it to the final.
No. 295928
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>>295872This year is definitely not my favorite, Im not even sure I agree with my own list lol most of them are boring to me but I tried to be nice
No. 295931
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Sage for rant, but danish entry artist Reiley is super creepy to me. Im from Denmark myself and he just always had such a weird off vibe. He lied about being 20 when he is actually 25 and soon turning 26, and he doesnt want to talk anything about his past or his family. He also clearly has bought some/alot of his tiktok followers, he has 10million followers on there but his videos get around 50k to 300k views, with one or two reaching a million - nowhere near 10 million follower level famous. Nobody knew who he was before eurovision besides a few koreans because he has desperately tried to become famous there.
Its like he wants to create this perfect kpop-ish persona instead of being himself.
Apparently he also threw a fit and didnt want to talk to any journalists after he didnt go to the final, I guess that hurt his perfect little facade game. Even though the song and performance obviously sucked
No. 295943
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>>295931His fans are as creepy as him. Unhinged too. Idk why, but they all seem to have a hate boner for Blanca Paloma? Kek.
No. 295993
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I'M SO FUCKING EXCITED NONNIS
No. 296041
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I am so excited for tonight because the lineup is good and the day has been sunny, going to get a few drinks and hopefully see you all at the watch party in a few hours
No. 296052
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>>296041i'm so excited to see them again and to hang out with my nonnies !!!!!!!
No. 296063
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I just wanna see him ride a lawnmower or a tractor on stage…
No. 296076
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is, is this honestly some new zoomer meme, cunt servage, calling things cunty? what the fuck
No. 296077
Going in blind tonight, Switzerland already forgettable while still playing
>>296076Noticed this in a few places now too, tiktok must have just discovered the word I don't know
No. 296095
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to the nonnie who mentioned dogboy putin in the farm chat
No. 296108
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No. 296110
>>296101Its so fucking sad, atleast i had a fun time watching with you guys. But seriously the jury needs to be removed. Shit system.
>>296105For real i dont think i have any excitement for next year, jury votes will be fucking shit like always.
No. 296113
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If they don't remove that fuckass jury in the future… Why do they hate fun so much.
No. 296114
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Fuck the jury
No. 296117
>>296109>>296112For real, it's insane.
The hosts were trying to calm the crowd everytime they chanted, and I think they did that becaue they knew that Finland was not gonna win. Kek.
Fuck the jury. Finland will always be the winner in my heart. CHA CHA CHA! Love ya nonas.
No. 296123
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FUCK SWEDEN
FINLAND WON
Moldova and Spain got robbed
Seeing Croatia's big jump was cute
Germany got robbed
No. 296128
>>296124wait for the controversy
as i said in the farmmoovie room there was such an outcry over the polish milkmaids coming so low after they won the public vote by a landslide, they changed how the voting system worked
No. 296129
>>296122Can somebody tell me what nonnies thought of contestants
I was busy watching with friends
No. 296132
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id's habbening again DDDDDDDDDD:
No. 296142
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Popping in to say Australia was robbed(yes they aren't european but were better than most)
No. 296143
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>>296141Loreen is all of us
No. 296146
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>me about to start ranting about Finland's second place
No. 296147
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No. 296149
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sosidy
No. 296151
seeing him in distress when it was between him and loreen made me feel something kek
>>296150it's okay, but i'm biased because i like unicorns even though the song had little to do with them. and she's gorgeous. i don't even remember how the song goes anymore
also, do you really think this was rigged from the beginning ( melfest ) for abba's 50th anniversary? i do
No. 296153
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Smug cunt
No. 296161
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look at bulbasaur
No. 296166
>>296151>do you really think this was rigged from the beginning ( melfest ) for abba's 50th anniversary?Yes, i'm 100% because even the hosts mentioned Sweden being able to host together with the Abba 50's anniversary. They probably will that stupid vocaloid shit again and give a concert with them. I'm sure the judges discussed which countries they would vote the most on. See the amount of votes they all gave italy and Israel while the audience did not care. Fucking rigged event.
>>296153Kek
>>296158i'm kind of annoyed at her that she even felt the need to contest again even though it looked like she didnt give a shit the whole time since she knew she would win from the beginning. She looked as high as a kite also. But people who are saying agressive shit towards her are really weird.
No. 296168
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ids fun ids pardy :DDDDDDD
No. 296169
I know some countries are changing their TV moderators after this year's edition because some are old and out of touch with the show how it is now (the specific example here is Germany). I think they should do the same with the jury, cuz I have the feeling they're absolutely out of touch with what the show is like nowadays. Plus I'm tired of the double standards of "Giving points to the neighbors cuz we besties" but "not giving points to Croatia because they're obviously mocking a political figure who decided to go to war last year in February, and we can't be political". Like, come on guys, you think the public is blind?
I mean I don't have anything against Loreen personally. I just didn't like Euphoria then, I don't like her song this year either, same song structure, she delivered a poor singing performance, the box thing staging is tacky, and I hate the claws she had for nails.
She probably has her fan base from Euphoria last time, just like I am a fan of Moldova /Sunstroke project ever since 2010 and Epic sax guy, but good Lord, if the public is yelling Cha Cha Cha, you know that her song wasn't as appreciated as the Finnish dude whose name I can't spell.
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aw
No. 296192
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What does it say about me if I think Mae Muller is kind of cute?
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No. 296219
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So not only did Sweden not get 12 points from anyone (lol) but Finland didn't give them any points with the public vote (lmao).
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finland:
>more votes than sweden
>the second most televotes in the whole competition's history
i don't understand the show anymore. how can anyone else win if
the jury give an unproportionate amount of points to a single performance? a lot of the jury teams have just one or two people (most are previous eurovision winners) in them, and they give out half of the whole points?
No. 296228
>>296222This kind of voting system where juries and not the people have 50% of the power is EXACTLY what Sweden used (and everyone here hates) that made Loreen win locally. An international jury of non-swedes is used to "raise our chances of winning" but it's at the cost of whatever song the people actually vote for, unless they happen to align.
Literally the only country you can't blame for Sweden winning is Sweden, because at no point did we want, choose, or vote for our own song. And we all wanted Finland to win.
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honestly i feel like such a baby and sore loser about this but dammit i'm still so fucking angry about the jury votes aaaaaaaaaa
No. 296233
>>296230I'm sorry anon but she looks like she's not there, barely keeping her eyes open
t. I come from a cold and stoic culture
No. 296239
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i'm ugly laughing
No. 296241
>>296219>>296189This was rigged 100%, not only did jury spam Sweden with 12 points, they purposely made sure that countries that are predicted to fare good with public and be a threat to lOReEn are given low or 0 points. Instead they gave mid countries high 9, 10 or sometimes 12 points while countries such as Finland, Norway, Moldova, Croatia who have tons of public vote got 0.
Not wathcing this until again u until jury vote is reduced to 20% of total vote at most.
No. 296242
>>296193YES, two limegreen icons. And both winners in my heart.
>>296230This is untrue. She was clearly sick and high and not happy about winning.
t.Swede
No. 296244
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>>296150The same thing I think every year, they should not be allowed to participate.
No. 296249
>>296246I'm still mad Australia gets to compete when it's about Europe coming together, which proven by Ukraines win last year works and gives us solidarity in times of need. I also don't want ANOTHER English speaking country in there when so many countries are already sacrificing their own language and culture by using English to try to appeal to a wider audience.
And they fucking lied to us about it "oh they're just competing this year because it's a special anniversary" bullshit, they were planning on letting them stay the whole time… they're gonna let the US and Canada compete too eventually and it won't be Eurovision anymore, it will be renamed worldvision.
No. 296251
>>296241I don't think it was rigged per se, but that they'd make sure to point out things like "wouldn't it be cool if she was the first WOMAN to win twice".
And Loreens performance is frankly the equivalent of oscar winning movies that are highly regarded by critics but the general audience doesn't care that much for. It's technically a very well made artistic performance and the camera shots are powerful and created a unique experience above just "singing on a stage", those are exactly the kinds of things experts want to see. Her song is like an oscar-bait hollywood movie. Her song was also THE most streamed song on many platforms before the final, so despite not getting 12s it was still a VERY popular song.
