Max Jason Mai - Don't Close Your Eyes - Slovakia - Live - 2012 Eurovision Song Contest Semi Final 2

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Slovakia: Max Jason Mai - Don't Close Your Eyes - Live - 2012 Eurovision Song Contest Semi Final 2

[@cheyennebrennan966]

I hope Slovakia decide to return to Eurovision one day - their last two entries were, I think, some of the best of the past two decades! ❤❤

[@FedericoConcas]

I loved Slovakia's decision to bring metal music to the ESC. It really rocked it!

[@ilovetravel5437]

Most underrated Eurovision entry ever -.-

[@gunelqurbanova8521]

I Love Travel completely you are right

[@arieurovision1319]

The level of the live performance was insufficient

[@MenschUnterwegs1234]

I agree. The best song.

[@teo_heel]

Horehronie wants its spot as the most underrated Eurovision entry back. This wasn't that underrated just because Miro (or Max as he was known then) was so bad that the performance easily became forgettable.

[@blaqkhavok35]

Yes agree 100%

[@nprovenghi271]

What's interesting about this is that neither the professional juries nor the televote had Slovakia last, both had them 15th. However, because they disagreed so wildly on the other songs, this song that had the same minimal amount of support, they sunk to last, which was pretty unfair, in that semi. As for the song, it's a great song in studio, something different for Eurovision. However, it was too much song for Max, and he sank under a lot of those high notes. The scream was great, though! Thanks for that, random backing singer. Hope to see Slovakia back soon!

[@MultiSuperllama]

100% agree. The screamer should come back haha

[@Eth1994]

Had the used the current system instead of the system they had back then, this song would have finished 17th, and Slovenia would have finished last instead.

[@MenschUnterwegs1234]

I voted for this entry during the semi-final and am still disappointed that he didn't arrive the final. That was my winner in 2012.

[@NerdilyDone]

So you're saying the system was off. It makes sense that the voting was so wild, because this was a pretty flat year, besides the babushkas. I wish this would have qualified, if only to make things interesting.

[@marijas9672]

Perfect Song a surprise from Slovakia Screamo Metal very cool...

[@softcool92]

This song would've SLAYED in recent editions

[@zabicka0766]

BRO thats exactly what I thought xd

[@elio22bbl]

Fans would have appreciated it more but sadly with a so bad vocal performance the result would have been similar

[@Taylor-oq3gf]

Had this entered later I think it would’ve been well received, this was ahead of its time.

[@RpMTarTar]

And if the vocals were better as well.

[@morbidsearch]

This finished in last place and was still closer to qualifying than 11th place Iceland this year.

[@LexxBM]

I WANNA SEE YO HANDS IN THE AIR111 COME ON BAKU11111 *exactly one person claps*

[@bluedreams6251]

Hahahaha 😄

[@tropixyzrp2k173]

actually at least two

[@tropixyzrp2k173]

actually with the singer it's 3

[@hiparh05]

It sucks that everyone dislikes the song because of the screams. It's such a great song.

[@ivikaputova3177]

No, everyone dislikes it, cause it's trash and he is trash too

[@Romchikthelemon]

But these screams, man...

[@steinarmogen3166]

Some ESC-fans have very bad taste when it comes to rock music. They just don't like it

[@hiparh05]

Honestly the whole concept of Eurovision is flawed. You cant expect a fair contest between bands and artists performing different genres of music. I guess this was valued so low by everyone because its not something that a huge majority of people would listen to. All in all, i still like this song very much and, at least in my heart, this should have been rated higher

[@Hammerdrums]

its cause he wasnt in key

[@mmchannel5288]

Slovakia please come back at eurovision 2015, with a strong song like Czech Republic!

