Post by fabbi on May 15, 2019 9:42:18 GMT 1
A "short" comment for the finaliats in the order they performaed:
Cyprus:
It's good to have a song like that opening the semi. If it's well done, one's already right into it.
Tamta did it good I think. Her vocals weren't the best and at some point I thought she was a bit too slow.
I'm not exactly sure what she was wearing... And is it just me or did she really look like she came right out of the shower?
Slovenia:
There's not much to be said about it. The stage looked Cry beautiful. Zala's voice was a bit shaky and I though I could hear a little nervousity.
Btw. his head movements were hilarious to me.
For me an obvious finalist at first, but as it went on, I wasn't too sure anymore.
Czech Republic:
Albert sung okay. He's jumping in the instrumental of the chorus was 😂😂 Also in the chorus the movement of their "doors" was fun.
Since there's not too much to do with a song like that, I kinda expected it to be like in the Ukrainian Ns which I kinda got. However Jamala was really missing. :/
And how the f did they pick a recap part like that? All I heard was "Czech Republic" and then Albert screaming...
Belarus:
No. Just no! And even more since the vocals of her backing vocalists as well as hers too were just bad...
Her dancers were amazing tho.
All in all an undeserved qualifier for me.
Serbia:
Nevena was good vocally and her stage looked beautiful.
I'm still a bit surprised by her qualification.
Australia:
This was definitely a highlight! Definitely the best performance of the show. I mean that performance was amazing.
I really loved how it looked like they're flying through space. But was it needed that the other 2 woman kinda looked like creepy witches from bad fairytale movie...
Generally I found the last minute weird. Her vocals (which were good until then) became ... interesting. Also I'm not sure if I wanted to see how it worked.
I'm also not sure why she was wearing a wedding dress...
This was definitely a obvious finalist.
Iceland:
When they came up I got really hyped. And wasn't disappointed. However imo it was too red. And what was the guy on the ball in the background doing?
all in all a deserved qualification. (However due to the country's geographical location I'm a bit surprised without the other nordics. ) And when they did I loved their "not-reaction. 😂😂
Estonia:
This wasn't very special at all. Also vocally he wasn't very good.
But I like that there was a thunder in the first chorus as well as the visuals. The fact that he kept turning around in the second half was awkward to me.
All in all as much as I like the song this is an unpleasant surprise.
Greece:
I liked the whole thing. It was a cute stage design. Not sure what they did with the rapiers.
I was also struggling a bit with her vocals. It felt a bit like she was trying to hard with her voice so that I haven't really understood her. Also the chorus could've used a vocals boost.
Bzw. was it just me or did you also gave that moment the camera was "dead"?
San Marino;
Well that came unexpected. But since I love the song so much, I'm incredibly happy.
The performance wasn't the best. His microphone was too silent and the backing vocals too loud (i mean is it his song or the one of the 3 girls?). Also the stage was too empty...
All in all I'm not surprised by Cyprus, Slovenia , Czech Republic, Australia, Iceland, Greece
but I am by Belarus, Serbia (at least a bit), Estonia, San Marino.
But since I like 9 of them it's a good result.
Hungary, 
Portugal, 
Poland are undeserved...
The 3 AQ's did good, but I prefer the way they were "presented" the last few years. Also Kobi really needs to sing much better or he'll be last.
The show was alright. The hosts really tried their best, but imo stayed quite invisible imo (from what I can say since I feel like I haven't really seem or heard them). What I personally like, is that French (which imo seems like it was often used in a ridiculous way...) wasn't really used. The green room wasn't that good - people in the background were annoying as f.
The opening of the show was good tho.
The NQs are following.
Cyprus:It's good to have a song like that opening the semi. If it's well done, one's already right into it.
Tamta did it good I think. Her vocals weren't the best and at some point I thought she was a bit too slow.
I'm not exactly sure what she was wearing... And is it just me or did she really look like she came right out of the shower?
Slovenia:There's not much to be said about it. The stage looked Cry beautiful. Zala's voice was a bit shaky and I though I could hear a little nervousity.
Btw. his head movements were hilarious to me.
For me an obvious finalist at first, but as it went on, I wasn't too sure anymore.
Czech Republic:Albert sung okay. He's jumping in the instrumental of the chorus was 😂😂 Also in the chorus the movement of their "doors" was fun.
Since there's not too much to do with a song like that, I kinda expected it to be like in the Ukrainian Ns which I kinda got. However Jamala was really missing. :/
And how the f did they pick a recap part like that? All I heard was "Czech Republic" and then Albert screaming...
Belarus:No. Just no! And even more since the vocals of her backing vocalists as well as hers too were just bad...
Her dancers were amazing tho.
All in all an undeserved qualifier for me.
Serbia:Nevena was good vocally and her stage looked beautiful.
I'm still a bit surprised by her qualification.
Australia:This was definitely a highlight! Definitely the best performance of the show. I mean that performance was amazing.
I really loved how it looked like they're flying through space. But was it needed that the other 2 woman kinda looked like creepy witches from bad fairytale movie... Generally I found the last minute weird. Her vocals (which were good until then) became ... interesting. Also I'm not sure if I wanted to see how it worked.
