Hello ,as you are a classical musician there is a band and singer you just must know about and do a reaction to ,they are from Finland but their lead vocalist Floor Jansen is Dutch ,Nigtwish is a Symphonic Metal band , the Symphony elements are from the London Philharmonic almost all songs are written and composed by the keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, they are the most reacted to band on YT with an average of 30 reactions a day, their masterpiece Ghost Love Score from Wacken 2013 is also the most reacted to performance ever on YT, its' utterly unique and epic , possibly unlike anything you have heard or seen before, hope you will give it a go, be fore warned tho your channel will be swarmed by one of the biggest fan bases's on YT and you just may get addicted to this amazing band and singer, cheers NIGHTWISH - Ghost Love Score (OFFICIAL LIVE) : Wacken 2013 best link ends in BAVo
Love it!! ❤ I can’t stop listening to Angelina Mango! I’m obsessed! Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and Ireland finish off my top 5. Keep being 1000% you and your amazing authentic self 😊❤️
Thank you for your rating! It's always a pleasure listening to your well explained comments. Here's my personal Top 10: 1. Norway (Just love the build up and its passionate, extatic nature) 2. Switzerland (great mix of genres, all really well performed, great message as well) 3. Italy (I really like, how she shows, that a pop song doesn't need to be standardized and can have lots of variety. Great vocals as well and I love her attitude and charisma) 4. Armenia (As you said, it's uplifting, joyful. It will be quite a highlight in the show) 5. Croatia (Fun and energetic song with good lyrics as well. I can see why it's a favorite of the public) 6. Serbia (Really beautiful song, that will stand out between all the loud entries. I hope it will be rewarded) 7. Portugal (That song grew a lot on me, although it always let's me cry when listening to it. I guess a have a sweet spot for such melancholy) 8. Belgium (The last minute is great. maybe the first half coud have benefitted from a bit more variety) 9. Estonia (Fun and catchy song. Coul maybe have benefited from some more build-up or variety) 10. Ukraine (Great vocals and rap. The song just lacks a highlight towards the end. Maybe the staging can compensate that. It looks pretty epic)
Wonderful reviews Rachel. Switzerland and Italy stand out for me. “The Code” by Nemo is like a modernised and compressed take on “Bohemian Rhapsody”. “La Noia” is musically excellent. Many great songs to choose from this year. Excited to see who wins 😊.
Hi Rachel, great video and commentary as always! Glad you had a great time soloing Japan 🌸 and I pretty much have your top three in my tops as well. My number one is UK and Olly’s rehearsal photos got me so so excited! Also I think your Jigglypuff is actually an Igglybuff, which is Jigglypuff’s pre-evolution. Still a really cute plush though! 😊
I'll do my top 10 : 1. Norway 2. Belgium 3. Ukraine 4. Israel 5. San Marino 6. Ireland 7. Spain 8. Croatia 9. Iceland 10. Armenia So we dont agree on a lot, but appreciate your love for Norway! Shame you arent high on Ukraine.
My top 5 (before the show, everything can change): 1. 🇧🇪 Belgium 2.🇨🇭 Switzerland 3. 🇳🇴 Norway 4. 🇭🇷 Croatia 5. 🇵🇹 Portugal I don't get Italy, The Netherlands or Finland at all.
Igglybuff! So cute! Looking forward to the vid with Katrina. My top 5 this year are Norway, Netherlands, Spain, Estonia, Lithuania. I also love Bambie Thug and think they've been just brilliant for Ireland in the run up, and I hope they end the NQ streak and do Ireland proud! It's going to be A SHOW on that stage. I just can't believe it's only days away now!
Last year quite a lot of us supported Kaarija. When I watched tops I could be quite sure that people will have Finland or Sweden at the 1st place. This year is sooo unpredictable. Each person has different top. I am so excited about that!
So happy to see some well deserved respect for Belgium, especially from a musician. Whilst the live performances do not match the power/quality of the studio version, I've been puzzled by the negativity and visceral dislike for the song. And this includes many Eurovision bloggers.
As a Baltic I definitely support Igglypuff 😂😂 (not my favorite song either but would be nice for the country) and appreciate the nice words on Latvia and Lithuania. Very interesting rankings. 😉 I really enjoyed the video.
God! this is so hard to rank lol! But currently my top 36 is: #1 🇸🇰 Veronika - Raiven #2 🇺🇦 Teresa and Maria - alyona alyona & Jerry Heil #3 🇨🇭 The Code - Nemo #4 🇳🇴 Ulveham - Gåte #5 🇮🇹 La Noia - Angelina Mango #6 🇷🇸 Ramonda - Teya Dora #7 🇵🇹 Grito - Iolanda #8 🇮🇪 Doomsday Blue - Bambie Thug #9 🇧🇪 Before the Party’s Over - Mustii #10 🇱🇹 Luktelk - Silvester Belt #11 🇬🇪 Firefighter - Nutsa Buzaladze #12 🇫🇷 Mon Amour - Slimane #13 🇸🇪 Unforgettable - Marcus & Martinus #14 🇬🇷 Zari - Marina Satti #15 🇱🇺 Fighter - Tali #16 🇦🇲 Jako - LADAVINA #17 🇦🇹 We Will Rave - Kaleen #18 🇮🇸 Scared of Heights - Hera Björk #19 🇩🇰 Sand - Saba #20 🇦🇺 One Milkali (One Blood) - Electric Fields #21 🇲🇩 In the Middle - Natalia Barbu #22 🇬🇧 Dizzy - Olly Alexander #23 🇪🇸 Zorra - Nebulossa #24 🇳🇱 Europapa - Joost Klein #25 🇱🇻 Hollow - Dons #26 🇦🇿 Özünlə Apar - FAHREE feat. Ilkin Dovlatov #27 🇭🇷 Rim Tim Tagi Dim - Baby Lesagna #28 🇨🇾 Liar - Silia Kapsis #29 🇸🇲 Megara - 11:11 #30 🇵🇱 The Tower - Luna #31 🇦🇱 Titan - Besa #32 🇪🇪 (Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi - 5miinust and Puuluup #33 🇲🇹 Loop - Sarah Bonnici #34 🇨🇿 Pedestal - Aiko #35 🇩🇪 Always on the Run - Isaak #36 🇫🇮 No Rules! - Windows95man
I'm rooting for Belgium as well. Not only is it the best song, Mustii is a talented artist. An actor who writes his own music and dances in a very expressive and emotional way. In interviews he comes across as passionate and authentic so yeah I'm sold. Great video
Thank you, Rachel for a well thought ranking. I disagree with some of your rankings, but that's a matter of taste. I have missed your videos through the pre-eurovision season, but I am happy that you are back again 🤩
Zemrën n'dorë… the one song that made me cry. There is so much emotion in her vocals, and then at the second chorus that beautiful harmony with the male background vocal… and everyone is praising Titan as an improvement, but I feel nothing, it sounds so flat. So it felt very redeeming to hear you express my exact opinion, thank you!
