Honest Vocal Coach, you're a big part of my yearly eurovision experience. Thank you so much for going all the way to making all these videos this year. It's time for Eurovision hibernation. See you next year 🎉❤
The jury DEFINITELY got it to the top 10 as it barely got through from the semi-final on the 10th place with few public votes both in the semi-final and final.
Mimicat’s voice was as allways really outstanding, didn’t understand the result apart from being a bit too different from a ballad or pop mainstream pièce of music… it was such a wonderfull mix !! Loved it ❤️❤️
Loved her energy. There were so many acts explicitly trading on sex, really annoyed me - "Do you wanna see me dance?!" and Armenia caressing her nether regions while singing about panic attacks being the most egregious. There were some great acts who were a lot more subtle about it, or not even implying - like Mimicat! Also Austria, Lithuania, Norway and of course Sweden with always classy nature's child, Queen Loreen, and the strict and straight elegance of Spain and France. Mia and Nicolai too, just for the tension between them - I'm fairly sure they're not a couple, but damnit, aren't they incredibly cute together?!
I think it was the running order: the curse of the 2nd spot continues! I truly do think she would’ve done better in a later spot. Eurovision is totally fond of dancey traditional songs!
Yeah. I also thought it was still her playing the character on her performance. I was surprised people mistranslated her movements. She can say "whatever" as well. That was her best live performance of the song yet.
Loreen's performance was exceptional, soulful, and emotive, which is evident from the fact that she won the competition. Her vocals were powerful and her stage presence was captivating. She put her heart and soul into the performance, and it is unfair to criticize her for simply winning a competition that is based on the merits of the performance. Hate and negativity have no place in the world of music, and it is important to celebrate the diversity and talent that each artist brings to the stage. Instead of focusing on hate, we should focus on the positive impact that music has on our lives and how it brings people from different backgrounds and cultures together.
I thought her performance was far from great, but a bit better than in the semi. Her best performance was the winning one, I think she was less nervous. But let's be honest here - both her competition performances were not as good as expected.
@@madmadagascar Well... '99, and they didn't release an album for like eight years... and Danny was only 17 when he started the band, all the other original members left before the album came to fruition. But technically! 😁
I feel that people are more mad over the favouritism of the juries rather than loreen herself, but they throw shade to her as well not leaving opportunities. I'm pretty sure if she was televoting winner most of the people wouldn't say anything at all
Käärijä botched the singing part of the song, it'd been sharp up until the final. He'd definitely have gotten more 12s if he got that right - he was technically impressive even though I really didn't care for the song. The conspiracy theories are such a toxic garbage fire. I hope Käärijä tells his fans to give it a rest before it gets out of hand.
Austria got robbed. Its my winner and I was sure for a top 5 televote, but no. I cant believe it, Konstrakta has the same biti zdrava thing and here poe and the audience was screaming poe. And I confidently voted Austria thinking they would get a lot of points but they only got 16. So dissappointing. I was beyond shocked.
Konstrakta had insanely memorable stagging. Not just some zero's on the LED. Konstrakta even had priests on stage, where was the Poe Poe Poe padre??? Huge miss of what the stagging could have been, they went for professional while people were looking for fun.
Loreen was the only one that gave me goosebumps and glued me to the screen. Shes just another level ❤ If you noticed on TV her performance was done more like a music video with all the cameras recording very close and focusing on her from different angles mainly, while they shown the stage and the audience only 1 second and at the very end of the song
Loreen did great and the performance was visually stunning - but, it makes me worry that this sort of "music video that happens to be filmed on stage" will become the norm. I would prefer it stays a live show performance, where we TV viewers can feel how amazing it is to be at the venue (like what Måneskin absolutely succeeded in). Of course camera angles and everything has always mattered, but hope you get what I mean? Hope a good balance can be found.
Me and my friend went to the grand final jury show, and it was just amazing (Mae won the fake vote so at least we won something 😂, though her vocals were a lot better in that show than the preview of her rehearsal). We also went to the Eurovision village for the grand final screening the day after and apart from getting sunburnt because there was literally no shady spots, it too was amazing to be there singing (or more shrieking) the songs with everyone else. Also reacting to the points there was audible gasping when Spain, Austria, and the UK got their shocking televote results… and the fireworks at the end, my friend said she was almost crying when they started. It was an amazing unforgettable experience our first Eurovision and I don’t care that I’ve spent way too much money the past few days, it was worth it. ❤
with the mic being totally quiet, her lack of stage presence and the fact that she clearly finds it difficult to sing live, I’m not surprised UK finished bottom of the rankings. Not a million percent sure about how the jury decides who to vote for but I was sure we’d get more jury votes as a thank you you know😂
The thank you points concept would be logical. But usually the hosting country gets really low points, even if they send a very strong entry. It’s common they get less points then you would expect if the song was sent by any one else. But usually the hosting country is the winner. And I think that whole less points thing useally is because I guess not having the same country winning maybe 3 times in a row or something. So I don’t think that should apply, but idk.
Thank you for what? The hosts were great, could've done without being jumped by the monarchy and fed British music that has nothing to do with esc though lmao. Far too much self-indulgence, distasteful under the circumstances imo.
Dear honest vocal coach/Georgina, I only found you this year because of Eurovision. You've become an importart of my personal ESC preparation. I'm looking forward to the next ESC with you from the very beginning.
I know you hate the Croatian song, but I never once heard you talk about the vocals, the interesting backing vocals arrangement, Prlja (lead singer) really belts out those choruses in full voice (no head voice and falsettos other male singers in the competition (over)used. Too bad, missed opportunity.
I can agree that Mama ŠĆ did not do any favor to Prlja's vocal capabilities, but fascinates me that someone who represents self as 'vocal coach' didn't catch how good singer he is. and he is a hell of a singer! in Croatia even a biggest haters of Let 3 are not denying that. simply i can't accept that professional operates in "i like" and "i don't like" modes. so big 👎.
Hope you had a great time during all this journey of Eurovision 2023 ! Now let's wait for 2024 ahah ! What's your favorite Eurovision song of all time ? (mine is Saudade, saudade by Maro, Portugal 2022)
Mine is "Saudade" too. They should have won last year, as it was the best song, and they sang the whole song live so beautifully, and the harmonies were so incredible. I know, the Ukraine won because of the war, but honestly Portugal should have won last year 🙂
BTW Loreen was absolutely phenomenal!!!! What a voice. It gave my tingles. I don't follow internet trends and all the slating. I have seen comments about her song and they have nothing better to do. She was out of this world. Well deserved winner.
People really don't know how music works... all the plagiarism crap drives me nuts. Wish I could ignore it, but the utter stupidity and inanity of it all just keeps making me go off at people with 5000 word debunkings that most likely nobody reads. -_- Lor is one of a kind!
I do think Loreen deserved to win so it's a shame it panned out in the way it did because she's getting a lot of hate because of the jury kind of screwing over Käärijä in a way even though, IMO, both of them did the best in different ways and it sucks that so many are taking their frustrations out on the artists when they all worked hard and just performed the best they could.
Yes, sad to see so much hate, when we had so many great songs and Ukraine and the UK put on a great show for us. Loreen live performances really is something quite special, and just from a technical skill point of view at a winner level. like she has shown before and she showed it again. I was happy to see that Finland actually did pretty good with the jury, 4th for the jury. I though his staging, choreography and the number was really well done so I was happy to see the judges show approbation for it. Overall congrats to Loreen!
To be fair there were countries singing much better then Finland and Sweden (and I badly wanted Finland to win), but Norway got totally screwed over by the juries! Same for Austria and Australia.
totally non sense, since finland was on the 4th place of the jury vote which is not bad at all. The song was cool and catchy indeed, but if the jury is deciding based on vocals, Finland wasn't able to win the jury vote.
All the hate comments really destroyed the evening for me 😢 my favorite was Sweden and France, and even if I can’t comprehend why France got such low point I would never go and post the French flag on the posts about other artists on the official Eurovision insta account, or write nasty, hateful things and certain emojis to ridicule another artist… I even saw people writing comments about “ripping loreens nails out and st*bbing her with them”. Never have I ever seen such a hate storm! Like, I thought the Chanel-stans last year were bad (I liked the song tho), but Israel and Finland this year… horrible fans! And no one is ever happy, last year people freaked out because the winner of the public vote win and this year because it’s the winner of the jury. Insane!
