For me i initially thought portugal and switzerland were nq's, but after watching their performances tonight they became two of my favorites haha. Really happy those two qualified, together with serbia and moldova, which also have become some of my favs after tonight :D Although serbia already was my fav, but it gave me goosebumps again lol
The only country that changed my mind was Israel. The song at first was ok but nothing special, wasnt even my top 10 of all 37 countries. Well now it is. The live performance was fire. The rest was more or less expected and didnt necessarily change my love for it or my not as much love. The only thing I have to say about Ireland, which was in my top 10, maybe the lead singer could have had another outift but thats it. Also happy my country Croatia made it finally after 6 years to the finals. Also did you notice that more than half (if I counted right) is in its native language? Which is dope. I love that.
Latvia 🇱🇻 will be the biggest robbery of the year. The performance and staging were perfect, and the ending made me emotional despite me slowly getting tired of the song after playing it over and over for months. Also, it means that my winner didn't qualify for the 2nd year in a row 🙃 But I'm happy my other big favourites made it (🇵🇹🇭🇷🇲🇩🇫🇮).
I am with you on that! Latvia was at one point the only song I could listen to from the entrants. Who to vote for now in the Grand Final? I am going for Slovenia, Spain or Croatia (but that could change), the live performances really can change previous opinions.
I’m so happy for Switzerland 🥰 But sad for Malta 😢 I really wanted them to qualify… I would have had to sacrifice Moldova for that last spot…it didn’t hit me as much as it initially did with the official video
I agree with your comments, for me Portugal Switzerland and Sweden sang the best, some of the others weren't perfect, Kaariya s performance was just crazy, it's party. I predicted all of them but I also wanted Malta and Latvia to qualify they were both so good.
It's becoming a bit of a tradition for Switzerland to qualify and it making me mad because I never like their songs 😅😂😤 this is the second year in a row now
Justice for Latvia! Such a beautiful song, amazing vocals, and the way they kept switching back and forth between time signatures was perfection! Also love for Malta too!
lol that shade at Rita! It's okay I'm not a fan either. I went and took a shower during her performance since I live in Australia and have to go to work after the show 😂 I ended up getting 9/10 of my predictions in. Croatia took the spot I gave Malta. Overall I'm happy with the results but I really wanted Latvia to qualify. That was an amazing performance and one of my favourite songs this year 💔
First, love the shirt! Second, I’m most sad about Malta not qualifying, but am most happy that Switzerland did. Since I can vote this year I opted to give votes to the songs I was most worried wouldn’t qualify (after giving each one vote). I was definitely anxious throughout the results. I’m happy for everyone that qualified and sad for everyone who didn’t qualify. Everyone gave great performances! And I loved the hosts. They were awesome! I also really like how they did the post cards. Very neat concept to do a similar location in the winning country, host country, and artists’ countries! This was a great first show for this year’s Eurovision. Now I’m looking forward to semifinal 2! Thanks for making a video of your thoughts on the performances and your reaction to the results! ☺️
I was watching Eurovision with my parents. Norway: We thought it was way better performance in MGP, so honestly she should just go back to what she had in Trondheim. Malta: This one felt like it lasted forever . After 2 min, my dad was like; "Is it still going?" Serbia: Bit shaky vocals. My dad didn't understand the concept. Our Norwegian TV voice did a horrible job explaining the song. When I told my dad that the monster was Covid, he totally got the performance. Latvia was supposedly a lullaby. My mom who is a kindergarten teacher expressed her opinion like this: "How can anyone sleep with this noises, furthest from a lullaby I have heard" Portugal: This one massively surprised me. The live performance was so mych better than the TH-cam clip. I initially thought it was a NQ, but the live performance was brilliant. Ireland: It was so boring my dad was browsing electric cars to buy, so we had a conversation about Tesla. During the summary my dad didn't even notice Ireland had been playing. Croatia: I never paid attention to the full song. But this forced me to watch, and couldn't skip. It was crazy, but not bad. Switzerland: Easily #2 best vocal of the night. I thought the song could be too boring, but he deserved a spot. Israel: What a woman! I would say she came top 3 in Televotes. Great concept, and energy. Moldova: The third