EUROVISION 2023 is NOT what I expected

[@Veri183]

Knowing you like heavy music, I bet you'll enjoy Finland, Germany and Australia (this year was one of the best for heavy music in ESC). Also worth checking: Slovenia (also a band, with a feel-good song) and Moldova (for the ethnic vibe and dance battle).

[@Chris_Elliot84]

The German track was my favourite even though it was last

[@lykke]

@@Chris_Elliot84 Germany deserved better than they got for sure.

[@faderberg7615]

I didnt find Australia that good, feelt like a band that is trying to hard to be "hip with the kids" and the growling shouldmt have been in their song. I liked Germanys, but it should have been sung in german. Finland is my winner

[@Veri183]

@@lykke The line-up this year overall was very good and someone has to come last. And for hard rock/ metal acts it's super hard to score high at Eurovision, sadly. Heavy music fans voted mainly for Finland this year, I assume because already from February onwards there was this artificial battle in the odds between Sweden and Finland.

[@Kallos91]

​@@Veri183 as a heavy music fan, i find Finland's entry as really, really shitty

[@dawidgajewski1437]

This was the closing performance of the winner. She got emotional and used the moment to say thank you to the audience but, you need to watch the semi-final or final performance ;)

[@sannaspjuth]

or the melodifestivalen semi final performance, it was so much better!

[@paullord3549]

@@sannaspjuth The Swedish semi final performance was the most mesmerising musical and visual performance I have ever seen, period.

[@User396-]

You should’ve watched the real performance . This performance is about 5-10 min after she won the whole thing. It’s not at 100% and it’s amazing that she even is able to perform after that big win. The competitive performance was really amazing.

[@DavidPlant1985]

A lot of people are clicking on Eurovisions channel and just clicking "Winners performance". This however is NOT the song that won them the competition, but is instead the song they sing after they have won.

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

You should check out Finland, Germany and Australia

[@ironguardian2632]

He did once rection to lord of the lost and since he liked raining stars I've been wondering if Alex dived more into their discography and what he thinks about their music

[@L1LCHR15]

Yes! I was about to comment about checking out Finlands entry for Cha Cha Cha. That would be a good reaction

[@OraloriaGames]

That and Moldova as that is prime eurovision insanity.

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

@@OraloriaGames Moldova hits every year. Especially Żdob şi Żdub

[@noremak9664]

I second

[@Titouanctout]

I'm impressed by her vocals since it's the performance right after she was announced to be the winner she must have so many emotions!!!

[@ZakhadWOW]

that is the case every year, but rememberr she has to climb into the "panini press" as some smartasses are calling it, and sing on her back, side, knees, while moving like a pilates class LOL

[@robertson68]

This was Loreens second win in the Eurovision. The song she sang when she won the first time "Euphoria" is amazing. You must listen to it, you're going to love it.

[@aleksimiikael]

You should definitely check Finland's song Cha Cha Cha, it came 2nd in the eurovision final with the most televotes!

[@Arthera0]

Its a wild one

[@ShadowYakuballs]

definitely check Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha, that one deserved the win truly

[@TheOnlyRealJohnson]

The jury faked it ubd killed the democracy of the ESC

[@bclee__]

YESSSSSS I had to check his channel to see if he has watched it yet. I'd also give Germany and Croatia a watch too

[@lykke]

Yes!! He needs to react to this one.

[@mervinmannas7671]

This year the top 4 could not have been more different so really worth checking out. The crowd favourite on th enight was Finland and they also won the public vote. The voting is split into two halves 50% is decided by a jury panel of musical professionals from each country who vote for their top ten and those ten are awarded points. Loreen was well ahead after the jury vote. The public vote then put Finland ahead leaving Loreen to need 187 public votes. She got well over 200 so she took the crown. it is her second win as she took the title in 2012 for Sweden. Many think her song then was better than Tattoo. The Swedish group ABBA were the first band to ever win the contest and next year is the 50th anniversary of that win. Some are heavily hinting Loreens win was fixed so Sweden could host the contest next year. But some vote rigging was attempted a couple of years ago and those countries were called out and their vote disqualified so seriously she won fair and square.

[@dndelver]

Top 5* Norways song was great too

[@tosvus]

@@dndelver Yeah, and keeping in mind it was actually Top3 in televote definitely worth including

[@amerbegovic4755]

people thinking the contest was rigged bcs of Abba are just sore losers who can't handle the fact that their favourite lost so they are making up fake excuses. Abba isn't even performing next year, and it was clear from the moment Tattoo came out that it would win Eurovision

[@M_D2]

This was also the first year I really got into Eurovision. Some I enjoyed: Norway, Sweden, France, Switzerland, Germany, Estonia and some others I can't remember. Definitely going to watch next year! Also, Loreen's choreography and being able to still sing to the extent that she showed is pretty incredible. Props to her!

