Eurovision 2021: 12 moments that made me smile

Hi, ESC fans! Eurovision always leave us with some amazing, funny and cute moments. I've gathered twelve of them from this year, which were special to me. Enjoy it and thanks for watching!
Eurovision 2021 songs:
Albania: Anxhela Peristeri - “Karma” (Festivali ï Kenges 59)
Australia: Montaigne - “Technicolour” (Internal selection)
Austria: Vincent Bueno - “Amen” (Internal selection)
Azerbaijan: Efendi - “Mata Hari” (Internal selection)
Belgium: Hooverphonic - “The Wrong Place” (Internal selection)
Bulgaria: VICTORIA - “Imaginary Friend” (Internal selection)
Croatia: Albina - “Tick-Tock” (Dora)
Cyprus: Elena Tsagrinou - “El Diablo” (Internal selection)
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - “Omaga” (Internal selection)
Denmark: Fyr og Flamme - “Øve Os På Hinanden” (Dansk Melodi Grand Prix)
Estonia: Uku Suviste - “The Lucky One” (Eesti Laul)
Finland: Blind Channel - “Dark Side” (UMK)
France: Barbara Pravi - “Voilà” (Eurovision: C’est vous qui décidez)
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - “You” (Internal selection)
Germany: Jendrik Sigwart - “I Don’t Feel Hate” (Internal selection)
Greece: Stefania - “Last Dance” (Internal selection)
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - “10 Years” (Internal selection)
Ireland: Lesley Roy - “Maps” (Internal selection)
Israel: Eden Alene “Set Me Free” (HaShir Shelanu L'Eurovizion)
Italy: Maneskin - “Zitti E Buoni” (Sanremo)
Latvia: Samanta Tina - “The Moon Is Rising” (Internal selection)
Lithuania: THE ROOP - “Discoteque” (Pabandom iš naujo!)
Malta: Destiny - “Je Me Casse” (Internal selection)
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - “Sugar” (Internal selection)
North Macedonia: Vasil - “Here I Stand” (Internal selection)
Norway: TIX - “Fallen Angel” (Melodi Grand Prix)
Poland: RAFAŁ - “The Ride” (Internal selection)
Portugal: The Black Mamba - “Love Is On My Side” (Festival da Canção)
Romania: ROXEN - “Amnesia” (Internal selection)
Russia: Manizha - “Russian Woman” (Russia Decides)
San Marino: Senhit feat. Flo Rida - “Adrenalina” (Internal selection)
Serbia: Hurricane - “Loco Loco” (Internal selection)
Slovenia: Ana Soklic - “Amen” (Internal selection - EMA)
Spain: Blas Cantó - “Voy A Quedarme” (Destino Eurovisión)
Sweden: Tusse - “Voices” (Melodifestivalen)
The Netherlands: Jeangu Macrooy - “Birth Of A New Age” (Internal selection)
Ukraine: Go_A - “Shum” (Internal selection)
United Kingdom: James Newman - “Embers” (Internal selection)

[@MrSpnsh]

Which moments would you add to this video? Comment!!

[@senor.waffle8448]

Thanks alot for portugal. No one have us a chance and we still manage to finish in the left side of the table. We really were the dark-horse this year

[@lilimonarch8494]

Not only Italy winning but I think Switzerland accepting defeat with dignity was great. You couldn't laugh at Gjon for losing because he kept such a cheerful smile and looked so happy for Italy and the accomplishment of winning the jury vote

[@LooveSweetheart]

Efentix 🤟

[@CrazinessFromTheInternet]

there are a lot of funny things happened to ukranian band and their friendship with italians =)

[@finnsalsa9304]

The crowd chanting Finland Finland Finland in the second semi

[@mathildafalcke8235]

The whole German Performance just made me happy, even though I don’t like the song that much. Jendrik is such a Sunshine ☀️

[@janvanderspoel2666]

Agree. There were definitely better songs but I voted for him because he deserved it

[@maxmustermann611]

Well in this world it is not peace that wins, as in the German song, but hate 😢

[@peioruiz1851]

He seems so nice

[@mrsirkosky7618]

It made me aggressive.

[@CoxaBranca]

A victim of automatically qualifying, which prevents less-than-excellent acts from getting a following of core fans looking for something fresh.

