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Post by fabbi on May 23, 2021 9:44:57 GMT 1
WHAT HAPPENED?? DID THEY NOT SHOW UP OR SOMETHING??? lmao what did you expect? All of them were rather surprising qualifiers already so it's not like they were going to get 250 points. Just be happy they didn't come last lol.
this grow on me after the live performance congrats on your 3rd victory. I wonder how the AQ will be like next year with only the big 5 It's not going to be 'anything'. It's just one less song and a final of 25 instead of 26. You may also watch 2011 to know what I mean.
Moldova giving us a new meme but finishing in the middle is kinda what happens with them it was a good live though. It was not good live.
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Post by Wys on May 23, 2021 9:46:16 GMT 1
The televoting was hilarious and so dramatic. UK really didn't deserve that 0p, but it was an iconic moment. I don’t think it was deserved, but I guess that 4 countries having 0 in televoting didn’t make it as bad. I must say that there were worse songs, and we should have got some points
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Post by mimisthesc on May 23, 2021 9:50:13 GMT 1
So happy for the contest being back after a year of absence This final was really good and the show was spectacular! Now time for some thoughts of mine... 16th place is not bad and around what I thought we'd get. Probably performing first cost us some points from the televoting (and potentially from the juries as well) but nevermind Also thank you to for the from both the jury and the televoting and also to for giving us their televoting (how did this happen? ) Not much to say here, rather expected outcome but great performance from Anxhela! Didn't expect the juries to rank it just a bit below the top 10 but well done! from the televoters really hurt but to be honest it was obvious the song wouldn't go anywhere without the juries... 8th place in both the juries and the televoting and 9th place overall... I guess this is a decent result, especially given it's an entry with a nice message and also in Russian! So sorry for her televoting result... She was amazing on stage The dark horse of the year! Who would have thought that they would have qualified so easily from their semi final eventually? The juries of course helped a lot but they didn't do badly in the televoting, at least not as badly as I expected... The juries really didn't fancy that one but it was obvious that it would be in the TOP 10 of the televoting for me... I guess they could have been higher though. Ouch... Performed as 10th, came 10th in both the jury and televoting results and 10th overall Jokes aside, very happy for Stefania! She brought the best result to the country after 2013 and she's definitely got a great career ahead of her! I was so excited when he won the jury voting but as the last one to receive the televoting points, I was rather convinced he hadn't won (although I was hoping for that). Still, a 3rd place is awesome! Also, they were 4th in 2019, 3rd this year, will the trend continue? Again felt sorry for them not being able to perform live but they still managed to end up 4th so well done Well, never liked it and that recap part they went for felt as if they were trying too hard to get nul points from the public - at least they succeeded there... So, who was going to flop in the semi and stay out of the TOP 10...? Surely getting 8 whole sets of there is rather insane but I was sure Kirkorov wouldn't let this flop and to be honest I thought they'd do even better in the final... Thank God this stayed out of the TOP 10 of the final at least lol At least the juries saved him from last but nul points for the 2nd year in a row must be dreadful... Expected the televoters to vote for this but not the juries to rank it just out of the TOP 10... In my opinion it's overrated but that's just me not liking that genre anyway I have never really managed to see what people like so much about this so I'm more on the side of the televoters for this one... Not much to say here really, it was a fun performance and well done for the TOP 10 result! Despite not being a fan of this, the performance was good... Coming 2nd in the televoting is still rather exaggerated to me, not gonna lie Congratulations for the best result of the country in ages! Unfortunately I have never been fan of that song so I find it rather overrated... Around where I expected it to end... The juries really didn't like this in the final but at least the televoters were there to help it Another one with nul points in the televoting... Not completely unexpected but surely undeserved after that performance The main reason I predicted them to win was that I was certain about their victory in the televoting (and that came even with a landslide) so just a decent jury result was needed. Fortunately the juries didn't try to kill them and it was enough for them to win! Congratulations for the victory! Thank God the juries did not overrate them, yet in