[@ironguardian2632]

Although lotl is one of my favourite bands I have to say that I enjoyed Estonia the most. Norway was second

[@charlotteholmes3056]

​@@ironguardian2632LOTL is one of my favourites. I was presented by their music by my music streaming.

[@getawaytiger]

Yeeeeeesss, PLEEEASE check the runner up and other performances! 💜 I think at the end of the day, what people forget is Eurovision is all about music. Like, the winners get nothing but a trophy and the title and that is NOT a guarantee for global success (a la Måneskin or ABBA). I think you said it perfectly: "It was spectacular, it's just not what I expected." I personally think that the more open you are to music, the better time you have with something as magnificent as Eurovision. Cause I absolutely LOVED this song, but there were so many others I loved with the same if not more intensity! Cha Cha Cha (Finland, the runner up), Promise (Australia), Évidemment (France), Queen Of Kings (Norway) and Blood & Glitter (Germany) were some of my faves, alongside Tattoo. 😻😻

[@LuisReyes-px8fq]

Celine Dion also won Eurovision and ended up being having global success

[@bathykolpyan]

I can't believe no one is talking about Serbia, they also didn't get many points.. they were in my top 3! I really enjoyed every aspect of the performance! Finland was also in my top 3, so i'd love to see you react!

[@dukebubblebutt5256]

Billie Eilish with a dick failed

[@johanlaferte85]

That song and performance was a mess 🫠

[@punkjay4681]

@@johanlaferte85 The song is a bit boring, but I did like the dark sci-fi performance.

[@NowhereNoOne]

Yesss i loved Serbia. It was my number 1 or 2, depending on my mood. Käärijä obviously being right up there with Serbia.

[@najrenchelf2751]

I find Serbia sneaking into my top 5... :)

[@obscurxnefi]

Loreen is incredible and has won Eurovision before in 2012, however a big part of why she won this year was jury votes. The public voted for Finland by about 130 points more than they gave Sweden, but unfortunately it wasn't enough for them to win and they ended up on 2nd place. You should definitely check out Finland's entry, everyone LOVES that guy. Some of my other favorites this year, besides Finland obviously lol, were Norway and Slovenia, hopefully you can listen to those at some point :)

[@nenadmkd]

what do you want to say she won because of jury votes? She beat Kaarija with higher margin in jury votes than he did with public votes. Statistically Loreen is way better ranking for the win

[@nataliakom8310]

ummm.. nope, not everyone LOVES that guy. I thought he was awful. He did pretty much no singing and when he did, the singing was really weak. But the fact that Iceland didn't make it to the final is a crime.

[@pukelius4128]

​@@nataliakom8310but its NOT about the singing skills, its about The whole Song, appearance, style, feeling. Swedens loreen was cookie Cutter Eurovision from The year 1994 and shouldve not Been The Winner. Spectator votes should weigh More than "professional judges" who prefer neighboring countries really than The actual performers..

[@nataliakom8310]

@@pukelius4128 Yes, it's about the whole thing and I hated it. The only thing that I found funny was the fake smiles the dancers had. The song was awful for me, the singing was really bad. I simply did not find this performance to be good and deserving of the first place, with so many great songs and performances from other countries. I personally like Loreen's song but I am someone who likes a good emotional song and great vocals. Also, there are some countries who give 12 points to their neighbours but I find it doesn't happen as often anymore. My country (Poland) gave 12 points to Israel and we couldn't be more far apart :D

[@omaewamoushindeiru6581]

Glad she won, she deserved to win the most. Chachacha was such a bad song

[@Covenantt666]

This was the winners performance that she did at the end after she had won, so there was a lot of (maybe to much 😄) emotion in it. The real performance was more controlled, but still emotional.

[@Eressiel951]

You should definitely check out some other songs! Everybody probably already suggested "Cha cha cha"...but it's amazing, so I will too. And Eurovision is for all kinds of music. Maybe you'd like to react to some compilation of most memorable Eurovision moments or any video that explains what Eurovision is? I would definitely like to see that.

[@coopernotcopper2634]

i have a feeling you're gonna LOVE finland's entry, which won the public vote by a landslide. germany and australia might also be up your alley. even though people online are still at war with each other over whether sweden or finland should have won, this year's esc was a great year for (metal) bands :)

[@waterdragon2224]

I’ve never watched a Eurovision contest before so this is all new to me. The girl that won has a phenomenal voice and her stage performance was beautiful. I thought the song itself was a bit meh, though some of the lyrics were well written. It’s like you said, it’s kinda been done already by Rihanna etc. It’s not “new” and maybe that’s why it doesn’t feel like a winner should. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I think it would be great if you covered more of the artists that competed to compare performances. I’d like to see that. 👍

[@MellenBerger]

you are actually watching the performance after she won, so emotions are high, the actual contest entry she is more composed. she deserved the win, although Finland was really cool too

[@annhelensjostrom9065]

It's different every year. Sometimes it's a balad, sometimes pop, sometimes rock. As a Swede I 'm proud for sure. But I also LOVED Finland and Norway this year

[@babbsan123]

But for the jury it's pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop pop, pop. That's why they need to go.

