Americans react to Eurovision 2016

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[@gregorybrett1142]

Mike getting drunk and yelling at the screen complaining about the voting... He has actually become like every European on Eurovision night lol

[@alexandrumic]

Oh.. that was not drunk Mike!! Just.. competitive Mike!!

[@TheFreeGreenChannel]

Is it OK, that now I want to move to the US just to watch the ESC2021 with you, guys? Vinny is pretty great, he got the result that for Mike and Lauren took a few shows to achieve. Good job, that was nice to watch! :)

[@huyninh8890]

@@TheFreeGreenChannel I think they live in Japan

[@britvica]

Yess AND first ice cream in year. It's like scandinavian block, russian block..germay-turkey connection, iberian peninsula with romania :) it's fun!

[@MrThedwp]

@@TheFreeGreenChannel yeah they all live in Japan so no point in going to the US

[@SebasHuk]

Mike's reaction represents every Eurofan every year, the best!

[@chriswalton6899]

always get a kick out of seeing people's first-time reactions to Sergey's performance when he starts hopping across the screen - perfection :)

[@aduantas8609]

Timestamps 4:25 - Flag parade 6:42 - Belgium 🇧🇪 8:23 - Czechia 🇨🇿 9:29 - Netherlands 🇳🇱 11:19 - Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 13:29 - Hungary 🇭🇺 15:15 - Italy 🇮🇹 16:52 - Israel 🇮🇱 18:01 - Bulgaria 🇧🇬 19:10 - Sweden 🇸🇪 21:26 - Germany 🇩🇪 23:20 - France 🇫🇷 24:27 - Lauren drinking 25:12 - Poland 🇵🇱 28:05 - Australia 🇦🇺 29:53 - Cyprus 🇨🇾 31:18 - Serbia 🇷🇸 33:08 - Lithuania 🇱🇹 34:59 - Croatia 🇭🇷 36:57 - Russia 🇷🇺 39:11 - Spain 🇪🇸 40:40 - Latvia 🇱🇻 42:09 - Ukraine 🇺🇦 43:54 - Malta 🇲🇹 45:08 - Georgia 🇬🇪 46:50 - Austria 🇦🇹 47:55 - UK 🇬🇧 49:21 - Armenia 🇦🇲 50:35 - Love Love Peace Peace 52:17 - Jury results 55:23 - Televote Results 01:05:45 - Everyone's Top 10

[@alexandrumic]

soon Ill need to pay you !!!

[@aduantas8609]

@@alexandrumic I'll get them done on the 2017 video a bit faster than this haha

[@ГригорийЗавалов-г8щ]

The bestr song on Eurovision 2016 - "Love Love Peace Peace"

[@Ori_Shaked]

producer: how many seizures you wanna cause? Georgia: yes

[@terjemullerkarlsen3028]

This is so much fun to see because this is actually what ESC is about and its charm! Humas on a couch having a great time with their own favorits, friendly arguing and having fun. That is the charm of it. Great videos.

[@enKageKagen]

finally the best ESC ever. At the time ESC was going: 1) Ukraine 2) Spain 3) Malta 4) Hungary 5) Czech Rep. After 5 years I still listen Spain, Malta, Hungary, Armenia, but Israel the most. I can't believe how much I underrated that song in 2016, IMO after Zeljko Joksimovic, Made of stars is the best ballad of the decade. BTW I am from Poland and it was a crime :) Poland is never liked by juries (probably only San Marino is worse in history in average jury scoring), but great majority of times it is strongly justified.That year it was not. And if the Umbrella cover is at the bottom, you should know how strong that year was (also not qualifying f.e. Iceland, which I listen still very often, maybe even more often than Israel)

[@MrSzymek79]

ESC Stockholm 2016 = the best show ever!

[@Миланитровић]

Lol I connected to Mike on spiritual level when he reacted to the votes

[@safirak7988]

This re-traumatized me, ngl. I was so angry that year and I still am.

[@YourLocalUkrainianGerman]

At what exactly?

