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I'd like it to be in June so that I can watch Eurovision without having to worry about exams :D

Finally listened to all songs more than a few times

 

My rankings are as follows:

 

Excellent Songs that deserve to do well

Sheldon Riley - Not The Same

Sam Ryder - Space Man

Mahmood & Blanco - Brividi

Malik Harris - Rockstars

The Rasmus - Jezebel

 

Great songs

Amanda Tenfjord - Die Together

Lum!x ft Pia Maria - Halo

 

Above average songs

Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer

Reddi - The Show

Jeremie Makiese - Miss You

Rosa Linn - Snap

Emma Muscat - I Am What I Am

Marius Bear - Boys Do Cry

Brooke - That’s Rich

Circus Mircus - Lock Me In

Michael Ben David - I.M

Subwoolfer - Give That Wolf A Banana

 

Just above average

Ronela Hajati - Sekret

Nadir - Fade To Black

Citi Zeni - Eat Your Salad

Vladana - Breathe

Andromache - Ela

Ochman - River

Stefan - Hope

 

Average at best/forgettable

WRS - Llamame

Intelligent Music Project - Intention

Konstrakta - In Corpore Sano

Monika Liu - Sentimentai

S10 - De Diepte

Maro - Saudade

Mia - Guilty Pleasure

Kalush Orchestra - Stefania

We Are Domi - Lights Off

Andrea - Circles

Systur - Meo Haekkandi Sol

LPS - Disko

Chanel - SloMo

Alvan & Ahez - Fulenn

 

Something puts me off

Achille Lauro - Stripper

 

Dont Like

Zdob Si Zdub - Trenuletul

 

Australia is back down to my 40th place after that ear ache of a rehearsal.

Posting these just before Semis begin tomorrow! Not the most vintage year but a rather solidly 'good' year.

 

01 Albania: Ronela Hajati - Sekret

02 Spain: Chanel - SloMo

03 Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer

04 France: Alvan & Ahez - Fulenn

05 Romania: WRS - Llámame

06 Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra - Stefania

07 United Kingdom: Sam Ryder - SPACE MAN

08 Greece: Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord - Die Together

09 Cyprus: Andromache - Ela

10 Poland: Ochman - River

 

11 Austria: Lumix feat. Pia Maria - Halo

12 Montenegro: Vladana - Breathe

13 Norway: Subwoolfer - Give That Wolf a Banana

14 Australia: Sheldon Riley - Not the Same

15 Czech Republic: We Are Domi - Lights Off

16 Ireland: Brooke - That's Rich

17 Italy: Mahmood & Blanco - Brividi

18 Finland: The Rasmus - Jezebel

19 Armenia: Rosa Linn - SNAP

20 Moldova: Zdob și Zdub & Frații Advahov - Trenulețul

 

21 Israel: Michael Ben-David - I.M

22 Netherlands: S10 - De diepte

23 Serbia: Konstrakta - In Corpore Sano

24 Estonia: Stefan - Hope

25 Lithuania: Monika Liu - Sentimentai

26 Belgium: Jérémie Makiese - Miss You

27 San Marino: Achille Lauro - Stripper

28 Latvia: Citi Zēni - Eat Your Salad

29 Georgia: Circus Mircus - Lock Me In

30 Portugal: MARO - saudade, saudade

 

31 Iceland: Systur - Með hækkandi sól

32 North Macedonia: Andrea - Circles

33 Malta: Emma Muscat - I Am What I Am

34 Germany: Malik Harris - Rockstars

35 Denmark: REDDI - The Show

36 Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli - Fade To Black

37 Switzerland: Marius Bear - Boys Do Cry

38 Bulgaria: Intelligent Music Project - Intention

39 Croatia: Mia Dimšić - Guilty Pleasure

40 Slovenia: LPS - Disko

final ranking featuring huge implied monika liu stanning

 

