EUROVISION 2024 POTENTIAL DARK HORSES

[@Adam_jd]

Ramonda and Doomsday Blue are going to do way better than everyone thinks

[@TheBalkanGuy]

I really really hope so!!!

[@josemanuelrocha2813]

Hello! Thank you for your words about the Portuguese song brilliantly performed by Iolanda. Everyone can be sure that this wonderful team around her will continue to surprise in Malmö. I also agree with you regarding Australia, Serbia and Moldova, 3 different genres of entry but each of them with a rich, punctual and even folkloric message. I always value these ones more than the average techno Pop songs. Greetings from Porto, Portugal.

[@TheBalkanGuy]

[@erinnadia0409]

I think Australia is a dark horse! Zaachariaha has a killer voice and their stage presence is so incredible, I just know they have something planned for Malmo

[@krpvision]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ All My Favorites. Portugal! Australia! Moldova! Serbia!

[@RobertHeslop]

UK 🇬🇧 is voting in SF1 and I'll likely be voting for Serbia 🇷🇸 Српска песма је тако добра 🎶 it's been glued in my head all day for the past week "лила рамонда... лила рамонда-a-a-a-aaaa" ❤

[@dalmatinoboy]

Ramonda of Serbia, 12p from Croatia 🌸

[@esccse30]

Love Ramonda! Staging will also boom! at it will be better than in nf :)

[@ZeniaLarsen]

I would love to hear your thoughts about why Latvia did so well. You seem to be quite precise in your predictions and even you didn't see it in the grand final. It was third on my top 10 but I'm old, odd, and boring (although Croatia and Norway were my number 1 and 2) and I am absolutely out of touch with current trends and stuff. But you have some really interesting insights so if you can find a minute to answer, I'd really appreciate it. If not, no hard feelings - I've subscribed to your channel and hope to be ready next year to dive into the ESC madness from the beginning (I usually fail to because I'm too old and boring 😂) but I've loved the show since before most of this year's contestants were born :)

[@VVNiko-pg9oo]

Serbia can be dark horse this year, so good song and stage 😀💜🇷🇸🇷🇸

[@cristinadiniz9201]

Thanks from Portugal ❤❤❤🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹

[@hondacrx8232]

MoY favorite Serbija ,,Israel❤😊❤

[@jasminkagligorijevic113]

Ramonda❤Serbia!

[@Dexter-zi6zl]

🌸💜🕊🇷🇸Ramonda✌️

[@SuperBoro89]

I think San Marino will surprise! Go Megara ❤

[@TheBalkanGuy]

I really really hope so!!!

[@jasminkagligorijevic113]

Ramonda❤Winner

[@selmaj8419]

In the worst case scenario, Serbia will only finish 15th to 18th, which wouldn't be bad in the end, but I'm convinced that a top 10 result awaits us because many people have serbia in their top 10, which is a good sign. And if the fans don't vote for teya then the serbian diaspora will. Konstrakta and hurricane are good examples of how far serbia can only get with the support of the televote

[@lenagoncalveslena-yx2es]

Portugal ❤❤❤soo beautiful song and performance too ❤❤❤ thanks from Portugal ❤

[@piko400]

Thank you so much from Greece ❤

[@krystiansobkow1178]

I hope Poland wilk surprise you on May. Best regards ❤

[@ZakhadWOW]

Amer, can you tell me where you got that awesome Hunky/Funky sign? I have to get one! It; is just so cool.

[@TheBalkanGuy]

Hahah I got it at KARE design I believe!

[@aleksandrabijelic]

Ramonda 🇷🇸🪻❤️

[@quarter_ray4894]

I think another darkhorse could be Ireland. Maybe with an decent Impact like Hatari in 2019.

[@elvinam888]

If it makes it to the final at all...

[@erinnadia0409]

Hatari will forever be my favourite entry from Iceland ⛓️🖤⛓️

[@catarinaalves5930]

Portuguese people need to really vote this year because our song is just as brilliant as Salavador Sobral song that made us win

[@Ninterd2]

I would have thought Luxembourg is a clear dark horse. Maybe that's my bias as it's one of my favorites this year, but it's a classic Eurovision style song with a pretty great melody from a returning country. If the live vocals are good anyway. Also, I don't think any odds would put any songs in the final order after voting. It's exclusively likelihood that they'd win. That would put countries that would be top five or ten but never higher really far down in the odds. I'd say like... Lithuania. I haven't looked at the odds, but I'd imagine that that one is really far down despite being decently liked by people.

[@ZakhadWOW]

Tali, given her now well-publicized close personal links to someone in the IDF, may well end up catching some of the harsh backlash against Israel actually being present. Like it or not, agree or not, it is a blunt reality that will not be ignored. Frankly, having fairly well-known Zionist Israeli organizers running the Luxembourg program has really left a sour taste in many folks' mouths. Sigh.. It is an excellent song, and her perfect flow in the rapid French is amazing. But the timing.... heavy sigh.

