The outfit was nice on her, but sadly it didn't match with the song. There were lots of nice elements in the performance, but the overall problem I see is that they did not work when merged together and made everything quite messy.
What was quite bizarre for me from Semi-Final 1 was Latvia got 11th in the Jury vote but 16th in the televote? We probably expected that to be reversed.
Based on the performance on the night, Albania did not deserve to qualify. Latvia and Denmark were easily the best non-qualifying performances on the night, and imo either should have qualified over Switzerland.
See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” which the staging infact was next level, and went very well with the song, but many people don’t know that because the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
It's beyond me how people are still wondering why Albania didn't qualify? Did you all watch the same performance as me? There was nothing good about that performance. She looked ridiculous, screamed as crazy, the coreo was messy and bad... I love many Albanian entries but this one was horrid.
I wouldn't be as harsh, but overall I agree. I don't know how people can say that she was robbed, her voice was bad and the choreo was so messy. I think it was so beloved before the semi that people still liked the song and wanted it to qualify even though the quality wasn't there? That or we really saw a different performance 😅
@@hannahbarley61 they should have had SJB staging it, given she got Anxhela into the final with Karma, and knows how to stage bops. There was so much anger at this song not qualifying as Albania had sent too many similar songs - Sekret was their first upbeat pop entry since 2010 and first ever reggaeton entry - this in the birth country of Foureira and (also counting Kosovo) the home country of the Istrefis and Enca, with Ronela herself a major name in that genre.
My favourite non qualifiers would have been Cyprus and Austria, but I do see why they didn't qualify. Ireland on the other hand deserved the final more than any other non-qualifier
Spain's performance was quite sexual as well and that did really well with the juries so I'm not sure whether being sexual automatically turns jurors off.
It does not, Spain performance was slick with great coreo for tv and solid vocals for the type of song and great camera shots really sold it. Albania was the messy version were nothing was up to par other than the song which imo was better than spain(studio versions), the live performance was just bad all around.
See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” which the staging infact was next level, and went very well with the song, but many people don’t know that because the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
I think Albania not qualifying makes sense. The performance just seemed very amateurish imo. Croatia's song was nothing special and the dancing was quite stilted but the Croatian part elevated the song so much
See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” which the staging infact was next level, and went very well with the song, but many people don’t know that because the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
@@Tommy-lr4ql Ok, I didn't say anywhere in my comment that it was Ronela's fault and I don't disagree that Italy did a bad job with a lot of things this year. I have sympathy for Ronela and for all the acts that suffered due to the broken sun. However at the end of the day, it is a televised competition and how it comes across on television matters. If you say she was amazing in person I believe you but unfortunately it didn't translate that well on TV live on the night for me.
For me Albania got killed by the dress. Pink didn't go with the song. She needed to look more like in the video. Red, black, gold, metal all that stuff.
Deban unfortunately, I did see Albania as a NQ when I watched the performance 🙁 It was one of my favorites after she won the NF but, I still think the issue with Albania was the 180° change in the performance and I'm not referring about the coreography, if you watch the NF and the SF1, it seems they are 2 different persons I think the empowerment and confidence that she showed in the NF was missing un SF1
Well, we also need to consider that Albania was probably drawn to be first because they heavily wanted to use the rotating sun. They were planned to be a "show off" (in a good way). In the stand-in rehearsals you could see the sun moving a lot, and the choreography was quite different. And when it was decided to "freeze" the sun, she seems to have overreacted and tried to do so many things at ones to compensate for the missing key element in her performance (the sun)
See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” the staging infact was next level it was very well through out, perfectly timed, very unique , and went very well with the song, but you didn’t see that because of the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
I just love the direct slap in the face most fans got when Switzerland was the first to qualify. People just kept on trying to find reasons to throw sh*t at the guy. Just let him sing his sentimental song xD
My favourite song from this semi had to be Austria even though the vocals weren't great I still love the studio version of this song also Unpopular opinion: I wasn't that surprised when Latvia didn't go through They were second in the running order (aka the death spot) also it had to compete with Norway and Moldova which were also fun energetic songs. Looking at the semi 1 results the public only had them at 16th so even they didn't want to send this song through to the finals
I'm surprised so many were doubting Moldova's chances to qualify. I knew Zdob si Zdub would make a great and entertaining show. Was happy they got 2nd in the grand final televote
Tbh I knew they would, but I still had doubts. However, in the moment I heard they were performing the revamped version they performed in the pre-EV parties, I was 100% sure it would qualify and be in the top 10.
5:40 Ronela sounded great? Her jury performance was an out of breath mess, even at the televote semi her vocals were poor. She couldn’t keep up with her choreography at all
My favorite NQ of S1 was Latvia 🇱🇻. At first didn’t care for the song, but it grew on me. And after that performance they blew me out of my socks. I love Albania from the start, but the performance was messy ☹️.
