Eurovision 2023 in a nutshell

[@sunner108]

I was personally not the biggest fan of Finland's song but winning the public vote so overwhelmingly and still coming in second is absurd. It's ridiculous that 5 jury members from each country should have as much power to pick the winner as millions of fans. Loreen winning without a single 12 points from the fans is not a good look for the Eurovision.

[@ZenithShape]

It was rigged so eurovision could be in Sweden while Abba celebrates its 50 years

[@sk70091]

Absurd is just the right word. This system is so unfair to the fans who actually pay to vote.

[@tofiqzade]

No, it is not. First, the jury final is held separately from the grand final for televoters. Norway for example, sounded horrrrrible during the jury final, like it was very bad and she could barely sing, so I can understand why it came low with the juries but high with televoters. Kaarija was never the best singer, and during the jury final he was far from best. Still, the fact that he came in top 5 with juries is a lot compared to countries like Spain that came in top 10 only.

[@sunner108]

@@tofiqzade That doesn't answer the question of why juries should have that much power to begin with.

[@mantailuaa]

IKR, still thinking about KEiiNO too.

[@soundracoon7209]

Lord of the Lost on last place is still a crime..they did worldclass.

[@FexxarTV]

Fortunately, ppl who think like u are minority, although I would place UK below Germany.

[@Bionickpunk]

Same with Serbia being 3rd to last.

[@violetnoire8253]

Couldn't agree more

[@huuache]

I LOVE LORD OF THE LOST LIKE WTF😭😭😭😭

[@kingkramer]

I personally loved the idea of Lord of the Lost's entry, but I think the thing that set Voyager's entry above it for me was how the energy/composition was handled. Voyager's entry was a tried-and-true way to build up the song and its energy for sure, but it worked wonders. For me, "Blood and Glitter" peaked in the very beginning and the bridge, where both the band and the vocalist went harder with the fry screams. After a relatively calm first verse, I was expecting the chorus to match the fantastic energy of the intro. I'll have to listen to the studio version. I know many songs don't always translate as well to the stage (vocalists have to breathe after all), and it might be that the energy is better contained when the challenges of live performance are alleviated. In short: Lord of the Lost did an excellent performance, and there's not a shred of doubt that these are incredibly skilled musicians and performers! I just wanted *more* :)

[@diekje8728]

Watching the public voting was so painful. You know it starts of low but than it keeps rising. This just kept getting more and more depressing

[@venlakirahvi]

I also really prefer the normal way of announcing points. Maybe they should just add the jury and public votes together so they can be announced by each country at the same time (if we are to continue having the juries). I get that this new style of announcing the public votes is much more dramatic and entertaining. However it's just not the Eurovision tradition, and it becomes a bit humiliating for the artists in the low end when it's made into such a spectacle. I admire their attitudes but still. Even though Eurovision is a competition, it should still be done in a way that is wholesome and including.

[@Alicia-zf3nq]

@@venlakirahvi I'm all for not having to sit through one and a half hours of announcing points. All those countries announcing points for 45 minutes in a semi-formal way only for the scores to change again afterwards is such a mood dampener. I came to watch a party, not a boring maths lecture

[@venlakirahvi]

​@@Alicia-zf3nq It seems to be a question of preference/taste. For me it's an essential part of the Eurovision tradition. Sure, I also think some of it is boring, but there are also fun, weird and wholesome things that happen during it.

[@christinal.2138]

Dude as a German it's always the most painful part, because we almost always get 0 points lmao

[@Baiami26]

​@@christinal.2138 True, it's sad and I am not even German 😢

[@xime5224]

Pointing out how most of the countries look disappointed already prior to the public votes being announced, and I think that’s because they knew, after the Sweden jury points, there was no chance for them to even come close to winning. And I think most countries were sacrificed in the public vote for the chance to see Kaarija win - not even that worked :(

[@alice45-fgd-456drt]

I think this is correct. If Finland had gotten every single 12 from every single country, they still would've only won with 11 points. The jury made sure that Sweden would win because of the Abba anniversary next year, and the public was forced to try to vote against it. In the end we all wasted our money.

[@KaleidoSTAR_PH]

if Finland got at least 430+ points from televotes, he would have won Sweden, with obviously high Jury Votes, won despite how it is 100 less she receives from Televotes yeah, Jury Votes are just cruel to Finland

[@takahashiueda3332]

​@@KaleidoSTAR_PH tje maximum is 440 ypu can get though

[@allitus]

​@@alice45-fgd-456drtif its any consolation, finland got the second best results ever in eurovision history right after lordi that won almost 20 years ago. as a finn, im really grateful for people that voted käärijä and even if it didnt reach victory, it still made history ^^

[@lakehouse9268]

@@alice45-fgd-456drtlmao stop the conspiracy theories will you? Abba has already declined a reunion for next year

[@Giotsche]

You forgot the jury all giving 12 points to sweden and greece not giving 12 to Cyprus

[@jounirikkonen8176]

Can you imagine that in televoting sweden did not get 12 points from anyone. Like no country thought that sweden is no 1.

[@moondaughter1004]

@@jounirikkonen8176 honestly though we shouldn't have gotten that high jury scores. Finland should have won. We swedes even gave them 12 points in both the jury and televote

[@Luzitanium]

​@@jounirikkonen8176 And this was done on purpose so that ABBA and Eurovision could celebrate 50 years next year so convenient a jury pushing something to happen to please a music group instead of doing their job in the most neutral possible way

[@jounirikkonen8176]

@@moondaughter1004 Yes, i did notice that. And it is not peoples fault or Loreen's. In UMK (Finnish eurovision selection competition) the international jury from 7 countries will have the affect of 25% of points. 75% is by people televoting. With that system the jury can not overrun if people are behind of one competitor. In that system the jury is more like "small boost" or "professional opinion". But i think that at the end we would not be this upset if jury and televotes would have been atleast little bit closer each other. The difference was too blatant. Käärijä got 2nd biggest televote points ever after Ukraine 2022 and he still lost so it kind of tell's that in realisticly public votes couldn't have changed the outcome after Loreen got so huge points from jury.

[@CharlieGB03]

@@Luzitanium Calm down. No need to make up bs just because your favourite didn’t win. I loved Finland too but I can accept that they didn’t win.

[@violetnoire8253]

Kaarija was robbed, 100%, but Germany too, man. They were such a delight and so much fun! They deserved so much more.

[@ieatcomputers]

can everyone agree that käärijäs song is a mess but it’s fun but it was a deserved non winner plz

[@seppokaariainen5172]

​@@ieatcomputers Everyone have different opinions thats makes them humans.

[@MaticTheProto]

@@ieatcomputers silence loser

[@ieatcomputers]

@@seppokaariainen5172 yea but it doesn’t make sense that ppl argue bout the tele jury thing 💀 💀 we have full control over the semis now

[@seppokaariainen5172]

@@ieatcomputers Honestly have to say i have never voted in eurovision infact totally forgot it was still a thing

[@TheAntydotum]

Serbia, Czechia, Slovenia, Australia and Austria were sacrificed to boost the hell out of Finland. That's my explanation and consolation ;-;

[@sydan-wv9tm]

all that just for the juries to destroy europes opinion ☹️

[@actuallyabowlingball]

@@sydan-wv9tm crazy how 185 people can have the same amount of Power as all of Europe can. We need to fix the jury points.