WINNERS

1. Lithuania: Monika Liu - Sentimentai

2. Moldova: Zdob şi Zdub & Fraţii Advahov - Trenuleţul

3. France: Alvan & Ahez - Fulenn

4. Serbia: Konstrakta - In Corpore Sano

5. Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer

San Marino: Achille Lauro - Stripper

6. Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra - Stefania

7. United Kingdom: Sam Ryder - Space Man

Albania: Ronela Hajati - Sekret

 

highlights

Georgia: Circus Mircus - Lock Me In

Austria: LUM!X (feat. Pia Maria) - Halo

Montenegro: Vladana - Breathe

8. Portugal: Maro - Saudade Saudade

9. Finland: The Rasmus - Jezebel

10. Czech Republic: We Are Domi - Lights Off

11. Australia: Sheldon Riley - Not The Same

Ireland: Brooke - That's Rich

Bulgaria: Intelligent Music Project - Intention

12. Greece: Amanda Tenfjord - Die Together

13. Estonia: Stefan - Hope

Cyprus: Ela - Andromache

14. Armenia: Rosa Linn - Snap

15. Poland: Ochman - River

Denmark: REDDI - The Show

16. Romania: WRS - Llamame

 

still good

17. Germany: Malik Harris - Rockstars

18. Iceland: Systur - Með hækkandi sól

19. Netherlands: S10 - De Diepte

20. Spain: Chanel - SloMo

21. Belgium: Jérémie Makiese - Miss You

22. Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli - Fade To Black

 

alright

23. Italy: Mahmood & Blanco - Brividi

Israel: Michael Ben David - I.M.

24. Norway: Subwoolfer - Give That Wolf A Banana

Malta: Emma Muscat - I Am What I Am

Croatia: Mia Dimšić - Guilty Pleasure

North Macedonia: Andrea - Circles

Slovenia: LPS - Disko

Latvia: Citi Zēni - Eat Your Salad

 

yeah actually this is a really good contest, after the semi performances I like everything

 

not you

25. Switzerland: Marius Bear - Boys Do Cry

01 United Kingdom: Sam Ryder – SPACE MAN

02 France: Alvan & Ahez – Fulenn

03 Spain: Chanel – SloMo

04 Czech Republic: We Are Domi – Lights Off

05 Italy: Mahmood & Blanco – Brividi

06 Netherlands: S10 – De Diepte

07 Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra – Stefania

08 Serbia: Konstrakta – In Corpore Sano

09 Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs – Hold Me Closer

10 Greece: Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord – Die Together

 

11 Romania: WRS – Llámame

12 Norway: Subwoolfer – Give That Wolf A Banana

13 Finland: The Rasmus – Jezebel

14 Armenia: Rosa Linn – Snap

15 Moldova: Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers – Trenulețul

16 Portugal: MARO – Saudade, Saudade

17 Belgium: Jérémie Makiese – Miss You

18 Lithuania: Monika Liu – Sentimentai

19 Iceland: Systur – Með Hækkandi Sól

20 Germany: Malik Harris – Rockstars

21 Estonia: Stefan – Hope

22 Australia: Sheldon Riley – Not The Same

23 Poland: Ochmann - River

24 Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli – Fade To Black

25 Switzerland: Marius Bear – Boys Do Cry

01 United Kingdom: Sam Ryder - SPACE MAN

02 Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer

03 Greece: Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord - Die Together

04 Armenia: Rosa Linn - SNAP

05 Malta: Emma Muscat - I Am What I Am

06 Denmark: REDDI - The Show

07 Austria: Lumix feat. Pia Maria - Halo

08 Montenegro: Vladana - Breathe

09 Lithuania: Monika Liu - Sentimentai

10 Netherlands: S10 - De diepte

 

11 Estonia: Stefan - Hope

12 North Macedonia: Andrea - Circles

13 Ireland: Brooke - That's Rich

14 Iceland: Systur - Með hækkandi sól

15 Australia: Sheldon Riley - Not the Same

16 Poland: Ochman - River

17 Czech Republic: We Are Domi - Lights Off

18 Spain: Chanel - SloMo

19 Israel: Michael Ben-David - I.M

20 Croatia: Mia Dimšić - Guilty Pleasure

 

21 Portugal: MARO - saudade, saudade

22 Belgium: Jérémie Makiese - Miss You

23 Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli - Fade To Black

24 Finland: The Rasmus - Jezebel

25 Cyprus: Andromache - Ela

26 Bulgaria: Intelligent Music Project - Intention

27 Italy: Mahmood & Blanco - Brividi

28 Serbia: Konstrakta - In Corpore Sano

29 San Marino: Achille Lauro - Stripper

30 France: Alvan & Ahez - Fulenn

 