drop is fantastic. I feel the song is just a painful buil-up to the last drop Probably 4th best Televote. Sweden: I think the staging was poor compared to Melodifestivalen, but her vocal was better than when she won. Probably Top 3 televotes. Azerbaijan: Horrible camera shots, they used 1/3 of the song before they showed they were standing on top of a broken heart. They seemed nervous, and the fake guitar playing, was very sloppy. Czechia: This one surprised me, I didn't expect to like it. The pink outfits were way better than in the music video. I feel the music video made this song feel more chaotic, so this performance was a massive +. Netherlands: I've been a fan of this song for awhile, but contrary to most people, I think this performance was lacking. I didn't like male vocal going 1 octave higher in his chorus. He should have done like in the studio version. Finland: Best show of the night. Probably won the Televote. I gotta admit the rainbow LED screen was a bit too much. Bring back the strobe lights! But the box, was genius. I got 8/10 predicted, and I'm happy with the result. But UK is evil for announcing Norway last 💀
Oh yeah, was so anxious for Käärijä I didn't even realise they were missing. 😄 Israel's performance was wild, loved the stompy dancing and unicorns 😃 Czechia was soo good, loved it despite the pink uniforms. So happy Norway and Croatia made it, though Croatia is crazy, I kind of like it! I'm a bit iffy on Switzerland though. Moldova: yay!! ✨️
Forgot Serbia, Sweden and Portugal, Mimicat was AWESOME! And well, Loreen's Loreen, great voice, as always :) Serbia I didn't totally get, but I like the melody.
i listened with headphones and the audio was so much better then on tv, but i think it's just because the bass & lower sounds are played on it so much better by default.
Most of the performances last night I really liked, but I would have swapt Croatia with any of the others that didn't qualify, because it's still not for me. I like Finland a little bit more now, but still not a favorite of mine, and one song that grew a lot on me was Portugal. Czechia was my winner of last night, it was SO good.
I think, I guessed all qualifiers correct. Though I thought it would be a tough win for Portugal, Serbia, Czechia und Moldova 😊 There were a few among the qualifiers whos vocals weren't that top notch either, but that’s just my opinion
Going into last night I didn't really rate portugal, but I was there in the arena and whilst the staging wasn't fantastic, mimicat was on 🔥🔥 one of the best reactions of night up there with finland, sweden and norway!
Don't laugh at us (Finland)🤣 It's ok - love your reactions/analysis. I'm now late reacting to yt reactions myself but are you going to react to all other Eurovision events plus the main contest live or after? (While I absolutely adore France, I think us Finns got the assignment - the Eurovision assignment😄)
Ireland not qualifying on British soil and most importantly Liverpool is quite hilarious to me. Even though I didn't for a second expect them too after their live performance. No real shock NQs for me like. S1 was always strong. Be a 2 way fight for the title between Sweden/Finland. Very exciting stuff. Also the production was so British and so BBC and we smashed the opening show I think. The links with Ukraine is so touching. Such a unique contest this year because its basically shared hosting rights.
Hey, Could someone tell me why the one country name is different like in previous times. I mean czechia, it was before czech republic 🤔 I was confused that name...
Was so sad for Latvia, they are my favourite song this year. Would have preferred Malta to Croatia. I wasn't too surprised about either Q or NQ. Knew Switzerland would Q over Netherlands - brilliant voice, stylish staging, no controversy! Love both songs but Switzerland has been edging out Netherlands the last few weeks. I felt most NQs performances seemed flat compared to Q's. I will have to rethink about my Q's for Thursday'semi.
Very disappointed we lost Malta and Ireland to a horrendous and actually quite disrespectful and political act like Croatia, but I am so overjoyed with the rest ^^ (well Switzerland was quite boring, but not bad). Let's see what tomorrow brings and I can't wait for the Final!
Omg the stress I felt, I was convinced Norway was out due to the poor vocals... Very happy about the results, but personally I wanted Malta or Latvia over Croatia.
Vocals were so off for most acts. The only acts whose vocals were on point were from Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Malta. Even Czhecia were not in sync. Luke Black came out as more whispery than actual singing. Kaarija's vicals left a lot to be desired.Even Alessandra was not completely on point. I am sure the result would have been totally different had we had juries as they tend to look into these technicalities.
