I think it sends a strong message that all three ballads qualified, plus Ukraine, lots of people rooting for more intimate musical moments in the middle of so much high pace entries.
That's a big thing to take from last night. And also, 6 out of 7 from the first half means you can get there from the first half if you have a strong song.
oh yes...even Hera Bjork (definitely not my fav) was soo welcome after Baby Lasagna's aural assault - no dynamics - just full on blast 100% compressed sound...and Industrial Post Punk is my genre too. This mix of mood and genres in the selection worked great.
People, I can't be more happy for Raiven and Slovenia! Remember back in 2013, nobody from Ex-Yu qualified for the GF. Now all of them did it! (2nd time in the row) And one of them could win! I'm so thankful ❤ Also Portugal ❤
I wasn’t a big fan of Isaak beforehand, but seeing his performance in person changed my mind. And it felt like a lot of the audience got into it as well, singing along.
As an Australia even if we didn’t qualify and even that I wasn’t sure of it myself, I am proud of us sending someone for once who really shows our culture and is proud of it and that is what people come to ESC for 100%. It is also a genre that is genuinely very popular here and Electric Fields are very big as well and they will continue to be big after this and will probably blow up despite the result. I hope we keep sending entries like this as this is high quality and ethnic. We were just a victim of poor running order, the mixing of the backing vocals sounding really off (nothing to do with the lead vocals which were great) and the strong semi in general, which is the reason for Azerbaijan as well because both songs are so unique. Electric Fields themselves actually share this opinion which just shows how good sports they are because they’d obviously be bummed but not enough to be angry or sad which is great amd they even seemed more chill about NQing so maybe they were nervous which may have impacted their result based on the performance. I really hope that we keep sending bold, ethnic and genuine entries like this because I really like this system as an Australian, I would also be sad if this ended our history in ESC but we will likely improve next year so I am relatively optimistic about our chances of returning as our participation for next year is still up in the air.
i really was in awe for that beautiful light and colour stage concept that integrated the audience as particles into the whole image, an astonishing picture drawn! it was so upbeat as well and i also hope you keep sending us entries like that too enjoy!!! i think unfortunately it really seemed to show here on them that the general audience had no chance ahead to see them perform live, so for most including me it was really the very first impression, other than the recogniction working as a factor for the voting choice. Also admittably to me the voice sounded off key more than once, and i guess the competition was too tight this semi for bigger outtakes >< But yes absolutely, i saw an interview clip from this morning and they took it with so much grace and good sportsmanship, and dropped these 👑👑
I think the problem ultimately was due to the video clip of the song and not being as engaging as the others were. Others had live performances, and/or video clips that elevated their songs further. Electric Fields had a very boring version of theirs and could have taken a bit of extra time to release a more engaging version that showcased heritage and culture.
Im proud, i dont care who wins, millions of Croats watched him last night, just for that he is a winner, the fact that after soooo many years we are actually happy and proud of our entry is just ❤❤❤. And the fact he almost didnt made it to Dora 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️. Go Marko, our hearts are full. And that wink and smile at the end of performance ❤️😼😉.
Thank you for your kindness and support with the Portuguese entry. 4 years qualification streak, we are over the moon. I mean we didn't qualify 4 years to the finals in the last decade!
A lot has changed in the choreography for Portugal. It just seems to be the same… For example, when the guitar starts, she moves forward with the dancers following. In the second part of the song, when we have the more interpretative dance, iolanda moves her hands like she is commanding the dancers, actually starting to defeat her demons. She moves a lot more during the song. Also, the five dancers (amazing by the way) have changed many small things throughout the performance. So, kudos to the choreographer (and dancer) who has done an excellent job!! 🇵🇹🎤❤️
I have been a fan of Raiven since 2016. Watching her falling in the odds broke my heart but I still kept the faith she will make it. You have no idea how I screamed when they called out Slovenia. I will definitely vote for her in the GF.
@@TheManInBlueFlames I was showing my cousin the first semifinal videos 2 weeks ago and she pointed out "everyone is possessed, depressed, dark clothing". Obviously that's an exaggeration but I understood it as most fans are used to these kind of things, I remember the Belarus wolf 🐺 guy, forgot his name. I liked the song, but I can see some family members criticizing that nudity, the gayness, the devil representation and all these things I usually don't pay too much attention because I'm used to the contestants by watching multiple interviews and I know they are nice people, and that's just a song/act. Uff I rambled too much I guess what I'm trying to say, I understand your mom sentiment 190%, even if I loved Raiven's act. But I have had good experience with some other family members when they watch the show with me. But there's usually one or 2 comments criticizing my favorites 😔
I always believed in her from the start. That woman can perform live better than anyone. Some of the strongest stage presence out there, alongside stellar vocals and a fascinating song, maybe not an instant crowd pleaser but god, so so so so so good.
2016, gosh. You really are a true fan! I’ve only recently heard of her, that’s why I love Eurovision as it gives you the opportunity to find new artists. This song is phenomenal, maybe I’ll have to check out some of her older stuff as well then 👍
Isaak slayed, and this is a SONG contest, not a staging contest. I've been annoyed by the excessive emphasis that is constantly put on the staging, we should enjoy the song and the artist just by listening, which we will all do after next Saturday. I hope Germany does really well in this edition.
But the 'song' is inseparable from the performance, and the staging supports the performance. If it's just the song and nothing else, we should just read them on paper and vote for the best lyric in round one, or have pro random singers pipe them out in round two while we mark them in an academic fashion and the whole contest dies because how boring and uninteresting THAT would be. Same for vocals. It's the whole package that counts, each thing supports the other, vocals support lyrics, lyrics lend to melody, staging lends to theme, theme is supported by lyrics and vocals, and on and on .... and beyond that, it is ALL subjective, as it is in how we personally emotionally connect to each song and performer. There is no agreed upon metric for songwriting and never will be to judge this. Even juries disagree with each other on what is good and why is is good and measure by different values. The public bote is the instinctive vote and probably more reflective.
I couldn’t agree more with you, the songs i like from the contest are the ones i listen to throughout the year (and the years that follow) so i am longing for good songs even if they are not performed in the best possible way on the stage. Germany’s got a decent song by a singer with such a full voice, even if it doesn’t do well it definitely doesn’t deserve last place (with all due respect i am still trying to get over Finland’s entry). Most notable unfair result of Germany for me is ‘Ghost’.
@@littleblackpistol lmao, ik, right? also its a SONG contest, not a singing contest. so the entered songs should all be sung by the same singer with the same orchestra for full comparability.
Germany was amazing. Really emotional. I love the progression of it from sitting by a fire, to the engulfing flames, then by the end it's like he's standing in the burnt down frame of a house after everything burnt out around him.
Ireland & Ukraine were epic performances, I don't think Croatias performance tells the story of the song as clearly as Ireland & Ukraine, Croatia is good but not as good as Music Video where Baby Lasagna emigrates to Northern Europe from the Pier that story wasn't told or clear from the Chaotic blinding lights and Neon pink OTT
agree but all 3 are different genres. Vocally Ireland and Ukraine are excellent - Croatia is average vocals in comparison but it´s an athem like Cha Cha Cha so does it matter?
Slovenia and Portugal great voices, really glad they made it to Final. Croatia great. Lithuanian Silvester Belt had good staging. I am sad Australia and Azerbaijan didnt make it to Final. Olly Alexander had a very impressive staging. I liked intro from Eleni Fouirera , Eric Saade and Chanel. Didnt like Benjamin Ingrosso break and liked Johnny Logans interpretion of Euphoria. They were maybe less jokes from presenters this year.
I'm annoyed that Eric Saade's video isn't being shared by Eurovision - I hope lots of people complain! Honestly I think its because they don't want to make their sponsor Moroccan Oil mad.
