Netta managed to grab more attention in the moment, but Toy has aged like milk. Eleni is still a Queen with Fuego. Quite the contrast there.

Occidentali's Karma was simply an inferior song in the shortened version, and the lighting made Francesco disappear into the stage. He would have done way better with the longer version and clearer lighting from San Remo, but rules and tech choices kept that from happening. Also, Estonia were robbed. I love Verona, and the mic failure and jury snub were uncalled for.

I have such a soft spot for Sergio & The Ladies. Always make me smile.

98 - eugh effing Popular. I will mostly be commenting on the ones I don't like. 95 - yup agree. I've never got the fuss about Before The Party is Over. Bridges grew on me but I still find it a bit dull. I Feed You My Love has never been for me but I get its appeal. Celebrate is people trolling. Unicorn is very overated - the fandom just loves it's dancing girlies or the Israelis vote bombed it. Groot does a series of watchalongs with a vote - our community NQed it along with Switzerland- putting through Latvia and Malta instead. Eugh - We Will Rave - the fandom loves it's dancing girlies again but then again my brother liked I've never been a raver I used to go to rock and indie music clubs instead. It used to annoy me the Electric Ballroom's rock night had a big techo section in the middle of it. I took that time to go to their grotty loos. Nice to see Samo Mi Se Spava on the list and no it's not too high. Agree about the IMO ironically named Unforgettable - but the fandom does like it's Swedish pop. I guess they were cute and it's well staged. I don't think it'll be there next year. Die For You - a 2001 being in the list is impressive. Who the Hell is Edgar? Didn't close the 2nd semi in 23. That was Promise, which went on to top the vote, Edgar was 2nd, it was in late though. I Agree Queen of Kings should be higher - that song really grew on me. Also really captured the sea shanty zeitgeist. Hard Rock Hallelujah - again I think an 18 year old song being in the list is a really impressive showing. There's a lot of recency bias here. Of course there's a lot of 2015 songs - one of the most baffling for me opinions that you have (apart for your love for that very meh song This is My Life) is that 2015 wasn't a good year for songs it was great, the hosts were terrible though I'll grant you that. I'm not a fan Quedate Commingo I'm not a power ballad fan. Justice for Ulverham - a mate of mine I introduced to the contest the year before last loved it too and joined the outrage train. Nice to see Mans in there. I like Mans sue me. Lovely to see Carpe Diem high - that song was the trigger that got me excited for 23. Joker Out are great. Nice to see Eeaa in there. I agree absolutely with you about Undo - I kinda dislike these types of songs and performances. Say what you like about Heroes but it's one of the few Swedish songs were the lyrics aren't cringy. Hurricane - well the Zionists are still vote bombing and I 💯 agree. Very very meh as a song and I'm both relieved it didn't even win the televote and annoyed it's in the top 5 and topped Ukraine in the vote and my country gave this poisonous garbage 12 pts. Yeah it's a relief it wasn't higher here. I really like Zari - like Ireland, Greece were appreciated for being true to their culture, being daring and giving us something different. Tattoo and Euphoria are both massively overated IMO but apart from wishing Cha cha cha had beaten Tattoo (# still not over 23 result) I'm not that salty about their success. Better Euphoria than Slo Mo.

Tijd being a just bubbling under is a pleasant surprise. As is Proud.

I do hope it's not freaking Slo Mo at no.1.

I did also vote for Baby Lasagna, who finished sixth in the poll.

12:07 Denmark 2011 reference? 😂 Good video, and happy new year to you and everyone!

have a good year

always like your takes, very honest and clearly argumented... I wish you would post videos more frequently... just turn comments off for some videos?

Thanks for the videos in 2024 .

Laura's song sound more like a Junior Eurovision entry to me, it's not bad, but i'd prefer Luzac

La Pena by DeTeresa is my favourite by far

I also think Laura Thorn is the one that stands out to me the most, I believe it’s the melody that is extremely EXTREMELY catchy and it sticks easily in my head Also, if you listen to Je danse I wouldn’t underestimate it I can see it making a big impact on first listeners on stage

Cheers, man! 🤘

Netherlands have just announced the artist for 2025, it is Claude. A young male singer that usually sings in a mix of Dutch and French.

Dat België bij bookmakers op een staat is waarschijnlijk om dat halve finales reeds zijn opgenomen en in januari worden uitgezonden met publiek , deze moeten geheimhouding tekenen, maar er wordt gezegd dat het een heel sterke selectie is met een absolute uitschieter, waarschijnlijk waren bookmakers aanwezig bij opnames

Il Festival di Sanremo è stato un po' più che un'ispirazione per l'eurovision. E' stato un dirigente Rai a ideare l'ESC come una sorta di Sanremo Europeo e proporlo prima al principato di Monaco e poi con l'aiuto di un dirigente francese si decise di realizzare la prima edizione in Svizzera....

Reaction = 4:00.

We have a similar reaction! 😂 It’s all quite disappointing in general

I get why you feel like this lacks diversity (being an outsider to the Spanish music scene) even though I can catch more undertones between different songs as I'm exposed to songs like these I agree they are trying to play safe this last few years.

Reaction: 8:13. Apologies if I come across as too harsh. As always, opinions usually change for the better, though this is a very underwhelming batch.

Reaction = 6:24.

(My picks for Sanremo Festival alone, not ESC) Basing my thoughts just on my personal taste, without knowing the songs they will compete with, of course, I choose: Irama, Simone Cristicchi, Francesco Gabbani with Brunori SAS and Massimo Ranieri close to them. I'm not familiar with Lucio Corsi to be honest but I'm quite interested in his song nonetheless. Special mention: Giorgia. Great voice! Let's hope it'll be a nice Festival. Ciao! ps: Coma_Cose doens't have a mute "E" at the end so it's not Coma_Cos but you can read it as it's written (like all the Italian words) 😊

Armageddon is also my favourite in Eesti Laul!

3:33 = Albania to Georgia. 18:47 = Germany to Montenegro. 33:18 = Netherlands to UK.

Ludvig

Don't have a clear winner, but liked Külm, Armageddon, Ma ei tea sind and Espresso Macchiato the most

Felin is also one that stood out to me more than others

Has to be either Tule or Espresso Macchiato for me after my first listen!! I found all the rest extremely forgettable... typical tracks that would fail to reach the MGP final. With 5MIINUSTxPUULUUP last year the hook for me was instant (and neendest... is my most played song this year so obviously biased) whereas none of these felt the same imo...not a strong Eesti Laul for me

Reaction = 5:57.

Reaction = 7:23.

Looking forward to it as always! Good to see The Kolors back again

Thank you for your reaction ;) as Italian, I think this could be the year of Elodie or Irama, but it is important to see the songs before. For Eurovision, I think Elodie and Irama could be very strong partecipants, because I noticed they are already quite famous in Europe.

you actually look a lot like simone cristicchi💀

I hope Rose Villain will be a serious contender this year. Last year was a bit disappointing

Simone Cristicchi ❤

Reaction = 9:15.

I don't understand this man's reaction, why is Georgia's victory incredible, Georgia is the absolute champion, he won this competition for the fourth time, I think you don't understand that you are belittling the country?

I hope the UK send Ren. Very talented and skilled musician.

🥶🤙🏻

Hey Reece, happy new Eurovision season 🎉

Maja Ivarsson was the singer of the 2000s band "The Sounds" with some hits all over the world. They where a rock band in the style of Blondie but slightly rockier. If you asked me to list 1000 Swedish artists that would take part in Melfest she would not be on the list. She tends to own a stage.