2016 ESC Reaction Request to an EPIC 3rd Place - RUSSIA!

[@lazysmith6712]

Номер, которым я горжусь. Пожалуй, Лазарев и Гагарина - одни из немногих настоящих артистов на нашей эстраде и самые лучшие в своём деле.

[@ЖаннаИльина-г2д]

Песня Лазорева застряла вголове навсегда.

[@stasyalazer5084]

Ты абсолютно права

[@АлександрКулаго-ы3ъ]

Лазарев и Гагарина лучшие на нашей эстраде? Ну конечно лучшие, потому что эстрада просто сборище сброда без таланта и голоса, которые на эстраду через постель вылезли через передок! А на счет артистов не согласен! На эстраде, в попсе , лучшие, а как артисты нуль

[@ПавелКим-ю4ш]

Согласюсь 😁

[@Лена-х4в2я]

Про Билана не забудь

[@marypoquet4738]

He was my winner... I love the song and the staging ^^

[@АсяКаракотова-ю7д]

Реально это был шедевр. Мне кажется лучше постановки не было на этом конкурсе

[@toriakinakh923]

В Украины 2016 была лучшая поставка за всю историю.

[@zmeyk1609]

@@morlulas1395 оно же оценивает песню и постановку

[@Babijon99]

Zmeyk160 WTH оценивают люди, а жюри подкупили, вот и все

[@Babijon99]

eurovision 1956 хах, лучшая поставка? Может постановка? Эта «постановка» даже рядом не стояла с Лазаревым, не пиши чуши

[@bodiapavlyk7658]

@@toriakinakh923 номер таки сильнее был у Лазарева, но песня Джамалы была сильнее, прям до мурашек

[@Vikentiay]

самый самый лучший номер, Сергей трудяга, умница, вокал красивый, песня, сам красавчик, круто и конечно это было и есть 1 место! очень жаль, что конкурс политический

[@alexsandra5413]

Номер супер, Серега молодец и голос у него звонкий, а песня шлак проходной, который не трогает от слова совсем. Это не 1 место, слава Богу, что оцениваются не только скачки по конструкции. В 2008 Лорак по этой же коробке лазила, и вокал отличный, не удивлюсь, что и авторы ее песни те же, почему ей не дали 1 место? Раша проплатила победу Билана или зрители традиционно за неё активно голосуют? Билан один из самых сомнительных победителей за историю Евро, симпатиков РФ хватает, система голосования 50/50 хороша тем, что страны победители хотя бы меняются. А Евровидение в 2017 в Москве Вы себе это как представляли вообще? Лазарева как тяжелую артиллерию заслали на Евро лишь с одной целью, зная что победы не будет, повонять очередной раз для внутреннего пользователя, что вокруг олни враги, поднять в населении дух патриотизма в противостоянии с этим врагом.

[@Vikentiay]

@@alexsandra5413 не надо писать столько букв, песня Джемалы совсем не победная, абсолютная политика. Сергей бы победил, если бы не ввели в этот год жюри, которые несмотря на отданные голоса своих граждан за Сергея ставили ему 0 баллов. Самое позорное судейство

[@Vikentiay]

@@alexsandra5413 скачки по конструкции😡, не пиши мне больше

[@Gqone]

Still confused about voting.. He won televote, but the juries 21 country gives him - 0 points.

[@carljohnson8285]

The performance was lit^^ The song itself though, mediocre to say the least

[@deyhide2233]

@@carljohnson8285 his entry for this year is a ballad that is in my opinion also great.

[@Hymeleon]

@@carljohnson8285 mediocre song that deserve 0 points, really?..

[@patrikiosvatemanopoulos]

Sergey basically lost because of Putin's attack to Crimea. Jamala (for fuck sake) won because of that.

[@Hymeleon]

@@patrikiosvatemanopoulos Putin's attack? LOL In that case it was the most peaceful attack in history of attacks...

[@tararamtararam1629]

I think, Sergey was the best in 2016. Amazing performance and strong song.

[@blyattv5197]

Чувак,мы тоже всей Россией были в ахуе

[@pirozhoksnichem05]

Я до сих пор

[@НастяАкинина]

@@pirozhoksnichem05 рил

[@ВикторияИванова-д2б1ъ]

Не только Россией!В Украине тоже были в шоке от выступления Лазарева!Он был лучшим из всех!Жаль ,что не одержал победу!