31 Romania: WRS - Llámame

32 Slovenia: LPS - Disko

33 Albania: Ronela Hajati - Sekret

34 Switzerland: Marius Bear - Boys Do Cry

35 Germany: Malik Harris - Rockstars

36 Norway: Subwoolfer - Give That Wolf a Banana

37 Latvia: Citi Zēni - Eat Your Salad

38 Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra - Stefania

39 Georgia: Circus Mircus - Lock Me In

40 Moldova: Zdob și Zdub & Frații Advahov - Trenulețul

 

 

My winners

01 01 🇳🇱 Netherlands: S10 - De Diepte

02 08 🇺🇦 Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra - Stefania

03 02 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Sam Ryder - Space Man

04 03 🇮🇹 Italy: Mahmood & BLANCO - Brividi

05 06 🇳🇴 Norway: Subwoolfer - Give That Wolf A Banana

06 07 🇫🇷 France: Alven & Ahaz - Fulenn

 

I love this

07 16 🇷🇸 Serbia: Konstrakta - In corpore sano

08 09 🇪🇸 Spain: Chanel - SloMo

09 04 🇬🇷 Greece: Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord - Die Together

10 14 🇲🇩 Moldova: Zdob și Zdub & Frații Advahov - Trenulețul

11 05 🇵🇱 Poland: Ochman - River

12 22 🇪🇪 Estonia: Stefan - Hope

 

Good feelings

13 10 🇸🇪 Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer

14 12 🇵🇹 Portugal: MARO - Saudade, Saudade

15 17 🇬🇪 Georgia: Circus Mircus - Lock Me In

16 19 🇦🇺 Australia: Sheldon Riley - Not The Same

17 21 🇸🇲 San Marino: Achille Lauro - Stripper

18 13 🇨🇿 Czech Republic: We Are Domi - Lights Off

19 20 🇱🇻 Latvia: Citi Zēni - Eat Your Salad

20 18 🇮🇸 Iceland: Systur - Með hækkandi sól

 

Good

21 24 🇦🇲 Armenia: Rosa Linn - Snap

22 11 🇨🇾 Cyprus: Andromache - Ela

23 15 🇦🇱 Albania: Ronela Hajati - Sekret

24 27 🇲🇹 Malta: Emma Muscat - I Am What I Am

25 23 🇮🇪 Ireland: Brooke - That's Rich

26 38 🇲🇪 Montenegro: Vladana - Breathe

 

You're allowed

27 28 🇩🇰 Denmark: REDDI - The Show

28 25 🇦🇹 Austria: LUM!X ft. Pia Maria - Halo

29 26 🇩🇪 Germany: Malik Harris - Rockstars

30 40 🇱🇹 Lithuania: Monika Liu - Sentimentai

31 36 🇷🇴 Romania: WRS - Llámame

 

Room for big improvements

32 29 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli - Fade To Black

33 31 🇭🇷 Croatia: Mia Dimšić - Guilty Pleasure

34 30 🇸🇮 Slovenia: LPS - Disko

35 35 🇨🇭 Switzerland: Marius Baer - Boys Do Cry

36 32 🇧🇪 Belgium: Jérémie Makiese - Miss You

37 33 🇲🇰 North Macedonia: Andrea - Circles

 

Bye

38 34 🇮🇱 Israel: Michael Ben David - I.M

39 39 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: Intelligent Music Project - Intention

40 37 🇫🇮 Finland: The Rasmus - Jezebel

 

My biggest losses are Georgia, San Marino and Latvia. What a fun final we would have with them. I would happily switch them out with Belgium, Switzerland and Azerbaijan. Though I really dislike 'Jezebel' I don't mind it in the final, just because it is up-tempo (thank god it won't open the show again, cause it took time for me to recover after that) 😅

 

The biggest improvements for me from studio versions to the live performances are Lithuania, Estonia and Serbia & Montenegro. My biggest disappointments are Albania and Cyprus.