[@vivuviu]

@@actuallyabowlingball 185 people and like at least 30% of them don't even have musical studies . i would be a better judge and my musical knowledge is "that doesn't sound very in tune tbh"

[@sanitycheck1828]

Not me voting for slovenia because i thought kaarija had it in the bag 😢

[@girlwhomustnotbenamed4139]

That's what I have been saying, the points were really concentrated. I had more songs that I really liked this year than any other year before but I had to prioritise my votes and I'm sure this is exactly what most people did.

[@Stevie2468]

THE AUDIENCE "BITCH" AFTER SERBIA POINTS ANNOUNCEMENT HAHAHAHA 🤣you are a comedy icon lopopol please never stop ❤

[@venlakirahvi]

This will be an iconic moment in Eurovision history

[@gretablackwell495]

Same energy as “Instead of meat I eat salad and-“

[@Bionickpunk]

@@gretablackwell495 Instead of Meat I eat veggies and pussey!

[@k4t4r1n4]

HAHA YES 🥲

[@ioana_raducea-marin]

10/10 video! still salty about Finland not winning :(( And Serbia and Germany deserved so much more

[@jule8478]

YES

[@mibdar]

YES YES YES! I'm not even European or Australian but come on! What sustem is that?? So unfair 😢

[@gdragonstan]

Absolutely ❤

[@marichkour]

I was so unbelievably disappointed of Spain, Austria, Australia and Slovenia receiving lowest points. I have given my voice for them and in the end i see this. I still can't calm down because of it.

[@PlacidusaxDragonlord]

I mean, at least germany was last place

[@LeodisTrainSpotter]

@@PlacidusaxDragonlord at this point i just feel bad for them there not having good runs recently. same for us in UK, we went form 0, to 2nd, to then all the back down 🤣

[@onomatopoetisk]

If a lot of people votes for one or few contestants and they get a huge part of the points, that leaves few points for the others. Simply as that.

[@renemortensen5028]

they also excluded Latvia and Georgia from the semis. I really dont like televoters XD

[@andystan2743]

That's why this contest need jury, imagine Spain would be dead last without jury...

[@fimbles4211]

"Europe, Australia, Liverpool" THE THREE GENDERS

[@FexxarTV]

And I guess Israel is now in Europe. Or maybe in Australia, dunno.

[@dandelionhood4508]

​@@FexxarTV Everyone knows Israel is in Liverpool, duh 😂

[@Deathisaninevitablething]

​@@dandelionhood4508 I thought it was in Blackpool 🤔

[@Oktopus549]

Born as Europe,Born to BE Australia (I want 5o get eaten by an insect)

[@ngvot]

when you want to watch eurovision content but it's just so depressing after käärijä didn't win and luke black got completely robbed

[@knees0cks_49]

LUKE GOT SO ROBBED IM SO MAD

[@ngvot]

@@knees0cks_49 me too I genuinely want to avenge him

[@BTSIPURPLEYOU-zi4mk]

Luke black wasn’t even good and Finland still won he got second place

[@BTSIPURPLEYOU-zi4mk]

@@knees0cks_49 he wasn’t even that good

[@alice45-fgd-456drt]

I will say, Luke's mic was WAY too low, I could barely hear him sing at all 😬

[@pauliuszvironas9667]

Crowds chanting "Käärijä" and "Cha cha cha" during voting reveal. Finland getting 12 televote points from 18 countries and Sweden getting 12 televote points from 0 countries Let's talk about the real winner of Eurovision

[@dimidrugg9592]

Fun fact: Loreen also received 18 sets of 12 points on her first victory in 2012.

[@lakehouse9268]

Let’s talk about Finland being the only country to give 0 points to Sweden in the televote?! Tactical voting, very childish

[@milesmonacothesequel2294]

​@@lakehouse9268Because tatoo wasn't worth voting for

[@lilyangeli]

​@@lakehouse9268girl can you REALLY blame finns? The juries always have sweden's back but finland gets always overlooked. This time undeservedly. Who wants to see sweden win AGAIN. With ANOTHER radio friendly pop song sung in english? Now come on now. It had been under 8 years since their last win. It's been 17 years since finland's ONLY win. I'm 18 so I'm not old enough to have personal memories of it. Seeing my home country get so close to winning, yet failing was so frustrating, because it was juries fault it didn't happen. The people who voted paid REAL MONEY. And the fact that their votes had no significant impact because of the ridiculous advantage given to sweden. I'm not saying loreen isn't vocally gifted 'cause obviously she is. But you'd have to be lying to say you've never heard anything like tattoo before. However, I'm no longer mad because Käärijä became the robbed fan favorite and the performance with more cultural impact. So with that, Finland practically won. Sweden just has to pay next years contest

[@andyurban9790]

I loved this year's Eurovision! The artists, the songs, THE CHEMISTRY everyone had with eachother!!! Just really sad Käärijä didn't win 😭

[@BTSIPURPLEYOU-zi4mk]

So? It’s competition it’s how it should be

[@andyurban9790]

@@BTSIPURPLEYOU-zi4mk Why u salty? I can't pick a favourite and feel emotions when they don't win?

[@hansenhorst3117]

This year was very forgetable.

[@hanna-mariauvinen3361]

You mean unforgetable?

[@Bucky_Winchester]

It was very underwhelming.

[@dallunatic]

The fact that people think Solo is a better song that all the others is gagging me like... The girl is not even showing impression singing skills or anything i'm confused.

[@KA-gy3lz]

That song is so generic lol

[@FexxarTV]

The fact that majority of ppl (looking at the votes) think otherwise than you, yet you still you think you're in the right is gagging me. I can listen to Solo in radio, dance to it whatever, but songs like serbia? maybe intro of anime but not an eurovision song lmao.

[@dallunatic]

@@FexxarTV the Eurovision is not made to make you listen to basic mainstream songs. We're here to see gorgeous voices, beautiful songs, funny songs, something that no one else is supposed to do better than them. Every single entry this year can sing solo better than her.

[@FexxarTV]

@@dallunatic UK entry can sing better? XD If Blankas singing skills are 3/10 then UK is 2/10. Poland already had ppl with beautiful voices (real talented artists) like Michał Szpak or Ochman and what did it helped? It's all rigged, political stuff (mostly affected be juries). I am not saying Poland deserves good place in scoreboard (hell no, I heard her singing and it's awful but half of entries in finals were either also bad or just boring) and even though it's like u said "basic, mainstream song" most of ppl on this planet are basic and mainstream. If "We're here to see gorgeous voices" I guess next year Loreen will come up with the same boring ass song and will win because she has the best voice in the competition.