I'm still baffled as to why Portugal has been so low in the odds. It's one of my favourite songs this year. Great song, great vocals, great performance... like, I don't know what part of it people don't like
I can answer this. Because it's not that sing along song that much, the visual are monotone and compared to the ballads of Serbia, France and Slovenia don't have that catchy chorus to hook the audience. She is amazing but she doesn't have that connection with the audience. Also the song is about her, general audience wants something to latch on, have fun or sing along or to be something that they can have the same feelings about. Not everyone thinks about your inner demons when listening to this song
@@belli4933I bet that if the song was in english, talking about the same topic and maintaining the performance, although with different instrumentals, Grito would be like top 5/6 in the odds... the thing people don't understand are the lyrics, but even then I've seen people's reaction here on youtube and most of them understood the song without looking at the lyrics.
@@luiscosta3520 I've seen that already, but it doesn't really work. Like I said, it could talk about the same things, but the lyrics and the instrumental would have to be very different for the song to work in English
I’m an Aussie, just so you know I’m speaking about my own country. I thought Electric Fields started out really strongly, but somewhere about the time that the backing performers came on stage it all went wrong. It seems like at that time it went from feeling like a professional gig to a backyard jam session. I’m all for performers expressing themselves but the backing performers were all dressed very differently and seemed to wander about the stage. And then Zaachariah started to get a bit shouty and then shrieky. I’m still proud of them. Nerves and adrenaline must be crazy on that stage.
So sad though, such a beautiful song. I think it was the backup performers- comparing with other countries' backup singers/dancers we looked a bit messy :')
Thank you, I love your reviews of Eurovision. As an Australian I am very proud of electric fields. Also feel very privileged and grateful that we are allowed to participate in such an iconic song contest. Thank you.
Baby Lasagna, simply the best!! Marko❤️❤️❤️❤️✌️✌️✌️✌️🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷✌️✌️✌️✌️❤️❤️❤️❤️😻😻😻😻🔥🔥🔥🔥✌️✌️✌️✌️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Thank you for your comment and greetings from Croatia!! ❤️❤️✌️✌️🇭🇷🇭🇷✌️✌️😻😻🎶🎶❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥
It was Croatia, Ukraine and then everybody else. But super happy to see that the songs that failed vocally to be left out (nudge to the UK). Things that stood out for me. How great of a voice Cyprus and Finland had! I was not expecting that at all 🙌
The crowd response to Croatia was monumental! My SOLE criticism is how the camera cut to the bloody dancer on the line 'Meow cat, please meow back" which is his ICONIC MOMENT that needs the camera straight on him! Argh! Hope they fix that nonsense by Saturday.
I know everyone hates Finland but my family most certainly doesn’t hahaha they laughed the entire performance. thats why i think that they‘ll get many votes, because non euro fans just find it funny i suppose hahaha
We love Finland and voted for them. People aren’t appreciating how clever the staging was to keep covering his ‘nudity’. It took some skill to coordinate it I think and for everything to run smoothly. Absolutely no issues with the vocals. So happy they’re in the Final. I think you’re correct that casual viewers who like crazy stuff will like it. But being up against Netherlands could harm their votes.
I love your detailed comments! Ireland was indeed epic, it is not my favorite song but what a performance, the staging was amazing she soo deserved to go through! Croatia, Serbia, and Portugal where also very strong. A great 1st semifinal
I was very pleased for you when Portugal qualified! I had some doubts about whether the televote would give it points but I am very pleased it is in the grand final
The Bambie Thug staging shows that the stage doesn’t have to look “too big”. They barely moved out of an 8 foot circle and yet it never had the issue of sparseness that plagued some of the others.
Yes, they really knew what to do with that stage, didn't they? I remember Francesco Gabbani was so fabulous and did so well at SanRemo - we were really rooting for him to win, and then the ESC stage just swallowed him up. Bambie is brilliant - I love that they are going up in the odds. I think they may have peaked looking at who is above them now, but they should be quite proud of their accomplishments!
Thank you for supporting Portugal. I'm so happy people appreciated our music and voted. 🙏🏻 I'm also worried if they place Portugal in the beginning, last year they put us in the second in order😬
Tbh, I didn't like Luxembourg's stage effects with the animals. Even if it wasn't the case, they looked cheap and unnecessary. Having said that, the performance in general was really good, so I'm absolutely happy they qualified. Still a bit sad about Australia. I get the vocals weren't perfect but I loved the song, it's vibes and overall mood and I love Electric Fields... I'd preferred them to qualify over Cyprus.
I know, without the animals would've been fine. If Portugal shows better than all the others is that sometimes less is more. (And this is from someone who's rooting for San Marino!) So happy for Portugal, and Luxembourg too.
It was a great show! All artists were very good! Bambie Thug's performance was incredible! The winner of the night, I think. Astonishing! I also believe that a top-10 position is in sight! 🤞 So glad that Serbia... and Portugal... and Slovenia made it to the finale!
Germany cannot possibly come last with that performance (I'm predicting that honor will go to the UK this time). He will get some jury votes for sure. I don't understand why that song is so underrated... I just wish there wasn't so much fire everywhere... it looks like an out of control wildfire, I don't get it.
I think Isaak had a great song right... But yeah the fire was a put off. However not a song for last position... If he ends yp being last,it ll be ONLY thanks to some bias
I saw a clip someone shared from the audience sitting on the side and I actually liked the fire more... Only watching it from the side I got how the fire is "dancing" with the chorus
I thought about you when Portugal was called and also happy because she had to be rewarded for her incredible voice. So goes for Slovenia, what a performance. All the stories of 'death spot' and so in the dustbin because Serbia made it, actually the 5 first songs so take that the odds hahaha. My WOW moment goes to Ukraine that was magical on all levels. But above all an amazing show, thank you Sweden ❤💥💯👋👌
Every Songs was good but I think Serbia is a real song for this time and this competitions..we need in this moment much more emotions because situation everywhere is not so good.. enough anymore with songs like party party etc...life is not only party...much more then that
3:10 In fact, Luxembourg had France Gall from 1965 :). I also liked the concept of postcards, maybe because I'm totally into Eurovision history :). Some people have said this idea being "lazy" but I don't agree with that. It was lovely and fun and I actually prefer the postcards to be rather simple, not overdone. It's just a short moment between the performances and there's no need to create a whole big story there that you have to focus on separately. In 2014 I really loved the postcards with the flags though but it was just such a brilliant idea that worked so well. Actually, it's interesting to predict now, which songs have been chosen for the postcards of these countries who haven't performed yet :).
Thank you, I was waiting for your commentary. I agree with you comments on Germany’s staging. I would have preferred a staging that focuses on him. He also needs to connect with the camera more - he is getting better at this - but it still feels that he is alone on stage singing to himself. He has a fantastic voice and stage presence, and he is also so likeable. I am also starting to be hopeful that we will escape the last position; anything outside the bottom five would already be a huge success :).
This was the best staging I have ever seen. My jaw was on the floor every single second I was in utter shock in the best way possible. Going in I did not intend to give them any of my votes but they alone got over half of mine.
It’s kinda sad that Australia and Azerbaijan sent their most unique songs ever but didn’t make it. I really hope they don’t get the wrong conclusion from this
❤❤❤Baby Lasagna is the only one of them (ESC) all who is the author and performer of his own song. He is the most charismatic performer. He has the original text. Looking at the other songs, his is the most recognizable. His energy is contagious. The audience sang and danced with him from start to finish. With the song Rim tim tagi dim performs for the first time as a performer. It's his first performance! In the end, he wrote the lyrics for the album of the band Mono Inc., "Ravenblack", which reached the first place in the official German listenership chart, and BL received an award for this achievement.
I’m a believer that we always get what we give, and you give us great content, well elaborated and documented opinions, humour and passion without drama, and all with great respect for the music, the participants, the musicians, the contest and we, the fans. Your channel is the only I see all videos
Ukraine's staging and performance were very powerful and amazing, however, it makes me a bit sad, that Jerry's amazing vocals do not stand out as much as they did in the Ukraine national finals.
In the end, I am happy that I'll be listening to most of the songs after the contest ends, but for the song and dance contest that Eurovision really is (let's call it what it is), I am happy that all the qualifiers made it, especially Ukraine and Portugal. Also, the fact that the song styles range from Croatia's to Serbia's or Ireland's to Ukraine's is a good sign. I would've liked AZE, POL, AUS or MOL to qualify too, but thats ok, I'm still going to enjoy their songs after this.