[@sumboi2321]

The British and German singers were happier than most of the other acts by the end of the night.

[@Deshiry01]

its the alcohol :D

[@derorje2035]

@@Deshiry01 no, it's because we know we end up in the last places. Moments like in 2010 are just mistakes.

[@han-oq6bo]

@@derorje2035 uk was last that year too.

[@ivanav.1395]

@@derorje2035 please, which moments from 2010 do you mean?

[@derorje2035]

@@ivanav.1395 the moment, we won with Lena for the first time after almost 30 years.

[@iv7825]

I also would've added Damiano (Maneskin's singer) kissing the other male members and singing the swear words without censuring anything, as a sign of protest and freedom!

[@MrSpnsh]

That was stunning too!!

[@benjamintic3653]

Its sad that they almost cut it out of the performance because of the aqward cut off.

[@carina8916]

I didnt get the censuring in the first place. It’s not like the whole of Europe suddenly speaks fluent Italian and please correct me: but I am guessing most people also watch without the subtitles ? I was lucky enough to have my Italian friend next to me to translate 😂

[@fransgreidanus5678]

When was this?

[@carina8916]

@@fransgreidanus5678 during the winner’s performance

[@janvanderspoel2666]

Jendrik’s (Germany) reaction when he got 0 points is also amazing. He didn’t care at all he just laughed it off🇩🇪❤️😅

[@user-wj8fr8wx4b]

'Cause he doesn't feel hate 😃

[@yourdadsof1325]

@@user-wj8fr8wx4b he just feels sorry.. 😩

[@mess3805]

And he really doesn't care

[@skittuz.]

Same goes for Israel. That girl acted like she got 120 points and not 20. Thats so great

[@MsMeyara]

I don't feel hate, I just feel sorry! Love that guy. Didn't deserve it either, but this year was too strong.

[@katria1807]

I want to note the moment when Blind Channel celebrated Italy's win so hard during their winning performance, that two Blind Channel members fell through the fence in the front row 😂 it was not captured by the Eurovision camera, but if you search for audience videos you will see it

[@mixmotion603]

I cannot find it 😭 but still Iconic

[@katria1807]

@@mixmotion603 Look to time stamp 2:15 of this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npWlioh5hsxnrrs

[@mixmotion603]

@@katria1807 omg that’s hilarious 😂 thanks

[@viyalo_5687]

Ukraine slaying the televotes. Kateryna is just queen😌

[@Vialma2002]

TIX and his whole existence make me smile everytime he appears, I can get enough of this guy, such a lovely soul

[@julietkay96]

I was thinking about which moment with him was worth suggesting, but the truth is, the whole of his time there would bd worth adding 😂 The cuteness he is. Genuinely happy and friendly with everyone, so crazy yet so sensitive.

[@Vialma2002]

@@julietkay96 exactly! He is so precious 🥺

[@itsturt]

I love him so much, his song and performance mean so much to me!! I was so happy that he went to the final.

[@kathrinepedersen7079]

There is a moment when the hosts visits the commentators booths. And when they leave the danish commentators to visit the russian ones, they have to pass the Finland booth. And I kid you not, one of the finnish commentators puts their hand out of the door, to showcase a 'join' written on their palm. I just can't stop thinking about it.

[@wendehoogendoorn9193]

That moment was absolutely golden, lol!

[@_jian_7621]

And he was like "Omg is my hand on television :D"

[@Game_Erica]

Mikko, the Finnish commentaror, is simply the best and I always listen to his commentary every year because he is simply a gem

[@cedar418]

It was so fun!

[@Leoniee9]

To me this has to be one of the most intense but also most beautiful competitions in Eurovison history. Every contestant was just so happy throughout the whole show and they supported each other like friends. It was just so wholesome

[@mac_ni_ghairadh]

I felt so bad for the UK. He was actually really good. I knew he wasn’t going to win. But 0 points from the jury and the public?! That’s rough

[@shakiraschofield4729]

Gotta love politics and there beautiful sway over everything 🤣..

[@thekitten9777]

The competition was kinda rough this year with many overwhelming favorites so that meant certain other acts were overlooked. Someone has to lose so someone else can win. I think that zero points sounds worse than it is too, cause it doesn't mean that absolutely no one from the public voted for him, just not enough to qualify in the top 10 most voted for entries in any country

[@thespankmyfrank]

@@thekitten9777 Yup, the song was just extremely forgettable and didn't stand out. Not bad, just bland. He just got unlucky.