[@dallunatic]

@@FexxarTV i do agree that the UK entry was horrible. For me it's just sad to see countries sending people with beautiful voices and in the middle you have the UK and Poland's entry who are not even finale worthy for me. Not only Loreen is a beautiful singer, this year we had a lot of beautiful voices, Marco Mengoni, Alessandra, Alika, Blanca Paloma, and as you said with Poland there are some like Ochman last year. (The only reason why Loreen won is because she's Loreen and it's the anniversary of Abba's win next year) I just don't get why the jury are choosing the most basic song like we're gonna think the same.

[@frankiepaez9829]

I feel like the bottom 16 was filled with so many top ten-worthy performances, and this video perfectly sums up my views

[@robotwars666]

Is it me or did the france singer give the middlefinger? Also CHA CHA CHA is the winner for me thanks jurry...

[@rokasauryla4857]

It's not a middle finger but a gesture basically meaning ,,it is what it is'' from what i gathered

[@robotwars666]

@@rokasauryla4857 thanks for letting know i was realy confused :)

[@squiddysan]

​@@rokasauryla4857 nope, she flipped us off. That whole explanation that it means "it is what it is" was her poor excuse of damage control after she got called out for blatantly disrespecting her audience 😂 not to mention that she also stormed out of the green room after that (to have a temper tantrum, I guess) like a 5 year old that got their toy taken away

[@dejanlujic8918]

@@rokasauryla4857 from what I know, it means "you can stick it up your bumbum", disrespectful but iconic 🤣

[@broadbandislife]

@@squiddysan Flipping the bird isn't done with the rest of fingers straight you nit, less still first downwards. Quick googling says there's even a specific emoji for the gesture she did.

[@taniaphillips9766]

I love how excited Voyager looked after getting 21 points. I love them (we also traditionally don't get a lot of points from the viewers vote so we were all ecstatic back here in Australia to get into double digits). And as they said - they are independent pro-rock, Synth metal band from Perth (we've never sent a band, rock music or anyone from Perth before) and they finished ninth at Eurovision!! But still they won their semi and it was all viewer votes so we have hope for the future if SBS chooses to stay in the competition.

[@bestnarryever]

Voyager become one of my favorite bands after ESC this year! I’m so glad they didn’t give up on participating and I was happy for them to finish ninth! I would’ve never discovered them otherwise, I live on the other side of the globe! (Brazil) 🥳

[@inerciasart]

Blanca Paloma took it so much better than me. I literally started screaming I felt SO ATTACKED so many countries got ROBBED

[@Alicia-zf3nq]

Same lol. I rage-quitted the show to calm down with some cute baby animal videos when Loreen won and my favourites got so few points

[@LeodisTrainSpotter]

@@Alicia-zf3nq when loreen won my mum screamed and then shook the tv 🤣

[@florenna]

@@Alicia-zf3nq Ha ha, cute baby animal videos, that's one way I guess :D For us over here in Finland, we had to calm down listening to some world class Finnish metal (e.g. Children Of Bodom: In Your Face, perfect anger-management song, highly recommend!), understandably our rage was somewhat stronger than most other countries'... (though I get everyone's rage) ;D

[@jacklovejoy5290]

Despite how bizarre it looked, Croatia had the smartest song this year, it's full of double and triple meanings that all boil down to "fuck Putin", even the costumes are mocking his homophobia and are an allusion to the Emperor's New Clothes

[@thegrimreaper9552]

Finally someone that gets it! Thank you!

[@VolvoMoose13]

Yes Putin will have restless nights over this..

[@Bucky_Winchester]

​@@VolvoMoose13 since he cares so much about what people think about him, I bet he does and gets constipated from it.

[@florenna]

"Costumes were mocking homophobia"? 😯And we all thought they referred to herr Hitler... (Mocking all dictators, kind of.)

[@uguuuguunen9544]

Well every song about war and putin was so blatantly obvious and in-your-face that they were just cringe😂

[@carolinenightbloom2778]

The crowd cheering was the only proof we needed on who should have actually won... Also the crowd shouting bitch was amazing haha he deserved better too

[@allitus]

yep 😭😭 im from finland and gave my votes to serbia and slovenia, such a shame they didnt do so good but at least they gained a new fan !

[@asmrmiscellaneous8200]

I wanted filand to win and Germany to get a lot more points, they were wonderful

[@WonHakWoon]

Germany deserved better for sure

[@pontius_official]

Croatia: - 11 points from jury - 100+ points from listeners Croatia is so underrated. Their song really made my day.

[@zail3_439]

Croatia cicked out Malta they deserve nothing more haha

[@UsernameUsername0000]

@@zail3_439Malta was dead last in its semi. Croatia was a confident qualifier (6th or 7th iirc). 8 songs kicked out Malta, and Croatia isn’t one of them.

[@zail3_439]

@@UsernameUsername0000 I would have swapped Croatia with Malta, that's why I sadi Croatia won undeserved.

[@UsernameUsername0000]

@@zail3_439 That’s you, though. The televote had an 8 song gap between the two songs. That’s why I don’t think it’s logical to complain that one stole the spot of another. They please different demographics anyway. But I get your main point

[@zail3_439]

@@UsernameUsername0000 Okay

[@aliyahhaynes]

I loved Sweden but god damn Finland was so perfect for Eurovision. 👏Switzerland feels incredibly slept on- for a typically neutral country to sing such a powerful song wow! Slightly worried with the rest of the world now involved in the votes we might just get radio-friendly songs and lose the wonderful that is Europop :)

[@renemortensen5028]

its just 12 points.. relax. has minimal effekt. The score was as follows. 12p Israel, 10 points Finland, 8p Armenia, 7p. Sweden, 6p albania, 5p Ukraine, 4p Norway, 3p Croatia, 2 Spain, 1p France. At least the world knows that Beyba should not get points.

[@aliyahhaynes]

@@renemortensen5028 I thought most of this years grand final entries were really strong :) this was a fab year! I just love songs that go crazy and wild with concepts 😂which was your favourite? :D

[@alice45-fgd-456drt]

I mean I don't think people slept on it, the only comments I've seen is that it's actually pretty tasteless for a swiss entry to whine about not wanting to be a soldier when they're literally one of the least likely countries in the world to ever be involved in armed conflict. It's a bit tone deaf, especially while there's literally war in Europe.

[@renemortensen5028]

@@aliyahhaynes well. It was "Aija". In the final Cha cha cha. Not a song i normally would go for at All, but I just adore it. I normally go for great musical kompositions, and study worthy lyrics. Specially melancolic ones. Soo normally its Italy or Netherlands (or both). Whats yours?

[@aliyahhaynes]

@@renemortensen5028 Thats a really good choice! You're very right Italy and Netherlands never cease to send amazing pieces. I think for me this year it was Lithuania's 'Stay ČIŪTO TŪTO' because the first year I properly fell in love with Eurovision was 2015 (when I was old enough to really engage with it) so Monika holds a special place in my heart

[@dubstepviolin207]

love how we thought käärijä was gonna receive 900 points from the public when he could get a max of 456👀😂 but still #justiceforserbia

[@Mezzy..]