Eurovision Fan Community is just extremely toxic. They have always been and it's getting worse every year. Of course cyberbullying is not only a Eurovision thing, in general it seems to be unstoppable. There is no objective way to argue that Loreen's performance was not incredibly well in every sense
Controversial opinion I quite liked Poland. It definitely wasn't in my top 5 but I thought it was pretty catchy, better than most of the ballads which I'm rarely able to get behind.
Meanwhile in an alternate universe Jann flopped like Austria and Serbia... Of course corruption is terrible, but Solo was always the safer song for a middle-of-the-board result: bubbly, summery, fun, and one of the very few female bops this year (Israel being the other, and look at how well it did).
I absolutely loved Tattoo ♥ She's a fantastic performer and puts her entire soul into the performance. Shivers all over my body she's a powerhouse. Voted for her 20 times. Forst time ever that I vote in Eurovision ! You go Loreen what a queen.
My personal favourite was Italy, Marco really touched me. I just don't like/get Loreen, I never liked Euphoria either, I know, unpopular opinion. I also really loved Spain, but I understand why most people don't get that kind of music/performance. I am not a professional or vocal coach or whatever, I just look at how songs/performances touch me. In the end it is all personal preference.
A sober view, good to see. It's all subjective, except when it isn't. I liked Spain too, love the Arabesque fusion in Flamenco. I guess the fact that it's all buildup and no catharsis might rub people the wrong way a bit. Italy was really impressive even though it did nothing for me personally.
I have tried so hard to like Tattoo but I just don't. I do love Spain though, in a breakdown of song composition, Tattoo is formulaic and far more basic than Spain's song, which has pretty melody and interesting nuances that popular music doesn't have. Czechia and Spain remain my most beloved songs from this year.
On what you said about Poland - isn't there a rule that you cannot use recorded vocals in the performance? sometimes there are backing singers, but they're singing live as well... correct me if I'm wrong!
Ahead of the 2021 contest, in an effort to make the contest more flexible to change following the cancellation of the 2020 edition and to facilitate modernisation, recorded backing vocals were permitted as an optional addition.
They have changed it since 2021 where they now allow singers to use backing vocals to their live performances but you can definitely hear that Poland took advantage of that. It was almost thru the whole song😂
Since COVID prerecorded vocals as backing vocals have been allowed. There have always been cases where acts used live backing vocalists to cover weaker singers, but since this rule change I think a few acts have been trying to disguise this more by using prerecorded vocals by the artist themselves.
'Finland lyrics are bonkers' I think you maybe just misundersand them a lot. There's a lot of cultural background to it. Finnish people in general are very introverts and it can take a LOT of effort to put ourselves out there. The song talks about becoming the version of yourself not scared of the social interactions, the other people and just dancing away the night. It's actually a lot more positive and meaningful lyrics than Loreen. Sorry you did not understand them. Finnish is a very small language with only 5 million Finnish speakers.
I thought the lyric were a very clear message that was acted out in superb choreography. The televote got this absolutely spot on with Finland. I like Loreen as a person what she stands by in terms of belief. I like her voice but everything about the presentation looked like a second helping of Euphoria served up un-thawed from the deep past. This will not go down as a memorable win. Stage performance did look like a waffle maker. The best vocal was Estonia and the best show was Finland and they deserved the win.
I don't think you even needed to understand a word of the Finland song to enjoy it. We were at the semi final and he nearly took the roof off. The crowd loved him, he won the popular vote. Loreen seemed aloof from the other performers.
I love Tattoo, but she was off twice while she was singing. When she won,she sung much better,perhaps the nervous didn't help her. Czech was stunning. One of my favorites.
Because a lot of people love R n’ B, and their staging was one of the best, if not the best. R n’ B isn’t for me, and so, my favorite part of the song was when it had the strings towards the end, but I know a ton of people who love and rave about the song. There were plenty of people listing it in their faves, and many said it was underrated. So, it’s not surprising at all.
Hi, Georgina and honest vocal children! You actually might wanna check Tina Karol's repertoire. She is one of the best singers in Ukraine and my favorite personally. I really like "Помню" (I remember), "Жизнь продолжается" (Life goes on), "Перечекати" (To wait out), "Ніжно" (gently), "Твої гріхи" (Your sins), "Я всё ещё люблю" (I still love) etc.
Great recap! I do agree with you to the most part. But I loved Lithuania and i think that song was so much about the lyrics and people nowadays don't like when they have to work in order to get something. Croatia, i thought it was just a disturbance when i saw the video, but on stage i was actually moved by the strength of their message about Putin and Belarus, they really meant what they were doing. Just because crazy representations in ESC is accepted does not mean that they define Eurovision Song Contest, to everyone out there.
Thanks for keeping us excited and in check with vocal for ESC 2023 Georgina! Always a pleasure to have your input and see you enjoy the show! Can't wait to see those live Vlogs from Sweeden in 2024 ! Cha-Cha-Cha-Cha-Cha-CHA :D
Thank you Georgina. Loved watching your Eurovision reviews. I mostly agreed with your points, though we have slightly different favourites. Staying subscribed to see what else you review 😁
UK is a neighbour in a way (unless The Ashes creates a permanent rift xD)... then Italy, Greece/Cyprus, Poland... maybe Armenia? Culturally. Lots of Aussies with roots in those countries I believe, relatives to vote for them. :-) But Iceland came in with that 12 - woo \m/ I keep forgetting who gave the other 12 pointer.
I dont comment a lot, but thank you @Honest Vocal Coach - its been a pleasure to watch your videos during the ESC season! I liked your neutral commenting, your knowledge that made me see songs from another perspective. Great job. Lots of love to you!
for me, Czechia were the stand outs. I love everything about their performance. So my top 10 would be Czechia, Norway, Spain, Estonia, Armenia, Australia, Israel, Finland, Portugal and Austria.
Thanks Georgina for all your reactions throughout this Eurovision season. I'm not a singer and can't really judge too much on vocal quality, but for me the standout vocalists were Remo from Switzerland, Blanca Paloma, Monika from Lithuania and Mimicat. What I did want to briefly mention is the lyrics. Here I disagree with you slightly - I find the Armenia lyrics a bit cheesy 'drink smoothies at near cafes' - at our party were were laughing so much at that line, and the way she sang dogoobegoologoo. :) On the other hand, I personally find the Belgian lyrics so deep and meaningful - especially as a queer person. The fact that in the LGBTQ+ community we are put into boxes of the 'type of gay you are' or the like, and Gustaph was really able to emphasise that we shouldn't be putting anyone, LGBTQ+ or others into boxes, with simple but effective lyrics, was really fantastic. Yes, it's about being yourself, but it's also about not judging anyone by a cover. I'll give you a universal example - I wear hippie trousers because they are comfortable, breathable and I like wearing them (my Mum told me to take them off the other day because 'people were going to be coming in, and it was the first time I had the courage to stand up to her and say 'no'). I am in no way a hippie, but I'm lumped into a box because I like those comfortable trousers. Gustaph really resonated with me through those lyrics and that message and stopping putting anyone into boxes and stop letting people dictate to you about the box you're in, and actually this Eurovision season because of his lyrics, his song and joy, I was able to just forget about all the boxes people put me in and be who I wanted to be. The words may be simple, but the message is far from generic if you look a little deeper into it. Otherwise, thanks again for your reactions and adding an extra dimension of the vocals that I certainly wouldn't understand myself.
Tattoo being very very similar to Mika Newton 's В плену; which I believe also means Tattoo. It's a real shame tbh and I don't appreciate the double standards.
I have mixed feelings about Sweden- one hand she was amazing, she but her all into it -heart and soul, I was really happy for her. but I really wanted Finland to win. I was surprised that a lot of Songs didn't get many points from the public.
Interesting that I can hum a lot of the Eurovision tunes, even ones I didn't particularly care for, but I can't remember one single bit of the Swedish song.
that depends on how you rate the song ,,, if you want the winner to be the song that is the most fun then yeah, then last year Subwoofer with "Give That Wolf A Banana" should have won, and trust me vocally Subwoofer was miles better than Kararija ... when comes to Kaarija the rap part was good but when it came to that singing part his vocals were just bad ...