I'm also not sure why she was wearing a wedding dress...
This was definitely a obvious finalist.
Iceland:When they came up I got really hyped. And wasn't disappointed. However imo it was too red. And what was the guy on the ball in the background doing?
all in all a deserved qualification. (However due to the country's geographical location I'm a bit surprised without the other nordics. ) And when they did I loved their "not-reaction. 😂😂
Estonia:This wasn't very special at all. Also vocally he wasn't very good.
But I like that there was a thunder in the first chorus as well as the visuals. The fact that he kept turning around in the second half was awkward to me.
All in all as much as I like the song this is an unpleasant surprise.
Greece:I liked the whole thing. It was a cute stage design. Not sure what they did with the rapiers.
I was also struggling a bit with her vocals. It felt a bit like she was trying to hard with her voice so that I haven't really understood her. Also the chorus could've used a vocals boost.
Bzw. was it just me or did you also gave that moment the camera was "dead"?
San Marino;
Well that came unexpected.
But since I love the song so much, I'm incredibly happy. The performance wasn't the best. His microphone was too silent and the backing vocals too loud (i mean is it his song or the one of the 3 girls?). Also the stage was too empty...
All in all I'm not surprised by Cyprus, Slovenia , Czech Republic, Australia, Iceland, Greece
but I am by
Belarus, Serbia (at least a bit), Estonia, San Marino.But since I like 9 of them it's a good result.
Hungary, Portugal, Poland are undeserved...The 3 AQ's did good, but I prefer the way they were "presented" the last few years. Also Kobi really needs to sing much better or he'll be last.
The show was alright. The hosts really tried their best, but imo stayed quite invisible imo (from what I can say since I feel like I haven't really seem or heard them). What I personally like, is that French (which imo seems like it was often used in a ridiculous way...) wasn't really used. The green room wasn't that good - people in the background were annoying as f.
The opening of the show was good tho.
The NQs are following.
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Cyprus: vocals were not that good and effects but qualification was expected
Montenegro: Idk what they were thinking but they had no chances anyway
Finland: non-eventful and boring for an EDM song nn
Poland: I kinda get now how this nq-ed but tbh they deserved the spot in the final more than some qualifiers even though camera angles didn't really do much to elevate this
Slovenia: my heart was going to stop, this absolutely deserved the final and would be a horrible deed if Europe left it out in the semis
Hungary: I expected more from the performance but like his vocals were great and overall song deserved the final, ig it didn't really stand out compared to rest
Belarus: Honestly disgusting, it was a mess and a half but eh televoters eaten this teen shit up sadly, some countries are being left out for this trash is honestly sad
Serbia: SLAY QUEEN. idk what to expect in the final but this performance is GOOD. if juries really push us hard we could shock top 10 but we will see about that, now I predict 12-18th place tbh
Belgium: underwhelming, no energy, no shock sadly, I like him as a person but yeah this prob placed really low
Georgia: Performance was good but it didn't really lift the song a lot, it made me unhate it but it wasn't enough for Qualification
Australia: WINNER honestly, performances lifted this out so much and this was already high in my top. Emotion and Vocals got me to the point of literally crying. This is a strong contender for a victory, really strong good job Australia. 
: Another WIG, I want this to win so much too. I am really happy that 2/3 of my top 3 (flagaustralia
) really snapped tonight. Top 2 of the sf and maybe even a victory and top 5 in the final for sure. Such a memorable act and such a great performance
Estonia: JUST HOW? This was trash, vocals were trash, boring, non-eventful. Juries made this q prob but literally how?
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Portugal: ROBBERY OF THE CENTURY. this is such an unique act that we just needed in the final. I feel literal emptiness this was left behind and lowkey bit ruined this year for me ngl. Performance wasn't bad at all, it was good inc that backjump that just was great. I get ppl could find this too weird to vote for but you got to respect the instrumental that is just catchy and overall beautiful. Such a shame Europe, such a shame
Greece: It was ok, I def expected better from this, it kinda felt empty ngl but still good enough to qualify. Her vocals were good but last part was a bit messy. Good luck in the final, this could do really good
San Marino: ICONIC but how?
Montenegro:
Finland:
Belgium:
Georgia:
Armenia, 
Azerbaijan, 
Russia, 
Lithuania and 
Ukraine are in Semi 2 / not participating at all.
I don't think that camera trick with replaying the phrase "replay" was good, but everything else seemed to be nice.
oh, they made a nice performance! I can see this finishing in top 10 even. I'm very glad they made it. 
I can see them easily winning this semi 
Omg 
FoIM | 
NNMC | 
OSC
I mean, cool, we made it I guess. I'm so over the song though and the performance was nothing special. I suppose we'll end bottom in the final.
MILLER-HEYDICKY SNAPPED. This performance is genuinely magical and out of this world. I always loved the song, but the performance elevates it to a completely new level. Just...amazing.
I just wanted to quickly say that the staging is 100 times better than in the national selection. I am still not a fan of the song but now it looks really good.
Eleni Foureira
NVSC • 
FC • 
OESC • 
OAmSC • 
OAfSC • 
OUSC • 
FMC 