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Can definitely hear the booing under the cheering - I imagine a decent amount of that cheering is being edited in

Italy is my fav in the whole contest but eh the staging, I feel it all just blends into the background

This is fun but I wish they'd done a bit more with the staging! The graphics are very "random preset background"

Still feels weird seeing Megara on the Eurovision stage after them trying for Spain last year :lol: I preferred their 2023 song but love the energy here and hoping it can get through!

ARRIBA LAS ZORRAAAAS I do have to stan this, ngl I preferred it at Benidorm when it felt a bit more low-budget but still a smash! Glad the audience got so into it.

I am genuinely finding the constant Eurovision history mentions a bit odd now? Like yeah, why highlight that Latvia won in 2002 :lol:

I wasn't getting the Armenia hype fully but that performance really elevated it for me! Really showed off their personality.

There's a few ropey vocal moments for Aiko which is a shame as the studio version is one of my absolute faves, but she's really pulled it together and I hope it pays off for her! The revamp definitely makes it work better for the stage.

Oh this is very musical theatre :lol: love the song and the staging is a really cool concept! This last section with the James Bond esque instrumental absolutely devours

Titan definitely was better in Albanian, I felt the backing track was drowning her out a bit too? Greek Rosalía is SERVING, the one-shot approach is giving me Von Dutch mv

As long as we get Greece, Switzerland and Netherlands through I'm happy! Would be here for San Marino too and by some long shot Czechia if she's managed to improve her performance.

Oop, bit of a flop (where's Scotland 2 when you need them?) but glad it picked up a few votes! Congrats Nate, such a great entry. And thanks Iz for choosing such a fun theme, really enjoyed all the discoveries!

2001 (0) Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 2002 (1) Will Young & Gareth Gates - The Long And Winding Road / Suspicious Minds 2003 (2) The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love 2004 (3) Nelly - My Place / Flap Your Wings 2005 (4) Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To 2006 (5) Justin Timberlake - SexyBack 2007 (6) Plain White T’s - Hey There Delilah 2008 (7) James Morrison - You Make It Real 2009 (8) Madonna - Celebration 2010 (9) Shontelle - Impossible 2011 (10) Will Young - Jealousy 2012 (11) Little Mix - Wings 2013 (12) Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness 2014 (13) Power Music Workout - All About That Bass 2015 (14) Martin Solveig & GTA - Intoxicated 2016 (15) Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons - Sucker For Pain 2017 (16) J Balvin - Mi Gente 2018 (17) Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes 2019 (18) Post Malone ft. Young Thug - Goodbyes 2020 (19) BTS - Dynamite 2021 (20) Digga D ft. Arrdee - Wasted 2022 (21) Lizzo - 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) 2023 (22) D.O.D - So Much In Love Not great additions, I don't think I've even heard the D.O.D song :lol: Tbh the only songs here I'd go out of my way to listen to are CGYOOMH, Celebration and the original version of Summertime Sadness.

Re-ranking with a few older ones moved around. DNQs in red! 1. Mareux - The Perfect Girl (141) 2. sangiovanni & Aitana - mariposas (151) 3. When In Rome - The Promise (152) 4. SIMONA - PLUSH (159) 5. Mahawam - Hoping No One Notice (147) 6. OBK - El cielo no entiende (156) 7. El Columpio Asesino - Preparada (David Kano Remix) (145) 8. Suki Waterhouse - OMG (162) 9. ThxSoMch - When The Devil Speaks... (161) 10. Lo-Fang - #88 (150) 11. Jae Stephens - got it like that (140) 12. Cecile Believe - Bitch Bites Dog (157) 13. jaboukie - BBC (158) 14. Four Phonica - Human All Too Human (144) 15. 8485 - 3cheers (160) 16. Dry Cleaning - Anna Calls From The Arctic (164) 17. Axolotes Mexicanos - Doble Check (142) 18. Твоё далеко - Теперь не страшно (148) 19. Tennis - Runner (146) 20. Pearly Drops - Call For Help (153) 21. Dora Jar - Polly (143) 22. Bibi Flash - Histoire D'1 Soir (Bye Bye Les Galères) (149) 23. Rafa Villalba - Chiquetere (155) 24. DJ SG - Sosban Fach (163) 25. Furfriend - Fist F*ck (154)

Probably missing a few things but I've been trying to keep track this year! Finished: 30 Rock (ITVX) It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (S16) (Netflix) The Crown (S6) (Netflix) Fool Me Once (Netflix) Only Connect (iPlayer) The Traitors (S2) (iPlayer) Benidorm Fest 2024 (RTVE Play) Sagrada Familia (S2) (Netflix) Bad Education (S6) (iPlayer) Our Flag Means Death (S2) (iPlayer) Young Royals (S3) (Netflix) Kath & Kim (Netflix) Drag Race UK (S2 onwards - I'm very late to the game I know!) (iPlayer) Love On The Spectrum (Netflix) The Gentlemen (Netflix) Big Boys (S2) (All4) The Apprentice (2024) (iPlayer) Las de la última fila (Netflix) Baby Reindeer (Netflix) Gilmore Girls (S3 onwards + A Year In The Life) (Netflix) What We Do In The Shadows (iPlayer) Avoidance (S2) (iPlayer) Dinosaur (iPlayer) Everything Now (Netflix) Ongoing: Race Across The World (iPlayer) Dead Boy Detectives (Netflix) Mammoth (iPlayer) Eurovision 2024 (iPlayer)

Some surprises (considering the semis are televote only I didn't feel confident in Serbia and Portugal making it) but glad all my faves got in! Started getting worried for Ireland for a moment :lol:

Feels like they're REALLY going on about the history of Eurovision this year? Which is fun but idk, feels like they're just filling gaps with old footage.

Dropping in my rankings: 1. Ireland 2. Ukraine 3. Croatia 4. Lithuania 5. Luxembourg 6. Slovenia 7. Serbia 8. Finland 9. Portugal 10. Poland ----- 11. Cyprus 12. Australia 13. Moldova 14. Azerbaijan 15. Iceland And from the AQs: 1. United Kingdom 2. Sweden 3. Germany

The sounds at the beginning of Fighter are giving off-brand Grindr notification Very 00s but I kinda like it and I'm glad they're bringing some French lyrics. Feels a bit like an Angèle song!

I'm always here for minority languages making it to Eurovision but unfortunately this song isn't quite doing it for me. Australia's fallen off recently imo :(

This could've had potential with decent staging tbh - but for obvious reasons I'm glad they've not given themselves a good chance.

Ever since someone said Marcus and Martinus look like the main characters from Young Royals merged together I can't unsee it :lol: This is an example of Sweden's worst tendencies for me, very bland Spotify-pop that always does well enough for them to never take much of a risk. We haven't had a Swedish language song since 1998!

I'm enjoying this more on stage than from just hearing the song on Spotify, but I don't know how much I'll remember it once it's over.

Ngl I kinda stan the song itself, but it is very Planet Of The Bass It feels like they're trying to recapture the Kaarija moment but it's so intentional that it doesn't stick, Kaarija's weirdness felt more organic.

Ok the ending really elevated Slovenia!