We have a worthy winner. The song wasn't my cup of tea, but I rarely like the ESC winners the best anyways. Loreen is a great performer, a talented artist and she gave her everything, and for that, she won. I'm from Finland, and I'm super proud of Käärijä for giving a historically high score, he did great even with the jury vote, despite of not being the strongest singer. It did upset me to see so many amazing songs (my favourite Slovenia included, Joker Out was my kind of music, done perfectly) get such low scores from the juries. We have such diversity in the songs and artists today, and I was hoping for more recognition to Spain, Portugal, France and Albania for their stellar performances in their native languages. Also the songs, which were huge hits outside of the live show, Norway, Austria, Germany and the UK. Australia was also amazing, and with Slovenia, will stay in my playlists and my heart. The show was amazing. We all won by getting to be united by music. In the end, the main point of ESC is to enjoy music, have a great show, and come together. Someone always gets 1st place, but we have enough love for all the artists, right? ❤
North Macedonia won the juries in 2019 with a ballad and they got MORE points than Sweden. It just goes to show the vast majority how no idea of Eurovision and is new to the contest constantly making up conspiracy theories just to justify their favorite''s loss. Congrats to Loreen and good luck to Kaarija 🎉
But Sweden isn't exactly the largest, is it? How is it at a huge advantage vs e.g. Norway? (that didn't get those points). And why didn't the largest ones get more points? (Germany and uk especially, but big5 in general, really).
I really do not understand why they keep trying to convince us that a song deserved to win with no memorable and characteristic melody, no staging only between 2 3 yoga positions and hand gestures and she was just, just screaming. She doesnt hit the notes THAT good, shouting is not singing
Hi Georgina. Thanks for explaining about that video 30 seconds about Albania due to copyright but as a viewer and being an Albanian having mixed feelings probably I was a little harsh so I’m apologizing to you. I always like to listen to your comments are professional. Thanks again ❤
Every year you get these same comments (especially in the UK): we get no pints because Europe hates us. Which is rubbish, it's just a simple numbers game: there are 26 songs and every country can give points to 10 of them. Even if the jury and televote are completely different, that's still only 20 songs that get points, so you'll always have 5 to 10 songs that don't get many points. The UK song, like Austria f.ex. wasn't in many people's top 10, so didn't get many votes. There's of course some politics and migrants voting for their country of origin (f.ex Germany always giving plenty of points to Turkey), but in the end if your song is popular, it'll get votes.
Armenians presentation was placed close to the end of the finale compared to a lot of other performances, which goes to show that the creators of the Eurovision really really loved her. And would’ve wanted her to win. The professionals know quality. In my opinion, the Many of the tt5top winner entries were typical kitsch.
Thanks for all the great reactions all through Eurovision! I will be looking forward to your other reactions to help us through our Eurovision withdrawal 😅! I hope you'll react to Lewis capaldi's album when it comes out in about a week's time! 💕💕💕
You did get it right !!! I've been watching you for a while not just for the Eurovision, I remember ABBA new stuff, Kelly Clarkson dancing queen and even Haley Reinhart that I love and always love your reactions always right and on point....especially this year's Eurovision you said from the get go Sweden Israel and later Italy joined the group, are the potential most deserved winners and sure enough 1st 2nd n 3rd with the Jury votes, I have to say you the only one from the rest the bloggers, that were sooooo much about France and Spain n and of course Cha Cha Cha the baboon dance guy which we all understand the hype but definitely thank God is NOT the winner, you did not follow all them think they know it all... I thought like you and sure enough we were right so good for you and I will not stop following you and support you. Thanks n good luck.
I’m really surprised that once again you pointed out the pitchiness of Jeremy from Tvrochi, and this is fair, but by the same token, how do you not point out the pitchiness of Loreen and Noa in the first half of their songs? As a professional teacher, you cannot seriously tell me that you couldn’t hear it. Loreen was totally off tune during the low notes, and her enunciations were terrible, while Noa was completely off when she partially sang acapella, the whole “power of a unicorn” part. Yes, both their overall performances were good, but not the singing. If you’re going to point out singing in some acts, then as a coach, you need to be consistent in your critiques. On top of that, the Tvorchi guys found out a few mins before they performed that their hometown was hit with missiles, hence they held a sign “Ternopil( the name of their hometown” during the recaps. The fact that they were even standing on the stage after that was incredible. Would love to see how you or anyone could perform under those circumstances. Not that I’m saying you shouldn’t point out singing out of pity, but I don’t get the inconsistency from you. Even the Croatian guys killed the notes, and as funny as their performance is, their song isn’t easy to sing, and you didn’t talk about that either🧐 I’ve also noticed a bias in general with you for songs sung in English. Songs sung in someone’s native language, especially those with traditional/folk elements, almost never gets a positive review from you.
Wasn’t the lady complaining about Kalush last year too? Sorry, smells like prejudice. Hope I’m wrong. ps: he is Jeffrey not Jeremy 😅 (actually he’s Jimoh, but goes by Jeffrey)
@@d1sarmon1a Yup, she did. I’ve just noticed in general almost every time a song isn’t in English or it’s a traditional/ethnic song or it’s a non pop song, she either tends to completely ignore the singing or say it’s pitchy, but English-language entries, she is almost always positive about. I was hoping it’s a one-off thing, but now I’ve noticed it over multiple videos and Eurovision years. It’s, of course, ok to not like such music, but the constant praising of English songs and singers, even when they are completely off-tune, but constantly dissing those singing in their national languages, has really irked me. Oops, that’s what happens when I type late at night and do not re-read my comment. Stupid autocorrect. I’m in Ukraine, so I def know he’s Jeffrey, lol. I’ve edited it.
Well Georgina I would like to thank you for all your posts over the past months, you made 2023's Eurovision so engaging and I look forward to watching you in 2024. I was disappointed in the end (from Australia) found the sound quality of ALL the performances (semi finals and final) coming through my TV really poor... I could hear the hosts, and booth announcers really well, but most acts could barely be heard through the mic. I looked back to 2019, and the stark difference in the decisions about sound mix coming through the broadcast was clear. In 2019 the rules were all about the voice being produced on stage, and 2023's overall presentation was weak and disappointing by comparison. So many of the artists didn't deserve to even be there... Poland was clearly awful from the outset, the UK and Denmark both vocally dreadful all along... And mysteries like Serbia getting through even though he almost failed to sing... It was such a weird experience. I'm quite aware this could be somehow something that happened to broadcast in Australia... But I had to turn up the TV for the acts, and turn it down for the hosts... So all the acts look worse than they maybe were... I don't know. I hope the organizers go back to the stringent requirements for the vocals to be produced in stage in real time again. It's less interesting to watch if you can't trust who is singing what. And, as for jury voting... I simply don't believe that Loreens song was that much ahead of the next offering as to get such a lead on points... If the juries are meant to offer balance, there was none.... And I simply do not think Loreens song was five times better than any other (which is what points would indicate)... The hosts and staging and entertainment were all pretty stupendous. Did anyone else find the sound quality strange?
Yes, I found the sound quality strange too. I had to turn the volume of the songs louder, but it was still very strange, as one could barely hear them singing, but at the Commercials and when the Hosts were talking, without changing the volume on the TV, it was very loud. I like Sweden, but to me it was not the best song; and Austria was clearly robbed a better position, and especially Austria got a very unfair running order, being 2nd in the Semi Final 2. Loreen was also "only" 2nd in the Semi Final 2, but got a very good running order, but Austria as 1st, it was almost clear, that "we" would be only way behind other participants. Sweden should have started first and I am sure, she would have won also; but Austria with running order 9 would have gotten a by far better place in the Final
I totally agree about Estonia. It looked like she was lost on the stage, but it was some kind "choreography". I also liked the white dress much more that she was wearing in Estonian final. But overall I was in tears when she sang, It was absolutely amazing! Thanks you so much for all of the honest rewevs and support!❤ Greetings from Estonia 🇪🇪
And thank God for that! The Croatian song was brilliant satire and symbolic to our current situation in Ukraine, with their words, costumes and staging, all having very powerful meaning, while Germany, “Blood and Glitter, sweet and bitter, we’re so happy we could die.” Chris Harms is a sweetheart, but no, just no.