No. 296255
>>296254Sweden sperging, but funny thing is abba actually wasn't that popular in Sweden at the time and were pretty unpopular to the point that actual band members lied about not being part of abba to avoid getting hate. They kind of only got big afterwards simply because they had gotten big abroad.
I don't mind abba but I don't want an abba themed ESC final in sweden, I'm tired of them and would rather have something new.
No. 296267
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Loved Norway this year.
>>295694I am a rufag that knows finnish, and I honestly like the lyrics. But i think that's also all because it fit with the music video (which i adored a lot). Some of his other songs are a lot more cringe than the Euro one if you look at the lyrics, so i will let it pass. The preformance was fun, the song was nice and catchy, and he is a charismatic guy. Shame he lost.
>>296254It is!! They have mentioned it right before the final voting, showing ABBA and stuff. I love ABBA myself, but that's a weird conicedence how they decided to send Loreen now. I never liked any of her songs, but i can't lie and say that she didn't do a great job.
No. 296270
>>296266I guess it boosts their tourism and pop song culture. My grandma thinks jury votes need to pay tribute to those who financed the whole experience, but I disagree. So many poorer countries are just robbed from the get go because they can't dump money into performances.
That's why I honestly Israel and Ukraine's super fancy 3DCG background fest cheap, it didn't enrich the performance.
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>>296257They are 'virtually touring' from what I know, eg. same shit as Hatsune Miku, with holograms. Don't see the point in that.
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Did any of you comment on this queen yet
No. 296280
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This changed lifes.
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>>296260i care
after i closed cytube i collapsed in my mother's lap and actually cried while she was ready to fall asleep kek. this is so ridiculous of me so i'm spoilering8
No. 296285
>>296160There was an anon in the chat who said she would kill the first swede she saw, a joke I'm sure but still very disturbing. Is Loreen actually getting threats over this?
>>296284He has nothing to apologize about. I hope he goes on an Europe tour instead since he is so loved.
No. 296286
>>296280greekfag here, everyone is super angry about this. also one shitty tv person said that the dude who gave the points in pic rel was part of our jury and this man is gay which is why we gave 12 points to belgium(massive shock for me too but that's some homophobic bs that's expected here).
>>296284he looks adorable what do u mean
>>296285>I hope he goes on an Europe tour instead since he is so loved.SAME. he said he will come to greece for holidays and that he likes my country very much and since we gave him 10 points(ofc we would give our 12 to cyprus kek) i hope he considers dropping by for a live
No. 296291
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I love all of the Käärijä fan-arts
No. 296295
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oh my god this is horrible (but a little hilarious)
No. 296298
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Can't find the og post so this could be bullshit, interesting tho
No. 296299
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cap of the crowd cheering for finland so loud they drowned out the hosts kek
No. 296313
>>296310>song was dumb and cringymaybe
>their outfits were awfulnow you're just saying anything. maybe unremarkable costuming/wardrobe but i wouldn't say awful KEK
No. 296324
>>296262apparently they are doing it again with 10 countries
Australia, China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Maldives, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, South Korea and Vanuatu
alos did anyone know there was afrivision, going since 2018
No. 296326
>>296316>Feel like we'll go back to the 2010s where nearly every song was a well produced English pop/ballad written by Swedish songwriters. This. It is why I stopped giving a fuck after this Eurovision and I used to be hype every year. I am not watching the next one.
I can't stand watching Loreen's performance and her dumb junkie act. And then contest filled with 25+ boring and generic English ballads made by Swedish producers who pocketed good money from it. Might as well rename it to Melodifestivalen Extended edition. I hope some country sends a song shitting hard on jury voting next year, that is the only act that I will watch.
No. 296328
>>296324alos did anyone know there was afrivision, going since 2018
looks like it stopped in 2020
No. 296337
>>296310This is Eurovision not america's got talent , so dumb and cringy is perfect.
>>296327To be fair, most of our entries have been boring and generic for a long time. I'm sad we scored so low this year too, since we finally got to have at least partly a say in who gets qualified instead of just NDR.
We should just say fuck it and submit something fun with actual german lyrics and cultural referencs.
No. 296341
Tattoo is the only song to win without receiving max points from any country in televote.
>>296170I can't believe Carpe Diem got 21st wtf
No. 296343
>>296310Austria's song was a total bop, and with a message too. I liked their outfits. Poepoepoepopeopoe
>>296326>Melodifestivalen Extended editionThe 2024 competition should be renamed that and all countries must be forced to sing in Swedish. It will be epic.
No. 296354
>>296337>We should just say fuck it and submit something fun with actual german lyrics and cultural referencsI just realized I don't remember any German Eurovision song except for the last one and watched compilation with all the entries. There were so many songs in German in the past and they would get in top 10 (I don't know what was the voting process back then though).
It's a shame really, I love German language and culture, they could make something truly unique. I'd be happy to see/hear some references to German Romanticism, for example. Something Nina Hagen-inspired would be great. I'd be excited for yodeling, too, kek
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>>296355I wouldn't have put you guys last, but Germany wasn't in my top 10 this year with the eccentric competition we had.
Sorry, I'll use your post to go on a tangent:
>There simply are unpopular countries in Europe I'm pretty sure the recipe is have lots of money + go with something safe. Germany won with Lena, lots of us never won. The war in Yugoslavia gave nobody pity points, and fucking SERBIA won with a shitty balad once. Bulgaria, Bosnia, Macedonia stopped competing because there's no money.
I'm not saying everybody deserves a win, but some can't even compete in the competition fairly while others get a super rich budget, if you look at the 90s - 2005 there were some pretty good eastern european songs, but now it became a mockery here.
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they also deserved better
No. 296376
>>296374Absolutely.
>>296373I like how he just said the name of the country that got 12 points.
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>>296374and norway. i'm shocked by the results i honestly thought she would be in the top 3 at least her song came off to me as one juries would love. i don't understand why she didn't get more votes…
No. 296383
>>296260Azerbaijan and Armenia?
both are doing war crimes, especially azerbaijan
No. 296386
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>Käärijä in the live YLE press conference saying he didn’t really expect “anyone to come to greet him at the airport because he didn’t win” (there are literally hundreds of people screaming shouting and cheering btw)
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kaarija spam to cope
No. 296406
>>296403i'll admit he's got an ugly mug but i still like him because
omg i'm going to sound like when you're defending your hideous crush from your friends KEK he has an endearing type of charm to him, at least to me, and he got us hype so… sorry nonis
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Skipping the jury-Abbavision next year, see you in 2025!
Fuck this voting farce, and the NERVE to pretend it wasn't planned to give sweden the abba 50 year party.
No. 296506
>>296492>abba 50 year partyI don't believe the tinfoil that Sweden's victory was rigged but is anyone getting really tired that ABBA is getting synonymous with Eurovision? I like ABBAs music but I do think that there has been better disco songs in Eurovision(Dschinghis Khan for example)
disco is a really fun genre and ABBA never took advantage of that. it sounds like disco made for people who dislike disco, which sums up the Swedish music industry because everything they make sound so safe and boring.
But every year we need to have a stupid shout-out or segment dedicated to ABBA regardless if Sweden is host or not. I get it they are Eurovision legends but they are the only legends that get so much attention. And there are other non-ABBA Eurovision songs that became famous outside of Europe so why do they only focus on ABBA? I'm honestly sick of hearing about them every Eurovision
No. 296508
>>296482Don't fight it, he is cute.
>>296492Actually I'm starting to think it wasn't rigged because swedish news is now about the various cities stressing out about not being able to afford to host eurovision. Also Abba have made it clear that they won't reunite.
>>296494Wholesome. Were there any of our nonas among them?
