Eurovision Song Contest 2019: Places 5 - 1 | Reaction Video

[@alfredhedlund04]

Perfekt Luke! DON’T HATE THE PLAYER HATE THE GAME!

[@Lukeovision]

I know right?! It's not Sweden's fault they always place so high!

[@alfredhedlund04]

Luke White Yes as a swede it’s so frustrating

[@Lukeovision]

Alfred Hedlund I love Sweden every year - I think they’re on top of their game! 😍

[@sharkfinn4]

Honestly, I get their frustration. Sometimes, we get a few too many points from the juries, even though I'd say it's only a matter of a couple of places in the overall ranking. However, I agree that it's frustrating when people turn their frustration towards us, for sending well-produced songs with generic mass-appeal. Since we can't vote for ourselves, we can't really be blamed if people feel like the juries give us too many points, right?

[@flopjul3022]

@@alfredhedlund04 im dutch and in since 2013 we suddenly got qualified since the semi final rounds started and that concept of that song we still kinda use. Minimalistic and Great vocals/power vocals which is kinda the same as Sweden. So the judges just have a preference for minimal with power/great vocals(Heroes was an exception for that tho, that was just a great song just as Loreen with an Dance beat), like Undo(4th) it is great and in the same year the Netherlands had a very minimal song with calm yet great vocals and they got 2nd. But i guess Robin shouldnt have been that high tho in comparison to other songs of the same year.

[@moonlit8559]

the girl from australia said that "he's obviously a professional" but little does she know that duncan just finished the music academy, had 0 performance experience & had never been exposed to so many people in his life. he literally got thrown into this and handled himself so well! and the girl from hongkong didn't like the song but i feel like she doesn't know about the meaning of it, it was written in his bedroom while he was coping with the loss of a loved one. none helped him with writing & it was never made 'to sell' or to be another eurovision song. give him a break... this win was so well deserved, especially understandable when you know where he's coming from.

[@lucadynamo3758]

Zero experience? Dude was on The Voice

[@linkjames6320]

The voice

[@vandsperez2387]

Yah he came from the voice

[@franm47]

5. Sweden - overrated by the juries as always. Good song but nothing more. 4. Switzerland - very energetic performance and the song is great, well deserved 4th place 3. Russia - Sergey's performance was epic and his vocals slayed as always, really happy it made the top 3 2. Italy - as an italian, I'm glad that this year we didn't get robbed by the juries. Don't really see the point of the dancers on stage, but for me it was a perfect performance 1. The Netherlands - very well deserved winner! The song and performance was perfect! My top 5 of the year: 1. The Netherlands 2. Slovenia 3. Italy 4. Russia 5. Albania

[@stanloona3791]

YES SLOVENIA 💚

[@Mdlvadi]

My heart was with Slovenia. It was so niiiiice❤😍

[@stanloona3791]

@@Mdlvadi it was the best.

[@franm47]

@@Mdlvadi it was magical 🇸🇮❤

[@sharkfinn4]

In my opinion, you guys sent one of the best Eurovision entries to date this year. It may just be my personal favorite Eurovision song ever. So thank you, Italy. ❤ PS: And on behalf of Sweden, I just wanna add that I'm still genuinely sorry we robbed you in 2015. "Grande Amore" is one of the few songs throughout the years that can compete with "Soldi" for me.

[@Leonholtkuile]

this is for that girl from HongKong, this song is not predictable at all, I was like, omg what is coming now! This song isn’t predictable at all

[@Copyrightbreaker22]

The salt over Sweden is too much. They keep on saying Sweden gets overrated but with exception of last year they finished top 10 with the televote every year since 2014

[@Adro03]

As a swede I feel disgusted about all the hate we always get. It is not our fault we are one of the worlds best pop producers and the juries know it. We go to win and our record shows it, you guys should try to do it to

[@jullee9908]

Adam Roble Yeah! I dont even understand why everyone says that we are overrated!! Except 2018, we have been top 10 in televote 2014-2019!!

[@alfredhedlund04]

Adam Roble Yes I’m so fucking tired of it!!!

[@MrDani275]

'all the hate we ALWAYS get' Wins twice this decade.....

[@MusicForever167]

I'm really tired of the hate around Sweden. I just don't get why you would hate a country just bcs they do so well every year. they put the right effort in it and they get the results for it instead. Besides they don't do anything wrong. Anyway I keep being a Sweden lover and I really want to see them getting the new record of 8 wins in esc.

[@Louise5433]

Aline Van Rossem hey girl ❤️ you know I don’t hate Sweden at all, melfest is my joint favourite national final! it’s just irritating for some fans that they do well-ish with televote but always top with juries. Once off you could make an exception (north Macedonia this year, for example) but it just gets tiring when it seems to keep happening. No hate, all love love peace peace ❤️🌈

[@senna476]

Lol Arcade got 1.000.000.000 streams now on combined. How can you still say thats it overstated or bad.

[@LucianoMarinelli]

I think Sweden didn't deserve the 5th place at all. It was the usual poppy song that Sweden brings to esc every year. I don't understand why the juries keep overrating Sweden every single time. Norway deserved the 5th place much more in my opinion, but they got robbed instead by the juries

[@alfredhedlund04]

LuChessYT HATE THE GAME NOT THE PLAYER!!!

[@kevindeering1457]

stop with the sweden hate, they send quality songs every year. it came 9th in the televote so not just the jury rating it highly. 5th place was well deserved this year. saying this norway were my favourite this year should have came higher which is something the jury did get wrong

[@MusicForever167]

you got it!