Huge fan of the channel but I have to disagree with Loreen deserving to win. From the get go it was setup for Loreen to win. The whole showing which countries had won the most at the beginning and next year being ABBA's 50th anniversary of their win and Sweden's first win I feel had more to do with her winning than her actually earning the win. On top of that Sweden received no 12 point scores from any of the countries in the public vote. The majority of her scores were middle 4-7 range. Finland surprisingly didn't give her any points in the public vote. Loreen has an amazing voice and she gave a great performance but I didn't think it was the best song. Norway deserved the win more based on performance and vocal ability but the public chose Finland and they should have the final say not these unknown unseen mysterious juries.
This theory doesn’t hold up AT ALL because she flopped with ”Statements” a few years ago - didn’t even make it to the finals 🤷🏻♀️ They were never 100% certain she’d make it through to Eurovision! Sweden has a rigorous voting process with several quarter finals, one semifinal & then the Grand Final. IF she’d been handpicked (like some countries go about) I’d also be suspicious. She was not! She had to go through the quarter finals & grand final (Melodifestivalen) to even make it to Eurovision in the first place 🤷🏻♀️ The fact that it’s the 50th anniversary for ”Waterloo” is just a happy coincidence…
Of course you have to disagree. Not surprised. Many of those who think that Finland deserved to win are so easily fotled by finns. Both the Swedish jury and the viewers generously gave Finland 12 points. In Finland, the jury gave their twelfth to Sweden - while the viewers seemed to have come together in a pact and zeroed (!) Loreen, despite "Tattoo" being a big hit in Finland. Actually fascinating. That juries voted tactics has happened many times, but I can't remember such a clear example of an entire nation's viewers unanimously lowering a contribution. It says something about the impact Käärijä had in Finland, and how much people wanted to see him win. But karma is a bitch i guess.. They sure got what they deserved. They sure are bad losers.
Saying Norway has a better performance than Sweden is laughable. Norway sent a very tiktok-friendly viral song hence the high televote but Alessandra was not the strongest live and the performance and staging is very simple, while Loreen had amazing and innovative staging and her vocals were on point the whole time too. The juries have always been a part of Eurovision and are there specifically to balance out the televote as the jury voters and televoters have different voting priorities and criteria often. It is a SONG contest, not a POPULARITY contest and the songs are equally judged on technical performance as well as how popular they are. Not to mention Loreen came 2nd in the televote which is still a very high score, meanwhile Finland only came 4th in jury. The fact that every country besides Finland voted for Sweden in the televote just shows how universally beloved her song was by fans, which not only disproves your theory that it was rigged or people only voted for abba, but also proves why she deserved to win. I also disagree the show was rigged for her. Finland actually got a much better spot in the running order for starters. Sweden was the favourite to win from day 1 and everyone always knew she would sweep the jury vote with her vocals and performance. The showing which countries had the most wins was in order to reference Luxembourg returning and Sweden was not mentioned once. It's also ridiculous to claim that people voted for Sweden and Loreen just because ABBA's 50th anniversary win, most Eurovision viewers are not only dedicated fans who were likely unaware of that fact but even hardcore fans do not care enough for Abba to rig a whole contest or vote for Sweden specifically for abba - it seems like a copout excuse from bitter fans in order to make themselves feel better that their favourites sadly lost.
There were no backing vocals on Mae Muller as there had been a problem with it earlier in the week (for some reason, there was a male voice on it that no-one knew where it had come from!) so the production team decided to scrap it. That's why her voice was weak.
I am from Poland. Maybe Blanka sounds better in Liverpool than in Warsaw, but... still no. We really should have let Jann to go to the contest. That would be TOP 5! Or TOP 10! I also like TOP 3 of the funniest songs at this Eurovision- AUSTRIA, CROATIA -but FINLAND...It was some other state of mind ;)
Poland should have been outright disqualified for that move. Pure nepotism, and typical conservative discrimination against anybody different. Not very "united by music" of them. 🤬
Albania made me laugh so much because of Graham's commentary. He turned it into a family drama where nobody talks to eachother on the ride home
hahaa
loved Albania tho, such a passionate performance!
Honest Vocal Coach, you're a big part of my yearly eurovision experience. Thank you so much for going all the way to making all these videos this year. It's time for Eurovision hibernation. See you next year 🎉❤
Portugal was underrated and should have received more points. Only my opinion.
I’m so Happy Estonia 🇪🇪 got Top 10, my favourite ballad in all of Eurovision 🔥
Another my favourite is “ A monster like me”
The jury DEFINITELY got it to the top 10 as it barely got through from the semi-final on the 10th place with few public votes both in the semi-final and final.
@@Estonian4life it might seem like it barely got through, but Alika actually had 30 more points than the 11th place (which is quite a lot)
Mimicat’s voice was as allways really outstanding, didn’t understand the result apart from being a bit too different from a ballad or pop mainstream pièce of music… it was such a wonderfull mix !! Loved it ❤️❤️
Loved her energy. There were so many acts explicitly trading on sex, really annoyed me - "Do you wanna see me dance?!" and Armenia caressing her nether regions while singing about panic attacks being the most egregious. There were some great acts who were a lot more subtle about it, or not even implying - like Mimicat! Also Austria, Lithuania, Norway and of course Sweden with always classy nature's child, Queen Loreen, and the strict and straight elegance of Spain and France. Mia and Nicolai too, just for the tension between them - I'm fairly sure they're not a couple, but damnit, aren't they incredibly cute together?!
I think it was the running order: the curse of the 2nd spot continues! I truly do think she would’ve done better in a later spot. Eurovision is totally fond of dancey traditional songs!
The gesture la zarra did meant ‘fuck it, whatever’ i think. So it’s more of an oh well than a rude gesture.
Yea, that's a "whatever, it is what it is" kind of moove. She did a story about it because people were mad
Nah, it's a rude gesture lol
Yeah. I also thought it was still her playing the character on her performance. I was surprised people mistranslated her movements. She can say "whatever" as well. That was her best live performance of the song yet.
It still looks rude.
She has the attitude of "if I wanted to flip the bird I would" about her and I love it
Loreen's performance was exceptional, soulful, and emotive, which is evident from the fact that she won the competition. Her vocals were powerful and her stage presence was captivating. She put her heart and soul into the performance, and it is unfair to criticize her for simply winning a competition that is based on the merits of the performance.
Hate and negativity have no place in the world of music, and it is important to celebrate the diversity and talent that each artist brings to the stage. Instead of focusing on hate, we should focus on the positive impact that music has on our lives and how it brings people from different backgrounds and cultures together.
I thought her performance was far from great, but a bit better than in the semi. Her best performance was the winning one, I think she was less nervous. But let's be honest here - both her competition performances were not as good as expected.
She was boring. Didn't deserve to win.
I really liked Australia’s song, so much to the point I’m actually checking out the bands back catalog 👍
Same! I was happy to learn they were formed in the 90s.
There's so much goodness in there. I'm always interested to hear what tracks stand out to new fans?
I just found the lyrics were quite empty and generic
@@madmadagascar Well... '99, and they didn't release an album for like eight years... and Danny was only 17 when he started the band, all the other original members left before the album came to fruition. But technically! 😁
I feel that people are more mad over the favouritism of the juries rather than loreen herself, but they throw shade to her as well not leaving opportunities. I'm pretty sure if she was televoting winner most of the people wouldn't say anything at all
Käärijä botched the singing part of the song, it'd been sharp up until the final. He'd definitely have gotten more 12s if he got that right - he was technically impressive even though I really didn't care for the song. The conspiracy theories are such a toxic garbage fire. I hope Käärijä tells his fans to give it a rest before it gets out of hand.
@@MeowHardMost people arent even fans of his people are just fed up with the jury since they always vote the same way
Austria got robbed. Its my winner and I was sure for a top 5 televote, but no. I cant believe it, Konstrakta has the same biti zdrava thing and here poe and the audience was screaming poe. And I confidently voted Austria thinking they would get a lot of points but they only got 16. So dissappointing. I was beyond shocked.