No. 296525
>>296417all his music I could get his hands on kek. most of it is really up my alley. i'll link this but i also suggest fantastista and hirtta kiinni.
fun fact, the song you linked is about his ex
>>296482join the bright side
nonnie>>296506i never got the the hype about abba. ok their songs aren't bad but they are overrated
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Now that I let my butthurt calm down a little, I actually really like the winner's performance.. Not so much the studio version, but live her talent truly shines. I just feel a bit worried after watching the show back how she seemed a bit strung out? Like sedated or something.. I understand performance anxiety but I don't know if you should be on a world stage if you need to be that high. I am happy for her though, and fuck all the gay scrotes who keep calling her awful names on twitter still, she has a such a great voice and body too. I think she might be my new crush. just please lay off the plastic surgery, you do not need that
No. 296535
>>296534I thought her current look was her natural look, I was so surprised at this video
>>296416 I never saw her before her first melodifestivalen appearance. Sad.
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>>296123Spain's song really grew on me after watching the performance once again in HD, the harmonies give me goosebumps. Honestly, there were SO many good and interesting songs this year compared to last year, which makes the jury vote even more retarded.
No. 296650
>>296525>i never got the the hype about abba. ok their songs aren't bad but they are overratedtheir music is ok but there is so many disco songs out there that are more interesting. I'm starting to suspect that sweden is putting subliminal messages in their songs trying to convince the world that their music is the supreme and not basic
>>296534>actually really like the winner's performance.. Not so much the studio version, but live her talent truly shinestattoo and euphoria are meh but I will give Loreen credit for being an amazing peformer. She owned the stage and really embodied the music. As much as I thought Tattoo was undeserving of winning I'm not too butthurt because Loreen made it interesting to watch
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Kek
No. 297245
>>297243kek anon i was just posting about how i was shocked that song did so well yesterday, but now that you've mentioned
>Given that bulgaria never competes anyway bc of money issues, we're never gonna get that chance again.it gave me a different perspective on things. i just didn't like how outdated-kpoplike and was really bitter about it kek, i'm also biased against any and all english songs, now i feel sort of bad kek. i hope someday you'll send it a great song and win. my favorite bulgarian entry is the one from 2007, it's not everyone's cup of tea but i love it and i'm happy that it scored so high
No. 297247
>>297245Oh yes, a traditional song! I love it when balkan countries, or any country really, uses traditional elements in their song.
I feel the 2018 song was really good too but many people didn't think so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC-1tdGDFQc&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContestThe 2017 one was good even though it was English, and I was impressed the singer was only 16.
I don't know if we'll get that chance again honestly, we might get to top 15 or something but first place? Idk. Winning would've done really well for our country. I really wanted to see the different landmarks they'd show and how they'd advertise it.
No. 297302
>>297124I don't buy the stupid conspiracy theories, everything falls apart the second you actually look at it. Loreen was the most popular and streamed song long before the final, she had the attention and credibility of having won ESC before. She even got the second most televotes in the final but people still act like she was dead last or something, when in reality people liked the song from the start (for whatever reason, persoanlly not really a fan of the song).
ABBA doesn't give a shit about being part of ESC despite it being their anniversary because most of them aren't part of the music scene anymore and they're not that popular. Sweden had won 6 times before, meaning ANY year ending with the number 1,2,4,5 or 9 (and now 3) will be a big anniversary year of a Swedish ESC winner. Sweden does well almost every year, had the second most total wins, there wasn't any need to bribe jurys in the first place.
People also act like because Finland had the largest voting group of televoters that it means literally everyone voted for them, but in reality the way voting works most people simply didn't vote for Finland. Going by score size about 15-20% voted for Finland, which means 80-85% voted for some other song to win. He absolutely should have won because the jury system is shit and I do not respect their opinions whatsoever, but acting like it's a terrible scandal of bribery is frankly silly.
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>>297303The only good thing I can think of as a Finn is that Sweden will have to pay for the expenses while we get to sit back and enjoy the moral victory.
No. 297321
>>297310>>297305Why the hell are you posting moid memes?
>>297302I agree, I only believe it was rigged when i was freshly salty from Finland not winning.
No. 297370
>>297075I think this is proof that the jury wasn't bribed. They just have a boring taste in music. If bribery was involved you would think they had already made the arrangements to get Abba at the next eurovision
>>297290People like abba because it's something everyone is familiar with. when you play it as a house party iéveryone is going to sing and dance along to it unlike every other song which will have a couple of hipsters stating that they dont know the song. but its true that i dont lik anyone who actually listens to abba outsides of parties. I know many people who only listens to old music but they never just sit down and listens to abba
No. 297378
>>297307it's not bribing, just nepotism. nepo babies keep whining.
>>297328this. it's honestly not just about finland not winning, but how baffling it is that other entries like norway and france got so little jury votes even though they were genuinely talented singers. it just isn't natural.
No. 297425
>>297307Sweden produce radio-friendly safe songs. The jury consist of people who either write radio-friendly safe songs or reviews them. Of course the jury favours Sweden's songs. Swedish producers have infested every music industry in the world and many international producers have swedish influence.
>>297328>hit with viewers pre-contestthe problem with ESC in a post-internet world is that everyone gets to hear the songs before the actual competition. People get to make statistics and data based on views and streams which leads to conspiracy theories whenever the song that didn't get the most streams wins. The average viewer/voter don't think as Eurovision as a camp festival and the average viewer/voter don't streams the songs pre-competition so that data isn't accurate. I only know one person who hears the songs beforehand and she hears them on Tiktok and refuses to watch the actual competition because she LARPS ADHD
>>297378>norway and france got so little jury votes even though they were genuinely talented singersNorway had some folksy elements, France was chanson inspired. It's not going to appeal to the normie viewer.
I hated Sweden's song but it's not rocket science why they are popular every year amongst the jury every year
No. 297429
>>297425>It's not going to appeal to the normie viewer>wtf all my normie friends liked both songs>nobody i know likes loreen's song as much>>297075source????
>eurovision newsok
something tells me that even if the originals don't make an appearance, the creepy holograms will
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No. 297433
>>297425>The jury consist of people who either write radio-friendly safe songs or reviews them. Of course the jury favours Sweden's songs.And that's exactly the issue with the jury vote. If they lean heavily towards one country's practices and set preferences no other country has a chance unless they do like what many countries already do and hire a Swedish songwriter. It's not a fair setting in a contest that at least tries to brand itself as a music festival showcasing different European cultures. Almost every winning song in the 2010's had Swedish writers or the Swedish entry made it to the top-3 with jury votes alone. And like said, Loreen was good but not that good. They were supposed to take originality and impression into consideration as well and with Loreen's entry she sure as hell didn't outshine in those categories. If they just want to hear nice vocals then call it the Voice of Europe or something for christ's sake, but even with that criteria countries like Norway and Lithuania should've performed much better. The jury votes make no sense with their discrepancy which makes it seem suspicious and a fixed game.
>Norway had some folksy elements, France was chanson inspired. It's not going to appeal to the normie viewer.Then explain Norway's massive televoting score. Folksy songs always perform well, just remember how KEiiNO was robbed in 2019.
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>>297435embracing the meme was the only thing she could do since everyone hated her. and it's not only she is proven to have won the national final unfairly, but she was liking comments that said how great she is and how the other contestants sucked. cause yea wearing the bejba dress and also a headband was funny but im still pissed about jann and her shitty overall behaviour.
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Reminder to Käärijäfags and Cha Cha Cha enjoyers that Käärijä's concert live stream will start in less than hour at
http://yle.fi/euroviisut No. 297579
>>296417It's my first time finding an artist that I like most of their music. My favorite is probably paidaton riehuja. I also found that whenever I listen to vidrel I'm instantly put in a good mood. That "mmmmmm, ulalala~" is too fucking cute.
>>297573LETS GO. Wish I can watch with fellow Käärijäfags
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As other nonas pointed out, there was absolutely no natural reason the jury vote was not more well distributed with all the high quality songs we had in the running. This wasn't ESC 2012. If it wasn't rigged, please do explain this.
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>>297573Käärijä really reminded me of my regrets about not choosing my uni in Finland, despite learning Finnish in high school for a few years. Aw. So much soul in this guy, and all of my Finnish friends are lovely people who understand me. Kek, really turning into a finnboo…
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Well, that was fun! I was on time to catch him performing my fav song.
I just LOVE seeing him out of breath saying shit I don't understand.