Knowing that austria cried on the plane and was so sad after makes me feel so bad, I wonder how the other low-ranking countries felt

[@KyrieFortune]

Germany was likely very disappointed... but they open Iron Maiden concerts now, the highest honour a band can get in the world of metal music, so they are good

[@florenna]

Oh I'm so very sorry to hear that, I loved the video where the Austrian girls comforted Käärijä immediately after the shock loss result was announced, they seemed so lovely! :( Sending loads of comfort back to them!! (Not that mine probably helps any,but I'm trying my best...) Please come to Finland, you will be loved.

[@nehalilisays]

At least "Who the hell is Edgar?" made it to no. 3 on Spotify's global viral 50 (after Cha Cha Cha & Tattoo)

[@HijiyamasYakisobaPan]

@@KyrieFortune still expected though

[@raquelh7682]

I'm genuinely surprised (bad) by the final scoreboard and I'm so sorry but Blanca Paloma deserved so much more. I can't believe Italy got such good result

[@janeslater8004]

Cyprus and switzerland male ballads were better

[@raquelh7682]

@@janeslater8004 so true

[@coreytaylorofficialjustpra7308]

FR like everyone was so robbed i mean Spain, France, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland, Serbia, Moldova, Germany, they all didn't deserve to end up in the second half

[@raquelh7682]

@@coreytaylorofficialjustpra7308 totally agree

[@marsukarhu9477]

Italy and Sweden send the same contestants with the same songs every year and they do great, so I guess all the other countries should maybe do the same? Would be cheaper too :D

[@lauraboredom2168]

the way so many were so ROBBED

[@onomatopoetisk]

That’s what happens when so many vote for few of the songs - not many points are left for the others.

[@johnnyklingborg6127]

As Swede im not able to relate to that feeling..

[@florenna]

Yes, so many so ROBBED because of Sweden, frankly. To the barricades!!!

[@florenna]

@@johnnyklingborg6127 Yeah, get that, you Swedes can't relate to much can you...

[@Askmolnet]

There can only be one in the first place

[@ColoringAHouse]

When Spain got 5 televotes I immediately went to my room 🤣

[@SarahJigglypuff]

I feel like I aged 20 years watching this contest this year.

[@minihalkoja590]

Same. I went through 10 years of stress during the final counting.

[@indimacproductions1174]

I will never be over the injustice of Slovenia and Austrias points

[@kaysmith8992]

Slovenia was the only one whose vocals I could actually hear above the music. ESC needs to sort the acoustics

[@iscapopo]

As a Spanish person who loved Blanca's performance, this year was hard to watch.

[@Baiami26]

I'm so sorry, she was really good, too many artists were robbed wtf 😰

[@Zalagath]

@@Baiami26 indeed : (

[@allyperfectcosima5472]

I'm from the USA and I was also rooting for you guys ❤️ in my opinion she deserved at the very least top 5, I kept hope until the end that she might somehow pull off an underdog win ❤️

[@tibbleton]

same, having watched spain screw up for years, knowing that two years in a row we delivered excellent performances and got absolutely robbed hurt. chanel deserved to win last year and blanca deserved more than she got. i didn't get the hype on unicorn or tatoo and loreen didn't even seem to want the win most of the time, and for that to happen, pues se sentia horrible honestamente

[@SimpleThingsOfTheLife]

Honestamente, como minimo esperaba 80 puntos que era lo menos que se merecia... pero 5? Ni en años tan tragicos nos dieron puntos tan bajos, europa no supo apreciar el Arte y la Cultura iberica ya que lo mismo paso con Portugal a polonia les dieron 81 tio???, que si es muy chistoso el meme de Bejba, pero enserio????????? Urge crear un Hispanicvision o no se yo, simplemente no valoran a españa o portugal

[@XKathXgames]

Public voting should count for more. Also no repeat winners. Not only did Loreen win once before already, but curious that ABBA's win 50 year anniversary is next year (or was this one? I don't remember). Judges wanted to make that anniversary a Swedish Eurovison event, just look at the Jury vs public voting difference for Sweden

[@StayestOfStays]

That is quite fishy indeed aint it

[@meduzsazsa8490]

It has nothing to do with Abba. It was obvious Tattoo would landslide the jury votes

[@KyrieFortune]

Next year is the 50th anniversary, Waterloo was in 1974 - ABBA really popped out with their pop song in a sea of ballads, but it was a tight competition against Italy until the very end. Ironically, Italy was the one who brought a former winner... and it would have worked out for being the FIRST singer to win twice and ALSO being the first woman to do so, if ABBA weren't there. The anniversary of the band that surprisingly won with a song unlike any other against a former winner will be in Sweden... because a former winner won against a singer with a surprisingly song unlike any other. It's disappointing on even more levels.

[@Deathisaninevitablething]

It's ridiculous how 200 people on the jury have more power than millions and millions of people 😕😕

[@lemontreemedia2252]

​@@KyrieFortune you realize if they want to see if they can just you know change the hosting country they did it this year

[@Luzitanium]

the jury agree the votes between themselves in different countries (not all) thats why most of them voted the same way, this isnt a jury but a group to push the commercial music companies that hold the artits they voted for. And this was done on purpose so that ABBA and Eurovision could celebrate 50 years next year so convenient a jury pushing something to happen to please a music group instead of doing their job in the most neutral possible way

[@ZenithShape]

The jury did feel a bit rigged this year

[@FexxarTV]

@@ZenithShape Jury votes is always rigged xd Just check previous eurovisions and their votes. Most juries are voting for each other or for their neighbours every year. Presenters, at least in my country already know who and how much will get points before they are announced.

[@annag1202]

I agree with you and even though I’m from the U.K. and love Sam Ryder I think it was also rigged last year so that we would come second and host on behalf of the obvious winner Ukraine. I love Eurovision but I don’t trust what goes on behind the scenes at all.

[@KyrieFortune]

Honestly what surprised me is Ukrainian jury giving 12 points to Sweden? Not Czechia with a song about Interslavic solidarity, not Croatia with a song against Putin? I actually wish we had more political votes this year, spice things up, instead of predictable Sweden sweep

[@Luzitanium]

@@KyrieFortune more political than last year is impossible.

[@rat-in-the-void]

jury votes are always horrible but televotes this year were so disappointing too. i get that a lot of people sacrifaces their other favourities for finland so it hurts only more that he didn't win.

[@florenna]

Yeah, it's unfair for us in Finland and unfair for everyone else too. :(

[@StealthheartDraws]

Germany France Portugal Moldova and Spain were cheated out of better scores imo I also adore Switzerland and it’s my second favorite but the way it turned out was how I had expected; ballads don’t tend to win

[@annag1202]

Love the video, great job and great antidote to the post Eurovision Blues. I think my country and Liverpool put on a great show this year, just a shame it was spoiled by the final result, but the jury and Österdahl decided months ago that Sweden must have it’s Abbavision next year 🙄 Käärijä forever! 🇫🇮💚🇬🇧

[@mariiabbbb]

UK was an outstanding host. Heard such great things about the Liverpool's eurovision energy, like it was present all over the city! And the stage, the hosts and the show itself was beyond amazing! You should be proud 💛💙

[@pikapika4240]

Abba's anniversary next year, having extra time to set up the bread grill, lots of time since Johnny Logan's double win stirring up fascination. Hosts not interviewing Finland at green room despite being in the lead at one point, swedish songwriters always writing songs for other artists. Juries are made of record executives with money and connections to those hit factories. And why was 4th placed Cornelia there instead of 3rd place CHANEL from last year? Why Måns again? Even the ESC boss Osterdahl is Swedish! Even the blindest ones can see what's going on here. Swedish oversaturation is off the roof. And the public is tired to swedevision, hearing same songs all over again.

