EUROVISION 2024 Exposed: Hidden Details!

[@MegaJohn144]

The real heroes of the show are the guys with the brooms who come out between every act.

[@timsharp]

Yes they were making sure no-one slipped on the stage after each sweaty performance!

[@lightkingdomknights]

@@timsharp The real reason why they do this, is that the stage floor in a fact is a large LED screen. And if they don't wipe it, the dirt and mud will spoil the media content on it.

[@timsharp]

Yes that may be part of it, but health and safety will also be a factor

[@JustYetAnotherUser]

Guys with the brooms after Denmark: why?... Just why?...

[@CatsLilaSalem]

I heard that they have 57 seconds in between for everything, and 3 seconds for an emergency, dont know what they could do in 3 seconds tho 😅

[@usakousa]

Watching it on TV, I wondered how it actually looked for the audience, so I'm glad to see this. Thank you❤

[@timsharp]

It was fantastic being there and seeing how slick everything was. We got to see all the acts from a different angle as well, though sometimes we were blocked by scenery.

[@the.winged.devil.]

Me toooo

[@JustYetAnotherUser]

Not me actually expecting some tea 😭 Also, thank you so much for the vid!😄

[@timsharp]

Yes sorry, the original title was "What they don't show you", then VidIQ suggested changing it to ESC 2024 Exposed! Glad you liked the video, wish we could have been to both semi's

[@JustYetAnotherUser]

@@timsharp No need to apologize, I'm glad you at least managed to get this one. 😄

[@Ludo1950]

Brilliant video. I wondered how they changed the set so quickly. Croatia was my fav 😊

[@timsharp]

Glad you liked it!

[@daninthevan]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGTVlmuKl6yabc0si=6l4OiS8YAJ6asr-I Amazing video about the quick scene changes!

[@bentvanmierlo7991]

8:29 respect for that person laying on stage

[@timsharp]

Yes, there were 3 of them each side laying down until the second the song finished, then they were up like a shot to start dismantling the set. Must have found that the only way to get the set changed in time was to have the guys on stage hidden during the performance - nice that he waved to us.

[@T1hitsTheHighestNote]

Wow, didn't notice the Serbian singer was barefoot on TV!

[@timsharp]

I didn't notice when I was there, or when I edited the video!

[@JNL76]

Really cool to watch ! Who would have known that such a seat would give you such a great insight 🙃.

[@timsharp]

Thanks. Yes we were really pleased with the seats, after the shock of those boxes coming down on the stage at the start. It was a great show.

[@mareksarul856]

Thank you for sharing it. It is definitely looks better on TV , cause we dont see all behind the scenes .

[@Nedchilvs]

I thought the whole thing looked like a cross between a shopping mall and a disco ball, with shitty songs and confused performers

[@timsharp]

Yes, plus they have better cameras! The experience of being there is great though

[@garethhiley6388]

As an ex-stage manager for Am Dram the movements of stage crew on a production like this always fascinates me, and of course on TV they are almost perfectly hidden. Thank you for including their movement in some of the clips! Amazing how many of the acts had crew on stage already moving stuff, so cleverly hidden on TV.

[@timsharp]

Yes the changes were amazing and so rapid - they only had a set number os seconds to do the whole change, including mopping the floors! If this interests you, watch my video from Liverpool last year - we were higher up so you can see the scene changes even better. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYKaeqafZcplbMk

[@daviddewhurst4708]

Thank you so much for filming and sharing; it brought back happy memories - I was seated a row or two back for the evening DR for SF1

[@timsharp]

Yes, wasn't it great, were you at the exact same show as us then or was yours the evening before? Ours was the final dress rehearsal before the live semi-final a couple of hours later - we rushed back to watch it in Copenhagen

[@JuanjeOrtega]

Thanks Tim for sharing this! I love seeing how the whole show works from the stands, sometimes more than through the TV cameras. Greetings from Spain!

[@timsharp]

Yes it was great being there. Have a look at my video from 2023 at Liverpool - it shows the scene changes from high up. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYKaeqafZcplbMk

[@surreyanglia268]

Sounds as if they are all singing in a giant bucket!