That was fun. Personally I am so so pleased that you chose Belgium over NL. Mustii sells this lyric and, from the moment I first heard it, I was imagining him singing it over the credits at the end of the final.
the estonia disrespect 😭😭poor jigglypuff p.s. i compared your rankings against mine and australia is an exact match at 19th with a score of 7.2 as well! :O
I'd say our lists are fairly similar. I very much enjoy the Belgian track but I think they're now in trouble given the waning attention on the song and somewhat disappointing response to the rehearsal footage. Croatia is my number one followed by Norway, and then it's between Belgium and Italy.
Well,well....i did not expect that. I also have Belgium as my No.1 , Italy in 3rd place but im afraid the party never even got started with regards to The Netherlands...its my 32nd place!!!! Sorry. Im a ballad boy 100% so France occupies my No.2. I fell in love with Belgium's entry immediately and i know it will remain an all time firm favourite of mine in years to come. love it. Ive been baffled by a lot of comments saying this may not Q but your thumbs up has chuffed me no end. So "thanks" and fungers crossed. An exciting week ahead ....Enjoy no matter what the end result may bring....its Eurovision and that means FUN.
My top 10 1 Norway 2 Netherlands 3 Croatia 4 Italy 5 Greece 6 Lithuania 7 Ireland 8 Serbia 9 Switzerland 10 Portugal Belgium was my 7th originally but his live vocals at the pre parties haven’t been strong so I couldn’t place it higher than some others so now it’s my 12th place
1 Belgium 2 Switzerland 3 Italy 4 Nederlands 5 Greece 6 Ireland 7 Australia 8 Norway 9 Estonia (gotchu Igglybuff) 10 Armenia But honestly I love my top 19 this year, it's really a phenomenal year in many ways.
Hi Rachel, I always look for your top: an important moment! This year I am surprised by your 2nd place: Netherlands feels often predictable to me. Share the same opinione for Belgium and Greece, graeat songs!
Hi Rachel, immediately clicked on your video as soon as it came up in my feed. Lovely plushy, hope you had fun in Japan! Looking forward to the video with your sister, although my taste in music doesn't match with yours or hers. Thank you for rating Joost as high as you did. I do hope that you are right about Bambie thug qualifying, i NEED that song in the final.
Always a classy person... I'm happy for your holiday... I adore Angelina for many reasons, not just musical, which remind me of the Maneskin for human as well as musical quality and in this stupid world their generation Z from joy. But, even if she doesn't win, she will have the success she deserves. She listens to some of her songs, if you haven't already... for the rest I don't have a precise ranking, I'll limit myself to the moment of the performances, to enjoy the show. Thank you for your videos and for your sensitivity and sympathy... and competence. CIAO🧡
Love your videos Rachel! I am happy that someone is giving Belgium the praise it deserves. The moment I listened to it for the first time I thought this is the winner. After Belgium great songs came out and I have the feeling that everyone forgot about Belgium. For me now is Netherland, Joost, my winner, but Belgium still top 5 1. Netherlands 2. Switzerland 3. Croatia 4. Italy 5. Belgium
I won't put my top 36, but my top 5 is: 1. Portugal 2. Slovenia 3. Australia 4. Poland (I am addicted to this, I have no idea what Luna did to me) 5. Spain (amazing message) My winner is obviously Croatia.🐱🐈
Belgium has grown off me a bit (was also my #1) but it’s so disrespected in the fandom. So happy it’s valued here. It’s very clear this fanbase feels vindictive against anything that’s not a “girl bop” and I’m sick of how sassy they think they feel when they wish that this song gets last place. Like why. Happened last year with Watergun too. There’s a difference between not liking a song and then actively “praying for its downfall”… way to yuck other people’s yum - lol.
Those people are chronically online and apart of the stanning culture, anyone who isn’t apart of that realises how silly and stupid they are. People get so invested and irrational just enjoy and support what you like. Whilst Belgium is without a doubt my number one song, i do think the end package could potentially end up mid despite being a winning song imo.
@@Madam-Padam Oh absolutely. The stench of joblessness and lack of personality can’t be mistaken. I hate how the fanbase for this contest has been getting increasingly catty and tied to stan culture as the years go by. Eurovision is not just for them, it’s for everyone. No wonder people who aren’t in on these things are turning away from the contest year by year. I know this sounds cringeworthy but stan culture has done wonders for weirdos who don’t dare go in real life and act the garbage way they act behind these pfps.