[@Deilwynna]

many swedish rock/metal bands have attempted winning melodifestivalen to get to represent sweden at eurovision but none has succeeded, this year we had smash into pieces getting 3rd place at the melodifestivalen finals with their song six feet under. before smash into pieces, some of the other rock/metal bands that have attempted it at melodifestivalen are mustasch, lillasyster, the poodles and dead by april

[@Bahahhah]

You should react to the Käärijä-cha cha cha!! You will love it 😅 He was televote winner and came second in the competition.

[@silviubaiu4917]

Cha cha cha is the most stupid and worst song.Its a shame to like and vote a Song like this!Loreen is the Best!

[@michaelcarlson2297]

You just watched the winner perfomance, its after she won. If you want to see how she really perfomed, check her Final perfomance.

[@punkjay4681]

If he'd like to see her perform well, he should watch any other than the final performance. It was the worst version of the song I've heard. The more quiet parts were just mumbling, and when she was going for the high powerful notes it was just pure yelling. The studio version is actually good, but she can't get anywhere near that live, and for some reason the final was her worst. Good for her the jury votes are based on the rehearsals on the Friday before the final and not the final performance...

[@onomatopoetisk]

He said other performances were geoblocked (or did I hear it wrong?) so he didn’t have much of a choice, I guess.

[@drjulietburke]

if you bother to watch or listen to him you would have known that he knows that and said this was the only video that wasn't geo-blocked for him.

[@sanaa107]

I’m quite proud of her because she’s Moroccan. Also la Zarra is Moroccan. Seeing women of my country reaching Eurovision makes me so proud

[@joebloggs396]

Well they were born in Sweden and Canada. So never Moroccan by nationality.

[@sanaa107]

@@joebloggs396 sorry, but they still have Moroccan roots. I’m also Moroccan, but I was born in Italy. I still count myself as one

[@joebloggs396]

@@sanaa107 That's how you look at it, but do you know how Moroccan they feel?

[@sanaa107]

@@joebloggs396 well, Zarra said it in an interview. Also the middle finger that she did it’s the typical North African thing. Loreen has amazigh tattoos on her body. It’s just it what it is. You can’t deny your roots. Just don’t be dense

[@Dds123-l3z]

@@sanaa107 dont listen to that, Loreen actually Said this staging was to honour her Moroccan heritage! She talks about it all the time, so be proud as she is of your country ❤😊

[@sirjohnmara]

This LOREEN performance is AFTER she's won, that is why she plays with the song etc... Very PRO to be so composed after all the emotions of the voting. Check out "Euphoria" from 2012.

[@Floraensn]

I liked her ESC song from 2012 (?) much more. It's called "Euphoria" and Floor Jansen from Nightwish did a great cover of it for the show "Sing my Song".

[@robbietheeternal]

Estonia and Norway were my favorites this year

[@linnemilsson7148]

Check out Loreens victory from 2012. She made history by being the second person to win eurovision twice.

[@Oskyldig-ot1yr]

💪🇸🇪

[@LuisReyes-px8fq]

She is also the first female artist to win twice

[@k.l.7788]

She or the judges?

[@linnemilsson7148]

@@k.l.7788 and thank god for their excistens!

[@IonucaW]

@@k.l.7788 she made it, with the help of judges AND the public. I'll help you remember, in case you forgot: Loreen received 243 points from the public, she was in the second place at televotes, not in last place, like y'all sore losers are acting. you should stop being bitter

[@dealerovski82]

You can add to it that this is after they announced she was the winner, and she had to do the act all over again for a last time after all that emotions. Do a solid and check out the melodifestivalen version when she qualified back in sweden.

[@makyotoo]

You are watching the winning performance, the one she performed right after they announced her as a winner, not the one that she was singing during the competition itself. That's why the confetti

[@anxiousjesse]

Eurovision is usually full of pop songs as it's 'public friendly', when I heard that Maneskin won, I was really surprised! This year, they had more heavy-ish songs than the years before. You might enjoy Germany, Finland and Australia

[@marionicolasmartin]

there aren’t that many pop songs…

[@supadupasumi]

Would love to see you react to Finland's entry since they got 2nd place 😊

[@Imperatrixxy]

Fun fact: Her initial performance in the Swedish heats was disrupted by an activist storming the stage. She completely ignored him and just continued her performance, only stopping after the higherups decided to interrupt the number and cut the music. XD She is a real professional and spectacular singer, and she definitely deserved the win. Unfortunately so did the runner-up, and he won the public vote by a landslide, so IMHO he should have won. Do check his song out: Cha Cha Cha by Käärijä (Pronounced "Care-EE-yeah"). I think you'll like it.