My rankings for the final

 

1) Australia - Sheldon Riley - Not The Same

2) United Kingdom - Sam Ryder - Space Man

3) Italy - Mahmood & Blanco - Brividi

4) Finland - The Rasmus - Jezebel

5) Germany - Malik Harris - Rockstars

6) Sweden - Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer

7) Greece - Amanda Tenfjord - Die Together

8) Armenia - Rosa Linn - Snap

9) Switzerland - Marius Bear - Boys Do Cry

10) Belgium - Jeremie Makiese - Miss You

11) Norway - Subwoolfer - Give That Wolf A Banana

12) Estonia - Stefan - Hope

13) Czech Republic We Are Domi - Lights Off

14) Portugal - Maro - Saudade Saudade

15) Azerbaijan - Nadir - Fade to Black

16) Romania - WRS - Llamame

17) Poland - Ochman - River

18) Ukraine - Kalush Orchestra - Stefania

19) Netherlands - S10 - De Diepte

20) Lithuania - Monika Liu - Sentementai

21) Spain - Chanel - SloMo

22) Serbia - Konstrakta - In Corpore Sano

23) Iceland - Systur - Meo Haekkandi Sol

24) France - Alvan & Ahez - Fulenn

25) Moldova - Zdob Si Zdub & Advahov Brothers - Trenuletul

Rankings of the finalists:

 

01. Romania: 'Llámame' by WRS

02. Sweden: 'Hold Me Closer' by Cornelia Jakobs

03. Spain: 'SloMo' by Chanel

04. United Kingdom: 'Space Man' by Sam Ryder

05. Norway: 'Give That Wolf A Banana' by Subwoolfer

06. France: 'Fulenn' by Alvan & Ahez

07. Ukraine: 'Stefania' by Kalush Orchestra

08. Greece: 'Die Together' by Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord

09. Czech Republic: 'Lights Off' by We Are Domi

10. Serbia: 'In corpore sano' by Konstrakta

 

11. Estonia: 'Hope' by Stefan

12. Australia: 'Not The Same' by Sheldon Riley

13. Poland: 'River' by Ochman

14. Netherlands: 'De Diepte' by S10

15. Armenia: 'Snap' by Rosa Linn

16. Italy: 'Brividi' by Mahmood & BLANCO

17. Moldova: 'Trenulețul' by Zdob și Zdub & Frații Advahov

18. Finland: 'Jezebel' by The Rasmus

19. Lithuania: 'Sentimentai' by Monika Liu

20. Portugal: 'saudade, saudade' by Maro

 

21. Belgium: 'Miss You' by Jérémie Makiese

22. Iceland: 'Með hækkandi sól' by Systur

23. Azerbaijan: 'Fade To Black' by Nadir Rustamli

24. Germany: 'Rockstars' by Malik Harris

25. Switzerland: 'Boys Do Cry' by Marius Bear

Pre-final ranking of the finalists:

 

Incredible

 

1 (1). Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer She'd better come top five, this is as magical as the first time I heard it

2 (2). United Kingdom: Sam Ryder - Space Man This is running Cornelia very close though, wonderfully unexpected UK entry, especially with the performance

 

Great

 

3 (4). Norway: Subwoolfer - Give That Wolf A Banana Just insanely...insane, and catchy

4 (16). Portugal: Maro - Saudade Saudade So beautiful, the gorgeous performance has fully elevated this for me

5 (30). Serbia: Konstrakta - In corpore sano Boarded the Konstrakta train fully, this is such a great spectacle and now firmly lodged in my head

6 (5). Greece: Amanda Tenfjord - Die Together Wonderful but this feels so off kilter as a Greek entry, for me it's the fifth Scandi entry in the final

 

Very good

 

7 (10). Czech Republic: We Are Domi - Lights Off

8 (12). Spain: Chanel – SloMo Lots of speculation over this winning, for me it's an 8/10 song with an 100/10 performance, will that be enough to lift it to victory? She is a star though and I can't wait to see what she does next

9 (23). Lithuania: Monika Liu – Sentimentai A definite revelation, she is just sublime and so classy

10 (11). Finland: The Rasmus - Jezebel I'm glad they qualified as it is a really solid song from them, not the best of their career but good enough

11 (15). Netherlands: S10 - De Diepte

12 (9). France: Alven & Ahaz – Fulenn

13 (27). Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra - Stefania If it does win then fair play, it's extremely infectious

 

Good

 