With Ukraine it was a third super talented artist on stage. Tanu Muinõ. She is Ukrainian music video detector working with top celebrities of the world. Look her up. All best music videos you love she actually created. So no surprise here that Ukrainian Eurovision performance makes you want to watch it more and more ❤❤❤
re: Poland - LUNA “The Tower”: If you've seen the preview video, you'll notice it includes a chess game. The person on the horse is representing the knight (a chess piece), and the towers on stage represent rooks (aka castles) - another chess piece. The chess game in the preview video also explains the chess board effect on the stage floor.
I'm actually a bit upset Finland went through... it seems like a troll song and voters trolling, I don't think it's a win... but what amazes me about this show is Finland was my fave last year and now it's my least liked song, so props to Eurovision for this haha
I couldn't be happier for Bambie and Ireland!😍🖤🇮🇪 Of course I was voting for them like crazy because to me this was the best Eurovision performance ever, but now we need to crown the witch in the final!!!🇮🇪🧙♀️👑🌙🖤
I love Eurovision since the 70's when I would place my old cassette player in front of the tv and record all of the songs..happily dancing and singing along and learning songs in languages I had no clue about😂 These days, I hate the very notion of countries having to compete against one another just to qualify to perform in a final. It's difficult to watch the disappointment on their faces after the long journey from being chosen to compete in their own nation to the joy of being successful and then to be cast aside just ahead of the finishing line. I'm glad that we, Ireland, have qualified this year, as it does make the night more exciting, but still hate the process it takes to get there. Best of luck everyone for Saturday.
About the long interval act by Benjamin Ingrosso. I was told he is very big in Sweden right now. And seccondly I read an articel today that a lot of swedish artist has refused to particapate in Eurovision due to a sertan countries partisapation. Giving svt quite a headache finding canditates to the interval act. Which also might be why we see a lot of former esc artist in the shows this year.
It took a witch to break Ireland's curse. So happy to have Ireland back in the grand final. Also great to see the 3 female led ballads from Serbia, Slovenia and Portugal go through. That is a good sign that quality ballads can still make it in a televote only semi. Not a fan of Finland, but their reaction when they were called was just so sweet so good for them. Really sad Australia didn't make it but I get it.
Croat here, voted for Lithuania. I was maybe to tired while watching so i didn't love any performance. But i also didn't hate any performance. Finland is my least liked though.
Such a bummer that Australia didn’t make it. I love the song, and I think it was sung beautifully; however, the staging was a disaster. The song had so many possibilities for a great staging and they blew it. Everyone seemed to be lost in the vastness of the stage and, when they were done performing, I had a sinking feeling that it was not going through. Such a pity! This proves that, wether we like it or not, staging a song well these days is an absolute must. Lesson learned?
Honestly, I didn't notice Olly's mic pack had fallen out during the performance. Very well done, although that's why he missed the cue for the bridge, I think. But an impressive performance, it'll be even better in the final
I am happy with the selection. I would have taken Azerbaijan instead of Cyprus maybe, but not really... No actually it's perfect like this. And Silvestras 🇱🇹 is through, which was the main thing for me.
Surprised that you didn't get that Luna's staging was all about chess. I rely on all your commentaries to point out things I don't get. and learn from them. so I giggled that I got something you didn't. 😊
This isn't really a criticism so DON'T COME FOR ME, but isn't Croatias "woah" on the track? I'm not doubting that the audience is ALSO singing back, but to me it sounds very much like it's on the track. You can hear in the performance for example 1:15 to 1:30 how the "woahs" sound very perfect, and then they put up the volume of the audience and the real audience noise is messy as it always is (for example someone screaming in a very high pitch). All my favourites got through, I'm exceptionally happy. :)
Woooaaah is on the track, but the audience was also singing along so loud that it was clearly heard on TV and even overlaped the track . My friend was there in the arena and said that it was spectacular the way that audience reacted and sung. He goes to ESC for years on semis and finals but he said that he never experienced something like this before. He felt like he was on the rock concert and everyone was singing their hearts out.
For two years in a row, the televote only semis have surprisingly gotten it right. Of course I would have substituted australia for Finland, but that was unrealistic. Shocked but so so happy that serbia and slovenia qualified. A great show with a great result.
Uplašila sam se gledajući Irsku predstavnicu, preskočila sam taj dio na drugi program na televiziji zbog svog djeteta od 5 godina jer je ona čekala baby lasagnu 😮
I was over the moon when the 1st 3 qualifiers were announced Serbia, Slovenia and Portugal. I would gladly swap Finland for Australia For me it was 9/10 of my fave
Thank you for being so respectful to each country participating. Weather people agree or disagree, maybe like or dislike a particular countries song, singer(s) staging there are much better ways of saying it, otherwise it makes a mockery by saying we are United By Music. Best Wishes.
@@muffimonkey5065 People can agree to disagree and have their opinions as it's a big wide world out there, but some of the negative, vile and plain nasty comments left on other channels I have seen has been awful. So it's refreshing to have a channel such as this.
I believe it is time to tone down the graphics and those massive panels up-down-right-left-front-back. They are becoming overwhelming, and I was getting annoyed with the constantly popping-up images and landscapes. It is becoming too distracting and chaotic. For fs we even had tigers popping onto our screens, making it feel more like a video game. Also, the huge stage swallowed up many performances. Not to mention the overuse of fires and winds... Perhaps taking a step back would be more helpful, allowing singers to showcase their talent. It would also remove the excessive "wow" factor from many mediocre songs. While I understand it is a television song contest, we seem to give more emphasis on the spectacle over the essence, the songs and the artists.
Creative lighting and choreographies should be sufficient. But above all, a beautiful song is most important.
Agree 100%. I've never liked the tendency of focusing more and more on the visuals and over the top stage show in Eurovision. It's gone too far honestly. I think the televote-only SFs have an impact here as well. But this tendency will work against itself eventually, so I think we'll see the next Salvador Sobral-moment quite soon.
@@silencestation557 I hope so. Unfortunately, I think SF2 will be even worse. So we can hope for 2025 onwards to see a shift. But at least we have examples like France this year where the focus is on the artist, the song and the voice. So I am expecting my eyes (and ears) to rejoice for 3 minutes.
Croatia 🇭🇷 is the one to beat this year and I am so here for it. I didn’t expect for the female ballads to qualify. Slovenia 🇸🇮 Portugal 🇵🇹 Ukraine 🇺🇦 and Serbia 🇷🇸 made me proud. 🥹❤️ Luxemburg 🇱🇺 had a clean act and deserved. Ireland 🇮🇪 creppy song but impressively executed and I think this is a top 10 material. Lithuania 🇱🇹 is expected. Amazing performance. Moldova 🇲🇩 did not disappoint. It was perfect, however the recap was wrongly selected. Iceland 🇮🇸 we knew this won’t qualify. Azerbaidjan 🇦🇿 was great but got lost. Poland 🇵🇱 , messy and too over the top. Australia 🇦🇺 vocals were not there. UK- bottom 5 again. The performance is too much but leaving that … the voice is not there. Too much backing vocals recorded. Sweden 🇸🇪- top 10 again. Amazing stage, although is a generic song. Germany 🇩🇪- this is a dark horse. I believe Germany will be between 15-21 places. The stage looks amazing, too much maybe cause he has a great voice, but juries will dig this. It’s rag’bone man type of voice/song. If I have something to critique is the staging. Too much fire in the beginning and at the end nothing, when it should be the other way around cause it creates a wow factor. Perhaps top 3 vocals of the night ❤️
Germany was really good. Isaak is such an amazing singer. I was very impressed by him and his voice. If Germany comes last now then Europe is just bullying them. This does not deserve last place. I think juries will give him a lot of points
Of all qualifiers yesterday (ok apart from the obvious Ukraine and Croatia), Iolanda from Portugal is the one imposed herself aa a natural suoer professional singer with a clear excellent voice and an interesting not-over-the-top staging. That was brilliant. One of my disappointments would be Lithuania. I have always loved Luktelk. But on that huge stage, with him standing still in the middle, everything seemed static and empty, and it is really due to the heavy use of lights that they create a mood. But the performance in itself (for a song which is not difficult to sing) was really bland. And Ireland was mind blowing, the staging deserves an award in itself. Bambie is a very good singer (her piano version of her song was excellent) and they move with elegance.