[@miguelgonzales5835]

Yes

[@craftjoy6712]

Wow, you all look just like us when we watch Eurovision. Lots of swearing, gasps, cheering and booing during the voting. Afterwards when the competition element wears of I always learn to appreciate the other songs more. But it's always lots of fun. Thank you for sharing! You guys are great!

[@thanhhungkkk3564]

You notice how they didn’t talk anything at all when Ukraine was performing, yes that performance was spectacular. Just speechless and shocked at a piece of art that is so emotional, so artsy and aesthetic. She was the best winner ever in my opinion, just embracing art in her own way. Love Jamala, love you guys!

[@ZakhadWOW]

THen she had to open her big mouth and screw poor Maruv out of a trip to ESC...

[@thanhhungkkk3564]

@@ZakhadWOW Sorry babe it's your Maruv that decided to head out, not her 😬

[@MarionTheCurious]

👌💖

[@polinaporechna2008]

@Tesla-Effect it was Vinny's top 2?

[@thanhhungkkk3564]

@Tesla-Effect Russia was one of those they were not amazed of lmao. It was new, they were impressed and found it really interesting, but amazed? I don’t think. I said they were amazed by Ukraine not only of the song and the staging, but also Jamala’s stage presence and emotion. They even agreed that Spain’s song is better than Russia’s...

[@yann1ck666]

Honestly can't stand the hate against Belgium. It's a good, uplifting song, but they treated it like trash. Laura did amazing, not only singing well, but dancing throughout too.

[@djdevilicious1]

I've been waiting for this for so long! One of my favourite Eurovision's ever - so many amazing acts! Russia was my winner though and Cyprus my second.

[@FanFictionneer]

Same! Also, Petra and Mans were the best hosts ever. ;) (Though Cyprus wasn't my second, but I still really liked it.)

[@augustoka4881]

tasteless

[@FanFictionneer]

@@augustoka4881 Ever heard of having an opinion? Be respectful, I wouldn't ridicule you for liking or disliking certain songs, salt shaker.

[@bunnymoon9130]

Exactly! Sergey definitely should have won that year, and I really enjoyed Cyprus❤️

[@stevieboy666]

“Ukraine will get the political vote fook off!” That’s a solid mood there Mike

[@inesgartner5121]

Fun fact: Serbias contestant from 2016 and one of her background singers actually are members of the girl troup Hurricane and have competed at the ESC this year for Serbia again. And Frans song " I was sorry" was really popular after the ESC in whole Europe. It was in the top of the charts for a long time and still is getting played in the radio often until now🙈

[@esckswiss2713]

Wow Poland really is a polorizing song... I hate it and I 100% agree with the juries

[@sharkfinn4]

I also can't stand the song, but I have to say, I think he deserved more points from the juries for his voice alone.

[@trildi]

Agreed, what a bland song...

[@raulbudusan]

It was so cool to spend time with you again 🤩

[@thales7099]

Not gonna lie, Ukraine is my favorite Eurovision winner.

[@alexmiller23]

Ukraine was not even among the bookmakers in the top 10. Russia won by viewers, and Australia won by the jury.

[@thales7099]

@@alexmiller23 congratulations i don't think i asked that? netherlands 2019 came 3rd in jury and 2nd in televote? Netta came 3rd in jury and 1st in televote. Austria in 2014 wasn't even top10 and still won, that's why a song is good, so i recommend you stop ignoring that ukraine got 323 points and people only gave australia 191, Jamala was high in both and you're actually wrong, she is 2nd in the odds, if you check. STILL my favorite winner ever.

[@alexmiller23]

@@thales7099 the viewers' opinion speaks for itself. in 2016 Eurovision is nothing more than a political game. for many to this day, Russia is the winner of 2016.

[@arvantsaraihan5777]

@@thales7099 just ignore him..... he's just yet another Ukraine 2016 hater. Ukraine won fairly and deservedly and nothing's gonna change that :) she came second in both jury votes and televotes and she even got 323 points from the public.... not even Netta or Duncan got that much :)

[@arvantsaraihan5777]

@@alexmiller23 the viewers gave 323 points to Jamala so I guess public loved her? what's your point here lol, of course public speaks for itself, they loved Jamala. Of all of the 2010's winners, only Loreen and Salvador who got more televote points than Jamala. and who's still following bookmakers nowadays? oh you're fucking hilarious sir.