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I wonder what finnanons think about Kääjirä blowing up so much? I spent a few weeks derping around on Tumblr with other fans. I love seeing all of the fan-arts.
>>297604nta, intro and mic mac was there too, along with my fave hirttää kiinni, välikuolema.
No. 297615
>>297604from what i saw, the live is already uploaded on the website. you can go watch it right away.
>>297600it went like this
>intro>fantastista>rock rock remix>valikuolema>kiertava sirkus>auto jaa(collab with famous finnish singer)>mic mac>kovis(new song from the cha cha cha mixtape)>morgan(new song from the cha cha cha mixtape)>klo23>paidaton riehuja>hiirta kiini>urheilujatka>viulunkieli>cha cha cha twice>>297614they definitely will finnonie. i read that 42% of viewership was outside of finland
No. 297621
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>"In December 2006, the band was sanctioned by police after performing naked at an open-air concert"
>"The band's defence that they had not been naked because they had corks in their anuses did not convince the judge"
No. 297824
>>297803ayrt, i have tried this year and the last in this very thread and generally anons seem to just not be interested a few days after it's over kek which is fine and expected i don't doubt ESC autists are not very many around here. unless i'm wrong in which case i'm always happy more than happy to discuss anything
i recently watched this video and it's absolutely stellar. so informative and easy to follow, some of the things in here i've never been aware of! probably one of my favorite videos regarding ESC i've ever seen. unfortunately made by a tim (sorry) but i didn't even notice anything until i went into the channel as he just sounds like a regular guy and doesn't show his face at any point. it's not just about "queer"shit and trannies are barely spoken about btw it's really interesting
No. 297935
>>297824>the gay olympicsnot watching that, eurovision isn't just for scrotes.
>generally anons seem to just not be interested a few days after it's overWell it's too bad but understandable really.
I have a question for you nonas who is still here though. Is there any artist that you have started to listen to because of eurovision, that you hadn't heard of before? I have discovered a lot of artists this way, one example is Monika Liu. I would have never discovered this Lithuan if it wasn't for eurovision.
No. 297936
>>297828I've sperged about this before I think, but as a Swede-nona I'm super disappointed with how our national competition is now overruled by an "international jury" giving 50% of the votes just like the big ESC. Since they don't speak Swedish (and to be on the jury to communicate they have to understand English) they're more likely to overlook any songs in our native language and go for the English ones instead. They also don't understand cultural contexts or memes, like why sending a song with jojking in it would be a powerful statement, or why we stan a certain singer/band that to us is a national treasure but they've never heard of them before. If Finland had used the same kind of jury system Käärijä wouldn't have made it to the ESC finals despite it being the people's clear favorite song, and I hate that. I hate it for every country. I'd much rather we never won again but sent songs the people of the country chose for ourselves.
Well I say all this, but last year we were SO close to sending a fat moid in his 50s called Anders Bagge with a super shit song because he kept manipulating everyone into feeling bad for him by saying "boohoo i'm a rich adult man who's constantly on TV but i'm so so sooo insecure, i have nooo confidence at all poor me i'm gonna cryyyy look at poor widdle meee pls giv a little pity vote uwu". There are literal teens sharing the stage with you who have more dignity, get a fucking grip and stop trying to emotionally manipulate everyone. It's the only time I've given the jury a pass for making sure we didn't send him lmao, but I'd still take it over the jury, some collateral damage is to be expected kek
No. 297950
>>297944>I haven't heard of the Frozen 2 stuff.Good for you honestly! They depicted the sami-like group with a mix of native american stereotypes because americans can't fathom "native" not meaning native american specifically. It was painful to watch and has lead to misinformation about sami people being spread.
>>297948I know other countries have different systems and some don't even get to vote for their song, but we used to have a normal voting system and they took it from us for no reason. It makes the competition feel so boring now! Why have an international jury when we're literally sending it to the ESC final?! Makes no sense.
No. 297954
>>297950>They depicted the sami-like group with a mix of native american stereotypes because americans can't fathom "native" not meaning native american specificallyWow that sounds painful.
America stop projecting themselves onto the rest of the world challenge - impossble.
No. 297968
>>297935ayrt i get that the thumbnail is revolting kek but i promise that video is not just about scrotes he used the word "gay" as an umbrella term. despite being a tim ( which surprised me because i assumed it was just a regular man i would have honestly never guessed ) like i said in my post it's not even only limited to homosexuality, give it a try
nonnie it's a great video imo i hate to defend anything by trannies but it's seriously one of the best i've seen. i've yet to see that kind of passion and information delivered in videos related eurovision elsewhere that aren't some form of compilation, but if there are any feel free to post them here because i'd love to see!
>Is there any artist that you have started to listen to because of eurovision, that you hadn't heard of before?going to be a normie and say käärijä. and france gall's poupée de cire poupée de son of luxembourg 1965 but obviously i wasn't even an idea when her entry was televised, she was my introduction to eurovision and the 1960s as a decade of interest (and obsession).
No. 297973
>>297968Oooh great taste nona, that song is such a bop!
Käärijä for me too
but mostly because he is hot No. 297996
>>297935>Is there any artist that you have started to listen to because of eurovision, that you hadn't heard of before? It's super embarrassing, but… As a kid, i became JEWDARD fan because of eurovision kek (after their first Lipstick song). Irc their songs from 7(?) years ago about mental health were quite neat and comfy, but from what I know they act obnoxious on social media. Sometimes i wonder if they have any milk other than being hated by Irish people.
As for other artists, i discovered Käärijä and Manizha, she is an awesome woman with amazing mother and is all about womens rights, even did a lot of songs about domestic abuse and how shitty men are (not counting her eurovision performance that had a lot of literature references and made moids cringe because of 'muh submissive russian women should only sing ballads').
No. 298049
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cornelia jakobs' performance in the interval act this year got me acting unwise
No. 298082
>>298016Watch the video, it explains why. ESC has been gay since the beginning, not just in the 00's.
>>298049What the fuck was she doing there to begin with? She wasn't even a winning act, she came in
fourth. Ukrainian eurovision yeah right, that stage was filled with brits and swedes for some reason. Verka was the only Ukrainian act that got
some spotlight but you barely saw Kalush Orchestra or Go_A or much any other well performing act of theirs.
No. 298116
>>298082>What the fuck was she doing there to begin with?To give the ladies some eye candy duh.
I agree with you otherwise though, and I really, REALLY wish we had seen Go_A more than for just a few seconds.
No. 298122
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>>298082i was curious if there was more to know so i looked up the definition
>Interval acts are a series of non-competitive performances that take place after all competing artists have performed their entries. They serve as a continuity for the show during the voting segment and while the votes are being tallied, as well as a platform for local music and dance groups, or for prominent artists to perform popular songs or promote new releases.huh. i really wish they got ruslana to actually perform wild dances, i was really excited for that and i wasn't even sure what they showed was her since it was such an unimportant moment. that was so disappointing, but i'm not mad about cornelia tbh she was really hot so i forgive them kek
No. 298219
>>298041Thanks anon. I guess it seems somewhat obvious now that you've explained it but I know nothing about gay shit so I hadn't made those connections.
>>298207They're not banned.. Russia was just suspended for 1 edition and only after pressure of several broadcasters. They got mad about that and left the broadcasting union they need to be a member of to participate on their own..