This is the production's fault because of the camera placements, zoom-outs, and wide camera cuts. They were simply too wide, too zoomed out. You can't have a good impression of the performance if you can't see it. For some reason, they shot practically everything but Ireland, Portugal, and Ukraine too zoomed out. Some songs can take these wide shots, some can't, but even the ones who can take it, like Luktelek, don't look good filmed from that kind of distance
@@belosevickris3379 But each team of every country chose how camera shots must look at the tv version They bring the idea what they want to see and then work with Eurovision team together It’s fault of countries that they can’t do a great camera shots and not the Eurovision crew
@@Angelina-nh3bq That's what I thought but apparently no. For example, Teya Dora asked the production to film her in close-ups because of the nature of the song and they didn't agree. She had to compromise and agree to a few more close-ups, but they wanted lots of camera angles where one could see the whole arena. Probably because they planned for people in the audience to have glowing purple lights to light during the song. While this is nice, it didn't help the overall impression because there were just too many shots of the audience, while Teya disappeared in the distance. And the transition from these wide shots back to her face and back to the ceiling of the arena looked really awkward for me
@@belosevickris3379 but it’s not working like that That’s just mean that her team can’t communicate in right way I’m sorry if it sounds rude but it’s just true
@@Angelina-nh3bq This is what Teya said in her interviews. Then William from Wiwiblogs also confirmed that wide cuts were not Teya's idea but production's. And Konstrakta said the same in her interview (she came there for the Balkan party and was with Teya for a few days). She said Teya had to accept "amendments" in her dealing with production
The stage is a cross shape so there is less usable space than you might think. The performers can only go East and West or North and South. The stage is slso set quite forward in the arena. The UK and Sweden set up their staging in either a box or a tunnel meaning that at least a third of the audience in the arena, including me, couldn't see what was going on most of the time in those songs. I think that was why the reaction was a bit more muted.
I'm so happy for arty Raiven and although I'm sad for the non-qualifiers, I think the televote picked the right songs to go through. It's really sweet that all the national languages went through. Of the NQ the one that saddens me most is Azerbaidjan but you're right the staging wasn't right, the Australian song, I didn't get "love vibes" from the singer who seemed nervous, Hera was sweet, Natalia was trying a mystical stage and it worked but the song is a bit unusual, Luna is a singer I love but her vocals weren't so good. The one that surprised me most among the qualifies was Tali with a sweet emotional face, she really conveyed the spirit of the song. Finland, if I ignore the antics of Windows, I quite liked Henri's performance. Isaak's was perfect and emotional, I felt that song meant a lot to him. Silia Kapsis was thankfully not trying to be too sexy so she gave me early girl singer vibe. Ukraine was epic and magical. Baby Lasagna was totally the show and glad he kept his animals in the graphics but he looks really unique and handsome. Bambie took my breath away with their artiness and for me the song works - respect. my least favourite performance was UK, the staging was too much, the song ok and the vocals not so perfect. The song by Sweden was performed perfectly and these twins are likeable. Teya Dora lookedechanting and Iolanda both strong and vulnerable. Last but not least; if I did love the national final performance by Silvester, I like it even more now because he looked so relaxed, smiling and yet like the coolest guy in the room. So yeah it was a fantastic show, the Swedish production team did a most amazing job. The two presenters were lovely too. Oh yes and Benjamin Ingrosso is proof that you don't have to win eurovision to become a star. Whatever the result of the contest, I discovered so many new songs this year!
I’d have loved to see the skill applied to Bambie Thug’s staging applied to Raiven’s amazing song which I’ve had on repeat in my playlist for weeks now. It needed to come off heavier, darker, more intimate.
fab review! slick production from SVT however i do agree the stage is HUGE!! love the cubes but some performances looked very empty, felt that w the rehearsal clips but less so with full performances. didn't like the postcards, felt low budget to me, doesn't help that i just rewatched tel aviv 2019 and they looked a lot better to me (liked the slow mo bit at the end tho) the serbia, portugal, slovenia qualification run was incredible i didn't think we'd get all three!! feel sad for luna but the performance was very weak even tho it's a nice song. i think australia needs to bring back dani im to get back on top!!! personal winners of the night for me were ireland, uk and portugal.
Im so proud that Slovenia, Portugal and Serbia qualified
To all Serbians, Slovenians and Portuguese people, we did it 🇵🇹🇸🇮🇷🇸
I barely dared to dream of this reality.
Absolutely the 3 I was routing for ❤️
Yes! 🥳I couldn't believe we got all of my favorite girls. I was sure I was going to lose one, but noooo
People were saying all three slow songs wouldn't make it. Take that haters. ❤🇷🇸❤️🇸🇮
From Portugal❤🇵🇹
Yessss! ❤ ❤ ❤
The way I screamed when they called Slovenia you would have thought Bambie was in front of me raising my granny from the dead.
Hahahahahahaha love this!!
LMAO
Best comment I have ever seen in my life not even lying
Nice comment
😂😂
I think it sends a strong message that all three ballads qualified, plus Ukraine, lots of people rooting for more intimate musical moments in the middle of so much high pace entries.
That's a big thing to take from last night. And also, 6 out of 7 from the first half means you can get there from the first half if you have a strong song.
oh yes...even Hera Bjork (definitely not my fav) was soo welcome after Baby Lasagna's aural assault - no dynamics - just full on blast 100% compressed sound...and Industrial Post Punk is my genre too. This mix of mood and genres in the selection worked great.
So happy for Portugal, Serbia and Slovenia ❤
Makes us two
"Then we have Iolanda and Grito, and I emited a grito when this qualified". Here, take my like.
So did I give out a Grito!
People, I can't be more happy for Raiven and Slovenia!
Remember back in 2013, nobody from Ex-Yu qualified for the GF.
Now all of them did it! (2nd time in the row) And one of them could win! I'm so thankful ❤
Also Portugal ❤
A the ex Yugoslavia oook...
and the three songs are all very different from each other.
and they are all very good quality
And they are all so strong in what they bring individually. Raiven and Baby Lasagna are my favourites this year.
I wasn’t a big fan of Isaak beforehand, but seeing his performance in person changed my mind. And it felt like a lot of the audience got into it as well, singing along.
I'm hoping he does well. Does not deserve last place!
As an Australia even if we didn’t qualify and even that I wasn’t sure of it myself, I am proud of us sending someone for once who really shows our culture and is proud of it and that is what people come to ESC for 100%. It is also a genre that is genuinely very popular here and Electric Fields are very big as well and they will continue to be big after this and will probably blow up despite the result. I hope we keep sending entries like this as this is high quality and ethnic. We were just a victim of poor running order, the mixing of the backing vocals sounding really off (nothing to do with the lead vocals which were great) and the strong semi in general, which is the reason for Azerbaijan as well because both songs are so unique. Electric Fields themselves actually share this opinion which just shows how good sports they are because they’d obviously be bummed but not enough to be angry or sad which is great amd they even seemed more chill about NQing so maybe they were nervous which may have impacted their result based on the performance. I really hope that we keep sending bold, ethnic and genuine entries like this because I really like this system as an Australian, I would also be sad if this ended our history in ESC but we will likely improve next year so I am relatively optimistic about our chances of returning as our participation for next year is still up in the air.