@@UsernameUsername0000 i absolutely loathe the Netherlands song this year doesn’t mean i’m gonna go on twitter be a little bitch about it, i just press skip on the eurovision playlist and move on. if it does well i would understand completely why even though i’m not ecstatic about it. These people fighting over this like they feel “threatened” by anything else that a lot of people seem to like, these artists doesn’t even know you lol. It’s the same people who tried to downgrade Loreen and just show there copium, it’s factually incorrect to claim the winner isn’t deserved.
I liked the song itself (still do), but the live performance really turned me off, and I think it deserved its result - I also don’t understand the fandom’s obsession with girlbops, either, the only one I liked this year was Georgia (and Italy and Greece if those count, but I personally wouldn’t count them)
My gosh France on 24th place 🤨😒 Whereas Ireland, Czechia (good song, but she is weak live) higher than a gifted man with an incredible voice.. That was unintelligible... I know that you consider everything, despite that Slimane has a really simple song, his incredible full of emotion voice is truly touching plenty of people.
@eddielil348 but isn't it supposed to be a song that represents a country? How can't it be a typical French song when it comes from France. I just think that people have a problem with French representatives because they are being French. When they will be doing something else, it will be bad too.. Why don't we just appreciate how incredible a singer Slimane is ? Instead of complaining, how Frenchy does it sound?
@@monika7811 I think the issue honestly is that this doesn't really represent France as it is now. I love Slimane as an artist, and he's a top guy too, but this song is just a letdown for me (also, I live in a French speaking environment and used to live in France). If you consider that Hera Bjork's song, for example, for UK people is considered dated, then the equivalent for France would be Mon Amour to some extent. Don't get me wrong, I still think it will do very well and people will love it, but I consider it more of a cliche of France than an actual representation of France today.
Eurovision is fascinating. Half of Europe see it as a 'joke'' contest, the other half think it is a serious musical competition. Belgium my favourite, the most amusing and absurd performance of the bunch.
Really thought your number one was gonna be the Netherlands after your initial reaction video haha. And I love Belgium too but the vocals have been kinda letting the song down for me.
I think Marina does interesting compositions as she initially studied Architecture and that has influenced her way of thinking......and as a software engineer I could also see her building software (patterns, GoF book and etc.) :)
Agree in general and specially about the winner. As it's more fun to discuss the differences of opinion: Latvia - sorry but I think we have heard this before. He sings very well but so does the French; Georgia - it's greatly performed but no matter the instrumentation, it's just a good pop song. Those lyrics mean very little; Armenia - it's fun for half of the song, then it gets repetitive. With the added thing of only being 2:30 mins. Greece is miles better in its mix of genres and not getting too repetitive. Ps: thanks for my country's14th place. I would take that now lol
My personal top 10 after the 2nd rehearsals. 1. Croatia 2. Belgium 3. Serbia 4. Italy 5. Slovenia 6. Ukraine 7. Ireland 8. France 9. Norway 10. Australia (my country)
How funny. As a Belgian I only know the guy who sings / performs our song is Musti, but I really don't know the song. But Holland ... Joost Klein is absolutely the winner of this songfestival. Everyone likes the song and searches for his performances online. Who has won officially this year? Does anyone remembers after 2 weeks?
Nice list, by the way! I'll say it's somewhat different from my list, I unbelievably put Malta in my top 10. Not usually my genre, but I find that one particularly fun to listen to. Other than that it's somewhat similar to mine. Though I definitely didn't try to judge by different categories! Very much just how I felt listening to them. Good video :)
1. Luxembourg 2. Switzerland 3. Italy 4. Portugal 5. Greece 6. Ukraine 7. France 8. Norway 9. Ireland 10. Serbia My top 10, though my 9-10th spots do jump around a bit.
my current top 10 (tho this could change after we see more big 5 rehearsals) 1) Croatia 2) Italy 3) Ireland 4) Ukraine 5) Switzerland 6) Georgia 7) Armenia 8) Greece 9) Lithuania 10) Serbia
@@stasyszack5396I hope so, it happened that "Luktek" has taken on me, I like the refrain, I like the song, amazing!❤🤗 Greetings from a Greek 🇬🇷 in Belgium 🇧🇪
My personal top is 1 - Italy 2 - Norway 3 - Belgium (if he performs well... the pre-parties were worrying) 4 - Slovenia 5 - Spain 6 - Switzerland 7 - Portugal 8 - Croatia 9 - Armenia 10 - Israel
Here's mine 1. Norway 10/10 (for me the best song this year BY FAR) 2. France 10/10 3. Belgium 9,5/10 4. Serbia 9,5/10 5. Portugal 9/10 6. Ukraine 9/10 (tho I guess it will grow, staging is about to be phenomenal) 7. Lithuania 9/10 8. Italy 8,5/10 9. Israel 8/10 10. Austria 8/10 11. Switzerland 8/10 Bottom 3 (if you wanna be a clown go to the circus, not to Eurovision) 35. Netherlands 2/10 36. Croatia 2/10 37. Finland 2/10
I can't agree more with your facts, Croatia, supposed to be a winner, is too aggressive to my ears, I would prefer Italy or Switzerland to win. I thank you to put Belgium in your top 5 as a serious contest member!! Greetings from a Greek 🇬🇷in Belgium🤗🇧🇪
From your point of view I can state that your music taste base on some balads, shout screaming from musician etc. But calling your bottom picks circus songs can state your issues to other music genre...pick your words more polite, this is a competition and everyone want to present their country and music genre best they know....cheers
Anyone who has in their lyrics "meow cat please meow back" shouldn't be considered a winner, let's be fucking real. Every day I keep realise how much that song is actually bad. People keep compare it to Kaarija, and soon they gonna say "Kaarija lost last year so Lasagna gotta win this year", so here you go, I'm gonna compare it too. That is not half as good as "Cha Cha Cha", weak production, exceptionally bad mixing, terrible lyrics (the "rim tim tagi dim" just for the sake of being catchy etc), the meowing community makes it even fucking worse, and let's not forget the lad CANNOT SING. The live DORA performance just picks it up out of the shit and dress this into fun to watch show with classic thing of having signature "dance"(?) move (that crouch with hand slams and kinda headbanging to the sides) and odd and still surprising for Eurovision rural elements like washing clothes or whatever was happening back there in DORA performance (casus of extremely pretentious Konstrakta e.g.). Disappointing & disgraceful that this is the contender to win Eurovision but well, have it your way, Europe. The contest will be mocked of having shit & kitschy music even more. I have no issues to other genres (quite the contrary), and if the "shout screaming" is a referrence to Norway, then let me tell you that you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.