No. 298853
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>>298788>finland won't do so hoti agree, i'm thinking either they'll send in some boring radio safe thing or they'll try to win back some fans with some embarrassing broadcaster chosen "similar" type, like how some nonnas noticed last year that countries sent in rock music after the måneskin win. but tbf they've always been edgy rock songs in eurovision ( in the past two decades anyway )
>Luxembourg will send a bland, UK-esque song in English and will NQ hard.yep, i can see that happening too, but who knows ! luxembourg has historically been my favorite winning country, but i'm not so sure they'll do well with the current times. i mean you never know…
other question for nonas: who else do you think will rejoin/withdraw next year? do you think there will be more or less countries?
i'm hoping romania doesn't withdraw, maybe one day we'll get something as good as it's my life by cezar kek that was amazing. have you read this thread about that kid with the coomer staging? apparently he went on some podcast with a(n insane) joe rogan type, and he explained that he was basically sabotaged and silenced into sending in something that didn't align with his vision as no one wanted to hear him out, and that his budget was 80€ in the national final kek. here's the thread
>https://twitter.com/dotterdam/status/1661772237886697483 No. 298961
>>298788>Do nonnas here have any baseless random predictions for next year?This isn't baseless, but since Sweden won we will be sending "bad" (but really just mediocre songs) that lower out chance of winning. This will probably last 3 years or so, at least for the next 2 ESC. This happens every time we win because we don't want to spend the money hosting 2 years in a row. The local competition leading up to ESC always has suspiciously mediocre songs the years after we win, but they're always pretending it's totally a coincidence and just personal taste that makes us think so kek they're so transparent. On the other hand IF we send a good song it would most likely be a weird one, like a funny meme-song, that the organisers couldn't predict would do well.
Since we're hosting ESC the money will be put into showcasing our good singers there in the breaks instead, this way it doesn't matter if our competitor is kinda boring and mediocre because Sweden still gets to show our real good music.
No. 299002
>>298788>Sweden sends a song in Swedish?If we didn't have an international fucking jury giving 50% of the points we would have sent songs in Swedish a couple of times the last few years, but they keep fucking it up because why would a random australian or croatian give any points to a song in swedish in the swedish final when they don't speak a single word of it themselves?
>baseless random predictions for next year?I'd like for Finland to do well but I think when a year has passed people will be over this years "scandal" and there's a new favorite to vote for.
I'm hoping the UK will get it together again and send another good song like Sam Ryder, following the local hype after having hosted this year.
Often when Sweden wins another nordic country wins the year after, so Iceland will have their first ever win.
No. 299115
>>299099> there was a performance of a guy who looked like a vampire and I think he literally raised up from a coffin?that would be ukraine 2018! one of the many vampy type of performances. as for
>I think he sang opera?that was romania 2013 already mentioned itt, i'll embed below
No. 301208
>>298853On one hand, I'm afraid Romania will withdraw too, but on the other hand, maybe it's for the best?
Imo, as a Romanian, the last good entry we sent (until 2022) was 2017 and since then, people and local artists lost more and more interest towards the contest with each passing year and that started gradually since 2014 when Conchita won.
After that, the general attitude here shifted and not in a good way. It also has shown in people who used to watch ESC, in the chaos that is the national selection and how the voting system is a total mess and our better artists stay so far away from this contest.
I watched this year's national selection and I think there was only one entry that was slightly better than D.G.T, the others were forgettable or just… whatever. I didn't even know any of those artists, kek. In short, people here got to the conclusion that no self respecting artist will go to ESC anytime soon, which I find ironic in a way.
The irony is that before the contest, people don't care about it at all and when we get a bad result, they suddenly care about it (or when an entry they don't like is sent).
Not to mention the controversy from 2022, where the Romanian public votes segment was simply cut and the votes were given by the hosts.
No. 301432
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TIL that this existed and i missed out on it
>https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Dex_Award>Award from 2017 onwards, changing its criterion to the "most striking look" in 2019. Ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, the award was succeeded by the You're A Vision Award, which was intended to carry a more positive connotation.lame.
who would you have awarded this to this year kek
ireland's fake elvis and his gigantic front ass otherwise known as moose knuckle. loathe him>>301208>Not to mention the controversy from 2022, where the Romanian public votes segment was simply cut and the votes were given by the hosts.was that because of the voting scandal with the six juries?
i always feel so disheartened when i read about the growing disinterest in the contest which results in representing entries that are less than what the country is actually capable of offering if the circumstances were different. i'm sad about the corruption and lack of interest from TVR too so it's like you said it seems like it would be better for your country to withdraw than to send artists with little to no support.
i just miss having lots of countries participate because it's more fun but i understand that it's not very possible in these times but i'll still hold out the hope!
No. 301525
>>301432>was that because of the voting scandal with the six juries?Yea, that one. We knew it was bs the moment when no jury votes went to Moldova (and the maximum points at that), nor vice versa. Zdob și Zdub are appreciated here, there was no way for our jury to not give them any point (the cancelled jury vote did in fact give 12p to Moldova in the final). Also, the connection excuse was also bs, Italy has expensive and shit internet than Romania kek (if they use internet for that, idk) and the connection was ok from what it seems, at least from TVR side.
Vidrel is the reaction of the lady who was supposed to be live then, I'll add a translated transcript of it.
>"I heard Mika(?) saying - when was supposed to say good evening to the entire world (meaning "Good evening Europe") that Romania has a technical issue and that we won't be live. My reaction is recorded.">"Whaaat?! I don't believe this…..I really don't believe this." No. 301592
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My country doesn't participate in Junior Eurovision so I have never watched it but based on the previews they show at regular Eurovision it looks grand. I wonder how the country that do participate feel about Junior Eurovision. I can imagine it has fewer viewers than regular Eurovision since it probably only appeals to families with kids
No. 301906
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>>301530>eurovision redditkms just my luck. i don't want to make no damn account i refuse to be a redditor reeeeee
No. 305541
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i didn't want to post this earlier
because i thought it might be annoying for anons to keep seeing this thread off-season but now that it's been bumped i want to hear nonas' opinions on SVT wanting to cut down the show's running time
>https://escxtra.com/2023/06/18/svt-wants-to-cut-eurovision-2024-grand-final-running-time/>It has been reported by Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that the Eurovision 2024 host broadcaster, SVT plans to shorten the Grand Final by as much as one hour. Aftonbladet has indicated that it has got a hold of a document from SVT which outlines a plan of action for next year’s contest. >It revealed that the final will last for 3 hours 15 minutes, starting at 21.00 CEST as normal and ending at 00.15 CEST. >This would make the show approximately one full hour shorter than Liverpool 2023, which lasted 4 hours 13 minutes.imo, i hate the idea
No. 305620
>>305617yeah I was wondering what they are gonna cut too. The maximum a song can be is 3 minutes and anything less feels too short. The green room segments where they interview the singers can't be cut either because they are there because some television networks shows commercials during those segments and you can't ask them not to show commercials because that's how they get their funding. They need to give the viewer time to vote to and letting them vote before every country has peformed would be chaotic so that extra time is needed too. They also need extra time to count the votes unless they find a faster way to do it so that can't be cut either. The postcard segments can't be cut either since they are used to set the stage, introduce the artist and song plus it promotes tourism which is the main goal for a host country.
Them cutting the segments with the juries makes most sense.
Tbh I don't think that Eurovision feels too long. A big part of Eurovision is the get-togethers. During any segment that isn't a song I usually chatter with my family. The point segments are more like background noise and we only tune in to cheer/boo if our favourite song does/doesn't get 12 points. But I have always gotten the impression that the live audience gets impatient towards the end so maybe it's more for their sake that the audience that watches it at home
No. 305637
>>305541But why.
>>305620>maybe it's more for their sake that the audience that watches it at homeDoubt it, it's a television show and there's only like several thousand people in the live audience at most I'm pretty sure.
>>305502God I love Go_A, thanks for posting ♥ I had no idea they performed at pinkpop, that's such a cool stage to get to perform on. I love that a band from Ukraine that's pretty non-mainstream and doesn't sing in English gets a stage like that.
No. 332753
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Idk if anyone is following internal selection/national final news, but I have nowhere else to post about this. Cyprus picked a 16 yo Australian girl and so far every photo and music video has her in a bralette or a crop top at best. Then there’s wiwiblogs further sexualizing her by calling her sultry. I’m sorry but how tf do you find a 16 yo sultry? I’ve tried to post comments criticizing the sexualization of a teenager on their articles about her, but of course their review team refuses to publish them
No. 332961
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>>332918Lol I hadn’t seen the title change until you pointed it out. I totally agree with you on him thinking it was okay just because he’s gay. Still weird that he would write that in the title, mention she’s 16 in the first sentence, and then not make the connection that maybe you shouldn’t talk about minors that way. Well hopefully that’s at least a lesson learned for him lol
No. 340264
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Most countries announced their participation for next year. This list is from yesterday if I'm not wrong.