[@trustysuperbat6840]

Some of y’all will bash Sweden for sending generic pop but then call Switzerland 2019 a whole ass bop. Like I agree Sweden was pretty generic, but you have to stay consistent. Switzerland sent a generic beat drop pop song with a charismatic dancer. I’m not saying his song was bad, but it was also a generic pop song (generic ≠ bad). Sweden does do unusually well with the juries, but that doesn’t mean you can just call their entry “boring” or “generic” while then praising Switzerland. Both the Swiss and Swede songs were generic, but good (again, generic ≠ bad)

[@augustodominguez7416]

My comments: Netherlands - The winner this year really DESERVED. That performance in the final was simply... flawless. Italy - Mahmood proved EVERYBODY wrong and I’m so happy he succeeded. Russia - Sergey placed 3rd again for being simply Sergey. That’s it. The song couldn’t be more manufactured for Eurovision, it shined because of its performer, the best thing about “Scream” was Sergey. Had they ditched all of the operatics, he could’ve won the whole thing. Doing TOO MUCH in a ballad, never works. Switzerland - DESERVED! “She Got Me” is a whole bop and the country really worked for a good result. May they pull it off again in 2020! Sweden - too much “perfection” is boring the crowd every year even more, that’s why they’re not getting amazing results with viewers. Juries go nuts with anything, ANYTHING Sweden sends. I hope Melfest 2020 turns for more authentic songs, rather than the very manufactured set we’ve been getting the past few years.

[@MusicForever167]

If other countries would put more effort, Sweden wouldn't seem 'too perfect'. They just love what they do and people are unfairly blaming them for it. It's just not fair how much hate they get. Imagine if people would hate you just bcs you are really good in something.

[@augustodominguez7416]

Aline Van Rossem When it comes to effort, they were not the only ones making a good effort. This year we had Russia, Azerbaijan, Switzerland, Norway & Australia, for example, giving us good efforts as well. And all the countries I mentioned ended up in the Top 10 with Sweden, the difference is that they’ve been very consistent and it has been rewarded, but not everyone will be pleased by it. The formula continues to work, but it won’t work forever. They really need to make an effort to bring authenticity back to Melfest if they really want to win, because as some of the reactors said in the video they’re bringing pretty much the same kind of music every year.

[@devonguy8109]

Augusto Dominguez Well said! 👍

[@sharkfinn4]

I understand your criticism towards Sweden being a little bit overhyped by the juries recently, but what I don't agree with is that our songs aren't authentic. Just because it's pop, and it has mass appeal, doesn't mean it's not as authentic as something more alternative. Britney Spears isn't a less authentic artist than Björk simply because her genre is pop.

[@cherker0442]

i dont know how other countries decide who get in eurovision but in sweden we have different nations deciding like 50% of the points so the song we send the jurys love, our system is made so the jury will love us so thats why sweden always do well in eurovision

[@lunaangove8912]

I know I’m late but everyone is saying how Sweden is always overrated and we get a lot of negative comments but as a Swede I don’t get why it is our fault. We send the entries that we enjoy and the jury usually gives us high points but it’s the jury’s of other countries and we can’t vote for our own country so we can’t really help if we do well.

[@lanfrancotolfetti8798]

I always love Swedish entries in ESC, I just can't help it. They do it so well, even when the song maybe is not top, they team up with fantastic mood and staging (i.e. Bengtsson, I hope I got his name right). They put a lot of quality, that is the only reason why they always get in top 5 every year. It's only envy from the other countries. Love from Italy.

[@jamesgrieves2669]

Seeing Daeva and Noosh back to back always throws me for a loop

[@EmVee.]

Deava... Sergey the best vocals of the night when he strained his voice way to much and was on the edge of going out of tune multiple times??? hmmkay

[@ginaarnau_usa]

Love it. Now top ten bottom pleas3

[@conorrdoyle]

You should do a 20 - 11 reaction Or bottom five reaction

[@caibudao5281]

Lovely to see that song with the best consistent overall reception was, of course, Soldi!!

[@makyotoo]

The funny thing that the fans hate Sweden but then a Swedish song and staging come right after (Switzerland) and they all are like "this is great!!!".

[@quite_unknown_1]

Finally! I was waiting for This for like a week!

[@neamsamana7]

I don't think some of these reactors realize how much strong is word 'hate'. They say it so easily and I'm not pleased by that. Too much hate for some songs or artist, chill guys. Or maybe they should improve their English and express their opinion in better way. Especially, Daeva.

[@dvdb59]

I agree, hate should be, don't like!!! Instead screaming "HATE IT" say don't like or not my taste..I didn't like Hatari, especially showing Palestinian scarf in the Eurovision, they support gay issues but forget to to see that gay people are murdered by Hamas and that is something I HATE.....

[@benjeffery7829]

Soldi, Soldi......clap, clap!

[@masquemovidas]

Hey hey hey I agree with this top but listen, SERGEY IS AWWWWESOME. Come on, that drums man! They were like war drums and his voice got goosebumps on me!!! Say what you want you can't change my mind Sergey is GOOODDDD

[@marietg8025]

Have you seen his Russian version on Red Square? Krik/крик It's mind blowing

[@jlhabitan50]

Sweden - The Melfest performance was much better than what we saw in the main contest. Switzerland - C2 Solo. I like him in his dapper suit better than what he eventually wore in the contest. Fun choreography be nice vocals. Russia - Very theatrical. Sergey was good but not a winner for me. Italy - Yeaaaah! Everything all came together well. But that shirt...untucked. Not sure about that. But still, Mahmood is my mood. The Netherlands - Everything came together for this as well. Very emotional and gripping.