It’s actually Igglybuff not Jigglypuff 🫣 I’m so Jet lagged please forgive me, I’m usually on it when it comes to Pokémon
If you want a Jigglypuff then you can always evolve your Igglybuff 🙂
almost unsubscribed after hearing that fatal mistake... thank you for the clearing up
Hello ,as you are a classical musician there is a band and singer you just must know about and do a reaction to ,they are from Finland but their lead vocalist Floor Jansen is Dutch ,Nigtwish is a Symphonic Metal band , the Symphony elements are from the London Philharmonic almost all songs are written and composed by the keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, they are the most reacted to band on YT with an average of 30 reactions a day, their masterpiece Ghost Love Score from Wacken 2013 is also the most reacted to performance ever on YT, its' utterly unique and epic , possibly unlike anything you have heard or seen before, hope you will give it a go, be fore warned tho your channel will be swarmed by one of the biggest fan bases's on YT and you just may get addicted to this amazing band and singer, cheers
NIGHTWISH - Ghost Love Score (OFFICIAL LIVE) : Wacken 2013
best link ends in BAVo
bte Floor Jansen has done a cpl Eurovision performances
igglybuff will not be silenced. justice for igglybuff
launching myself at the computer screen as soon as I saw the upload!
Belgium (and Portugal) are the songs im listening the most too!
Wait that's Igglybuff!
Love it!! ❤ I can’t stop listening to Angelina Mango! I’m obsessed! Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and Ireland finish off my top 5. Keep being 1000% you and your amazing authentic self 😊❤️
I am so happy to watch your videos again. ❤❤❤
My personal top 10 is
1.Norway
2.Switzerland
3.Croatia
4.Netherlands
5.Serbia
6.France
7.Belgium
8.Lithuania
9.Italy
10.Portugal
Everything is fine, but...Lithuania will be number 1
italy 9, no no no
@@Alessio0224si si si si si si 🇮🇹
@@maurizio8371 italy top 5 or top3
My favourites:
Italy
Greece
Denmark
Norway
Belgium
Everything is fine, but...Lithuania will be number 1
Thank you for your rating! It's always a pleasure listening to your well explained comments.
Here's my personal Top 10:
1. Norway (Just love the build up and its passionate, extatic nature)
2. Switzerland (great mix of genres, all really well performed, great message as well)
3. Italy (I really like, how she shows, that a pop song doesn't need to be standardized and can have lots of variety. Great vocals as well and I love her attitude and charisma)
4. Armenia (As you said, it's uplifting, joyful. It will be quite a highlight in the show)
5. Croatia (Fun and energetic song with good lyrics as well. I can see why it's a favorite of the public)
6. Serbia (Really beautiful song, that will stand out between all the loud entries. I hope it will be rewarded)
7. Portugal (That song grew a lot on me, although it always let's me cry when listening to it. I guess a have a sweet spot for such melancholy)
8. Belgium (The last minute is great. maybe the first half coud have benefitted from a bit more variety)
9. Estonia (Fun and catchy song. Coul maybe have benefited from some more build-up or variety)
10. Ukraine (Great vocals and rap. The song just lacks a highlight towards the end. Maybe the staging can compensate that. It looks pretty epic)
Everything is fine, but...Lithuania will be number 1
Wonderful reviews Rachel. Switzerland and Italy stand out for me. “The Code” by Nemo is like a modernised and compressed take on “Bohemian Rhapsody”. “La Noia” is musically excellent. Many great songs to choose from this year. Excited to see who wins 😊.
My list: Greece, The Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Norway, Belgium, Croatia, Lithuania, Armenia, Ukraine
Slovenia, Italy, Estonia, Ireland, Czechia, Spain, Serbia, Luxembourg, Sweden, United Kingdom
Israel, Denmark, Austria, France, Malta, Australia, San Marino, Latvia, Cyprus, Georgia
Germany, Poland, Albania, Azerbaijan, Iceland, Moldova, Finland
My top 10
1. Italy
2. Serbia
3. Ukraine
5. Portugal
6. Greece
7. Slovenia
8. Belgium
9. Estonia
10. Lithuania
now that is TASTEFUL, not some croatia-netherlands craps
Everything is fine, but...Lithuania will be number 1
Great to hear your ranking Rachel ! Love your explanation, it helps me listen differently towards the various participants.
Hi Rachel, great video and commentary as always! Glad you had a great time soloing Japan 🌸 and I pretty much have your top three in my tops as well. My number one is UK and Olly’s rehearsal photos got me so so excited! Also I think your Jigglypuff is actually an Igglybuff, which is Jigglypuff’s pre-evolution. Still a really cute plush though! 😊
We have the same winner. Thank you for loving Italy too. We are so proud of Angelina.
Hope you had a great time in Japan! Looks very beautiful
Yes!! Belgium is my favourite one as well. Great song! I am from Spain and my 12 points go to Belgium this year.
I'll do my top 10 :
1. Norway
2. Belgium
3. Ukraine
4. Israel
5. San Marino
6. Ireland
7. Spain
8. Croatia
9. Iceland
10. Armenia
So we dont agree on a lot, but appreciate your love for Norway! Shame you arent high on Ukraine.