[@markomarko4144]

Виктория Иванова Это кто в Украине был в шоке что Лазарев не победил ?? Не смешите. Песня дерьмо , как и сам исполнитель.

[@ГвичЛой]

@@markomarko4144 а ваша Джамала прям мощь?

[@kochiq3681]

The REAL winner of eurovision 2016!!!

[@elbandito5378]

@@maxymkirichenko8553 he has a great accent, dafuq you talk? The biggest problem was the politic...

[@elbandito5378]

@@maxymkirichenko8553 Why you like your own comment, you 12 years old fool

[@ruud22nljansen88]

certainly not, not even in my top 10. Bulgaria and Ukraine!

[@ШахБанан]

No, real winner Australia Dami Im

[@ШахБанан]

@@maxymkirichenko8553 where does the dress? Did Jamala's dress have been beautiful? Do not carry nonsense. Lazarev has a performance room, everything else is shit, he sang with a soul

[@honestlaura418]

Haha, I was waiting for this one to come one day on your youtube. Despite the politics, this is one of my favourite eurovision songs. Stunning performance and catchy melody. Greetings from Lithuania 🇱🇹

[@natalyatsarevskaya]

смотрю,слушаю, вот он победитель евровидения 2016 года по зрительскому голосованию,весь мир был за него,а говнополитура внесла свои коррективы

[@Нея-щ7я]

Украина победила нечестно, они нарушили правила. Во-первых песня была старой, во-вторых затрагивала тему войны😑

[@easygame9203]

@@Нея-щ7я и в-третьих с Лазаревым не сравнить)

[@Нея-щ7я]

@@easygame9203 агась

[@Нея-щ7я]

@@easygame9203 она тупо стояла, в то время, как Лазарев показал целое выступление, гвоздь мне в кеды

[@wk2912]

@@Нея-щ7я В третьих так себе а не песня.

[@ЗеленаяПланета-д4е]

Sergey the best ! he has two of the most unforgettable performances, the first - so no one climbed the screen, the second - no one sang such an epic unusual ballad))

[@medermukai94]

Love this song! !! He's the best!

[@stuey0013]

I fully agree with what you said. For me the staging for this one was almost too good for this song, if that makes sense. Like they went a bit over the top with it. And even though I've already seen this 2 years ago, I still don't know how they did this

[@andreylovesyou]

stuey0013 I know, it was kinda too much, too dramatic for this song :) but the song itself is so-so to me and they were hoping the staging will compensate, I guess. After results were announced they started their favourite : "Europe gave Russia lower points for purpose, they dont want us to win"...every year is the same

[@RubyChiang]

It was this high-tech thing. Like Sergey practiced a lot and he even fell down down, almost led to an injury. So it wasn't easy at all and he worked so hard on it!!

[@АннаКрюкова-ю8ч]

Помоему только Лазарев умеет петь вниз головой. Некоторые когда пританцовывать начинают и уже сбиваются

[@НазарійОсіпчук-т5э]

Нееет Тина Кароль поёт вниз головой тоже очень круто получается

[@AnEggInTryingTimes]

This should’ve won. 100%. I nearly lobbed the tv out of the window when he didn’t win. He won the televote and the people’s hearts. Well done to him and Russia. The 2012 entry was also very strong. Love Russia’s 2012, 2016 and 2019 entries. Well done lads 👍🏻 My reaction was the same as yours. My mind was blown!! Great performance from Sergei. I disagree with the view on the song, but everyone is allowed an opinion.

[@BeeRodz]

Epic is an understatement! 🤩 Personally, it was my winner that year.

[@RubyChiang]

Sergey won the televote but the juries pulled them down that year.

[@idolina76]

And rightly so. This is still Eurovision SONG contest, not STAGE contest. The song itself is cheap plastic.

[@Herman-ix7tv]

No! Australia won the televotes you idiot xD

[@dariodelpesomartinez7069]

The song is awful. This is about music not climbing

[@Cassie_kitten90]

@@Herman-ix7tv Australia won the jury, Russia won the televote

[@GeorgeGiann]

"HOW DID HE DO THAT??" I know, right?? They was my reaction that night!