[@JudeKennedyATCL]

My top 5 reactors today (sorry I'm very late this time 😂) 1. Louise 2. Luke 3. Chloe 4. Iago 5. Noosh (This is my opinion😁)

[@Lukeovision]

Soooo close yet so far!

[@Louise5433]

we love ya Jude ❤️

[@JudeKennedyATCL]

@@Louise5433 love you too Louise😄💚

[@danlamp9466]

Silver for Italy Yes finally 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@EmVee.]

But when Televote overrates countries it is all okay, so done with the hypocricity

[@In_my_own_mind]

Mitchel van Eijk Hey, stop a minute. Televote is the viewers which means millions of people who pay money to give votes. Its the opinion by people like you and me. The Juries are 200 random people who works in radio etc and shouldnt have the same power as the televoters. They were aupposed to be there to stop political voting, not to ruin the contest. The Juries are the worst when it comes to political voting, so Why even use the jury when they have no purpose anymore. The viewers vote for the songs they like., the jury just vote for the favorites in the odds and seems like they dont really care (they cant even vote the right way...as usual someone of the Juries also this year voted wrongly by giving their least favorites top points and their favorites the opposite).

[@EmVee.]

@@In_my_own_mind The delusion thinking Televote vote for what they like lmao. There is more blocvote in Televote than Juries sksksk. Both have their flaws but juries >>> Televote as Juries dont appreciate crazy circus acts lol

[@wjgmspeedy]

@@In_my_own_mind Tele vote is 20 votes per SIM card. At first glance it may seem democratic, but it also has many flaws.

[@marietg8025]

How DARE foreign people like what you personally don't??? The nerve. 🙄

[@4n_tg396]

Its sad what happend in 2018 with sweden have made people take it on this sweden entry in really sorry for the hate your country get

[@Louisekjellberg]

I really do not get the Sweden-hate among eurovision-fans. First of all Sweden puts an enormous amount of effort and resources behind our entry to Eurovision. Second, Sweden is the third biggest international music producing country in the world! A LOT of the entries in Eurovision this last decade have had Swedish songwriters, producers or even artists. Third, take a look at the swedish entries during the 00’s where we did send a lot of different kinds of songs which got us nowhere.

[@cherker0442]

sandra u make an interesting point but just cuz he was part of another song in the writing doesnt mean they should be ranked the same, he is a way better singer and has such a good stage presance. And the song is not the same so stop acting like it is.

[@123billydog]

Luke is so right 'Don't hate the player hate the game' and keep politics out of Eurovision, it should be a celebration of diversity

[@garyyyyyyyyyy5201]

Hope you do a reaction to 20- 11 place too. Also I think that Russia shouldn't absolutely ranked in top 5

[@faustocastillo4740]

With songs like "Arcade" being favored by the jury, wouldn't be surprised if the UK sends Coldplay next year, they are the masters of that bland sound.

[@andget5085]

I am from Hong Kong but I totally disagree with Crystal

[@onyxtopaz7998]

Gosh the hypocrisy against Sweden in this contest lol. Who says that the juries and televoters have to vote the same for «justifying» the result? Disagreements and discrepeancy between the juries and televoters will always occur in this contest’s future and it has happened countless of times as well with just not Sweden. It’s frequently unpopular within the fandom whenever Sweden does well with the juries and an added outrage if the televote doesn’t quite match up, but somehow it’s okay that North Macedonia had an even bigger discrepeancy this year despite winning the juryvote lol although you can make plenty of arguments why North Macedonia shouldn’t have won lol. I get the fact that it’s easier to like the underdogs in this contest but stop bashing Sweden for everything. Imagine the outrage if Sweden or Australia sent another Fuego 2.0 like Switzerland this year, song and performance, and then coming 4th lol. You know what Sweden came 5th and John deserves it 100%

[@EmVee.]

There is and will always be standard hate towards Sweden. it is getting sad. Russia almost always ends top 5 with Televote and so does Italy since their return but no one speaks about that

[@franm47]

@@EmVee. Because the televote represents more the views of the general population, whereas the jury vote is almost just based on geopolitics. No one talks about how Italy almost every year gets robbed by the juries (2015 and 2018 especially). We italians are getting sick of this, sorry

[@EmVee.]

@@franm47 General population? You mean diaspora. Italy 2018 didnt even deserved thr final even tho they are AQ, I am glad the juries blocked those victories

[@onyxtopaz7998]

Well they have sent strong entries to be fair, but they definitely have some «friends» and allies out there which definitely helps. Given how popular Sergey is, I knew he would do well with some countries and I wasn’t surprised when EBU confirmed the results

[@JSzoo16]

Personally, I think the placement of Sweden's entries over the last few years (except for 2016) have been well deserved; however, this song was nothing special compared to all the acts we saw this year. He was a great performer but so were a lot of other acts with performances that were more memorable, such as Iceland, Norway, Australia, Czech Republic. I'm not surprised Sweden and North Macedonia were the juries top two acts for them because these are the songs they go for. People are right, there are problems with other countries throughout the years. The bashing is more directed at the juries, not Sweden; therefore, it would be interesting if they did one year of just televoting but that would most likely never happen.

[@cherker0442]

2:50 okay yeah same songwriter, different singer, different song, different performence, the guy from sweden sings so good and does it so well so stop hating sweden cuz we always do good

[@vandsperez2387]

I don't hate you but I just feel like your contestant in Euro vision 2018 was kinda overrated but I don't hate you, I actually love the song of John Luvndik and it gave me a great feel

[@ESC_jackqulen]

Louise is so relatable today! Here are my thoughts: Sweden: 9th televote was completely understandable, overrated by jury Switzerland: FUEGO? I'll take it **shrugs** Russia: Thanks new points announcement system now no one remembers you came 3rd Italy: Hated in his own country for winning SanRemo, still loved by the whole Europe anyway Netherlands: not my winner, but congrats to NL getting the trophy again after 44 years

[@mimmiblu6138]

Mahmood hated in his own country?! here everybody under 30 and my old self is singing along every time it is played on the radio which is... constantly. We've also fallen in love with his lother songs, too. They're stunning and very personal.

[@ESC_jackqulen]

from what I saw the opinion varied. Some disliked him because they prefer the runner up in SanRemo, and then there are others who are just racist (unfortunately). But I am aware that Mahmood is doing well on radios where you are and I'm happy with that :)

[@kedibit_music]

@@ESC_jackqulen yeah... so... Racism in Italy is still a thing... As an italian i can say especially old people are racist. Ya know, those born in the 40s. I'm Not saying that all old people are racist. I really liked Mahmood, i prayed for the first place til the end. lol

[@kedibit_music]

@@ESC_jackqulen Some people didn't just Say "oh, Well Mahmood won" They said "did He just win? The heck" They were disappointed. (Obviously this is what i heard from people just talking about him) P.S.- Sorry from my bad English. As i said before I'm italian. So, again, Sorry.

[@legendarybarnacle6586]

Russia was amazing. Love Sergey, his voice and his performance sm 😍 He should have won, or even get the second place cause Duncan was amazing as well and deserved the first place!!

[@WLsmiling]

Duncan with Arcade absolute winner!!! Best song and best voice won!

[@angieolsson8175]

I was surprised at all the hate for my country this year, loved this song it made me happy. But this is the people's competition so maybe we should take a step back from the competition and not compete for a few years. Melodifestivalen will be popular in Sweden with or without Eurovision. Unfortunately I saw that we will compete 2020 but it's not too late to pull out. 😊

[@RuddeyBoy90]

No! I want Sweden to participate! You never disappoint in my opinion :) Good luck next year in my country, the Netherlands! I will cheer for you!

[@angieolsson8175]

@@RuddeyBoy90 Thank you for the kind words and congrats on a well deserved win! 😊 It made me a bit sad to see all the hate 😪 I think it would do us some good to take a break and made also redo our national selection - Melodifestivalen. It feels like it's geting a bit repetetive, the same songwriters are competing against eachother every year.

[@laziojohnny79]

So cuz ya'll got some critics (and rightly so) you're offended and very childish try to threaten the rest of Europe by not participating in '20 .... your arrogance is hilarious. Cry a river and meanwhile grow a pair.

[@angieolsson8175]

@@laziojohnny79 😊 I'm not talking about critizing our songs, that's of course fine. When ppl said Benjamins song last year was crap, I agreed 1000% I'm for instance talking about us being critized because the jury gives us a lot of points every year or hating our song just because it's from Sweden, I don't see how that is right. It's been going on for a while now but this year it made me sad cause I liked the artist so much. And btw I'm not threathening anybody I'm just saying what I think. I have no power over if we compete in the contest or not, I don't know Cristian Björkman 😉 Thanks for calling me arrogant btw, my friends will find that hillarious.

[@laziojohnny79]

@@angieolsson8175 Thinking people outside Sweden would be devastated or even care if you lot wouldn't participate for some years is staggering arrogant, so you're welcome.

[@chalphon4907]

I'm so tired of the Eurovision community hating on Sweden for sending too polished entries or too much pop or whatever. At this point I think we should just do like Turkey and Luxembourg and leave the competition and focus on our own national selection which in Sweden is bigger than ESC anyways. It would feel so refreshing to not part take anymore.

[@MrCorky911]

Y'all send in the most generic songs every year... They're not too polished or too pop. There's just nothing unique about the songs Sweden sends every year. I mean the songs are not awful but give us some deeper meaning or substance please. Ludvik wrote the UK's entry which did awful and had the same love theme. Ludvik wrote France's 2020 and is basically the same theme again and we all know that would've done crapp. Previous songs from Sweden since they won are pop dance songs about.... drumroll... dancing. Give us something unique please. Last Swedish language song in the contest was beautiful and unique and was sent in by... Finland.

[@chalphon4907]

@@MrCorky911 Well we like easy going pop songs, no need to send a bunch of hate because of that. Easy going pop is very representative of Swedish culture but ppl does'nt seem to want actuall Swedish culture, they want whatever stereotypical version of Swedish culture they belive is accurate.

[@danthegooner4652]

Dont blame Sweden for our loss because John only wrote the song then The BBC fails to make the staging good

[@Tommy-tb9vy]

My top 5 5) Russia 🇷🇺 4) Sweden 🇸🇪 3) Switzerland 🇨🇭 2) Italy 🇮🇹 1) Netherlands 🇳🇱

[@BeeRodz]

A little late but here’s my thoughts on the Top 5... a month later! 5. Sweden: Like Katie said, “don’t hate the player, hate the game.” And yes, I find it suspicious when John wrote both songs, yet one finished in the top 5, while the other finished last. 🤔 4. Switzerland: after the Final, I thought it’ll be the runner-up. I think his performance in the Final was WAY better than semis. Good for the Swiss! 3. Russia: yes, it’s dramatic. Yes, Sergey can sing. But looking back, I think 3rd place was a bit much. 2. Italy: came back to Eurovision finishing 2nd, end the decade at 2nd. Only a matter of time they’ll win. He did great, however I don’t have it on repeat on my Spotify. 1. Netherlands: prepare for a long post! Performance wise, he left his heart out there in the Final. With that, the camera angles during the semis were WAY better. I like how the orb was face level, as oppose to hair level in the Final. Okay, I’m nitpicking! It was easily the song of the night and deserves to win. Feel like I’m going to cry again. But anyway, can’t wait to see which city will host it next year. 🥰🥰🥰