14 (15). Iceland: Systur - Með hækkandi sól Understated but growing

15 (19). Poland: Ochmann – River

16 (17). Italy: Mahmood & Blanco – Brividi

17 (18). Switzerland: Marius Bear - Boys Do Cry

18 (24). Estonia: Stefan – Hope

19 (21). Germany: Malik Harris – Rockstars

20 (26). Romania: WRS – Llámame

21 (39). Moldova: Zdob și Zdub & Frații Advahov - Trenulețul

22 (28). Belgium: Jeremie Makiesse - Miss You

23 (31). Armenia: Rosa Linn - Snap

 

Ok

 

24 (37). Australia: Sheldon Riley - Not The Same

25 (38). Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli - Fade To Black A distant last, I don't hate it but it's very much just there for me

Edited by gooddelta

Ranking the Top 25

1. Mahmood & BLANCO - Brividi • Italy

2. We Are Domi - Lights Off • Czech Republic

3. Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer • Sweden

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4. Alvan & Ahez - Fulenn • France

5. Chanel - Slow Mo • Spain

6. wrs - Llamamé • Romania

7. Monika LIU - Sentimentai • Lithuania

8. Konstrakta - In corpore sano • Serbia

9. Kalush Orchestra - Stefania • Ukraine

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10. Subwoolfer - Give That Wolf A Banana • Norway

11. S10 - Die Diepte • The Netherlands

12. Sam Ryder - Space Man • United Kingdom

13. The Rasmus - Jezebel • Finland

14. Ochman - River • Poland

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15. Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord - Die Together • Greece

16. Stefan - Hope • Estonia

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17. Jérémie Makiese - Miss You • Belgium

18. Sheldon Riley - Not the Same • Australia

19. Nadir Rustamli - Fade to Black • Azerbaijan

20. Systur - Med Hækkandi Sol • Iceland

21. Maro - Saudade, Saudade • Portugal

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22. Malik Harris - Rockstars • Germany

23. Rosa Linn - Snap • Armenia

24. Zdob si Zdub & Fratii Advahov - Trenuletul • Moldova

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25. Marius Bear - Boys Do Cry • Switzerland

Edited by ClaudiaKinkleman

01. France: Alvan & Ahez – Fulenn

02. Italy: Mahmood & Blanco – Brividi

03. Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra – Stefania

04. United Kingdom: Sam Ryder – SPACE MAN

05. Lithuania: Monika Liu – Sentimentai

06. Moldova: Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers – Trenulețul

07. Finland: The Rasmus – Jezebel

08. Spain: Chanel – SloMo

09. Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs – Hold Me Closer

10. Poland: Ochmann - River

 

11. Romania: WRS – Llámame

12. Serbia: Konstrakta – In Corpore Sano

13. Australia: Sheldon Riley – Not The Same

14. Estonia: Stefan – Hope

15. Iceland: Systur – Með Hækkandi Sól

16. Portugal: MARO – Saudade, Saudade

17. Greece: Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord – Die Together

18. Czech Republic: We Are Domi – Lights Off

19. Netherlands: S10 – De Diepte

20. Belgium: Jérémie Makiese – Miss You

 

21. Armenia: Rosa Linn – Snap

22. Norway: Subwoolfer – Give That Wolf A Banana

23. Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli – Fade To Black

24. Switzerland: Marius Bear – Boys Do Cry

25. Germany: Malik Harris – Rockstars

 

Last year's final was a lot stronger for me but have ended up with a solid top 10 nevertheless.

[01] 01. Sweden: 'Hold Me Closer' by Cornelia Jakobs

[09] 02. France: 'Fulenn' by Alvan & Ahez

[05] 03. Norway: 'Give That Wolf A Banana' by Subwoolfer

[02] 04. United Kingdom: 'Space Man' by Sam Ryder

[15] 05. Albania: 'Sekret' by Ronela Hajati

[08] 06. Spain: 'SloMo' by Chanel

[03] 07. Ukraine: 'Stefania' by Kalush Orchestra

[04] 08. Denmark: 'The Show' by Reddi

[20] 09. Romania: 'Llámame' by WRS

[06] 10. Austria: 'Halo' by LUM!X ft. Pia Maria

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[07] 11. Ireland: 'That's Rich' by Brooke