No. 344376
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Nonas what are your opinions on letting countries in conflict compete?
To be honest I don't care and think you should just let them compete if they want because none of the competitors are the ones responsible for whatever conflict is going on, they're all just powerless civilians. And ESC is gay as fuck, it's one of the few openly gay friendly massive events that even homophobic countries take part in so to strip that from the gay minority living there seems like a shame. And it also means the people competing are more likely to be gay/not homophobic themselves. No one is going to think "wow Russia's song is so good, that means they're totally innocent and right to invade Ukraine" we all know the war is bad, or you're already on Russias side - it doesn't actually change anything. I don't see it as "pretending everything is fine" I see it as "us civilians want to come together despite the leaders or terrorists being shitheads and forcing us into wars". Maybe I'm just naive idk
No. 344626
>>344376>Maybe I'm just naiveYeah you definitely are. Any song competing has a chance to win. A lot of people don’t want countries like that competing on the off chance that they win because then you’re just pumping millions into their economy the following year. And why should we socially and financially reward countries committing ethnic cleansing and apartheid?
>just let them compete>none of the competitors are the ones responsible for whatever conflict is going onLol no one is stopping any musician from competing. If they want to participate so badly, they can go compete for a different country. Cyprus hasn’t had a Cypriot singer since 2017. San Marino has no restrictions on nationality or language for song submissions. Switzerland gives priority to Swiss entries, but is still open to all nationalities. Just this past year, France was represented by a Canadian. Anyone from anywhere can compete
No. 345195
>>344376>Nonas what are your opinions on letting countries in conflict compete?Not to be a moralfag but I think it’s tasteless. The audience and the competitors aren’t idiots. We have seen the literal deaths of people in war and it’s weird for Eurovision to expect us to be fine with it all for one night just to hear some shitty music.
>>344626>And why should we socially and financially reward countries committing ethnic cleansing and apartheid?Yeah I agree, which is why I’m thinking of boycotting this year. Blows my mind that they think Israel should be able to compete.
No. 346482
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Saw this on social media and it made me laugh
No. 346493
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wtf is that? at first i thought they actually will participate but now i feel like they just may have someone perform like madonna did in the past. but also people talk about a sponsorship from royal caribbean
No. 346510
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samefag, i think it's definitely just a sponsorship deal.
No. 347954
>>347514I kinda follow Eurovision around this time of the year and all the whining about Israel is so fucking annoying. It's a dumb blown out of proportion song contest, people get wayyyyy to serious about it.
Also this guy is going for the UK. I hadn't heard of him solo but he was in Years & Years so that's cool
No. 349711
>>349591>gothministerThat's a cool name.
I'm not going to watch because I don't want to listed to the songs beforehand, but the thumbnail makes it look like a musical
No. 350437
>>349591I like his outfit a lot but the rest was lackluster. It's like they had a kernel of a good idea but they didn't let it pop. The lyrics are repetitive and boring too. Like ok you got the chorus down now where is the rest?
The dollhouse and kid idea could have been good but it ends up looking lame. And if they're gonna convert the kid to evil-all-black then you need a costume change to show it off fully.
No. 350774
>>350452To be fair they're not "going to eurovision", they're just in a local music show leading up to esc IF they win. Plenty of entries do it for the local exposure, not expecting to win at all.
Although I personally think Norway would like to show of a known name because they want to use the current scandinavian/nordic popularity, top 5 last year had three nordic songs (1,2 and 5). Norway and Sweden are close and function the same way so they're well aware Sweden will send a shit song this year to avoid having to host twice in a row. With a top rival out that greatly increases their chances of winning.
No. 351809
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>Luxemburg participates after decades to send contestant chosen by the judges who supports IDF>Iceland sends the palestinian guy Hatari made a song with when competing in Israel in 2019. Two of the Hatari guys helped him with the songthis year is going to be such a shitshow kek
>>351769wow this is actually kinda cool
No. 352026
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I pulled picrel from reddit, it's the NF schedule for this saturday.
https://www.reddit.com/r/eurovision/comments/17b3b35/megathread_eurovision_song_contest_2024_calendar/According to this, only Ukraine's NF will be streamed on youtube (with English commentary?!). But I guess we could always use the moovierom chat to chat and each open the livestream on our own device. Would anyone here be interested in watching on saturday and if so, which ones?
No. 352158
>>352073omg no way, i fucking love that entry !!! i'm shocked because it's genuinely one of my favorites. that song gives me goosebumps. i can't believe how little points she received for it, i think her technique is amazing and it's interesting and distinguished enough to warrant more. total snub. i really wasn't expecting to see it even posted here kek yay !!! i'm so happy to see her again
>>352026personally i'm interested in seeing norway the most out of all of these, i heard some good things about mgp this year so i'm excited ! and ofc ukraine, i hope now that they aren't the hosting country that they send something cool again. maybe we should make a poll for nonnies to vote for which NF we should see ?
and i'm okay with watching on another tab/device and using the moovieroom as a chatroom like you said, i think that's how they do it in forums anyway. either way i'll be excited to watch with you nonnies !!
No. 352174
>>352163lol nonna, i actually thought about this the other day
i would have it beggining like a traditional cute folk song, with everyone dressed in tradional outfits, doing slow traditional dances
then at some point have a base drop and it turns in to a techno pop dance remix of the folk song and everone tears of their clothes to reveal another outfit that fits the second part better
No. 352250
>>352234nta while that was true like with Go_a's "Shum", it's no guarantee. look at france's 2022 entry for instance
>>190051 , they were sadly placed second to last ! i still think that song is great, really don't understand those results…
No. 352322
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Is it safe to say 90% of Eurovision's fandom population are millenial fags? I was watching Benidorm Fest first semifinal and there were no women in the audience.
The show was also rated +7, yet one of the performances had two fat gay men dance around the stage wearing thongs and showing their asses to the camera. What could be more family friendly than that? (sarcasm) I hate men.
I don't know if I'm gonna watch eurovision this year nonas. I'm tired of seeing faggots everywhere being disgusting freaks. That and the Israel drama is so tiring.
No. 352329
>>352328I don't want to watch scrotes anon, i don't care if they are gay, black, white or from Mars.
I talked about that performance cause it stuck out to me, since they were wearing fetish gear. I was also rolling my eyes at Sofia's outfit, but Nebulossa's performance was literally stripper shit.
No. 352508
>>352467Tbf
nonnie, if bring me to life had been entered the year it came out (2003) it easily could have won lol
No. 352941
>>352859i was watching the stream in the moovie room
some nonnas even commented on it in the chat
No. 353012
>>352798using the version on youtube i found the point where it happened, in this version starting at 4:04:48 as she walks down the tunnel to the stage
all you can hear on this version is after the presnter says 'how is she going to sing now bless her' at 4:05:18 you can just make out a male voice on a radio if you listen very carefully with the volume up but you cant make out the words,
you can hear the voice most clearly at 4:05:20 to 4:05:25 but still cant make out the words
No. 353187
https://cytu.be/r/LCESCNFI just made this room so we can watch the MGP final at 19:50 tonight.
>>352184Are you still interested in watching Vidbir (Ukraine) together? It starts in two hours
No. 353243
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>>353237thank god indeed kek. that was so much fun i can't wait to do it again !! and if you didn't make it to the stream well then you missed out kek which is why you should defo come next time.
hope everything's alright with ukranians. who are you placing bets on nonnies ? and to the anons who weren't in the stream, are you happy with the MGP/norwegian winners ?
No. 353489
>>353466In another news, one of the national selection contestants posted a preview of his choreography and it is hilariously bad
No. 353781
>>353769>I don't hate the winners but was a bit disappointed nglThat's how I feel aswell. I'm used to Ukraine sending cool songs but this is the 2nd lackluster song in a row imo.
But maybe everything is lackluster compared to Go_A.
No. 354012
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Since watching MGP and Vidbir together last saturday was a lot of fun.. is anyone down to watch UMK or Supernova this saturday?
