Eurovision 2021: Semi-Final 1 Split Results (REACTION)

[@escserg6731]

Albina opened her own category: jury and televote qualifiers robbed by overall result)

[@joseuribe9273]

Serbia 2017. Tijana only placed 11th in televote because SM’s fake televote gave points to the 10th place. Either way they still wouldn’t have qualified if it was 10th

[@Malfoy1594]

Well, we've had a winner who didn't win the jury nor the televote before

[@escserg6731]

@@Malfoy1594 Two winners, actually, so it's more often case than Croatia that is first ever in this)

[@lei.aleroni4131]

It has to feature in Eurovision Crimes 2021 video

[@alex5623]

@@lei.aleroni4131 I mean is it really a crime in the same sense if both the jury and the people put it through, it's just unfortunate I feel like. Typically crimes like these are always about jury or televote robbing a qualification or whatever lol.

[@eddiethalen4979]

Jurors and televoters: Do you want to be in the top 10 and qualify? Albina: Yes EBU: Hold my rulebook

[@wkwtse]

"saturation of pop-bops... female-led bangers" - sums it up perfectly

[@mardzipan]

Padraig’s theory about how they showed Australia’s performance with the camera pan out compared with Icelands has me shook. I think you’ve hit the nail on the head there.

[@Me-sm2jp]

Russia coming 2nd with the jury was really surprising. I expected the juries to mark her down but they didn't

[@escserg6731]

I personally was afraid that they put her last as they usually do it with such quirky songs with rapping parts) but in the end they give her more points than televoters in both semi and final, still can't believe it. It's what happens when the message is delivered so well and the performer is so charismatic and opened

[@aselyak2873]

Well her message was kind of anti-establishment/anti-government, especially some of their recent questionable policies on domestic violence etc. Ironically juries’ vote for Manizha was in a way vote against “Russia”

[@Me-sm2jp]

@@aselyak2873 Absolutely agree!!

[@lei.aleroni4131]

Nobody can't deny the Power of Manizha, not even the jury

[@SilverStrumer]

I think the jury were swayed by the amount of international press that Manizha received. Similar situation with Jamala in 2016.

[@robingoransson5591]

Still sad and upset by Croatia

[@jossyeo]

So glad that Padraig is back. As usual, top notch analysis and very good professional POV on Eurovision. Wished he was there in Rotterdam to give his views and coverage.

[@babygrogu845]

The biggest crime of the whole ESC 2021 (and I say this as a Croatian) were jury points for Lithuania... Both in the SF1 and in the GF, only 66 and 55, what was that all about...? They deserved twice as many, at least... So @wiwibloggs thanks for mentioning this, hope it will be listed as one of the official crime

[@TaurusGirl22]

Totally agree! I’m mad about this even more than about Ukraine. Ukraine is a big country who always does well. Lithuania is tiny and the Roop gave us bops 2 times in a row. Also loved how Padraig mentioned what wasn’t said before , it was a difficult choreography and the song was not easy to sing. So underrated by the jury’s.

[@mickydrew]

Disagree, I would have given them half of that

[@lukasmanchult9839]

One of the unpopular opinions (at least among ESC fandom): Roops choreography was not good and it damaged a really really good song. I watched the finale with some of the regular ESC viewers but not a fandom and they couldn’t concentrate on the song, just on their constant weird movements. I can totally understand why some juries thought of their choreography as a mockery of dance and marked it down. It was just too much of it. And one of the comments I heard several times was that the Discotheque is more enjoyable when listened to on Spotify than watched on TV

[@mickydrew]

@Θόριν Δρυάσπις true :/

[@TheJttv]

Hooverphonic as a band is 26 which makes it older than many singers and all of Maneskin. It is no surprise they exude quality.

[@onewxrldmusic7303]

Hooverphonics is so much committed to Eurovision with quality contributions for many years now. and through many countries.

[@Me-sm2jp]

YAAAAS!! I WAS ASKING FOR THIS VIDEO NONSTOP EVERYWHERE LOL

[@Wiwibloggs]

Sorry for the delay! We are so happy you are looking forward to it!

[@Me-sm2jp]

@@Wiwibloggs It's ok. I know how hard it is what you do

[@craighardie4]

yaaa! Padraig! I missed his insights on the ground in Rotterdam this year.

[@zvonimirzvone7932]

You have to put Albina to Eurovision 2021 crimes video!!! Both jury and televote wanted her in the final, but she didn't make it

[@SILVYSPARK]

I love these longer discussion kinda videos, really gets into the details that I like, wanna watch and listen to.