[@bstbst8233]

Its crazy how disrespectful americans will be towards music when they dont know the meaning behind it. Ukraine sang about the invasion of their country where millions died. Good job saying whatever to her winning bud.

[@markkk9623]

They won because of politics, just like in 2022

[@esclatvia4382]

I think they kinda need to know what happened in 1944 and the Soviet Union in general to understand the meaning of the song.

[@alexandrumic]

I explained it to them.. they just thought it was really dark in a real way for Eurovision...

[@samstarba4569]

Well, I guess Eurovision is not all about happiness...? :D (With love from Finland.)

[@luisfilipe9272]

Hungary was my favourite,it deserved much better. Cyprus was also very good. The relations between Ukraine and russia were very tense in 2016. Did you explained that to americans fellows ?

[@mickeypole4912]

I never react to videos but I was watching all of their reactions this week and thought WHERE is 2016?! Did I manifest this?

[@amandamagnusson1950]

Yay! Been waiting for this one for so long! Missing the JT reaction though ;) I'm a Swede and I can't believe that we did this good that year! I think it was the scaled down staging that made it feel intimate and memorable. But a lot of people felt the same as you guys because Sweden has been taking huge hits in the public voting ever since.

[@euroluvvision2937]

Luv from Poland for all of you !!! Now You know how we felt in 2016

[@flopjul3022]

I can say the tree Nina Kraljic hugged could have represented Croatia's nature because Croatia looks amazing especially the twisty roads that goes through mountains and the water looks amazing too. I was in Istria(Rovinj) on a vacation and everytime you went from lets say Vrsar or Porec to Rovinj you go along a twisty road with amazing nature next to it

[@pawel98123]

Poland was robbed and as a Polish guy i'm happy that they see it too 🥺 Btw great to see theirs reactions on voting 😄

[@PiotrKe]

Nie myślałem, że ktoś z Polski też ogląda ten kanał :D

[@pawel98123]

@@PiotrKe Przyciągnął mnie reakcjami 😄

[@barteknowak311]

super się ogląda jak ktoś tak reaguje na Polskę haha

[@12321Gustav]

Love these videos!!! Such a great work both on editing and reacting, keep it up :)

[@Olivia-tz8rl]

The country who are hosting don’t really have money to host again so they don’t want to win. So often they send someone they don’t think will win🤷🏼‍♀️

[@megnaroz2418]

When will you react to 2017???

[@unrealisticuniverse4777]

Bulgaria

[@omrielevi4920]

This was so much fun, thanks!

[@iamwtl]

I LOVE THESE GUYS!!!

[@_annaxb]

i loved jamala!! and im gonna need a 2017, 2018 and 2019 edition of these haha

[@yvkon]

Just be patient, they'll be here soon enough. Alex is doing a great job going year by year😁

[@aijagusare4709]

Can’t get enough of this! :))) When are you going to do the next reaction video of esc 2017?

[@priyant8523]

Wait who was your favorites. Also I liked how you didn't give things away during the performances

[@keineahnung5466]

It is interesting. Russia and Ukraine were in the first reaction of all them 3 very high. But in the voting two of them forgot the Ukraine. Remember, the songs that get an emotional reaction, will be the songs people will vote for. So the real winner of this competition is the gay guy, because he get the Top-5 nearly right.

[@browneyec3186]

This interval act is so much more for big eurovision fans

[@robinoswald]

Oh YEAS! The year of Lovewave 🥰

[@unhealthyobsessionwithfict1170]

1:04:38 is my reaction every year when my fav is not winning or Someone I liked

[@joannarenardy6512]

2016 was a really strong and awesome year😊🥰🥳

[@KasperochSiri]

I'm from Sweden and I did not vote for Frans. I don't remember my favorit that year but it wasn't Frans. He got popular because when he was a kid he sang a song called: "who's da man" or "Ingen kickar fotboll som han, Zlatan" a song about swedens most famous soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

[@mkitten13]

Kinda hilarious how they were booing as countries were named, but the points were given in an ascending order, so they should be cheering that entries they did not like were knocked out, lol

[@mentonerodominicano]

Omg! One more group of people who liked that Polish song. The popularity of that song is so mystifying to me. Really fun video. The frustration was so real. 🤣🤣 I hope you all get to go to the show together some day.