[@saskiapanter]

Yep same herel. The Hague is out...to small of a venue. Amsterdam could be problematic bevause of Furmule 1 also being near Amsterdam in the same period....too little amount of hotelrooms I fear. Rotterdam or Den Bosch are good contenders. We'll see. I hope to hear it soon

[@cokomoko7]

5.Sweden. I know I know people love to hate Sweden. It is undeniable fact that they produce quality most of the time. I think the guy from last year (I don't remember his name) was so overrated that people just exploded and I do believe that after that whatever song Sweden puts out, people just won't vote for Sweden. 4. Look, I hated this song right up to the final because I though that it was generic Despacito wanna be but surprisingly Luca had just great presence and charisma. 3. The most overrated song by far. I know it's Sergey, he is a great singer but the song was just mediocre and forgettable. I bet that if any other country sang this song it wouldn't even be in the top 15. 2. The San Remo performance was better in my opinion, it was still great but I don't know why I expected so much from Mahmood. 1. The Netherlands. My favorite from the beginning and deserving winner. It was just in another league of its own. Powerful unique singer, the best song in terns of production, emotion and deliverance.

[@svensklyricss]

Benjamin (the guy from Sweden last year) flopped in the televotes tho lol

[@bosnahercegovina]

Daeva has right to her opinion. If she hates him or his song that is completely normal. 👍 Even five fingers on our hands are not the same and we have no problem with that but it is not fear to call anyone stupid. Daeva love you and is always funny to seeing you 😘 Peace! 😉

[@MunaAliWeheliye-mv3ny]

I Hate Daeva How Dare She Hate On My Guy Duncan??????

[@AJHBTV]

Yesterday I was talking about Eurovision in class and some girl butted in and said “THERE IS NO DIVERSITY! THE TOP 5 WERE MEN!! DISGUSTING” I was just gob smacked. 😂

[@rod_santos3371]

Solution Slave Feminists lol

[@irondasgr]

Democracy and diversity don't always go together. You should have challenged her to choose right there on the spot.

[@maryhunter6389]

Lol, I didn't even notice that. Who cares. It's about the song and the performance.

[@odhranhorgan7954]

My opinion on the top 5 Sweden: shouldn't be in the top 5 and 2nd with the juries I'm mean really 2nd year in a row . I mean song is generic nothing special.🙄 Switzerland: great dance bop, but sounded bad live no offence to Luca. Overall deserved 4th 👏👏 Russia: I mean what do I have to say about Russia I honestly dont understand how it came so. I guess well done 🙄 Italy: so happy juries didnt screw this over this year it is an amazing song and would of been a well deserved winner ❤ The Netherlands: love this song so much I have never been so happy for a country to win in my life. Well deserved Netherlands ❤ My personal top 5 of the year 5. North macedonia 4.norway 3. Slovenia 2. Italy 1.the Netherlands

[@TheFreeGreenChannel]

Say Sweden is too generic and doesn't deserve top 5 - put Norway top 4... where's the logic? Is it dead?

[@samuelgordino]

Sweden: i agree with you, not a bad song but nothing special either Switzerland: Again not a bad song but not very original. I could turn the radio on and in 20minutes i would listen 3 or 4 musics like that but better. Russia: Again nothing special about it but noting bad either. Italy: Usually i dont like this type of music but in this case i really like it. Netherlands: Not my type of music but i understand why it won. Overall a disappointing year for me. Most of the songs in the top ten sounded the same to me.

[@olivertribe7121]

Sweden: I think top 5 was a bit of stretch for the song because it was very generic and nothing special but Sweden is still very good at Eurovision. Switzerland: The song is pretty generic and cliche and it really annoys me how the song did so well because it was an upbeat song and a "bop". That doesn't automatically give a song a top 10 result. Also, the live version wasn't good either and really didn't lift the song. Overall, didn't deserve top 5. Russia: I personally liked Russia's song, it was different, the staging was inventive and Sergey's voice was really good. However, it deserves 3rd but definitely top 10 Italy: I really like the song and it definitely deserved 2nd place. This song IS a bop and I can't believe I haven't heard the song on the radio yet because it would be perfect for British radio. Also, it was really well sung and staged. The only thing I would say is I thought the dancers didn't really work with the song, I thought it would have been better if it was just Mahmood singing but that's just me. The Netherlands: Deserved winner of Eurovision 2019, the song is amazing and so meaningful, his voice is stunning and the live performance was really good and hit me right in the feels. I just love some of the lines in the song, my favourite is "small town boy in a big arcade, I got addicted to a losing game". That line is just so powerful and it really spoke to me.

[@odhranhorgan7954]

Ok generic isn't the correct word to use I mean I hear that type of music alot like it's very similar to Austria 2018

[@olivertribe7121]

Odhran Horgan but it is very generic and predictable and their is nothing to it that will make it any different to any other song you will hear on the radio. btw I am from the UK and I hear that kind of music ALL of the time

[@LucasMANchannel]

Well in the end it doesn’t really matter what Sweden sends, a lot of people, especially ESC fans will still hate it 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@MusicForever167]

even if they would send ABBA again, people would still hate it

[@LucasMANchannel]

Aline Van Rossem True haha

[@scipiolp1450]

I think it matters, people get annoyed because sweden keeps sending normal pop songs and nothing special like other countries (Australia) and they get many points from the jurys it doesn't even matter what they send they always get so many jury points, I can understand why people are annoyed because of sweden

[@skyr1myt718]

I totaly agree with the top 5

[@djsherbetx]

Hey three of my top 5 came in the top 4. So for once my taste was in touch with Europe: 1. Netherlands 2. Italy 3. Switzerland 4. Albania 5. Malta BUT COME ON GREECE UNDER SAN MARINO?! COME ON!

