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Nice Schlager song that was, similar to In A Moment Like This.

Ultimately, it doesn't really matter, because whenever it's released the same circa-10,000 people will buy it on the first week as always. Maybe in the days of high CD sales and corresponding with Easter holidays sales boosts these decisions actually meant something, but not anymore.

RontBet are going to predict Bronzil for the win here, it sounds very big indeed, and also like it has a lot of crossover appeal. Aeroche, Kluminican Republic, Hendinia and Jadakissnia I would also expect in the top five or thereabouts. Lotunia, Cor Lupus, Kathaldazia, Greenfroze, Lookylion, Kyriatine, Neliönoir, Terra Avium and Skall are the other main contenders that could come from behind I guess.

Voted! Solid final, although my 18 is comfortably ahead of the pack this time, but quite a few commiserations so plenty to enjoy.

Sad. But I’m not surprised. Doubt this will be half as impactful now unless she sings ‘can’t!’ with a heavy wink to the camera or keeps it silent where the word should have been and lets the crowd sing ‘Kant’. There are enough big Eurofans in there that they would do that.

London Bridge by a mile.

Must admit, I keep missing stuff, espcially in this forum for some reason. My eyes are still adjusting to the new layout. Ceasars again, the other two are classics although this is a great track too.

Can't recall ever hearing the Robbie one, voting for 5ive as the rap adds something at least, although it's one of my least favourite singles from them.

It was a concert called Music Jam at The Brighton Centre, 25 years ago this month! It was headlined by Westlife after Craig David pulled out, and I also saw Toploader, Fierce, Wamdue Project, Daphe and Celeste, Shaft and several others. I was obsessed with seeing live music from this point onwards. I remember standing up and clapping for almost every act as I was so excited (I was 12, nearly 13). https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6795962.westlife-send-fans-wild-at-jam/

I never particularly cared for the U2/Green Day song, so that.

Ahem... Congrats Dan - good track, it was 12th in my rank so not far off! I expected Oklou to win but third is great for it and I’m pleased to see Anna Lunoe stayed top five for the end! Loved Dr Blind's track too, so that's a great runner up. 4th place - wow! That is absolutely amazing for Resist The God Trick, I thought this would be way too abrasive to even crack the top ten and would be so marmite that it would end up midtable but 70 of its 86 points came from just six voters so I guess those who loved it really did come through for it - thank you to all who voted for it. And thanks Kath for brilliant hosting and a fantastic theme, really enjoyed this one.

Omgggggg another 12! It was worth the wait.

I just saw - and edited but not swiftly enough not to be caught 🥲

Edit - too early, I thought it had finished oops.

It has four sets of 12 points and only a few other voters, so no.

i thought the same r.e. 'taxi, taxi', and I like your interpretation of it!

Another 12 and 10, thanks Jim and Jade <3

Loved The Seed, nice to see that in the lead so far - everything I've heard from Anna Lunoe so far has been great. Now I'm revealed I can thank Brer, Chez and Dobbo for the 12 points - wow! Amazing to receive three sets, although it's funny but unsurprising to me how marmite this entry is proving. I guess vocally it's not particularly accessible but I adore the latter half of the track with the drum and bass. I heard this song back in 2023 and it still has fewer than 2,000 streams on Spotify (probably 20 at least from me) so I wasn't really expecting much.

Amazing 01 KAJ 02 Klara Hammarström 03 SCARLET Great 04 Maja Ivarsson 05 Måns Zelmerlöw 06 Dolly Style Good 07 Meira Omar 08 Saga Ludvigsson 09 Greczula Average 10 Annika Wickihalder 11 John Lundvik 12 Erik Segerstedt Pretty even split into four groups for me. But please pull through KAJ. The juries need to not tank this. Klara's is her best entry yet for me though, obsessed with it. And I was so into the Scarlet song too, I didn't really care that much for Circus X. Maja was a great find, would love to see her surprise with a good result. Måns' song is all about the final 45 seconds - if the rest of the song was like that it would be up in the 'Amazing' category, the outro is so good. For all the bile many Eurovision fans throw at Melodifestivalen, nine songs in this final are happily on repeat in my playlist, along with several that didn't reach the final. Prediction: 1. Måns (they won't let him lose, surely, the juries will be briefed, Sweden seem to think this is a Eurovision winner, and the bookies' odds appear to agree) 2. KAJ (could see it winning the public vote but not in a landslide fashion) 3. Greczula (just outpaced by that top two but he'll be back with a bigger song another time - classic Melfest strong top five debut with some winner vibes but better to come in future) 4. Klara (I hope for higher!) 5. SCARLET 6. Meira (seems to be a very popular song for one that took a long route into the final - its landslide in the second part last night was impressive) 7. Erik 8. Saga 9. Dolly Style 10. Annika 11. Maja (would love to see it a little higher) 12. John (controversial last place prediction but I think it could go all wrong for this, there are better male pop options and it just falls so flat in its attempt to sound big)

One of the most surprising heat winners since I've been watching. Good track and tbf she gave a great performance, and I enjoyed the staging, and I guess it's not dissimilar to Wiktoria's stuff that was popular. I didn't notice the app heart going off much during her performance though. Presumably Scarlet got the most votes, while Saga did the best with the age group split to win the heat in as much as the way that they work it out. My two favourite songs from second chance through to the final I think, although I wouldn't have minded Arwin or Ella either tbf. But with how well they've done on the Swedish charts, Meira and Dolly Style deserve it. All making up the numbers anyway, it's obviously Måns vs KAJ next week. Think it's in the hands of the international juries to decide.

I felt like Moss Kena was 'the chosen one', with the jury comments, but the public just didn't care enough. Lyza's voice crack was awful oops. Looks like Baller was a bit of a dark horse in the end and not one they probably anticipated winning at the outset!

Called Raab doing that to Feuerschwanz, he didn't want them and it would have easily won the voting with the metal fanbase that always turn out so well to these things. That said, Baller WAS my favourite, LOVE it, my favourite German entry for quite some time. I don't really expect it to do much sadly - it's not that jury friendly and it's going to get lost on the televote behind the obvious bait songs. But a nice addition to the final, and it's cool to see Germany sending something German and that actually sounds like stuff in the charts there.

A good song from Denmark, wonders will never cease. Let's hope it scrapes a Q.

Amazing work Dan, thanks so much for putting together such an excellent compilation and informative write-up. When trance is at its best - as it is on so many of the songs here - it’s my favourite genre.

Very poor, poor start to the year. This time last year seems like a happy memory, although 2024 also tailed off massively in the second half. It's a bit of a worry that the industry has seemed quite stagnant for the best part of 7/8 months now, so surely there is a big flood of hits to come in the next couple of months, as many of the big international artists release in Q1 and Q2 now, but Q1 has seemed a bit subdued in that respect aside from the odd few.