[@denisnaidanov6520]

Это лучшее выступление за всю историю Евровидения, он выиграл по всем параметрам, жаль что он не выиграл, он выступил *гараздо* лучше победителя

[@ЛираВега-ф9к]

Он выступил отлично, но не был лучше победителя. И выступление у него было практически всё, кроме нескольких элементов, скопировано у победителя другого года. Но в любом случае, я считаю, что он был лучше всех певцов, которых посылали на Евровидение от России.

[@Hercules1977]

And after 3 years I'm still asking myself the same question:"How he did that climbing"? 😁

[@Mineycart]

The wall was slanted

[@jukajoj2400]

The screen was made of spandex, with the stairs behind it. As long as he remembers where to step its good.

[@CatherineT815]

Дорогуша, не у одного тебя такой вопрос😁😁😁🦉

[@magdalenabozyk1798]

It took me years to figure it out. But what he did was - it wasn't a TV it was a fabric. And there were retractable "shelves"/"stairs". He just needed to remember when they were showing and where they were. I heard he almost had an accident.

[@Hercules1977]

@Magdalena Bozyk heard it too back then, he had a fall in one of the rehearsals. By the way does anyone knows what happen' to this guy Jake? Haven't seen any of his reaction in more than a year???

[@seprlex8970]

Это хорошо, что тебе понравилось исполнение Сергея Лазарева 😊

[@awwdabaaby]

Loved your reaction, exactly what i was hoping, only those who created the staging and Sergey know how it was done

[@JakesFaceReacts]

John B Nooo. I need answers!!!😬🤦🏻‍♂️

[@awwdabaaby]

I did see a side on video a few days ago so the only answer i have is the screen was curved which allowed steps to be added without actually being noticed

[@RogerJL]

The screen was slightly tilted back, the fabric was elastic and I think they could push boxes/steps out. The rotating was made by rotating the camera. They tried to recreate the video (really great) and succeeded!

[@JonnyTainment]

I remember it from two years ago. I picked it as my #1 because it was the one performance that can be describes as 'having it all.'

[@КристинаМур-о1в]

Да ладно! Говори прямо - это было КРУТО!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ЛучикДерьмеца]

он говорит прямо! процитирую комент выше: номер не супер, а главный вопрос: "как он карабкался по экрану", а сам номер "звучал как другие" (с) учи, блять, английский.

[@VeryNice-c6p]

@@ЛучикДерьмеца в рассии не учат английский, у них же скрепы духовные ахахаха только русский! ааххха если бы Сироженька пел еще и на русском, то все россияне бы вообще замироточили ахаха

[@БогданСтоцкий-з6щ]

@@VeryNice-c6p ну ты и убогий... сразу видно откуда ты, только не понятно почему ты на чужом языке тут испражняешься ахаха

[@БогданСтоцкий-з6щ]

@@VeryNice-c6p А Китай не шпионит? Ну ты и лошара, совсем мозги потекли от раболепского преклонения перед США, которые кстати всё время ноют об российских хакерах, которые вечно на них нападают и терроризируют))) Разница между мной и тобой - я отношусь к американцу как к равному, а ты перед ним аж лёг и булки раздвинул, ущербный)) Он для тебя высшее существо, а его страна не подлежит критике.

[@VeryNice-c6p]

@@ЛучикДерьмеца полностью согласен 😄

[@wk2912]

Такой номер!!!!!!! Украшение Евровидения всех времен в принципе! Стыдно ещё будет. Время всё расставит.

[@blackswan8491]

EUROVISION 2016 - IT'S POLITICS AND EVERYTHING!

[@augustrush390]

He won televoting results! But jury give him joke points! Its politic result! For the all history of ESC

[@theo4784]

Great reaction video! Love from Russia 😘

[@meropale]

Even without the "epic performance" this was easily my favorite song of Eurovision 2016. The melody and chord progression in the chorus are absolutely gorgeous and inspired; I get goosebumps, it's so beautiful. To have the special effects on stage like that was simply icing on the cake. It's interesting that tastes can differ so much. I find France's and Bulgaria's entries to be rather bland and forgettable in comparison! Poli Genova also represented Bulgaria in 2011 with a song that did not qualify but which is so *much* better than her 2016 entry. The 2011 song is in Bulgarian and one of my absolute favorite non-qualifiers.

[@meropale]

I'm definitely talking about Sergei's song. Jamala's song only wishes it had the brilliant chord progression. :) Listen for yourself: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5vKY6h6eJeCjpo&t=1m4s

[@annetteljungberg1288]

He should have won ❤️

[@chr04]

Fokas Evaggelinos is a magician choreographer!!!