Everything is fine, but...Lithuania will be number 1
Really appreciate your honest opinion on Croatian entry... I also hope he will win
There's no going back whoeeee ooooo 😁
The moment has come!
My top 5 (before the show, everything can change):
1. 🇧🇪 Belgium
2.🇨🇭 Switzerland
3. 🇳🇴 Norway
4. 🇭🇷 Croatia
5. 🇵🇹 Portugal
I don't get Italy, The Netherlands or Finland at all.
MagicalMustii💯%💥💥💫💫🍀🍀 All his songs are great, have them on repeat , need my daily dose❤
Igglybuff! So cute! Looking forward to the vid with Katrina. My top 5 this year are Norway, Netherlands, Spain, Estonia, Lithuania.
I also love Bambie Thug and think they've been just brilliant for Ireland in the run up, and I hope they end the NQ streak and do Ireland proud! It's going to be A SHOW on that stage. I just can't believe it's only days away now!
Thanks for the nice comments for RTTD and BL! There's no going back! It's meow or never! Meow from Croatia! 🇭🇷😻
Last year quite a lot of us supported Kaarija. When I watched tops I could be quite sure that people will have Finland or Sweden at the 1st place. This year is sooo unpredictable. Each person has different top. I am so excited about that!
My favourites (random order) the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Estonia and Portugal
So happy to see some well deserved respect for Belgium, especially from a musician. Whilst the live performances do not match the power/quality of the studio version, I've been puzzled by the negativity and visceral dislike for the song. And this includes many Eurovision bloggers.
As a Baltic I definitely support Igglypuff 😂😂 (not my favorite song either but would be nice for the country) and appreciate the nice words on Latvia and Lithuania.
Very interesting rankings. 😉 I really enjoyed the video.
God! this is so hard to rank lol! But currently my top 36 is:
#1 🇸🇰 Veronika - Raiven
#2 🇺🇦 Teresa and Maria - alyona alyona & Jerry Heil
#3 🇨🇭 The Code - Nemo
#4 🇳🇴 Ulveham - Gåte
#5 🇮🇹 La Noia - Angelina Mango
#6 🇷🇸 Ramonda - Teya Dora
#7 🇵🇹 Grito - Iolanda
#8 🇮🇪 Doomsday Blue - Bambie Thug
#9 🇧🇪 Before the Party’s Over - Mustii
#10 🇱🇹 Luktelk - Silvester Belt
#11 🇬🇪 Firefighter - Nutsa Buzaladze
#12 🇫🇷 Mon Amour - Slimane
#13 🇸🇪 Unforgettable - Marcus & Martinus
#14 🇬🇷 Zari - Marina Satti
#15 🇱🇺 Fighter - Tali
#16 🇦🇲 Jako - LADAVINA
#17 🇦🇹 We Will Rave - Kaleen
#18 🇮🇸 Scared of Heights - Hera Björk
#19 🇩🇰 Sand - Saba
#20 🇦🇺 One Milkali (One Blood) - Electric Fields
#21 🇲🇩 In the Middle - Natalia Barbu
#22 🇬🇧 Dizzy - Olly Alexander
#23 🇪🇸 Zorra - Nebulossa
#24 🇳🇱 Europapa - Joost Klein
#25 🇱🇻 Hollow - Dons
#26 🇦🇿 Özünlə Apar - FAHREE feat. Ilkin Dovlatov
#27 🇭🇷 Rim Tim Tagi Dim - Baby Lesagna
#28 🇨🇾 Liar - Silia Kapsis
#29 🇸🇲 Megara - 11:11
#30 🇵🇱 The Tower - Luna
#31 🇦🇱 Titan - Besa
#32 🇪🇪 (Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi - 5miinust and Puuluup
#33 🇲🇹 Loop - Sarah Bonnici
#34 🇨🇿 Pedestal - Aiko
#35 🇩🇪 Always on the Run - Isaak
#36 🇫🇮 No Rules! - Windows95man
That top 10 is heaven
Ouch, looks like you've used the Slovakian flag for Slovenia there 😖
Love your videos! Thanks for your great comments from Ireland 🇮🇪 ❤
My top 5:
1. Norway
2. Belgium
3. Switzerland
4. Israel
5. Ukraine
My bottom 3:
35. Spain
36. Greece
37. Georgia
I'm rooting for Belgium as well. Not only is it the best song, Mustii is a talented artist. An actor who writes his own music and dances in a very expressive and emotional way. In interviews he comes across as passionate and authentic so yeah I'm sold. Great video
So happy that you chose our song as number 1 ❤❤❤🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪
Thank you, Rachel for a well thought ranking. I disagree with some of your rankings, but that's a matter of taste. I have missed your videos through the pre-eurovision season, but I am happy that you are back again 🤩
Zemrën n'dorë… the one song that made me cry. There is so much emotion in her vocals, and then at the second chorus that beautiful harmony with the male background vocal… and everyone is praising Titan as an improvement, but I feel nothing, it sounds so flat.
So it felt very redeeming to hear you express my exact opinion, thank you!
And the title... it's like asking for a disaster.
For me the winner in this year should be between Italy, Croatia and Belgium. I heard these song daily
Same. Those 3 are also my top 3 and I am convinced it will be the official top 3 this year too.