Konstrakta got a much better slot in the running order. Austria got shafted, unfortunately..
running order scewed them
Same 😢
The problem with going first, it almost kills any chance of you winning
Konstrakta had insanely memorable stagging. Not just some zero's on the LED. Konstrakta even had priests on stage, where was the Poe Poe Poe padre??? Huge miss of what the stagging could have been, they went for professional while people were looking for fun.
Loreen was the only one that gave me goosebumps and glued me to the screen. Shes just another level ❤
If you noticed on TV her performance was done more like a music video with all the cameras recording very close and focusing on her from different angles mainly, while they shown the stage and the audience only 1 second and at the very end of the song
Loreen did great and the performance was visually stunning - but, it makes me worry that this sort of "music video that happens to be filmed on stage" will become the norm. I would prefer it stays a live show performance, where we TV viewers can feel how amazing it is to be at the venue (like what Måneskin absolutely succeeded in).
Of course camera angles and everything has always mattered, but hope you get what I mean?
Hope a good balance can be found.
@@RebeccaEd what? It was a live show.
Me and my friend went to the grand final jury show, and it was just amazing (Mae won the fake vote so at least we won something 😂, though her vocals were a lot better in that show than the preview of her rehearsal). We also went to the Eurovision village for the grand final screening the day after and apart from getting sunburnt because there was literally no shady spots, it too was amazing to be there singing (or more shrieking) the songs with everyone else. Also reacting to the points there was audible gasping when Spain, Austria, and the UK got their shocking televote results… and the fireworks at the end, my friend said she was almost crying when they started. It was an amazing unforgettable experience our first Eurovision and I don’t care that I’ve spent way too much money the past few days, it was worth it. ❤
Thanks a lot for sharing your experience of ATTENDING IT. It sounds amazing! 💛🧡💛
with the mic being totally quiet, her lack of stage presence and the fact that she clearly finds it difficult to sing live, I’m not surprised UK finished bottom of the rankings. Not a million percent sure about how the jury decides who to vote for but I was sure we’d get more jury votes as a thank you you know😂
The thank you points concept would be logical.
But usually the hosting country gets really low points, even if they send a very strong entry.
It’s common they get less points then you would expect if the song was sent by any one else.
But usually the hosting country is the winner. And I think that whole less points thing useally is because I guess not having the same country winning maybe 3 times in a row or something.
So I don’t think that should apply, but idk.
😂
You did a great job hosting!
Thank you for what? The hosts were great, could've done without being jumped by the monarchy and fed British music that has nothing to do with esc though lmao. Far too much self-indulgence, distasteful under the circumstances imo.
Hey, you got points from Ukraine:)
Thank you for all the Eurovision videos, I enjoyed it the whole time ❤
There were many great performances this year but I am truly happy for Loreen. Great performance. Great vocals. I loved it.
Dear honest vocal coach/Georgina, I only found you this year because of Eurovision. You've become an importart of my personal ESC preparation. I'm looking forward to the next ESC with you from the very beginning.
I know you hate the Croatian song, but I never once heard you talk about the vocals, the interesting backing vocals arrangement, Prlja (lead singer) really belts out those choruses in full voice (no head voice and falsettos other male singers in the competition (over)used. Too bad, missed opportunity.
Yeah, great message and theatricality! Let 3 is by far the band I would most want to see in concert
I can agree that Mama ŠĆ did not do any favor to Prlja's vocal capabilities, but fascinates me that someone who represents self as 'vocal coach' didn't catch how good singer he is. and he is a hell of a singer! in Croatia even a biggest haters of Let 3 are not denying that. simply i can't accept that professional operates in "i like" and "i don't like" modes. so big 👎.
He's old, give him a break😢
The way france Norway and Armenia got robbed….
Great recap!
I’m so tempted to finally make a pilgrimage to Eurovision next year in Sweden!! 🇸🇪 ❤ (from Australia! Haha)
Hope you had a great time during all this journey of Eurovision 2023 ! Now let's wait for 2024 ahah !
What's your favorite Eurovision song of all time ?
(mine is Saudade, saudade by Maro, Portugal 2022)
Mine is "Saudade" too. They should have won last year, as it was the best song, and they sang the whole song live so beautifully, and the harmonies were so incredible. I know, the Ukraine won because of the war, but honestly Portugal should have won last year 🙂
BTW Loreen was absolutely phenomenal!!!! What a voice. It gave my tingles. I don't follow internet trends and all the slating. I have seen comments about her song and they have nothing better to do. She was out of this world. Well deserved winner.
People really don't know how music works... all the plagiarism crap drives me nuts. Wish I could ignore it, but the utter stupidity and inanity of it all just keeps making me go off at people with 5000 word debunkings that most likely nobody reads. -_- Lor is one of a kind!
i loved that loreen only needed herself to win
Well she also used toaster on the stage
And 340 votes from the Jury
Ahahaha do you believe in that??
That...and the fact she was from Sweden;)
Herself and abba s performance s 50 year anniversary
Thank you for congratulating Loreen and giving her the appreciation that she deserves. Loved the vid, you’re always a gem to watch. :))
Thank you for your nice and honest thoughts about Sweden. I appreciated it very much ♥
I do think Loreen deserved to win so it's a shame it panned out in the way it did because she's getting a lot of hate because of the jury kind of screwing over Käärijä in a way even though, IMO, both of them did the best in different ways and it sucks that so many are taking their frustrations out on the artists when they all worked hard and just performed the best they could.
Yes, sad to see so much hate, when we had so many great songs and Ukraine and the UK put on a great show for us.
Loreen live performances really is something quite special, and just from a technical skill point of view at a winner level.
like she has shown before and she showed it again.
I was happy to see that Finland actually did pretty good with the jury, 4th for the jury. I though his staging, choreography and the number was really well done so I was happy to see the judges show approbation for it.
Overall congrats to Loreen!
To be fair there were countries singing much better then Finland and Sweden (and I badly wanted Finland to win), but Norway got totally screwed over by the juries! Same for Austria and Australia.
totally non sense, since finland was on the 4th place of the jury vote which is not bad at all. The song was cool and catchy indeed, but if the jury is deciding based on vocals, Finland wasn't able to win the jury vote.
All the hate comments really destroyed the evening for me 😢 my favorite was Sweden and France, and even if I can’t comprehend why France got such low point I would never go and post the French flag on the posts about other artists on the official Eurovision insta account, or write nasty, hateful things and certain emojis to ridicule another artist… I even saw people writing comments about “ripping loreens nails out and st*bbing her with them”. Never have I ever seen such a hate storm! Like, I thought the Chanel-stans last year were bad (I liked the song tho), but Israel and Finland this year… horrible fans!
And no one is ever happy, last year people freaked out because the winner of the public vote win and this year because it’s the winner of the jury. Insane!
Eurovision Fan Community is just extremely toxic. They have always been and it's getting worse every year. Of course cyberbullying is not only a Eurovision thing, in general it seems to be unstoppable. There is no objective way to argue that Loreen's performance was not incredibly well in every sense
Apparently Lithuania had issues with her earpiece during the performance but she still delivered😃
My number 1! Loved it
Hi from New Zealand 🎉❤ how come we didn’t get to see your comment on Norway? Loved Alessandra 💜
But Poland wasn’t even borderline. They even became 3rd in the semi final!
Because was very entertaining, not boring. Eurovision was never just singing / vocal presence contest.
the might of a big diaspora in many countries. completely undeserved in the final
Controversial opinion I quite liked Poland. It definitely wasn't in my top 5 but I thought it was pretty catchy, better than most of the ballads which I'm rarely able to get behind.
Meanwhile in an alternate universe Jann flopped like Austria and Serbia... Of course corruption is terrible, but Solo was always the safer song for a middle-of-the-board result: bubbly, summery, fun, and one of the very few female bops this year (Israel being the other, and look at how well it did).
Thank God for juries then.
I absolutely loved Tattoo ♥ She's a fantastic performer and puts her entire soul into the performance. Shivers all over my body she's a powerhouse. Voted for her 20 times. Forst time ever that I vote in Eurovision ! You go Loreen what a queen.