[@ado951996]

we wont be parcitipating in ESC 2015 again :( im so sad

[@bluedreams6251]

Turkey won't return in 2015 too 😰

[@kjESCil]

+Cyprus News Maybe they'll take part in 2017 :/ If the Czech Republic finally qualifies they maybe realize that hope never dies :P

[@xo801]

@@kjESCil I mean, Czech Republic have been doing well these past couple of years, if Slovakia was using that as a measure they'd have come back by now :'(

[@kjESCil]

@@xo801 I guess we need to make them win

[@DripTheDrippy]

Slovakia just quitted and left us with this BANGER

[@RpMTarTar]

0:12 If Eurovision had a jumpscare, it would be this.

[@anonymousinsanity8133]

Best song from Slovakia! Very underrated.

[@MenschUnterwegs1234]

Anonymous Insanity I agree. It's still on my playlist in 2018. I was so disappointed he didn't make it to the final!

[@teo_heel]

Horehronie? No? This song isn't that bad either... but Horehronie... the most watched non-qualifier in the history... just saying.

[@Bille994]

lol he looks like Ke$ha! Great song, it's just out of tune live :(

[@vinnyspcrepair]

List Eurovision countries who loves hard rock: 1. Finland 2. Slovakia - Nothing follows -

[@kjESCil]

+Jade Kevin Santos WHAT ABOUT RAMMSTEIN? xD

[@nprovenghi271]

+Jade Kevin Santos It's worth adding the Czech Republic (Kabat in 2007

[@Coderedgamers2]

Turkey Montenegro 2016

[@111111hakar]

you can kinda add monetnagro or turkey to that list though they were more grunge.

[@yuyi01a36]

And Iceland (remember 2007?)

[@NrgGA]

how come i missed this show? great show!!! WOW!!!

[@jiatalksfragrance]

Max Jason Mai, Sinplus, Litesound.... The best songs... and none went to finals :(

[@ilovetravel5437]

So sad they didn't make it :/ I love this song!

[@MenschUnterwegs1234]

I Love Travel I agree. It's still my favorite.

[@younglevant9559]

Such a shame he didnt place better... great song!

[@dramaticScar]

You all cry over Turkey being gone... but man I miss Slovakia

[@user-fb3xo4mz2l]

Очень мощная песня.Это было красивое прощание на долгие годы...Но пора бы Словакии вернуться, в юбилейном, 2020 году.

[@teo_heel]

Песня может быть и мощная, но исполнение абсолютно убогое. И ничего Словакии не нужно на Евровидении. Они попытались посылать более форматные песни и провалились. Теперь у словаков нет интереса к конкурсу. А быть как Чехия они не желают.

[@rglaykazehaya]

I love this emotional melodies! Please come back Slovakia in 2017

[@radekmartinek4581]

They aren't coming back even in 2022

[@Vasil.Kostadinov_official]

2024 please😢

[@azta74]

It's a shame they didn't make it to the final. This was my favourite song out of the many. Keep on rocking!!! Greetings from Hungary

[@thedumbone2230]

I hope to see this type of music again in esc one Day METAL 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@eurovisionbut6982]

You got your wish 😌

[@lilok_756]

Как они не прошли...топовое выступление и песня

[@user-cq6iq4so8w]

Они не только не прошли, но и решили покинуть Евровидение после того года(до них в 2010 это сделала совсем провалившаяся Андорра(ни одного выхода в финал), а до этого надолго Люксембург снялся(в 1993, хотя имеет аж 5 побед(да-да, Люксембург побеждал, но крайняя была в 1983 году)

[@erika_gore]

The screams are really the best thing about this performance

[@branislavpopov441]

Agree.The back vocalist totally stole the show.

[@steinarmogen3166]

BRILLLIANT! Great rock song. We need more of this in ESC. Should have qualified!

[@learning_turkish_to_swedish]

Actually, it's metal, not rock. Anyway, AMAZINGLY GOOD SONG! 🤘

[@steinarmogen3166]

@@learning_turkish_to_swedish True. Very related music styles though

[@TheAstecalo]

Slovakia please come back to ESC we miss You 🎙🎶🇪🇺

[@Unbeginner]

Yeah, the live performance doesn't match the recorded one. It's not that odd it ranked so low.