EuroPapa ❤ Rachel 🇪🇺 🕺 🇳🇱 ⚡️
Europap..aria
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So glad to see you back Rachel ❤
It’s been an overwhelming year for everyone, not only for content creators. Happy you had the chance to recover your energy in Japan. Rachel’s top:
36 - San Marino 🇸🇲
37 - Iceland 🇮🇸
34 - Cyprus 🇨🇾
33 - Moldova 🇲🇩
32 - Albania 🇦🇱
31 - Estonia 🇪🇪
30 - Finland 🇫🇮
29 - Malta 🇲🇹
28 - Poland 🇵🇱
27 - Azerbaijan 🇦🇿
26 - Germany 🇩🇪
25 - Austria 🇦🇹
24 - France 🇫🇷
23 - Spain 🇪🇸
22 - Luxembourg 🇱🇺 09:01
21. - Denmark 🇩🇰 09:35
20 - Czechia 🇨🇿
19 - Australia 🇦🇺
18 - Sweden 🇸🇪
17 - Serbia 🇷🇸
16 - Ireland 🇮🇪
15 - Ukraine 🇺🇦
14 - Portugal 🇵🇹
13 - Latvia 🇱🇻
12 - Lithuania 🇱🇹
11 - Slovenia 🇸🇮
10 - UK 🇬🇧
09 - Georgia 🇬🇪
08 - Croatia 🇭🇷
07 - Armenia 🇦🇲
06 - Switzerland 🇨🇭
05 - Norway 🇳🇴
04 - Greece 🇬🇷
03 - Italy 🇮🇹
02 - The Netherlands 🇳🇱
01 - Belgium 🇧🇪
That was fun. Personally I am so so pleased that you chose Belgium over NL. Mustii sells this lyric and, from the moment I first heard it, I was imagining him singing it over the credits at the end of the final.
Now we're ready to kick off the season! Glad you're back ❤
the estonia disrespect 😭😭poor jigglypuff
p.s. i compared your rankings against mine and australia is an exact match at 19th with a score of 7.2 as well! :O
Fantastic list. My favorite Eurovision TH-camr by far!
I'd say our lists are fairly similar. I very much enjoy the Belgian track but I think they're now in trouble given the waning attention on the song and somewhat disappointing response to the rehearsal footage. Croatia is my number one followed by Norway, and then it's between Belgium and Italy.
my top 5:
1. Italy
2. UK
3. Belgium
4. Portugal
5. Lithuania
❤from Poland
We have been waiting for your videos.Rehearsals now! ❤
Well,well....i did not expect that. I also have Belgium as my No.1 , Italy in 3rd place but im afraid the party never even got started with regards to The Netherlands...its my 32nd place!!!! Sorry. Im a ballad boy 100% so France occupies my No.2.
I fell in love with Belgium's entry immediately and i know it will remain an all time firm favourite of mine in years to come. love it. Ive been baffled by a lot of comments saying this may not Q but your thumbs up has chuffed me no end. So "thanks" and fungers crossed. An exciting week ahead ....Enjoy no matter what the end result may bring....its Eurovision and that means FUN.
This year we have a chance ... Mustii - Before the Party’s Over (Belgium)
It's in my top 10
I love how diverse your top 10 is! I've been waiting for this video.
My top 10
1 Norway
2 Netherlands
3 Croatia
4 Italy
5 Greece
6 Lithuania
7 Ireland
8 Serbia
9 Switzerland
10 Portugal
Belgium was my 7th originally but his live vocals at the pre parties haven’t been strong so I couldn’t place it higher than some others so now it’s my 12th place
Here we goooooo!!!
Great review! Always happy to see your honest reviews:)
1 Belgium
2 Switzerland
3 Italy
4 Nederlands
5 Greece
6 Ireland
7 Australia
8 Norway
9 Estonia (gotchu Igglybuff)
10 Armenia
But honestly I love my top 19 this year, it's really a phenomenal year in many ways.
Great video as always Rachel!
Only 3rd that Masterpiece!😭🇮🇹💔💀
But only basically because it had to be. It was still a perfect song to her!
I will vote for Italy❤️🇮🇹
Greetings from Norway🇳🇴
If I don’t count my own country (Norway) my number one is Italy❤️🇮🇹❤️
Hi Rachel, I always look for your top: an important moment! This year I am surprised by your 2nd place: Netherlands feels often predictable to me. Share the same opinione for Belgium and Greece, graeat songs!
my 5 favorites this year in no specific order:
- Netherlands
- Estonia
Thanks for your videos Rachel!
Rachel, do you get any Falco vibes from Europapa? Especially in the verses.
Hi Rachel,
immediately clicked on your video as soon as it came up in my feed. Lovely plushy, hope you had fun in Japan!
Looking forward to the video with your sister, although my taste in music doesn't match with yours or hers.
Thank you for rating Joost as high as you did. I do hope that you are right about Bambie thug qualifying, i NEED that song in the final.
Belgium , mine winner too. Love from sLOVEnia.
Always a classy person... I'm happy for your holiday... I adore Angelina for many reasons, not just musical, which remind me of the Maneskin for human as well as musical quality and in this stupid world their generation Z from joy. But, even if she doesn't win, she will have the success she deserves. She listens to some of her songs, if you haven't already... for the rest I don't have a precise ranking, I'll limit myself to the moment of the performances, to enjoy the show. Thank you for your videos and for your sensitivity and sympathy... and competence. CIAO🧡
my top5
Estonia
Belgium
Ireland
Norway
Ukraina
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Love your videos Rachel! I am happy that someone is giving Belgium the praise it deserves. The moment I listened to it for the first time I thought this is the winner. After Belgium great songs came out and I have the feeling that everyone forgot about Belgium. For me now is Netherland, Joost, my winner, but Belgium still top 5
1. Netherlands
2. Switzerland
3. Croatia
4. Italy
5. Belgium
I won't put my top 36, but my top 5 is:
1. Portugal
2. Slovenia
3. Australia
4. Poland (I am addicted to this, I have no idea what Luna did to me)
5. Spain (amazing message)
My winner is obviously Croatia.🐱🐈
to be honest, I still favour Italy for the win. many pleasant surprises from the stagings as well, particularly from the UK.
