Undeserved last place! My
. The best of the AQs (but all were good to some degree).
Should've placed last. It didn't deserve to qualify to begin with.
Should've been France/Canada in the final instead. (Tbf, you narrowly qualified by two points.)
Kinda underrated, but it does sound like a typical Russian bop, which has gotten stale in online contests.
My
, and did not deserve to place this low. What a shame.
A really strong AQ entry that faded behind bigger standouts.
Same as Ukraine. Good song, but faded in the background of a stacked final.
I don't really get it. This wasn't one of my personal qualifiers. At least it didn't place as high as your past and superior entries.
Not as good as Bassatak and wouldn't have been surprised to see this NQ, but credit to Carmen Soliman for putting Egypt on the online contest map with such good songs.
My
. Another underrated track. It's so distinct sonically and so smooth.
And he's so attractive, especially with that oozing charisma and swagger in that video. My
. Shocked to see it this low. One of Au/Ra's best tracks vocally.
Love the beat, but in this final, middle of the road is just right.
Never thought I'd see Bollywood/T-Series come out with a song that sounds like how it sounded. Pleasantly surprised, and I kinda wish it placed higher. However, I need to mention that this isn't actually an original version. The lyrics were previously sang by another singer back in August/September 2019, meaning this does not uphold NNMC rules. An unfortunate oversight, but you're lucky I realized it too late.
My least favorite of the AQs, but that's okay since you won last month.
I admire that you tried to provide a different sound from what we know of South Korea.
Awesome collab, but like Moldova, this fell right in the middle of the pack.
Thank you Tristan for your
.
And thank you to everyone else who also voted for Philippines. I wish I had placed higher and reached that Top 10 position I desired, but I'm happy to be keeping this 4-edition qualification streak going. I hope it continues.
My
. It was one of my favorites, but I had a feeling it wouldn't reach the top 10, and so you're in 15th. Top half isn't bad though.
JOANE definitely turned out another good song. It wasn't gonna be one of the contenders imo, but you were my 11th.
Another one I got the impression of "middle of the pack" finisher. Such a good beat though.
The most overrated song in the final. I don't get it.
My
. GUTTED you didn't reach the top 10. South Africa's best result IIRC has been 11th (correct me if I'm wrong though!), and you should've went above it, not tied it. You've been a little underrated recently.
So this is Zara Larsson's comeback into the music scene? In this final, not top 10-worthy at all.
It's been... 4 years?!?! since you last reached the Top 10 in NNMC (again, correct me if I'm wrong) and that was when we had much less users. The song's okay for me, but you had a share of supporters, so I'm very happy for you, Radek.
My
...
*start overreaction*
FINLAND SHOULD'VE WON. CLEARLY, ERIKA VIKMAN IS TOO GOOD FOR THIS CONTEST BECAUSE SO MANY INCORRECTLY IGNORED HER MUSICAL EXCELLENCE.
I've never been so excited for a song in NNMC only to be massively disappointed that this didn't even reach the Top 3. IMO, it's the clear best song of this edition, and I am annoyed it didn't get a result it deserved. This must be Cicciolina all over again.
*end overreaction*
Hmm... something tells me this will grow on me looooong after this edition has ended. It's generally like that with some of the Sevdaliza songs for me.
Right now, though, I'm not a fan. But well done to Apo on making a strong return to NNMC after a year and a half away from the forum.
And here we have a huge(ish) gap. It's been a tight race between the top 6 throughout voting (just look at the scores), and it only came down to the final votes that really determined the winner. Additionally, I must say this is such an unusual set of countries in the Top 6, and I love that. My
. Eivor (and the Faroes in general) continues to snap. Maybe Denmark should end up borrowing from you because you've been delivering good results recently and Denmark itself hasn't.
Maybe it's karma because Denmark's been trying to block my videos.
Personally, Phanto(me) >>> SIXTH SENSE, but I can't overlook an amazing result from a hit-or-miss country like Japan. I'm also amused that you're the highest-placing country that has previously won, since Japan isn't a country I envision in that category. Well done, Vuka!
Congratulations, Arguello. You join Gregory in the "I lost my AQ spot in a tiebreak" club. Coincidentally, both of you are co-HoDs of the same country in NVSC, so that's a wholesome moment you can revel in. Personally, I didn't buy into the hype around this entry, but I figured others would. I don't mind it all (especially since it didn't AQ
).
William, you amaze me sometimes with the unexpected songs you send because I end up enjoying them. Congratulations on AQing for the second time this year, and more impressively, with a different country. How will you follow this up?
Good song, great drop, but not one of my favorites. With that opinion out of the way, I've been waiting for sooo long for Turkey to have such a high-placing result because I know Turkey is very much capable of it. Congratulations on getting Turkey its best result ever in NNMC. Keep it up!
What a close finish, but I'm glad it ended this way. If it wasn't gonna be Finland, I am happy that my
won instead. It's so unique, it's surprisingly catchy, and it's so original without turning me off. What's crazy is the fact that Estonia and Latvia have competed in NNMC more times than Lithuania, but the Baltic nation that finally manages a win is neither of them. Congratulations to Tristan on winning in your debut (it is your debut, right?) or early participation.
Looks like NNMC will finally go to the Baltics.
An interesting tidbit I noticed:
Domas, a Lithuanian user who formerly had Turkey for a while in NNMC, gave
to his home country, effectively making his former NNMC country lose.
Brief reaction to the semis:
16th, 18th, 17th?!? My disappointment is immeasurable.
I miss you.
This placing 9th in the semi and then 7th in the Grand Final though.