My personal favourite was Italy, Marco really touched me. I just don't like/get Loreen, I never liked Euphoria either, I know, unpopular opinion. I also really loved Spain, but I understand why most people don't get that kind of music/performance. I am not a professional or vocal coach or whatever, I just look at how songs/performances touch me. In the end it is all personal preference.
A sober view, good to see. It's all subjective, except when it isn't. I liked Spain too, love the Arabesque fusion in Flamenco. I guess the fact that it's all buildup and no catharsis might rub people the wrong way a bit. Italy was really impressive even though it did nothing for me personally.
I have tried so hard to like Tattoo but I just don't. I do love Spain though, in a breakdown of song composition, Tattoo is formulaic and far more basic than Spain's song, which has pretty melody and interesting nuances that popular music doesn't have. Czechia and Spain remain my most beloved songs from this year.
Welcome to Sweden next year and thank you for your always honest views! 🇸🇪
And next year it's my hometown Göteborg (Gothenburg) turn to have the ESC since 2013 Malmö had it and 2016 Stockholm had it 🎉
@@thereset1735 Not confirmed... but I hope we do get it. Then again, where would it be held? Scandinavium? A tent at Frihamnen? xD
Loreen was THE BEST by a Mile. Ignore the Haters. She & her song was simply AMAZING ❤
On what you said about Poland - isn't there a rule that you cannot use recorded vocals in the performance? sometimes there are backing singers, but they're singing live as well... correct me if I'm wrong!
Ahead of the 2021 contest, in an effort to make the contest more flexible to change following the cancellation of the 2020 edition and to facilitate modernisation, recorded backing vocals were permitted as an optional addition.
They changed in 2013.
They have changed it since 2021 where they now allow singers to use backing vocals to their live performances but you can definitely hear that Poland took advantage of that. It was almost thru the whole song😂
That used to be the rule. They can use pre recorded backing vocals nowadays.
Since COVID prerecorded vocals as backing vocals have been allowed. There have always been cases where acts used live backing vocalists to cover weaker singers, but since this rule change I think a few acts have been trying to disguise this more by using prerecorded vocals by the artist themselves.
'Finland lyrics are bonkers' I think you maybe just misundersand them a lot. There's a lot of cultural background to it. Finnish people in general are very introverts and it can take a LOT of effort to put ourselves out there. The song talks about becoming the version of yourself not scared of the social interactions, the other people and just dancing away the night. It's actually a lot more positive and meaningful lyrics than Loreen. Sorry you did not understand them. Finnish is a very small language with only 5 million Finnish speakers.
I thought the lyric were a very clear message that was acted out in superb choreography. The televote got this absolutely spot on with Finland. I like Loreen as a person what she stands by in terms of belief. I like her voice but everything about the presentation looked like a second helping of Euphoria served up un-thawed from the deep past. This will not go down as a memorable win. Stage performance did look like a waffle maker. The best vocal was Estonia and the best show was Finland and they deserved the win.
I don't think you even needed to understand a word of the Finland song to enjoy it. We were at the semi final and he nearly took the roof off. The crowd loved him, he won the popular vote. Loreen seemed aloof from the other performers.
Having worked with the Finnish, the lyrics were really clear to me as well. They were way more meaningful than those of Loreen's song.
Sore losers 😜
Tina Karol was singing live 100%, because sound was different from repetition before show. And that was amazing, wow
I think so too. It was quite clear for me actually, had to listen it again when I heard that she may have not.
You are most welcome to Sweden next year ❤❤❤
Loreens performance was so emotional and incredible, very happy she won!! 🥳🥳
YASSS GEORGINA
I love Tattoo, but she was off twice while she was singing. When she won,she sung much better,perhaps the nervous didn't help her.
Czech was stunning. One of my favorites.
estonia was my favourite too, the haunting piano. it deserved to of got a better result than it did.
Her vocals were the best of the evening in my opinion.
Thanks for your recap
Honestly I don't understand how the ukrainian song ended that high
Tbh mostly sympathy votes but the song was also quite okay
Because a lot of people love R n’ B, and their staging was one of the best, if not the best. R n’ B isn’t for me, and so, my favorite part of the song was when it had the strings towards the end, but I know a ton of people who love and rave about the song. There were plenty of people listing it in their faves, and many said it was underrated. So, it’s not surprising at all.
Ukranian diaspora all over Europe voting massively for their country from multiple countries
I guess solidarity, not for the song itself
Ikr they got the 4th highest public votes with a song no one really rated before, for me there can only be one reason for it...
I loved Norway it’s been stuck in my head for days
thank you for a great vidos and reactions of this wandrful year .you'r doing a great job .and i still be subs .keep up a good work!!🇮🇱💖
we love our Queen, LA ZARRA
Portugal ans Italy were the best on the competition
Hi, Georgina and honest vocal children! You actually might wanna check Tina Karol's repertoire. She is one of the best singers in Ukraine and my favorite personally.
I really like "Помню" (I remember), "Жизнь продолжается" (Life goes on), "Перечекати" (To wait out), "Ніжно" (gently), "Твої гріхи" (Your sins), "Я всё ещё люблю" (I still love) etc.
Great recap! I do agree with you to the most part. But I loved Lithuania and i think that song was so much about the lyrics and people nowadays don't like when they have to work in order to get something. Croatia, i thought it was just a disturbance when i saw the video, but on stage i was actually moved by the strength of their message about Putin and Belarus, they really meant what they were doing. Just because crazy representations in ESC is accepted does not mean that they define Eurovision Song Contest, to everyone out there.
Thanks for keeping us excited and in check with vocal for ESC 2023 Georgina! Always a pleasure to have your input and see you enjoy the show! Can't wait to see those live Vlogs from Sweeden in 2024 ! Cha-Cha-Cha-Cha-Cha-CHA :D
Glad you enjoyed the show
Thank you Georgina. Loved watching your Eurovision reviews. I mostly agreed with your points, though we have slightly different favourites. Staying subscribed to see what else you review 😁
Australia suffered from the voting because it did not have neighbours to vote for it no matter the standard of the song.
UK is a neighbour in a way (unless The Ashes creates a permanent rift xD)... then Italy, Greece/Cyprus, Poland... maybe Armenia? Culturally. Lots of Aussies with roots in those countries I believe, relatives to vote for them. :-) But Iceland came in with that 12 - woo \m/ I keep forgetting who gave the other 12 pointer.
@@MeowHard Portugal
I dont comment a lot, but thank you @Honest Vocal Coach - its been a pleasure to watch your videos during the ESC season! I liked your neutral commenting, your knowledge that made me see songs from another perspective. Great job. Lots of love to you!
Also, la zarra did not give the F finger. It was just meant to be “whatever”
Thank you for all the content! I will keep on following you (like I always do)!
Well, Blanka was actually 3rd in 2nd Semifinal so she had qualified because people liked it and voted for her more than for other 13 songs 💁🏼♂️
Sugar daddy got his credit card out and bought some votes methinks..
@@TheDersertAir Well it paid off apparently. Now Blanka is a star.
i couldnt be happier than sweden won!!💛
i almost cried when they annouced her as a winner!
Thank you Georgina & welcome to Sweden!! 🎉❤️
If you watch Tina Karol’s live performance, you will see that she has really powerful and high level vocal!
I've never even heard of Tina Karol until the Eurovision Final. I still have no idea who she is.
for me, Czechia were the stand outs. I love everything about their performance. So my top 10 would be Czechia, Norway, Spain, Estonia, Armenia, Australia, Israel, Finland, Portugal and Austria.
So many people commented about maes backing vocals being so low in the rehearsals. Quite sad how the experts couldnt see this
Thanks Georgina for all your reactions throughout this Eurovision season. I'm not a singer and can't really judge too much on vocal quality, but for me the standout vocalists were Remo from Switzerland, Blanca Paloma, Monika from Lithuania and Mimicat.
What I did want to briefly mention is the lyrics. Here I disagree with you slightly - I find the Armenia lyrics a bit cheesy 'drink smoothies at near cafes' - at our party were were laughing so much at that line, and the way she sang dogoobegoologoo. :)
On the other hand, I personally find the Belgian lyrics so deep and meaningful - especially as a queer person. The fact that in the LGBTQ+ community we are put into boxes of the 'type of gay you are' or the like, and Gustaph was really able to emphasise that we shouldn't be putting anyone, LGBTQ+ or others into boxes, with simple but effective lyrics, was really fantastic. Yes, it's about being yourself, but it's also about not judging anyone by a cover. I'll give you a universal example - I wear hippie trousers because they are comfortable, breathable and I like wearing them (my Mum told me to take them off the other day because 'people were going to be coming in, and it was the first time I had the courage to stand up to her and say 'no'). I am in no way a hippie, but I'm lumped into a box because I like those comfortable trousers.