So annoyed and sad that I lost my fave Latvia 🇱🇻 but I agreed with many of the others although Malta 🇲🇹 was also robbed! I actually predicted those two to qualify but they were always borderline so I am not entirely shocked they did not make it through but I am still incredibly sad about that. I am also worried for 🇱🇻 in the future as they sent one of their best entries objectively of all time but it wasn’t enough to get through and I have no idea how they will beat it especially with the new all-televote semis. Switzerland 🇨🇭 had a perfect performance and deserved qualification. Moldova 🇲🇩 was great and deserved it again. Czechia 🇨🇿 was borderline mad did fall for me after the performance but still happy they made it. I am not entirely shocked with Croatia 🇭🇷 although I am annoyed that my last place got through. Israel 🇮🇱 grew on me from the performance and deserved to Q. Portugal 🇵🇹 had a great song and performance but sadly the whole package fell flat for me I honestly did not need it in the final because the staging was so disappointing. Sweden 🇸🇪, Norway 🇳🇴, Finland 🇫🇮 and Serbia 🇷🇸 had no massive changes and were still sure locks and I am so glad they made it through. Even though I am half-Dutch I am not shocked that The Netherlands 🇳🇱 failed because the performance was a little disappointing and not amazing vocally (especially in Dion’s part because it sounded out of his range) probably because of the key change which was not helped by hit running order position. For some reason I wrote Ireland 🇮🇪 down as a shocking qualifier in my notes (looking back I was being way too optimistic) but I am not incredibly shocked they failed. Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 had a good performance but the song is just not instant enough. Those results were expected but not deserved is all I can say. My personal top after the performances: 1: Latvia 🇱🇻(this was just perfect overall and it should have made it. 10/10) 2: Serbia 🇷🇸 (this performance was amazing and yeah I loved it and I am so glad he made it. 10/10) 3: Sweden 🇸🇪 (this was perfect and the performance did nothing to hinder my love for the song. 10/10) 4: Switzerland 🇨🇭 (this was a perfect performance and it did an amazing song justice. 9.5/10) 5: Finland 🇫🇮: (yeah this was fantastic in every way. 6: Malta 🇲🇹 (amazing performance and song. Really should have made it. They slayed! 9/10) 7: Israel 🇮🇱 (great staging and performance in every facet and the song has finally clicked for me as well. 8.5/10) 8: Norway 🇳🇴 (song grew off of me a bit but you can’t deny that the performance was amazing. Alessandra is a queen. Still a great song though. The performance at MGP was more impactful I think but I still really liked this one. 8.5/10.) 9: Czechia 🇨🇿 (great song but the staging left loads to be desired tbh. Some parts were great but others not so much and the package did not really stick with me overall. 8/10) 10: Moldova 🇲🇩 (really Eurovision and completely deserved its spot in the final. Pasha and the gang slayed as does the song. 8/10) 11: Ireland 🇮🇪 (the performance I thought was good at the time and I was pleasantly surprised with how they brought it to life and because of that (I kid you not) I wrote “shocking qualifier?” down on my notes but yeah the song was just not enough and the energy did seem slightly static and awkward sometimes and the vocals could have been better. Still really enjoy the song tho, guilty pleasure. 8/10.) 12: Netherlands 🇳🇱 (the staging was really good and I loved the camerawork. The staging idea was nice but the performance had highs and lows (lows were especially in the start because Dion sounded uncomfortable with the key) and it did not deliver as much as I wanted it to. A real shame because the studio cut is great. 7.5/10) 13: Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 (really creative staging with great vocals but the song is just too pleasant and forgettable. Like I enjoy it when it’s on but I wouldn’t actively seek it out if that makes sense. 7/10) 14: Portugal 🇵🇹 (amazing performer but static staging. Big Shane because it was a great song. But the budget let it down honestly. 7/10) 15: Croatia 🇭🇷 (don’t hate the song anymore but the performance did not do enough for me. 4/10)
You say Eurovision isint predictable it was obvious Ukraine was gonna win last year cause of the war and probably that Sweden will win already this year
Sudden Lights are the new Norma John, it's a crime they didn't qualify
For me i initially thought portugal and switzerland were nq's, but after watching their performances tonight they became two of my favorites haha. Really happy those two qualified, together with serbia and moldova, which also have become some of my favs after tonight :D
Although serbia already was my fav, but it gave me goosebumps again lol
Same! Portugal was such a good surprise. Brilliant performance 🎉
Mimicat is a diva. Stage animal, should change to Mimitiger. :D
SAAMEEE especially with Switzerland. It was around my 25th place, now it's my #1
Mimicat is cute, but idk something is missing, but glad it qualified
I'm so angry that Latvia did not qualify,but I'm also extremely happy for Portugal,Moldova and Croatia 💃🚜
🎉🎉🎉
Switzerland is deservedly in the final! What a voice, what a performance, what a message! It's great!!🇨🇭
So sad for Latvia, kinda guessed they maybe wouldn’t but as soon as Portugal got through knew it was over 😭🇱🇻
The only country that changed my mind was Israel. The song at first was ok but nothing special, wasnt even my top 10 of all 37 countries. Well now it is. The live performance was fire.