the semi final the televoters had them on the borderline... I guess their late running order helped them with the televoting... An iconic moment for the contest, yet it was not enough for the juries and most surprisingly it was not enough for the televoters either! They should've done better... And also some thoughts now that we have the semi final results... Semi Final 1So sorry for being in the TOP 10 of both juries and televoters and still missing out... The last place for was rather deserved after that performance and I am happy to see not as low as most people thought! also came rather close and even qualified with the juries, which is a good proof that the juries do not necessarily go for performances with good vocals or whatsoever... getting even 11 points in the televoting is kind of surprising to me - I thought they'd really flop harder there Semi Final 2So sorry for Benny Surely did not deserve to get nul points from the televoting, but the country has been robbed multiple times before from the televoters unfortunately. ending up last is not completely surprising after that performance and given they were sandwiched between and in the running order... Happy for not ending up last and doing better than expected (anyone else also noticed the trade with ? ). Talking about I am surprised they were actually on the borderline with the televoters and that the juries pushed them through more easily - expected it to be the other way around. not qualifying with the juries surprises me, while I'm so sorry for doing so well with the televoters and the juries literally ruining it for them... Eventually the TOP 10 of the jury voting qualified to the final from that semi final.
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Post by Shovkovskyi/Peter on May 23, 2021 11:15:50 GMT 1
Before I start, I want to remind you to take everything I say with a pinch of salt, because there will be things you might not agree with and I'm fine with that. This is my opinion. Right... so where do I even begin... Samanta... Samanta... Samanta... (sigh) Was the performance really THAT bad to deserve last? yes, it wasn't a qualifiers performance, but last (of everyone) I think is a bit too harsh... but it doesn't really surprise, because as I said - we didn't really have friendly voting countries to back us up and Samanta didn't help herself either with that fairly poor performance... To a bit more shocking things - I guess the results of , , & , which were all pretty much at the top overall of this forum user tops, prove, that this is the only place that liked them as much as they did (due to female artists being superior on this forum). I could even say that all these countries failed, because for all of them expectations were a lot higher... I don't think anyone expected that 3 of them will get higher points from juries, not public... I thought all these songs had the public support, but I guess not... even the gamble with Flo Rida didn't pay off... I guessed the correct final positions of 4 countries (in the final I mean) - (19), (15), (14) & (6). It might not seem much and I definitely know that I'll be pretty low in the results prediction game, but for me 4 is actually a decent number, because usually I guess maybe 1 or 2 (one of which is usually the winner, because it's just too obvious that it will win). As for the results in general - I guess the bottom 4 (but especially the bottom 3) was never gonna be different... I just wonder if Latvia would've beaten any of them if we had a chance (aka they didn't have AQ spots, but would have to go through semis)... Some countries I expected a bit higher and some a bit lower, but overall I think the results are pretty decent... Congratulations to Italy (the bookmaker favourite won again - YAAAAYYY!)... it's not my personal winner of this year (I will publish my "after the show" top at some point later), but I don't mind it as a winner... I don't know if anyone of you feel similar, but for some reason they reminded me a bit of Queen. The performance seemed like something Freddie Mercury would do... and to be fair the band itself looked a bit like Queen - the long hair guitarists and drummer, the outfits, the soloist himself had a bit of a Freddie Mercury style... idk.. maybe I'm the only one who saw them like that... Congratulations also to France and Switzerland. Last years song for Switzerland imo would've won and imo was better, but still - it wasn't a bad song and performance and the place is deserved. As for France - I'm happy that this kinda "old" music style (aka somewhat Classic French Chanson) did so well. Usually older music styles are not very much appreciated, so this was a nice surprise. Congratulations also to our neighbours Lithuania on reaching 8th and to my personal favourite of this year Finland on reaching top 6. Obviously higher would've been better, but the fact that they had to fight another rock song I guess played it's role, because most of the spotlight shone over Italy, not Finland, so 6th is not bad. Greece was a bit unexpected to reach top10, while Malta was definitely expected higher than 7th. IDK about you, but when it comes to the performance of Malta, I feel like she did everything perfect in semifinal (which she deservedly won), while in the final she wasn't perfect vocally. Maybe the pressure was too much for her, although it's not her first time on ESC stage as a favourite. Overall I could say that this year music won over visual performances, because none of the top 3 had visual performance that would scream "wow". Anyway, I guess I said everything I wanted to say. Remember - this is only my opinion and you are allowed to disagree
