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@@ThatKeterScp i've seen only one person on the stage. And it was a male. So "he" is correct pronoun. Cheers

Well said. Just to add a little bit about the vocal technique - I'm a woman of "a certain age" now, but in my youth I did a lot of classical singing, and then I abandoned it because I wanted to change styles, so spent a few years in my 20s fronting a semi-goth rock band. So I've walked the walk when it comes to merging styles - and what I saw Nemo do with that song was extraordinary. Absolutely mindblowing mastery of vocal technique. I found it really fascinating when they were being interviewed by William from Wiwibloggs and he asked what the most difficult bit of the song was for Nemo to sing. They responded that it wasn't really the high "Queen of the Night" opera bit, which was interesting in itself because that obviously impresses a lot of people the most (their comment was "that's just in my head voice" - meaning basically that being able to hit that note really comes down to whether it's in your range or not; if it is, then it's just a question of hitting it a few times rhythmically, nbd), but - very specifically - the hardest bit was the second chorus, because it was slightly high in that aspect of their range. I immediately knew exactly what they meant. And that's just what was so incredible about the whole thing - Nemo curated every single note in that song to pack the biggest emotional punch possible all the way through. And although what they were doing with their voice was incredibly complex, they made it look easy. All while balancing on a bigass turntable. Amazing. We're blessed to have discovered an artist like that and it's exactly why the juries need to stay in Eurovision. No country would dare send a song as experimental as that to Eurovision if the juries weren't part of the voting process.

@@russetmantle1Thank you for this great comment, and yes, I agree 100% with what you say about keeping the juries.

Well written! Thank you! I'm Swiss and had to root for Nemo after having only heard the song in the grand final and beeing highly impressed, but in my heart I was a bit more attracted to rougher grittier songs and also had some stupid issues with my superficial non-queer thoughts about eurovision. But this year ESC songs won me over and I can enjoy it. Nemo really pulled out a glamourus epic tv friendly and still authentic and spectacular thing. Deserved. And thinking about it, he represented what I personally like in pop (only was missing a guitar riff here and there, but it had enough other stuff like it is). But still my personal favourites were also Bambi and some other creative and gripping or just super bopping songs and personalities. But I think it's awesome that Nemo and all these talented Artists from this year can now make music with no restrictions of needing to fit into gender boxes. They opened my and many others minds I hope too.

What an exeptional artist, what an perfect ESC song, performance and message and what a wonderful person Nemo is!!!! They deserved to win. Thank you, Elendil! ❤