[@airellrm4449]

Agree with the points raised on jury's obsession with Sweden, ridiculous that one song by Lundvik end up 5th and the other at last place in the final when the lyrics and gospel vibes were pretty similar. Anyway my opinion of the top 5 (in brackets are my position): 5. Sweden - I've explained it above but to add, juries should be more open to non-generic songs (putting Albania 17th was a disgrace) and not just take Sweden's songs as an ideal entry. No hate to Lundvik (he's really nice and talented), but this just felt too polished (21st GF, 28th overall) 4. Switzerland - liked it at release, gradually dislikes it until it reached my bottom 5 at the end of the GF. Also people praising his vocals are lunatics imo (24th GF, 38th overall) 3. Russia - tbh should've placed 10th at best. His vocals went off a few times (especially the end) and the staging (at least for me) wasn't correlated to the song (20th GF, 27th overall) 2. Italy - you can tell that this resonated to a wide audience (me included). Musically fascinating, native language and deep message! Though the staging was a bit awkward (the dancers), that doesn't stop me from loving the performance (3rd GF & overall) 1. The Netherlands - I was worried in the semis because of the staging in the rehearsals. But in the final, it all clicked. The vocals, light and of course the lyrics & music brought all the emotions possible 😣. Well-deserved victory for 🇳🇱 (2nd GF & overall) My Top 5 would be: 1. Albania 2. The Netherlands 3. Italy 4. Azerbaijan 5. North Macedonia Enjoy your PED ladies & gentlemen! From 🇮🇩

[@sharkfinn4]

I think one of the reasons Sweden does consistently well in Eurovision is because of the massive national selections we have over here. We have a much larger selection of songs to send than most other countries, which means we can weed out the bad ones and pick from a whole variety of good ones. Am I saying all of our points in Eurovision have felt well deserved? No. Am I saying we consistently send good singers with well-produced songs and just a bit of that generic flavor which in turn will appeal to a lot of people? Yes.

[@olivertribe7121]

Switzerland really conflicted me because I really like the song and it is in my Eurovision playlist but I felt in the live version his voice was off-key and the staging was really messy especially with the dancers. I think it deserved top 10 but not top 5, it should of have placed roundabout 7th or 8th.

[@dvdb59]

Deava & Christal you're missing the point about Aracade in my opinion, yes that's my opinion.....boring? Worst winner?

[@KalokerinesDiakopes1]

5) Sweden: Overrated! 4) Switzerland: Male Foureira, but still one of the best entries of 2019! 3) Russia: I liked that Sergey chose a ballad over a dance song for his second entry! Great voice! 2) Italy: Another great, Italian entry, that didn't win! By far the hit of the year! 1) The Netherlands: A good winner! I liked that he focused on the singing rather the staging!

[@otowndude08]

Noosh and lukes responses to Russia are priceless

[@abiboutahh977]

This video is my life.

[@Presidentofthe024]

Also hope a reaction video about madonna performers!!!!

[@samerkaterji2667]

sweden underrated

[@amandauijtewaal5375]

When everybody is posting good coments and you're there, just like, hi.

[@cherker0442]

louise u may think the jury is overrating sweden cuz we dont get the televotes but its actually the other way. The people keep underrating sweden cuz its sweden, had this been say denmark or finland everyone would be yeah this is a great song but cuz its sweden its more like oh this is a generic sweden song. dont hate sweden cuz we are good at making music

[@psvfanrene]

5 sweden the song was good maybe a little bit overrated but 5th place i can live with that 4 switzerland very very good song also at the live performance for me i think they had deserved the 3rd place not 4th 3 Russia sergey's voice is amazing but the song it is nothing for him to sing a balled i watched the contest on tv and he makes 1 very little same mistake on almost the end of the song at the second semi final and also the grand final it is was by me i would have switched Russia to an other place that 3rd place i would stand switzerland on the 3rd place and Norway on 4th place Russia lower because that very little mistake almost at the end of the song. 2 italy mahmood with the song soldi it was a very good song really deserved the second place a song that i never heard before. first when i hear it weeks before the show i was thinkin this will be not of my favorites but when i heard that live at the grand final i liked it a lot the 2 claps every time was very good. 1 the Netherlands it was from begin till the end emotion and magic his voice was amazing the staging was maybe simple but the feeling that he gives in the song was beautifull well deserved the first place sorry maybe for my bad english

[@dvdb59]

your English isn't bad....it's better then some others in my opinion...It's not our native tongue but we can communicate and will show that in Rotterdam 2020! ;-)

[@meredithmeredith5224]

dont get the Hype about Italy actually.....he was just without any emotions. He was just... boring

[@3nd7r37]

Leonie said it right: Italy should have won.. ✌🏻🇮🇹

[@doriyahdude5277]

Do Vi no

[@3nd7r37]

The Thicc King yes

[@3nd7r37]

Tim Blanks 😂 you are so not used to winning that you are justifying the NL winning.. besides, I wrote “should have won”. Which part of “should” you don’t understand? See you at Rotterdam? No thanks 😂

[@3nd7r37]

Tim Blanks It must be hard to wait so many years to win just to hear other people saying someone else should have won.. I don’t pity you.. word of advice: start posting your own opinions, if you don’t like others’.. sweety? Yak! 🤢