[@Mari-ok6xg]

Käärijä also dodged a cable in the nick of time in his final performance and just kept going like a pro 🙂. Almost got decapitated 😉😶🙈.

[@katarzynab946]

Yaas please Alex do more Eurovision videos ❤❤❤

[@sergiuzablau1072]

Incase you haven't, check out her Euphoria song aswell :D Also a Eurovision winner song in 2012

[@ImpulsiveCreativity]

Juries: a radio-friendly, safe and normal pop ballad must win. The people: CHA CHA CHA 💚💚💚

[@198clm]

Should have won….

[@laraselander5188]

Hated Finlands "Lordi light"

[@esthermonme4856]

You should react to the runner up for sure!! This years second place was the public's favorite. He won the most points from the televote (the public voting) but Sweeden still won the contest because she had more points from the juries. Anyways, Finland is considered "people's winner", as it was the most voted song. So, you can react to it and choose your favorite :)

[@rasya0702]

I hope you get 1 million subscribers quickly, hello from Indonesia

[@tuulia178]

You should do Cha Cha Cha, Käärijä who came second

[@gingerninja5790]

I would say check out Blood and Glitter, from Lord of the Lost, it's one of the best songs from the show but came in last place because Germany is almost always in last place

[@alvdansen7172]

Feel so bad for Germany, they did not deserve the last place at all. I don't get it, like sure last year they deserved the bottom place but this year they are definitely a top 10 for sure so I'm very disappointed in both the jury and in the public for not giving Germany more love.

[@gingerninja5790]

@Älvdansen I proudly voted for Germany, and how our song "I wrote a song" got more votes I'll never know, Blood and Glitter was one of the best songs of the night

[@ironguardian2632]

@@alvdansen7172For me UK, Israel and Poland had the weakest and more boring songs. Even though I'm not a big fan of blood and glitter (loving lotl tho) I agree that they didn't deserve last place

[@music2seeconcertphotograph457]

You should definitely checkout te song that became unbelievably last: Lord of the Lost from Germany with "Blood and Glitter": Glam meets metal meets dark rock meets 80s meets ... (actually they would have been ranked 25/26 by televoting and 18/19 by juries, if all places would have been counted and not only the first 10 out of 26): ESC is usually pop and folk. Rock and metal is there a niche genre.

[@nenaddimitrijevikj5125]

This performance is after she was announced as a winner, she totally let herself go and was all in her feels and it made the performance even more spectacular. That little growl at the beginning is everything. She is so so good Also very very much recommended to check out the 2021 winner MAneskin - Zitti E Buoni

[@larafernandezr]

you should FOR SURE check out the runner-up! finland was amazing and they won the public's voting, however overall it was loreen who got the most points. still finland was incredible and i think you would enjoy the song, also Käärijä is a super nice and funny guy.

[@ESPirits87]

The winner song she struggled a bit to sing due to emotions after winning so the Final perfomance is better, but i'm glad you already saw it.

[@Chris_Elliot84]

The contest is decided between a mix of voting from the judges and the public. This one won due to a landslide judges vote, the public vote was massively in favour of the 2nd place entry from Finland

[@seteliseppo8803]

Yeah Cha Cha Cha is worth checking out.

[@lucaswallo8127]

So great to see you catch the winner vibes at the end :)

[@Drusille]

each country present 1 entrance ( could be folk, pop, metal, a singer, a band , an orchestra... whatever that country fancies that year. my country sent Blanca Paloma with a flamenco lullaby wit electronic base, you can check. indeed Loreen won and you saw her final performance ( the winner perform again, closing the gala)

[@stijnlaurenssprong1084]

@Alex Hefner. What you watched was the winners perfomance. Not the actual act. That is because when the winner is announced they do anathor perfomance called the winners perfomance. That why the golden things were there in the end. Both were live. But 1 performance before and 1 after her win. This was after

[@kattastadir-sydri]

Tell me you know nothing about Eurovision without telling me

[@silsilsilly]

Theres little time between the songs so confetti isnt allowed as part of the act cause they cant clean the stage on time. So in the end there is confetti for the winner :) Also check the runner ups, and sometimes other finishes get hits too. Armenia's Rosa Lynn ended on rank 8 last year but thanks to tiktok she got a worldwide hit. Estonia;s song of 2023 year was also really good. And i liked Australia.