Let’s tell the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” the staging infact was next level it was very well through out, perfectly timed, very unique , and went very well with the song, but you didn’t see that because of the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
But “I eat pus” is professional??? See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” which the staging infact was next level, and went very well with the song, but many people don’t know that because the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
I do get why Denmark 🇩🇰 is the last place in the fan poll, but that does not mean that it is not deserved because I freaking love it. It is a perfect masterpiece to me. It is my current fourth place. The song is priceless, love its progression and the vocals were amazing. They just had so much fun on stage and the staging was great. I have always loved the song and I was cheering for the, ever since they were revealed from DMGP. It so deserved to qualify and I was gutted they did not make it. It 100% should have qualified over Iceland 🇮🇸. I want to see them live and meet them possibly so bad, they just seem like such nice people. I love their song and I can’t wait for their new music. I also loved Latvia 🇱🇻 and Slovenia 🇸🇮. Bulgaria 🇧🇬 was really boring but it was at least good vocally but the staging was not good at all. Albania 🇦🇱 and Austria 🇦🇹 were disappointments live and they deserved to NQ tbh although I love the studio versions, the lives just weren’t it. Croatia 🇭🇷 was just too nice, the staging was limp and I also loved that the song had some Croatian in it, I do like it slightly though.
See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” the staging infact was next level it was very well through out, perfectly timed, very unique , and went very well with the song, but you didn’t see that because of the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
Imo none of the non qualifiers were truly robbed except mayyyybeeee Ireland but overall it wasn’t as bad as other years in terms of robbery. Just take out Switzerland and Belgium and add Latvia and something else
I'm sorry but Latvia deserved to qualify and after seeing the show, I'm more certain they needed to open the show. I've never liked Albania but at least I liked national final performance where she was a warrior. This was too pink and weird About Austria. I was happy that she improved but my husband who saw her for the first time wasn't impressed at all I would gladly kick out Switzerland. Too many sad boys this year and he just passed me by. I'm with televote on this one
They probably decided to go with Albania because her performance relied on the kinetic sun a lot, and it was a great way to show off to the TV audience how "great" the stage looks... Or at least should have looked.
See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” the staging infact was next level it was very well through out, perfectly timed, very unique , and went very well with the song, but you didn’t see that because of the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
I really don’t get why so many people are surprised Albania NQ, it was just pure mess, shouting, bad staging…I truly loved Ronela before that life performance…
I wasn't expecting to like Moldova, but I really liked it. It was the campy, kooky, wacky act that we all needed this year. Moldova is the Tammie Brown of Eurovision, and I love them for it.
Confession: The highlight of the semi's for me, was watching Cinan throwing his dummy out the pram when Ronela failed to qualify. Can't believe those of you who say they never saw it coming - priceless 😂 And yes - it was a mess
See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” which the staging infact was next level, and went very well with the song, but many people don’t know that because the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
I really think the camera crew let Latvia and Denmark down. Their shots of them didn't seem thought out or structured but instead random and in my view created an impression of chaos and messiness that marred the presence of these two countries. Latvia's fun, cheeky vibe in particular wasn't conveyed nearly as much as it could have been. Austria couldn't stand a chance after Pia Maria began singing, sorry and as for Ireland, imho the vocals/background noise drowned Brooke's voice out partly. You'd hear "That's ri" noisenoisenoise. Switzerland was an underserved qualifier, the song was unoriginal and so so mopey. The Swiss should take notes from the Netherlands and S10 on how to express emotion with some fortitude. No one likes a wallow. And finally imo the secret to Moldova's success was simple: they didn't take themselves too seriously and they invested in that kind of kitch many many people associate with and expect in Eurovision.
The camera crew let almost every single country down. Including Albania, Albania infact had an incredible performance and staging, but because of the broken sun and RAIS horrible camera angels you couldn’t even see 95% of the performances and that isn’t Ronelas or anyone else’s fault!!!! If you watch the audience recorded videos of Albanias performance you can actually see the staging and you will say “WHY DIDINT EUROVISION SHOW THIS” because it was good and when a non rich country is good westerners get very angry and try to sabatoge it like every thing Western Europeans have done through our history in and outside of Europe, even the vocal in these aunidence videos were very different as in BETTER, so the mic was also infact tampered with judging by her body language trying to fix it.
Switzerland out without question. I would put any semi 1 non-qualifier through over that song. Personal favorites were Albania and Slovenia but get why neither qualified.
I am sorry but Albania NQ is entirely deserved. She was overrhyped since the start and her performance was out of tune and the song is meh. It was an obvious NQ I was not shocked at all and even happy
100% Albania 🇦🇱 Loved the song the first time I heard it and now am a big Ronela fan! Can I say she was robbed? She was robbed! Ronela deserved to be in the Grand Final.