[@aleksanderpagels288]

Who's gonna tell William that North Macedonia's 11 points from televote came from neighbours Croatia Romania and Slovenia 😂

[@evesa1334]

Jury votes make more questions, how Lithuania gets so few points? the song was more interesting than Israel or Sweden

[@mickydrew]

Lithuania did far better than they should have

[@SV-yf4et]

@@mickydrew You try singing and dancing the way The Roop does with heels on without missing a single note or being out of breath. That would be chalanging for ANY contestant. And the jury somehow totaly MISSED IT! What is the reason of the jury? I thought they are suppossed to appreciate the intricacy of perfomance. It's a joke that jury gave more points to Israel, Sweden and Cyprus (with all due respect to each of those) than Lithuania. It's just not fair. Same applies to final.

[@mickydrew]

@@SV-yf4et those three countries had better songs and overall performances. The Roop didn't change anything from their Lithuanian final...it was boring The song was average and we saw the quirky dancing last year...it was nothing new. Its a SONG contest, not a dance contest

[@SV-yf4et]

@@mickydrew You just don't get it, do you? The Roop quality is FLAWLESS, you can't say that he missed any notes even while singing in VERY difficult conditions. Even during rehearsals his voice was perfect every single time. The jury is there to appreciate that stuff. And somehow performances and vocals that were performed with less skill got more points! That is unacceptable.

[@mickydrew]

@@SV-yf4et YOU don't get it. Its a SONG competition. A big bulk of points is the song. Then sex appeal, staging, performance. Most of the acts were pretty flawless. The Roop was boring comparatively and to be fair, finished much higher than they deserved

[@jlhabitan50]

8:50 - Albina won 50 euros following Italy's win so it wasn't all bad.

[@irisk6035]

I think the problem with many of those were just that they needed needed couple of listens before you start to like the song. I definitely felt that with Australia, Ireland and Sweden even; whereas entries like Ukraine and Lithuania catch your attention already on a first listen.

[@Texaslawhorn]

@Rebecca Woolf I had such a hard time understanding Roxen, and I believe viewers probably did, too.

[@lei.aleroni4131]

That's great. I need to cure my ESC post depresion But I want my Eurocrimes video soon. There were plenty of before, during and after ESC

[@onewxrldmusic7303]

Eurocrimes are an absolute MUST of wiwibloggs. We are anxiously waiting

[@mrmr4622]

Let me add that Ireland also wasnt very good at singing live, thats a big factor too

[@xfernanx1356]

Yup Romania and ireland vocals were just bad on the night. I understand everyone is trying to be nice but it is what it is, both songs were in my personal top 10(out of the 39) but they had the 2 worse performances in semi final 1.

[@diekommentarekommentiererin]

And yet they called it a certain qualifier in several prediction videos despite that...

[@Wynneception]

I did see some people say on Twitter that they assumed Montaigne’s performance was just the studio track, I.e. that we were watching the music video, not a live performance, so it definitely doesn’t seem like it was obvious to everyone watching that it was subject to all the same rules as every other performance

[@Mirka-T]

Although a lot of people weren’t satisfied with the results from the first semifinal, but I truly believe that the judges and the public got it right! Competition was tough, everyone did amazing.

[@cedricfranco2011]

The big 5 should compete in semis, Croatia was better than Germany,Spain, uk and Netherlands

[@-_YouMayFind_-]

It has always been that way. The big 5 The netherlands was a host country. The host country always go through to the finals so live with it. And no croatia wasnt better then the UK and the netherlands to me. Croatia was a non qualifier for me anyway

[@onewxrldmusic7303]

@@-_YouMayFind_- Turkey withdrew partly because of the Big 5 issue. It would come back if the Big 5 is lifted. But I am all for keeping the winning country as an automatic qualifier.

[@moonlitlaurel8103]

@@onewxrldmusic7303 Sorry, but I have to disagree here. Turkey wouldn't come back now, if the Big 5 were forced to compete in the semifinals. It is clear, that their broadcaster dislikes representation of LGBTQ+ artists. For example, they boycotted the esc because of Conchita Wurst a few years ago. The argument, that the Big 5 rule is unfair, is just an excuse for their withdrawal and the real reason is completely different.

[@hrowens33]

I personally think if Croatia and Romania (maybe even Australia) were in Semi 2, they would have definitely qualified.

[@mgv12100]

Not sure about Romania as we had Bulgaria there but Croatia 100%

[@Malfoy1594]

Australia clearly has no voting support in Europe, in 2019 people only voted for the staging, lets face it... The rest of the time they got like 2 points from the televotes, i.e. this year too... In 2017 & 2018 both songs were carried by the Juries, ESPECIALLY those horrific vocals in 2017.