Welcome back xxx
omg we have the same winner!! Before the Party's Over is one of the two songs that make me emotional this year, Europapa being the other one.
1 Norway 🇳🇴
2 Portugal 🇵🇹
3 Ukraine 🇺🇦
4 Italy 🇮🇹
5 Switzerland 🇨🇭
6 Serbia 🇷🇸
7 Estonia 🇪🇪
8 Ireland 🇮🇪 ( own country, not biased just honest)
9 Netherlands 🇳🇱
10 Armenia 🇦🇲
11 Sweden 🇸🇪
12 France 🇫🇷
13 Greece 🇬🇷
14 Lithuania 🇱🇹
15 Croatia 🇭🇷
16 Denmark 🇩🇰
17 uk 🇬🇧
18 Georgia 🇬🇪
19 Austria 🇦🇹
20 Slovenia 🇸🇮
21 Belgium 🇧🇪
22 Spain 🇪🇸
23 Luxembourg 🇱🇺
24 Cyprus 🇨🇾
25 Finland 🇫🇮
26 Azerbaijan 🇦🇿
27 San Marino 🇸🇲
28 Malta 🇲🇹
29 Latvia 🇱🇻
30 Poland 🇵🇱
31 Germany 🇩🇪
32 Australia
33 israel
34 Czechia 🇨🇿
35 Moldova 🇲🇩
36 Albania 🇦🇱
37 Iceland 🇮🇸
Loved the reactions Rachel hope you have a great Eurovision week!
Everything is fine, but...Lithuania will be number 1
@@stasyszack5396it’s good just that tho for me
Belgium has grown off me a bit (was also my #1) but it’s so disrespected in the fandom. So happy it’s valued here. It’s very clear this fanbase feels vindictive against anything that’s not a “girl bop” and I’m sick of how sassy they think they feel when they wish that this song gets last place. Like why. Happened last year with Watergun too. There’s a difference between not liking a song and then actively “praying for its downfall”… way to yuck other people’s yum - lol.
Those people are chronically online and apart of the stanning culture, anyone who isn’t apart of that realises how silly and stupid they are. People get so invested and irrational just enjoy and support what you like. Whilst Belgium is without a doubt my number one song, i do think the end package could potentially end up mid despite being a winning song imo.
@@Madam-Padam Oh absolutely. The stench of joblessness and lack of personality can’t be mistaken. I hate how the fanbase for this contest has been getting increasingly catty and tied to stan culture as the years go by. Eurovision is not just for them, it’s for everyone. No wonder people who aren’t in on these things are turning away from the contest year by year. I know this sounds cringeworthy but stan culture has done wonders for weirdos who don’t dare go in real life and act the garbage way they act behind these pfps.
@@UsernameUsername0000 i absolutely loathe the Netherlands song this year doesn’t mean i’m gonna go on twitter be a little bitch about it, i just press skip on the eurovision playlist and move on. if it does well i would understand completely why even though i’m not ecstatic about it. These people fighting over this like they feel “threatened” by anything else that a lot of people seem to like, these artists doesn’t even know you lol. It’s the same people who tried to downgrade Loreen and just show there copium, it’s factually incorrect to claim the winner isn’t deserved.
@@Madam-Padam Hats off for you being on Twitter. Have no account on it and yet these people find their way to haunt me on TH-cam
I liked the song itself (still do), but the live performance really turned me off, and I think it deserved its result - I also don’t understand the fandom’s obsession with girlbops, either, the only one I liked this year was Georgia (and Italy and Greece if those count, but I personally wouldn’t count them)
Thank you for top 10 🇭🇷
My gosh France on 24th place 🤨😒 Whereas Ireland, Czechia (good song, but she is weak live) higher than a gifted man with an incredible voice.. That was unintelligible... I know that you consider everything, despite that Slimane has a really simple song, his incredible full of emotion voice is truly touching plenty of people.
I'm speechless too. 😅
It's not a singing competition,he might have a good voice,but the song sounds like a cliche of a random french song
@eddielil348 but isn't it supposed to be a song that represents a country? How can't it be a typical French song when it comes from France. I just think that people have a problem with French representatives because they are being French. When they will be doing something else, it will be bad too.. Why don't we just appreciate how incredible a singer Slimane is ? Instead of complaining, how Frenchy does it sound?
@eddielil348 and really Eurovision is not a singing competition? Did you see how crazy it sound? 🤯🤯
@@monika7811 I think the issue honestly is that this doesn't really represent France as it is now. I love Slimane as an artist, and he's a top guy too, but this song is just a letdown for me (also, I live in a French speaking environment and used to live in France). If you consider that Hera Bjork's song, for example, for UK people is considered dated, then the equivalent for France would be Mon Amour to some extent. Don't get me wrong, I still think it will do very well and people will love it, but I consider it more of a cliche of France than an actual representation of France today.
Eurovision is fascinating. Half of Europe see it as a 'joke'' contest, the other half think it is a serious musical competition. Belgium my favourite, the most amusing and absurd performance of the bunch.
Really thought your number one was gonna be the Netherlands after your initial reaction video haha. And I love Belgium too but the vocals have been kinda letting the song down for me.
I think Marina does interesting compositions as she initially studied Architecture and that has influenced her way of thinking......and as a software engineer I could also see her building software (patterns, GoF book and etc.) :)
Agree in general and specially about the winner. As it's more fun to discuss the differences of opinion:
Latvia - sorry but I think we have heard this before. He sings very well but so does the French;
Georgia - it's greatly performed but no matter the instrumentation, it's just a good pop song. Those lyrics mean very little;
Armenia - it's fun for half of the song, then it gets repetitive. With the added thing of only being 2:30 mins. Greece is miles better in its mix of genres and not getting too repetitive.