[@hellosonnenblume5120]

That's rough buddy

[@Maura237]

@@shakiraschofield4729 Is it really politics when there are so many good songs & performances and this was just mediocre? Also, I think UK lovers screaming politics everytime they do not win is getting on everyones nerves. The artist seemed like a really good lad who is a good sport. How about you take his example and make sure the UK sends in a better song next year?

[@clairef.9970]

Jendrik teaching thomas how to play the ukulele was also a 10/10 wholesome moment

[@kateirvine8433]

That Fyr og Flamme hug is so heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. They deserved so much more!

[@ESCSteph]

I felt the exact same way. They really seem so sweet and also hilarious and I'm still bummed they didn't qualify.

[@cedar418]

Me too. Im danish and Fyr og Flamme are such respectful and sweet guys :)

[@somebodythatyouusedtoknow4174]

Gjon’s existence makes me smile

[@anjavicentijevic7653]

You missed one more. When Hurricane was happier for Italy than for themselfs

[@mess3805]

I loved that moment!! They looked so proud!

[@lilyth682]

because they have a crush on him :D

[@TheEroina]

who is Hurricane?

[@mareikes5923]

@@TheEroina the Finnish band

[@danielamartelli2592]

@@mareikes5923no. It's the serbiant trio

[@psygirl0111]

You can tell that Jendrik just went there to have fun and spread positive energy onto other contestants ☺️

[@kevmp3]

i miss eurovision so much 😭

[@Desxiree]

Then watch it duh

[@nellylindner2715]

@@Desxiree it’s not same re watching it

[@daria-jk7ug]

me too, we have to wait a whole year 😔

[@namjoonie932]

P.E.D (Post Eurovision Depression) hitting us hard right now😭

[@MsMeyara]

yesss I know! me too.

[@confusedsquirrel]

Love from Germany to you all, but especially to the UK, Spain and the Netherlands. At least we are not alone

[@holondaise]

Hahah stimmt :3

[@Snowshowslow]

Shared pain is less bad, I agree! And I really hope your next act will receive a normal amount of points again, because Germany really didn't get a fair shake these last years.

[@TheYamiJK]

Germany and UK will become best buds over this soon enough.

[@vanderquast]

Four proud losers 😎🇬🇧🇩🇪🇪🇸🇳🇱

[@landsgevaer]

To be honest, this isn't about the points or the winner. It is about getting to know and appreciating each other, in diversity. I'm dutch. We knew it wasn't a winning song. Although I don't think it was one of the worst at all (but I've heard it on the radio a few times more, maybe that helps). The message behind the song was a good one and a very "eurovision" one. It was about people with different ethnic backgrounds not being broken. The singer was proud to have been able to deliver it. And I, like most dutch people, with a very standard ethnicity, I agree. No shame at all to have gotten 0 points. It just wasn't it the top-10 for anyone, and then you get 0 points. C'est tout. It wasn't in my top 10 either. For there to be winners, there need to be losers too.

[@ines2fenoyl756]

All the tix and efendi moments were adorable

[@Kami-cq4xg]

Vaidotas is such an amazing person, I love the way he appreciates people votes so much

[@dameonyoung8218]

Ukraine getting their televoting points definitely made me smile too :)

[@KTR2022]

It made me cringe...terrible song lol

[@TheEroina]

@@KTR2022 French song was the one that is terrible

[@KTR2022]

@@TheEroina Didn't like it either....so....both terrible

[@this_username_is_taken7004]

@@TheEroina Neither of the songs are terrible

[@TheEroina]

@@KTR2022 the thing is both Ukraine and France picked songs which are ethnically specific to their countries. imo Ukrainian song was pretty catchy, but in case of France - they picked the most typical boring French cabaret song i've ever heard.

[@nocomment5791]

dude that save from moldova was so nice that i didnt recognize it

[@TheEroina]

i feel like i would've burst in laughter if i were her lol. cheers to Nalia for keeping her face straight

[@munchermuncher7663]

@@TheEroina she wanted to laugh lmao

[@fartreta]

makes me think of Sweden in 1980, which was more noticeable tho.