I just came from watching the RO analysis for 2023 and let me tell you I did NOT think back in the day this comment was sarcastic 11:10 you were clearly hinting at something weren't you
Heat 1 NQs: Albania: it took a few listens for me to like, and it was a lot more slow-burn and messy than Slo-Mo or Chains On You, but I was a bit sad that it didn’t qualify. It was very fun and energetic, it was self written and multilingual, it ensured that a notorious reggaeton scene that represents modern Albanian music finally got the ESC entry it deserved and was a change from the predictable stuff Albania usually send, and the revamp was produced by the people who produced Fester Skank by Lethal Bizzle, one of my fave British rap songs. Latvia: the opening line is amazingly funny. It took a few listens for me to like, as it came across like The rapping dog from the titanic movie, but it was excellent fun, and having inappropriate lyrics for a strong and important theme is always fun. Slovenia: my fave heat 1 NQ but I can see why it didn’t qualify. It was just a kind group of A level students having fun and didn’t need to be anything more. It was never going to qualify as it was low impact, but is one of Slovenia’s better entries Bulgaria: good guitar solos but the song lost its way in the bridge, and I can see why it didn’t make it. Croatia: very sweet but not impactful, particularly with other easy listening songs, like Switzerland, Portugal, Iceland and Armenia, qualifying. Surprised this one went so close though even though it was nice. Denmark: not bad, and they were very kind to fanart, but developing the punk-pop parts only 1/3 of the way in was not good, and it came across dated. I hope Denmark return to being a force, but I see why this wasn’t the song with which they would. Austria: I hope they return to the final, in part because of how their 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010 absences play on the mind, even though Conchita and Cesar have been major successes since, and both got thoroughly deserved results. I also like the Austrian glamour image (and associate it with Conchita’s win, but also with me doing repeated drawings of a sexy fashion model from the country, who has no musical connections, but has sometimes had her makeup done by Conchita’s mentor at fashion awards), and I like how Lum!x and Pia provided an entry that was quite different to what they usually do. The song was very fun and enthusiastic and had a good video, but I think that Lum!X hyping every 30 seconds was the performance’s biggest problem rather than Pia’s inexperience and the staging could have utilised some of the video’s imagery.
North Macedonia is one of my favorites and I love her!! Seriously with the flag drama, it was a mistake. About Israel - I am from Israel and after the photo bomb he did - I didn't want him to qualify. I was so embarrassed!! That was so unprofessional.
I'm still in shock with Moldova qualifying. I don't know how people like this and not Albania or Austria. How did they get more televote points than Chanel in the final?
Personally I think all the NQ from SF1 deserved to stay in the SF. The others were weak vocally and Austria’s live performance has put me off the studio version of Halo (those vocals 🫣).
See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” the staging infact was next level it was very well through out, perfectly timed, very unique , and went very well with the song, but you didn’t see that because of the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
@@Tommy-lr4ql I’m sorry but Ronela said SHE decided to change her staging from the black and red to the pink and blue BEFORE there were any known problems with the staging. You can see that from the stand-in rehearsal with the working LED. One of Chanel’s choreographers decided to re-choreograph Ronela’s performance and even she admitted it was 100% better. Think about Stefan from Estonia, he was reliant on the LED background and it didn’t work but he was charismatic and still qualified. The same for Monika from Lithuania. The highly sexualized performance was always going to be potentially divisive to the point the EBU wanted her to change it. In the Jury Semi-Final she missed some of the higher difficulty notes and was off-key.
I would kicked out Switzerland, worst qualifier ever. There is nothing touching or sad about song or lyrics especially it just wasn't. Still can't believe what Switzerland chooses for representative.
Moldova/Ukraine qualification was maybe nice but bc of the Diaspora and Name of the country. Again if Austrian/Croatian or Albanian song was represented by Ukraine or Moldova it would have been in the final for sure …+ i would add more juries and not only 5 … also why we dont have young juries in the competition? Majority is older juries, young juries saved Zena in 2019 and i am pretty sure they would have save Austria too this year. Something needs to change, and i am happy that overatted Ukraine is not going to host:) saving life and helping people is more than hosting esc in Ukraine …
@@sergey.m5526 young juries or ex junior esc stars were in jury in Eurovision in 2019, some gave points to Zena bc of that … EBU never confirmed Czech “mistake” … so Its just a rumours… but Yeah i am still pissed of about Belarus and San Marino qualification…. Portugal, Georgia, Poland, Hungary were better …
While Albania is still one of mt favorite songs of the year, I'm going to equate Ronela's performance to Lesley Roy's (Ireland 2021) performance - it was too physically demanding for the stamina of the performer. Ronela was out of breath half way through the performance. The sensual nature of the act might have turned off some jury members but Spain was every bit as sexual and scored well with juries.
Ronela was a mess in the semi - but even as a mess deserved much more a spot in the final than many of them- on the other hand better than Ronela didn't qualify than to be like sone in the final with 2-3-5 points.
All these people who deny Ronela Hajati's vocal ablities... You have no idea what she means in Albania as an artist, SHE NEVER NEEDED EUROVISION, believe me! OKAY, she didn't sing perfectly, she had far better nights than that night! She had a better performance in FIK, I agree with this as well, but some of you really wanna deny everything that happened in Eurovision this year: Ronela's performance wasn't the only controversial one, this year generic, old-fashioned and lame entries like Switzerland and Iceland qualified, the kind of entries we've been seeing in Eurovision for years, NOTHING SPECIAL... In the second semi, CYPRUS with an incredible song and staging didn't qualify, Romania got 18th place in the final when WRS had I think the 5th most viewed performance from the Grand Final, trending in Romania and Spain. And of course, the cherry on top, Ukraine winning it all over FAR BETTER entries like UK, Spain or Sweden. Not to mention the voting controversies in the final which were extremely pathetic and made on purpose... As a lifelong Eurovision fan, the 2022 edition was the weakest one in the last 5-10 years, honestly!! There were always political voting and controversies in this contest, but never so obvious and unnecesary ones like this year, honestly... If some of you still wanna believe Eurovision is 100% real, when we've had so many examples that small countries will never win or consistently do well in this competition (Cyprus, Albania, Romania, Malta etc.), it's your choice to believe so. :D
She had a bad night and the staging wasn't as good as others, that's ok, but it would been unfair to other artist if she qualified with that performance. I like the song Btw.