[@lostfigure3703]

@@Malfoy1594 i voted for Kate's Zero Gravity because it was a BANGER

[@An89Go]

@@Malfoy1594 please don't talk nonsense. Australia has televote support if they deliver. In 2015 public put them 6th, in 2016 people put them 4th (with points from almost every country) and they came 2nd in the semi, in 2019 they came 2nd with the public in the semi and 7th I believe in the final. These are all excellent results for a country with no bloc to support them. So you are not right. Australian act in 2017 was ok and he missed one big note. That doesn't mean his vocals were horrific.

[@Malfoy1594]

@@An89Go y'all really mad when someone tells you the truth about Australia. IF THEY DELIVER... Bitch yes, they didn't deliver... In 2017, 2018 & 2021 they did not deliver. The public gave them below 10 points EACH time... Isaiah was only in the final because of the Jury. That note was horrific. The public gave him 21 in the Semi & 2 in the Final. Jessica got 9 televotes in the finale & Technicolor couldn't even make the final... Zero Gravity was literally there because of the staging. Aint nothing more to it, by the Saturday she went from first in the Semi to 9th? LMAO, please. Gimmicks.

[@Lagiacrus1996]

To he fair, televoters did not vote for North Macedonia for what he did. 8 of those 11 votes were from Slovenia... I mean... cmon now haha

[@emmanuelgomez1011]

I felt Padraig was on point. He chose to just speak unpolished facts. Would love to see more of him 👍

[@marylevchenko4971]

49 minutes? time flew by so quickly!

[@onewxrldmusic7303]

Waiting for semi 2 tomoroow

[@buddhidev7877]

IMHO, I would switch Norway with Croatia. And again IMHO UK was better than Norwegian. Sorry. Maltese performance relied on her vocal and staging which were both great, because the lyrics are kinda "forceful" so it failed in the final especially with more sincere performances like Italy and France.

[@raindropsonroses3919]

Completely agree. Malta were very overrated this year. It’s a song contest, not a singer contest. No doubt destiny has amazing vocals, but the song was generic, subpar and cringe.

[@lukasmanchult9839]

If Albina had kept the staging from Dora (with a minor tweaks in outfit and better camera angles), she would have sailed through in the finals. She won Dora by a landslide in the very tough competition as a complete unknown (correction of one of your comments from earlier video that she is a regional star: she’s not, tick tock is her second single). Marvin Dietmann really killed any charisma, sass mixed with innocence of Albina and dancey vibe of the song with his staging and Zigman’s outfit (the same designer of Nina Kraljic’s dress) And it’s really sad that she didn’t make it through but competing for the last spot that leads you in the final (that actually means competing for a 10th place out of only 16) when you have ingredients to make it top five is really a failure.

[@andreaseurger4401]

Agree. The staging didn’t translate the vibe of the song. I preferred the dancey r&b vibe of national final

[@marinok6040]

Agree. I’m from Croatia and the fact that all those people who they hired to amp up the performance actually did a disservice to Albina is infuriating

[@powresitta]

Excuse me, Sweden missed so many notes, singing was so off, they shouldn't pass to finals

[@raemoriarty800]

@Simon B no, powresitta is correct. He was outstanding in the final and deserved to do well but that semi final performance was atrocious, and lets be real here, nothing more

[@purgy5877]

Everyone is talking about that Vasil faked Dotter light effect (disco shirt), but Raiven ( EMA 2017 ) wear it too.

[@Ristikettu]

When I was watching Ireland's performance for the first time it felt too much like a music video at the start and not like a live performance. For a year now I haven't gone to live performances and I wanted something that feels like a live show trough my tv and that's the reason why I loved for example Lithuania and Ukraine from the first SF. Love the song though 🧡

[@Querviinho]

Australia 2019 only placed 9th in the grand final but it still beat every act that qualified from the first SF in jury, televote and overall result

[@Escuniverse4168]

Not televote, Iceland was 6th, Australia 7th, but still Australia was above everything else from SF1 overall

[@julliangregagustin1803]

Only goes to show how weak that SF was. Not to be rude, but I was surprised when I found out she won the semi because my first thought was "Aren't there stronger songs?"