[@onewxrldmusic7303]

I'll mention the adorable ones that melted my heart. Vasil Garvanliev, James Newman, Victoria, Senhit, Destiny, Blas Cantó, Jendrik, Jeangu Macrooy, Efendi, Tix, Vincent Bueno, Uku Suviste, Benny Cristo, Fyr & Flamme, Lesley Roy

[@MsMeyara]

I mean the only reason why he got 0 points is because the competition was SO strong this year, but he definitely didn't deserve it.

[@shakiraschofield4729]

No...he got 0 becuase of politics...since 2016 we have been moving down the leaderboard thanks to BREXIT...

[@byronthompson2708]

They did pretty well in 2017

[@MsMeyara]

@@shakiraschofield4729 Bullshit, most of the entries just sucked. Nobody is talking about BREXIT, you all make it a pathetic excuse as to why you fail, but you mainly fail because you don't take Eurovision seriously. If it is about politics, why did we win in 2019? Or what about Portugal in 2017 that song had NOTHING to do with politcs. I mean, hell there were 4 songs this year that got zero points and they all basicly sucked or were underwhelming.

[@szasbaddest1]

@@MsMeyara Exactly that.

[@landsgevaer]

@@shakiraschofield4729 You did get zero because of Brexit. Otherwise you might have gotten your obligatory 2 points from Ireland perhaps, for the sake of being a good neighbor. Well, you screwed up that relationship. Own it. Although, admittedly, the habit of rewarding neighbor countries was not very apparent this year overall. Apart from Ireland, Brexit is not on people's minds in Europe. I'm dutch, another direct neighbor, and general news outlets do not cover Brexit any more than maybe a brief mention every two months or so. With or without Brexit, you would have been at the bottom with this song. And you could have posted some excuse why it is someone else's fault. The singer was very sympathetic btw, fun guy to hang out with I bet; but his performance just didn't stand out. That does not mean nobody voted for him, it just means he didn't end up in the top-10 in any country, and that means zero points.

[@jingle3330]

Italy not snorting coke is my favourite moment so far

[@jingle3330]

@@taetaerinn_ I know, i said "not". But it seems like he his doing it. This is all free advertising.

[@taetaerinn_]

@@jingle3330 oh, it seems that I read it wrong, sorry for being rude 😔 I didn't see the "not" part, really.

[@maxmustermann611]

Well that's not sure yet... Let's wait and see the results

[@benjamintic3653]

I hate that some people took this seriously. Like french are still trying to disqualify Italy. French people I guess don't like too lose.

[@benjamintic3653]

@@maxmustermann611 I mean its confirmed that he didn't snort, they never liked drugs and never used them. Also people would've saw it since it was in the open area.

[@ssskjold]

Damn Juries Fyr og Flamme deserved that final place. What a performance and show 🇩🇰♥️

[@azaleeya350]

Can we add how when Måneskin won Ethan just started ascending like 👁👄👁

[@babet4408]

when tix took his sunglasses off during the performance... thats gotta be my favorite part!

[@andrefelixsson3589]

The iceland Guy. What a legend

[@Labbish1]

I still remember 2019, when Germany got 0 points. I was thinking how it's even possible? Now, in 2021 four countries got 0 points and I was seriously, what's going on here?

[@landsgevaer]

Zero points is not the same as (almost) zero votes. If you ended up in the 11th position in *every* country's rating, then you were in the top half across all of Europe, but you would still get 0 points.

[@MiissAlexandraMakeup]

thank you for the love you gave to Portugal. I think we did brilliant and it makes me happy seeing people recognize it! Really wish we would have scored a higher spot but I am so proud of The Black Mamba and their incredible work!

[@ra.damir-1]

I liked them, greetings from Azerbaijan

[@intrepidtomato]

It wasn't perfect for Eurovision in my opinion, but they are a good, professional band. The song is still stuck in my head! But unlike your winning song a few years back it didn't say 'Portugal' to me as much.

[@MiissAlexandraMakeup]

@@intrepidtomato Despite it being in english i think it still represents us. We always bring our souls to eurovision and this year wasnt different! You should listen to their other songs they are wonderful!