The rest was more or less expected and didnt necessarily change my love for it or my not as much love.
The only thing I have to say about Ireland, which was in my top 10, maybe the lead singer could have had another outift but thats it.
Also happy my country Croatia made it finally after 6 years to the finals. Also did you notice that more than half (if I counted right) is in its native language? Which is dope. I love that.
Latvia 🇱🇻 will be the biggest robbery of the year. The performance and staging were perfect, and the ending made me emotional despite me slowly getting tired of the song after playing it over and over for months. Also, it means that my winner didn't qualify for the 2nd year in a row 🙃
But I'm happy my other big favourites made it (🇵🇹🇭🇷🇲🇩🇫🇮).
I am with you on that! Latvia was at one point the only song I could listen to from the entrants.
Who to vote for now in the Grand Final? I am going for Slovenia, Spain or Croatia (but that could change), the live performances really can change previous opinions.
I’m so happy for Switzerland 🥰
But sad for Malta 😢 I really wanted them to qualify… I would have had to sacrifice Moldova for that last spot…it didn’t hit me as much as it initially did with the official video
There were two mass shootings in Serbia last week so Luke Black decided to calm the show down because of that.
Da, dve serije masakra... 😥Ne znam ni kako je Luka uspeo da odradi sve to kako treba... Nije mu bilo lako...
@@ljiljanagrujic6480 ❤️❤️❤️❤️😞😞😞😞 He performed very well considering the circumstances!
I agree with your comments, for me Portugal Switzerland and Sweden sang the best, some of the others weren't perfect, Kaariya s performance was just crazy, it's party. I predicted all of them but I also wanted Malta and Latvia to qualify they were both so good.
I predicted 10/10 qualifiers!!! Haha!
It's special underwear. Happy underwear.😂 Thank you. Greetings from Croatia! Good luck Let 3 !You were amazing. We love you.💗
I predicted 10/10. I'm so glad I put my prediction on facebook the day before as proof. :P
You are the best, Luke. 🎉🎉❤❤ luv ya!
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Well😂, didn't expect for Switzerland to qualify but yeeeessss😅
It's becoming a bit of a tradition for Switzerland to qualify and it making me mad because I never like their songs 😅😂😤 this is the second year in a row now
Well i'm Swiss and i have to agree, though Watergun grew a lot on me.
Justice for Latvia! Such a beautiful song, amazing vocals, and the way they kept switching back and forth between time signatures was perfection! Also love for Malta too!
lol that shade at Rita! It's okay I'm not a fan either. I went and took a shower during her performance since I live in Australia and have to go to work after the show 😂
I ended up getting 9/10 of my predictions in. Croatia took the spot I gave Malta.
Overall I'm happy with the results but I really wanted Latvia to qualify. That was an amazing performance and one of my favourite songs this year 💔
Noa slayed so hard , so much energy and the crow was crazy about her , i think she is going to be even better at the final .!!
Loved Israel and Norway.❤
First, love the shirt!
Second, I’m most sad about Malta not qualifying, but am most happy that Switzerland did. Since I can vote this year I opted to give votes to the songs I was most worried wouldn’t qualify (after giving each one vote). I was definitely anxious throughout the results. I’m happy for everyone that qualified and sad for everyone who didn’t qualify. Everyone gave great performances! And I loved the hosts. They were awesome! I also really like how they did the post cards. Very neat concept to do a similar location in the winning country, host country, and artists’ countries! This was a great first show for this year’s Eurovision. Now I’m looking forward to semifinal 2! Thanks for making a video of your thoughts on the performances and your reaction to the results! ☺️
I was watching Eurovision with my parents.