[@alice45-fgd-456drt]

if only the people were tired enough to stop voting. The main income for the EBU is our votes, and every year we give them millions upon millions. As long as they make money, they will continue.

[@pikapika4240]

@@alice45-fgd-456drt I can't imagine this going down again next year, so many are calling for a boycott that it actually might happen.

[@KyrieFortune]

​@@pikapika4240 so far, not Finland, they have already express their will to participate next year... I feel like they are already planning to bring something so amazing it'll win with a jury AND public landslide only 2016 Portugal can compare with. The biggest "fuck you" to this year's end results.

[@pikapika4240]

@@KyrieFortune Perhaps, we'll see! Would love that but it's going to be difficult to top this years results.

[@florenna]

@@KyrieFortune Oh I'd love that to happen!!! As a Finn, my suggestion is to send symphonic metal next year, our special "niche", though not sure Swedevision wil appreciate that enough.... :(

[@ophiolatrix]

Last year I understood the scoreboard placements even if my personal tastes diverged at times (I wished France and Lithuania did better but I thought we had a really strong top 5), but this year just doesn't make a lick of sense. (Also my household was rooting for kaarija so you can probably guess how we all felt lol)

[@egorpanteleev6804]

Germany and slovenia deserved to be in the top 10 at least

[@ohhiitsjustme3445]

Uh, NO

[@WonHakWoon]

Um, YES@@ohhiitsjustme3445

[@WonHakWoon]

Germany deserved better for sure. Europe never appreciated metal in Eurovision that much, aside from the Finnish 2006 bs

[@hiyoriiki1155]

Eurovision was a big ass rollercoaster, even more than previous years. Mannn

[@johannasinii972]

this was the biggest assassination of the century

[@katora6133]

1:46 I live for that edit haha 🥲

[@Luzitanium]

Portugal deserved to be Top10, many portuguese couldnt voted in France, the number given to them was unrecognised

[@vanessag5449]

Finland won our hearts! Cannot get cha cha cha out of my head!!

[@BTSIPURPLEYOU-zi4mk]

Maybe cuz it’s the only reason you want him to win nothing else

[@becauseimbatman1391]

​@@BTSIPURPLEYOU-zi4mk Not mocking someone who thought Cha Cha Cha should've won challenge: impossible

[@vanessag5449]

@@BTSIPURPLEYOU-zi4mk get a hobby.

[@theycallmetrinity]

@@vanessag5449 waa my favorite didn't win waa waa waa

[@CommunityGuidlin]

@@vanessag5449 shut up Loreen is one of the greatest singers ever. You only like his dance. You probably can’t even pronounce his name properly.

[@Pandoria_mitsu]

4:09 I'm from Poland, I have no idea how the fuck it happened, I guess it's because of memes and BEJBA Also, Käärija won in our hearts, he is the real winner and king :)

[@carolinafernandes228]

first time I heard it I didn’t like it much, but now i think is such an addictive song and “beiba” won’t just leave my head 😅 and also the singer seems sweet

[@Pandoria_mitsu]

@@carolinafernandes228 Yee I agree with you 😊 I'm singing it non stop but I don't like this song, not just because it isn't good for me, but also by the whole drama in Poland with the pre-selection. She was jury choice, not our :(

[@Pandoria_mitsu]

@@carolinafernandes228 I forgot to add, she may look sweet etc. but I also don't like her :/ for what I know, when she won our pre-selection, she approved comments insulting her competitor , it's not okay and I cannot like her or her songs

[@lanana1638]

omg i’m not even polish but i’m so mad about her representing instead of jann

[@Pandoria_mitsu]

@@lanana1638 Yes... Jann and his song Gladiator on pre-selection had some mistakes but I love this song, we wanted Jann, not Blanka 😭

[@glitch7790]

I so agree with the Serbia one. It was one of my favorite songs. How in this universe it ranked lower than Poland? (love your editing btw)

[@FexxarTV]

I will tell you how. In the universe we live in, real ppl voted and ppl who spend most of their free time outside and do not use Twitter think Serbia song was boring, when to Polish song you can dance or listen it on radio. So generic but lively and happy song is most likely to be appreciated by the majority rather than anime intro song (where vocals you can barely hear; I don't remember even a one word from it).

[@Bionickpunk]

I wouldnt get pass the likelyhood of both jury and televotes being rigged. Some people complained that his voting number was constantly blocked, couldnt even vote even if they wanted to.

[@Alicia-zf3nq]

I think a lot of people sacrificed their points for Serbia to vote for Finland. I couldn't vote, but if I could, I would also have put my 12 points to Finland because out of my favourites, he was the most likely one to win against Sweden

[@glitch7790]

@@Alicia-zf3nq You are probably right. And as a Finn I am happy and sad about that at the same time

[@leonievasa]

@@FexxarTV I disagree

[@DataCollaborate]

Cant believe that Poland got so much points, for that "i go to Zara Shopping Song with my Dad who is a millionaire" Absolute Rigged this year 2023.

[@FexxarTV]

Suuuuuure rigged by getting televotes from ppl. Poland song was far from perfect, but it is catchy and deserved to be in the middle of scoreboard.

[@Widdekuu91]

@@FexxarTV Chlamydia is catchy too, I still don't want it.

[@Luzitanium]

@@FexxarTV i dont believe in the televotes, when people in France were given unrecognised numbers.

[@FexxarTV]

@@Widdekuu91 Sure, I also didn't want it to win. Place in the middle of scoreboard for medicore song, nothing special, nothing to cry about, yet ppl here (mostly twitter/TikTok users) are shitting this song the most.

[@kianhendriks9073]

No last year was rigged

[@Katirin89]

I'm still salty about this year. Not because I'm finnish and Käärijä didn't win but because Sweden won with an average pop song when there was a lot better songs competing. Some of the participants got absolutely robbed, I was shocked for Czechia, Portugal and France results.

[@meduzsazsa8490]

It's not a pop song, it's a ballad, it's not average, it's awesome. She was just on another level that others couldn't follow

[@shroom736]

@@meduzsazsa8490 it's a pop song, look up the genre. Also, what was different about this song compared to Euphoria?

[@meduzsazsa8490]

@@shroom736 umm everything?

[@shroom736]

@@meduzsazsa8490 Like?

[@meduzsazsa8490]

@@shroom736 melody, genre, staging, tempo??

[@satsumau]

💚🏆Käärijä got so massive televote points that it's insane that he didn't win😭 and he made history: second for most televoting points EVER in eurovision history!!!! 🤯🤯🏆💚

[@florenna]

Yes, and still not enough to win... Clearly something is very wrong in the Eurovision system!