[@onewxrldmusic7303]

The lesson from all this. You can't have more than ten songs in a Top 10 LOL In case of Semi Final one, we should have possibly had 12 qualifiers LOL

[@mickydrew]

And there were about 5 good songs in the 2nd

[@onewxrldmusic7303]

@@mickydrew Exactly my point. If you were in 1st semi final, tough luck. If you were in semi-final 2, you got a free ticket. How about choosing 8 from each semi, that will leave 4 songs that can come from either semi 1 or 2, like three can come from semi 1 and 1 from semi 2 or any combination.

[@mickydrew]

@@onewxrldmusic7303 yes,that'd be more fair. In this instance, 4 more would have joined from Semi 1. :) Croatia and Romania would have had a shot

[@Asa...S]

I think it would be interesting if they would add an extra Eurovision night. Like Andra chansen (Second chance) in Melodifestivalen. The top 8 from each semi would qualify. The ones on both side of the border of not qualifying, on places 9-12 in semi 1 get to compete in duels against the ones on places 9-12 in semi 2. Four will qualify. The winner of each duel takes the spot in the final. Like for instance Belgium vs Austria Norway vs Denmark Croatia vs Albania Romania vs San Marino

[@impossiblesoul]

roxen could have really gone through if she had different staging 💔

[@xfernanx1356]

Yup, her breathing coulnt keep with the movement, i dont understand how no one from the romanian delegation noticed. They overreached and we ended up with a confusing staging and sub par singing. Had roxen stayed still and just sang the song like in all her other live performances she probably could had qualified.

[@LanderDevosefteling]

It shouldve been like the live on tape. THAT was perfection

[@ioana_raducea-marin]

Can't wait for the second semifinal discussions!

[@impossiblesoul]

i’m surprised israel did that well

[@TheJttv]

I love the studio cut, but she is well off the studio during the live. I think it was nerves and her accent coming through. That said 95% of eurovision viewers never heard the studio cut so I guess that does not matter.

[@mikestagraming]

I hated the studio version but she absolutely smashed it live

[@OprechtLetterlijkBizar]

Will you still make a video on your review of the integral televised finale show? Including how it was organized, the different segments, presenters, etc?

[@macias9]

For me Ireland had more problems than just the ones mentioned. I didnt like the mess that was left after she was shown on stage, like that looked bad, as if they put effort In the first half and then said OK THE BUDGET IS GONE, GO AND DO AS U PLEASE NOW. And secondly, because the singer had to do so much it was actually uncomfortable watching her. I dont wanna see the performer struggle and hold my breath watching her struggle, seeing the veins on her throat and so on... poor girl

[@frostyw]

The end of Irish performance was hugely immersion-breaking. If they had pulled away from all of the cameras filters and not shown that, it would have been less jarring.

[@frostyw]

Let me also add that this song was a favourite of mine in the studio, and I love Lesley’s music. It’s a shame that the staging let her down.

[@hannahbarley61]

I don’t know why they decided to break the illusion if the staging it was just so weird and it definitely affected them also having to wait a few minutes before Ireland went on stage also hugely impacted it.

[@wendyroberts8855]

Malta’s staging was absolute rubbish. It detracted from the song and the message. The song also became tired fast. I thought Malta would win and was behind it, but like Switzerland, the staging detracted so much it became obvious they would never win. In my opinion, Malta should not have won the semi final. It looked like a heap of pink rubbish. Pop became so over saturated during Eurovision, it was tired. Sweden was the most undeserving semi finalist, followed by Norway in my opinion. Those songs and the staging was dead boring.

[@onewxrldmusic7303]

Remember the year when everybody said Italy would win with "Occidentali's Karma" in 2017 and the song fizzled out and ended 6th? That's the meltdown that happened to Malta this year.

[@jpattarb]

Great video! I hope Deban's okay and that he'll be appearing in more videos soon!

[@magicman-tw9qg]

I was surprised by Israel being in 5th place ( but happy about it 🥺) since everyone was saying, that they would be a borderline qualifier

[@BiBi-kw3no]

Are you going to do this on second Semifinal and Final? :D

[@cameronclarkhull]

Can we all agree the roop was the best opening of any eurovision contest... Gave me chills

[@An89Go]

Ireland was the weakest package on the night. The staging was cute (as an idea), but it was too much and didn't feel natural to her. At one moment she hit that poor house or a tree with her fist, it was really awkward. Vocally, she was pretty off as well. The best part was the ending when she left that stage and started moving freely.

[@meduzsazsa8490]

Nope, song was one of the best!