Norway:
We thought it was way better performance in MGP, so honestly she should just go back to what she had in Trondheim.
Malta:
This one felt like it lasted forever . After 2 min, my dad was like; "Is it still going?"
Serbia:
Bit shaky vocals. My dad didn't understand the concept. Our Norwegian TV voice did a horrible job explaining the song. When I told my dad that the monster was Covid, he totally got the performance.
Latvia was supposedly a lullaby. My mom who is a kindergarten teacher expressed her opinion like this:
"How can anyone sleep with this noises, furthest from a lullaby I have heard"
Portugal:
This one massively surprised me. The live performance was so mych better than the TH-cam clip. I initially thought it was a NQ, but the live performance was brilliant.
Ireland:
It was so boring my dad was browsing electric cars to buy, so we had a conversation about Tesla.
During the summary my dad didn't even notice Ireland had been playing.
Croatia:
I never paid attention to the full song. But this forced me to watch, and couldn't skip. It was crazy, but not bad.
Switzerland:
Easily #2 best vocal of the night. I thought the song could be too boring, but he deserved a spot.
Israel:
What a woman! I would say she came top 3 in Televotes. Great concept, and energy.
Moldova:
The third drop is fantastic. I feel the song is just a painful buil-up to the last drop Probably 4th best Televote.
Sweden:
I think the staging was poor compared to Melodifestivalen, but her vocal was better than when she won. Probably Top 3 televotes.
Azerbaijan:
Horrible camera shots, they used 1/3 of the song before they showed they were standing on top of a broken heart. They seemed nervous, and the fake guitar playing, was very sloppy.
Czechia:
This one surprised me, I didn't expect to like it. The pink outfits were way better than in the music video. I feel the music video made this song feel more chaotic, so this performance was a massive +.
Netherlands:
I've been a fan of this song for awhile, but contrary to most people, I think this performance was lacking. I didn't like male vocal going 1 octave higher in his chorus. He should have done like in the studio version.
Finland:
Best show of the night. Probably won the Televote. I gotta admit the rainbow LED screen was a bit too much. Bring back the strobe lights! But the box, was genius.
I got 8/10 predicted, and I'm happy with the result.
But UK is evil for announcing Norway last 💀
Oh yeah, was so anxious for Käärijä I didn't even realise they were missing. 😄
Israel's performance was wild, loved the stompy dancing and unicorns 😃 Czechia was soo good, loved it despite the pink uniforms. So happy Norway and Croatia made it, though Croatia is crazy, I kind of like it! I'm a bit iffy on Switzerland though. Moldova: yay!! ✨️
Forgot Serbia, Sweden and Portugal, Mimicat was AWESOME! And well, Loreen's Loreen, great voice, as always :) Serbia I didn't totally get, but I like the melody.
Luke; the new Nostradamus... nice work!
Sad for Latvia (my fave this year) though
This prediction come true would have been great
i listened with headphones and the audio was so much better then on tv, but i think it's just because the bass & lower sounds are played on it so much better by default.
What an amazing show that was! I got 9/10 (only missed Croatia with Malta)
OMG yes the postcards are GREAT
Most of the performances last night I really liked, but I would have swapt Croatia with any of the others that didn't qualify, because it's still not for me. I like Finland a little bit more now, but still not a favorite of mine, and one song that grew a lot on me was Portugal. Czechia was my winner of last night, it was SO good.
I think, I guessed all qualifiers correct. Though I thought it would be a tough win for Portugal, Serbia, Czechia und Moldova 😊
There were a few among the qualifiers whos vocals weren't that top notch either, but that’s just my opinion
What a DIVA ❤❤❤MImicat ❤❤❤
Croatia gave its best considering that Prlja has been sick for several days, and member with rockets injured his back in fall
Going into last night I didn't really rate portugal, but I was there in the arena and whilst the staging wasn't fantastic, mimicat was on 🔥🔥 one of the best reactions of night up there with finland, sweden and norway!
Malta and Latvia were excellent, but my only disagreement is with Switzerland. Czechia were the best of the bunch for me.