Albania was terrible. Bad song, sung badly, performed badly. It was obvious it wasn't going to qualify, it didn't deserve to. The fans like it because they liked the studio version.
In this semi final i loved Albania and Austria. I also liked Latvia and Denmark too. And if i were to kick out someone then i would no doubt kick out Switzerland and put in Albania instead. I would also kick out Iceland or Lithuania (even if i like these songs a lot) and put in Austria instead because i love it more
Would've put Slovenia and Latvia through instead of Switzerland and Greece in my eyes. The fact Slovenia finished below Denmark's joke act still upsets me
Albania is a such a good song with such a terrible staying and outfit ( pink? really? Look like a cupcake!) , was a MESS. Literally. And sorry, Ukraine I don't like at all.
I would have swapped Switzerland for Albania, Marius' vocals & staging were solid but the song just wasn't it, justice for Ronela, televoters got the qualifiers right in 2022
Queen Ronela deserved top 5 in grand final❤️. At least who care for eurovision , ronela has an excellent career, her latest song published 1 week ago has over 2 million views. She is the best, eurvision didnt deserve her 😍😍
Albania’s outfit was criminal. Those tennis shoes with her leotard and pink nightgown were jarring.
The outfit was gorgeous and fit her body in confidence.
The outfit was nice on her, but sadly it didn't match with the song. There were lots of nice elements in the performance, but the overall problem I see is that they did not work when merged together and made everything quite messy.
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What was quite bizarre for me from Semi-Final 1 was Latvia got 11th in the Jury vote but 16th in the televote? We probably expected that to be reversed.
Based on the performance on the night, Albania did not deserve to qualify. Latvia and Denmark were easily the best non-qualifying performances on the night, and imo either should have qualified over Switzerland.
See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” which the staging infact was next level, and went very well with the song, but many people don’t know that because the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
@@Tommy-lr4ql Sometimes less is more, if u put choreo for whole damn show not just for a 3 min song it's gonna get messy
It's beyond me how people are still wondering why Albania didn't qualify? Did you all watch the same performance as me? There was nothing good about that performance. She looked ridiculous, screamed as crazy, the coreo was messy and bad... I love many Albanian entries but this one was horrid.
I wouldn't be as harsh, but overall I agree. I don't know how people can say that she was robbed, her voice was bad and the choreo was so messy. I think it was so beloved before the semi that people still liked the song and wanted it to qualify even though the quality wasn't there? That or we really saw a different performance 😅
Yeah exactly this. Such a shame, the song on its own deserves a spot but live it was just bad
The FiK performance was leagues better than what we had on stage in the semi-final
Yeah I liked the song but the overall performance was a mess if they kept the national final staging it would've had a better chance of qualifying
@@hannahbarley61 they should have had SJB staging it, given she got Anxhela into the final with Karma, and knows how to stage bops. There was so much anger at this song not qualifying as Albania had sent too many similar songs - Sekret was their first upbeat pop entry since 2010 and first ever reggaeton entry - this in the birth country of Foureira and (also counting Kosovo) the home country of the Istrefis and Enca, with Ronela herself a major name in that genre.
My favourite non qualifiers would have been Cyprus and Austria, but I do see why they didn't qualify. Ireland on the other hand deserved the final more than any other non-qualifier
Ireland & Cyprus are 2nd semi tho
@@sannev8407 yes next video they will talk about the second semi final
Spain's performance was quite sexual as well and that did really well with the juries so I'm not sure whether being sexual automatically turns jurors off.
It does not, Spain performance was slick with great coreo for tv and solid vocals for the type of song and great camera shots really sold it. Albania was the messy version were nothing was up to par other than the song which imo was better than spain(studio versions), the live performance was just bad all around.
Slomo was a lot more laid back and good looking compared to Sekrets very aggressive choreography
See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” which the staging infact was next level, and went very well with the song, but many people don’t know that because the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
I missed you In Torino too Deban! I'm so happy to see you together again!!! 🙂🙂
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I think Albania not qualifying makes sense. The performance just seemed very amateurish imo. Croatia's song was nothing special and the dancing was quite stilted but the Croatian part elevated the song so much
See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” which the staging infact was next level, and went very well with the song, but many people don’t know that because the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
@@Tommy-lr4ql Ok, I didn't say anywhere in my comment that it was Ronela's fault and I don't disagree that Italy did a bad job with a lot of things this year. I have sympathy for Ronela and for all the acts that suffered due to the broken sun. However at the end of the day, it is a televised competition and how it comes across on television matters. If you say she was amazing in person I believe you but unfortunately it didn't translate that well on TV live on the night for me.
"Ronela sounded great." Did we watch the same performance?? Her vocals were not on point at all.