[@birdtiredoflife5360]

And Loreen came second in the televoting...I wanted Finland to win too but y'all are acting like Loreen came fuckin 10th in televoting and still somehow won, calm down 😂

[@rubyf4686]

i must really love your videos if i'm willing to relive my trauma like this 🥲

[@andromidius]

The French singer literally flipped us off. Got to respect that bluntness. She was probably the best female singer of the night even if the music wasn't to my taste. And the Belgium was the best male singer even if again its not to my taste.

[@magnus1383]

I love the faces Loreen was making while waiting. She hates the way people wait to announce points just as much as the rest of us

[@zirilan3398]

I trully believe she was just drugged out of her mind during the entire thing

[@minihalkoja590]

​@@zirilan3398Definitely. That's not how a sober person acts.

[@stefanolujic9999]

This literally sums up my reaction. Sending love from Serbia 🇷🇸 Justice for Kaarija! 🇫🇮🏆

[@meduzsazsa8490]

Justice? He was 2nd, it's very high

[@epicpuppyman]

​@@meduzsazsa8490 Yeah but the jury were biased

[@meduzsazsa8490]

@@epicpuppyman they were not, they voted for the best one. Cha Cha Cha is the type of the song that would usually not even get to top 10 of the jury, but he got a very high 4th place!

[@epicpuppyman]

@@meduzsazsa8490 they were because it was Loreen and it was 50th anniversary for abba.

[@meduzsazsa8490]

@@epicpuppyman nobody cares for 50th anniversary of Abba. Ok Loreen is a fair point

[@MrDerp17]

I think a lot of good song were underrated this year by the jury of course :(

[@mckaelsimple6735]

Two blankas People have got confused

[@in_wino_veritas]

The one with K is the people's choice, the choice of hundreds of millions, the one with the C is the choice of 183 people. (Why that number? Because Ireland and Latvia only had 4 of them)

[@miidnxghts]

La Zarra giving the middle finger to the camera will always be my favorite moment

[@monika5131]

Serbia underrated af 💔

[@joliettal]

Finland and Käärijä is a real winner💚

[@Marie-ig3tp]

I'm FLOORED that Spain was so low, Blanca easily cleared Loreen in my book. Just no words. I just imagine she was one of the ones sacrificed for our peoples princess Käärjiä. So disapointed for both of them

[@anapaulacameron2438]

Blanca Paloma and La Zarra competed with Sweden for points with the juries, not Finland. After jury voted, no one had a chance to beat Sweden.

[@naniyodesu]

@@anapaulacameron2438 And that's also why I think people are so gutted about Finland not winning. Because had the jury votes been actually more fairly distributed to artists who CLEARLY deserved them, Finland would have won with that public vote sweep. Entries like Norway, Spain, France, Lithuania, Armenia etc. deserved better from the juries. I mean Germany, Serbia and Slovenia as well, 100%, but since juries don't usually like bands, anything heavier or outside mainstream (read: cool and actually interesting), I wasn't expecting much for them. But HOW are Norway, Spain and France so low in jury points??? Madness. Sacrificed in the name of Loreen's legend and the ABBA anniversary. I just cannot find any sense in it otherwise. She was good, but not THAT outstanding from many of the others. The jury points made it seem as if everyone else, 25 other amazing entries, were mostly trash and Loreen was the only worthy contestant there. Unbelievable.

[@mariiabbbb]

@@naniyodesu absolutely agree with you on Spain, no excuses for juries here. But keep in mind that juries are judging different performances from what we see, they watch the Friday show. And from what I heard (from the press channels who also watched that show) Norway's vocals were a lot worse from what we saw in the Grand Final. And France's weren't perfect (but not bad).

[@naniyodesu]

@@mariiabbbb That's true, good point. But while the juries probably do focus on the vocals a lot, I still doubt it could've gone THAT bad for either of them... But yeah, Spain was amazing. Maybe it just shows once again the bias towards a specific type of music that the juries have. Seems like they do tank a lot of more cultural or ethnic entries even if they're phenomenal.

[@mariiabbbb]

@@naniyodesu with Norway I can assume that since the staging wasn’t anything spectacular the whole experience of the song was tanked by weak vocals for juries. As for France, I don’t really understand what the deal is and why it didn’t place higher. And I agree with you about their bias.

[@iamnotmega]

anyone else watching in 2024? idk im just watching cuz 2023 was too iconic

[@Yamizan]

A lot of the fan favorites didn't get points, it's so weird, honestly. Poland probably mostly got points because of the memes. Nice video btw.. I should've watched this instead of the actual show and I would've atleast gone to bed with one laughing eye. 😂😓

[@FexxarTV]

Nah Poland got points because people like to party to this kind of music and not listed to serbias anime intro. "Fan favourites", fans (twitter users who probably can't send sms-vote) u mentioned are not majority of this world. Serbia, Austria are really memes cause they are only popular online.

[@Yamizan]

@@FexxarTV Anime Intro? Did we even watch the same show? I was following the bookers this year and Austria for example had the highest odds in the second Semi Final. Surely Serbia wasn't super high in the overall odds but it doesn't change the fact that online it had a lot of positive feedback. Looking at the top-lists on KZbin and other media I saw a lot of praise and almost no bad words about the Serbian singer while Poland had one of the most hated artists this year. I believe Poland got more attention thanks to the bad reputation Blanka received and it helped her.. which, I mean, is good for her, but in the end it was still very surprising to a lot of people. The song can easily be stuck in your head. 😂

[@FexxarTV]

@@Yamizan Poland got hate because of the cotroversy around choosing her to represent (she was promoted by polish tv propaganda station and her voice was bad during preselections). And it is also mostly Poles who love to complain about themseleves, or how shity country we are in general. Yet Blanka was better in the semi/final than everyone exepcted and thats how she got some votes.(medicore song and place in the middle). People could dance to it at the party. I can’t believe you think that anyone would vote on it because of bad reputation xd ppl just liked it. Serbia song, vocals very quiet and whole premise really strange-niche song (anime comparison is even mentioned by ppl who liked it xd) and mostly liked by Twitter ppl. Austria also praised mostly online, because of tiktok and other online media i guess. For me they were trying to be catchy with their chorus but it was boring, wouldn’t listen to it on headphones and wouldnt party to it either.

[@Yamizan]

@@FexxarTV I didn't mean to say she got votes because of bad reputation. What I meant was that she got votes because she got a lot of attention due to the circumstances around her being chosen as the representative. People heard about her more because of it and no one can deny that her song is easily going to be stuck inside your head and is very catchy. For example, during the show I was talking to my mother and she was like "The more I listen to the polish song the more I like it." It's a catchy song, I am not denying that. I've actually never heard anyone say Luke Black's song sounds or looks like from an Anime, so idk about that. I've actually listened to both Serbia's and Austria's song a lot while gaming. So while I may not understand your opinion on them I still appreciate your input. I was just very baffled with the outcome of the votes due to the experiences I made. Seems like we had different experiences.. it's okay. 😄 You are from Poland? I am looking forward to your entry next year. I really loved Ochman's entry last year. 🥰

[@mariiabbbb]

@@FexxarTV let's not overthink it. It's mostly diaspora votes. Belgium, Ireland, Germany...