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Post by Alex Memphis on May 23, 2021 11:25:23 GMT 1
My full reaction Semifinalists included What a great show it has been! Probably the best Eurovision I've ever watched since 2018, and one of the ones I've got the most memories from since I started watching the show in 2016. This Eurovision will truly remain in history and be one of the most important events of my life. Thank you for all the emotions, the laughs as well as the moments of pure astonishment and sadness we shared together. After a disastrous and tremendous 2020, it's spectacular to see a country like Italy winning, and I'm so exited to know that next year there will be a possibility not only to meet some forumers, but to finally be able to go and see it live! Anyways, let's move on...
Grand Final results Oh well, looks like they really massacred this country's possibility to escape the last place. The performance and his song were quite basic and honestly I could only picture Germany ending lower than this, because of the quality of this grand final. 0 points tho, it's such a mess. I hope the UK will take Eurovision more seriously in the near future and become more competitive instead of blaming Brexit and other political bullshit... I'm sorry but this was part of my bottom 5 this edition. I understand this song has a somewhat powerful and precious message, but their performance made it look like a ridiculous musical (UK 2015 flashbacks). I'm very sad for Jendrik tho, he seemed so nice. I'm sorry but this looked like the opening of some Spanish telenovela and was not the kind of song that would do well at Eurovision. I'm honestly so tired of seeing "Big 5 countries" wasting Grand Final spots and AQing every edition just because they have money. I mean... I appreciate the ethnic Surinamese element but the AQ curse did not even spare Netherlands. I guess 23rd is fine, but those nul points from the televoting must have hit hard. Easily the biggest robbery of the year. I was so exited and proud of Flo Rida and Senhit. They both ate the entire contest and served true and pure art, making San Marino win again in my rankings after their 2013 masterpiece. I was sincerely hoping for a left side at least and was very disappointed to learn they had only received 13 points from the only source of points that could have saved them. Anyways, they did an amazing job. This moment will forever be part of the history of Eurovision, because it was the moment a microstate took over European and international trends, and also the first time they started a Q streak and received 12 points from a jury! Not only this song was weak compared to the rest of the finalists, it also got the cursed 2nd spot in the running order. No surprises, but putting this over San Marino is a crime. Very underrated. The performance was stunning. The dark horse of the edition. Even tho I liked the refrain of the song, I don't think this should've qualified in such a strong semi. Those eyes in the background were quite creepy during the performance and then there is the Johnny Cash t-shirt line... I'm not a huge fan of the song, but Tix is so adorable and when he took those glasses off I just couldn't help but wanted to hug him and hold him tight I'm so surprised she didn't get booed again and there was no stage invasion (yes I'm still traumatized by what happened with UK 2018 and Iceland 2019). Decent result tho. One of my favorite songs. Definitely not the best opener but Bad Romance 2.0 snapped and those bitchery vibes were stunning. I hope Cyprus can continue sending bop after bop, and can't wait for a Fuego 2.0 too! Very underrated. I expected Hurricane to top 10 at least. I really appreciated the fact that they sang in Serbian. A positive note on these results is that Sweden didn't get shitloads of points from the juries like in the previous years. 