I like your song and sorry you didn't enter
You are so gracious! I was SO rooting for Australia and am SO sad they didn't make it through with their beautiful uplifting song!
i really was in awe for that beautiful light and colour stage concept that integrated the audience as particles into the whole image, an astonishing picture drawn! it was so upbeat as well and i also hope you keep sending us entries like that too enjoy!!!
i think unfortunately it really seemed to show here on them that the general audience had no chance ahead to see them perform live, so for most including me it was really the very first impression, other than the recogniction working as a factor for the voting choice. Also admittably to me the voice sounded off key more than once, and i guess the competition was too tight this semi for bigger outtakes ><
But yes absolutely, i saw an interview clip from this morning and they took it with so much grace and good sportsmanship, and dropped these 👑👑
I think the problem ultimately was due to the video clip of the song and not being as engaging as the others were. Others had live performances, and/or video clips that elevated their songs further. Electric Fields had a very boring version of theirs and could have taken a bit of extra time to release a more engaging version that showcased heritage and culture.
Im proud, i dont care who wins, millions of Croats watched him last night, just for that he is a winner, the fact that after soooo many years we are actually happy and proud of our entry is just ❤❤❤. And the fact he almost didnt made it to Dora 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️. Go Marko, our hearts are full. And that wink and smile at the end of performance ❤️😼😉.
Europe desperate to make you winners because you entered the EU 😂😂 whatever.
@@YaelBewford that comment doesnt make any sense, bye, or meow
11 years ago..so, whats your point?
Šta sve ljudi neće naći za "razlog", Bože te sačuvaj 🙄
@@ANA-il6js85 Yeaah yeah it doesn't 😂 Whatever makes you happy
@@ivanailic5290 trolla ispod svakog komentara o nama, bolje stavit na ignore
Thank you for your kindness and support with the Portuguese entry. 4 years qualification streak, we are over the moon. I mean we didn't qualify 4 years to the finals in the last decade!
A lot has changed in the choreography for Portugal. It just seems to be the same…
For example, when the guitar starts, she moves forward with the dancers following. In the second part of the song, when we have the more interpretative dance, iolanda moves her hands like she is commanding the dancers, actually starting to defeat her demons. She moves a lot more during the song. Also, the five dancers (amazing by the way) have changed many small things throughout the performance. So, kudos to the choreographer (and dancer) who has done an excellent job!! 🇵🇹🎤❤️
I have been a fan of Raiven since 2016. Watching her falling in the odds broke my heart but I still kept the faith she will make it. You have no idea how I screamed when they called out Slovenia. I will definitely vote for her in the GF.
Was watching with my mother and she HATED Veronika because of the amount of nudity, especially the scantily clad outfit Raiven was wearing.
Zato, ker tile "poznavalci" se samo na stavnice upirajo in evo dokaz da se jih da premagat te stavnice. Zelo ponosni na naso Raiven.
@@TheManInBlueFlames I was showing my cousin the first semifinal videos 2 weeks ago and she pointed out "everyone is possessed, depressed, dark clothing".
Obviously that's an exaggeration but I understood it as most fans are used to these kind of things, I remember the Belarus wolf 🐺 guy, forgot his name. I liked the song, but I can see some family members criticizing that nudity, the gayness, the devil representation and all these things I usually don't pay too much attention because I'm used to the contestants by watching multiple interviews and I know they are nice people, and that's just a song/act.
Uff I rambled too much
I guess what I'm trying to say, I understand your mom sentiment 190%, even if I loved Raiven's act.
But I have had good experience with some other family members when they watch the show with me.
But there's usually one or 2 comments criticizing my favorites 😔
I always believed in her from the start. That woman can perform live better than anyone. Some of the strongest stage presence out there, alongside stellar vocals and a fascinating song, maybe not an instant crowd pleaser but god, so so so so so good.
2016, gosh. You really are a true fan! I’ve only recently heard of her, that’s why I love Eurovision as it gives you the opportunity to find new artists. This song is phenomenal, maybe I’ll have to check out some of her older stuff as well then 👍
Isaak slayed, and this is a SONG contest, not a staging contest. I've been annoyed by the excessive emphasis that is constantly put on the staging, we should enjoy the song and the artist just by listening, which we will all do after next Saturday. I hope Germany does really well in this edition.
@@Delboymuckei zato je Issak bio odličan. Sve je bilo super.
I agree. The title should change to Talent Contest or Music and Dance contest then. Just say it as it is, this is more than a song contest.
But the 'song' is inseparable from the performance, and the staging supports the performance. If it's just the song and nothing else, we should just read them on paper and vote for the best lyric in round one, or have pro random singers pipe them out in round two while we mark them in an academic fashion and the whole contest dies because how boring and uninteresting THAT would be. Same for vocals. It's the whole package that counts, each thing supports the other, vocals support lyrics, lyrics lend to melody, staging lends to theme, theme is supported by lyrics and vocals, and on and on .... and beyond that, it is ALL subjective, as it is in how we personally emotionally connect to each song and performer. There is no agreed upon metric for songwriting and never will be to judge this. Even juries disagree with each other on what is good and why is is good and measure by different values. The public bote is the instinctive vote and probably more reflective.
I couldn’t agree more with you, the songs i like from the contest are the ones i listen to throughout the year (and the years that follow) so i am longing for good songs even if they are not performed in the best possible way on the stage. Germany’s got a decent song by a singer with such a full voice, even if it doesn’t do well it definitely doesn’t deserve last place (with all due respect i am still trying to get over Finland’s entry). Most notable unfair result of Germany for me is ‘Ghost’.
@@littleblackpistol lmao, ik, right? also its a SONG contest, not a singing contest. so the entered songs should all be sung by the same singer with the same orchestra for full comparability.
Germany was amazing. Really emotional. I love the progression of it from sitting by a fire, to the engulfing flames, then by the end it's like he's standing in the burnt down frame of a house after everything burnt out around him.
Ireland & Ukraine were epic performances, I don't think Croatias performance tells the story of the song as clearly as Ireland & Ukraine, Croatia is good but not as good as Music Video where Baby Lasagna emigrates to Northern Europe from the Pier that story wasn't told or clear from the Chaotic blinding lights and Neon pink OTT
the stage show is continuing the story from the video. he made it! its very meta :P
agree but all 3 are different genres. Vocally Ireland and Ukraine are excellent - Croatia is average vocals in comparison but it´s an athem like Cha Cha Cha so does it matter?
Slovenia and Portugal great voices, really glad they made it to Final. Croatia great. Lithuanian Silvester Belt had good staging. I am sad Australia and Azerbaijan didnt make it to Final. Olly Alexander had a very impressive staging.
I liked intro from Eleni Fouirera , Eric Saade and Chanel.
Didnt like Benjamin Ingrosso break and liked Johnny Logans interpretion of Euphoria.
They were maybe less jokes from presenters this year.
I'm annoyed that Eric Saade's video isn't being shared by Eurovision - I hope lots of people complain! Honestly I think its because they don't want to make their sponsor Moroccan Oil mad.
@@aekelly yeah, its a bit absourd of a streisand effect, i hadnt even noticed if it wasnt for this and their statement about it
I'm still baffled as to why Portugal has been so low in the odds. It's one of my favourite songs this year. Great song, great vocals, great performance... like, I don't know what part of it people don't like
I can answer this. Because it's not that sing along song that much, the visual are monotone and compared to the ballads of Serbia, France and Slovenia don't have that catchy chorus to hook the audience. She is amazing but she doesn't have that connection with the audience. Also the song is about her, general audience wants something to latch on, have fun or sing along or to be something that they can have the same feelings about. Not everyone thinks about your inner demons when listening to this song
@@belli4933I bet that if the song was in english, talking about the same topic and maintaining the performance, although with different instrumentals, Grito would be like top 5/6 in the odds... the thing people don't understand are the lyrics, but even then I've seen people's reaction here on youtube and most of them understood the song without looking at the lyrics.