[@TheYamiJK]

I liked them, I thought they were one of the better acts of the night, it doesn't need to be flashy to be good but I watched a day late so I wasn't able to vote. Greetings from the UK.

[@starlight2622]

i cried at bottom 4 getting 0 points...

[@MrSpnsh]

Yes, that was harsh. No artist deserves 0 points after putting all their hopes and effort.

[@maxmustermann611]

This is really Incredible ... 0 points are just disproportionate and really bold. Sure, there is always a loser, but this song certainly didn't deserve 0 points. I am happy that we got 3 Points, although I loved Jendriks song. But don't be too sad. We lost together 😢 With a lot of love from Germany 🇩🇪❤️🇬🇧

[@87PLS]

I thoroughly enjoyed all 4 performances from the 0 point gang, as I’m sure countless others across Europe did also, I remember watching an interview with Jendrik a few weeks ago where he said something along the lines of how even if he ended up in last place he’d still be happy because he’s got to fulfil his life long dream of performing on the Eurovision stage and representing his country. It must have felt disheartening for the artists who’d put so much work in to receive no points, but hopefully they can look at things that way and just focus on the countless fans across the world that enjoyed their songs and performances rather than how many points or where they ended up on the leaderboard. 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇳🇱 👏👍

[@ecryloxr89]

@@MrSpnsh I would change the voting system so at least the public vote goes from 1-26 instead of 1-10. Full representation! Doesn´t matter if this would mean that there are more points cause the change in (I believe) 2016 also raised the total amount.. And songs that always stay 11th to 15th would do much better - no 0´s. ^^

[@Gallianora]

@@87PLS That's true. It's sad that he's getting so much hate from the media and ESC fans here in Germany now .... I liked his song and he's making me happy. Thanks to him I try to think more positive now, which is quite hard because I'm already suffering from major depression for quite some years. But it's already helping me. To the Netherlands, UK and Spain, we are here in this together

[@reverendroar]

1:29 is just pure class. Germany and the UK- two of the 5 nations that donate to the EBU and they both came in the last two positions with Spain and the Dutch. That's photo is what Eurovision is- a community. It is a disgrace that both didn't get any televotes. Especially James- he's song was top 15 at the worse. The Belgium's also got 'nil point' at the televotes also. I just hope they all went on a pub crawl around Rotterdam because they're the true winners. Being able to get the middle finger by over 150 million viewers and still strung it off with a smile as like it's nothing. I really hoped they went to their own winners party that night. But pure class by Germany- it just shows that the 'old Eurovision' based upon values, community and respect is still there at least in their founding members

[@ltm3368]

I can't believe how well Natalia saved her mic drop, I thought until now that her backup dancers had kinda dropped her at the end of the lift haha

[@danielaf1487]

Manizha was so cute every time Russia received 12 points. This year's Eurovision was gold all round! Love from Rome, Italy

[@benjamintic3653]

I smiled the hardest when I saw the pansexual flag honestly. This is the first time that any contestants brought a pride flag.

[@tsubasa1885]

Wait I didn't see it O.O Could you please tell me when it happened? ^-^ (btw Hatari showed pride flags a lot of the time :D but I think they mostly did it in interviews)

[@Diedela]

@@tsubasa1885 I think you can see it every time the camera goes to Iceland, if I remember correctly you can see it when they get 12 points in the grand final.

[@tsubasa1885]

@@Diedela Thanks for letting me know! :D Man I love the ESC and contestants for representing love like that.

[@finnsalsa9304]

I think Australia had the trans flag as well

[@santeroel]

I think Iceland in 2019 did have one of those too at final.

[@SytheYT528]

12 Points go to Ja Ja Ding Dong!!

[@kayturs]

Gjon's reaction to not getting first is so unbearably wholesome

[@barnbersonol]

The monent I noticed that the winning song was gonna be performed shirts-off is when I felt HUGE relief that the UK didn't win!

[@swedishbloke]

If I where responsible for the audio in the arena when Iceland screamed JAJA DING DONG I would have started ghetto blasting the speakers with JAJA DINGDONG

[@miriananatale1834]

Fyr og Flamme crying breaks my heart too... 😭 I can't believe they didn't pass in a weak semifinal. If they were in the first I would have probably understood the result, but not in the second

[@tomaszwozniak101]

Double 0 points for UK was so cruel 😢

[@nightlystalkers]

Vasil comforting a crying Lesley in the greenroom after they did not qualify was wholesome. He was keeping the tears in.