14th is well deserved, even tho I would've placed it a bit lower. Moldova always surprises me, because every year they always tend to be the main source of memes and gaffes, and 2021 was no exception. Her Grand Final performance was overall better than the semifinal one despite her being a bit off and static, but the song is a banger. Portugal wasn't on my list of finalists from the second semi, that's why this song is overrated for me. Their performance was one of the best ones tonight, but the song was not my cup of tea and I would've preferred Denmark over them. Yesss I'm so happy for Victoria! She crowned her dream to shine on the Eurovision stage after a terrible year that hit her with depression. Well done, this was so emotional and also the picture of her and her dad in the greenroom! I'd say this is a bit overrated, Cyprus was better. The song is not bad but I found the whole staging thing to be a bit cringey. The art. The flavor. The class. The majesty. Tajikistan ate. One of my favorites! I'm so happy for them despite "On Fire" being better than this (my 2020 winner) but deserved nevertheless. Another slappery. I enjoyed everything about her performance and I'm so proud of her for achieving such a good result! Those low points awarded by the televoting smelled like sexism tho naur it's true it's true. YAAS rock triumphed this year! This is also Finland's best result since they won with Lordi in 2006 and I couldn't be happier! Well done! Queen, you deserved the podium with this banger. Ukraine said qualification streak and we stan. Despite being extremely happy for them and for their fanbase, who continuously supported them despite the hard time they had this year, I find this quite overrated. Iceland demonstrated a song doesn't need to be played live to score a good result. They will come eventually if your song is good enough! Yeah this is emotional and all but no, overrated. It's a song I wouldn't put on third place at all even tho his performance was stunning. Again, another song I wouldn't rank as a runner-up. I kinda like it, but there was better material. She was so emotional and cute tho, and France slapped. And then there's this. This victory, that came totally unexpected. The moment I read your predictions, the moment I read this was a fan favorite I did not care that much and controlled my excitement and anxiety, because Italy has done this for years: always being a winner contender but never winning. Yet, when the points Switzerland got from the televote got announced I was just speechless, thinking this nation had finally made it. It was like a dream coming true just in front of my eyes, when you least expect it. And all of a sudden I could hear and read some of my Italian friends' messages, who cheered and celebrated this very deserved victory. My sister immediately hugged me cause Italy was one of her favorites and she was so happy! I still can't believe I'm getting the immense and rare chance of seeing Eurovision live next year and, who knows, to meet someone from here on the forums? This victory really helped Eurovision become a bit more known and famous in the country, as they're talking about it everywhere (from radio stations to news outlets) whereas the contest is hardly ever mentioned in Italy and has a scarse audience and sharing every year. Anyways, as Damiano from Måneskin proudly said yesterday, rock music will never die!
Onto the semifinals results Semifinal 1 The fact this qualified according to both the televote and the jury but still managed to NQ made me very upset. She gave her best on stage and even tho the performance didn't quite stand out for me in such a strong semi, she deserved to qualify. I just hope Croatia won't withdraw next year... Easily one of the most undeserved results of the edition. Roxen was absolutely gorgeous on stage and I was so surprised of seeing her NQ. This was extremely boring. The staging and her vocals really helped the song "stand out" among the non-qualifiers but this was expected. Not only she didn't have the possibility of being in Rotterdam, but she also gave Australia her worst result to date when their 2017 "song" actually qualified... Really?! This is miles better and did not deserve 13th. Yawn, a cute filler, but was my last place here so I'm not surprised. Not Ireland scoring another last place in a row, this is so terrible! Her song wasn't even bad, she was so nice and the staging and the overall performance were not bad too! I'm so sorry for Lesley, I fell in love with her previous song and I was sure she was gonna qualify with that one. Semifinal 2 This song deserved to qualify over Portugal or Albania naur it's true it's true. They looked gorgeous together and the song was not as bad as I had initially thought. I get that this song has such a powerful message, but it was not adequate to compete in Eurovision. It was just bland, flat and probably even forgettable for some. Same as above. The superiority of San Marino just helped to cancel this song's already low chances of qualifying. Welp I guess next year they'll do better. Ahh why isn't this last... I'm sorry but, just, no. Give us back the old good Poland that participated in 2014-2017. He did not show his maximum potential on stage, but this result? Too low sorry. Easily my last place this edition. This sounds more like a speech than an actual song... Georgia 2017 when? Lmao not last overall... Yeah the performance was probably the messiest one this edition (at some moments I couldn't even figure out what was going on) but Georgia was worse than this.