[@oxygenonmars]

I think this year was very strong, lots of good and catchy songs, i actually danced the whole night. But the voting... I felt sick and i died inside. So many songs deserved much, much more points. Interesting, creative, smart and unique songs. It's such a shame, and the worst thing is that the artists went home sad, when actually they were worth much more than what they got. The best year with the worst, most notunderstandable results.

[@shiniisms2804]

I am okay with the outcome of the contest, I personally believe Loreen deserved to win. But seeing all those other songs get so little points for being great songs was rather sad to see. Even seeing Käärijä not winning and his reaction afterward made me have sympathy for him even though I initially didn't really like his song (the more I listen to it, the better it becomes).

[@MCVEvoseti]

5:36 B--! How did they???

[@Selkku]

Käärijä is gold for me

[@ShyGal3]

Honestly I feel bad for Kaarija, but seeing Alika & JokerOut comfort him after his 2nd place is so calming.

[@marcelthoma8890]

In hindsight it looks like a battle between the audience and the jury: Beating the generic pop with a creative and fun act, with much deeper meaning as the song about a skin doodle.

[@jg46318]

2:29 you’re welcom

[@Aliens420]

At this point voting should be on the internet for free. Televoting is such outdated thing

[@Durtal_]

All my favorites received almost no points. Good thing I don't work in the music industry. I seem to have bad intuition.

[@hear_ln]

why does it look like this year all the artists agreed on making eurovision an iconic meme compilation to laugh at💀

[@fernandok381]

your memes>

[@marsukarhu9477]

Italy and Sweden send the same contestants with the same songs every other year and they do great, so I guess all the other countries should maybe do the same? Would be cheaper too :D

[@brixcer]

Sweden is such kiss asses. They refuse to ever send anything that isn't 100% jury approved. If the public somehow made a swedish song win they would probably assasinate them

[@MorkyMuffin]

Nah. Did you see Alexander Rybak's second time representing Norway?

[@KyrieFortune]

​@@MorkyMuffin Rybak 2 Violin Boogaloo was terrible tbh, unlike Epic Sax Guy 2 Moldovan Boogaloo

[@Kuzyn]

4:11 As a Pole I think I can comment a little about it, public votes: - 12 Ukraine (guess why, war?) - 8 Lithuania (top1 song on their chart) - 8 Ireland, 8 UK, 7 Iceland, 6 Norway, 4 Germany, 2 Netherlands (many Polish migrants) - 5 Armenia, 4 Moldova, 2 Cyprus (no idea) - 5 Denmark (there are some Polish migrants) - 4 Belgium (not so many migrants, maybe they liked it lol) - 3 Estonia (maybe tied with song being popular in Lithuania) - 1 San Marino, Slovenia and Albania (no idea) This song was bad, forced by state TV propaganda. Cut out 12 kind points from Ukraine and migrants and its only 41, not 81. If Polish people abroad would vote for what they like, not for whatever shit we sent, maybe then other countries would get more public votes.

[@FexxarTV]

As a Pole who hates polish state propaganda, and didn't like how she was chosen - Blanka performance was medicore (song was catchy, singer voice was bad but it wasn't that bad like on preselection because of choir-background?) and compared to half of bad (like UK) or boring (like Serbia) songs in final it deserved to be in the middle of scoreboard. Generic song but you could listen to it on radio or party to it, so it got place in middle of scoreboard - nothing special, but also not utterly bad. I am surprised that you are saying "If Polish people abroad would vote for what they like, not for whatever shit we sent, maybe then other countries would get more public votes" like bruh, you are complaining about ACTUAL ppl votes and not about rigged juries that always vote for their neighbours (speakers most of the time predict that who will vote on who, no matter of actual performance)? But I guess like this video and comments here are strongly against real ppl votes because twitter users like listen to anime intros.

[@aloe-lia]

As a Polish emigrant (I live in Germany) I can say, that I would enjoy Poland scoring good (with a good song) but I would never vote for Poland just for patriotism. That's so stupid. Unfortunately I feel like I am in the minority of emigrants saying that.

[@FexxarTV]

@@aloe-lia Dunno, every migrant I know, never voted because of patriotism. I remember when there was Donatan and Cleo and when I heard from REAL (not from the internet) foreigners that polish song was pretty fun, our polish fellows living outside of Poland complained that all we have to offer is something sexist. I doubt that most televotes come from "patriots". Maybe they have some sentiment but I doubt they would waste their vote on song that was very bad. Poland got 8th place from real ppl, it's impossible all those are from polish migrants XDD

[@MJ-uk6lu]

The most painful ones are probably Czechia, Austria and Finland. You can be mad at anyone, but both juries and audience had blunders with their voting. And thus winners wasn't the best, just least original and least offensive.

[@Grossermizuti]

Its a shame, Serbia, Slovenia, Austria and and and had so good performance.

[@tiktokgenalphabrainrotrizzler]

French girl is so real for that middle finger

[@florenna]

3:20 is like whole of Finland after Sweden's televote points were announced! 😡🤬🤬 As normally, those televote points would of course have made Sweden 2nd at best, and we the winners, but since juries didn't vote normally and distribute their points to all the deserving entries, this was the unfair result :(

[@aqua3890]

Finland won ESC 2023. Sweden won singing competition 2023. Finland won people's hearts. Sweden won just a few jury's hearts. This is almost the same situation as with Polish song choosing drama with gladiator.

[@hanna-mariauvinen3361]

If somebody asks me who won ESC in 2023 I will answer Käärijä. 💚😍👍 Because he is the one and only winner this year. Everybody just loves him and why not?! He is just so adorable and sweet 💚💚💚💚💚

[@Brewnette]

the jury was more surprising than the public vote tbh

[@FatiFleur-jn7ky]

I diasgree. Looking at the jury top 10, the choices they made were absolutely correct. If it were up to just the public vote many of the better songs would have ended in the bottom 😂

[@sk70091]

@@FatiFleur-jn7ky "Better" is subjective. Majority should get to decide.

[@vuivraalbastra]

@@FatiFleur-jn7ky I'd take some better songs ending up in the bottom as long as a worthy contestant wins the competition, which it didn't (Tattoo was by far one of the least impressive songs this year and people voted for it just because it's an easy to digest average pop sung by Loreen), the jury votes made it impossible for the public to pick any other winner than what they wanted, which is not fair at all (and I don't buy it for a second that almost every single jury found Sweden to be worth 12 points, the 12 points should be spread out among more countries since there were so many good voices and songs this year).

[@alice45-fgd-456drt]

@@vuivraalbastra Agreed. Even if we pretend it's a singing contest like a lot of Loreen fans do, she's not even the best vocalist from the final. Cyprus and Estonia were both better, hell even Spain had better technical singing despite me really not feeling the song at all.