[@94Jyraya]

It really sounds like Tears Don't Fall a littlebit, but I think, this was the best song on the Eurovision 2012 :) Greetings from Hungary :)

[@simplydaniel2439]

Today something like that would have made it to the final and could even win the ESC or get a top ranking like Blind Channel 2021

[@fabb4i2]

I haven't listened this entry in nearly 10 years so it's like I wouldn't have ever known it. That first note was a jumpscare. 😅😅

[@-starlight-8282]

I ❤️ this no matter LIVE or not he is amazing ❣️

[@Evan_Crow]

I remember when this song was on eurovision, i was like daaamn this is gonna win for sure...such a perfect song...wtf happened?

[@kjESCil]

+Angel sykes He sang really bad :(

[@Evan_Crow]

Yeah it wasnt as good as the official song but it was much better than the other songs there

[@nikkismodernlife]

the show would have been better. his vocals were also not strong enough

[@MenschUnterwegs1234]

I agree! It's still on my playlist in 2018.

[@oguuki]

Max you're the best on this competition. It's just not fair. Maybe cause it's such such an all-sufficient performance. I looove this song!

[@ERICK4344]

One of my favourites songs this year,love this Slovakia,cheers from Bulgaria

[@hororka666]

Miro (the singer) is able to sound better, I guess he just had an off day. Maybe they would qualify otherwise, even though because we don't participate much and because it is metal it was very unlikely no matter what, but I would just love to see Slovakia join Eurovision again just to make it's music more visible.

[@javimystery8256]

This song is 5th in my top

[@chocoladeish]

Guys you ROCK! Greetings from Estonia!

[@cossackcenk5892]

Ulan 8.siniftayken daha yeni tuslu telefon aldilar bana hayatimda oy attigim tek yarismaydi o zamanin parasiyla 12lira mi ne gitmisti ama bu tarzda bir parcayla katilmalari cok hosuma gitmisti bana hitap ederdi

[@EgleGarsvaite]

this song is amazing! i could listen this every day... and singer.. he is so handsome and crazy. i like his opinion about animal rights, about music.

[@MenschUnterwegs1234]

Egle Garsvaite That entry is still my favorite in 2012 and on my daily playlist. I agree with you. Greetings from Germany❣️🎵

[@Euroviking86]

Come back, Slovakia! The Czech Republic got 6th place last year, so come on, what do you have to lose?

[@teo_heel]

Dignity. Slovakia still has dignity. And no one is interested in performing for the country in the contest.

[@smario5153]

@@teo_heel You're from Slovakia? There are people that watch Eurovision?

[@teo_heel]

@@smario5153I'm from Russia, but I know a little bit about Slovakia and Slovak TV and radio. As far as I know, on Slovak TV ESC wasn't broadcast since 2012. But on Slovak radio there was shows about current ESC events.

[@user-yu7ru8km4g]

Because Eurovision is RETARDED and Slovakia is CLEVER. More and more countries should start withdrawing like Hungary did. Slovakia had sent 3 years in a row top 3 material but none of them even got to the final. By far the most underrated country

[@shimniray]

I was so surprised to see that there was some actual music in Eurovision when Slovakia came up on the stage :) I wish they made it to the final. Kisses from Turkey

[@aslaughogna]

My absolute favorite this year. I can't believe it didn't do better, I had predicted it would end in the top 5. Keep on rockin!

[@MusicianOfDarkness55]

This was my favorite song for the longest time... it still is! truly awesome :)

[@jandrevenak6341]

Best of Slovakia

[@ciropetriccione9909]

I love this rock song.