For me Albania got killed by the dress. Pink didn't go with the song. She needed to look more like in the video. Red, black, gold, metal all that stuff.
My favorite non-qualifiers this semi were Latvia 🇱🇻, Slovenia 🇸🇮, and Austria 🇦🇹
The only one that didn't qualify that I would have liked to was Croatia.
My favourite non qualifiers were Slovenia and Ireland but slovenia was my all time winner
Totally agree
Literally all I care about is that Lithuania qualified and did well in the finals, she deserved top ten tho🇱🇹
Deban unfortunately, I did see Albania as a NQ when I watched the performance 🙁
It was one of my favorites after she won the NF but, I still think the issue with Albania was the 180° change in the performance and I'm not referring about the coreography, if you watch the NF and the SF1, it seems they are 2 different persons
I think the empowerment and confidence that she showed in the NF was missing un SF1
yepppp her performance was really messy, being 1st was too much for her.
Well, we also need to consider that Albania was probably drawn to be first because they heavily wanted to use the rotating sun. They were planned to be a "show off" (in a good way). In the stand-in rehearsals you could see the sun moving a lot, and the choreography was quite different. And when it was decided to "freeze" the sun, she seems to have overreacted and tried to do so many things at ones to compensate for the missing key element in her performance (the sun)
See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” the staging infact was next level it was very well through out, perfectly timed, very unique , and went very well with the song, but you didn’t see that because of the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
I just love the direct slap in the face most fans got when Switzerland was the first to qualify. People just kept on trying to find reasons to throw sh*t at the guy. Just let him sing his sentimental song xD
My favourite song from this semi had to be Austria even though the vocals weren't great I still love the studio version of this song also Unpopular opinion: I wasn't that surprised when Latvia didn't go through They were second in the running order (aka the death spot) also it had to compete with Norway and Moldova which were also fun energetic songs. Looking at the semi 1 results the public only had them at 16th so even they didn't want to send this song through to the finals
Austria was good i think ;) we had worst vocally song who qualified in the past;)
DEBAN NEEDS TO GO TO ESC23
I'm surprised so many were doubting Moldova's chances to qualify. I knew Zdob si Zdub would make a great and entertaining show. Was happy they got 2nd in the grand final televote
Tbh I knew they would, but I still had doubts. However, in the moment I heard they were performing the revamped version they performed in the pre-EV parties, I was 100% sure it would qualify and be in the top 10.
I told y'all it would come top 5. It was so obvious, such a banger.
Yeah people love village songs and Its fine to have different songs in the final
We have to mention as well that all 12 of Albania’s jury points came from Greece
5:40 Ronela sounded great? Her jury performance was an out of breath mess, even at the televote semi her vocals were poor. She couldn’t keep up with her choreography at all
I'm so sad Denmark was ignored by everyone imo it's the best rock song this year.
Same, I was so sad when this didn’t qualify!
My favorite NQ of S1 was Latvia 🇱🇻. At first didn’t care for the song, but it grew on me. And after that performance they blew me out of my socks.
I love Albania from the start, but the performance was messy ☹️.
Let’s tell the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” the staging infact was next level it was very well through out, perfectly timed, very unique , and went very well with the song, but you didn’t see that because of the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
Latvia deserved to go to final. That’s it. And an unpopular opinion: Ronela’s voice and staging was so unprofessional
But “I eat pus” is professional??? See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” which the staging infact was next level, and went very well with the song, but many people don’t know that because the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
@@Tommy-lr4ql can u for god's sake stop writing the same comment everywhere
I do get why Denmark 🇩🇰 is the last place in the fan poll, but that does not mean that it is not deserved because I freaking love it. It is a perfect masterpiece to me. It is my current fourth place. The song is priceless, love its progression and the vocals were amazing. They just had so much fun on stage and the staging was great. I have always loved the song and I was cheering for the, ever since they were revealed from DMGP. It so deserved to qualify and I was gutted they did not make it. It 100% should have qualified over Iceland 🇮🇸. I want to see them live and meet them possibly so bad, they just seem like such nice people. I love their song and I can’t wait for their new music. I also loved Latvia 🇱🇻 and Slovenia 🇸🇮. Bulgaria 🇧🇬 was really boring but it was at least good vocally but the staging was not good at all. Albania 🇦🇱 and Austria 🇦🇹 were disappointments live and they deserved to NQ tbh although I love the studio versions, the lives just weren’t it. Croatia 🇭🇷 was just too nice, the staging was limp and I also loved that the song had some Croatian in it, I do like it slightly though.
Denmark was my 6th place of the whole year :((((((((
See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” the staging infact was next level it was very well through out, perfectly timed, very unique , and went very well with the song, but you didn’t see that because of the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
Imo none of the non qualifiers were truly robbed except mayyyybeeee Ireland but overall it wasn’t as bad as other years in terms of robbery. Just take out Switzerland and Belgium and add Latvia and something else
I'm sorry but Latvia deserved to qualify and after seeing the show, I'm more certain they needed to open the show.