Someone already made an English version of the iolanda's Grito. Nice adaptation but missing some words to maintain musicality
@@luiscosta3520 I've seen that already, but it doesn't really work. Like I said, it could talk about the same things, but the lyrics and the instrumental would have to be very different for the song to work in English
@@tiagorafael3788 it's a valid effort and it's not easy to do it
I’m an Aussie, just so you know I’m speaking about my own country. I thought Electric Fields started out really strongly, but somewhere about the time that the backing performers came on stage it all went wrong. It seems like at that time it went from feeling like a professional gig to a backyard jam session. I’m all for performers expressing themselves but the backing performers were all dressed very differently and seemed to wander about the stage. And then Zaachariah started to get a bit shouty and then shrieky. I’m still proud of them. Nerves and adrenaline must be crazy on that stage.
So sad though, such a beautiful song. I think it was the backup performers- comparing with other countries' backup singers/dancers we looked a bit messy :')
Yeah, it seemed messy to me, and not in a particularly interesting way. Regardless, wasn't a huge fan of the song anyway.
Thank you, I love your reviews of Eurovision. As an Australian I am very proud of electric fields. Also feel very privileged and grateful that we are allowed to participate in such an iconic song contest. Thank you.
🇵🇹 Portugal! Amazing singing and visual act! Beautiful pure ART!❤❤❤❤❤
Love how quick you are with these! 😊
Especially for such a long video!
When you realize Luxembourg is now the only country besides Ukraine to have a 100% qualification rate
Baby Lasagna, simply the best!! Marko❤️❤️❤️❤️✌️✌️✌️✌️🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷✌️✌️✌️✌️❤️❤️❤️❤️😻😻😻😻🔥🔥🔥🔥✌️✌️✌️✌️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Thank you for your comment and greetings from Croatia!! ❤️❤️✌️✌️🇭🇷🇭🇷✌️✌️😻😻🎶🎶❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥
The best of the best - CROATIA❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
It was Croatia, Ukraine and then everybody else. But super happy to see that the songs that failed vocally to be left out (nudge to the UK).
Things that stood out for me. How great of a voice Cyprus and Finland had! I was not expecting that at all 🙌
CROATIA🥰😍🤩😘
Well as I hear Ireland is most popular. I dont like the song ( if you can call it a song 😂), but staging was great.
I liked most performances. It was beautiful, a very strong semifinal. However, I am Ukrainian and support our girls.
The crowd response to Croatia was monumental! My SOLE criticism is how the camera cut to the bloody dancer on the line 'Meow cat, please meow back" which is his ICONIC MOMENT that needs the camera straight on him! Argh! Hope they fix that nonsense by Saturday.
Yeah crowd interaction was insane ! Actual chills !
Finland made me laugh and smile too!🤣
I know everyone hates Finland but my family most certainly doesn’t hahaha they laughed the entire performance. thats why i think that they‘ll get many votes, because non euro fans just find it funny i suppose hahaha
We love Finland and voted for them. People aren’t appreciating how clever the staging was to keep covering his ‘nudity’. It took some skill to coordinate it I think and for everything to run smoothly. Absolutely no issues with the vocals. So happy they’re in the Final. I think you’re correct that casual viewers who like crazy stuff will like it. But being up against Netherlands could harm their votes.
I love your detailed comments! Ireland was indeed epic, it is not my favorite song but what a performance, the staging was amazing she soo deserved to go through! Croatia, Serbia, and Portugal where also very strong. A great 1st semifinal
I was very pleased for you when Portugal qualified! I had some doubts about whether the televote would give it points but I am very pleased it is in the grand final
The Bambie Thug staging shows that the stage doesn’t have to look “too big”. They barely moved out of an 8 foot circle and yet it never had the issue of sparseness that plagued some of the others.
Yes, they really knew what to do with that stage, didn't they? I remember Francesco Gabbani was so fabulous and did so well at SanRemo - we were really rooting for him to win, and then the ESC stage just swallowed him up. Bambie is brilliant - I love that they are going up in the odds. I think they may have peaked looking at who is above them now, but they should be quite proud of their accomplishments!
Srbija❤Slovenija...I was so happy for thise two.
Bambie was great. Iolanda was awesome.
But Baby Lasagna was 🔥. Loved him. Hope he brings it home.
Thank you for supporting Portugal. I'm so happy people appreciated our music and voted. 🙏🏻 I'm also worried if they place Portugal in the beginning, last year they put us in the second in order😬
Tbh, I didn't like Luxembourg's stage effects with the animals. Even if it wasn't the case, they looked cheap and unnecessary. Having said that, the performance in general was really good, so I'm absolutely happy they qualified. Still a bit sad about Australia. I get the vocals weren't perfect but I loved the song, it's vibes and overall mood and I love Electric Fields... I'd preferred them to qualify over Cyprus.
I know, without the animals would've been fine. If Portugal shows better than all the others is that sometimes less is more. (And this is from someone who's rooting for San Marino!) So happy for Portugal, and Luxembourg too.
I agree about Luxembourg’s animals
PORTUGAL to the TOP 10 at the Finale!!!!! 🇵🇹❤️🇵🇹🤘🏼🥰❤️🇵🇹❤️
It was a great show! All artists were very good!
Bambie Thug's performance was incredible! The winner of the night, I think. Astonishing! I also believe that a top-10 position is in sight! 🤞
So glad that Serbia... and Portugal... and Slovenia made it to the finale!
Germany cannot possibly come last with that performance (I'm predicting that honor will go to the UK this time). He will get some jury votes for sure. I don't understand why that song is so underrated...
I just wish there wasn't so much fire everywhere... it looks like an out of control wildfire, I don't get it.
UK was so cringe
I think Isaak had a great song right... But yeah the fire was a put off. However not a song for last position... If he ends yp being last,it ll be ONLY thanks to some bias
@@YaelBewford I liked the fire.
I saw a clip someone shared from the audience sitting on the side and I actually liked the fire more... Only watching it from the side I got how the fire is "dancing" with the chorus
Luxembourg or Cyprus
Ukraine, Ireland and Croatia are definitely the best
For me UK was also a bit "too much"
I thought about you when Portugal was called and also happy because she had to be rewarded for her incredible voice. So goes for Slovenia, what a performance. All the stories of 'death spot' and so in the dustbin because Serbia made it, actually the 5 first songs so take that the odds hahaha. My WOW moment goes to Ukraine that was magical on all levels. But above all an amazing show, thank you Sweden ❤💥💯👋👌
Every Songs was good but I think Serbia is a real song for this time and this competitions..we need in this moment much more emotions because situation everywhere is not so good.. enough anymore with songs like party party etc...life is not only party...much more then that
3:10 In fact, Luxembourg had France Gall from 1965 :).
I also liked the concept of postcards, maybe because I'm totally into Eurovision history :). Some people have said this idea being "lazy" but I don't agree with that. It was lovely and fun and I actually prefer the postcards to be rather simple, not overdone. It's just a short moment between the performances and there's no need to create a whole big story there that you have to focus on separately. In 2014 I really loved the postcards with the flags though but it was just such a brilliant idea that worked so well.
Actually, it's interesting to predict now, which songs have been chosen for the postcards of these countries who haven't performed yet :).
Thank you, I was waiting for your commentary. I agree with you comments on Germany’s staging. I would have preferred a staging that focuses on him. He also needs to connect with the camera more - he is getting better at this - but it still feels that he is alone on stage singing to himself. He has a fantastic voice and stage presence, and he is also so likeable. I am also starting to be hopeful that we will escape the last position; anything outside the bottom five would already be a huge success :).
And I am glad it is just televoting for the semifinals. A lot of heartbreak prevented.
It was a great semi final and I was so happy with the qualifiers... Wonderful show.
My favorites: Ukraine 🇺🇦 Ireland 🇮🇪 Portugal 🇵🇹 Croatia 🇭🇷 and Serbia 🇷🇸
So so happy for Raiven! I think she will do better than odds say and some think also in the finals. 😉
This was the best staging I have ever seen. My jaw was on the floor every single second I was in utter shock in the best way possible. Going in I did not intend to give them any of my votes but they alone got over half of mine.
So happy for Slovenia yaaaaay
Your comments are always on point ! Best Eurovision channel !
It’s kinda sad that Australia and Azerbaijan sent their most unique songs ever but didn’t make it. I really hope they don’t get the wrong conclusion from this
This!