[@Malfoy1594]

William you really need to stop describing the Jury as an entity looking for a 'mainstream Pop song'... For years now you give that example and in fact, it truly varies, Mata Hari is WAY more mainstream than The Roop, I guess your tastes truly differ on what you see as mainstream but clearly Mata Hari is Globally streamed... while the Juries tend to actually back more artistic songs. I truly struggle to see your point of always stating the Juries are always looking for something mainstream when they push Hooverphonic through for example & not Croatia or Azeraijan.

[@shan32]

The Jury swing Sweden into their top 5 the majority of the time, even when they are far from worthy of that spot. Maybe William labelling it as 'mainstream POP' is inaccurate but definitely mainstream all the same. Hooverphonics is a song I did love but would easily hear that on the radio any day. I wouldn't hear a song like Mata Hari today really. I am based in Ireland though so I can only speak for ours and maybe the UK charts but generally speaking it's not very mainstream. Generic pop, sure. Mainstream, questionable. The Jury either go for the powerful ballads or very radio-friendly ones.

[@Malfoy1594]

@@shan32 The Jury only did that in 2018, in 2019 the public still gave Sweden significant points (though I can agree with you about that ONE year...) in 2021 the Jury & Public somewhat agreed on the placement & points for Sweden.

[@darasullen8289]

@@Malfoy1594 they did it every year since 2012 ( except 2016 and this year).

[@diekommentarekommentiererin]

@@darasullen8289 2011 also had much more points with the televoting (2nd place vs. 9th in juries), 2014 was pretty equal on both, and like you already mentioned also 2012 and 2016... So it's not always the juries helping them.

[@darasullen8289]

@@diekommentarekommentiererin I mean Sweden was in top-3 juryvoting every year ( except 2016 and 2021) since 2012.

[@sharkfinn4]

Nothing against Roxen or her style of performing, but I think another reason she struggled might have been her lack of articulation. If you didn't already know the lyrics, it would've been really hard to understand what she was saying. And since this was a song that relied heavily on its powerful message, I sadly think not being able to understand what she was singing about contributed to her placement.

[@Eva-S-L]

Mm I don't think it was the main point. Maanny Europeans doesn't understand English. We can see that french songs scored high even though no one understands words.. I think the voice was at fault.. Sadly this isn't alcohol you :(

[@-_YouMayFind_-]

@@Eva-S-L There are also many Europeans who do understand English. Maybe not perfectly

[@SarahMargaretMullen]

My first language is English and I had to look up the lyrics from the music video even

[@vwfilm]

Belgium at 70 points with Lithuania at 66 points is atrocious jury behavior. Sweden at 91??????? Horrible.

[@adrianos7334]

Agree, Belgium and Lithuania were perfect.... Sweden should have stayed in the SF

[@andreasa8486]

I think a big group of people only watch the final so winning the semi final doesn't really guarantee a good place in the final.

[@escfanforever569]

I'm sorry but the EBU and the producers knew exactly what they were doing putting Destiny 6th. She WON Semi Final 1. Landslided the jury and was SECOND with the televote, just a few points behind Ukraine may I add. When was Malta ever that high with the televote!? Yet the producers decided to put Malta 6th. Australia won their semi in 2019 and they were placed 25th, second to last in the second half that is. The Netherlands also won their semi and Duncan performed 12th, second to last in the first half. So why didn't Destiny get the same treatment?!

[@joseuribe9273]

Because they can’t run the risk of Malta winning, they couldn’t host properly. They barely managed JESC 2016. Super small stage

[@escfanforever569]

@@joseuribe9273 Hmmm....that's because Malta hosted JESC 2014 literally 2 years before. And everything was perfect.

[@nathalie228]

her song was meh

[@cornychipmunk8689]

I think the problem with Malta was that the song didnt stand out like france ukraine and italy did. Yes destiny has a great voice, but people are looking for something autentic

[@escteddx5890]

@@escfanforever569 some people say that the ‘running order makers’ do not know the results of the semi finals

[@andreasa8486]

What I am starting to realise from Eurovision is that certain countries can do well up to some extend. Malta was a shoe in to win the whole competition, it was good enough to win the semi final but it did poorly in final televote because Malta, been a small island country is really difficult to get votes. Same as Cyprus and San Marino. Fuego would have WON if it was representing Sweden, or Greece for example.

[@medybasses8086]

I understand your point but i think Malta was too bad . I think EBU have some preference. She win the semifinal why 6 . And Spain is 13 .

[@ecryloxr89]

Romania´s staging.. it gave me those Greta Salome vibes with those eerie silhouettes.. Cyprus on 7th by public is fine by me, cause I found it dull (the saturation on the red) in the Semi and her vocals were better in the final! Albina´s entry visually disappointed me. At times it was hard to watch and the lightsaber-flashes at the beginning were to energetic for that part. Prefer the NF staging much more somehow.. Australia´s song was catchy, didn´t like the staging, but she should come back sometime. Malta was better in the semi, in the final I remember me thinking she doesn´t smiled much or forced (not the voting, wich was surprising to many, for me not that much). Ireland had a Yüri Potsmann-Moment with that card.. Mayby an omen? I heared there was an issue right before the performance and a camera malfunctioned.. Is it true? Her vocals were better than I expected..

[@kieranspiteri5519]

the biggest shock for me is malta doing fantastically in this semi with televoter and then coming 14th with the pvs n the final

[@ESCStroopwafel]

William's hair is a mood

[@onewxrldmusic7303]

William's hair could become a meme for Eurolovers. Whatevr happened to the hair of years back, like short and sexy.

[@t0mbiv]

Ireland! 😢 I feel the same as you William, Maps was my #5 this year but actually probably the song I've listened to the most. I really liked elements of the staging but there was too much going on, coupled with Lesley's nerves and the odd off-key vocal, sadly I can see why jurors and televoters were put off. Despite that though, I've watched Lesley's performance back the most and Maps will always be in my heart, it's so emotional and powerful.. I just adore it ♥ P.s the rest of the results pretty much went to the form book in my eyes.. Albina gave an incredible performance but the chorus feels really dated to me and Roxen's performance lacked impact but she did do really well in the end!

[@someunholydude7790]

To me, Miss Congeniality goes to either Tusse, Manizha or TIX

[@lei.aleroni4131]

I love that the subscribers numbers are going up up up, Euphoria! Today are 122 000+ 22 000 more than merely 2 weeks about. Congratulations to the whole team. You deserved it!

[@arsentes7411]

How come we don't see Deban anymore? :(

[@lolopiner8619]

I loved Maps from first listen

[@onewxrldmusic7303]

The real Mata Hari song is by Ofra Haza also called "Mata Hari"

[@Asa...S]

Also, Norway competeted with the song "Mata Hari" already in Eurovision 1976.

[@Texaslawhorn]

@@Asa...S That was such a strange entry to me. The beginning sounds of the song, and the singer coming out in sunglasses. I could see why it failed at the '76 final.

[@Nutzername92a]

I love how William always says Is-real instead of IsrAel :D

[@realnoahsimpson]

Americans usually say Israel that way

[@RedCubUK]

As an American, I can confirm.

[@onewxrldmusic7303]

Or the way he says se-lay in two syllables instadv of one

[@Eva-S-L]

Im sorry but Australia has a low score because the song isn't good.. Teknji teknji color.

[@lostfigure3703]

Technicolour is an absolute BANGER

[@raindropsonroses3919]

Agree . It was awful. I literally wanted to tear my hair out every time they played a clip 😂 the tune was just annoying ... and the lyrics.... oh my god no words

[@Eva-S-L]

The biggest crime here - Ireland.. When she didn't qualify I thought it was 11 or 12th.. Shocking My husband who doesn't follow eurovision truly loved two songs- Ukraine and Ireland.. So sad

[@adamcarleton2477]

I was the same. I thought 12th at minimum when I found out she was 16th I was gutted

[@adrianos7334]

Ireland was horrible, weak song and weakest vocals in the contest. She can't sing. I knew from the moment that all songs came out that Ireland would end up very last. Even in the music video she can't hit the high notes.

[@adrianos7334]

@@adamcarleton2477 Come on, even a wounded cat sounds better. That was the only place she deserved. I predicted it from the moment all songs were realised. The song is so boring and she has no charisma at all. Even a broom has more.

[@hannahbarley61]

Croatia of course was a crime I loved the staging but the song just got dull after several listens to me. Romania was one if my qualifiers but her vocals were weak due to the staging and you couldn’t understand what she was saying

[@bumblebee-dd2je]

For me Romania was weak vocally. Pronunciation was still bad.

[@gavmcguinness8024]

I really hope Rté don't get discouraged by the results and go back to boring, safe staging. We need to keep pushing the boundaries and being ambitious.

[@ely03cassandra]

I don't understand why people are surprised that the results from the semi finals isn't necessarily the same at the grand final. After all, there are so many differences: - only the countries participating in that semi + half of the big 5 and the host country can vote - most people only watch the final - there are so many more songs at the final, so maybe people vote differently - some people might vote in the semi even for songs, which they just want to reach the final, but not necessarily win etc.... There are just so many factors that can have an impact on the results and therefore it's normal that there can be big differences.

[@bumblebee-dd2je]

Every day at my job I hear Malta, Lithuania, Australia and Israel on the radio. Malta, Lithuania and Australia sound great, Israel I just can't stand, just annoying. I'm latvian by the way.

[@mcc-ru1mt]

lol austalia is horrible but israel's good imo

[@bumblebee-dd2je]

@@mcc-ru1mt still can't stand it. Things sounds differently when played on radio. Australia is not that bad.

[@betsyadala]

Albina not finalist ! But we love tick tock dance

[@robingoransson5591]

Croatia was my favourite 😭

[@ImStevan]

Sanja Vučić or Natalia Gordienko for Miss Congeniality pls

[@quiquiqui]

Padraig speaks exactly from my soul! :)

[@olssonan]

Diffrent staging wouldnt have helped Irland this year. Her vocals was really shaky just listen to the first line of lyrics. Shaky from start, before busy staging. I think she was very nervous and overhyped and it caused her downfall. Sad, i liked that song.

[@rbb7859]

Malta was destroyed by running order in the final. Putting both feminist songs that performed really well in the semifinal (1st and 3rd) together at the beginning is irrational, at the same time the UK and Spain got 9 and 13. The gap with Ukraine increased from 13 points to 220

[@mrmr4622]

Also I'm pretty sure that people who voted for Malta switched their focus to Italy and France instead

[@rbb7859]

@@mrmr4622 these are three completely different songs. Why didn't those who voted for Ukraine or Switzerland switch?

[@-_YouMayFind_-]

Yes I believe so too I also think Malta is a victim of hype. People didnt vote for the song because people thought she was going to get enough votes anyway, what didnt happened because if many people think the same (which is). A lot of people ended up not voting for her even though they might be a favorite

[@olenaivanchenko7787]

Malta was destroyed by other very good songs in the final. Italy, France, Finland, Switzerland, Iceland... they've got Malta's points. Ukraine was very unique and kept lovers.

[@rbb7859]

@@olenaivanchenko7787 Ukraine kept lovers coz it kept a good running order in the final

[@beandrag9019]

I’m not surprised the jury rated Lithuania low. They don’t want a small nation to host Eurovision, it’s honestly plain and simple. They so obviously cut so many small countries off at the knees just so they can have a better looking stage the next year. Not to say Lithuania would’ve beaten Italy but it’s just good for them to make sure if that makes sense. They could’ve won in 2020 tho

[@onewxrldmusic7303]

I dedicate to Padraig the song by Irish "Country n Irish" artist Lee Matthews called "There's Irish in Our Eyes"... Like today for one..... LOL

[@TaurusGirl22]

Sorry, but I didn’t read any negative comment on Efendi and Tix video. Everyone loves(d) it! I don’t have any idea why do William think the video may have some effect on the televoting or where he got the negative comments cause I didn’t find any except for maybe people saying it’s a PR stunt.

[@hrvojepavic8912]

Without that "romance" he would not qualify into the final. As William has said, well played....

[@TaurusGirl22]

@@hrvojepavic8912 congrats, yours is the first comment I saw that it’s thanks to that romance. But I’m sure you didn’t think about it before William mentioned it. Btw I voted for Norway from Belgium because I loved the song and his personality.

[@Cassie_kitten90]

@@TaurusGirl22 I voted for Tix too. When I heard about this so called PR stunt, I honestly thought it was more Efendi than Tix.

[@hrvojepavic8912]

@@TaurusGirl22 of course I knew it. It was all over. Even media in croatia has publish it. Besides I think under that same video on the EBU channel I posted comment about it being fake. And we will see how long it will last :_

[@EclipseHighroller]

@@Cassie_kitten90 no, after that and tix abhorrently milked his disability for the pity vote, tix should be ashamed.

[@ImStevan]

45:41 vala ne and tinkara kovacks

[@onewxrldmusic7303]

William, your hair is getting messy again. Pradraig your hair and your beard are perfect LOL My favourite moment?? William lovingly addressing Pradraig as "Irishman" LOL

[@HekatieSquires]

no. 1 crime this year is that Montaigne didn't get to go. I may be biased bc I love Montaigne, but truly...

[@ZironixNO]

Dont blame the staging for Irelands failure. If anything the staging was the only thing worth watching the performance. "Maps" was always going to do poorly as the song is the most monotonous song of the year with no change at all throughout. Fans overrated it because of Leslie's amazing personality.

[@UtamagUta]

Padraig has the right attaire 🖖

[@magicman-tw9qg]

I really thought Cyprus would have ended up in the top 3 in first semi final !!