[@timsharp]

That's my old video camera! The sound in the Arena was really good

[@vahvahdisco]

8:28 - on screen at the top it says Last Years Winner Sweden: Marcus & Martinus - “Unforgettable” - but that song is THIS YEARS entry and last years winner was Loreen with Tattoo !

[@timsharp]

I knew what I meant when I wrote it - last year's winner was Sweden, it was a reference to the fact that Sweden didn't have to be in a semi-final this year as it won the previous year. My wife pointed out that it didn't read like I intended, so I actually put a note in the video description to clarify it!

[@pollyoconner9730]

Great stage hands … those sweeping need them in my home! I love Eurovision and esp the winner. Fascinating video.

[@timsharp]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@archecave]

No Rules!

[@timsharp]

Until you break them, then you're out!

[@hello_elco]

What’s with them announcing fake winners? I’m so lost 😅 also thanks for the great footage! I’d love to see it in person one day- just a long way from Aus.

[@timsharp]

The idea is to have a complete rundown of the show to see if there are any glitches. I think they pluck the fake qualifiers out of a hat, so there are always some that don't really get through in the live semi-final - I guess that's their only moment of triumph! You'll notice that the green room has just a stand in for each country, and they come and stand by the balcony for the final shot of the qualifiers. Last year we went to the live semi-final and it was very interesting to see the differences. It was a great show, and the people in front of us who arrived late were Australian as you might have picked up from their flags and my comments. We flew in from the UK, stayed in Copenhagen (cheaper...well a bit) and got the train to Malmö. Made a great holiday too.

[@williamwilting]

Well, hearing Ireland's input here shines a very different light on the whole collection of troubled situation this year and how Bambi reacted to EBU afterwards during interviews. The sound of Bambi's voice sounded clearer than it did on tv, taking into account how it would sound if this video in fact would have been a broadcast. On tv, it sounded distorted during the louder parts, but in this video it doesn't. They sound check this before the show, so trusting it would be allright on tv when you hear this here, that gets me thinking about the sound department deliberately having distorted the sound. Ireland was considered one of the favorable countries in terms of performance, aside from Switserland, Croatia, France, Italy, Ukraine, Israel and the Netherlands. I can't help but suspect that they orchestrated they in order for Bambi's text not to be heard very clearly. This video indicates that. The song wouldn't have been my choice, because I was hoping for Joost's succeess, but that's not the point. EBU and several judge teams have already been accused for manipulating the contest (including for political reasons), and this indicates that they're not entirely innocent.

[@timsharp]

Very interesting. Please see my separate video that has nearly all Bambie Thug's performance and see what you think kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZa3eYqfe5t1ptk. The first part was filmed on my old camcorder, the last part of the video is selected bits from the song, filmed on a new Osmo Pocket 3, the sound is very different on both. Maybe she didn't perform it quite as well at the final? I thought this performance was outstanding.

[@williamwilting]

@@timsharp Well, the performance I've seen is the one from the semi final. I didn't watch the final, because I wasn't at home at that time, and I wouldn't watch it if I was, just out of protest against the EBU for their one-sided decision making about what happened to different countries backstage, most notably with the Netherlands, of course. So, I've seen the same thing as you, allthough I think the first part of that video you linked is probably the judges rehearsal show, which was not on tv. This is no professional footage (I guess), but it can give some indication of what people could expect of the professional footage on tv. Perhaps the performances itself with both cameras you used is different, but in both cases the enviromental sound (for example the crowd and the instrumental part of the music) is pretty clear to me, or at least it would give me an indication of how it could be on tv. The only real problem with the sound, in my opinion, concerns every act, because it's the acoustics of the place and how the sound is getting through in the broadcast. There were some anomalies in the vocal sound with some acts here and there on tv, including Bambie Thug's vocal sound. In Bambie's case, the voice on tv sounded distorted during the part rougher parts of the song (the 'screams'). I think that if the mic was adjusted perfectly at those moments, the words would still have been clearer to me than it was. They sound check this in the rehearsals, I presume, so I may expect better and consistent quality during the shows. Other acts had some moments in which the opposite was the case and where the sound on the mic faltered a bit. So, was this accidental, or was there more going on? It's not that I want to think in conspiracies here, but the majority of people in the world has seen this on tv, so those people would vote based on what they saw and heard there. One country that performed really well, but where the mic also seemed to falter sometimes, was France. A ballad is much easier to arrange in terms of sound than Ireland's song, so why the faltering moments? And then I heard Israel, and really, everything about that sound was or at least seemed perfect, without any anomalies. After I heard the sound here, thinking back on what I've heard during the semi finals on tv (I watched both of them) and comparing it in terms of sound as an indication for what I should expect, I can't help but think that the anomalies in the sound of the favorable acts, while Israel's act was totally fine, is suspicious to me. The only thing that works against that suspician is the Swiss act, which sounded fine as well. Don't get me wrong, I don't blame the delegations that performed better than others, but I think that the EBU has a bit of orchestration to hide.