Gustaph really resonated with me through those lyrics and that message and stopping putting anyone into boxes and stop letting people dictate to you about the box you're in, and actually this Eurovision season because of his lyrics, his song and joy, I was able to just forget about all the boxes people put me in and be who I wanted to be. The words may be simple, but the message is far from generic if you look a little deeper into it.
Otherwise, thanks again for your reactions and adding an extra dimension of the vocals that I certainly wouldn't understand myself.
Tattoo being very very similar to Mika Newton 's В плену; which I believe also means Tattoo. It's a real shame tbh and I don't appreciate the double standards.
I agree, it was a total rip off of the Ukrainian song, how shoe got away with such plagiarism us beyond me.
Really enjoyed your/our Eurovision journey 🎶 Enjoy your well deserved little break and can't wait for any new content... X
I have mixed feelings about Sweden- one hand she was amazing, she but her all into it -heart and soul, I was really happy for her.
but I really wanted Finland to win. I was surprised that a lot of Songs didn't get many points from the public.
Loved Cyprus song and vocals! ❤
Thanks for acknowledging Blanca Paloma's strong vocals
Look however you feel comfy 😊 thanks for all the work ❤
Thank you so much for your efforts, i really like your videos.
Lovely to see you in passing at Eurovision, love all your reaction videos, whether Eurovision related or not.
Interesting that I can hum a lot of the Eurovision tunes, even ones I didn't particularly care for, but I can't remember one single bit of the Swedish song.
That's why she is best. The easy songs everyone can sing.
Kaarija robbed by jury. Loreen overrated by juries. Btw Loreen got 0 12 pounts from the televote despite having a 200+ score😂😂😂💀💀💀💀
and as i remember kaarija got 0 12 points from the juries💀
that depends on how you rate the song ,,, if you want the winner to be the song that is the most fun then yeah, then last year Subwoofer with "Give That Wolf A Banana" should have won, and trust me vocally Subwoofer was miles better than Kararija ... when comes to Kaarija the rap part was good but when it came to that singing part his vocals were just bad ...
Yet, she still won 🏆🥇
Get over it, Kaarija didnt even know How to sing, he could never beat Loreen
Only one robbed was Sweden, because your TV commentor tod people to vote tactic. So 0 points from you to Sweden. So stop your rubbish.
La Zarra real queen 👑
Poland was top 3 in SF2!
Loved Australia
We have a worthy winner. The song wasn't my cup of tea, but I rarely like the ESC winners the best anyways. Loreen is a great performer, a talented artist and she gave her everything, and for that, she won.
I'm from Finland, and I'm super proud of Käärijä for giving a historically high score, he did great even with the jury vote, despite of not being the strongest singer. It did upset me to see so many amazing songs (my favourite Slovenia included, Joker Out was my kind of music, done perfectly) get such low scores from the juries. We have such diversity in the songs and artists today, and I was hoping for more recognition to Spain, Portugal, France and Albania for their stellar performances in their native languages. Also the songs, which were huge hits outside of the live show, Norway, Austria, Germany and the UK. Australia was also amazing, and with Slovenia, will stay in my playlists and my heart.
The show was amazing. We all won by getting to be united by music. In the end, the main point of ESC is to enjoy music, have a great show, and come together. Someone always gets 1st place, but we have enough love for all the artists, right? ❤
Great reaction, thanks!
swear to god she would have not gotten 340 points from the jury if she had been from some other small european country
North Macedonia won the juries in 2019 with a ballad and they got MORE points than Sweden. It just goes to show the vast majority how no idea of Eurovision and is new to the contest constantly making up conspiracy theories just to justify their favorite''s loss. Congrats to Loreen and good luck to Kaarija 🎉
she would’ve, because she was simply the BEST!
No its not abount the country its abount her if like Blanka had the same vocals same performance etc she wouldnt get even 50% of those votes
But Sweden isn't exactly the largest, is it? How is it at a huge advantage vs e.g. Norway? (that didn't get those points). And why didn't the largest ones get more points? (Germany and uk especially, but big5 in general, really).
I really do not understand why they keep trying to convince us that a song deserved to win with no memorable and characteristic melody, no staging only between 2 3 yoga positions and hand gestures and she was just, just screaming. She doesnt hit the notes THAT good, shouting is not singing
Hi Georgina. Thanks for explaining about that video 30 seconds about Albania due to copyright but as a viewer and being an Albanian having mixed feelings probably I was a little harsh so I’m apologizing to you. I always like to listen to your comments are professional. Thanks again ❤
Every year you get these same comments (especially in the UK): we get no pints because Europe hates us. Which is rubbish, it's just a simple numbers game: there are 26 songs and every country can give points to 10 of them. Even if the jury and televote are completely different, that's still only 20 songs that get points, so you'll always have 5 to 10 songs that don't get many points.
The UK song, like Austria f.ex. wasn't in many people's top 10, so didn't get many votes.
There's of course some politics and migrants voting for their country of origin (f.ex Germany always giving plenty of points to Turkey), but in the end if your song is popular, it'll get votes.
Armenians presentation was placed close to the end of the finale compared to a lot of other performances, which goes to show that the creators of the Eurovision really really loved her. And would’ve wanted her to win. The professionals know quality. In my opinion, the Many of the tt5top winner entries were typical kitsch.
Thanks for all the great reactions all through Eurovision! I will be looking forward to your other reactions to help us through our Eurovision withdrawal 😅! I hope you'll react to Lewis capaldi's album when it comes out in about a week's time! 💕💕💕
Pre-recorded vocals were massively heard during Cyprus performance. Much more than during Blanka singing SOLO
Sweden was AMAZING! Innovating song, amazing performance, vocals on point…. WOW!!!!!!
no it wasn't
it was perfect in every sense, there is nothing to complain about :)
Tina Karol wasn't lip-synching, she's really good now.
You did get it right !!! I've been watching you for a while not just for the Eurovision, I remember ABBA new stuff, Kelly Clarkson dancing queen and even Haley Reinhart that I love and always love your reactions always right and on point....especially this year's Eurovision you said from the get go Sweden Israel and later Italy joined the group, are the potential most deserved winners and sure enough 1st 2nd n 3rd with the Jury votes, I have to say you the only one from the rest the bloggers, that were sooooo much about France and Spain n and of course Cha Cha Cha the baboon dance guy which we all understand the hype but definitely thank God is NOT the winner, you did not follow all them think they know it all... I thought like you and sure enough we were right so good for you and I will not stop following you and support you.
Thanks n good luck.
I’m really surprised that once again you pointed out the pitchiness of Jeremy from Tvrochi, and this is fair, but by the same token, how do you not point out the pitchiness of Loreen and Noa in the first half of their songs? As a professional teacher, you cannot seriously tell me that you couldn’t hear it. Loreen was totally off tune during the low notes, and her enunciations were terrible, while Noa was completely off when she partially sang acapella, the whole “power of a unicorn” part. Yes, both their overall performances were good, but not the singing. If you’re going to point out singing in some acts, then as a coach, you need to be consistent in your critiques. On top of that, the Tvorchi guys found out a few mins before they performed that their hometown was hit with missiles, hence they held a sign “Ternopil( the name of their hometown” during the recaps. The fact that they were even standing on the stage after that was incredible. Would love to see how you or anyone could perform under those circumstances. Not that I’m saying you shouldn’t point out singing out of pity, but I don’t get the inconsistency from you. Even the Croatian guys killed the notes, and as funny as their performance is, their song isn’t easy to sing, and you didn’t talk about that either🧐 I’ve also noticed a bias in general with you for songs sung in English. Songs sung in someone’s native language, especially those with traditional/folk elements, almost never gets a positive review from you.