[@3nd7r37]

Tim Blanks ok, now we all know you’re a sad child. I never said I hate the winner, so you cannot read English. There are jealous people, I agree. There are also those who feel inferior and must attack those who have a different opinion. Grow up, you sad child 👶 😢

[@peterkorver8907]

yes duncan as number one!! i'm dutch, but i wanted norway to be the runner up it is such a typical eurovision song i liked everything about it even the live performance was better than the video whitch was somewhat unclear and distracting to me. norway i voted for you! netherlands gave 12 points to sweden i was like what the.... gospel is NOT eurovision let it be clear

[@lillemanla8662]

I think norway should have swaped place with Italy

[@doriyahdude5277]

Same

[@aerinn6136]

No, with Sweden!😖

[@doriyahdude5277]

@@aerinn6136 Sweden was overrated this year, its the same pop song they send every year. Sweden was really bad this year

[@lillemanla8662]

Im swedish but yeah thats true. The our song this year just got so boring and bad so quick

[@sharkfinn4]

I think Italy should have swapped places with The Netherlands.

[@dominikhrabi6853]

Sweden Deserved Switzerland Overrated Russia Overrated Italy Overrated Netherlands Deserved

[@cyprianradomskiofficial]

Sweden was The Best!!! 🇸🇪❤

[@sannev8407]

How can Soldi be underrated by juries when it came 4th or somewhat. That's about right

[@flopjul3022]

judges gave it low in comparison to the televote just like with KEIINO

[@sannev8407]

@@flopjul3022 3rd in televote and 4th in jury vote. That's pretty equal

[@megablub06j]

Imo, Russia’s & Sweden’s placings are a bit too high. Iceland, France, Spain, Norway, North Macedonia or Australia were better bets for Top 5.

[@RebNSam]

North Macedonia ?

[@Riqu98]

Norway should’ve been in the top 5

[@merimalicina635]

It's not at all that we're getting tired of Sweden, it's that Sweden is sending very blatant, ordinary and boring Swedish fast food pop songs every year

[@ricooric2580]

Still don't understand the hype for Soldi.

[@buddhidev7877]

IMO Soldi should win

[@ronnopotter]

People think Sweden is overrated but the public vote didn't give it so much points. I actually think the real overrated song was Italy, and let face it, Italy always has a huge hype just for being Italy (just like Sweden) but the hype is good for one and bad for the other one.

[@user-uk5dy4hh7g]

What do you mean with "italy have a huge hype just for being Italy"?

[@ChantoStarX]

Yeah Mahmood was hated in Italy.

[@RuddeyBoy90]

I liked Sweden's song from the start! I still listen to it regularly! And I think Sweden deserves to get a lot of jury points because they send a high quality song each and every year! No other country can measure up to those standards. I am happy that my country won, but Sweden is one of the countries I will always cheer for! And my favorite entry in eurovision ever is Loreen with Euphoria. Love that song! Great artist with amazing music :)

[@AntonGrey8]

As an Italian I can say that the mahmood song was not hated by the public at all, the media always exaggerate!

[@irondasgr]

@@user-uk5dy4hh7g Everyone's scared of Italy leaving the contest again if they have continuous bad results as in the past. So,...

[@esperanzabarriosdelgado9128]

My top 5:1 Iceland, 2 azerbaijan, 3 Russia, 4 Sweden and 5 Norway.

[@codrut-florinoniga1270]

Please reaction Montenegro Andreea Demirovic-ja ta ti sam

[@renata639-y4n]

7:44 like i told you my country wil attack you dont dislike duncan

[@Inspieos]

Calm down, geez. As a fellow Dutchie, I'm embarrassed because of your awful behaviour.

[@sharkfinn4]

@@Inspieos As a non-Dutch person, I'm inspired by your response. The Netherlands should be proud of Dutchies like you. ♥

[@Inspieos]

@@sharkfinn4 No, it has more to do with human decency, in my opinion :P But thank you.

[@_annaxb]

Would have loved Switzerland or Italy to win

[@iamzat747]

Sweden has good vocalists, beautiful men and a good song. The problem is that they no longer pay interestingly for the last few years. Switzerland this year was one of these at this time a favorite win. Russia has the same problem as Sweden (exceptions last year) so they don't know how to present it interestingly. Italy has been a success forum for several years, but it is better than it. The Netherlands was the winner of the song since its first chords. What I have changed is Sweden, with Norway, overwhelmed by places. And Russia would have set me down

[@Emilyfreeman234]

Azerbaijan should’ve come top 5 along with malta

[@doriyahdude5277]

07:59 Sandra got it right

[@edgehaedjr]

I still don’t understand how Sweden placed top five. I found it kinda boring that I lost interest in it quite fast, and that interest was lost at Melodifestivalen when he was chosen. KEiiNO gave us a show, left us dancing, and poured their hearts out in their performance, and placed sixth. It isn’t bad, but they were pushed out why Sweden! No. The jury surely plays favourites with Sweden. Switzerland was just amazing! I fell in love with him and the song from the moment I heard it. It gives me Fuego vibes, with a Balkan flair. Sad they didn’t place top three, but I’m happy they placed top five. Well deserved, Luca and Switzerland! I hope one day we can go back to Lugano, where it all started.🇨🇭 Sergey, oh Sergey, you should have stayed out of it this year. Scream was good, but not top five in my opinion. You Are The Only One was better. Oh well. I guess we’ll see him again in 2022 (2016, 2019)? 😂 Italy, oh Italy! 😍 🇮🇹 Mahmoud was tied for first place with Iceland this year for me. I feel like what hurt him was staging, but the song was top notch! Not much else to say than what a spectacular performance! Can’t wait to see and hear what happens next with him. Lastly, Duncan, the countries pride and joy this year. I loved the song, but I felt like it was missing something in staging. Amazing voice, especially in the final, but winner...? Eh. Maybe top three. I’m glad it’s finally coming back to The Netherlands, or anywhere in BeNeLux really. He put his booty on the line (and online) and it paid off. See y’all in R’dam! 🇳🇱 🌷 🚢

[@thlimpq8840]

if sweden would've sent arcade, arcade wouldn't have won...