[@timsharp]

You might be right, I don't know. I was surprised at how good all the acts sounded live in the hall and when we watched the live semi-final on TV, quite a few of them sounded flat - not exactly out of tune, but just lacklustre as though deadened a bit. This always seems to happen at Eurovision though and I would hesitate to say that it's done deliberately - I mean how would they be able to cover it up really - someone would make their fortune by spilling the beans wouldn't they? Thanks for your excellent comments.

[@tobiewolfen01]

Amazing, the microphone sounds louder on this than the actual filming. 🤷‍♂️

[@timsharp]

Probably the acoustics in the hall. Also you might notice differences between clips. The close ups were all done on my old Sony HD camcorder, but some of the wider views were taken on the Osmo Pocket 4 and the sound on those clips seems much louder.

[@Br3cca.]

Was confused when i read kpop and thought i was wrong. But checked out your channel and found kpop performances✨✨

[@timsharp]

Thanks for checking out my channel - I'm an odd one aren't I? I must be about the oldest k-pop fan there is! Our daughter introduced us to k-pop back in 2017 (I've always been interested in Hong Kong and Japanese pop) and it is about all I listen to nowadays apart from Eurovision.

[@Br3cca.]

@@timsharp you would be surprised, there are much older kpop fans😂 One of my best-friends mon‘s best friend (pretty long designation, ik) is about 40 or something and she is deep down in the kpop rabbit hole. By the way, love the esc videos, they give another perspective ti the whole performance, i wanted to go to the esc next year because i live near to Switzerland in germany🥲✨

[@timsharp]

That's really nice of you to assume I'm younger than your best-friends mon‘s best friend! I was 70 on the day we went to Eurovision! Thanks for the comment about the videos, I do try to do a different angle in my Eurovision videos, so people see what you wouldn't see on TV. We'll be trying to get tickets to both semi-finals (and the final of course) next year. This year we only managed to get ones for the 1st semi-final rehearsal, but hopefully better next year. I still really enjoyed it and it was worth the trip from the UK to Malmö. I notice you like BTS. Have you heard other K-Pop - there's a whole world out there!

[@Br3cca.]

@@timsharp oh, yes, i listen to more K-pop groups than just Bts. I really like dreamcatcher and straykids, these are the main groups i‘m in, but i like xg, g i-dle and Ateez too. I used to listen to Blackpink and was a huge fan of Kard and Itzy. Eurovision os such an awesome event. I love how every country is represented and the community is so big. I love to learn new languages and esc is good opportunity to get to know new cultures. I loved Lithuanian song this year „luktelk“ the language sounds so melodic .

[@timsharp]

I like Twice (seen them once), EXO, Dreamcatcher (we've seen them twice), (G) idle (seen them twice as well), Ateez, Itzy, Ive, ONF and lots of others. I also like Lexie Liu who's a Chinese singer with a fantastic voice and brilliant songs. Kard "Ring the Alarm" is one of my favourite songs. I also like Japanese songs by k-pop artists, such as NCT127's "End to Start" and Twice's "Scorpion". Try them out if you don't know them.

