May 8, 20169 yr This is going to be a real MOMENT! uCOwEGD8H78 That does look great...reminds me of Ray Of Light era Madonna.
May 9, 20169 yr Author We've seen the graphics for the first time and the hashtags have stayed which I'm very pleased about as I loved them in the end, so I guess we'll get the hashflags made active on Twitter from tomorrow. Also a very different set of graphics than usual for the song info: Looks good!
May 9, 20169 yr They look really good. They use those same graphics for the qualifiers announcement, my favourite so far is Iceland's :wub:
May 9, 20169 yr Author Saw a very LQ video (see below) of the first minute of Armenia's performance on screen and that "sonic boom" as it is being called looks extraordinary. If the rest of the performance matches up to the first minute I'm not ruling out the victory for Iveta! FgG9e9cPGDw
May 9, 20169 yr I said time and time again that LoveWave was my least favourite Eurovision entry of the past 5 years but this performance is extraordinary and it's now well within my favourites. Russia had the biggest cheer of the night, also big cheers when he starts climbing the wall and when he twirls in the stars...
May 9, 20169 yr Author I think when I see Iveta's performance, LoveWave will finally click with me properly too! So it is 9.55 and they are up to the stage where they talk to 3 automatic qualifiers in the green room which leaves 5 minutes to show the clips of their songs (they are doing them live in this dress rehearsal of course so they are filmed ready for tomorrow so we can't know exactly if they were going to finish on time) and reveal the qualifiers - but I think they'll need to speed up a little bit tomorrow!
May 9, 20169 yr Oh god Armenia. Goosebumps everywhere. Amazing. I loved the song from the beginning but the performance should elevate it even further
May 9, 20169 yr Author The Russian jury have perhaps broken every rule in the book by doing this but they've Periscoped live from their jury room and you can see most of The Netherlands and Armenia here! https://www.periscope.tv/100tskaya/1eaJbBgjnnoJX
May 9, 20169 yr They don't seem to be paying much attention to the songs, getting up and walking about, talking over them like I would at home with family/friends.
May 9, 20169 yr Author People on ESC Nation have picked up that she had a + for Greece on her scoresheet and minuses for the others, but I can't say that I spotted that myself. So scandalous though even showing an empty scoresheet!
May 9, 20169 yr The Russian jury have perhaps broken every rule in the book by doing this but they've Periscoped live from their jury room and you can see most of The Netherlands and Armenia here! https://www.periscope.tv/100tskaya/1eaJbBgjnnoJX At least they had more or less relevant conversations throughout! The whole walking in front of the screen is so crappy though. Ugh
May 9, 20169 yr Author Oh I'm glad that they were actually talking about the performances rather than the weather or whatever, although I'm not sure they are allowed to even do that are they? If this is common practice in quite a few juries, it is no wonder quite a few have such similar rankings when they get revealed after the show.
May 9, 20169 yr I don't think there's anything in the rules that the juries have to watch in complete silence so I don't think they've technically broken a rule but yes, it's a bit iffy.
May 9, 20169 yr IVETA'S PERF OMGGGG It's really really grown on me anyway but I think with the performance tomorrow it will fully slay me. It's definitely in my top 5 now regardless. Very excited for Jamala too, I had a feeling from pretty much the start it would end up being one of the more striking performances.
May 9, 20169 yr Oh I'm glad that they were actually talking about the performances rather than the weather or whatever, although I'm not sure they are allowed to even do that are they? If this is common practice in quite a few juries, it is no wonder quite a few have such similar rankings when they get revealed after the show. Forgot to say that one of the women there announced she was married to an Armenian guy so she's "for them" during the first seconds of Iveta's performance.
May 10, 20169 yr A lot clearer view of Joe & Jake's second rehearsal the other day, complete with pyros: RuTS08oPx3s Looks spot on for the type of song it is to me!
May 10, 20169 yr Author Leaky leak zW_y_1joUJw Looks amazing *.* Be afraid Frans. Very good, still can't see this being beaten! But I think there are easy improvements they could've made to this, there are lots of camera shots that show the whole screen but then with space around the screen which I think lessens/cheapens the effect - they should've zoomed it a little more so that the screen is all you can see at those points. Or towards the end the main LED screens match colour perfectly with the screen so it isn't noticeable and that is much better than the beginning when the white mini-screen contrasts with the darker main LED screens. Also when he's holding on to the top of the screen it looks very messy and strange. That said, people seeing this the first time will be amazed and I am still amazed myself so this little issues won't be noticed. It's just that it could've been even better! (Moved this to this topic as spoilers are contained!)
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