[@РафаэльХайдаров-х8ж]

Всем понятно , что Лазарев победитель .!!!!!

[@ЛучикДерьмеца]

чувак кагбЭ так не считает лол

[@ВладиславБондаренко-х5е]

Но Крым выиграл

[@robertsinner104]

@@ЛучикДерьмеца так считает аудитория, а Джамале дали приз из жалости, а ее песню в Европе так никто и не слушал.

[@toriakinakh923]

Если бы он был 2 то может быть но блиииин он 3 какой победитель? Украина лучше!

[@denisnaidanov6520]

@Gary S та нихуя, он выиграл и в вакале, и в спецэффектах, Джамала - случайная победительница

[@alexlazarew9674]

Сережа выложился....молодец...

[@vovahimself]

Just so you know, this song is SO much better with the lyrics in Russian, much deeper in the meaning and effect.

[@Migle7390]

the staging was a lot, but then again, Sergey is extra on his own. I've been a fan of him since this eurovision and always wonder where does he get those extra ideas :D overlooking the fact that he's charming, lot's of people probably voted for him for this reason, but the song is catchy. for me, eurovision is an event to brighten up my mood with happy song, that's why Sergey will always be my winner of 2016, he had the staging and the song

[@maxx6299]

How did Sergey walk on the screen?? Very easy and simple! The screen is NOT a flat screen, in fact it's got some grooves where he could put is feet on or stay seated at some point of the performance. Additionally, on TV screen projections gave the illusion of the whole things (rocks, asteroids, tiles...) to start rotating...

[@Wattsini91]

I was gonna say the screen had shelves that move in and out.

[@chadpurugganan761]

The screen was a bit inclined diagonal. And the white backdrop was a white cloth or fabric that is elastic. There are hidden steps beneath that backdrop. Then when he sat down and he seemed to rotate a bit, that was already visual effect and you could almost see it.

[@royalpilot116]

I wish the win of the televote brought them higher. The song is truely just a good dance song, nothing special, but the performance should have elevated the placement.

[@Powerhh]

if i remember correctly, the performance was done by using something like an elastic fabric/sheet/thing that everything was being projected onto, which was stretched over a structure behind that allowed him to grab and step on specific places! you can see how the "wall" kind of is pushed inwards where he places his foot at a few points. the precision in this performance is absolutely insane and i love to see these kinds of creative and unique solutions in eurovision! but also, i can only imagine the amount of times he must've miscalculated where to put his feet and fallen off. your reaction videos are so btw great! i love how you're generally very nice, respectful and chill about all the performances in your reactions, especially compared to a lot of overly aggressive or negative reaction videos. thanks for the fun reaction videos!

[@alex_gaimar]

They kept everything secret so the only way to grasp how it was done is to watch videos from different angles from the audience. It's a tilted stretchy white sheet with projections on it. One thing I want to say is that the moment when it seems to spin is actually done graphically for the TV audience.

[@пьянаясобака-е3ш]

I'm from Russia. It's nice to watch this video and read the comments to it. Always the feeling that the Russian hate, but here is a continuous positive.

[@alexnovak905]

It's basically a projection screen, so just a canvas of sorts, and the whole thing is done with projection mapping, and he has a couple steps on the frame that stick out, and the whole screen is under a slight angle to make the climbing easier. I think he even fell once during his rehearsal. But yeah, it was amazingly executed.

[@onewxrldmusic7303]