[@pauljones77]

First Eurovision I’ve watched in over 10 years and that’s purely because it was being held my home city of Liverpool. Normally the winning country hosts it, Ukraine won last year but because of the war it went to the 2nd place which was the UK.

[@lykke]

honestly, UK should have won it last year.

[@Yalokin_Stormrage]

You need to check out Finland, Germany and Australia for the rock/metal itch! Also, Finland got more points from the people's votes that sweden, but sweden got more points from the snobs in the jury

[@everest938]

The entire point about eurovision is musical diversity! Rock (and bands) winning is actually quite rare with Måneskin and Lordi being some of the only two rock-adjacent winners. So this year we got a Swedish power pop balled, last year was Ukrainian rap and rolk, then in 2019 it was a pure ballad with Arcade. The genre and vibes of the winner swings drastically each year but the songs competing always has something for everyone to enjoy and that's what makes it so great.

[@missn7887]

She won! She also won in 2012. This was her winners performance after she won

[@franzoldtimerhof1493]

It is a song contest and it should be all about the song and the singer behind. Surely there were so many songs this year I loved and of course the runner up Finland or even the 15th place Austria or the 5th place Norway.

[@sethbrundle6506]

Just learning about Eurovision in general for context would make for a good reaction. There's lots of videos out there about it.

[@WalkMannMusicOfficial]

YESS MY DAILY DOSE OF THE GREAT CONTENT OF ALEX!!!(no seriously love your stuff man!)

[@Imperial_ID]

Not going to repeat what a lot of people already said, so I'll say this; if you want to check out something wild from this year's Eurovision, go check out Croatia's entry. It will definitely leave you with more questions than answers.

[@paoladrazova3495]

It's a good song, but nothing that special in my opinion. I got tired of it pretty fast. But it was a bad year in general. I think you'd like Germany and Finland. Norway was pretty good too. Also this one didn't really get to Eurovision, but check out Jann - Gladiator.

[@CrazyTruckinS10]

Eurovision, i assume. Every episode is a concert? Seems like the contestants have record deals already. Looks amazing though. Might have to check out more of the show

[@abigreaves1751]

You HAVE to check out Finland's entry 'cha cha cha'. It received the most votes from the public, and its a banger. Unfortunately they do 50% audience and 50% jury votes to decide the winner, so it didn't win.

[@charliedixon6936]

'unfortunately' gal she came SECOND in public voting and won the jury vote

[@abigreaves1751]

@@charliedixon6936 no need for hostility haha all love here for the performers 😂 she had a great song and performance, but his was more popular with the public so I meant unfortunately it doesn't represent what the majority of watchers liked the most. Which is true...

[@Mari-ok6xg]

@@abigreaves1751 Totally agree! Glad there are smart people here.

[@HeidiHi_]

Check out Finlands entry, CHA CHA CHA !!!!

[@Asa...S]

Why is people reacting to this version _after_ she just found out that she has won, when she is goofing around, growling, pointing at people, thanking the audience, and is probably filled with adrenaline and joy and isn't doing her best? I don't get it. Perhaps the title of the video should be better so people understand what they're watching. I feel that it's not fair to judge her on this performance. I think it's better to watch the actual performance. Or even better, watch "Loreen - Tattoo | Sweden 🇸🇪 | Official Music Video | Eurovision 2023" instead. Her singing is better, the stage is bigger and better not this mini version of it, it's live in front of an audience 3 times bigger, the camera angles are better etc.

[@alvdansen7172]

I agree

[@ronnopotter]

I could be wrong but I think this video is not blocked by the Eurovision official channel in the US, as the other entries are.

[@Asa...S]

@@ronnopotter Oh, so there might be some geoblocking going on... then I get why they react to this one. Thanks for explaining it!

[@zupermaus9276]

FINLAND was second place and by far the people's choice, for taking the piss out of ballroom dancing, and an ode to drinking and anxiety. It was the single finger to powerful, symbolic songs that normally win. The kind of earworm you didnt know you'd like.

[@brendaedwards6741]

The concept of Eurovision is that each qualifying country enters a song. It can be any genre - even traditional/folk/jokey songs. Finland's national music genre is heavy metal, so they usually enter a metal or rock song. You should check out this year's song from Finland. And Germany. Oh and Croatia fir the fun side. Every country has a jury and their votes count for half the votes. The public vote counts for the other half. Utter craziness at its finest!!!

[@m1kkole1nonen]

Check out Finland's entry that got full points from 18 countries in the televote. Sweden won by jury of 185 people against millions of people who paid and voted for Finland's Käärijä and his song Cha Cha Cha.