[@ChloeMStrachan]

TimV yeah because Arcade is a personal song to Duncan so anyone else singing it would’ve been disingenuous...

[@wjgmspeedy]

Are you seriously playing the victim card. Sweden is the most successful country in eurovision this decade.

[@MrDani275]

Well i think if Sweden send Arcade it would've won Eurovision by a landslide. Don't play the victim card here, Sweden won twice this decade.

[@robertjoelsson2387]

Chloe exit

[@camiloromero3685]

Norway should have won...at least top 3!

[@raystar555]

SLOVENIA NEEDED TO WIN

[@aaljan2339]

Deava............YES! Exactly my opinion of the The Netherlands song.

[@saskiapanter]

So you HATE Dumcan as well. Wow. What the hell did he ever do to you to make you hate him?!?! 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

[@aaljan2339]

@@saskiapanter Dickhead nothing, I didn't like the song, we like what we like ok, is that ok by you you fuckwit?

[@john-richardelliott4039]

@@aaljan2339 Don't be an asshole.

[@sharkfinn4]

Scandinavia loves you, Daeva!

[@julialarsson2727]

Ok im from Sweden and l 100% agree that the juries overrate us sadly During mello everyone takes this competition way to seriously and the People in charge of mello are terrified to be seen as a joke. I personally hope that we can just skip eurovision a year.

[@joewoyce6749]

Crystal, bye Felicia

[@marian8354]

For me russia and sweden belonged in the 9th or 10 place.Iceland and norway in the top 5 .Italy was great but duncan deserved number one and he was no celebrity here in the netherlands for the eurovision.He is a great singer and i hope dat the people that not liked him will listen to his other songs. It is no fun to hear that some hate the song but everyone has his opinion . I cant wait for eurovision 2020!!!!

[@giio1322]

I feel weird now not being really a fan of any song in top 5 :/ I will describe my feelings towards them - and my personal top 5 - below, but please - If you like some of them a lot and you are sensitive to people being not appreciative of this performances do not read further :) 5. Sweden: generally their entry was ok, but not “top 5 ok”. The song is repetitive and has rather boring lyrics. Overall this entry Is so polished - it’s feels too “plastic” for me to even qualify. It also makes me feel like Sweden makes their performances on the conveyor belt. Plus the fact that one song of this artist finishes in top 5 and the other in 26th place despite not being that different from the first one in lyrics and perfomance is just proving to me that Sweden in Eurovision is too overhyped. 4. Switzerland: This did grew on me. At first, lines “dirty dancing” sounded weird and off-putting but now I kinda like this entry (still not a fan, though) 3. Russia: Not a fan. Great vocals but the whole entry felt like it was rather forcibly torn out of some musical or a theatre perfomance and put in Eurovision. The song sounded too overcomplicated and too “look how hard we are trying to win”. 2. Italy. The song was ok I kinda liked it but I still do not understand why the 2d place all of a sudden. It’s more like 12-15 in placing for me. 1. The Netherlands: I like the atmosphere this song creates and I am actually ok with this winning. The only major problem with this song for me is that I do not feel like listening to this on a daily basis at all. It feels just as overcomplicated and just as “I wanna be a winner” as Russia’s entry. My top 5 overall: 1. Iceland 2. Portugal. 3. Greece 4. Armenia 5. Poland I really wanted to put Australia in my top 5 but it’s mostly the perfomance that does it for me and not really the song itself. Electric Fields would be definitely in my top 3, though.

[@irondasgr]

Don't feel this way, I am at the same side too (even though I liked the Swiss song pretty much).

[@nemaaaaa.]

5. Sweden- No, Just no. Juries were overrating it and it is so basic and not that good to be completely honest. Norway, Australia, Iceland + more unique artists. Also the Sandra was right. Sweden and the UK deserve bottom 5 4. Switzerland- My Winner and my favourite Eurovision country. Thank you Luca for slaying your performance 3. Russia- Overrated... Better than Sweden. Russia did well because of the artist, Sergey... 2. Italy- I love this so much, this really deserved top 5. 1. Netherlands- One of my favourite winners, after Denmark winning in 2013, all the winners (expect Netherlands) were in my bottom. Netherlands is in my top 5 and this is a great winner and I actually can’t believe people didn’t want Duncan to participate...

[@sylmaron5859]

I just wish Sweden would actually start taking risks. Maybe it's better for Sweden to for one time send something truly out of the box and flop than sending something safe and generic again and end in the top 5 because of juries at this stage.

[@wjgmspeedy]

Unfortunately Melodifestivalen's format is so that the risk taking entries are eliminated in the semis.

[@sharkfinn4]

I personally thought we did send something out of the box in 2016, and was shocked when it didn't flop, but placed 4:th. I still strongly dislike that song.

[@marietg8025]

Sandra is asking the only relevant question here, about Sweden

[@najrenchelf2751]

We are in tune with Europe, maybe. Maybe... SIGH 😔

[@saida4278]

Sweden overrated everytime that's it 😡😡

[@blibah]

Italian singer has an awful voice. Can't stand it even if it's a good song. 😂