You should know this was the public vote winner all over Europe including surporisingly Ukraine. Based only on public voting it would win. But it came at the height of the anti-Russian sentirments during the Ukraine crisis (a political song from Ukraine won the title). Unbelievable but true, twelve country juries gave the song a zero, described as one of the ugliest political voting ever in Eurovision, vote against the country and completely ignore the song and the performance. Wiwiblog experts William and Deban described this as one of the biggest crimes committed on Eurovision that year, the fact 12 countries gave this zero points. The Eurofans did their utmost also so that Russia doesn't win, because the winner would get the right to organize Eurovision the following year. This was a big no no as Ukraine would boycott the event for sure, plus Eurovision organization feared Russia if it won, being an anti-gay country and anti-gay laws would mistreat the main gay audience of Eurovision if they ventured to go to Russia to attend. Many gay organizations said they would boycott Eurovision if Russia won and organized it had Lazarev won that year. Poor Sergey Lazarev, a hugely gay-friendly artist and big following by gays was confronted every move he made to explain himself why he could win for Russia and gays would be still welcome. Journalists haunted him throughout on this matter that year. This is epic. He handled it well and very diplomaticaly saying Russia organized events well and had no objections to gays. But I mean he is an artist. He was deeply hurt by the negative coverage about him but swallowed his pride. He even hid the news hew had become a new father so that his family is protected from all this. You should also check the wonderful video of the song he made, very homoerotic. You should also check the heartful Covid performance of the song as a wonderful duo with Elena Paparizou an earlier Greek Swedish winner and pianist and composer Dimitris Kontopoulos. The eagles that you see reflected on the screen are a symbol that Sergey Lazarev likes and has it tattooed on his arm to give him strength. By the way you can see how gay friendly Sergey Lazarev is and the popularity with gays by just watching the homo-erotic song and video of Lazarev "Take It Off" a worthy visit although it is not Eurovision, but would have been a Eurovision winner definitely if it had been put through by Russia.

[@stevenkendall3092]

Same "Dream Team" did the staging for this one as Moldova this year. It was a box covered with a white canvas on the front which they then projected all the images from the front onto. Looked great! Behind the box they moved in and out squares in sequence with the images giving him a staircase all the way to the top. When he lies back he's cradled on a platform and there's a handle he can grab to position himself. When he jumps to the next level the squares are slid backwards. Sergey actually fell on the 1st run-thru because of new shoes that they then scoffed up so he would have traction with the slippy canvas.

[@kennet7837]

This is the most impressive staging I've ever witnessed in Eurovision. Doesn't hurt that Sergey is also a charismatic performer. Not surprised at all they won the televote. The song itself is just OK, doesn't get too exciting (no pun intended). Vocals are good, but not the most challenging song to sing. The reason I never could get into this is because I felt Russia invested so much into a stunning on-screen performance in order to cover up for how musically average their song was. In my opinion, if you have to rely on "flash" in order to make your song stand out, it's not deserving of a high finish, nevermind winning.

[@slavaro1992]

That's because we don't have any public internal selections anymore (and very seldom had). So our broadcaster just order songs from some popular composer every year. That's why almost all the songs are such a cliche, there's no place for creativity. I can remember only Nalich (the best Russian entry, IMO), Buranovskie Babushki and Bilan who were chosen by televoting.

[@heppolo]

What did you expect of a song written by Kirkorov's ''dream team'' stuck in the Sakis Rouvas past?

[@MrDempmeister]

So you didn´t see Swedens entry from 2015, on wich this staging is based?

[@almightytrollgod]

And because of Jury the politics won. As I said many times, until peoples votes are only votes considered, good songs will never win.

[@crazydiamond1273]

Alexandr Noskov, it’s a shame to live in one country with people like you.

[@DeweyGotanycheese]

I found this video about 6 months ago and have probably watched it 50 times. He just won Dancing With the Stars Russia a couple of weeks ago!

[@royalpilot116]

I told you it was amazing.

[@lindas.4433]

Sergey Lazarev is the best😍

[@Холодильник-и7ц]

аьл хета хьун

[@michelsennett5375]

With Russia it is all or nothing! I thought it was a good, typical pop song. He was suchh a gentleman behind the scenes.

[@lenakulaha3324]

I love Sergey Lazarew 🤗

[@viennakendrick]

My favourite ever song from Eastern Europe in the history of the contest

[@Iamlocked8]

Thank you, Jacke. Details of performance wasn't open still. They didn't realize the backstage.

[@sunnysun725]

У кого первая реакция была такая же?

[@PowerSpirit50]

My favorite that year.

[@dagaolars9239]

2016 was the year after Måns Zelmerlöw won with those effects on a screen, it feels like Russia also wanted to test that and see if they won. Pretty cool scene show actually.

[@Sweeney541]

I would recommend watching 2 of the interval acts from 2016: "Love Love Peace Peace"(aka How to create the perfect Eurovision performance) and "Opening Revue" (aka Story of ESC) - both are performed by the hosts Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw and poke a lot of fun at the stereotypes of the show :)

[@rozettanameless]

Look behind the scenes eurovision 2016 Russia. It was showed how they did it

[@PowerSpirit50]

The screen is a bit slanted backwards and they're projecting the visuals. You can see it's slanted by his shadow being low down and compressed, and how the bottom of it is bigger when looking at it from the front. And the way it looks when he is walking on it looks like it's a soft material.