[11] 12. Finland: 'Jezebel' by The Rasmus

[14] 13. Italy: 'Brividi' by Mahmood & BLANCO

[10] 14. Malta: 'I Am What I Am' by Emma Muscat

[25] 15. Czech Republic: 'Lights Off' by We Are Domi

[26] 16. Israel: 'I.M' by Michael Ben David

[19] 17. Belgium: 'Miss You' by Jérémie Makiese

[13] 18. Croatia: 'Guilty Pleasure' by Mia Dimšić

[12] 19. Germany: 'Rockstars' by Malik Harris

[16] 20. Estonia: 'Hope' by Stefan

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[17] 21. Cyprus: 'Ela' by Andromache

[21] 22. Greece: 'Die Together' by Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord

[24] 23. Poland: 'River' by Ochman

[18] 24. Australia: 'Not The Same' by Sheldon Riley

[23] 25. Serbia: 'In corpore sano' by Konstrakta

[29] 26. San Marino: 'Stripper' by Achille Lauro

[27] 27. Bulgaria: 'Intention' by Intelligent Music Project

[30] 28. Azerbaijan: 'Fade To Black' by Nadir Rustamli

[34] 29. Iceland: 'Með hækkandi sól' by Systur

[22] 30. Portugal: 'saudade, saudade' by Maro

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[28] 31. North Macedonia: 'Circles' by Andrea

[32] 32. Netherlands: 'De Diepte' by S10

[35] 33. Moldova: 'Trenulețul' by Zdob și Zdub & Frații Advahov

[37] 34. Latvia: 'Eat Your Salad' by Citi Zēni

[36] 35. Georgia: 'Lock Me In' by Circus Mircus

[33] 36. Armenia: 'Snap' by Rosa Linn

[39] 37. Lithuania: 'Sentimentai' by Monika Liu

[31] 38. Montenegro: 'Breathe' by Vladana

[38] 39. Switzerland: 'Boys Do Cry' by Marius Bear

[40] 40. Slovenia: 'Disko' by LPS

Wow. Switzerland very low there. I thought the performance wasn't great but I love the studio version.

01 | 🇬🇧 Sam Ryder - SPACE MAN

02 | 🇮🇪 Brooke - That's Rich - SUCH an undeserved DNQ, such a fun song 😭😭

03 | 🇫🇮 The Rasmus - Jezebel

04 | 🇪🇦 Chanel - SloMo

05 | 🇦🇹 LUM!X ft. Pia Maria - Halo - great studio version, didn't *pop* live, it was still my 10th fave performance in its semi...

06 | 🇩🇰 REDDI - The Show - very sad this didn't make it through 😭

07 | 🇨🇿 We Are Domi - Lights Off

08 | 🇳🇴 Subwoolfer - Give That Wolf A Banana

09 | 🇸🇪 Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer

10 | 🇷🇴 WRS - Llámame

11 | 🇦🇲 Rosa Linn - SNAP

12 | 🇮🇱 Michael Ben David - I.M

13 | 🇬🇪 Circus Mircus - Lock Me In

14 | 🇫🇷 Alvan & Ahez - Fulenn

15 | 🇧🇬 Intelligent Music Project - Intention

16 | 🇲🇹 Emma Muscat - I Am What I Am

17 | 🇪🇪 Stefan - Hope

18 | 🇩🇪 Malik Harris - Rockstars

19 | 🇬🇷 Amanda Tenfjord - Die Together

20 | 🇺🇦 Kalush Orchestra - Stefania

21 | 🇧🇪 Jérémie Makiese - Miss You

22 | 🇸🇲 Achille Lauro - STRIPPER

23 | 🇨🇾 Andromache - Ela

24 | 🇱🇻 Citi Zēni - Eat Your Salad

25 | 🇦🇱 Ronela Hajati - Sekret

26 | 🇷🇸 Konstrakta - In Corpore Sano

27 | 🇸🇮 LPS - Disko

28 | 🇲🇪 Vladana - Breathe

29 | 🇦🇺 Sheldon Riley - Not The Same

30 | 🇮🇸 Systur - Með hækkandi sól

31 | 🇵🇱 Ochman - River

32 | 🇲🇩 Zdob și Zdub & Frații Advahov - Trenulețul

33 | 🇲🇰 Andrea - Circles

34 | 🇮🇹 Mahmood & BLANCO - Brividi

35 | 🇦🇿 Nadir Rustamli - Fade To Black

36 | 🇱🇹 Monika Liu - Sentimentai

37 | 🇳🇱 S10 - De Diepte

38 | 🇭🇷 Mia Dimšić - Guilty Pleasure

39 | 🇵🇹 Maro - saudade, saudade

40 | 🇨🇭 Marius Bear - Boys Do Cry

Was not following along with the thread for the final (need to catch up) but this was my first* impressions ranking of the songs in the final:

 

*except for the UK and Italy which I had heard before, and that definitely gives Italy a bit of an unfair advantage as I know their live performance was flawed but I just happen to already know I love the studio version. Sam nailed his live performance anyway though so I feel like my ranking for him is probably accurate to where he would have been if this was my first time hearing it.

