Hayzayy

That wasn't easy to do but yay I've finally made it ! :cheer: This of course will change, I'm not sure who I want to win actually, my top 3 is pretty close ! Basically I want all of my top17 in the final and it'll be a great show ! :heart: 1. Belgium - Blanche - City lights 2. FYR Macedonia - Jana Burceska - Dance alone 3. France - Alma - Requiem 4. Australia - Isaiah - Don’t come easy 5. Bulgaria - Kristian Kostov - Beautiful mess 6. Iceland - Svala - Paper 7. Austria - Nathan Trent - Running on air 8. Russia - Julia Samoylova - Flame is burning 9. Latvia - Triana Park - Line 10. Italia - Francesco Gabbani - Occidentali’s karma 11. Switzerland - Timebelle - Apollo 12. Poland - Kasia Mos - Flashlight 13. Albania - Lindita - World 14. Czech Republic - Martina Barta - My turn 15. Montenegro - Slavko Kalezic - Space 16. The Netherlands - OG3NE - Lights and shadows 17. Belarus - Naviband - Story of my life 18. Denmark - Anja Nissen - Where I am 19. Germany - Levina - Perfect life 20. Romania - Iliaca feat. Alex Florea - Yodel it! 21. Hungary - Joci Papai - Origo 22. Ukraine - O. Torvald - Time 23. Greece - Demy - This is love 24. Estonia - Koit Toome and Laura - Verona 25. Azerbaijan - Dihaj - Skeletons 26. Serbia - Tijana Bogicevic - In too deep 27. Sweden - Robin Bengtsson - I can’t go 28. Cyprus - Hovig - Gravity 29. San Marino - Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson - Spirit of the night 30. Georgia - Tamara Gachechiladze - Keep the faith 31. Spain - Manel Navarro - Do it for your lover 32. Moldova - Sunstroke Project - Hey mama 33. Lucie Jones - United Kingdom - Never give up on you 34. Israel - IMRI - I feel alive 35. Finland - Norma John - Blackbird 36. Norway - Jowst - Grab the moment 37. Armenia - Artsvik - Fly with me 38. Lithuania - Fusedmarc - Rain of revolution 39. Malta - Claudia Faniellp - Breathlessly 40. Portugal - Salvador Sobral - Amar pelos dois 41. Croatia - Jacques Houdek - My friend 42. Ireland - Brendan Murray - Dying to try 43. Slovenia - Omar Naber - On my way

Oh I'm not really liking it on first listen... Of course it might change but usually CB songs never miss so I don't know what to make of it. I find Zara's voice way to high on some parts and kind of off key, she's not really matching the melody. :(

True! But I guess the problem is that she positioned herself on a controversial issue concerning the invasion of the hosting country :lol: Then again, the song has nothing to do with it, but I feel like the problem is more about Ukranian authorities not accepting her to get into the country, it's not a matter of the Eurovision council banning her song whatsoever. That's two different subjects.

This performance is from February on Ukranian TV, so it's the previous mix but it's still very good and it translates better than I expected live ! KLN73Wn_1Js Alma for the win :wub: And here is an acoustic version with Amir (from last year) : 6uJI8jsih9I It's really nice to see how much the French delegation is doing to make her big, and how the whole country seems to be into the Eurovision again! Thanks Amir I guess :)

I love the new production, I wasn't sure on the English parts at first but they grow on me. The last minute is f***ing amazing though!

Julia for the win :wub: I don't endorse Russian politics and her voice is kind of weak but I can't get that melody out of my head since yesterday :lol: She reminds me of that Austrian entry from last year (Zoe or something).

Ooh love this! Nice little bop!

I like it a lot on first listen! I'm not sure I'd want to listen to it again but it could be a strong performance.

This is both awful and hypnotizing. I don't know what to make of it.

In a world without Ed Sheeran, the top 10 would be amazing :wub:

11/10.

It's annoying how Ed's ego is going to explode following this week's charts when Adele would have easily done it first if she had been available on Twitter. Anyway, this is probably my "break-up" week with the charts, I don't think I will pay anymore attention to what has become a joke.

Oh god whatever, I give up. Spotify playlists will take control of the charts in no time and you will still find it ok.

Your point is not valid, people can skip a song on a playlist just like they can swap to an other radio when there's one song on they don't like. That's what I do when I listen to the radio and that's what most people I know do. Put it the way you want, there is not difference between people playing big Spotify playlists and people listening to big radios : people use them the exact same way. To be honest, only intentional plays (when people click on a song) and individual playlists (those people make up for themselves) should count towards the charts, but I don't think that rule could ever happen.

If it's just this week it wouldn't be that bad, but I fear it may continue for weeks... I've always been against the idea of including radio play into the charts, but the more I think of it, the more I'm convinced they should include it now. The charts are becoming more and more influenced by Spotify big playlists, but how are these Spotify playlists different from radio playlists? People stream these playlist like they would listen to a radio, they don't necesseraly like every song on the playlists the same way they don't necesseraly like every song played on radio. If you allow Spotify playlists to influence the charts, you should allow radio plays to do the same.

"Boosting the industry" in terms of global figures yes, but that doesn't mean anything when so many new acts could really suffer from his domination over the next few weeks. We all know how important it is for new acts to get top40 hits to get some recognition and radio impact, and he's going to completely overshadow every new release and new act, this is sad for the music industry.

It would be a better outcome if it prevents a whole album occupying the whole top 20. It's ridiculous and I can't even understand how the OCC didn't think of it before.

There is clearly something wrong in the UK with the way the charts are built. You don't find it in any other country, even in the US where streaming has been integrated for a long time. I don't know what's wrong with the UK and why the OCC is always so slow to re-adjust things, but it's looking like a joke.

It's kind of always been the case though, teenagers were the principal market for singles. You didn't see much 30yo and over buying singles.

I guess you mean "relate to their songs" because I don't think many people relate to a global diva with a powerful voice. :lol: One of the reasons why they sell that much is because they tick all the boxes including the most important criteria : appeal to all generations. Adele and Ed can sell albums to kids, teenagers, young men and women and even older people. That's why they so easily sell millions. Our pop favourites could never simply bcause they don't appeal to such a broad audience.

LOL love how you actually gave him a point by explaining how people are indeed acting like sheep. And in the age of Internet, the lack of time is such a lazy and stupid excuse, everything is free out there and ready for people to enjoy.

Bad news for new artists or less popular acts. Their songs are going to be overshadowed in the charts and this could result in very very bad news for them. Sad day for music :(

Oh god I wand to throw up. Do we have an idea how they should impact the charts? I was kind of happy to see they didn't have such a big impact on iTunes but with the streaming they should invade the top20 :cry:

This is great news! :cheer:

Oh my god Katy is giving me so much life with her new era. The skeletons were on point :lol: And I'm happy she got up to #2 :cheer: