Eurovision 2023 - Commentator Reactions to Televoting Points - Grand Final - English Subtitles

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See and hear how local commentators react to their country's televoting points in the Grand Final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest!
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0:00 Germany - NDR - Peter Urban
0:22 Croatia - HRT - Duško Ćurlić
0:40 Poland - TVP - Aleksander Sikora & Marek Sierocki
0:56 Serbia - RTS - Duška Vučinić
1:09 United Kingdom - BBC - Mel Giedroyc
1:37 Albania - RTSH - Andri Xhahu
1:58 Moldova - TRM - Daniela Crudu
2:10 Slovenia - RTVSLO - Andrej Hofer
2:31 Portugal - RTP - José Carlos Malato & Nuno Galopim
2:42 Norway - NRK - Marte Stokstad
3:13 France - FTV - Laurence Boccolini & Stéphane Bern
3:33 Ukraine - Suspilne - Timur Miroshnychenko
4:07 Switzerland - RTS (French) - Jean-Marc Richard, Nicolas Tanner & Priscilla Formaz
4:34 Switzerland - SRF (German) - Sven Epiney
4:51 Switzerland - RSI (Italian) - Ellis Cavallini & Gian-Andrea Costa
5:09 Cyprus - RIK - Melina Karageorgiou & Alexandros Taramountas
5:31 Armenia - AMPTV - Hrachuhi Utmazyan & Hamlet Arakelyan
5:48 Lithuania - LRT - Ramūnas Zilnys
6:29 Czechia - ČT - Jan Maxián
7:09 Spain - RTVE - Tony Aguilar & Julia Varela
7:42 Austria - ORF - Andi Knoll
8:12 Belgium - VRT (Flemish) - Peter Van de Veire
8:34 Belgium - RTBF (French) - Jean-Louis Lahaye & Maureen Louys
8:56 Australia - SBS - Myf Warhurst & Joel Creasey
9:37 Estonia - ERR (Estonian) - Marko Reikop
10:00 Estonia - ERR (Russian) - Aleksandr Hobotov & Julia Kalenda
10:36 Finland - YLE (Finnish) - Mikko Silvennoinen
11:21 Finland - YLE (Russian) - Levan Tvaltvadze
12:01 Finland - YLE (Sami) - Heli Huovinen & Aslak Paltto
12:42 Finland - YLE (Swedish) - Eva Frantz & Johan Lindroos
13:38 Finland - YLE (Ukrainian) - Galyna Sergeyeva
14:22 Italy - RAI - Gabriele Corsi & Mara Maionchi
14:46 Israel - IPBC - Asaf Liberman & Akiva Novick
15:04 Sweden - SVT - Edward af Sillén & Måns Zelmerlöw

[@-Alex-Connor-]

Not the slovenian commentator saying "Don't worry, we'll end up lower".😂

[@thespankmyfrank]

That was the funniest one 😂 just, no worries, we'll get lower than this, promise. Lol.

[@jenni5275]

Came to look for this comment, absolutely hilarious, gotta love his humour😂 tbh Joker Out was one of my favourites and IMO they deserved much higher place🫶

[@byronrobbins8834]

​@@jenni5275 Loreen wins, so then Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson will be happy.

[@thegamer-12]

And the frensh commentator was on silent mode

[@tuulialanara4477]

Joker out will get a lot of success after this. I was disappointed at the result, but they are charting in Finland and probably all over people are expecting their tour :)

[@byJannik]

I feel bad for Peter Urban, it was his last year as commentator after 25 years and Germany came last again

[@8daudioeurovision701]

Lord of the Last

[@nrcocmln7814]

​@@8daudioeurovision701 or Lord of the Lost points

[@gkl213]

@@nrcocmln7814 I Lost the Lord at the bottom

[@MaxJnsn]

They really should've send Electric Callboy when they had the chance

[@ToveriJuri]

@@MaxJnsn Käärijä's success here pretty much confirms that because it's a similar song in style to some of ECB's party songs. Electric Callboy would have been an absolute winner, the only thing that might have blocked them was solidarity voting for Ukraine, which to be fair was important especially last year.

[@jeanmarco40]

"Points for the UK to catch up Sweden". LOL

[@Eva-mp7xg]

Mel Giedroyc representing British humor :)

[@babygrogu845]

Did she really mean that or she was joking?😂😂😂😂

[@olivialeitao824]

@@babygrogu845 she was joking, she knew it probably wouldnt happen

[@bertensap5533]

She had even calculated how many points they needed, and the entire time was joking that it may be a tall order but it is still possible. Great job as Graham Norton's replacement tbh

[@jarmohaapala3792]

Love British humor me 😄

[@ESCPOP]

Finland is broadcasting in so many languages... I had no idea

[@traficom]

Yeah Finland likes their minority languages

[@kaiknlast]

i really like that we have started doing commentary in more languages, especially Sámi. used to be only Finnish and Swedish.

[@s22t]

@@traficom Just to add to that for those who don't know: Russian and Ukrainian aren't official minority languages (unlike Swedish and Sami) in Finland. Ukrainian version was for the refugees. Russian version...probably because there are relatively many Russian-speakers (although much less than, say, Estonia which also has a Russian commentary) in Finland.

[@ellem8990]

We're also one of the only two countries that put subtitles for the songs. I didn't know for the longest time that other countries don't do the same, so I was confused why people where bringing up others not being able to understand a certain language and why that's a disadvantage. I found out maybe five years ago.

[@t-pnaminami3808]

YLE has a budget per capita larger than any other public broadcaster in Europe and it's included in the system that funding increases every year by millions. It's going to be cut.

[@sw00per94]

**gasps at Spain's televoting points** me too, me too

[@vanessaw95]

The song is not my cup of tea but I was so shocked when they only got 5 points?! Like what? I was sure it will get a lot of votes because the ESC fanbase was so hyped about it. That didnt feel right.

[@tomhammond3495]

@@vanessaw95 it's an absolutely awful song. The songwriters have no clue about music and the performance was very poor. I'm surprised it got 5 points and not 0.

[@brandonblanco8379]

@@tomhammond3495 Poland was god awful, yet it got more televotes than Spain, France, and Portugal. Surprised it didn’t end up last.

[@aiko_and_jann_defender]

@@tomhammond3495 I don't think, it was awful, it was one of my favorite song this year, but music snobs like you don't wasnna hear anything that's not rock or indie or branded good music. And bash everything else. Guys l8ike you are saying things like 'my ears are bleeding' or assume, that Loreen only didn't win any televote 12's, because she had to perform after this awful song and many people didn't come back from their bathroom break early enough (or didn't switch back to Eurovision early enough) to catch it. I like Spain,so does my 3 year old and 5 year old cousins. That's enough. And it was definitely better than the Polish Blanka.

[@tomhammond3495]

@@aiko_and_jann_defender I'm not a music snob. I listen to all styles and have no bias towards any style. I am a musician though. I grew up with music, studied it and still play it today. So yeah I think I hace a little bit more knowledge than your infant cousins. No idea why you had to bring Loreen into it. Her performance was excellent and I thought she was 2nd best on the night. Happy for her that she won. Not sure what you've got against the Blanka song. It's a nicely crafted pop song with a decent melodic hook and a great breakdown. Not the best song of the night but certainly better than Spain. If you can explain in musical terms how the Spanish song is decent, I'll happily listen to you and discuss further. My points still stand. Worst songwriting I've heard in a long time.

[@SuperJNG18]

The Swiss commentators better have remembered that 31 points doesn’t look so bad when it’s 31 more than the televote gave you last year lol

[@kudayazhmal]

BRUHHH REALLY

[@Ar_Mu_Be]

But they dont say that, they are disappointed with the Results, the Italian commentators even said, that this is more then last year

[@infestationE15]

Love how relentlessly positive the Australians are

[@egg_2705]

We're just happy to be there amongst the madness, honestly 😂

[@thevannmann]

Because we realise the competition is bogus and just there for shits and giggles. Australia consistently produces music that punches above our weight on the world stage.

[@WriterLilyth]

For over a few decades, Australian commentators have been very positive about every performance. It's heartening to watch the show, long before we were participants, and they always said warm, wonderful things about every song. Someone could be out of tune with lame staging, but the commentators focus on the positives - like the performer's stage presence or costume or some quirky stage gimmick to look out for. I get up at 4:30am every Eurovision morning to watch Australia perform (or just to watch when it's a semi-final we aren't in) because watching Australian-commentated Eurovision is like a warm hug and a cup of tea (which you need at 4:30am in the morning at the cusp of winter). We're fortunate to have had years and years of commentators who keep the competition fun and positive - no matter where we finish in the semi-finals or Grand Final. Just being present is everything! Going into 2024 - even if we aren't participating (PLEASE let us come back!) I know it'll still be fun, friendly, and make me smile to watch.

[@notaduck1595]

Fun fact for Bluey fans: the female presenter is the VA muffin's mum, Trixie.

[@Fatima502]

@@thevannmann Not one of the Australians I know who follow the contest (and there were many I met in Liverpool) thinks alongs those lines.

[@JH3Eurovision]

To me the Italian commentators' reaction is by far the funniest "Okay, we didn't win this Eurovision but second place will also be good" "................y'know what on second thought third place isn't looking too bad either"

[@sp9459]

Our German commentator would never say something like that 😂😂

[@ire1842]

Well this is the commentator’s (Mara Maionchi) complete ignorance of the Eurovision contest.

[@Vhmvd]

Same with Israeli one! They have so much confidence about Noa winning.

[@in_wino_veritas]

​@@sp9459 probably because you guys hardly ever get into this situation.

[@mlplnz]

Cause we are not used to receive 0 points like the UK, Germany and Spain ahahah

[@thijntruijen2527]

How many commentators do you want? Finland: Yes

[@leonievasa]

The Polish commentator sounded so extraordinarily neutral

[@ola7540]

He is literally a NPC 😆The previous commentator Artur Orzech was the best, he was a big fan of ESC so he was emotional and sometimes biased but he was the best for this job

[@adrianwojcik3950]

Because he always has this tune of voice. If it was Olek Sikora (who you could hear in semi 2 reactions video), he would be much more excited

[@mumumeme8496]

other commentators sounded even more neutral

[@lexezlao]

can't blame him with that kind of song

[@m.jak.morele]

@@ola7540 Orzech is the best, I met him during JESC, he asked me something because I was a volunteer and I asked him for a photo. My sd card was full so I took a pic on Snapchat 😹

[@bbubbinklm4320]

Italians are so used to doing well the commentators were so unbothered about 174 televote points hahahahah

[@simonegraffi3698]

Actually, I don't think anyone in Italy would have predicted that high of a score this year so we are quite happy with the result

[@naewsqrg]

Actually, every year our commentators are like that even when we have no chance of winning at all... 😅😅😅

[@ellem8990]

@@naewsqrg I find that hilarious xdd. Was it the same in 2021?

[@KyrieFortune]

​@@naewsqrg can confirm, if we don't have chances to win we are glad we got a decent amount of points if we could win but don't we threaten to invade San Marino

[@hazy-skies2630]

The commentator is barely a ESC/music expert and thinks eurovision is a football championship where you either score goals either you fail. That's what we get unfortunately. As an Italian I was mad because 174 points were not enough to steal some televote from Sweden to let Käärijä win, so I was rooting for 200+ both from him and Noa from Israel 💀 In comparison with other countries? 174 is unbelievably amazing 😅

[@heddadybvadskog-nebb5603]

Norway changed our commentator quite recently, like 2-3 years ago, and we used to have such an unenthusiastic guy who barely said anything, and the difference between him and Marte who we have now is actually so refreshing. You could hear her squeal of joy here and when we qualified from the semi-final and were the last country announced she was losing her mind and it was so funny.

[@stupidfanboyph]

That muffled squeal was so cute. She is really fangirling while commentating.

[@zelandakhniteblade5436]

Norway need to spend more money bribing the juries if they want to match Sweden in this. Their acts are consistently snubbed by the jury votes. Check back to last year's semi-final scandal if you think this is not important! This year, everyone knew going into the Grand Final that Sweden and Finland were massively odds on with the bookies, with Norway, Italy, France and Israel having an outside chance, and it really does look like the juries upvoted Sweden while downvoting all of the potential rivals. The juries really are a big part of the ESC entertainment factor but I do think they need to re-think the weighting factor between jury votes and the public to avoid these jury scandals in the future. It is really far too common for the juries to be decisive under the current rules.

[@hallaskjerah]

Not True. Former commentator was better

[@vanessaw95]

I love the "216 points from the viewers which after all is the most important here!" Your commentator understands eurovision!

[@steinarmogen3166]

Olav was better. More informative. Marte hardly says anything interesting about the singers

[@lode-star]

I love how Norway's commentator reacted!

[@EuroQZ]

2:51 So Norway's commentator activated a dental drill to celebrate. That's lovely 💕

[@lily_mercury]

AHAHAHAHA, this comment is underrated

[@henriz.l]

Hahaha! Laughing in Norwegian 😅

[@florenna]

That would be the weirdest way in the world to celebrate, honestly 😂

[@poemsofplupp]

DENTAL DRILL 😭

[@xander_jeffrey]

It honestly sounds like a bee 🐝.

[@souviendra]

This is an incredible compilation, thank you! Norway's commentator's reaction is adorable

[@ryu63509]

I like this "woah!" that the Finnish commentator does after the audience points for Finland are revealed

[@florenna]

That was actually quite calm reaction compared to e.g. this Irish youtubers one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqqvia1mm6mgm7c 😅 (at about 7:30) I wish Finnish commentator had reacted similarly, but then that might have entirely broken his mike or something 😅

[@emdove]

The Slovenian commentator oh my, “don’t worry, we’ll end lower” in that dead voice of his 😂 I feel a kinship there 🇩🇪

[@ComradeHellas]

Great compilation, good job using all the broadcasters from multi-lingual countries (Switzerland, Belgium, Estonia, Finland), what I found hilarious is that we don't have English subtitles for the Sami language, because very few people actually speak it :D

[@ellem8990]

I do love that we give the option to listen to the commentary in the sami language, even if not that many speak it. It's very hard to keep up a language without content in that language.

[@Jemppu]

Not that hilarious, but rather regretful.

[@efthymiosn3381]

"For the uk to catch up sweden? lmao"

[@DragOnDani01]

I had a dumb moment for a sec there. I was like "Why isn't Graham Northon giving us the comentary!?" Then I realized that him and Mel Giedroyc are swapping places-

[@pikopiko3149]

Hi, little correction for the German commentary. He says something like: "Ah, I had hoped for more from my last year at Eurovision. Really... Honestly/Truly." Not "expected" ;) I don't know that any German expected more tbh, haha.

[@babygrogu845]

So greatful for 5 languages of Finnish broadcaster, so I could watch Kaarija’s reaction 5 times in a row, he was so cute and happy💚🩷💚🩷💚

[@florenna]

And I also love it so I can watch Finland getting *376 points* 5 times in a row, it's such a gloriously exhilarating moment 😊😅 That doesn't happen often!!

[@piiaraita]

Yeah, my thoughs exactly 🎉😂

[@TheHypertwist]

Almost every country expected more points than they actually received. So funny.

[@fabb4i2]

2:25 Don't worry, we'll end up lower. 😅

[@linav7705]

Our state channel (Norway) haves both a Norwegian (nynorsk and bokmål) and Sami section. I have not really checked if there is a Sami commentator (I rarely watch the Sami tv) but I would think it is natural to have. Especially as Norway haves the highest population of Samis, and Norwegian and Sami are both official languages. Good on Finland covering the show in so many languages ♥️

[@helixxia9320]

yes we should have a sami commentator like finland did! it was nice to see how many they did, even ukranian

[@aiko_and_jann_defender]

plus; i also would have been great to hear Italian commentators on Alessandra's huge televote score,

[@P-Mouse]

Really cool how YLE is broadcasting in Ukrainian and Russian, in addition to the official languages

[@Meskarune]

Finland took in a lot of refugees from both countries

[@P-Mouse]

​@@Meskarune Finland and Russia are both use DVB-T, i have a suspicion, u can pick up Finnish broadcasts across the border, this used to be a thing before the switch to digital, not sure how it would work now.

[@hauskalainen]

are you listening Vladimir.... Finland is an equal opportunity country.. What did you say, Russia? You didn't even show ESC this year? I wonder why that was.

[@Eugene-The-Great]

@@hauskalainen Ну, что вам сказать как "стране равных возможностей"? Все красьте ногти в зелёный цвет! Грузин с финского ТВ это тоже касается.

[@mystemo1980]

Excellent job compiling all that. Still gutted for Finland but well done Sweden

[@aurorah0982]

Yeah, I agree. 😕 For ME, Käärijä was the winner... 😌💚

[@florenna]

@@aurorah0982 He was for nearly everyone, don't worry ;)

[@aurorah0982]

@@florenna ☺👍

[@egg_2705]

​@@aurorah0982everyone loves him so so much, he really has a bright career and proud fanbase ahead of him. He didn't need to win, but it would've been the absolute cherry on top for him to bring the win to Finland.

[@aurorah0982]

@@egg_2705 Yeah, that would have been awesome! ☺

[@SuperJNG18]

France just shut down 🤣 They and Spain got humbled something fierce by the televote, much as I enjoyed both of their songs.

[@ESC_Thomas]

Our commentator are so bad they are the reason many of us don't watch on France Télévisions each year. But this year we had high hopes like the spanish i think so i kinda get their reaction. But they should've been grateful that we got 50 because it's still a lot when we see that the televote was really only between 6 songs lol

[@Tuck213]

I wasn't sure if the French performer flipped us off the first time, but now that I've seen it again I'm sure hahaha

[@SuperJNG18]

@@Tuck213 I'm a New Yorker, that's basically how we say "hello," "I love you," and "have a nice day" over here lol.

[@henrythomasbarthram6065]

Well when the winner is very undeserving and overfavoured by the juries, it's not surprising. My entrant (UK) got what it should have got though. It wasn't good enough.

[@spalman100]

@@henrythomasbarthram6065 Very undeserving and overfavoured? My brother in Christ, Sweden was second in televoting and was considered an absolute winner before she even won the swedish national final. And the gap between jury and tele is nowhere near as Norway 2019 or Poland 2016. Where was the energy back then to abolish the juries?

[@sdeclermont]

Finland's Russian commentary sounds like football commentary lol

[@jlugoholt]

Finland and Sweden has this thing with sports, maybe that's why! lol

[@mtvshnya958]

11:51 Finnish Russian-language commentator: "well, at least I'm realistic"

[@Empoart]

Marte Stokstad's reactions are always so lovely :)

[@BettyG196]

3:22 The reception of the French commentators of the 50 points was very icy.

[@hxnnq]

12:47 Hi, swedish speaker here! They’re actually saying ”we know” and not ”we wait” 😊

[@escdiscord]

You saw nothing. 🫣

[@hxnnq]

@@escdiscord haha no worries

[@vesimaisteri]

Ofc Måns is the commentator for Sweden. That man truly is Eurovision

[@AshleyZieman]

First time though. We have had the same hilarious commentator for many many years, like 12.

[@unaberg]

@@AshleyZieman Second, he did it in 2017 also

[@samuelsegal7123]

Fun fact- he now lives in the UK

[@SuperSimplyAnna]

He's the Easter egg I'm trying to find every year. Last time I missed him pop up because I was in the bathroom lmao

[@BrynjarReynisson]

I love how the UK commentator was talking about catching up to Sweden and then they get 9 points😂😂

[@vignotum132]

British humour is so goodddd

[@user-vj4dp4xr8k]

id like to see a video about commentators around the europe reacting to Finland's tele vote points.

[@florenna]

Me too ;)

[@andyx6827]

Lmao, the UK commentator talked about catching up to Sweden, when everybody knew it was about catching up to Germany 😂 And Mae Muller wouldn't even have caught up to Germany if it weren't for all the generous "thanks for hosting" points from Ukraine 😂

[@ROSER6410]

Its was a sarcastic comment. Not serious.

[@vavah2071]

Actually, without Ukraine, UK would have got 4 pts in Televoting and would have pass Germany by 1 point

[@babygrogu845]

She must have meant that as a joke, although I didn’t quite catch sarcastic tone there…😂

[@anthonyx8216]

Talk about completely missing the joke. It's OK you won't understand British humour hun x

[@andyx6827]

​@@vavah2071 No. Ackshually, Mae got 9 points from Ukraine. Both the highest jury points and the highest televoting points came from Ukraine as a thank you for hosting. Without that, Mae would've been 3 points behind Germany.

[@anonymouse8124]

Finland had a Ukrainian broadcast version? That is actually so sweet.

[@xander_jeffrey]

2:50 Hannah: 216 points! Norwegian commentator: *turns into a bee* 🐝

[@KyrieFortune]

Ah yes, the three genders: - "nooo we wanted more points" - "you know, this is a good amount of points" - *screams in northern Europe domination*

[@florenna]

No scream from Finnish commentators though, even if you'd expect it ;)

[@naniyodesu]

@@florenna It's just because Mikko Silvennoinen (the commentator in Finnish) is too soft spoken for that. That WOAH was the most he could do 🤣 It's almost a shame that it wasn't literally any other Finnish commentator there at that moment, because the mics would've exploded. Maybe it was intentional to have Mikko there to avoid any damages 😂

[@Sabrinajaine]

Awww I love the Norwegian commentator's reaction!

[@joe_ita]

The Italian Swiss commentators calling Remo "Remone" (aka Big Remo) 🥺🥺 that was adorable

[@valerieperin3612]

14:03 the way she said "cha cha cha" was cute..

[@evanoraz.3264]

jan maxián gasping at blanca paloma only getting 5 points will never not be funny

[@lexastern6824]

i have cc turned on and for croatia when the commentator went hahahaha it literally said *ominous laughter* I can't

[@girlwhomustnotbenamed4139]

Thank you so much for all the language versions for Finland, it was amazing to watch that moment 5 times 😍

[@KungAquarius]

Thank you for the video! Can you do the every commentator form every country react to Finland's (winner of the public) points?

[@ellem8990]

Yes and it would be nice to also include the moment they announced the televote for Loreen too

[@florenna]

@@ellem8990 Not that, it was a heartbreaking moment for all of Finland... Or angering too...

[@TzOn79]

@@florenna Finland just did what they always do, losing to Sweden in everything.

[@ellem8990]

@@florenna I'm also finnish, so you definitely don't speak for everyone. I didn't like the results, which is why I'm interested in how each country reacted, perhaps they were shocked or even angered aswell.

[@fabb4i2]

0:31 I love his laughter. 😂

[@michaelkjellander9370]

He's the best, laughed in the semi too 😂

[@juliettesirkis]

These videos are super interesting. Thanks for posting them!

[@sw00per94]

amazing video, thanks so much for this, this must've taken a lot of effort! a similar video with the winner being announced would be cool

[@TheRandom_Channel_idk]

Didn't know 2015 ESC Winner also commentated on Sweden's 2023 win.

[@vanessaw95]

This video is one of which i didnt know i need it but now i need more. Excellent job!♥

[@amasiacarolin]

Thank you for this video! Amazing to include the various langugages within each country as well!

[@hali3641]

Thank you for this vid, super interesting 😊

[@Miguel-hx8hg]

This video is super interesting! Thanks!

[@itaihoffman]

Thanks for the effort in making this!

[@Fatima502]

ESC Discord thank you for putting together three such fascinating clips!

[@Anthestudios]

What a great video. Thank you, must have been a massive effort to compile this.

[@jlugoholt]

Thank you so much for this!

[@bodgeer]

Just wanna say massive thanks for collecting all these into one video, big CRED! 🔥

[@GreeceloveESC]

obsessed with these videos

[@kpop2476]

You’re amazing!!!! ❤❤❤

[@thereorderboard]

Amazing work!

[@poundlandvodka]

Great work putting this together, it must have been a hell of a project!

[@SuperSimplyAnna]

Hats off

[@SamuelLee-gw6wr]

I often did these as exam results come out with sound effects as a joke. For example: You received 14 points (out of 100). (Very loud boos) You received 93 points. (Very loud cheers, that was the top score)

[@noamyoeli700]

Such a cool video thank you!

[@DoktorChaos81]

Great video with all of the commentators!

[@ks4733]

Switzerland… in German, French, Italian … Greek, Finnish, Spanish etc 😂😂 Edit: Finland has even more 😮😮

[@eglebalc3537]

Bruh Switzerland dosent have greek finnish spanish comentary

[@BritneyHIAM]

@@eglebalc3537 they were exaggerating because of the number of languages Switzerland broadcasts in. Anyways, Switzerland should only broadcast in German, the other languages are irrelevant

[@no1fanofthepals]

this was so interesting i loved hearing it. i'd like to have know what the sami commentators said bc there weren't english subtitles but oh well

[@sergioroman2920]

00:12 🇩🇪 Peter Urban (He has been involved in every ESC since 1997. However, this was his last year as commentator) 00:30 🇭🇷 Duško Ćurlić (He's been involved in every ESC since 2006, replacing Aleksandar "Aco" Kostadinov, except in 2014 in which "Aco" commentated again just like from 1993 to 2000 and again in 2004 and 2005) 00:49 🇵🇱 Marek Sierocki and Aleksander Sikora (Host of JESC 2019) (Both of them serve as commentators since ESC 2021, replacing Artur Orzech) 01:07 🇷🇸 Duška Vučinić-Lučić (She's been involved in every ESC since 2007, except in 2008 and 2014, even on the JESC from 2006 to 2010) 01:25 🇬🇧 Mel Giedroyc (She shared the role of commentator along with Graham Norton who replaced Sir Terry Wogan in 2008 and served as one of the hosts in 2023) 01:46 🇦🇱 Andri Xhahu (He serves as both commentator and spokesperson since 2012) 02:03 🇲🇩 Daniela Crudu 02:19 🇸🇮 Andrej Hofer (He's been involved in every ESC since 2008, except in 2021, even on the JESC from 2014 to 2016) 02:37 🇵🇹 José Carlos Malato and Nuno Galopim 02:51 🇳🇴 Marte Stokstad (She's been commentating ESC since 2021, despite being announced to replace Olav Viksmo-Slettan in 2020) 03:25 🇫🇷 Stéphane Bern (He's been involved in every ESC since 2015, even on the JESC since 2018) and Laurence Boccolini (She served as JESC commentator in 2021 due to Carla Lazzari's role as host in that year, but since said year she serves as ESC Commentator) 03:41 🇺🇦 Timur Miroshnychenko (Host of JESC 2009, JESC 2013 and ESC 2017, he commentated ESC 2022 on a bomb shelter, where he went nuts when Ukraine won and served as both commentator for said country and hosted the Opening Ceremony of the ESC 2023 along with Hockey player turned TV presenter Samantha Quek) 04:19 🇨🇭 Jean-Marc Richard, Nicolas Tanner and Priscilla Formaz (The former two have been commentating in French language since ESC 2008) 04:42 🇨🇭 Sven Epiney (He's been commentating in German language since ESC 2008) 05:00 🇨🇭 Ellis Cavallini and Gian-Andrea Costa 05:18 🇨🇾 Melina Karageorgiou (She's been involved in every ESC from 2008 to 2016, and returned last year) and Alexandros Taramountas 05:36 🇦🇲 Hamlet Arakelyan and Hrachuhi Utmazyan (She serves as commentator for ESC and JESC since JESC 2021 when Maléna won) 05:56 🇱🇹 Ramūnas Zilnys (He serves as commentator since 2021, replacing Darius Užkuraitis) 06:49 🇨🇿 Jan Maxián 07:20 🇪🇸 Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela (They've been involved in every ESC since 2015 and 2018 respectively, even on the JESC since 2019) 07:56 🇦🇹 Andi Knoll (He's been involved in every ESC since 1999) 08:22 🇧🇪 Peter Van de Veire (He's been commentating in Dutch language in ESC 2012 and every contest since 2014) 08:43 🇧🇪 Jean-Louis Lahaye (He's been commentating in French language since ESC 2007) and Maureen Louys (Host of JESC 2005 and commentator in French language since ESC 2013, after Jean-Pierre Hautiere's passing) 09:17 🇦🇺 Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey (They serve as commentators since ESC 2017, replacing Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang) 09:44 🇪🇪 Marko Reikop (He's been commentating in Estonian language every ESC since 1999) 10:15 🇪🇪 Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda (They've been commentating in Russian language since ESC 2016 and ESC 2017, respectively) 10:50 🇫🇮 Mikko Silvennoinen (He's been commentating in Finnish language since ESC 2016) 11:38 🇫🇮 Levan Tvaltvadze (He's been commentating in Russian language since ESC 2021) 12:14 🇫🇮 Heli Huovinen and Aslak Paltto 13:07 🇫🇮 Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos (They've been commentating in Swedish language since ESC 2011) 13:53 🇫🇮 Galyna Sergeyeva 14:32 🇮🇹 Gabriele Corsi and Mara Maionchi 14:55 🇮🇱 Asaf Liberman and Akiva Novick 15:42 🇸🇪 Edward af Sillén (He's been commentating ESC since 2009, even JESC until 2014, except in 2013 and 2016) and Måns Zelmerlöw (Winner of ESC 2015, host of ESC 2016 and commentator in ESC 2017 and 2023) PD: The names of each commentator are already shown on the bottom left side of the screen, but here it is anyway.

[@lovisalindstrom7920]

Ah Slovenia were funny. Edward af Sillen has been swedens commentator for several years now and wrote the manuscript för the latest two Eurovisions that were held in Sweden.

[@bamse26]

Hii from norwegian speaker! 2:58 translation correction, instead of "biggest sum of points to anyone", it should be "biggest sum of points yet/so far. otherwise, all is good :)) wonderful video btw ❤

[@escdiscord]

Will edit it, thank you! :)

[@stefaniamunteanu5732]

10:27 The applause she heard were actually for Finland 🤣

[@leahrowden3939]

15:52 Hon skriver historia! Det är första gången sedan 1987, en artist lyckades att vinna Eurovision en gång till!

[@szandorthe13th]

Monika cheering behind Käärijä tho 😭

[@Asidders]

I love your channel!

[@simplelifestyle4xmum]

It 's so cool to hear the reaction of different countries!❤ Thanks for this ❤❤❤

[@SuperJNG18]

I wish I was watching with any of the Finnish commentators so I could have a voice immediately reassuring me when the final score broke my heart

[@ellem8990]

Were you watching without any commentary then?

[@alipanroosendaal9503]

They came 2nd out of 37. That is something to celebrate, isn't it?

[@florenna]

@@alipanroosendaal9503 Not when you were just about to win it all... :( I know normally 2nd is great, but it didn't feel like it now.

[@alipanroosendaal9503]

@@florenna Finland were never about to win it all. The bookies had Loreen as red hot favourites from the moment she won the Swedish NF. They knew the juries would all be throwing 12 points each at it, and the combination of her fame and the unique staging would gain her loads of TV votes too. So Finland was always a clear 2nd favourite but highly unlikely to match Sweden. When Maneskin pipped Pravi 2 years ago, by only 23 points instead of more than 50, the bookies called that too. That night I was sad for Pravi, but it was inevitable. Still, Kaarija is now an ESC legend and will hopefully make himself a bit of money, built a career and who know, might enter again some time.

[@florenna]

@@alipanroosendaal9503 Bookies don't decide the winner, and yes, Käärijä was there to win it, and all of Finland believed in it & many others too, no matter what you stupidly claim! And the huge televote showed he *could* & *should* have won, if only the stupid juries hadn't shoved their 12 unnecessarily to Sweden, like lambs. Talk about rigged, as if it was a plan that Sweden "has to" win, in their minds. Also no one has asked your opinion (which is only is), so please just piss off.

[@emersondecastromorais3724]

I feel that Timur liked the result of Ukrainian televoting 😊

[@lily_mercury]

I mean, it’s always good to be in a Top-10. As a Ukrainian I was okay with places 6-10 this year

[@creynolds094]

Please make a video similar to this featuring the commentators' reactions to their countries televote points from the 2021 & 2022 Eurovision Song Contest Finals.

[@triadafillos1]

where were the commentators of the French TV? I didn't hear a word of them? Did they become so speechless after seeing La Zarra's middle finger?

[@jerryberry5480]

I like how other broadcaster had clearer and better audio quality for commentators to speak. They’re also not too loud. The commentators’ audio in SBS (Australia) is at low quality. On TV, their volume just overpowers everything in the show

[@agokgmf2219]

lmfao the slovenian commentator, i can't

[@Kasser_KSR]

if you have access to timur's commentary could you get a clip of his enthusiasm for australia's song? he's like their number 1 fan whenever they showed up he got so passionate lol

[@Marios-br1hm]

Cyprus - Thank you for everyone that voted for us ❤❤❤❤❤ Only our commentators were so kind xxx Lol with French guys, they haven't spoke 😅

[@maikotter9945]

Have you felt the earthquake, which happened in Asia, yourself, which let > 60 000 humans dying, in the Republic of Turkey and in the Arab Republic of Syria? It was also felt on the Island of Cyprus and in the Republic of Libanon! The Epicenter was located in Northern Kurdistan (Turkey)! There is a Kurdish Red Cresent organisation, whose woman, has spoken to an ARD show host (Federal Republic of Germany).

[@-Alex-Connor-]

Hannah's face after Finland's points said everything... "Omg... WW3 coming.."

[@blee1997]

Mans has got to be the happiest man alive when he saw that his former Eurovision comrade of a winner has won again

[@gabesalgado789]

This was so great, thanks for putting it together. Where did you get the Israeli commentary?

[@Pleasegivemeschoki]

I just wanna say that the austrian commentator Andi knoll is an absolute sweetheart and his comments are basically always the best part of watching Eurovision

[@valerieperin3612]

That Sami (Finland) commentators part tho. 12:01

[@leahrowden3939]

15:52 She rewrites history! This is the first time since 1987, that an artist manages to win Eurovision once again!

[@clarkejoseph49]

I didn’t know Mans Zemerlow was on commentary for Sweden.

[@verainget3379]

:D

[@Sisselynn]

WOW, i was really shoked to hear Russian commentator for Finnish one!! and Ukranian too!!

[@elisabetesuzana]

My god, Spain was incredible. I’m sure the voting isn’t as ‘clean’ as they make us believe.

[@aiko_and_jann_defender]

I loved Spain, didn't deserve last placw! But she handled it with grace, unlike France who did't even get that few points.

[@ohya867]

Now I know that there are five languages ​​​​relayed in Finland (including Ukrainian and Russian?), Switzerland only has three (no Romansh) Cool! Greetings from Taiwan 🇹🇼

[@emdove]

Is Sami difficult to translate and that’s why there’s no subtitles? I love that Finland had commentators in so many languages, especially small ones like Sami 😊

[@naniyodesu]

Pretty sure it's just because there aren't a lot of people who speak it? And I think one of the reasons behind that is because it's not easy to learn if you're not part of the Sami people due to the lack of accessible content in that language. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong!

[@tombehrens2063]

@@naniyodesu well it is not that hard to access. The northern universities usually have Sami classes and I think it is in Northern Norway at least mandatory that people have always access to someone who speaks Sami at any kind of public service. So, in short, no you don’t have to be part of the community to learn the language, but interacting with people who speak it is definitely a benefit :D

[@naniyodesu]

@@tombehrens2063 Oh, okay! Thanks for the info! Sorry, that was just my Southern Finnish perspective and assumptions talking then :)

[@_J_A_G_]

I didn't see any subtitles at all, was that in the YT video or did you mean live TV?

[@sergioroman2920]

Thank you for uploading the televoting reaction! But what about the reactions to the 12 points from the juries as I've promised some time ago?

[@snowyoon]

ths video will require much longer time, so let's wait :)

[@itsthemjb]

just the ominous laugh from the croatian commentator 😭😭

[@tilde5094]

I can't with Måns calling Loreen "Lorrpan" 😭 so sweet

[@eddiester]

how can you translate it?

[@tilde5094]

@@eddiester it's just a friendly nickname :) Not sure how to explain it, but it's common to add -pan or -an to a person's name as a nickname in Sweden, and it shows familiarity

[@eddiester]

@@tilde5094 thank you, that’s very sweet

[@TANC_Charley]

Portugal! *Ai Coração*