[@n1ghtofthedead411]

Lauren won, but she did not have the winner in her top 10, hilarious.

[@esclatvia4382]

Its finally here! Hope to see 2017 in my less than a month, probably not though? 😂

[@PiotrKe]

on the wall should be written "let the ESC begin" :D

[@Neexienous]

Poland kick they're asses I mean juries. X DDD Greetings from Poland.

[@elinnarehag312]

35:28 was exactly my reaction 😂

[@unapatton1978]

At the 2016 EV party so many reacted like Mike. I loved and still love 1944 by Ukraine.

[@2609israel]

Imagine how piss they’ll be reacting to 2016 Melodifestivalen with Oscar, Wiktoria, Ace and more losing to Frans 🤣😭😭🤣

[@misssernikc2056]

That Eurovision still hurts. 7 points.. like wtf. if that's not about politics then idk what it is

[@carolthomas6334]

Best reaction video so far. I'm literally crying with laughter. I really don't like the winner that year and I thought Sweden was poor too so yeah I remember yelling expletives at the TV that night same as Mike. Love the way the voting is now so exciting. My favourites were Bulgaria, Lithuania, Spain,Australia, Austria,Russia and France x

[@samorianlannik3499]

When is 2017?

[@landfill_6969]

4:33 is always meee

[@milanasmile6161]

yess my favourite year as well!

[@riinak7212]

Well, we know Nina won't represent Croatia this year (2021), even though she tried to. She had an excellent song this year but I dunno how the live performance went.

[@Myrta23]

Poland 💗💗💗💗

[@severuslove3766]

Love you Alex!

[@johannesnielsenjohnbates8889]

Mike seems like an awesome dude 👍🏼👍🏼

[@Blackfang191ify]

Can't wait for 2017!

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

Semi-final Special next, please!

[@samorianlannik3499]

Thanx for liking the netherlands so much and russia should've won,but Ukraine wasn't bad though.

[@Osticar]

Spain 3rd. Hope the gods heard you girl because Europe is always on the bathroom during our performances.

[@osmanov7783]

The best entry of eurovision

[@filipinamoskot5799]

You guys need to react to Junior Eurovision. Most songs are better than in the adult Eurovision.

[@cecilialeitet2794]

”This is bullshit”. Things every Eurovision fan has said at least once a year. 😁

[@PiotrKe]

Maybe twice. It's also on semi finals ;)

[@TheTerkzzz]

@@PiotrKe Should not forget the National Finals(+semis) 😃 They can hurt even worse at times. 😃

[@paradoxgaming9854]

@@TheTerkzzz (KEiiNO loss in Norway this year)

[@Xenia277]

Also the „yeah, what ever!“ at the final results. 😂

[@Elina-rd7iz]

My favorite thing forever is watching somebody's reaction to Sergey's entry and seeing Alex who knows exactly what will happen next

[@sirjohnmara]

Yeah, some new tricks from Russian and Swedish tech there....

[@ST-nv2qp]

Mike was all of us when we saw it in 2016😂

[@justynafigas-skrzypulec3349]

He was me because Poland was totally robbed (duh!) but also not me because I rooted hard for Ukraine.

[@TheShiawasena]

Omg, I'm from Poland and I remember watching it live and being so stressed with the voting part 😂 The jury is never fair, so places of some of the countries weren't suprise but thankfully people has their voice here too lol

[@TKDDLJ09]

This year where the one where I understood that the jury was utter bullshit. Like Poland was amazing that year and the jury gave them nothing? Luckily the people gave the juries a swift kick in the ass, by giving them so many points!