Another amazing Eurovision experience has just passed by. I still can't believe we managed to have such an unforgettable show after a very long and terrible year of absence. My post-Eurovision depression won't hit so hard this year knowing I might get the possibility of seeing it live in 2022 if I start saving money from now lmao. Let's hope we get some returning countries and an even better edition next year! Thank you for sharing this amazing Eurovision experience with me Forums!
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Post by linux620 on May 23, 2021 13:34:30 GMT 1
What I witnessed on Saturday/Sunday was something unbelievable. One of my favorite countries Italy finally winning with a rock song and Blind Channel, a band I've been a big fan since 2016 giving my country the second best place EVER. And we beat Sweden for the first time since 2007! It's still hard for me to realize what happened but I'm goddamn happy! And to think about that our viewing figures in UMK and Eurovision were one of the highest since 2007, it feels like YLE is actually doing something right. Considering that UMK21 was one of the strongest line-ups (in terms of names) I can't even imagine what artists we'll see next year. Hopefully were doing good in the following years as Blind Channel did this year! And Italy won finally! They deserved to win in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and thank god they won this year! Måneskin were amazing and really showed that rock'n'roll is not dead! Otherwise the results were mostly good: the top 10 was amazing and the top 5 was spectacular. However San Marino got robbed and I'm really puzzled why they only got 13 points from the televote. And even though I knew Germany wouldn't do well, Jendrik didn't deserve zero points from the televote. Also Amadeus and Fiorello have to host the next Eurovision or I'll riot.
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Post by Kinoshita! on May 23, 2021 17:01:28 GMT 1
And after 2 years of waiting, we finally finished the Eurovision journey! The Dutch broadcasters and teams really gave us the quality works and shows. The introduction of AR works was really breathtaking ( Italy, you better serve us these too ) The host presenters are also really fabulous but undeniably, Nikkie is probably one of the best host presenters ever if not the best. The decision to upgrade her from an online host to the co-host is the best option and I would love to see her host the Eurovision event again in the future.
Now for the results, This year’s televoting results are probably the most scary ever since the introduction of separate results system in 2016. I mean I’m do expected nul points but four set of them??? That made me completely shocked and speechless last night. Poor James. The performance was not good but I think he deserved to get at least one point ugh. Jendrik completed his dream and that’s already enough. I always love the song, the message but oh god Blas’ vocal was really disappointed and probably the worst of the night. That long note was really horrible and the delegation should that slot for the recap pls??? This getting zero points in televoting is kinda harsh. But hey, at least Jeangu successfully presented his Surinamese heritage and made his homeland proud in such an international stage! What da heck??? Did televiewers really gave this only 13 points??? Completely robbed </3 and not this being lower than Daddy Serhat lmao kinda expected even though personally, Anxhela deserved to be higher I was kind of unexpected to see this doing not really good, considering it charted in many countries’ Spotify. I did expect to see the TV underrated this but come on, 3 points?? Ahh that’s good for TIX I guess. However, I still can’t get over for the fact that this was barely Qed over Croatia... her performance was worse than in the semi-final so I’m kinda shocked to see her finishing this high. This flopped??? Girl, what was happened here?? Maybe the running order really reduced her chance in this case... I thought this would be much better in the televoting considering that the girls literally killed the show. Should have been higher tbh Ahhh finally Sweden wasn’t overly overrated by the juries (even though I love Voices so much) And she did give us even more quality memes lmao. Let’s be real I still don’t understand why this finished this high lmao (probs cuz of K*rkorov’s frauds) Happy for Natalia sweetheart but again most of the songs were much better performed and should have been higher eh I thought this would get more supports from the televiewers but ahh they got such a nice placement sad fake bulgarian noises Get ready for plenty of saltiness lmao And once again, the juries supported my favorite much better than the viewers (lemme change my name to Kinoshita (Juries stan era) asksk). :giggles: like I mean I do expect the televiewers to gave this lower points but come onnnn only 30 points?? Eh. Despite the results, I’m absolutely proud of Victoria and the Bulgarian team. The performance was really indescribably gorgeous and of course, the song was really damn greattt. Growing Up Is Getting Old had become my most favorite Eurovision song of all time and probably, will stay like that for a long time. And ofc Victoria will gonna stay as the queen in my heart and my nervous system. <33333333333 Now, I’m looking forward to her future works and also what the Bulgarian team will provide in the next year.