❤❤❤Baby Lasagna is the only one of them (ESC) all who is the author and performer of his own song. He is the most charismatic performer.
He has the original text. Looking at the other songs, his is the most recognizable. His energy is contagious. The audience sang and danced with him from start to finish.
With the song Rim tim tagi dim performs for the first time as a performer. It's his first performance!
In the end, he wrote the lyrics for the album of the band Mono Inc., "Ravenblack", which reached the first place in the official German listenership chart, and BL received an award for this achievement.
Soo happy for Portugal ❤
The moderation was amazing!!
Portugal was briliant ❤❤❤❤❤
I’m a believer that we always get what we give, and you give us great content, well elaborated and documented opinions, humour and passion without drama, and all with great respect for the music, the participants, the musicians, the contest and we, the fans. Your channel is the only I see all videos
❤❤❤❤🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷
Portugal! GRITO 🎉❤
Ukraine's staging and performance were very powerful and amazing, however, it makes me a bit sad, that Jerry's amazing vocals do not stand out as much as they did in the Ukraine national finals.
Not true ⭐️⭐️⭐️to me they were both amazing ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
No I thought she sounded magnificent , I got actual chills !
In the end, I am happy that I'll be listening to most of the songs after the contest ends, but for the song and dance contest that Eurovision really is (let's call it what it is), I am happy that all the qualifiers made it, especially Ukraine and Portugal. Also, the fact that the song styles range from Croatia's to Serbia's or Ireland's to Ukraine's is a good sign. I would've liked AZE, POL, AUS or MOL to qualify too, but thats ok, I'm still going to enjoy their songs after this.
With Ukraine it was a third super talented artist on stage. Tanu Muinõ. She is Ukrainian music video detector working with top celebrities of the world. Look her up. All best music videos you love she actually created. So no surprise here that Ukrainian Eurovision performance makes you want to watch it more and more ❤❤❤
thanks for that name!
I'm waiting.
re: Poland - LUNA “The Tower”: If you've seen the preview video, you'll notice it includes a chess game. The person on the horse is representing the knight (a chess piece), and the towers on stage represent rooks (aka castles) - another chess piece. The chess game in the preview video also explains the chess board effect on the stage floor.
I'm actually a bit upset Finland went through... it seems like a troll song and voters trolling, I don't think it's a win... but what amazes me about this show is Finland was my fave last year and now it's my least liked song, so props to Eurovision for this haha
Portugal ❤❤❤❤ Iolanda ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I couldn't be happier for Bambie and Ireland!😍🖤🇮🇪 Of course I was voting for them like crazy because to me this was the best Eurovision performance ever, but now we need to crown the witch in the final!!!🇮🇪🧙♀️👑🌙🖤
I love Eurovision since the 70's when I would place my old cassette player in front of the tv and record all of the songs..happily dancing and singing along and learning songs in languages I had no clue about😂 These days, I hate the very notion of countries having to compete against one another just to qualify to perform in a final. It's difficult to watch the disappointment on their faces after the long journey from being chosen to compete in their own nation to the joy of being successful and then to be cast aside just ahead of the finishing line.
I'm glad that we, Ireland, have qualified this year, as it does make the night more exciting, but still hate the process it takes to get there. Best of luck everyone for Saturday.
sooooooo happy for Slovenia and Ireland
#CrownTheWitch
They cannot put Portugal in the number 2 spot two years in a row surely?
About the long interval act by Benjamin Ingrosso. I was told he is very big in Sweden right now. And seccondly I read an articel today that a lot of swedish artist has refused to particapate in Eurovision due to a sertan countries partisapation. Giving svt quite a headache finding canditates to the interval act. Which also might be why we see a lot of former esc artist in the shows this year.
It took a witch to break Ireland's curse. So happy to have Ireland back in the grand final. Also great to see the 3 female led ballads from Serbia, Slovenia and Portugal go through. That is a good sign that quality ballads can still make it in a televote only semi. Not a fan of Finland, but their reaction when they were called was just so sweet so good for them.
Really sad Australia didn't make it but I get it.
Croat here, voted for Lithuania.
I was maybe to tired while watching so i didn't love any performance. But i also didn't hate any performance.
Finland is my least liked though.
Such a bummer that Australia didn’t make it. I love the song, and I think it was sung beautifully; however, the staging was a disaster. The song had so many possibilities for a great staging and they blew it. Everyone seemed to be lost in the vastness of the stage and, when they were done performing, I had a sinking feeling that it was not going through. Such a pity! This proves that, wether we like it or not, staging a song well these days is an absolute must. Lesson learned?
Honestly, I didn't notice Olly's mic pack had fallen out during the performance. Very well done, although that's why he missed the cue for the bridge, I think.
But an impressive performance, it'll be even better in the final
Third time during this Eurovision series he's had issues. Unfortunate.
I am happy with the selection. I would have taken Azerbaijan instead of Cyprus maybe, but not really... No actually it's perfect like this. And Silvestras 🇱🇹 is through, which was the main thing for me.
Surprised that you didn't get that Luna's staging was all about chess. I rely on all your commentaries to point out things I don't get. and learn from them. so I giggled that I got something you didn't. 😊
I really liked the show and all the performances, I think the best ones qualified. The show in general was well done.
This isn't really a criticism so DON'T COME FOR ME, but isn't Croatias "woah" on the track? I'm not doubting that the audience is ALSO singing back, but to me it sounds very much like it's on the track. You can hear in the performance for example 1:15 to 1:30 how the "woahs" sound very perfect, and then they put up the volume of the audience and the real audience noise is messy as it always is (for example someone screaming in a very high pitch).
All my favourites got through, I'm exceptionally happy. :)
Woooaaah is on the track, but the audience was also singing along so loud that it was clearly heard on TV and even overlaped the track . My friend was there in the arena and said that it was spectacular the way that audience reacted and sung. He goes to ESC for years on semis and finals but he said that he never experienced something like this before. He felt like he was on the rock concert and everyone was singing their hearts out.
Realy happy for Iolanda Portugal
For two years in a row, the televote only semis have surprisingly gotten it right. Of course I would have substituted australia for Finland, but that was unrealistic. Shocked but so so happy that serbia and slovenia qualified. A great show with a great result.
It shows that televoters do care for ballads, and I'm so glad!
How Finland went through and Poland didn't is shocking to me. Her song was so much better than that dumpster fire🤨
sLOVEnia ❤🎉🏆🇸🇮❤️💯🥳
Portugal is the only one that gives me chills❤such an amazing song and performance!!! Winner!!!!!
The fire stops in germanys performance because he is literally burned out from running and fighting and is only left with his raw emotions
I was really surprised by the German performance, Slovenia and Cyprus qualifying surprised me tbh. Im sad that Poland was an NQ
Winner Lasagna🎉🎉🎉🎉
Uplašila sam se gledajući Irsku predstavnicu, preskočila sam taj dio na drugi program na televiziji zbog svog djeteta od 5 godina jer je ona čekala baby lasagnu 😮
Toliko o tome da je Markov nastup na Dori bio okarakteriziran kao "demonizam" 😳
@@tikt99 ali od koga? Dejana Lovrena😂
Od početka objavljivanja pjesme Marka Purišića, svaki dan slušamo bar jednom rim tim tagi dim ili don't hate yourself jer su pozitivne i zarazne
Meni je Irska super. Ali kad je bila pjesma od Engleske sam poslala djecu van iz sobe. Malo too much.
Moj sin (11) izvadio krst, poljubio ga I preksrstio se. Kaže da ga je stvarno uplasio nastup. A I mene je.
I was over the moon when the 1st 3 qualifiers were announced Serbia, Slovenia and Portugal. I would gladly swap Finland for Australia For me it was 9/10 of my fave
Thank you for being so respectful to each country participating. Weather people agree or disagree, maybe like or dislike a particular countries song, singer(s) staging there are much better ways of saying it, otherwise it makes a mockery by saying we are United By Music. Best Wishes.