[@ericforsyth]

The televote is just as bad in many regards. Often they balance each other out so that the winner is deserving (with few exceptions), but the mid-to-low placing countries rarely get their due (some are way too high, others get no points at all when they're just as bland and insipid as some songs that placed 6th through 20th)

[@starryk79]

yeah i also didn't understand the Jury in regards to the polish entry that year. But the people gave it what it deserved.

[@karinseregni221]

"WAIT, WHO IS THE JURY?!" Lauren, girl we all have asked this very same question ourselves at least once a year. We feel you.

[@occono3543]

JURY TRANSPARENCY NOW

[@capakacaptain2579]

One of them is the winner from the year before..

[@MultiEmman99]

LOVE this reaction, the dislike of Sweden's song was just so funny to me, And their reaction to the voting was brilliant :') they're officially eurofans now!!

[@ZakhadWOW]

Oscar Zia was ROBBED that year in Mello. Frans didnt even SING, he Talky-talked the whole damn thing..

[@MultiEmman99]

@@ZakhadWOW the song was Human right?

[@ZakhadWOW]

@@MultiEmman99 that is correct.. I did catch Oscar hosting Delt. 2 with Anis the other day.. and the quick segments where he looks longingly at Anton Ewald were both hilarious and a bit close to home for me.. I dont know , but if Anton isnt already a model, HE SHOULD BE with dose eyes o.0

[@teamrainbow7674]

@@ZakhadWOW I mean I like Frans a bit but yea Oscar was seriously robbed that year

[@n0namesowhatblerp362]

@@ZakhadWOW He appealed to the teenage girls around europe. It was just a cute boy look that he had., Plus that he is mixed raced. Extra points for euro. Just explaing things peropel dont want to talk about but that are real... and cool so i dont get why not

[@indreduobaite13]

The new guy must have been so confused during the Interval act 😂

[@monalisa3852]

Mike is ready to move to Europe hahahaha he passed the test with "this is bullshit"

[@sweetgirl070707]

I personally think Ukraine's song is so much better even if we put aside the tragic war; however it's so hilarious watching Americans react the way every European fan reacts to the results when we disagree. I hope in other videos they can get a taste of all the political voting like Greece and Cyprus etc, just to get the full Eurovision experience :D

[@ruseneca90]

Nice reactions, guys! Especially when Sergey started to climb on the giant wall screen 😂

[@phueal]

The problem the UK has is not that their song is always bottom of everyone’s list, it’s that it’s always 15-20th on *everyone’s* list. So it doesn’t score, because it needs to be in the top 10 of someone’s. The UK is often better than some of the songs that score better than it, but they get a handful of points from random countries that really like that unusual genre or whatever. The UK needs something braver: even if it alienates some, it will attract a few points as well.

[@elliegray820]

nope its everyone's last

[@brado1912]

No yea I hate to disappoint you but it’s generally last in everyone’s list. 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2019 especially

[@alexandrumic]

I kinda agree with you!! I would put them last almost any year.. but then they don’t crack my top 10 either!!

[@novastardom2689]

To be honest... it doesn't help they always go safe and boring... the only country able to get away with such shenanigans is Denmark, which imo is disgusting in itself

[@joegilbert3149]

We came second to last when a random man runs onto the stage and takes the girls mic! the bravery she showed deserved better than second to last that one, also the song was 'hold your head up don't give up' one of the best realest songs in Eurovision history considering what happened and well last place for the Uk.

[@lukeeriley]

What a charismatic quartet! Please please please continue with Lauren, Mike and Vinny for the next few Eurovision years cause they had such great vibes and they were getting along soooooooo well! Loved it! :D

[@mrtluisdelgado]

Mike, we feel it every year 😂 welcome to ESC

[@pennybleta9721]

Jamala was my favorite sorry but Sergei was all show no substance. And Evangelinos overcrowded that performance with effects in my opinion. Also the box guy's choreography was also made by him so that is why it looked the same. He tends to recycle things in his stagings these past years. I hope he does a better job with Stefania this year. Although I don't have a lot of hope because Kontopoulos will write another dated song but at least the genre is favoring him this year he chose his element of dated songs. Just like Sergei's song was dated and boring af. And that is what actually matters for me. As for Jamala she is clearly one of the best singers of Eurovision over the years while Sergei's voice and singing is mediocre at best. And no the song being political did not bother me that much because at the end of the day it didn't have anything to do with my country Greece. Now if a Turk made a song and spewed a bunch of bullshit I would have. But then again my country has done a song about their crimes and it is one of my country's favorites.