[@jaylin2215]

Sweden still was 2nd in the popular vote... it's not like the public did not like her so this outcome is not surprising

[@swedishmetalbear]

Millions and millions of people also voted for Loreen.. She was not that far behind Käärijä in the popular vote... And she won the jury.. Something Käärijä didn't.. So hence he got less points.. (Points are needed to win.. Not votes.. This is not an election...)

[@eddiOrtiz]

A Finnish Hockey song omg..

[@Mari-ok6xg]

@@swedishmetalbear Not far behind??!!! Are you delusional? There was a huge gap because Finland was the landslide winner. Loreen got even less 10 points than Käärijä. CCC got 376 points if I remember correctly and Tattoo somewhere around 220-240. One of the worst public vote scores for a winner ever. Why not admit the facts and try to turn them around?

[@swedishmetalbear]

@@Mari-ok6xg You're conviently forgetting about the jury vote.. Which Loreen won by a landslide.. To win Eurovision Marinainen. You have to win BOTH Jury AND Televotes. Enough whining like little babies now. It is getting OLD.

[@guillemmartinez9958]

You should most definitely check out the runner-up and possibly the bronze medal as well because they all did extremely well and deserve the recognition. If you're feeling like it I would even recommend top 5 because damn, they all did so well

[@GusMcGuire]

4:48 "I thought it was like bands and shit. I thought it was heavy metal bands and rock." - Naah! Eurovision is definitely not that. It often has something for everyone but that also means that you have to go through lots of stuff that may be for "somebody else" before you find something for you. The last rock band to win was Lordi in 2006 with "Hard Rock Hallelujah" - performed in costume with monster masks and animatronic demon wings. It has to be seen to be believed. Eurovision has pretty much no bounds when it comes to music - and often features a wide mix of rock, pop, ballads, power ballads, cultural, electronic and more than the occasional "WTF?!" act. The main rules are entrants must be at least 16. Entries have to be chosen by their respective nation states (whether by an official local panel or by a local heat judged by the public). Songs last max 3 mins. No more than 6 performers on the stage and all performances must be live singing/playing (though they are allowed to use recorded backing tracks too, if required). There are also about 45 entries, with 40 going through a semi-finals stage and the current winning nation and the "Big 5" (countries who give the biggest funding to the contest) automatically qualifying for the final (though that doesn't necessarily give them a better chance of winning). Countries taking part come from Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and also Asia - and we've also had Australia for the past 8 years (thiough I don't think they're taking part next year as their current contract has just expired). Voting is by a selection of local judging and by an audience televote - with 50% of the points allocated to each. It throws a rather random element to the voting. I would definitely recommend exposing yourself to an entire competition - whether by watching a recording of a past competition or waiting for the next live one in Malmö, Sweden on Sat 11 May 2024. At 4 hours long, it's a bit of a marathon and you have to decide whether just to watch the grand final or also watch the two semi-finals (which take place on the Tue and Thu evenings before the event and are about 3 hours each). But it's definitely an experience and one that everyone should do at least once in their lives.

[@FedeVerdier]

Omg, Alex. Let’s do a full reaction of all the songs. I love your tv and movies channel and I ended up in this video of your other channel. Eurovision + Alex, my two true passions. 😢

[@thimothorin]

Listen to the last place then you’d be surprised ;D greets from Germany 😅

[@Ruusujuuri]

You should check out Cha Cha Cha by Käärijä (Finland's entry) !

[@bycdbema]

She also won before with Euphoria and THAT SONG wow, also incredible ❤️✨ love her so much.

[@bigg2988]

Yes, "Euphoria" ought to be the first exposure of anyone to Loreen, and arguably, even to EUROVISION (along with "Waterloo" by ABBA :)).

[@miglepon9303]

You need to watch her semi and final performances. Clearly she was very exited after the win.

[@Lemon-tb7wf]

Käärijä Cha Cha Cha Finland is the peoples winner, 2nd highest peoples vote in Eurovision history. I think you’d enjoy it!

[@Mari-ok6xg]

And the highest was wartime for Ukraine. An amazing song, but the points are not combarable as is to other years.

[@felixlindqvist9094]

You HAVE TO check out finlands "cha cha cha", as a swede i am mad as shit that finland didnt won! He got the most votes from the people but we won because of the judges!

[@Mari-ok6xg]

Thank you 💚

[@Snowflakelefki]

Eurovision is a contest for the song each country chooses to represent them. It can be any type of song. Maneskin winning was a pleasant surprise for everyone. Especially Italy as they hadn’t won in many many years. Metal is not always a popular genre but its been selected the lasted years and we see it more often in Eurovision. Eurovision made Celine Dion famous so its not for bands. Any artist can participate.

[@tuuli4002]

You should also see Finland, they came into the second place. They also won the audience votes The song is Cha Cha Cha by Käärijä. And if you have not heard Euphoria from Loreen, it is better song. With that song she won the Eurovisions in 2012.