[@Jane-jt7ph]

As a portuguese 🇵🇹 thank you sooo much for your words, it means incredibly much to us, we never get recognition or attention to our entries. Even our only winning song "Amar Pelos Dois" which was a record breaking song I see a lot of hate towards it, and makes me very sad because that song makes me extremely proud, I realized many people didn't understand the message behind it, music is an universal language. Just thoses few words made my day! Thank you from the bottom of my heart 💖

[@MrSpnsh]

Just don't lose your special and autentic vibe!

[@Jane-jt7ph]

@@MrSpnsh Thank u for your kind words 💖

[@rachels8174]

I really loved your song this year!! It was definitely one of my favourites! It was so unique and beautiful compared to others!

[@intrepidtomato]

you must be joking, that was such an outstanding and deserved winner. The way the mood in the theatre changed when that came on - I have abiding warm feelings for that winning performance. Greetings from Germany.

[@Jane-jt7ph]

@@intrepidtomato Unfortunately I am not joking... every video or comment about eurovision winning songs "Amar Pelos Dois" is always last and people only comment how boring and undeserving the song is, "the worst winning song ever"... I think we won fairly, and I think it is a beautiful song, and I am not saying this just because I'm portuguese. Thank u soooo much for your support. Love from Portugal 🇵🇹💖🇩🇪

[@goupildubocage2018]

The o point does not make me smile 😱 I'm French but the televoting which gave the first place to Italia was so amazing! It was so exciting 😂👌🏻😀

[@cagucinho]

I am going to highlight your comments about Portugal not because I am portuguese but because they were really really spot on. We do our thing in our own time. We might send a pop song, a reggae, a balad , a rock, heavy metal, rap, electronic, experimental ...whatever. If it happens to feel right at the time of selecting a song we are good to go but never because it is an eurovision trend or necessarily an eurovision friendly genre. Also as we have artists that sing in different languages do not be surprise that at some point we send a song in spanish, french, italian or other. It will depend of who wrote the song and/or also the composer and the singer.

[@Jilan-rv8rj]

IF WE LIKE TO SHARE, BOTH THE MONEY AND THE THINGS WE HAVE ... The money we share and the treasures we share will not decrease, Sodakoh ... Or the term gives something, either money or property that we have ... Give to orphans, or poor people around us. It will not make our wealth or our money decrease, instead it will make our money and property increase ... Logically speaking, the amount of money we have is decreasing .. But this is proof of our faith in a God who is all-compassionate ... Alloh swt ... Allah will replace our money and property, ten times if our money and property, we use to help and help the suffering of the poor ... And the orphans in our neighborhood. We will never know, Allah changed our money or our property from whom and where ... Only we will feel that God really replaced our money that we have donated to the orphans ... Helping the poor in our environment. Our fortune is getting more and more, we are stingy with the poor and do not want to share, Then our fortune will feel narrow. The more we enjoy sharing money with orphans, and the poor around us ... Then our fortune will increase. That is the promise of Allah SWT ... which is said in the Qur'an ...

[@uchihaseclipse7123]

Lithuania is so underrated! I love The Roop

[@liliananunes5562]

awww a big kiss and hug from Portugal!! Thank you!

[@komii3112]

YOU JUST MADE ME CRY! THANK YOU! I am from Portugal and I agree with you :)

[@CamillaDrakenborg]

Had kids been in control of the voting Im quite sure Jendrik would have gotten good scores cause every kid Ive met or heard about that knows the song just loves it lol :)

[@MrSpnsh]

It sounds a lot like a JESC song

[@bardez]

I'm too close to 50 for my liking, child-free, and absolutely loved the song. Such a HAPPY song, and a good message.

[@sabe018]

Hurricane running to Damiano to kiss him after they announced he won 😂😂😍 we would have done the same thing lol

[@aleksandrak.4853]

I feel kind of sorry for James, yeah the song wasn't that great comparing to others and he had problem holding on a note but the staging was really good with those dancers and trumpets. I'm pretty sure this song will play on the radio through out the summer

[@pipsqueak677]

the UK should have expected a poor response with this song Embers... its SO basic and literally did not stand out at all

[@MrSpnsh]

Actually I don't think Embers is a but song, but the staging was just a mess. BBC should reconsider whatever they're trying to do here at ESC. And I feel really sorry for James tbh.