[@trildi]

But Jamala's song did not ''spew a bunch of bullshit''. She stated historical facts. That's why it touched the televote as much as it did.

[@Aussievisionnet]

Guys Aussievision from Australia here - we LOVED this! Great choices by you all - Poland, Netherlands, Russia and of course Australia!

[@TheSwedishKiwi]

Yeah don’t worry, as a Swede I was also shocked that he came 5th. I really thought he would miss out on the televotes completely, but there must be a lot of kids out there in Europe voting! 😅 The most upsetting part is that we had so many good songs in the Swedish selection that year that I was raging when he won. Unbelievable. It would be so funny if you guys reacted to the Swedish final that year to see why it’s so surprising he won. 😂

[@TheJockwa]

Oscar Zia and Wiktoria was sooooo good :(

[@aduantas8609]

This video did NOT disappoint. I cannot wait for the next one :D

[@ganapatikamesh]

I’m one of the Americans who watched 2016 live as it aired here for the first time. Honestly didn’t think it could get any better than that year, but every year since has just continually amazed me. The staging, the songs, the performances, the videography, everything just keeps getting better! I was totally Mike, though, during the scoring. I suddenly realized why my European friends would complain about the scoring after experiencing it live myself. Nice to see the experience can happen when watching it for the first time years later. Though I do think that over time as I’ve listened to the album more on repeat that certain songs I didn’t initially like I have found that I like them more today than then. I’m not saying I think the juries were right, I’m just saying that maybe I didn’t fully appreciate some songs early on that the juries seemed to like more than me at the time. Then again, I didn’t initially like Russia’s song that much but then the performance was just so interesting that I kinda hoped it would win just for that. Also definitely understand when Alex says things like “wrong artist right song” type of things as I’ve listened to other songs by many Eurovision artists and found some that I like their other songs way better than what they sang at Eurovision. “Don’t under estimate the power of teen girls” and “they probably used every phone in the house to vote” I think are the iconic lines for me in this video because it’s so true, though let’s be honest it’s really a combination of straight/bi/pan teen girls and gay/bi/pan teen boys doing that kind of thing! ;-)

[@ganapatikamesh]

@@jamslam5641 Yep you’re correct. It was being broadcast by LOGO-TV in the US (only the Grand Final), but after 2018 they decided not to continue. I was only able to watch the 2019 Eurovision because Netflix in the US now has the rights to stream it (both semi-finals and the final), but it isn’t live. Which I’ll admit does make it feel kinda different since I already knew the winner before I could watch it. Last year a friend of mine told me to try the Swedish broadcaster’s website in order to watch the Eurovision special and I was able to watch it there. Otherwise most broadcasters and even the Eurovision KZbin channel geoblocks the US during live streamcasts (though sometimes they unblock some content afterwards). On the plus side I can watch the music videos, interviews, and lots of other recorded content on the channels. A friend that lives in California recommended getting a VPN as he uses it to watch many tv shows. He’s originally from Scotland and his roommate is from Japan so they use a VPN to access things on the internet from their home nations that would otherwise be geoblocked in the US.

[@sirjohnmara]

It will come to US soon...

[@MsLylals]

Poland was my fav, number 1!! I was so pissed at how jury has voted. They always do it..vote shitty. But people did the justice of course.. In your face stupid jury!! I also loved Croatia, Serbia, Austria, Finland, Azerbaijan, Russia.

[@dawidv_vwrona1018]

This is what the jury does with Poland each year.

[@ascaniopiccione5292]

My sister was so pissed, she stopped watching eurovision.