[@Ninterd2]

​@ZakhadWOW I am trying to be somewhat cautious though, I don't want to fall in an antisemitic trap by judging the production too much. She also isn't her brother. But what I honestly think is that Israel will do poorly because they're Israel. I don't necessarily think her being Israeli will be as noted by people.

[@petrescu529]

In rehersal of Serbia ,Teya has more tunders on stage !

[@jovanrad9224]

💜🌸💜🌸💜🌸💜🌸

[@arenmkrtchyan5256]

Where is the reaction to Czechia's revamp? I still wanna know which part is going to be a moment on stage?😅

[@TheBalkanGuy]

Haha I was referring to the new bridge of the song

[@caitlan]

I'm surprised to not see Ireland in this list

[@TheBalkanGuy]

Right now I am just hoping Ireland qualifies haha

[@CL21x]

I wouldn't consider Austria, Greece, and the UK to be dark horses. I think Denmark is the biggest dark horse this year. It can go either way

[@vandabarreiras7200]

Love from Portugal!

[@MatanNeveh]

TheBigotGuy

[@ZakhadWOW]

the other Moldovan Natalia, of the YUUROOPP and now-record length high note, didnt bring the craziness of her music video, but what she DID bring, along with the slick dancing of her boys, showed that even in THAT case Moldova shocked the crap out of everyone. THe one true let down was 2019, when they copied the lame sand art from the previosu decade or whatever. But, hey, everyone gonna have an off year now and then!

[@carmenmora5348]

Marina isn't a dark horse, she is one of the favourites for a top 5 or top 10 for many people...

[@buddhidev7877]

Luxembourg's

[@sasat6669]

Too bad you didn't include any strong male voices. For me, Latvia and Germany are definitely part of it.

[@Rafael-br9dd]

Just like most fans did with Black Mamba, Maro and Mimicat by underrating our songs....we are going to final, making another top 10 and shutting up the critics and pessimists of our songs, enough of that ;)

[@Wamubodo]

Maybe it is time to define the definition of a 'dark horse'. I think these are songs, who are not highly accessible, may surprise you. With Moldova I agree but with Greece and Serbia? After DORA I still think Slovenia will do great. It is the year of the performance.

[@florenna]

IMO, entries like Serbia or Portugal are already very, VERY over-hyped by fandom (as is evident from comments here, too!), so the term "dark horse" *doesn't* really fit them, as it means entries that may do better than expexted - the expectation is already sky-high by many, it seems... The only term that would fit these is "flopping fan favorite", if they won't do well, after all these expectations. The one that actually *could* fit the term that comes to my mind, but sadly omitted here, is Finland, as it's so very overlooked, even looked down on, by fandom. (And now just wait nasty comments to me below about how "bad" it is in their opinion, I'm sure, but who cares. ;)) OTOH, Moldova and Australia are probably not even getting to the final, so I find it very hard to believe they could be "dark horses"....

[@SuperBoro89]

The problem with Australia is they always been straggling with televote and without juries in the semi I'm not sure if they'll qualify tbh

[@deltawho8002]

No no....they will qualify! There are 5 country's in semi 1 that have given Australia no less than 6 points over the last 9 years. This is also indicative of the public vote. They will breeze through.

[@raualejandro1019]

Luna from Poland🇵🇱 will be the biggest dark horse, mark my words

[@Jag.458]

I think the same👏👏

[@erinnadia0409]

Yes I underestimate Poland every year and they always end up in the final 😂❤

[@MarlonTorres-ce9wu]

Moldova? The most boring song of the season, after Island :)

[@taburetka1868]

no taste

[@Qeleqele]

@@taburetka1868it’s his/her opinion !! A person with « no taste » just doesn’t exist ! We have all different tastes and we don’t know why but we must accept it

[@henriquejorgesilva]

Thanks. ESC does not deserve Portugal.

[@elvinam888]

How utterly self-righteous and snobbish... These kind of attitudes make me dislike Portugal, even despite my will.

[@henriquejorgesilva]

@@elvinam888 The opinion of the majority of reactions is very positive. However, when they do vote simulations, Portugal almost disappears. Salvador Sobral was right. Most of the songs are fireworks, deja vu and a circus atmosphere. Not to mention the lobies in the vote: Nordics vote for Nordics; Balts in the Balts; Greece and Cyprus exchange 12 points! For me, Portugal should rethink future participation, as other countries have done. In fact as the majority of Portuguese defend. They give little importance to the Eurofestival. But don't get a bad impression of the Portuguese; We are Latin and more temperamental. Nothing personal. Good luck.

[@josemanuelrocha2813]

@@elvinam888 Yes, you definitely don't like Portugal.

[@milicarakocevic9012]

Serbia Teya Dora Ramonda 🇷🇸🌸🫶