 

1 Greece / Die Together - this was a shock to me as I hadn't read much about this to suggest it would be a favourite (save for a Lorde comparison here or there as I now vaguely remember seeing) but it really connected with me, that said I'm not sure if the vocal effects are going to sound better or worse on the studio version so the jury is somewhat out on this

2 Ukraine / Stefania - this on the other hand I expected to stan and I did x

3 United Kingdom / SPACE MAN - king

4 Italy / Brividi

5 France / Fulenn - the other one along with Ukraine that I expected to stan, it wasn't as great as I hoped honestly ('SHUM' is unbothered) but still an easy standout, deserved a much better result

6 Poland / River - hoped to be a fan of this too as I really liked his BJSC song, was not disappointed

7 Moldova / Trenulețul - this was sorely needed in that second half, Zdob please keep being entered

8 Finland / Jezebel - it's no 'In The Shadows' but this was still a solid rock entry if not as heavy as I'd have liked it to be

9 Romania / Llámame - hola mi bebébé

10 Czech Republic / Lights Off

11 Spain / SloMo - this was dangerously close to just sounding like any old stock reggaetón song but it was a bit of a bop, can see the appeal and glad it did well for them

12 Azerbaijan / Fade To Black - the quality starts to decline pretty steeply from this point onwards, I was quite bored for the first half of this song but it picked up enough in the end to scrape a 'best of the rest', the top 11 (and really only my top 8 to be honest) are my main standouts

13 Iceland / Með Hækkandi Sól - liked this more than I expected to, still justice 4 RVKDTR

14 Australia / Not The Same

15 Estonia / Hope - saved by a nice instrumental, the rest of the song wasn't up to much

16 Serbia / In Corpore Sano - wasn't sure what to make of this at all, I felt like it ended just as it was getting good, could very well be a grower

17 Sweden / Hold Me Closer - sorry but I didn't like her voice, maybe it sounds better in studio form. the song was ok I guess

18 Norway / Give That Wolf A Banana - Moldova outsold

19 Portugal / saudade, saudade - I feel like I might have been a bit too harsh on this in retrospect but just keeping my rankings as they were for the sake of this post

20 Lithuania / Sentimentai - I know Iz and Jade both really liked this one so I had some expectations but it went pretty far over my head, hope it'll be a grower?

21 Netherlands / De Diepte

22 Switzerland / Boys Do Cry - similar to Estonia, the instrumental was nice, but a much more boring song so harder to save

23 Belgium / Miss You - inoffensive but felt very dated

24 Armenia / SNAP - get this out of here

25 Germany / Rockstars - get this doubly out of here

 

I need to go and check out the DNQs and I'll also relisten to all the songs with their studio versions and post an updated ranking whenever I get around to that. Probably in a few weeks. x

Ranking of the final (my top 5 were all very strong and Sweden was fab as well. Down to 15 I enjoyed a lot and then the next three was alright. The last 7 however were boring/rubbish imo)

 

01 United Kingdom (our best vocal and staging performance in years, he did us proud)

02 Spain

03 Greece

04 Czech Republic

05 France

06 Sweden

07 Finland

08 Moldova (I enjoyed both this and Banana but this one just edges it for me for being slightly more comical)

09 Poland

10 Norway

11 Estonia

12 Ukraine (Would be a few places higher if not for the rapping which was a bit ehh)

13 Armenia

14 Romania

15 Iceland

16 Australia

17 Italy

18 Germany

19 Lithuania

20 Netherlands

21 Switzerland

22 Serbia

23 Azerbaijan

24 Portugal

25 Belgium

Edited by Roba.

  • 4 weeks later...