[@sebastianbergman5323]

I liked this year because it showed the tension between Russia and Ukraine right to the end

[@sweetgirl070707]

And now : (

[@Fymzy]

Loooove the reaction, and yes 2016 is probably the best one for me too. I understand about Poland vote by the juries, that is just not right, it was one of the best song and also a very good performance. And I actually don't mind about Ukraine winning, the song is good, and the performance is actually also very moving. But for me the songs on the top 3 are not a song that I would listen to regularly tho. My favourite from 2016 is France, love the song and still listening to it to this day. Btw I would looooove to see them react to the songs that did not qualify from this year or even years back, because there are some hidden gems in there and also there are some memorable act or song that is very interesting or good.

[@ericforsyth]

Juries don't judge off the final performance, but the rehearsals. He could've had a dud, there. Or the song just wasn't right for that time. It's pretty meh to me anyway, but deserved more points.

[@Barista.Nathan]

All in all they did a pretty damn good job picking the countries in the top 10. They're getting good at gauging entries and their placement, especially based on televoters lol.

[@Aerysun]

That's one of the problems of the jury system : Them and the public are straight up not voting on the same songs. They're voting on 2 totally different performances

[@matijamaksan4344]

Not always, in 2017 Croatian jury and voters gave Hungary perfect 24. There were probably more but for this one i'm sure.

[@ytspa6807]

But what for juries are then? Why they should be agree with the public?

[@st4bexpert]

@@ytspa6807 They dont have toagree with the public, they should vote how they want (or by whatever stupid specific criterias that esc require). The thing is that the juries and tele voters are voting on 2 separate performances, on 2 different days.

[@ytspa6807]

@@st4bexpert but together these two ways give the most appropriate results

[@st4bexpert]

​@@ytspa6807 I don't get your point at all but whatever.

[@dfizzles]

This was my favorite overall year to watch too. Not my favorite with the songs, but best in overall production. I was front row for the Final, and watching Georgia and Russia in the arena was amazing

[@itslikerufus]

where did you watch this? in germany the 2016 show from the official eurovision channel is blocked for some reason :( also fun fact: sweden's song from that year is one of the most played eurovision songs on german radio, i hear it constantly!

[@alexandrumic]

I find that so strange... I never listened to that song... maybe it is not an organic request from the people but rather a good marketing from the label that produces it...

[@sav0001]

@@alexandrumic The song was a hit all over Europe. In Sweden it went 7x Platinum with almost 60 million sales.

[@minano-nim6795]

The 2016 show is blocked in Austria too. I was pretty pissed about it, I liked many of the songs and really wanted to see the whole thing...

[@itslikerufus]

@@minano-nim6795 yeah me too! I hope they will unblock it eventually..

[@ciprianocarrasco5832]

I still like our 🇸🇪 2016 song and think it has aged well together with the Australian, Bulgarian and Russian songs. The not so much imo. Russia’s song and performance was majestic!

[@Popeic]

I love how Vinny's top 5 is EXACTLY the televoting top 5! Include him in further reactions! :D

[@noosh101]

Really was the best year ! Ah miss these carefree days!

[@alexandrumic]

Yeees... I think they had the best show..

[@Mucrush]

"Petra how'd you let this happen?!"

[@MusiacterJoe1188]

I'm with Lauren: Barei deserved top5! It's been 5 years and I'm stil shocked by the result

[@justynafigas-skrzypulec3349]

Yeah, I'm like "Guess the best I can do now is stream the song hard".

[@AureWaxman]

I actually think Ukraine has one of the best Eurovision winners with this.

[@Laveo4o]

I don't even think this was the best Ukrainian winner

[@AureWaxman]

@@Laveo4o wrong but funny

[@ESCFan-mo5yw]

It is so nice to relive these memories together with you. Thank you so much for it.

[@anonymousblog2868]

Can't wait to see the Americans watching Yodel It! Damn😍

[@alexandrumic]

Omg I forgot about that one!!!

[@severuslove3766]

@@alexandrumic i hope u didn't forget about Dihaj

[@escserg6731]

@@alexandrumic And My Friend...

[@yareq80]

In the beginning of Russian song when they are impressed with the wings on the screen you can see Alexandr thinking "Oh honey...you haven't see all the magic yet" :-)