[@Dargalis]

It moves on the screen thanks to thin and durable transparent plates creating the illusion of levitation (complex and refined charaography)

[@Chrish23]

There is a video of one of the rehearsals where he fell off at one point and you can see the effect in action. It’s a bit like understanding how a magic trick works...it loses its sense of surprise.

[@MrSpookyLover]

It was alike Euphoria meets Black Swan meets an epic electronic pop track. They were in it to win it. If u consider the final outcome,it is shocking that they didn't.

[@alexdiesal52]

Russia winner in 2019!!!

[@nanyazz]

Не обращай внимания на предыдущей комментарии,иногда в жизни встречаются идиоты)

[@nanyazz]

@@valdemar1538 я не фанатка Евровидения,но писать матные кометы про самый престижный мировой песенный конкурс...это не очень нормально,тем более иностранцу.переведет будет плохо думать о России

[@valdemar1538]

@@nanyazz включи мозг, если он конечно у тебя есть. Как он может быть мировым конкурсом, если он даже называется ЕВРО видение. Ну а про престиж орнул конечно, и вспомнил бородатую бабу- победительницу)

[@nanyazz]

@@valdemar1538 на бородатой бабе тоже орнула,но вообще он таким считается самым престижным,и да,я тебя не оскорбляла! Ненавижу людей,которые на любое нормальное слово,любой комментарий, сразу срываются,начиная обсирать незнакомого им человека,ну ок...я не зналa,что всех можно понять по одной фразе

[@valdemar1538]

@@nanyazz , Получается, что ты сама себя ненавидишь. Теперь знай, что нельзя называть незнакомого тебе человека идиотом. Можно и ответочку получить.

[@roy.moreno]

"Real winner" comments in 3... 2... 1... xD One of the best performances, the song wasn't that special but not bad at all Keep up the great content ♥

[@JakesFaceReacts]

Roy Moreno Thank you! I agree, and I’m so glad I didn’t have to choose a winner this year.

[@roy.moreno]

Jake’s Face Reacts That was my first Eurovision watching live and following the whole year, very memorable :P And I'm happy that my winner actually won the contest :D

[@scrub5220]

And now I wonder how you judged that top 3 2016 video with Sergey, Jamala and that Australian girl, if you haven't seen the whole performance xD

[@endlessspace.8776]

that Australian girl is dami im, amazing vocals, and this is now history.

[@katrinevcen4707]

Love Sergey Lazarev

[@Andjelka99]

Behind that screen if I understood correctly are some boxes that someone pushed thru so he was able to step on

[@DimMEr]

Привет из России!!! Отличный обзор! Мне тоже Песня Болгарии понравилась, но наш Лазарев красиво и неизвестно сделал!)))

[@marchirossi232]

He was the best there, it’s a pity politics ruling this competition

[@ВикторияИванова-д2б1ъ]

It's the best performance in a history of the Eurovision!!!

[@Iris-ol2uz]

You have to be my favourite Eurovision KZbinr !

[@JakesFaceReacts]

Iris That made my day! Thank you!

[@Iris-ol2uz]

Jake’s Face Reacts ☺️☺️☺️Most welcome !

[@rageguy311]

The fabric screen was at an angle and Sergey was stepping on the staircase that were behind the fabric. There's a side view

[@lyubovb3949]

Jake, you made significant points about this song and performance. Thats exactly what i was telling others who wanted him to win. Song is soso , performance was very good, overall it was OK. I liked Australia that year too. Very powerful voice

[@sannev8407]

This was my favorite! He is such an amazing artist

[@markomarinkovic8007]

It wasn't a screen. It was a projection canvas made from a special material that wouldn't rip when he jumped on it. There was a construction behind the canvas where "the steps" he jumped on were. You can even find a footage from a rehearsal where he missed the final step, and fell. It was my favorite song of that year's competition. I still think it should have won. I'm glad he won the televote. (BTW, not only my favorite song of that year's competition, but from the competition so far. The only one I loved even close to how much I love "You Are The Only One" is this year's "Oneiro Mou").