[@mareksarul856]

I was surprised too, that Moldova didn't make to the final.

[@Nedchilvs]

not strange enough or perhaps too straight

[@timsharp]

I agree, it was worthy of the final and she did it beautifully

[@vahvahdisco]

One of my favourites too - people just don’t appreciate opera crossover songs - notice how none of them have ever won ? Two of my other favourites from previous years are La Voix by Malena Ernman for Sweden 2009 and Cvet z juga by Alenka Gotar for Slovenia 2007

[@mareksarul856]

@@vahvahdisco on other hand in Eurovision I like to see great show, if I wanna listen to great voices I go to opera. But this is why Eurovision is great, it has a little bit for everyone 🥰

[@timsharp]

Yes and she had great charisma I thought - I just caught a look from her in my short retrospective video, timed to a new song and I think it's the highlight of the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHPRh6ysnJVmr5Y at two minutes 16 seconds in

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

Is this the dress rehearsal? Because Eric was holding a keffiyeh in the live shows

[@timsharp]

Yes, it was the final dress rehearsal. You'll notice that the countries they call out to go into to the final are different to the real ones.

[@dziobakowski]

Its totally different experience than watching it on tv. Shame Im to poor and socially anxious to participate in such thing.

[@timsharp]

Yes it's really different than watching it on TV. I'm pretty anti-social myself, but everyone is so nice and you don't have to worry about what anyone thinks to have a great time - tickets are not expensive, but you have to travel there of course

[@michaeldeangray]

Oh that was so cool to watch

[@timsharp]

Thanks, appreciate the comment!

[@twistedelegance_]

Did Loreen perform at the family rehearsals? I hope her voice is ok now.

[@timsharp]

Don't know, we were could only get tickets for the 1st semi-final, we're back in the UK now.

[@twistedelegance_]

@@timsharp ahh ok ❤️

[@Lauren-wt1gu]

She performed in the grand final afternoon dress rehearsal show - I was there. Apparently her voice was better than in the jury show the previous night, but honestly I wasn’t hugely keen on the overall performance

[@kestutisi]

08:37 lol those guys laying on the floor through the whole performance

[@timsharp]

I think they must have timed it and found that the only way they could move the set in time was to have everyone on stage ready to move instantly

[@kestutisi]

@@timsharp yes, but it's kinda funny seeing them there 🙂

[@timsharp]

@@kestutisi And it was nice that one of them waved to us!

[@ewoudbrummel5050]

Im sorry to say but this years eurovision was an failure. At the same time bec of the participating country Israël and the unfair disqualification of Joost klein. #JusticeforJoost

[@timsharp]

I haven't been able to find out why Joost was disqualified, does anyone really know? Maybe video of the 'incident' will emerge?

[@thund3rbolt54]

@@timsharp Hi Tim they said Joost was recorded without his consent and when he realized it ,allegedly he put his hand on the camera using force!

[@timsharp]

Should there have been consequences for both sides then?

[@thund3rbolt54]

@@timsharp i honestly believe Joost is innocent!

[@tipi4923]

There is A crime Change and the police is investigating the case.

[@thecooljosef]

is it loud in there

[@timsharp]

Yes it was quite loud, but the sound quality was really good. Most concerts we go to (even kpop ones) are a bit boomie but Eurovision wasn't. Of course my camera probably didn't capture it particularly well. I'm looking for an old 4k video camera now (with a good zoom) for future concerts.

[@aygunquliyeva8596]

Azerbaycan ❤Fahree &İlkin.

[@timsharp]

One of my top favourites too

[@aleksisaleksandrovs1428]

But why wasn't there Latvia 😢!?

[@timsharp]

This was semi-final 1, Latvia was in semi-final 2

[@KelvinNorris-kp4tb]

Some of them were actually lip syncing you could see it 😂😂

[@timsharp]

I never thought of that. They certainly sounded very good, and I know they are not allowed to lip-sync in the live finals, but perhaps they are in the rehearsals. You'd think they would want to sing live in rehearsals though to check they get the sound right, but perhaps some of them were saving their voices for the main event.