[@TashaKoenig]

I want this back

[@michalsenk117]

Well, at least we see it's not lip-synced

[@legaciestr]

Michal Šenk its against the rules, not a single esc song has been lip synced

[@veljastojanovic9388]

@@legaciestr ukraine 2009 seems suspicious to me

[@legaciestr]

Veki Stojanovic the deal with that one was the background singers’ mics were louder and the singer wasn’t really heard much

[@legaciestr]

Veki Stojanovic and besides that if ukraine tried to lip sync in a show where it was banned in RUSSIA they would have exposed it lol

[@veljastojanovic9388]

@@legaciestr i never thought about that, that might be true...

[@escukraine6491]

Really good. Why they non qualification. Love it

[@TheAJMFERREIRA]

The best slovakian entry ! :D And so fucking underrated. Fortunately my country was one of the countries who gave them the biggest amount of points. I'm proud of Portugal!

[@MenschUnterwegs1234]

André Moreira Ferreira I'm proud of you too! Good taste! I'm still disappointed that there were not enough rock fans so he didn't qualified. That was my favorite.

[@MultiSuperllama]

I was not expecting this from Slovakia!! You guys know how to rock out!

[@lenkatomkova86]

Max sa mi velmi pacil a fandim mu.Prajem mu vela uspechov a fanusikov.

[@Xplolode]

The original was so good! Sucks that he can't sing, was sounding awesome until the 00:50 mark

[@cerisedaemon]

Still can't understand how they didn't go to the finals, they totally deserved it! -_-

[@cottog8444]

Yeah, I wish they woulda made it to the finals. They deserved it. Mad appreciation from the US!

[@AP-qh6jr]

who's whatching in 2016?

[@somebodyfaraway]

Fossi Un Tango 2017

[@gunelqurbanova8521]

Fossi Un Tango 2017 october

[@gabbygriffon979]

2017 December

[@Hammerdrums]

he would have won if he sung in key

[@Vasil.Kostadinov_official]

Most underrated 2012 song 😭😭

[@Adyman182]

Best song of the entire contest. Finishing last in the semi-final while performing a great non-pop song is a badge of honor

[@angiealkaios7051]

He reminds me of the vocalist from Steel Panther!, He's absolutely awful live, though the scream was stunning!

[@esc_shammy1437]

And then there's that one person. 2:25

[@kurtvanleemput126]

LOVE IT! Please Slovakia return!!

[@Tea5055]

I adore this song!What energy! it's very sad that did not enter into the final this song was one of the best!!!

[@anazhilkova]

That song was better than Ukrainian song. But Ukraine was in final. And I don't understand why.

[@pomina5653]

No, Ukraine was much much much better.

[@pomina5653]

***** You are right...

[@BaracudaFTW]

Анастасия Жилкова Ukraines entry was SOOOO much better than this

[@donttouchtherolex7158]

Because its pop music and pop music is mainstream

[@user-jm4gz6ze3x]

LIKE LIKE FROM GREECE ATHENS

[@ello_5297]

i never knew our country had this entry. and i love it

[@MultiSuperllama]

I loved this song! Its such a shame Max just couldnt sing live. Such a good rock song!

[@JoeDanielMitchell]

1:00-1:10 Jesus this voice....

[@mpmbmpmb488]

Don't close your eyes and close your ears

[@Gunsnroses99100]

Nevermind the name,the guy is perfect ! Just listen to the performances of "Welcome to the jungle","Dream on","Smoke on the water","We are the champions" and "We will rock you" ! :)) He is just amazing ! I love him...

[@pilardavg]

Slovakia you rock. Come back soon! Love all your entries, from Spain x

[@patrikpetko6743]

I am from Slovakia and I think this was our worst entry. totally...

[@MenschUnterwegs1234]

Patrik Peťko No, I think, that's your best entry ever. It's still my favorite!! I was so disappointed he didn't make it to the final. This song ist on my playlist for my alarm clock. Greetings from Hamburg to slovakia🎶🎵 You can be proud of!

[@uAburke]

Respect from Turkey.. This song is the best..