I've never liked Albania but at least I liked national final performance where she was a warrior. This was too pink and weird
About Austria. I was happy that she improved but my husband who saw her for the first time wasn't impressed at all
I would gladly kick out Switzerland. Too many sad boys this year and he just passed me by. I'm with televote on this one
They probably decided to go with Albania because her performance relied on the kinetic sun a lot, and it was a great way to show off to the TV audience how "great" the stage looks... Or at least should have looked.
The stage show killed Albania. Whilst it was a very good song, the stage show was far too in your face and ultimately, it was a deserved NQ.
See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” the staging infact was next level it was very well through out, perfectly timed, very unique , and went very well with the song, but you didn’t see that because of the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
8:14 William’s response to Deban there 😂
I really don’t get why so many people are surprised Albania NQ, it was just pure mess, shouting, bad staging…I truly loved Ronela before that life performance…
Yep, I also liked her FIK performance, but as soon as I saw her semi-final performance, I knew, this wasn't gonna qualify.
I really don’t get why people don’t like Denmark. The song is so good. They were one of my favs
Unpopular opinion my favorite nq were Croatia and Denmark
Austria was my biggest disappointment, Latvia was also incredibly sad for me. I think Latvia was hurt by Moldova being in the same semi
I wasn't expecting to like Moldova, but I really liked it. It was the campy, kooky, wacky act that we all needed this year. Moldova is the Tammie Brown of Eurovision, and I love them for it.
As someone who lives for Tammie brown, this is an insult😂
Confession: The highlight of the semi's for me, was watching Cinan throwing his dummy out the pram when Ronela failed to qualify. Can't believe those of you who say they never saw it coming - priceless 😂
And yes - it was a mess
See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” which the staging infact was next level, and went very well with the song, but many people don’t know that because the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
@@Tommy-lr4ql You seem a tad upset. I'm now wishing we had a camera on you when the news came through 😂
I felt so bad for Ronela 😢
My favourite NQs were Austria, Slovenia and Croatia. :c All 3 of them in my over all top10
I really think the camera crew let Latvia and Denmark down. Their shots of them didn't seem thought out or structured but instead random and in my view created an impression of chaos and messiness that marred the presence of these two countries. Latvia's fun, cheeky vibe in particular wasn't conveyed nearly as much as it could have been.
Austria couldn't stand a chance after Pia Maria began singing, sorry and as for Ireland, imho the vocals/background noise drowned Brooke's voice out partly. You'd hear "That's ri" noisenoisenoise. Switzerland was an underserved qualifier, the song was unoriginal and so so mopey. The Swiss should take notes from the Netherlands and S10 on how to express emotion with some fortitude. No one likes a wallow.
And finally imo the secret to Moldova's success was simple: they didn't take themselves too seriously and they invested in that kind of kitch many many people associate with and expect in Eurovision.
The camera crew let almost every single country down. Including Albania, Albania infact had an incredible performance and staging, but because of the broken sun and RAIS horrible camera angels you couldn’t even see 95% of the performances and that isn’t Ronelas or anyone else’s fault!!!! If you watch the audience recorded videos of Albanias performance you can actually see the staging and you will say “WHY DIDINT EUROVISION SHOW THIS” because it was good and when a non rich country is good westerners get very angry and try to sabatoge it like every thing Western Europeans have done through our history in and outside of Europe, even the vocal in these aunidence videos were very different as in BETTER, so the mic was also infact tampered with judging by her body language trying to fix it.
Switzerland out without question. I would put any semi 1 non-qualifier through over that song. Personal favorites were Albania and Slovenia but get why neither qualified.
I am sorry but Albania NQ is entirely deserved. She was overrhyped since the start and her performance was out of tune and the song is meh. It was an obvious NQ I was not shocked at all and even happy
Croatia was robbed
100% Albania 🇦🇱 Loved the song the first time I heard it and now am a big Ronela fan! Can I say she was robbed? She was robbed! Ronela deserved to be in the Grand Final.
As much as i love Sekret and Ronela, for me it was obvious that performance is not making, let’s be honest, audio cut is PERFECT, live was a big no
Will there be a split results analysis video?
Hit des Jahres Sekret Ronela (AL) ❤️❤️❤️
Ma Cadal Cadal 😘
Albania and Austria were the worst 💀 what did people think 🤔
I just came from watching the RO analysis for 2023 and let me tell you I did NOT think back in the day this comment was sarcastic 11:10 you were clearly hinting at something weren't you
Croatia & Slovenia!
Greetings from Serbia!❤️
The 12 Jury points of Albania were all from Greece.
Albania didn't sound great. There were parts of the song where her voice wasn't on point.
You're still deluded about Albania I see
My top 17 of first semi final
1. Moldova
2. Netherlands
3. Norway
4. Austria
5. Armenia
6. Lithuania
7. Greece
8. Albania
9. Latvia
10. Croatia
11. Denmark
12. Slovenia
13. Bulgaria
14. Iceland
15. Portugal
16. Ukraine
17. Switzerland
Heat 1 NQs:
Albania: it took a few listens for me to like, and it was a lot more slow-burn and messy than Slo-Mo or Chains On You, but I was a bit sad that it didn’t qualify. It was very fun and energetic, it was self written and multilingual, it ensured that a notorious reggaeton scene that represents modern Albanian music finally got the ESC entry it deserved and was a change from the predictable stuff Albania usually send, and the revamp was produced by the people who produced Fester Skank by Lethal Bizzle, one of my fave British rap songs.