[@staceypri1]

Actually this was not the worse song on the night, and the fact that scooch actually scored more for us than embers is a complete and utter joke, embers was so much better than flying the flag 🙈

[@jamesedwardsesc231]

@@benjamintic3653 they did use pyros

[@staceypri1]

@@benjamintic3653 he used pyros throughout his performance not just the end

[@kirstyphillips1972]

It was an average song with an average performance. Look at some of the really popular acts like Italy, France Switzerland, Finland, Ukraine... the songs were all strong in their different ways, the staging stood out, the artists owned the stage. Sadly James didn't capture that same energy!

[@wsmarczak]

You are the best James! I will play your song for years.

[@apbern4797]

Seeing Montaigne with the Torres Straight Islander flag (the blue and green one) (and of course the rainbow, trans and Aboriginal ones). Torres Straight Islanders get basically no recognition (they are not Aboriginal Australian, that's different) and it honestly made my day even though I'm not Indigenous.

[@alex-wu4jy]

ikr all the flags made me so happy

[@surreyanglia268]

again politics spoiling eurovision

[@donc4518]

Missing the hug between serbias women and the Italian singer...

[@raimoxd3060]

I really wanted to switzerland to win beacuse he singed from his heart

[@FoxGirleKooh]

💤💤💤💤

[@AlirioAguero2]

Me too, but I am still so happy for Italy. Both songs are amazing!

[@blossomfg]

italy singed from his heart too...

[@benjaminjohannessanchez3310]

He sang from his core...

[@raimoxd3060]

@@blossomfg Italy had a rock song that wasnyt from heart

[@Emilia-nz8is]

omg i loved norways entry with "Grab the moment" outro you put there!

[@yaraterveer6364]

I love your commentary as well! It’s super nice and positive

[@mirzasara85]

So true this was amazing Eurovision

[@royal8286]

The german and british singer were literally happier than Maltas Diva

[@cassandramcbride7007]

Poor natalia, but i feel that even she was laughing inside, once she picked the mic. Her huge smile and her "nothing happen" attitude was just sweet.

[@rensszw]

Rotterdam did a good job🥳✌️

[@MrSpnsh]

Absolutely. It was a magnificent show.

[@maxmustermann611]

The hug between Germany and Britain simply shows how they both get along and that they lost together ... Just great. PS: I think it's absolutely terrible that Greece and Cyprus give each other the 12 points every year and thus land them in really good places ... The British song was worlds better than the one from Greece and Cyprus put together! And James just got 0 points ... That's unbelievable

[@benjamintic3653]

I think that Cyprus was actually robbed of higher place, and Greece is still way better then UK. The problem for UK was that they had a mediocre song in a year that was dominated by strong hitters like Italy, Ukraine, Malta, France, Iceland...., like if this was any other worse year he would've gotten points. Also the staging and costume design were just awful.

[@MCFan96]

12 points from just one country's jury, doesn't make much of a difference.

[@ElberethOhGilthoniel]

The rest of the Balkans seem to vote for each other but no one seems to care...and 12 points from one country doesn't make much difference.

[@maxmustermann611]

@@MCFan96 Yes, the 12 points are theoretically not that much of a difference ... but they just do it every year

[@peterrabbitn787]

I hate countries that vote for their neighbours even though they are not good. The reason we got the jury back was the voting for neighbours. But I feel some countries do not care that they should vote for the song and not the country

[@87leafar]

Thank you for your kind words, for the Portuguese song :)

[@onewxrldmusic7303]

These were great moments. You picked them very well. Thanks for well-thought your comments as well.

[@michellesmirnova4471]

Hey I respect that intro song very much, one of my favorites >->

[@NoopyP]

JOWST - Grab the moment - Been so long since I heard that song, I love it so much!!!

[@dallaleatlanta]

1:28 and just statement: you are SO right!

[@newsbyn1935]

And EfenTix

[@arjanvanbijnen]

What made me smile most is all the off stage videos of all the contestants dancing like crazy during Ukraine's performance!