[@equani]

Hey Alex. I bet someone mentioned this in the comments already, but gotta add it one more time. In Måneskin's name, the å is a scandinavian o, which is pronounced the same way as the "mon" in the word monster. Even thought the band is Italian, the name comes from Danish and means "moonlight". Just thought to mention it since you said it's one of your favorite bands. :)

[@Julihernnn]

I know you love Electric Callboy so it’s a must for you to check out Finland, the best 2nd place ever. And Germany and Australia are probably also up your ally

[@ronnopotter]

Eurovision is the most diverse and entertaining show, full of different genres, styles, props, pyro and whatever you can imagine. The winner is chosen 50/50 by the public and a professional jury. They give points from 1 to 8, 10 and 12 and each country can't vote for itself. Basically those are the main rules.

[@Dds123-l3z]

Our Swedish Belting Queen 😍🇸🇪 so happy she won! She got historical that day, she is the second person ever to win Eurovision twice! She also won with ”Euphoria” 11 years ago, you should check that out ❤ ❤ Rock is not as usual as pop in Eurovision 😂 Unfortunatly you Will get bombarded in the comment from fans och the runner up, they hate Loreen cause she won accourding the rules of the competition 🥳

[@justgreat3292]

to be fair, the jury vote has been rigged for years. They often vote for who they want to win instead of who has the best song in their opinion and don't even vote on the final performances but rehearsals before the event instead, meaning that if someone had an exceptional rehearsal they can theoratically win with the worst final performance ever. Loreen's performance that evening was weak in my opinion (the one that got voted on, not the one she performed after she won, that one I enjoyed) and the public vote reflected that. I'm honestly not sure whether the jury actually would have voted for her as much if they voted on the final performances. I didn't really care for Cha Cha Cha. Was a fun listen, but nothing I'd expect to win Eurovision. Though they were the favourites of the public vote by miles. Actually enjoyed Australia the most. It just doesn't sit right with me that for a few years by now you could predict the Eurovision winner before they even announced which songs will be in the finals.

[@dailycarfails6774]

Loreen is a great singer, but the song is boring and predictable

[@Dds123-l3z]

@@justgreat3292 the televotes have big issues in beeing biased, can be easily manipulated.. I disagre e with you in most of what your are writing, and you probably With what Im writing so better to leave it like that 😊

[@Dds123-l3z]

@@dailycarfails6774 she won ❤

[@justgreat3292]

@@Dds123-l3z I'm sorry but are you really defending a jury not rating the actual performance (which is written on the official Eurovision page, so I'm not making this up)? Because for me a rating that isn't based on the final thing is never acceptable in any competition. That's like watching a boxing match but the winner got selected before the match by someone rating on who had the more convincing training. I'd argue that Formula 1 would be way more interesting if the winners of the last race had to start last in the next one instead of the fastest ones always starting first after finishing the Qualifying first as usual. Previous efforts shouldn't be a factor in any competition and in my opinion Eurovision jury voting takes this to an extreme by not rating the actual performance that gets broadcasted to the world. Of course the majority of people televote based on the studio versions and which band they support but I believe that at least 30% of the televote actually consists of people going in blind and enjoying the show. Additionally I don't think the jury is less biased than the televote, however I partially agree on televote having the risk of being manipulated, though I think it evens out by the people who are giving genuine votes. There also were some attempts to manipulate the jury votes in the past. And we are talking about the ones that got caught. Wouldn't surprise me if there were cases of manipulation that were not caught. But I think that neither jury voting nor televoting were decided by manipulation. Anyway, I'll leave it at that. You are biased towards jury voting, I am biased towards televoting. We won't agree with each other, I just cannot not respond if you are criticizing televoting without even acknowledging that there also are flaws in the jury voing system.

[@Timi--]

You should check the Finlands Käärijä that came second and received most of the peoples votes. Real winner 😊

[@Dds123-l3z]

Not the real winner , but the winner of publicvotes, 4rd in the Juryvotes. Loreen was second in the publicvotes and was 1 in the juryvotes so she won fair cause she had the highest total score 😊

[@ronnopotter]

Jury votes count as 50% so Finland is not "the real winner". Get over it.

[@Mari-ok6xg]

@@Dds123-l3z Which was very shady. There was no justification for her to get double amount of points compared to many incredible performances (like Spain, Israel, Estonia, Italy...). A just winner for jury votes (as they are scoring now), but not with anywhere near that high a margin. And there are loads of disgusting comments from jury members publicly available about Käärijä which obviously show he was not scored professionally but by prejudice from jury members who have no appreciation for different genre music and performances.