[@KelvinNorris-kp4tb]

@@timsharp no a few were as you could see them missing the queen to put the pic to they're lips and the voice didn't match the music

[@timsharp]

I'll have to have a closer look at my clips - I've got tons I didn't put in this video. I'd always assumed the rule about no lip synching was universal, but perhaps not for the rehearsals.

[@T1hitsTheHighestNote]

@@timsharp Not really, but they have a ton of overdubs, choir, etc.

[@lukastemberger]

Yeah, I noticed Nemo in the winning performance was lip syncing all the hard parts.

[@Hasanabbasov1922]

Which was your real winner att eurovision?

[@timsharp]

That's a tough question! There were so many incredible performances this year, but I think the real winner is always the music that brings us together.

[@UnboxIt6]

There was no estonia😢

[@timsharp]

No, they were in the 2nd semi-final. We could only get tickets for the 1st semi-final rehearsal so missed Estonia.

[@bmaryia]

Where is France, Greece and Israel?

[@timsharp]

This was the 1st semi-final, they were in the other one

[@johnbrooks9790]

Croatia won the public vote...the real winner

[@timsharp]

They were certainly a crowd pleaser, but I liked the Switzerland song even more. I bet there is a big debate about juries now though!

[@helenlouiseadams]

Absolutely….he won the public vote and the People’s hearts!

[@frankh.2669]

Well, no. The actual winner is who manages to win the most points from juries and public voting combined. It's too simple to only rely on the one half just because you personally may prefer who won that 50% of it.

[@timsharp]

Yes sometimes it's a good idea to have a restraining hand (Jury) to look at songs from a quality point of view. If you just rely on a public vote you might get things like Brexit and Trump!

[@ESahm-yi8ti]

He did not, no one cares about Croatia. It's only hate to comment that crap​@@helenlouiseadams

[@tzahy4968]

where is israel?

[@majazeleznjak112]

In the second semifinal.

[@timsharp]

Yes, this was the 1st semi-final, Israel were in the 2nd

[@A1mog3]

i'm the 1000th like

[@timsharp]

Congratulations - and of course thankyou!!!

[@magdalinikontzeklidi4668]

🇬🇷😢??

[@annedora6638]

Finland 🤣🤣🤣

[@1phildefer323]

ET SLIMANE....?

[@timsharp]

Yes, good

[@evaprsasimonovic1433]

Kitsch and bo taste!

[@timsharp]

That's what it's about nowadays!

[@thund3rbolt54]

When i saw the fin naked from the waist down i rubbed my eyes to make sure i didn't have poor eye sight! He and the swiss winner who brought the loatki flag which he hid to present on stage,weren't punished for their actions!!! I wonder why!!

[@timsharp]

He looked naked, but wasn't really. It must have all been OK'd by the producers and it was very cleverly filmed for the broadcast. Not sure why a non-binary flag would be seen as a political statement

[@thund3rbolt54]

@@timsharp The fin was naked during the contest.Only near the end of the song didi his shorts appear SUDDENLY from above!!! Regarding the winner he ACTUALLY admitted that he had to hide the flag to show it on stage,knowing he broke the rules!

[@MsGrockle]

@@thund3rbolt54 He was wearing a 'modesty panel' at the front. Very clever filming for the final on TV made it look very different!!

[@garym.5931]

It was repulsive and pretty naked to deem it naked. Shame on Eurovision…hedonistic, immoral and satanic. Eurovision is going down the tubes! I have lost all respect. This year the worst 👎👎👎. Too bad for the good artists and the original idea of Eurovision.

[@garym.5931]

May I add insane and grotesque?!

[@nigareyvazova7270]

🇦🇿🫶🥹

[@timsharp]

Me too

[@santilic4836]

Croatia is the real winner ❤

[@timsharp]

Lots of people think that. I'm OK with the winner though

[@ESahm-yi8ti]

No one cares about Croatia, your comment is just hate, get a life

[@natalitomica2129]

Gay eurovision Song contest 😂

[@timsharp]

But you don't have to be gay to enjoy it do you?