[@alice45-fgd-456drt]

@@FatiFleur-jn7ky The public pay to vote, of course the votes should decide. If we're gonna have 5 people from each country decide the winner then just remove the public vote and stop pretending the competition is for the people. As it stands now, they rake in our money and then scam us.

[@adameleliott1777]

I want justice not only for Finland (of course) and Australia but above all for Czeck Republic. The artistic direction was on point, costumes, hair, visuals, dance moves, everything. Let’s add a catchy song, powerful message and a collective spirit. I sincerely can’t see what they are missing. Their sister got a crown, but they deserve one of their own 👑

[@gdragonstan]

It was a great Eurovision 2023, lots of talent and such a great atmosphere. My favourites were Finland, Serbia, and Germany. It's a shame that Finland didn't win.❤

[@philippegrosse6388]

You forgot the part where waiting for Germany to get any points becomes the most entertaining part of the show 😂😂

[@chaotic.mindsp4ce]

Germany has brought something truly unique and thoughtful to the board with real art behind it. At this point, they could send Loreen and still place sub 50 points. Doesnt sound political to me at all..

[@CaratsRitzy]

I havent tuned into ESC since Australia repped for us in 2016-2017. But can we have a major shout out to the GF crowd at 2023? The liverpool crowd was a real MVP and carried everyone who was on stage. They were in the moment through the high and lows, thank you all for the moods from down under! ;)

[@Gotta_go_rn]

Ok guys. Luke is a fcking prince and he arrived only at 25 place. I loved his performance. And i ofc agree about his psycho laugh. He is incredible.

[@pl2305]

My finnish heart broke. I had to recover many days. Im anyway proud of him. He is legend. He won audience. He was the eurovision. Jury helped loreen. Period💚🇫🇮

[@birdtiredoflife5360]

While I agree with you, I think its rude to ignore the televotes that Loreen got. She came second in the televote behind Finland. Clearly it wasnt JUST the jury that got her a win. Claiming Loreen only won cause of the jury is just a lie when she came second in the televote. Many fans around Europe clearly liked her alot just like Finland

[@riittalaine8250]

KÄÄÄÄÄRIJÄ ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@vitturyyd]

This year's contest was the biggest robbery in Eurovision history. Käärijä deserved the world. Australia, Serbia, Czechia, Germany, Moldova and Estonia also were treated unfairly.

[@WonHakWoon]

Australia and Germany recieved the cold shoulder for being a metal band. Like tf? Finland did this in 2006 and won. Like the vocalist for Germany's representing act, Lord Of The Lost, said in an interview: ''Eurovision needs more diversity''. Germany and Australia gave them that this year and then we got this...

[@rinnniiiii]

La zarra's sneaky middle finger at 2:30 💀 As she should, her song was a bop and a half

[@matylda4675]

Your reactions at all the ribbed countries are literally so relatable… I cry for every country that ended up beside Poland 😢

[@courtofcryptids7626]

I cannot believe My sister's crown didn't get higher with the sheer talent of the performance itself. dancing and running around on stage and didn't even SOUND breathless

[@uhhhidk8300]

I’m still confused how Belgium got such low points from the public… even less than poland💀

[@PlacidusaxDragonlord]

Yeah, i have no idea how poland got 81 points!!

[@Baiami26]

​@@PlacidusaxDragonlord i think it's because she's a meme. I see no other explanation 😅 They will now play this BEJBA song all over here. I will fucking die. Send help pls. Also how did Germany finished last, it's sad 🥲

[@aendra6495]

​@@Baiami26I knew Germany's performance was not a winner, but last place? Below even Bebja??

[@PlacidusaxDragonlord]

@@aendra6495 I agree, maybe not that good, but last place? That is a bit extreme

[@AhavaMath]

I'm the exact opposite. I was surprised that Belgium even qualified. It was just so generic feeling. Poland did surprise me though that they got so many more points than so many good songs. I thought for sure Poland would be near the bottom.

[@nita7703]

abba aniversary do be an important date

[@turtel65]

Not as important as Loreen's winning day

[@marsukarhu9477]

@@turtel65 Yeah, but she wouldn't be winning if next year wouldn't be ABBA's 50 year Anniversary Contest... The jury pushed it SO hard.

[@onomatopoetisk]

ABBA’s press contact said today there will be no reunion, so give it a rest. I think they were shown enough this year. There’s other things to show.

[@alice45-fgd-456drt]

@@onomatopoetisk LOL bold of you to think Sweden won't make a big deal of their most famous win of all time, please. I agree there will be no reunion because Abba do not perform anymore, but if you think it won't be celebrated you're funny xD

[@3Diana]

this years eurovision was like the exact opposite of 2021, which was when i started watching it again after being disappointed for the majority of 2010's. in 2021 it really felt like the voice of the people was heard, all though i did prefer goa over maneskin, but at least i completely understand why maneskin won. 2022 wasn't as good but at least konstrakta got her flowers. this year however, wtf was this? like obviously you can feel the unison wherever you go either online or offline that nobody expected this, and not just loreen winning over kaarja who clearly had the popular vote, but everyone else placing SO low??? it feels like in 2021 they actually let people vote, and right after started rigging it again, it just makes no sense, how can the disconnect be so great? i refuse to believe these are the actual public vote results, i mean, it's not like anyone can prove it, this isn't like voting for president, it's just a song competition after all. but man, this was just sus BIGTIME.

[@kaysmith8992]

As a Brit, 2022 was the best and worst for me - highest place ever in decades, but robbed by the public sympathy for Ukraine vote

[@allitus]

​@@kaysmith8992if i can be honest with you, i dont think the ukraine vote was ONLY sympathy vote. i mean songs usually tend to be contextual, so of course people were moved by the lyrics and the whole vibe of the ukraines song. it was so different from everything we've seen in eurovision before and i really liked it. uk's song was really good too, dont get me wrong, but i get annoyed when people blame it straight up to sympathy votes. if the song was bad and failed to touch people's hearts, i doubt it would had reached high points.

[@leonievasa]

@@allitus I agree. I think Ukraine deserved to win for the song alone.

[@KyrieFortune]

​​@@allitus yeah, Ukraine usually places high anyway (in 2021 Go_A didn't win the overall points but was 1st in public vote, for example) so there is a chance they would have won in 2022 without the sympathy votes, at the very least they would gotten second place

[@kaysmith8992]

@@allitus Ukraine might have marginally won but not by such a landslide. Ukraine entries are often good, and Ruslana 2004 was one of the best winners ever, but 2022 was suspiciously high and I'm not sure how unusual/different the style was to other entries.

[@userjfjI3VN1VCRJGRMVRSJMC]

Käärijä is still our winner :)

[@Mary_m-ks2fx]

Czechia and Slovenia deserved so much better.

[@oski1500]

I totally agree that Serbia should be much, much higher. It was something different and it should get more recognition

[@alfredhedlund04]

Wow the edits in the televote is the most hilarious thing I’ve seen!! Great job🤩//🇸🇪

[@Erik_Emer]

Off topic, but I think I was happy for Käärijä when he recognized how much "three hundred" in English is because he really improved his English in a span of 2-3 months.