Latvia: the opening line is amazingly funny. It took a few listens for me to like, as it came across like The rapping dog from the titanic movie, but it was excellent fun, and having inappropriate lyrics for a strong and important theme is always fun.
Slovenia: my fave heat 1 NQ but I can see why it didn’t qualify. It was just a kind group of A level students having fun and didn’t need to be anything more. It was never going to qualify as it was low impact, but is one of Slovenia’s better entries
Bulgaria: good guitar solos but the song lost its way in the bridge, and I can see why it didn’t make it.
Croatia: very sweet but not impactful, particularly with other easy listening songs, like Switzerland, Portugal, Iceland and Armenia, qualifying. Surprised this one went so close though even though it was nice.
Denmark: not bad, and they were very kind to fanart, but developing the punk-pop parts only 1/3 of the way in was not good, and it came across dated. I hope Denmark return to being a force, but I see why this wasn’t the song with which they would.
Austria: I hope they return to the final, in part because of how their 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010 absences play on the mind, even though Conchita and Cesar have been major successes since, and both got thoroughly deserved results. I also like the Austrian glamour image (and associate it with Conchita’s win, but also with me doing repeated drawings of a sexy fashion model from the country, who has no musical connections, but has sometimes had her makeup done by Conchita’s mentor at fashion awards), and I like how Lum!x and Pia provided an entry that was quite different to what they usually do. The song was very fun and enthusiastic and had a good video, but I think that Lum!X hyping every 30 seconds was the performance’s biggest problem rather than Pia’s inexperience and the staging could have utilised some of the video’s imagery.
I'd trade Switzerland and Armenia for Albania and Latvia. I really missed Citi Zeni and Ronela's energy during the Grand Final.
My favourite song (generally,not just favourite NQ) was Austria,2nd consecutive year my favourite not qualifies(Roxen in the previous year)
My favourite NQ was Cyprus…Ela was in my TOP 5!
Please do a video for 2nd semifinal
I'm confused, second year in a row that the Netherlands was announced last? But last year they were straight in the finals. What do you mean? Help
North Macedonia is one of my favorites and I love her!! Seriously with the flag drama, it was a mistake.
About Israel - I am from Israel and after the photo bomb he did - I didn't want him to qualify. I was so embarrassed!! That was so unprofessional.
I'm still in shock with Moldova qualifying. I don't know how people like this and not Albania or Austria. How did they get more televote points than Chanel in the final?
Albania changed their stage show it was messy
Albania🇦🇱 was the best
Personally I think all the NQ from SF1 deserved to stay in the SF. The others were weak vocally and Austria’s live performance has put me off the studio version of Halo (those vocals 🫣).
See I’m getting kinda tired of hearing people say that about ronela instead of telling the EBU, “why didn’t you remove the broken malfunctioned sun that BLOCKED 95% of Albanias staging and performance,” the staging infact was next level it was very well through out, perfectly timed, very unique , and went very well with the song, but you didn’t see that because of the horrible camera angels of RAI did not show Albanias amazing staging and performance plus many many many other countries staging. Let’s also not forget in the arena she sounded much different then what the mic showed on television, and as a dancer I have studied Albanias choreography through the audience recorded videos and genuinely my spin shivers with excitement every time I watch because she did so many things and the staging was so mind blowing that it makes one even more sad that she’s didn’t qualify. Albania deserved to qualify, RAI did not deserve to host and tamper with multiple countries results, mics, staging etc. I will add that I am saying this happened to MULTIPLE ARTISTS.
@@Tommy-lr4ql I’m sorry but Ronela said SHE decided to change her staging from the black and red to the pink and blue BEFORE there were any known problems with the staging. You can see that from the stand-in rehearsal with the working LED. One of Chanel’s choreographers decided to re-choreograph Ronela’s performance and even she admitted it was 100% better. Think about Stefan from Estonia, he was reliant on the LED background and it didn’t work but he was charismatic and still qualified. The same for Monika from Lithuania.
The highly sexualized performance was always going to be potentially divisive to the point the EBU wanted her to change it. In the Jury Semi-Final she missed some of the higher difficulty notes and was off-key.
I can still remember this Semi-Final as the SF in which a large portion of my top 10 went through, and I was very happy.
I would kicked out Switzerland, worst qualifier ever. There is nothing touching or sad about song or lyrics especially it just wasn't. Still can't believe what Switzerland chooses for representative.
Latvia is my pick to send through. I would boot Moldova. Denmark were the worst, no tears wasted there.
I always thought Eat Your Salad was about giving a rim job. Oh wait, that's tossing a salad.