Wasn’t the lady complaining about Kalush last year too? Sorry, smells like prejudice. Hope I’m wrong.
ps: he is Jeffrey not Jeremy 😅 (actually he’s Jimoh, but goes by Jeffrey)
I totally agree!!
@@d1sarmon1a Yup, she did. I’ve just noticed in general almost every time a song isn’t in English or it’s a traditional/ethnic song or it’s a non pop song, she either tends to completely ignore the singing or say it’s pitchy, but English-language entries, she is almost always positive about. I was hoping it’s a one-off thing, but now I’ve noticed it over multiple videos and Eurovision years. It’s, of course, ok to not like such music, but the constant praising of English songs and singers, even when they are completely off-tune, but constantly dissing those singing in their national languages, has really irked me.
Oops, that’s what happens when I type late at night and do not re-read my comment. Stupid autocorrect. I’m in Ukraine, so I def know he’s Jeffrey, lol. I’ve edited it.
Do you watch All her videos or a select few?
You didn't really get it right. Finland won the televote by a mile. No country put Sweden first in the televote.
Well Georgina I would like to thank you for all your posts over the past months, you made 2023's Eurovision so engaging and I look forward to watching you in 2024.
I was disappointed in the end (from Australia) found the sound quality of ALL the performances (semi finals and final) coming through my TV really poor... I could hear the hosts, and booth announcers really well, but most acts could barely be heard through the mic.
I looked back to 2019, and the stark difference in the decisions about sound mix coming through the broadcast was clear. In 2019 the rules were all about the voice being produced on stage, and 2023's overall presentation was weak and disappointing by comparison.
So many of the artists didn't deserve to even be there... Poland was clearly awful from the outset, the UK and Denmark both vocally dreadful all along... And mysteries like Serbia getting through even though he almost failed to sing... It was such a weird experience.
I'm quite aware this could be somehow something that happened to broadcast in Australia... But I had to turn up the TV for the acts, and turn it down for the hosts...
So all the acts look worse than they maybe were... I don't know.
I hope the organizers go back to the stringent requirements for the vocals to be produced in stage in real time again. It's less interesting to watch if you can't trust who is singing what.
And, as for jury voting... I simply don't believe that Loreens song was that much ahead of the next offering as to get such a lead on points... If the juries are meant to offer balance, there was none.... And I simply do not think Loreens song was five times better than any other (which is what points would indicate)...
The hosts and staging and entertainment were all pretty stupendous.
Did anyone else find the sound quality strange?
Yes, I found the sound quality strange too. I had to turn the volume of the songs louder, but it was still very strange, as one could barely hear them singing, but at the Commercials and when the Hosts were talking, without changing the volume on the TV, it was very loud.
I like Sweden, but to me it was not the best song; and Austria was clearly robbed a better position, and especially Austria got a very unfair running order, being 2nd in the Semi Final 2. Loreen was also "only" 2nd in the Semi Final 2, but got a very good running order, but Austria as 1st, it was almost clear, that "we" would be only way behind other participants.
Sweden should have started first and I am sure, she would have won also; but Austria with running order 9 would have gotten a by far better place in the Final
I totally agree about Estonia. It looked like she was lost on the stage, but it was some kind "choreography".
I also liked the white dress much more that she was wearing in Estonian final. But overall I was in tears when she sang, It was absolutely amazing!
Thanks you so much for all of the honest rewevs and support!❤
Greetings from Estonia 🇪🇪
Unbelievable that Germany was behind Croatia😭🤢😤
And thank God for that! The Croatian song was brilliant satire and symbolic to our current situation in Ukraine, with their words, costumes and staging, all having very powerful meaning, while Germany, “Blood and Glitter, sweet and bitter, we’re so happy we could die.” Chris Harms is a sweetheart, but no, just no.
My problem is that they came LAST like how did that happen
People vote for the message.
Your videos are so brilliant. Now take a break and have a little rest. And you look lovely. X
Armenia deserved more than 14,minimum in top 10,interesting staging + great vocals + rapping + dance breake
Playing with yourself while singing about panic attacks kinda ruins things.
Huge fan of the channel but I have to disagree with Loreen deserving to win. From the get go it was setup for Loreen to win. The whole showing which countries had won the most at the beginning and next year being ABBA's 50th anniversary of their win and Sweden's first win I feel had more to do with her winning than her actually earning the win. On top of that Sweden received no 12 point scores from any of the countries in the public vote. The majority of her scores were middle 4-7 range. Finland surprisingly didn't give her any points in the public vote. Loreen has an amazing voice and she gave a great performance but I didn't think it was the best song. Norway deserved the win more based on performance and vocal ability but the public chose Finland and they should have the final say not these unknown unseen mysterious juries.
This theory doesn’t hold up AT ALL because she flopped with ”Statements” a few years ago - didn’t even make it to the finals 🤷🏻♀️ They were never 100% certain she’d make it through to Eurovision! Sweden has a rigorous voting process with several quarter finals, one semifinal & then the Grand Final. IF she’d been handpicked (like some countries go about) I’d also be suspicious. She was not! She had to go through the quarter finals & grand final (Melodifestivalen) to even make it to Eurovision in the first place 🤷🏻♀️ The fact that it’s the 50th anniversary for ”Waterloo” is just a happy coincidence…
Of course you have to disagree. Not surprised. Many of those who think that Finland deserved to win are so easily fotled by finns.
Both the Swedish jury and the viewers generously gave Finland 12 points. In Finland, the jury gave their twelfth to Sweden - while the viewers seemed to have come together in a pact and zeroed (!) Loreen, despite "Tattoo" being a big hit in Finland. Actually fascinating. That juries voted tactics has happened many times, but I can't remember such a clear example of an entire nation's viewers unanimously lowering a contribution. It says something about the impact Käärijä had in Finland, and how much people wanted to see him win.
But karma is a bitch i guess..
They sure got what they deserved. They sure are bad losers.
And the world is flat as well? Stop crying.
Saying Norway has a better performance than Sweden is laughable. Norway sent a very tiktok-friendly viral song hence the high televote but Alessandra was not the strongest live and the performance and staging is very simple, while Loreen had amazing and innovative staging and her vocals were on point the whole time too.
The juries have always been a part of Eurovision and are there specifically to balance out the televote as the jury voters and televoters have different voting priorities and criteria often. It is a SONG contest, not a POPULARITY contest and the songs are equally judged on technical performance as well as how popular they are. Not to mention Loreen came 2nd in the televote which is still a very high score, meanwhile Finland only came 4th in jury. The fact that every country besides Finland voted for Sweden in the televote just shows how universally beloved her song was by fans, which not only disproves your theory that it was rigged or people only voted for abba, but also proves why she deserved to win.
I also disagree the show was rigged for her. Finland actually got a much better spot in the running order for starters. Sweden was the favourite to win from day 1 and everyone always knew she would sweep the jury vote with her vocals and performance. The showing which countries had the most wins was in order to reference Luxembourg returning and Sweden was not mentioned once. It's also ridiculous to claim that people voted for Sweden and Loreen just because ABBA's 50th anniversary win, most Eurovision viewers are not only dedicated fans who were likely unaware of that fact but even hardcore fans do not care enough for Abba to rig a whole contest or vote for Sweden specifically for abba - it seems like a copout excuse from bitter fans in order to make themselves feel better that their favourites sadly lost.
I am sure Kaarija will be okay because he has won the public's hearts over. Maybe he will perform in Sweden next year.
There were no backing vocals on Mae Muller as there had been a problem with it earlier in the week (for some reason, there was a male voice on it that no-one knew where it had come from!) so the production team decided to scrap it. That's why her voice was weak.
I am from Poland. Maybe Blanka sounds better in Liverpool than in Warsaw, but... still no.
We really should have let Jann to go to the contest. That would be TOP 5! Or TOP 10!
I also like TOP 3 of the funniest songs at this Eurovision- AUSTRIA, CROATIA -but FINLAND...It was some other state of mind ;)
Jann would be where Serbia is to my mind
Poland should have been outright disqualified for that move. Pure nepotism, and typical conservative discrimination against anybody different. Not very "united by music" of them. 🤬
Cornelia Jakobs "I turn to you" was AMAZING!!!!!! I need the whole version of this song!!!! She was flawless!!!
and 50th annivesary of ABBA,s win