[@esclad]

I still don't know how they managed the stage effects... and I don't want to know :P You should review year-by-year, all the songs. By this time next year (at 2 or 3 vids a day) you'll have watched them all ;)

[@АлександраЗвездина-с9с]

The best Sergey💜

[@royalpilot116]

What is sad, is that they never revealed the behind the scenes, so we all don't know how it's done.

[@pirozhoksnichem05]

It's Russian secret, baby)

[@kobukson2065]

Пустая и банальная песня. Номер на высоте!

[@ankhefenra]

My guess is that the screen is slightly a stretchy material and some small platforms stuck out at certain points and were pulled back as soon as he was no longer standing on them.

[@olox1752]

Thank yo from Russia(spasibo))))

[@МилаЗбарская]

Гагарина, Билан и Лазарев! Первокласснейшие номера, песни и голоса!!

[@MrDempmeister]

I was actually sitting above the stage during the final. The "screen" is, as a few other pointed out, actually a wall covered in projection canvas. The wall had cutouts that a person behind the wall maneuvered, including the spinning of the "cradle". The person behind the wall is the woman that you see at the end of the clip. This staging is very complex and was executed to perfection. But, its still a copy of Swedens entry from 2015 that won that year.

[@sammedm.2962]

Jake where are you on 2021 reactions? Miss you 😂

[@BrainDarmage]

I haven't seen any explanation how they did it, but I assume they had a screen with removable/moving blocks. Pink Floyd did it years ago. Have a look onto Roger Waters performance of The Wall in 2011-2013 (don't remember the exact year) Anyway, there was a giant wall (screen) with amazing animation on it and it transformed thought the show

[@mariasalcianu4920]

still listening in 2018. real winner. real hit.

[@Metencefalon]

You can watch behind the scenes video, but it will explain nothing 😅. I still don't understand how he was climbing that screen 🤔.

[@sophiats_8848]

Fokas Evagelinos the choreographer is an expert when it comes to making miracles happen on stage. My favorite song of that year too.

[@britneybitch37]

Love your channel mate.

[@exorgirl]

The screan was tilted backwards a little and certain elements were protruding covered with white fabric. you can watch it here starting 3:13. it's in russian, but all you need is follow the green dot kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZy3g2hvdqaHbLs

[@Leah_450]

Лазарев ❤

[@medermukai94]

He got the first place on the public voting!

[@tellcerseiitwasme4116]

Don’t worry the entire Russia is shocked too

[@rogeraleman2754]

I'm happy because Next Time Is the reaction to ESC 2015!

[@apostolisf3201]

Russia have screen climbing technology since 2016

[@DogCompanion]

My winner of 2016 (Ukraine was a worthy winner though)!! As mentioned, there's no backstage videos of how Sergey does - I wish there was - but all I know is the wall was slightly angled (based on pictures), the screen was made of a special material and he wore specific shoes. You should check out Sergey's others, there's so many incredible songs ❤ Keep up the great work and greetings from the UK 😊

[@tamu7243]

Please do more of 2016! Theres so many great songs further down!

[@serg_oard]

Yeah, 2016 was the best Eurovision Year !

[@tamu7243]

sergius yo I found my favorite singer her. Francesca Michielin, absolute Queen.

[@JakesFaceReacts]

Tamu Audwodia I’ve come to realize that...so I’ve been filming reactions to even more 2016 performances that were not in the top 10. I want to make sure I’ve seen as much as I can before I move back to 2015.😉💚

[@Sofia-uz6jq]

tamoo

[@BeeRodz]

2016 is one of my favorite years.

[@TheKostja94]

Real winner

[@АлександраКолупаева-л9ъ]

The real winner!

[@twiceol8342]

Ты это из носа выколупала.

[@ska3376]

Лазарев лучший! Для России, для его фанатов он первый всегда! Всем понятно что политика, но главное что его любит его слушатель) В этом году я полностью смотрела финал и полуфиналы. Победа Нидерландов несправедлива, отдайте Лазареву награду, он её заслуживает!

[@alexsandra5413]

С какого перепугу ему победу отдавать? Уважаю Сергея, но у меня был другой фаворит на конкурсе - Азербайджан. А Норвегия вообще сидит и не отсвечивает, что жюри их засудило по полной, они же по зрителям на 1 месте, как Лазарев в 2016, но вони при этом не издают, это говорит о чувстве собственного достоинства.

[@Russianbabii]

He should have won! Russia makes some awesome people...not biased or anything 😉