It’s been months but the coincidence of Croatia coming 11th in a semi final two years in a row 😭
Moldova/Ukraine qualification was maybe nice but bc of the Diaspora and Name of the country. Again if Austrian/Croatian or Albanian song was represented by Ukraine or Moldova it would have been in the final for sure …+ i would add more juries and not only 5 … also why we dont have young juries in the competition? Majority is older juries, young juries saved Zena in 2019 and i am pretty sure they would have save Austria too this year. Something needs to change, and i am happy that overatted Ukraine is not going to host:) saving life and helping people is more than hosting esc in Ukraine …
Zena only went through because a Czech juror ordered their points the opposite way round
@@sergey.m5526 young juries or ex junior esc stars were in jury in Eurovision in 2019, some gave points to Zena bc of that … EBU never confirmed Czech “mistake” … so Its just a rumours… but Yeah i am still pissed of about Belarus and San Marino qualification…. Portugal, Georgia, Poland, Hungary were better …
While Albania is still one of mt favorite songs of the year, I'm going to equate Ronela's performance to Lesley Roy's (Ireland 2021) performance - it was too physically demanding for the stamina of the performer. Ronela was out of breath half way through the performance. The sensual nature of the act might have turned off some jury members but Spain was every bit as sexual and scored well with juries.
Ronela was a mess in the semi - but even as a mess deserved much more a spot in the final than many of them- on the other hand better than Ronela didn't qualify than to be like sone in the final with 2-3-5 points.
Deban is a top class Pinfluencer
All these people who deny Ronela Hajati's vocal ablities... You have no idea what she means in Albania as an artist, SHE NEVER NEEDED EUROVISION, believe me! OKAY, she didn't sing perfectly, she had far better nights than that night! She had a better performance in FIK, I agree with this as well, but some of you really wanna deny everything that happened in Eurovision this year: Ronela's performance wasn't the only controversial one, this year generic, old-fashioned and lame entries like Switzerland and Iceland qualified, the kind of entries we've been seeing in Eurovision for years, NOTHING SPECIAL... In the second semi, CYPRUS with an incredible song and staging didn't qualify, Romania got 18th place in the final when WRS had I think the 5th most viewed performance from the Grand Final, trending in Romania and Spain. And of course, the cherry on top, Ukraine winning it all over FAR BETTER entries like UK, Spain or Sweden. Not to mention the voting controversies in the final which were extremely pathetic and made on purpose...
As a lifelong Eurovision fan, the 2022 edition was the weakest one in the last 5-10 years, honestly!! There were always political voting and controversies in this contest, but never so obvious and unnecesary ones like this year, honestly... If some of you still wanna believe Eurovision is 100% real, when we've had so many examples that small countries will never win or consistently do well in this competition (Cyprus, Albania, Romania, Malta etc.), it's your choice to believe so. :D
She had a bad night and the staging wasn't as good as others, that's ok, but it would been unfair to other artist if she qualified with that performance. I like the song Btw.
@@liul You only read the first lines, what can I say, lol... There were more unfair than fair things this year, btw
I don’t think you understand how Eurovision works lmao
Oh, no, don't tell me you're one of those people who think Ukraine deserved to win and everything in Eurovision is 100% real 😅
@@tennisradu no, you’re just a complainer and it’s obnoxious
Albania was terrible. Bad song, sung badly, performed badly. It was obvious it wasn't going to qualify, it didn't deserve to. The fans like it because they liked the studio version.
Mir gefällt egal wie und was Sie Singt ❤️
I just don't understand how Iceland was in the final...
In this semi final i loved Albania and Austria. I also liked Latvia and Denmark too. And if i were to kick out someone then i would no doubt kick out Switzerland and put in Albania instead. I would also kick out Iceland or Lithuania (even if i like these songs a lot) and put in Austria instead because i love it more
Switzerland, Iceland out and Albania and Latvia in
Ronela robbed 🇦🇱💔
i would kick Switzerland and put in Slovenia, their song was just really funky and i loved it 🤷🏼♀️
Would've put Slovenia and Latvia through instead of Switzerland and Greece in my eyes. The fact Slovenia finished below Denmark's joke act still upsets me
Albania is a such a good song with such a terrible staying and outfit ( pink? really? Look like a cupcake!) , was a MESS. Literally. And sorry, Ukraine I don't like at all.
Albania 🇦🇱 should’ve qualified instead of Switzerland 🇨🇭! Everything else was understandable!
No. Switzerland actually performed well, Albania really didn't
Definitely something should’ve qualified instead of Switzerland but not Albania
@@beandrag9019 Switzerland deserved it
@@sannev8407 no
@@beandrag9019 i'm sorry but yes
I would have swapped Switzerland for Albania, Marius' vocals & staging were solid but the song just wasn't it, justice for Ronela, televoters got the qualifiers right in 2022
Eh no they didn't. Juries got it right there. Albania's performance was bad, messy, over the place and she screamed like she was in danger
I'd kick out Switzerland sorry🤭
I’d would have kicked Switzerland out hands down. Sad song sung by a sad boy about boys being sad that was just sad.
I’d swap switzerland, ukraine and moldova for albania, austria and slovenia.
Queen Ronela deserved top 5 in grand final❤️. At least who care for eurovision , ronela has an excellent career, her latest song published 1 week ago has over 2 million views. She is the best, eurvision didnt deserve her 😍😍
It would've been shameful to be top five with that performance
@@liul More shameful than Ukraine winning only by politics, for sure not 😅
@@tennisradu hahahha yes, ukraine didnt win national final in their country and then it win eurovision 🙄🙄 Politics 🙏🏻