May 12, 20241 yr Author The jury votes last night though weren’t entirely based on the song either. ‘Hurricane’ would have been giving more points by the jury if it was any other country’s entry. They needed to make sure it didn’t win last night as they knew it would do well on the televote. It still finished 12th though :unsure: I would argue Latvia was underrated even.
May 12, 20241 yr The jury votes last night though weren’t entirely based on the song either. ‘Hurricane’ would have been giving more points by the jury if it was any other country’s entry. They needed to make sure it didn’t win last night as they knew it would do well on the televote. Juries are made up of singers, music producers, DJ’s and the like. The idea they’re conspiring at some political geopolitical level is totally absurd.
May 12, 20241 yr That must be one of the most ‘first world’ opinions I’ve seen on this. everything is a show after all… Totally agree. Some people can’t seem to get any sense of the reality of life, death, pain and suffering reported every day. Everything is reduced and abstracted to a childish social media trolling view of the world.
May 12, 20241 yr Author They delayed uploading Ireland's entry?? They delayed uploading Portugal's entry because iolanda's nails resemble the keffiyeh
May 12, 20241 yr Ooh right! Again, all of this could have beem avoided... Glad rhat ebu man got booed
May 12, 20241 yr Finland gave 12 points to Israel on televote YET there are 5 other ESC tracks in top 50 on Spotify. but not Hurricane :rolleyes:
May 12, 20241 yr I think Nemo is a worthy winner, I mean they risked serious injury on that lazy Susan! Austria was my favourite one, I'm dismayed at how that did. Did the last performance slot hurt it? Also Armenia's was the worst for me but that did relatively well *shakes head*
May 12, 20241 yr I’m disappointed there was nothing from Abba - I mean I didn’t expect a performance or anything but the fact it was such a massive occasion to be celebrating 50 years since the win and the contest being held in their home country I thought we might have got a video message at least. I know they linked up to the Abba Experience but that wasn’t new content and part of the standard show.
May 12, 20241 yr Have now caught up with everything An amazing winner - and in my opinion the jury vote has once again ensured a better quality and longer lasting song wins over a gimmick. The UK vote was ridiculous - I do think it’s partly political as in now way should Olly have received 0 points from the public. Also gutted that Austria were so low I actually think too many countries tried to copy the Finland formula this year, which cancelled out some of the vote and meant Switzerland could get a decent enough public vote to snatch the win (makes up for Gjons Tears as well!)
May 12, 20241 yr Why did they even let Israel in it when they banned Russia? I was wondering this myself.
May 12, 20241 yr I was wondering this myself. It makes zero sense. You can't as an institution, decide to make a stance and then simply decide not to make the same stance and not have serious questions asked.
May 12, 20241 yr I’m disappointed there was nothing from Abba - I mean I didn’t expect a performance or anything but the fact it was such a massive occasion to be celebrating 50 years since the win and the contest being held in their home country I thought we might have got a video message at least. I know they linked up to the Abba Experience but that wasn’t new content and part of the standard show. Yeah, this all felt a bit odd as if something was missing, like they planned for some big cameo moment (even just one or two of them) and it all fell through late on causing them to frantically rewrite based on what they had. I don’t feel like the ABBA Voyage material did much to help the London show, as they were shown so close up it was very obviously CGI rather than the clever effect on stage of them actually looking like they are in front of you - not that the show really needs help as it sells so well. In an ideal world Bjorn and Benny show up and do a fun routine with Petra and Malin, only to be interrupted by Agnetha and Anni-Frid to get a nice moment with them all on the Eurovision stage together again, but I suppose they had made it clear early on in the planning that it wasn’t happening in a million years.
May 13, 20241 yr I do think just a 30 second video message from Benny or Bjorn would have been so easy for them to do and would have been really well received. Much as I love ABBA I can imagine them being quite stubborn though - maybe it was assumed they would change their minds about doing absolutely nothing nearer the time and they didn’t.
May 13, 20241 yr Finland would have walked ro victory this year ... if not for Kaarja's huuge ego. He was obsessed with beating Loree , instead of waiting a year to release and go on Eurovision then.
May 13, 20241 yr Author @1789766255190176022 Some notable exceptions including the entry that came 2nd in televoting iykyk
May 13, 20241 yr Finland would have walked ro victory this year ... if not for Kaarja's huuge ego. He was obsessed with beating Loree , instead of waiting a year to release and go on Eurovision then. Melodifestivalen contestants were released end of November '22. The Finnish song submissions took place in September '22. Dumbass. Edited May 13, 20241 yr by p a v
May 13, 20241 yr Melodifestivalen contestants were released end of November '22. The Finnish song submissions took place in September '22. Dumbass. He knew she was gonna be competing snd wirh what song. Sorry.
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