[@guilbert5815]

William just woke up? LOL.

[@adabir5954]

where is deban

[@paulmarkwilkinson8778]

He's on holiday

[@CoxaBranca]

Missed an important points about Australia: technicolor is an aweful name for a song that has nothing to do with the meaning of the term. Then to say this word 50 times during the song... This is not Voilà...

[@RickyPro888]

Sweden actually did better in the final with televote than jury

[@kennet7837]

That still blows my mind. Could be the favorable running order the final.

[@Matthew-cn9kl]

But it matters about the song tho right?

[@Yoav_The_Man]

Im glad Eden from Israel did so well allthough Israel itself was in a middle of a war. Just to show everybody when you have a good song people dont care about politics and its all about the music!

[@onewxrldmusic7303]

But it wasn't so with the Russia and Ukraine conflict a few years back. Many countries gave zero votes to Sergey Lazarev.

[@shadesofcool03]

Why is Deban OUUUUT of this video? 😭

[@paulmarkwilkinson8778]

He is away to Albania on holiday

[@nc3181]

Big 5+1 should've not been split between two semi-finals in voting

[@im.joeyb.]

What is your suggestion and why?

[@nc3181]

@@im.joeyb. I don't see why 5+1 couldn't vote in both semi-finals...that would be equal representation

[@-_YouMayFind_-]

Yes I was dissapointed we couldnt vote in semi 2

[@im.joeyb.]

@@nc3181 Because approx. one half of all competing countries are in the first Semi-Final and the other half in the second Semi-Final. It's only fair to split up the Big 5 and the host nation, so we have somewhat the same amount of countries voting in each Semi-Final. I think that's the reason why.

[@Lagiacrus1996]

@@nc3181 why would it be fair that way? No other country votes in both semis...

[@alohim1573]

I think that the results here were quite deserving. Croatia I think shined on stage but the song was weaker than the other female bops.

[@EclipseHighroller]

When Norway was not only the worst scoring qualifier, but did horrible and almost got last in the final. Looks like milking your disability as much as tix did and trying to push a fake love story so people ignore how bad your song is for the pity vote backfired magnificently. 😂😂 Tix should be ashamed, Norway better have learned it’s lesson, and both owe Croatia a huge apology

[@bkresc8271]

almost a perfect semi final, remove Malta and put Romania in the top10 and all my favorites are in

[@Alan-P]

North Macedonia and Dotter 'borrowed' from Raiven ( song Zažarim, national final 2017).

[@mickydrew]

I really really don't get why the jury vote holds so much weight. Our Jury was a bunch of 5 D grade celebrities, yet their say holds as much weight as hundreds of thousands of public votes. The jury vote should be abolished... THAT would be fair.

[@Snowshowslow]

I think the jury should just get to vote in semi's for half the points, but not in the final. It's good to have a system where all acts get ranked, not just the top favourites for some, and some quality control is also good. Although they should have some stricter rules for who's on the jury 🙃 But then in the final it should just be up to the public.

[@mickydrew]

@@Snowshowslow If it were just the public, Albina would have made it.

[@Snowshowslow]

@@mickydrew True. But that's not really a reason for or against a whole system, right?

[@mickydrew]

@@Snowshowslow no... I just think everybody should have equal say. Those 5 jurors from each country are not more important than you or I...why should their opinions carry more weight.

[@sav0001]

No thanks, I would prefer not to get winners like Believe again. If the juries weren't there, we would see so many more weaker songs and joke entries.

[@lucijafrajlic5168]

Azerbajdzan and Efendi with Mata Hari... instrumental part of the song is great. Stage - great. Her voice is great also. But her english... I only understand when she sang Ma Ma Mata Hari. Other lyrics - nothing. If you can't speak and sing in english, just don't! 😅 I think that that is the reason why jury didn't support this. The same thing happened with Ukraine in 2018. I think. You need to google the lyrics during the performance to understand about what she is singing and jury does not have time for that.

[@nathalie228]

hiiiiiii :)

[@jacobmaguire2707]

I think in semi 1 Israel overshadowed Croatia

[@alialvasanchez]

As they should

[@fortymillioncoins9066]

Malta was so overrated in the Semi- at the end of the day it was visually boring. This isn't just about hitting the notes- it's the whole performance- so Malta really should not have received a jury vote higher than The Roop. The Roop gave a perfect performance and vocals. Malta gave a shoddy half baked and Lazy visual performance imo.

[@wendyroberts8855]

Malta’s staging sucked. It was really bad and boring.

[@escthingsz]

Romania was robbed 😭😭