[@leylarubyjane]

Rock’n’Roll never dies

[@KT4v10]

From Spain... Incredible song, incredible voice

[@LilaFreak1991]

People don't know what good music is. This HAS to be in the final.

[@chatthew]

Still not sure how these guys came last...Seriously the best country for this year

[@Gunsnroses99100]

It was the best Eurovision song ever :) The singer reminds me of Sebastian Bach :))

[@smallblueangel]

best song this year!!

[@chelseamkd]

I know, and Finland is my favorite. \o/ But this guy too deserved to be in the final.

[@jegges6341]

omfg don't send this never again. THIS IS TOO FUCKING GOOD FOR eurovision. You guys should rock together with Bullet for my valentine and etc

[@alkaratus9189]

Slovakia send almost everything for ESC, especialy in 2010 and 2012, this are 2 the most underrated songs ever. I understand why Slovakia withdrown in 2013, it was too much for them. 2 masterpieces shooted to trashes

[@JulietParrishRadhaFIN]

This is SO GOOD!!! I'm sad, that they are not in final. They would deserve it for sure!

[@chemicalkid74]

Guys, guys. Not everyone loves metal ok? I mean, I love it and I think this is amazing. But you just have to accept that this isn't mainstream, and Eurovision is a mainstream competition- the song has more of a chance of getting through if it appeals to a wider audience. Im just glad that Slovakia had the guts to expose a mainstream audience to something a little different. :)

[@bettencourt27]

WOW! The BEST rock perfomance on this contest i have ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@themaxxiekill9724]

This is AMAZING. It's a shame they didn't make it to the final! Eurovision really needs a rock band like this, instead of boring pop songs. When I saw them I was like: FUCK YEAH!! Besides, all of the band members are extremly sexy.

[@Negative_Crepe]

The crowd is hilarious. They're like what the hell is this? haha. This song is awesome! :D

[@tasiatatsaio4670]

He rocked the stage Please Slovakia come back you used to have awesome songs and you will get even better than 6th Czech Republic got after they returned

[@ThisisDemy]

Definitely the best song and most handsome guy of the eurovision contest xD

[@kamuranDeliormanli]

Totally agree,i vote for this song

[@TheMetafeller]

I did not understand one word even but PLEASE LEAVE THIS PLACE WITH THIS NICKNAME.

[@StylesMVz]

the best song of the day

[@Leftikeee]

imádom. egyszerűen magával ragadó. kár, hogy ezt Európa nem így látta...de az én szívembe belopta magát. :) / I love it. It is simply immersive. It's a shame that Europe didn't see it this way. But they are in my heart. :)

[@alexandrafrolova4131]

I love metal music and I'm totally in love with this entry, but after ESC 2021 (and iconic Finland's entry, not mentioning Italy's victory) it's clearly been seen that screams aren't the point of the band not being qualified into the GF. IMHO the song is not so catchy as the finish one, but still being hilarious. Wish the vocals were way better (which was the real problem to not achieve notable score) and for sure the final result would be totally different. So, afterall, the problem is not the type of music you are playing, the problem is if you are doing it well, no matter the genre it is. Two (!!!) Rock entries achieved winning positions by televoters within almost same genre without cancelling each other like it happens many times with eurodance/pop tracks. Rock'n'Roll never dies!🤟🏽

[@LukeIncognito]

AMAZING !!!!! GUNS AND ROSES AND KESHA !!!! TOGETHER IN ONE PERSON !!!!!!

[@user-yu7ru8km4g]

My bronze medalist of 2012. Came back here to listen to real music and not winners like Conchita or Eli and Nikki

[@rosa1221]

How can people not like this? It blows my mind..

[@amperik84]

Fantastic song, one of very few,which remains in my mind

[@blackbirdthewhite115]

he was the most awesome and he should have won !!!! finally real music at last

[@TheHiroshima75]

YOU WERE SO UNDERRATED!!! EVERY YEAR YOU ARE SO UNDERRATED WHY JUST WHY???? ;_;