No. 354264
>>354012OMG i'm there anon !
i was one of the anons from the stream totally forgot about UMK and was kinda bummed that i had to wait until melfest in march so yay kek
No. 354333
>>354224Nonnie I didn't think you'd have the courage necessary to watch the Italians go into musical battle every night until 2!
>>354264Awesome!
No. 354657
>>354333> until 2!I have a confession to make. I’m
American so it’s actually at a reasonable time for me lol
No. 354916
We're watching UMK (Finnish final) in an hour! (20:00 CET). The stream has English commentary!
The stream isn't available on youtube but I think I found a way to embed the broadcaster's page in the movieroom. I can't test it since the stream hasn't started yet, but I think it should work if you click the "embed" button on the right, then accept/reject the cookies from the broadcaster's website and click play.
https://cytu.be/r/LCESCNF No. 355090
>>355077>inoffensive sweet sounding pop songKek, you're right. Her artist name is Fröken Snusk which means Miss Filthy and she is known for her graphic sexual songs in Swedish eurotrash genre Epadunk, like her hit "Ride me like a Dala-horse". This song is mild though. I just love the scenography. It represents Swedish culture, even if it's the trashy version.
>>355070Come on Finland, you introduced us to sexy man Käärijä and now you downgraded like this?
No. 355905
>>355077Like other anon said, she usually does more graphic songs but this one is boring as fuck and not provocative in the least which was the entire point of her music so this one is just… nothing. I don't like her either way because the entire genre is trash, I'd call it "drinking songs" because it's shitty, slightly comedic, provocative (in a trashy sexual way, not political) songs that people only ever listen to when they intend to get black out drunk. I assume they made her make it family-friendly for tv, but dear god is it boring and she's not a good singer to begin with so the filthy lyrics was all she had.
>>355070wow this is pure shit, I was ready to vote for Finland to make up for last year but if this is their song then sorry no.
No. 355972
i love angelina mango sm, I can't wait to see her perform in esc
>>355399this is awesome, way better than windows95 dude
No. 356383
>>356337I agree with that, I still think everyone should just get to compete outside of politics but since they made it a thing to ban Russia they need to ban other countries actively declaring wars too.
Honestly I think it's at least partly because tons of countries (including mine) actually fear and are at a real risk of a Russian invasion, while we are at no apparent risk of other mentioned countries invading us so we fundamentally don't care on the same level. I hate the topic though, I just wanna talk about sparkly dresses and silly songs lol
No. 356546
is anyone watching/streaming Das Deutsche Finale tonight?
>>356545>However if you do compete you become famous in all of europe and if you then speak out about the issue there will be people actually listening.true!!
No. 356599
what do you nonnies think of Joost representing the netherlands this year ?
>>356589nta but sure, i'll be in the room
No. 356674
>>356585Still disappointed that this was the winner
>>356599I hadn’t heard of him before he was selected. I listened to some of his music and a lot of it I wasn’t really into, but I absolutely fell in love with his song Papa en Mama. I’m very interested to see what he comes up with
No. 356758
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what final are you guys gonna watch tonight? there is so many to pick from aaa
No. 357975
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Isreal is threatening to withdraw in protest over their song 'the song of isreal' being investigated by the EBU.
Political songs are not allowed, the lyrics to isreal's song were leaked and it seems to be full of references to the hamas attack and ongoing conflict in gaza
It is EBU policy to allow a country to submit a new song or change the lyrics but isreal has said that they will not change anything and if they are asked to do so they will withdraw
Isreali newspapers are saying the song is about the attack, it includes such lyrics as
>They were all good children, each one of them
>I'm still wet from this October rain
>Who told you boys don't cry, Hours and hours, And flowers, Life is not a game for the cowards
flowers is apparently isreali slang for a war casualty
>There's no air left to breathe, There's no place, No me, from day to day."
Iceland, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden have already protested isreal's inclusion in this year's contest
No. 358002
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>>357975this is what a former isreali winner of eurovision had to say about iceland's protest
No. 358013
>>357975They're doing this on purpose so they don't have to withdraw and look weak.
Anyway I think the lyrics are pretty mild all things considered.
No. 358509
>>357361Okay never mind I like it better after seeing the official video. The live version suffers from being difficult to understand imo.
The crochet on the drums though lmfao
No. 358559
>>358548>i think the performance itself needs some work before ESC.Yeah, I think you're right.
>i saw somebody say that the semi-finals of Dora is the first time he has performed as a vocalist (dont quote me on that) so that considered he did really wellI wouldn't be surprised if that's true lmao. The song is fun but you can tell he isn't a skilled singer.
No. 358567
>>358548>>358559true, he used to be a guitarist for the band manntra and only made it to dora due to the fact that another artist dropped out of the competition (he was the back-up choice).
honestly considering the fact that a) these were his first live performances as a singer and b) due to having been a back-up, he wasn't given much time to plan or prepare for the performance, it turned out really damn good. he has said in an interview that they plan to refine and make things 10x as interesting for the actual contest, i'm really excited to see what he'll end up doing.
No. 359319
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Israel’s second song got rejected lol. Israel and the EBU are definitely doing this on purpose and it’s not even subtle. EBU gets to kick them out and Israel gets to play the victim. Seeing all the news articles for months has been annoying, but at least it looks like we won’t have to see them in the contest this year
No. 359355
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>>359324i fucking love it it's so catchy i've had "welcome to europa" stuck in my head since my first listen kek
i cried the context if anyone is curious
>his father died of cancer ( which the song is dedicated to ) which was followed by the passing of his mother of a heart attack shortly after. ( he has other songs about this like >>356674 )>vidrelit's not so much of a "joke" entry like people were expecting him to send with the win95man/finland comparisons.
No. 359504
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>>359324S10 (2022 dutch rep
and a dutchanon here's former schoolmate ) made an appearance in europapa !
No. 359514
>>359504Good catch
nonnie! I hadn’t noticed her in there
No. 359726
>>359723Sorry I didn't see this in time, here:
https://cytu.be/r/LCESCNFThey're only on the 2nd song so plenty of time to jump in if you want?
No. 359988
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Goddamn it I am so sick of this shit. Can’t they just fuck off already?
No. 360048
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there seems to be an issue with Iceland's winner as the votes for Bashar went to Hera Bjork.
>According to Icelandic viewers, the voting process during the superfinal was problematic. Many Icelanders, in particular, complained on social media that their votes for Bashar Murad were counted for Hera Björk instead, based on the messages they received in response from RÚV.
>RÚV responded to the accusations and announced that the matter is under investigation. However, they also stated that the alleged flaw in the voting could not affect the outcome of the evening because the difference between the two candidates was chaotic.https://eurovisionfun.com/en/2024/03/iceland-songvakeppnins-2024-results-are-in-question/ No. 360721
>>360590hard agree
>>360702its gonna be a shitshow no matter how you look at it. Wouldnt be surprised if someone crashes their performance or sth
No. 360881
>>360875My bet's on Australia NQing.
>>360877What's people's opinions on this? It's quite out there but I see no one talk about it good or bad
No. 360886
>>360876Kek I was about to post this.
Finally something that sounds Balkan after 10 years or so. Also it's not a bland pop song or ballad by some half-greek kid from abroad kek. It's kinda all over the place but I dig it
No. 360926
>>360877not a fan personally, I feel like the music video and styling is crazy to cover up the fact the songs shit. It didnt sound good live on that show a few weeks back either
>>360873Im incapable of liking ballads so I wont comment
>>360875Generic NQ
>>360876I liked it until that 'duh duh duh' chorus like wtf sounds utter shite
No. 361682
>>360926>I liked it until that 'duh duh duh' chorus like wtf sounds utter shite>doesn't like the catchiest part of the songnonnie aksually it's "ta ta ta"
jk it's ok u don't like it, many people don't here too.
love the positivity in Israel's song despite the 53% dislike ratio lmao
No. 361772
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>>361702As much as I like Norway, those guys aren't Swedish citiziens and should have been in the norwegian competition instead. Also if we were gonna compete with yet another popsong in english we should've sent this kek
No. 361994
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wtf are they doing?