Same from me, your respectfulness and getting out of your own perspective made this really fast my favourite esc channel
@@muffimonkey5065 People can agree to disagree and have their opinions as it's a big wide world out there, but some of the negative, vile and plain nasty comments left on other channels I have seen has been awful. So it's refreshing to have a channel such as this.
I believe it is time to tone down the graphics and those massive panels up-down-right-left-front-back.
They are becoming overwhelming, and I was getting annoyed with the constantly popping-up images and landscapes. It is becoming too distracting and chaotic. For fs we even had tigers popping onto our screens, making it feel more like a video game.
Also, the huge stage swallowed up many performances. Not to mention the overuse of fires and winds...
Perhaps taking a step back would be more helpful, allowing singers to showcase their talent. It would also remove the excessive "wow" factor from many mediocre songs.
While I understand it is a television song contest, we seem to give more emphasis on the spectacle over the essence, the songs and the artists.
Creative lighting and choreographies should be sufficient. But above all, a beautiful song is most important.
Agree 100%. I've never liked the tendency of focusing more and more on the visuals and over the top stage show in Eurovision. It's gone too far honestly. I think the televote-only SFs have an impact here as well. But this tendency will work against itself eventually, so I think we'll see the next Salvador Sobral-moment quite soon.
@@silencestation557 I hope so.
Unfortunately, I think SF2 will be even worse.
So we can hope for 2025 onwards to see a shift.
But at least we have examples like France this year where the focus is on the artist, the song and the voice. So I am expecting my eyes (and ears) to rejoice for 3 minutes.
Croatia 🇭🇷 is the one to beat this year and I am so here for it.
I didn’t expect for the female ballads to qualify. Slovenia 🇸🇮 Portugal 🇵🇹 Ukraine 🇺🇦 and Serbia 🇷🇸 made me proud. 🥹❤️
Luxemburg 🇱🇺 had a clean act and deserved.
Ireland 🇮🇪 creppy song but impressively executed and I think this is a top 10 material.
Lithuania 🇱🇹 is expected. Amazing performance.
Moldova 🇲🇩 did not disappoint. It was perfect, however the recap was wrongly selected. Iceland 🇮🇸 we knew this won’t qualify. Azerbaidjan 🇦🇿 was great but got lost. Poland 🇵🇱 , messy and too over the top. Australia 🇦🇺 vocals were not there.
UK- bottom 5 again. The performance is too much but leaving that … the voice is not there. Too much backing vocals recorded.
Sweden 🇸🇪- top 10 again. Amazing stage, although is a generic song.
Germany 🇩🇪- this is a dark horse. I believe Germany will be between 15-21 places. The stage looks amazing, too much maybe cause he has a great voice, but juries will dig this. It’s rag’bone man type of voice/song. If I have something to critique is the staging. Too much fire in the beginning and at the end nothing, when it should be the other way around cause it creates a wow factor. Perhaps top 3 vocals of the night ❤️
Germany was really good. Isaak is such an amazing singer. I was very impressed by him and his voice. If Germany comes last now then Europe is just bullying them. This does not deserve last place. I think juries will give him a lot of points
best eurovision channel! meow! crown!
Yes! I just discovered him this year but I LOVE his videos. Such a sweet demeanor, and thoughtful reflections.
I have a soft spot for Germany. It's a very good song.
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Of all qualifiers yesterday (ok apart from the obvious Ukraine and Croatia), Iolanda from Portugal is the one imposed herself aa a natural suoer professional singer with a clear excellent voice and an interesting not-over-the-top staging. That was brilliant.
One of my disappointments would be Lithuania. I have always loved Luktelk. But on that huge stage, with him standing still in the middle, everything seemed static and empty, and it is really due to the heavy use of lights that they create a mood. But the performance in itself (for a song which is not difficult to sing) was really bland.
And Ireland was mind blowing, the staging deserves an award in itself. Bambie is a very good singer (her piano version of her song was excellent) and they move with elegance.
This is the production's fault because of the camera placements, zoom-outs, and wide camera cuts. They were simply too wide, too zoomed out. You can't have a good impression of the performance if you can't see it. For some reason, they shot practically everything but Ireland, Portugal, and Ukraine too zoomed out. Some songs can take these wide shots, some can't, but even the ones who can take it, like Luktelek, don't look good filmed from that kind of distance
@@belosevickris3379 But each team of every country chose how camera shots must look at the tv version
They bring the idea what they want to see and then work with Eurovision team together
It’s fault of countries that they can’t do a great camera shots and not the Eurovision crew
@@Angelina-nh3bq That's what I thought but apparently no. For example, Teya Dora asked the production to film her in close-ups because of the nature of the song and they didn't agree. She had to compromise and agree to a few more close-ups, but they wanted lots of camera angles where one could see the whole arena. Probably because they planned for people in the audience to have glowing purple lights to light during the song. While this is nice, it didn't help the overall impression because there were just too many shots of the audience, while Teya disappeared in the distance. And the transition from these wide shots back to her face and back to the ceiling of the arena looked really awkward for me
@@belosevickris3379 but it’s not working like that
That’s just mean that her team can’t communicate in right way
I’m sorry if it sounds rude but it’s just true
@@Angelina-nh3bq This is what Teya said in her interviews. Then William from Wiwiblogs also confirmed that wide cuts were not Teya's idea but production's. And Konstrakta said the same in her interview (she came there for the Balkan party and was with Teya for a few days). She said Teya had to accept "amendments" in her dealing with production
The stage is a cross shape so there is less usable space than you might think. The performers can only go East and West or North and South. The stage is slso set quite forward in the arena. The UK and Sweden set up their staging in either a box or a tunnel meaning that at least a third of the audience in the arena, including me, couldn't see what was going on most of the time in those songs. I think that was why the reaction was a bit more muted.
I'm so happy for arty Raiven and although I'm sad for the non-qualifiers, I think the televote picked the right songs to go through. It's really sweet that all the national languages went through. Of the NQ the one that saddens me most is Azerbaidjan but you're right the staging wasn't right, the Australian song, I didn't get "love vibes" from the singer who seemed nervous, Hera was sweet, Natalia was trying a mystical stage and it worked but the song is a bit unusual, Luna is a singer I love but her vocals weren't so good. The one that surprised me most among the qualifies was Tali with a sweet emotional face, she really conveyed the spirit of the song. Finland, if I ignore the antics of Windows, I quite liked Henri's performance. Isaak's was perfect and emotional, I felt that song meant a lot to him. Silia Kapsis was thankfully not trying to be too sexy so she gave me early girl singer vibe. Ukraine was epic and magical. Baby Lasagna was totally the show and glad he kept his animals in the graphics but he looks really unique and handsome. Bambie took my breath away with their artiness and for me the song works - respect. my least favourite performance was UK, the staging was too much, the song ok and the vocals not so perfect. The song by Sweden was performed perfectly and these twins are likeable. Teya Dora lookedechanting and Iolanda both strong and vulnerable. Last but not least; if I did love the national final performance by Silvester, I like it even more now because he looked so relaxed, smiling and yet like the coolest guy in the room. So yeah it was a fantastic show, the Swedish production team did a most amazing job. The two presenters were lovely too. Oh yes and Benjamin Ingrosso is proof that you don't have to win eurovision to become a star. Whatever the result of the contest, I discovered so many new songs this year!
I’d have loved to see the skill applied to Bambie Thug’s staging applied to Raiven’s amazing song which I’ve had on repeat in my playlist for weeks now. It needed to come off heavier, darker, more intimate.
fab review! slick production from SVT however i do agree the stage is HUGE!! love the cubes but some performances looked very empty, felt that w the rehearsal clips but less so with full performances. didn't like the postcards, felt low budget to me, doesn't help that i just rewatched tel aviv 2019 and they looked a lot better to me (liked the slow mo bit at the end tho)
the serbia, portugal, slovenia qualification run was incredible i didn't think we'd get all three!! feel sad for luna but the performance was very weak even tho it's a nice song. i think australia needs to bring back dani im to get back on top!!! personal winners of the night for me were ireland, uk and portugal.
Great overview. Thanks again for all the effort you put into this.