[@garym.5931]

It was not enjoyable, it was repulsive!

[@myway2869]

Parada gay em toda a sua decadência

[@timsharp]

Às vezes era um pouco exagerado!

[@TripG-lt1cl]

A competition of brotherhood of peoples and cultures...lol...a festival of hate, endless whining, in the style of "They stole my place. The win should have been ours" is the most watched reaction. People came with a weak song, it is unpleasant to say that many songs were terribly boring and the way to compensate for the lack of interest was with excessive theatricality not to mention sexual harassment of the audience. For me, a song is a vocal piece that I would like to hear when I drive. I don't care if the artist wore a skirt, was a Celtic voodoo magician or did an erotic cabaret show. If the song is not good, I will turn it off or switch to another station. The guy or girl who won is not a song I would like to hear. Sorry. You won, you broke the statue, you also broke the binary code, it's lucky that they broke the Enigma code 80 years ago because this generation would not have won that war and it doesn't seem like they will win with the progressive approach the huge mass of immigrants who have no problem with the binary code for them it's actually 0 or 1.

[@timsharp]

I can see where you are coming from. I don't agree with it all, but I can see why it might seem like this to some people. We didn't get any of the 'hate' stuff while we were there - it was just a joyous celebration of music and performance. Yes some of the songs were a bit weak, and some of the performances were over the top to compensate. But things have a way of sorting themselves out, perhaps next year won't be quite as in your face. I totally agree that it is a song contest and a song should be one you want to listen to on it's own without the performance, regardless of the way it's performed on stage. I did though, like the Swiss song and was glad when they won. Other songs I really liked were Azerbaijan, Portugal, Ireland (strangely), Italy, Sweden, Germany and Norway. I will have missed a couple that I liked. The statue breaking looked like an accident to me. Also, things do move on and although I'm now 70 years old, I can see that what we sometimes think of today's younger generation is exactly what the oldies used to think of us when we were young! As regards the non-binary, people can choose to be whatever they want, and hopefully they don't get annoyed when it causes confusion - it's still new to a lot of people. I just wish another word than 'they' had been chosen as that is already in general use!

[@ColettePleignet]

Eurovision 2024 , 😱 🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@oyamawapiti]

A nightmare! Full of evil symbolism!

[@timsharp]

I wondered what they meant!

[@ESahm-yi8ti]

​@@oyamawapitiI love the Devil 😈

[@Rafaelena_Tsekoura]

@@ESahm-yi8tiu need god in your life✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️

[@Rafaelena_Tsekoura]

@@ESahm-yi8tiwithout god u can’t live a happy life✝️✝️

[@markbougourd7379]

All this hard work months of preparation and scum of so called Eurovision Fans BOOING BOOING AND BOOING . Stay at Home next time and don't spoil our EUROVISION for the very true Fans. Disgusting behaviour-Grow -up.

[@timsharp]

People are very quick these days to condemn things they don't agree with, Eurovision isn't exempt and I really think that people who do this may be normal nice people in real life, for some reason when they latch onto a cause, it blinds them to anything good about an opposing view. Mind you, you were pretty extreme calling them scum :-) I do know what you mean though, it's a huge undertaking to put on a show like Eurovision and for a relatively small group of people to try to disrupt it seem unfair to the vast majority who want to enjoy it. However, it does get their cause noticed which is the main reason for protests.

[@oyamawapiti]

Did you notice any satanic acts? Evil is amongst us!

[@timsharp]

Not really, I thought Ireland was pretty harmless from where we were sitting!

[@garym.5931]

Really? How? Are you trying to play it off by denying it? It was completely Satanic. Just like Germany last year and others. Eurovision is becoming a heinous Circus of hedonism and Satanic idolotry. Clean it up. Unfair for the real performers and just ruining it completely..

[@MiadeFleur]

[@timsharp]

Sorry I don't know that emoji

[@LoveJerryHeil]

Ukraine 🇺🇦 ❤

[@timsharp]

I liked Ukraine