New ranking of all the songs after finally getting around to peeping the DNQ performances + the studio versions of all the songs B-)

 

Semi 1:

 

1 Greece / Die Together

2 Ukraine / Stefania

3 Moldova / Trenulețul

4 Denmark / The Show

5 Portugal / saudade, saudade

6 Slovenia / Disko

7 Lithuania / Sentimentai

8 Iceland / Með Hækkandi Sól

9 Bulgaria / Intention

10 Latvia / Eat Your Salad

11 Albania / Sekret

12 Norway / Give That Wolf A Banana

13 Austria / Halo

14 Armenia / SNAP

15 Netherlands / De Diepte

16 Croatia / Guilty Pleasure

17 Switzerland / Boys Do Cry

 

Portugal, Lithuania and Armenia have grown on me a bit (the latter is still not really for me but I kind of hated it on first listen whereas I found it tolerable relistening to it now). Switzerland was even more boring than I remember it being, the rest are about the same as I remember (I don't think Moldova works quiiite as well in studio form as it does live but it's still a bop). Only 6 of my top 10 here qualified so that's not great, but it was a fairly mid semi in general, the top 3 are the only ones I really care about much and they at least all got through.

 

Semi 2:

 

1 Georgia / Lock Me In

2 Poland / River

3 Finland / Jezebel

4 San Marino / STRIPPER

5 Cyprus / Ela

6 Romania / Llámame

7 Czech Republic / Lights Off

8 Australia / Not The Same

9 Azerbaijan / Fade To Black

10 Israel / I.M

11 Estonia / Hope

12 Serbia / In Corpore Sano

13 North Macedonia / Circles

14 Sweden / Hold Me Closer

15 Montenegro / Breathe

16 Belgium / Miss You

17 Malta / I Am What I Am

18 Ireland / That's Rich

 

Georgia were robbed xx Serving some slight Everything Everything vibes so I am forced to stan of course. Once again only 6 of my top 10 actually qualified and only 2 of my top 5, oof. This was a better semi though. (San Marino's live performance wasn't great in fairness, but I liked the studio version a lot more). Sorry Sweden fans but I still don't get it, if anything I liked it less on relisten :ph34r: also unfortunately can't say Serbia grew on me at all really, I still thought the same as on first listen, it meanders doing nothing interesting for the first 2 minutes or so then when it finally sounds like it's picking up it abruptly ends. Finland and Australia were slight growers. That Irish entry... we were hyping that really? It was pretty cringeworthy oops ~

 

Final:

 

1 United Kingdom / SPACE MAN

2 Greece / Die Together

3 Ukraine / Stefania

4 France / Fulenn

5 Italy / Brividi

Georgia / Lock Me In

6 Poland / River

7 Finland / Jezebel

San Marino / STRIPPER

8 Moldova / Trenulețul

Denmark / The Show

Cyprus / Ela

9 Spain / SloMo

10 Romania / Llámame

11 Czech Republic / Lights Off

12 Portugal / saudade, saudade

Slovenia / Disko

13 Lithuania / Sentimentai

14 Australia / Not The Same

15 Iceland / Með Hækkandi Sól

Bulgaria / Intention

16 Azerbaijan / Fade To Black

Israel / I.M

Latvia / Eat Your Salad

Albania / Sekret

17 Estonia / Hope

18 Norway / Give That Wolf A Banana

Austria / Halo

19 Serbia / In Corpore Sano

North Macedonia / Circles

20 Sweden / Hold Me Closer

Montenegro / Breathe

21 Armenia / SNAP

22 Netherlands / De Diepte

23 Belgium / Miss You

Croatia / Guilty Pleasure

24 Switzerland / Boys Do Cry

Malta / I Am What I Am

25 Germany / Rockstars

Ireland / That's Rich

 

I may be caught up in the hype of everything that happened with Sam after the results but... I do think now that if I wanted to put on a song from this Eurovision I genuinely would go to 'SPACE MAN' first, I already loved it before and still feel like I was underrating it retrospectively, so why not, UK best Eurovision country for once. Sorry Greece after me being like the only person here to rank you 1st before :kink:

 

France sounded even better in studio form, let me weep eternally at how robbed that was in the final. Spain grew on me a little too. Germany still embarrassing themselves compared to the rest of the big 5 but Ireland save them from coming dead last at least x

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