Ps: thanks for my country's14th place. I would take that now lol
Mustii was my number one as well. I'm devastated after the semi finals :(
My personal top 10 after the 2nd rehearsals.
1. Croatia
2. Belgium
3. Serbia
4. Italy
5. Slovenia
6. Ukraine
7. Ireland
8. France
9. Norway
10. Australia (my country)
How funny. As a Belgian I only know the guy who sings / performs our song is Musti, but I really don't know the song. But Holland ... Joost Klein is absolutely the winner of this songfestival. Everyone likes the song and searches for his performances online. Who has won officially this year? Does anyone remembers after 2 weeks?
nice makeup!! good luck Azerbaijan 🇦🇿🔥
Nice list, by the way! I'll say it's somewhat different from my list, I unbelievably put Malta in my top 10. Not usually my genre, but I find that one particularly fun to listen to. Other than that it's somewhat similar to mine. Though I definitely didn't try to judge by different categories! Very much just how I felt listening to them. Good video :)
1. Luxembourg
2. Switzerland
3. Italy
4. Portugal
5. Greece
6. Ukraine
7. France
8. Norway
9. Ireland
10. Serbia
My top 10, though my 9-10th spots do jump around a bit.
That's Igglybuff. The baby form of Jigglypuff.🙂
Belgium is my favourite too.😀
my current top 10 (tho this could change after we see more big 5 rehearsals)
1) Croatia
2) Italy
3) Ireland
4) Ukraine
5) Switzerland
6) Georgia
7) Armenia
8) Greece
9) Lithuania
10) Serbia
Everything is fine, but...Lithuania will be number 1
IRELAND FUCM YES UNFERRATRD
Thank you from Croatia! 🫶👋😻
I think Croatia will win this year. Closely followed by Switzerland. Your top 3 with its dark horses or outsiders was unexpected.
Zemrën n'dorë ❤🙁
Actually, thats Igglybuff, the baby form of Jigglypuff
My top 3
3rd Cyprus
2nd Belgium
1st Greece
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Everything is fine, but...Lithuania will be number 1
@@stasyszack5396I hope so, it happened that "Luktek" has taken on me, I like the refrain, I like the song, amazing!❤🤗 Greetings from a Greek 🇬🇷 in Belgium 🇧🇪
BRAVO Maria, from a Greek🇬🇷 in Belgium 🇧🇪 Let's hope for the best, if one of these 3 countries would not be the winner!🙏🇬🇷🇧🇪🇨🇾
@@caragianniangela8808 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you 👏
Could someone post Rachel's list?
Thanks from Georgia❤
Alas that is igglybuff ❤❤ but still amazing video
1. Norway
2. Ireland
3. Spain
4. Estonia
5. Armenia
LITHUANIA 1
@@stasyszack5396Lithuania: not my cup of tea, sry. What are your other favourites?
Everything is fine, but...Lithuania will be number 1
@@stasyszack5396 Ahh, that's cool , it's nice to see that I'm not alone with my weird selection of top 5 😊
My personal top is
1 - Italy
2 - Norway
3 - Belgium (if he performs well... the pre-parties were worrying)
4 - Slovenia
5 - Spain
6 - Switzerland
7 - Portugal
8 - Croatia
9 - Armenia
10 - Israel
I’m jealous of your trip to Japan, Rachel. My top 37 will appear here tomorrow, as it’s my bed time as I type this 😆
Teya Dora Top 5!❤
It's actually Igglybuff :) And I have the exact same plush.
Here's mine
1. Norway 10/10 (for me the best song this year BY FAR)
2. France 10/10
3. Belgium 9,5/10
4. Serbia 9,5/10
5. Portugal 9/10
6. Ukraine 9/10 (tho I guess it will grow, staging is about to be phenomenal)
7. Lithuania 9/10
8. Italy 8,5/10
9. Israel 8/10
10. Austria 8/10
11. Switzerland 8/10
Bottom 3 (if you wanna be a clown go to the circus, not to Eurovision)
35. Netherlands 2/10
36. Croatia 2/10
37. Finland 2/10
You are spitting facts
I can't agree more with your facts, Croatia, supposed to be a winner, is too aggressive to my ears, I would prefer Italy or Switzerland to win. I thank you to put Belgium in your top 5 as a serious contest member!! Greetings from a Greek 🇬🇷in Belgium🤗🇧🇪
From your point of view I can state that your music taste base on some balads, shout screaming from musician etc. But calling your bottom picks circus songs can state your issues to other music genre...pick your words more polite, this is a competition and everyone want to present their country and music genre best they know....cheers
Shame on you! Baby lasanga is not clown! Meow from Croatia! 😢
Anyone who has in their lyrics "meow cat please meow back" shouldn't be considered a winner, let's be fucking real. Every day I keep realise how much that song is actually bad. People keep compare it to Kaarija, and soon they gonna say "Kaarija lost last year so Lasagna gotta win this year", so here you go, I'm gonna compare it too.
That is not half as good as "Cha Cha Cha", weak production, exceptionally bad mixing, terrible lyrics (the "rim tim tagi dim" just for the sake of being catchy etc), the meowing community makes it even fucking worse, and let's not forget the lad CANNOT SING. The live DORA performance just picks it up out of the shit and dress this into fun to watch show with classic thing of having signature "dance"(?) move (that crouch with hand slams and kinda headbanging to the sides) and odd and still surprising for Eurovision rural elements like washing clothes or whatever was happening back there in DORA performance (casus of extremely pretentious Konstrakta e.g.).
Disappointing & disgraceful that this is the contender to win Eurovision but well, have it your way, Europe. The contest will be mocked of having shit & kitschy music even more.
I have no issues to other genres (quite the contrary), and if the "shout screaming" is a referrence to Norway, then let me tell you that you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.