Norway deviating from their typical wacky entries and going with something different just to come last. Oh we’re definitely getting monkeys eating cucumbers next year
I genuinely wonder if something this straight-forward could ever sweep again. Maybe win in an Arcade way. But a full sweep? With no staging, no costuming, no lighting, no vocal climax, and just a simple straight-forward radio pop song? She just showed up and won
sometimes i think about how she just turned 19, went alone on stage, had the best time of her life and won. if that's not legendary i don't know what is.
(also, youngest winner since sandra kim!)
No bells of whistles. No gimmicks. No big vocal moments. No drama. No staging. Production is very straight forward. Lyrics are an after thought. I truly wonder if anything like this could win ever again
The first rehearsal photographer was honestly too talented for their own good because you would never expect the disaster that was coming based off this photo
Austria so so random in Eurovision. The song selections. The results. One minute they’re winning and the next minute they’re acting like they have no idea what music is
This is top 5 best performances to ever grace the Eurovision stage. Vocals were an A+. Staging concept was A+. Execution was A+. Degree of difficulty was extremely high.
The fact that Spotify considers Eurovision to be a music genre is so funny to me. Yes viola and el Diablo are the same genre of music. Yes a tv show is a genre of music
All 3 songs that rhyme the word “rain” with “pain” have made the grand final of Melodifestivalen 2023!! Congrats to the genius swedish song writers who invented this amazing lyric!!!
One thing about this Ukrainian “sympathy vote” is that the people who voted clearly liked the song. It’s out streaming all of the “robbed true winners.” So it wasn’t just a throw away vote. They voted for a song they’re listening to. Metrics don’t lie 🤷♂️
Idk why the EBU is pretending AUSTRALIA isn’t coming back. Girl you’ve lost turkey and Russia and Hungary and youre on Luxembourg’s phone begging for them to return. Kazakhstan isn’t even broadcasting esc anymore. We know you can’t afford to lose any more countries
A Eurofan using queen of kings in a tik tok about ukraines miss world pageant causing it to go viral causing it to become MGP 2023’s biggest hit is honestly the best iceberg content of the year so far
I for one love living in a world where songs like give that wolf a banana AND river can both win song contests at the same time. There is room for everyone at the table and that’s why Eurovision is so successful and long lasting. From silly to serious, it’s all welcome 🙏
Spain: we are disqualifying an artist for using a vocal effect that Eurovision allows
Ukraine: we’re disqualifying an artist for releasing your song too early
Moldova: oh youre 9? Not even old enough to participate in JESC? Meh no biggie youre through
One of the best staging packages in the history of Eurovision. This IS Eurovision. The theatrics. The gimmickry. The camp factor. She had it all. This is what we tune in for
i still can’t get over how batshit insane kate miller-heidke is for even attempting this let alone executing it flawlessly. no staging will ever top this.
might be controversial but is it just me but i don’t care if artists sing live? i think Eurovision should stop that rule lmfao it’s a song contest not a live vocal competition those are two completely different things
Elsie Bay would have been toast if she had to share the stage with Netherlands and Greece. Terra would have come last next to France. Ay mama would have been out quirked by serbia. The Eurovision gods really knew best in the end
Moroccan Oil being named after Morocco when in reality it’s an Israeli company really ended up working out for them because the whole of esc is sponsored by Israel and hardly anyone knows or notices
Last week: Uk is sending space man
Last weekend: Uk is sending space man
Yesterday: Uk is sending space man
Today: here’s a leak of space man video
BBC tomorrow: hey guys guess what we have an announcement I bet you’ll never guess who the Uk is sending
I’m gonna need people to stop comparing Salvador to Lena because 1) he had a staging package with thoughtful lighting and camerawork choices, 2) he had a vocal, and 3) his song wasn’t a radio friendly pop song. His package was the polar opposite of Lena’s!
“You can’t say anything about Spain’s selection because it’s THEIR CHOICE” actually they’re sending it to a contest where they’re asking everyone else to vote for it so we can absolutely critique it
I don’t get why Europeans think they’re the intended audiences of international versions of this show. The intended audience for the Latin American Song Contest is Latin Americans, not people from the Netherlands
This is not a real problem. Never has been, never will be. The songs that won immediately after Heroes were 1944 and Amar Pelos Dois. Sweden has won 3 times in the last 11 editions and we are still getting songs like EAEA. This isn’t a real concern
We don't hate Sweden at
#Eurovision
, we just don't want that competition to lose its quality standard and diversity. Swedish scandipop is not that creative, and also having just english pop songs as a
#Eurovision
standard may downgrade the contest itself.
Natalia Gordienko didn’t need camp staging because she is the living embodiment of camp. Her breathy vocals? Camp. Her long note at the end? Camp. Her “hello Europe” ad-lib? Camp. The way she pronounces “diabetes”? Camp. Her having Kirkorov on a chain for 2 weeks? VERY CAMP.
My takeaways after Israel Calling are:
Serbia = potential audience favorite
Aremenia = safe qualifier
Czech Republic = I'm worried
Austria = good night and good luck
France = will not be the next Shum
Meghan Trainor is promoting the Irish NF and Lana del rey is promoting the UK internal selection on the same day. We are getting way too much Eurovision iceberg content today
It’s funny seeing people called SloMo cheap pop when it was likely the most expensive song in the NF. Super successful song writers, blackpinks choreographer, a designer to make those outfits. People underestimate how expensive pop music is to produce
Eurofans obsession with “authenticity” and “ personalization” is so lame. Whitney Houston and Elvis and Celine Dion just sang whatever songs they were given and that is perfectly FINE. Not everyone needs to be an edgy indie artist in order to be good
Bashar has one of the least political songs ever yet people are mad. Like they’re clearly mad just because of his race and not the entry itself. They’re not even trying to hide the racism
Pop girlies with mangos in contests where two juries make her win over a an act in a regional language who has a massive televote. Chanel and Angelina are spiritually connected
They’re participating in the Euro 2024 as we speak and they’re still fifa members for the next World Cup. The EBU don’t want to be the first ones to exclude them when their peers aren’t doing it. They’re followers not trend setters
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Portugal 2017 had staging. It had thoughtful camera work. It had thoughtful lighting. There is more to staging than LEDs and pyro. He absolutely had a staging package
British media writes an article about how if they sent Adele to Eurovision they’d still come last every other week. It’s not even Eurovision season and they’re still going on about it. Please get a new hobby I’m begging
Eurofans need to stop thinking the betting odds are a science. Betting agencies don’t have any magical powers or special insider information giving them the ability to predict winners. They’re just normal people who like gambling
Imagine what was going through Elena Tsagrinou’s head this season. She got dragged for plagiarism twice (Gaga and Zara), had an entire country boycotting her for months over lyrics she didn’t write, and even had Duncan come for her at one point. All over a simple pop song
It’s crazy that people outside the bubble have no idea what’s going on here. This drama really is chronically online. Tell me why my friend is watching semi 2 and I told him people were booing Israel and he said “why? I thought they were popular” 😭
I think eurofans living inside the bubble over estimate just how much the general public who watched Eurovision once last year will remember the girl who came 3rd place who never released any follow up material