[@jani_koski]

Definitely check out at least the top 3 or top 5! 😄 There is a "tiny" bit of a debate going on between the 1st and 2nd places but as a Finnish person I won't go too much into that, let's just say that the jury voted their favourite and audience theirs 😏It's a shame that there was many good songs that didn't even get into top 10. For example Cyprus really surprised me, their song was awesome! The point system has been the same from 2009 I think, at least until this years contest. Every country in Europe has a "jury" that votes their favourite songs and gives them points from 1-10 and a 12 points for their top picks. After that it's revealed from the last place on how much points the song gets from the audience. The placings can change drastically in this second stage but this year Loreen just got too much point from the jury so the audience points weren't enough to get a surprise winner. Or was Loreen the surprise winner? 😉Depends on whom you ask 😄

[@michaeltunnicliffe4935]

There will never be a better Eurovision winner than Lordi 😂

[@shornoMALONEY]

Lordi, the scandinavian budget version of GWAR

[@michaeltunnicliffe4935]

@@shornoMALONEY true. But I saw them last month opening for Sabaton. They aren't bad. Better than I thought they'd be at least.

[@lennu7898]

Three words CHA CHA CHA! ( and that is from Finland, performing Käärijä)

[@vanderLinde9]

Finland(my fav this year),Germany and Australia is what you should check and I'd also love if you could check Moldova 2022(one of my all time favs in eurovision 😅)

[@ivamandekic7413]

You MUST check out Croatia's entry - it is WILD.

[@Gea2222]

Yessss agree

[@thinkerpanda]

That is winning performance that she performed first time after the winning announcement, that's why they had confetti in the end

[@drew3466]

Alex: "This was the winner?" Half of Europe: "This was the winner?" Yeah check out the Finnish song, the winner with the public 😄

[@DavidCycles]

overated, my man was singing cha cha real smooth, slide to the left. Great meme, not good music imo

[@Mari-ok6xg]

@@DavidCycles Well you're quite lonely with that opinion. For a good reason 💚.

[@DavidCycles]

@@Mari-ok6xg well there is a reason he didn’t win

[@Mari-ok6xg]

@@DavidCycles That would be the unprofessional jury.

[@DavidCycles]

@@Mari-ok6xg sure sure

[@pwnnr13]

Haven't watched Eurovision in forever, or heard her song as a swede, only reason I will I guess, cos of you Alex lol

[@Feliciar93]

You should definitely watch Finlands performance! Being modest now since I'm actually finnish 🤪 No, but it would be fun to se you react to the top 10 Eurovison songs of this year. You will get to see the variety of the music genres in the competition.

[@hanes2]

I loved Norway song “queen of the kings”. As a swede, I think it should had won

[@punkjay4681]

It would've been great if they just kept it a folk song, but the bad techno beats ruined it for me.

[@MrHogaz]

Hey! I'm from Sweden 🇸🇪 And I honestly suggesting that you should look at Finlands contribution. 🇫🇮 Plus, look at Germany, Australia and Croatia. 👍

[@jo8dr]

Note: This is the performance after she won, and she's probably somewhat exhausted at this point. The time between her main performance and this one is about 3 hours. Also, the performance won't be as well done due to adrenaline after winning, and the fact there's no stakes in this one, as she's already won. Still phenomenal.

[@sket179]

She can sing our socks off, but/and the song is produced to perfection/death. It won because jury of music journalists and record label guys wanted to play this on their easy listening pop radio channels. Finland was so much edgier and won the public televote by a landslide.

[@alexjane9555]

Would you like to review the performance of Lord of the Lost?

[@wompa70]

I've listened to the whole "Rush!" album from Måneskin probably 15 times in the last week. Eurovision is an "all genre" contest. Check out the other artists, for sure.

[@RexRegisPeter]

Rock/Metal music in Eurovision is a quite new genre. Eurovision started 1956 and the first real rock song or atleast the first that placed well(actually won) was Lordi with Hard rock Hallelujah 2006 Since then there has been a few rock bands entering the contest, but it is mostly pop songs.

[@k.l.7788]

Lordi won because it was televote only, that rubbed Sweden wrong and they were the ones who got the jury back (to bribe).

[@Oskyldig-ot1yr]

@@k.l.7788 Keep crying 🖕😂🖕 🇸🇪🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🇫🇮🏆

[@rogerjohnson2078]

Proud swede here!

[@Psalm144verse1]

You should be Loreen was great ❤❤

[@bailysgaming1290]

It was after she won she was emotional that’s why she sang a little bad there check when she first sang it❤

[@puu5tin3n]

Yeah, also recommend to watch Finland's advocate Käärijä with song "Cha Cha Cha". You going to love it. Also Germany had a great band there Lord Of The Lost with song Blood and Glitter. Jurys wasn't ready for metal..

[@funkyj4eva18]

You need to check out Finland's grand final entry!