[@IZAQ_]

I do still think Switzerland should have won, but at least the song was not bad, you know compared to other years, (Israel 2018)

[@MrSpnsh]

Switzerland is also my winner, but Italy is also in my high places and we have to be fair, they really deserve a victory after serving quality year after year.

[@lilimonarch8494]

Same here!

[@_sountou.___m]

0:45- Thomas, Victoria and Damiano: 😭 Ethan: 👁💧👄💧👁

[@vjollila96]

even tho most of time I disagree whit juries Bulgaria and Portugal showed that juries are good to have

[@Simone-ty6mw]

i miss eurovision :'(

[@gmikaleesangmibbvip]

Vaidotas 💜🇱🇹🖖🥰😍

[@maricarmen5011]

Spain ❤ Germany ❤ UK ❤

[@peterrabbitn787]

What about the Netherlands?

[@maricarmen5011]

@@peterrabbitn787 Netherlands ❤

[@nunopereira265]

I love my dear country named Portugal and I can't live with no Eurovision

[@ObstagoonGuy]

I still don't know who Flo Rida is and why this was so special to many people

[@dimitrisfouf4932]

And the little guy from Greece as well

[@sc7922]

Natalia dropping her mic didn’t make me smile, I felt bad for her

[@munchermuncher7663]

Its how proffesionally she handled it

[@Texaslawhorn]

She kept on smiling! Natalia's positive energy is absolutely infectious ❤☺

[@LittleMilkJug]

I loved the german song, you can dance to it while quite drunk! Did not like the UK song and I'm from the UK! Italy deserved to win.

[@2KEMusic]

nice

[@dasherq4850]

Ace comments. Cheers

[@rainerknuth]

Middle Finger dance ✌️😅

[@MustiiForTheWin]

Jaja Ding Dong 😂😂😂

[@Nellyetz]

What's the last song called again?

[@asgeirfririksson2194]

Id personally like you to play jaja ding dong

[@Sim0n98]

If I was James, i’ld of done worse than spill a little bit of beer, lol

[@alexandrepalma1546]

1:35 "not being able to sing EUROOPEEE"? why? why didnt she sing that part? was so good in semifinal

[@SaamDav]

The artist singing Titanium with Afrojack is Glennis Grace and OH MY GOD SHE IS STUNNING and a Great singer, flawlessly singing Whitney Houston's songs. Check her out !

[@malingrer7208]

Italy's huge 500 point public vote pushed them from the bottom to the 1st rank like a hurricane :D :D And again politics involved in Eurovision this year like for Azerbaijan, Israel and UK.

[@ESCJaden]

Italy (huge 318 public points) from 4th place (with 2 points difference with 3rd) is not pushing them from the bottom to top. Azerbaijan, Israel and the UK all got low points from the Jury and from the public. Also Azerbaijan and Israel making it to the final debunks your conspiricy theory... Dramatizing things much?

[@katekate4911]

what made me smile? jowst song in this vid :3

[@765angelbell]

WTF? I was completely insulted and melted in sadness. I loved U.K. Song and performance. In not the only one who did and I’m not trying to spread conspiracy theories, but it isn’t possible that one vote for U.K. Wasn’t even casted. What happened there?

[@MrSpnsh]

Probably some votes were casted, but not enough to be in any countries' top 10. Full results are shown in the official page. And let's be honest, the staging was terrible.

[@kirstyphillips1972]

Lots of votes were cast but there was only a certain amount of points that could be allocated. For example UK was voted 14th by the Polish jury, but 14th isn't high enough for points. On average the UK came in around position 20-22 depending on whether it was the public or jury vote.... they simply didn't make enough combined votes to score any points.

[@boyimp9778]

The Netherlands didnt go for points haha, they just wanted to show the dutch world outside of wooden shoes and cheese.

[@surreyanglia268]

if i dint know it,id have thought this was south africas entry!

[@vanderquast]

Yeah because there is a whole world here outside cheese and wooden shoes 🇳🇱😎

[@KayAmenTV]

video too fast, cant read the texts...

[@randomidiot5674]

0:56 "Adrenalina's song" Excuse me what

[@teddytete.mp3]

Afrojack AND GLENNIS GRACE

[@cocomontresebeast2210]

Unpopular opinion: I despise Manneskin

[@OO-gd7]

Big 5 of three 0 point public answer