Love the shirt
Finland is the perfect match of everything you need 💚🇫🇮
Go Croatia!!!!
last night show's us that also the televoters are into quality and not only the jurys ❤🇨🇭🙏
Thank you from Israel ❤🇮🇱
Glad you enjoyed the Netherlands, I have the same opinion!
Don't laugh at us (Finland)🤣 It's ok - love your reactions/analysis. I'm now late reacting to yt reactions myself but are you going to react to all other Eurovision events plus the main contest live or after? (While I absolutely adore France, I think us Finns got the assignment - the Eurovision assignment😄)
Ireland not qualifying on British soil and most importantly Liverpool is quite hilarious to me. Even though I didn't for a second expect them too after their live performance. No real shock NQs for me like. S1 was always strong. Be a 2 way fight for the title between Sweden/Finland. Very exciting stuff. Also the production was so British and so BBC and we smashed the opening show I think. The links with Ukraine is so touching. Such a unique contest this year because its basically shared hosting rights.
MIMICAT NR.1 LET'S GO PORTUGAL KISSES FROM GERMANY ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
I was really disappointed for Latvia, I Voted for them.
Finland is still my Fave.
Me too, Latvia was beautiful. I was a such a nervous wreck for Käärijä, but he's IN! 🥰! 🎉🐛🖤💚
Hey, Could someone tell me why the one country name is different like in previous times. I mean czechia, it was before czech republic 🤔 I was confused that name...
💚💚💚Finland 💚💚💚
No one:
Literally no one:
Luke: I got 10/10?? (Congrats hehe)
🤣🤣🤣 I got so much stick last year for changing my mind and getting half wrong
@@Lukeovision 🤣🤣🤣
Czechia ❤️❤️😘
Noa is queen she and her team best act of the nite 12 pts
I got 9/10, with the only miss being Malta instead of Switzerland. Not happy at all that The Busker missed out on Saturday. They got royally jobbed.
I always write two lists. One for those I think are going to get qualified (got 9/10) and one where I want them to qualify (7/10).
I got 9/10 of my predictions right. I was torn between Switzerland 🇨🇭 and the Netherlands 🇳🇱 because I thought one of those songs would get through.
I predicted all right, but I didn’t want that, because. Latvia.
Switzerland deserved , Israel was fantastic ! very powerful, Czechia was well done. 💕
Was so sad for Latvia, they are my favourite song this year. Would have preferred Malta to Croatia.
I wasn't too surprised about either Q or NQ. Knew Switzerland would Q over Netherlands - brilliant voice, stylish staging, no controversy! Love both songs but Switzerland has been edging out Netherlands the last few weeks.
I felt most NQs performances seemed flat compared to Q's.
I will have to rethink about my Q's for Thursday'semi.
You didnt have Croatia even in the shock nonqualifier??🤔🤔
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Vote for France on may 13
Yes. France have the best song.
Israel my winner song !!!!!
Very disappointed we lost Malta and Ireland to a horrendous and actually quite disrespectful and political act like Croatia, but I am so overjoyed with the rest ^^ (well Switzerland was quite boring, but not bad). Let's see what tomorrow brings and I can't wait for the Final!
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My prediction was finaly 100% right
Guys do you think i can do it on thursday again
Go Marco Mengoni and Alessandra Mele 🇮🇹😁👍
Omg the stress I felt, I was convinced Norway was out due to the poor vocals...
Very happy about the results, but personally I wanted Malta or Latvia over Croatia.
Vocals were so off for most acts. The only acts whose vocals were on point were from Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Malta. Even Czhecia were not in sync. Luke Black came out as more whispery than actual singing. Kaarija's vicals left a lot to be desired.Even Alessandra was not completely on point. I am sure the result would have been totally different had we had juries as they tend to look into these technicalities.
Czechia🤩👍
I was just so elated that Switzerland qualified. I guessed 9/10 correctly - after hearing Israel’s vocals I thought Malta might just edge Israel out.
Israel’s vocals? She was femininal.
@@frajoladellagato idk - maybe technically they were fine, but they didn’t do anything for me. It just felt off throughout a good portion of the song.