No. 362315
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>>361994this is Eden's reaction on the video btw
No. 362323
>>353671it's so meh to me. ukrainian eurofan twitter was in shambles when they won, but normie ukrainians who dgaf about eurovision (and eurofans from other countries) seem to really like them. the lyrics are boring and wasn't teresa actually a horrible person? i don't care enough to research but that's what i heard. plus jerry heil is homophobic kek
nazva were my faves but i knew they wouldn't win. jamala got really offended because she thought the song was making fun of ukrainians' pronounciation when we speak english but i think it's the complete opposite.
i wish they kept visuals close to what they did in the music video though… the song by itself doesn't work that well, it's a lot more enjoyable as a theatrical performance
No. 362329
>>362303I like this sooooo much, it is so fun and upbeat and feel-good.
>>362323I really dislike the rappping, so awkward and it just doesn't sound good. I also don't like Italy's rapping but at least she makes it sound fluid.
>plus jerry heil is homophobic kekAren't most Eastern European countries quite conservative in that regard?
No. 362331
>>362018oh noes, actors painting their face how twedible!!!!
becareful they might misgender you next!!!
(racebaiting) No. 362335
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>>356586>title of the song is used derogatory as slut/whore>sexualises gay moidsbased
I really love this song it's probably my favourite this year. Probably their best since baila el chiki chiki kek
>>358350I hope this does decently tbh
>>359256this is actually amazing. my second favourite. shame he is a they/them
this year is actually pretty strong song-wise. probably the best year in a long time. shame there's the israel bs going on
No. 362556
>>362550This starts so good… but then it's just kind of anticlimatic
>>362552It's just a simple pop song but I like it tbh
>>362553I don't like ballads but this isn't bad
No. 363258
>>363236>and what culture do they have besides mills and fields?There's more to culture than landscapes anon kek
>>360873I didn't like this initially but I heard the studio version and now I quite like it (for a ballad anyway)
No. 363259
>>363236>and in the end theres a sob story about his dead parents to make people pity him. im not doubting his parents died that way, im just saying that its completely irrelevant to the song but he added it so some people will feel bad and vote for him. His father died when he was like 12 and then a year later his mother died. Most of his songs actually mention his parents, his experience as being an "child orphan" and depression. Some songs like Florida 2009 are specifically about his parents and there death. In this song he actually mentions that this will some kind of closure to his parents, they will always be there for him but he cant carry the pain forever. Idk my point is that it would be even weirder for me if he somehow did not mention seeing his father dead on the floor as a kid, as he sings about his trauma often.
>and what culture do they have besides mills and fields?Well thats just rude
No. 363265
>>363259nayrt not only that but pride over the netherlands/friesland is one of the most recurring themes in his songs, like he has an album named after the latter kek not to mention "friesenjung" which was a hit last summer
omfg i promise i'm not a shillbot i'm just trying to add relevant information it really didn't surprise me that this is what he came up with, it's really true to what he does imo if maybe somewhat subdued for eurovision.
all that said i can definitely see what that anon means, without any context it does kind of call to mind that one tryhard engineered UK entry from 2007 about loving the countries of europe and all that kekkk
No. 363390
>>363259I read that he used to watch Eurovision with his parents when he was young, so that’s one more reason I’m not surprised that he referenced his parents in the song
>>363379My favorites in no particular order are Italy, Norway, Armenia, Netherlands, and Spain. I would be happy with any of them winning
No. 363586
>>361168the staging is pretty cool, i wonder how they'll do it on the esc stage.
but the song itself is so meh.
>>362303this music video is beautiful, the colours, the scenery and her energy!
No. 364422
i am over the moon with joy seeing how many rock/metal type songs we have this year! especially by female artists (bambie thug and megara are on loop for me)
>>353671i honestly really like it, especially the rap. wouldn't be mad at all if it wins (even though i'm very much cheering my country on kek)
>>362303i'm in love with ladaniva lol. i know it's unlikely to win, but i hope it gets into top 10 at the very least
>>359324i feel like i'm the only one not getting the europapa hype, it's a fun and catchy song but i don't care much for it tbh.
No. 364920
>>364831kek anon i feel the exact opposite way. i'm hyped for more than just the contest this time around which isn't usual for me, like honestly last year i was really only excited to watch with nonnies and was unimpressed by pretty much all songs up until the semis, and the year before that none of the songs excited me either
other than moldova ofc kek i feel like this year there's lots to look forwards to and a lot less generic ballads/clothing store type pop songs. there's a lot of interesting material that i'm really hyped to see on stage! but obviously this change isn't to everyone's taste and i've seen lots of people think there's too many "novelty" acts this year and that the contest is back to not taking itself seriously etc. i'm just happy there are so many songs that stand out and are sung in the native language, the 2010s were samey genericness hell KEK this year feels like a big breath of fresh air in comparison, but we'll see in may.
No. 364923
>>364831I don’t agree that 95% are boring, there’s quite a few that I really love, but I do think there are a lot of mid songs this year getting way more hype than they deserve.
>AustriaNot a bad song at all, but incredibly generic. I used to hear songs like this all the time
>Belgium It’s like he wants to be deep, but isn’t talented enough to write a better chorus so he just keeps screaming “before the party is over”
>Croatia The song is alright imo, but I seriously don’t understand why people keep saying he’s a potential winner
>Cyprus Song isn’t good and she just seems interested in dancing. Personally I’m over dance breaks and this song was specifically engineered to give her a dance break
>Israel The song is boring af, but obviously I don’t need to elaborate on why people are hyping it anyway
>MaltaSorry but they had a couple other options that were way better than this. I’m glad she put out the revamp, it’s better and shows she’s trying, but it’s still pretty mid
>Serbia Pretty girl with a pretty face, but the song bores me nonetheless
>UKSo much hype for such a boring song just because of who is singing it
No. 365145
>>364831Boring?? This year? Armenia, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, San Marino, Spain, Switzerland, none of these are boring.
>>364923Where have you seen people hyping Israel because I've seen people shittalking it pretty much exclusively.
No. 365146
>>362552Apparantly this girl's only 17 ffs
>>364923>I used to hear songs like this all the timeI think it's supposed to be a 90s throwback. I'll take this over that tropical edm Kygo sound from the 10s any day.
>It’s like he wants to be deep, but isn’t talented enough to write a better chorus so he just keeps screaming “before the party is over”That's not the chorus but the outro. Tbh I really like this song. I don't think it needs a super intricate outro because the rest of the song already feels a bit unusual (can't quite pronounce what it is) and builds a lot of tension.
No. 365215
>>365145>Where have you seen people hyping IsraelIsraelis/Jewish diaspora raiding comments sections on articles and YouTube compilation videos to piss themselves over how much they think Eden is a perfect little angel
>>365146>Apparantly this girl's only 17 ffsIt really weirds me out that her team always has her wearing crop tops/bralettes. It’s giving me Britany Spears vibes and we all know now that shit her team was pushing on her fucked her head up
No. 365748
>>365742Nearly perfect running order, the only thing I don't like is Iceland > Germany. Two snoozefests in a row.
>>365745Why?
I don't mind Netherlands being last but Norway then Netherlands sucks. I'm surprised Austria doesn't open.
No. 367757
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So a non-binary (a moid) Swiss representative is now first in bets.
Croatians are super mad lol and there is tons of hate in comments of the article, but I find it kind of funny to read.
Don't have anything against the song but I am annoyed at the NB shit too.
(I apologize for the google translated article title)
No. 369525
>>367757Watch Eurovision 2014 happen all over again.
Why are they calling him a she if he's "identifying" as "non-binary"? I thought "non-binary" people wanted to be reffered to in a gender-neutral manner?
No. 369996
>>369525This was a google translate problem, originally just kind of avoided pronouns when describing him lol.
I found the comments funny though even though they are mostly from annoyed boomers.
>The fucking door of the madhouse is wide open, wide open.>This one doesn't even have to have a song to win!>Let the institutions do their job>We can only win this if we declare the lasagna to be a cubic person>"I think one of the most important steps in my life was coming out as a non-binary person…" That's it. Roll the cables!