The Top 10 are really great (even thought it would be much better with ofc asksk) Ehhh I don’t know what to feel about this tbh... The way this won the tiebreaker while the green screen effects were even worse than the semi round. But again, Stefania herself really snapped so that’s kinda fine ig? (I would still have Bulgaria as 10th in my world tho asksk) YASSSSS MANIZHA DID THAT Every haters and misogyny’s needs to know that they should shut up and acknowledge about our Tajik-Russian queen’s supremacy YESSSS Still sad for them to lose their chance last year and the way Lithuania’s best placement is still the one in 2006 ROBBED WTF? 47 POINTS??? Huh?? From SF1 runner-up in televoting to only 47 points? Now I kinda understand why Maltese delegation complained about the running order like that... OH YESSSS They smashed the televoting. Congratulations to Finland for getting new 2nd best placement! It was totally deserved! SLAVA UKRAINA Oh my goshhhh from the borderline qualifier in the odds to 5th overall??? Mama, that’s really more than deserved <33333 I’m really glad that Europe appreciates the Ukrainian folk elements of Shum a lot (cuz tbh, I’ve been really scared to see this robbed in TV for such a long time until the reactions in the semi-final night) Also maybe I might not really fully stan the juries as they ranked this masterpiece so low. Fuck them Oh yass congratulations! Well, I’m not really a fan of the song but I’m still happy for Dadi & the team after being not able to perform live
Now we have the Top 3 with all non-English songs and more than that, 2 of them are from the Big 5?? This is such a moment omg OUIIIII LE ROIIIII Everything about his performance is truly perfect and we love to see Switzerland snapping for two years in a row! <33333333 OUIIIII LA REINEEEE She France really improves their game since their comeback in JESC: They won JESC last year and now got 2nd in ESC with only 25 points apart? We absolutely love to see it 😌 Miss Barbara is queen and a moment, and I live for her excellent existence. Maybe we could see the French victory in the future 👀 Anyways, congratulations <3333333 I mean I might prefer or to win more but hell, FUCK YES. THEY ATE. Congratulations to everyone who has Italy as your winner and to Italian users for the victory. I can’t wait for the show in Italy next year ahhh <33333
Overall, this year is really gonna be marked as a legendary year (especially that goddamn competitive as hell semi final 1) and this year also really notified us why the balance between juries and televoting results are completely needed. Now, the post-Eurovision depression really disturbs me. I want 2022 to be like tomorrow so bad ahhhh See you in Italy guys!
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Post by littleblackhouse10 on May 23, 2021 17:11:56 GMT 1
WHAT HAPPENED?? DID THEY NOT SHOW UP OR SOMETHING??? lmao what did you expect? All of them were rather surprising qualifiers already so it's Moy like they were going to get 250 points. Just be happy they didn't come last lol.
Well, they were great in my opinion and yet, they finish at the right of the leaderboard. Of course they weren't or where they got no points from Europe
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