Go Portugal
So annoyed and sad that I lost my fave Latvia 🇱🇻 but I agreed with many of the others although Malta 🇲🇹 was also robbed! I actually predicted those two to qualify but they were always borderline so I am not entirely shocked they did not make it through but I am still incredibly sad about that. I am also worried for 🇱🇻 in the future as they sent one of their best entries objectively of all time but it wasn’t enough to get through and I have no idea how they will beat it especially with the new all-televote semis. Switzerland 🇨🇭 had a perfect performance and deserved qualification. Moldova 🇲🇩 was great and deserved it again. Czechia 🇨🇿 was borderline mad did fall for me after the performance but still happy they made it. I am not entirely shocked with Croatia 🇭🇷 although I am annoyed that my last place got through. Israel 🇮🇱 grew on me from the performance and deserved to Q. Portugal 🇵🇹 had a great song and performance but sadly the whole package fell flat for me I honestly did not need it in the final because the staging was so disappointing. Sweden 🇸🇪, Norway 🇳🇴, Finland 🇫🇮 and Serbia 🇷🇸 had no massive changes and were still sure locks and I am so glad they made it through. Even though I am half-Dutch I am not shocked that The Netherlands 🇳🇱 failed because the performance was a little disappointing and not amazing vocally (especially in Dion’s part because it sounded out of his range) probably because of the key change which was not helped by hit running order position. For some reason I wrote Ireland 🇮🇪 down as a shocking qualifier in my notes (looking back I was being way too optimistic) but I am not incredibly shocked they failed. Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 had a good performance but the song is just not instant enough. Those results were expected but not deserved is all I can say.
My personal top after the performances:
1: Latvia 🇱🇻(this was just perfect overall and it should have made it. 10/10)
2: Serbia 🇷🇸 (this performance was amazing and yeah I loved it and I am so glad he made it. 10/10)
3: Sweden 🇸🇪 (this was perfect and the performance did nothing to hinder my love for the song. 10/10)
4: Switzerland 🇨🇭 (this was a perfect performance and it did an amazing song justice. 9.5/10)
5: Finland 🇫🇮: (yeah this was fantastic in every way.
6: Malta 🇲🇹 (amazing performance and song. Really should have made it. They slayed! 9/10)
7: Israel 🇮🇱 (great staging and performance in every facet and the song has finally clicked for me as well. 8.5/10)
8: Norway 🇳🇴 (song grew off of me a bit but you can’t deny that the performance was amazing. Alessandra is a queen. Still a great song though. The performance at MGP was more impactful I think but I still really liked this one. 8.5/10.)
9: Czechia 🇨🇿 (great song but the staging left loads to be desired tbh. Some parts were great but others not so much and the package did not really stick with me overall. 8/10)
10: Moldova 🇲🇩 (really Eurovision and completely deserved its spot in the final. Pasha and the gang slayed as does the song. 8/10)
11: Ireland 🇮🇪 (the performance I thought was good at the time and I was pleasantly surprised with how they brought it to life and because of that (I kid you not) I wrote “shocking qualifier?” down on my notes but yeah the song was just not enough and the energy did seem slightly static and awkward sometimes and the vocals could have been better. Still really enjoy the song tho, guilty pleasure. 8/10.)
12: Netherlands 🇳🇱 (the staging was really good and I loved the camerawork. The staging idea was nice but the performance had highs and lows (lows were especially in the start because Dion sounded uncomfortable with the key) and it did not deliver as much as I wanted it to. A real shame because the studio cut is great. 7.5/10)
13: Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 (really creative staging with great vocals but the song is just too pleasant and forgettable. Like I enjoy it when it’s on but I wouldn’t actively seek it out if that makes sense. 7/10)
14: Portugal 🇵🇹 (amazing performer but static staging. Big Shane because it was a great song. But the budget let it down honestly. 7/10)
15: Croatia 🇭🇷 (don’t hate the song anymore but the performance did not do enough for me. 4/10)
7/10 is bad given that it was pretty obvious, well at least for me, who would qualify :))
Gutted about Malta
You say Eurovision isint predictable it was obvious Ukraine was gonna win last year cause of the war and probably that Sweden will win already this year
3:31🧐🧐
Israel is my favourite this year ❤
Winner 🏆🇮🇱✔️
YOU DON'T HAVE FEELINGS ABOUT NQ COUNTRY'S
YOU LAUGHING !!
QUeeen Lugeenn
France and Spain have far better songs than Sweden and Finland.
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YES! Love this 🤣