Eurovision Semi Final One: First Impressions

[@Mundo_daEma]

Portugal ❤❤❤soo beautiful song and performance too ❤goo Iolanda

[@ESCHayden]

I was watching online and I thought the applause was a tad disproportionate to the amount if ppl actually in the arena, so that explains it. The postcards are refreshingly different. I quite like the inclusion of the maps (without borders I noted) and I love how they've shown the artists at the end. Having a clip of the song during the qualifiers announcement was a nice touch, though in such a case I would've dispensed with the final recap. The other thing I would change is after the qualifiers are announced, they show the green room again, but then we'll see all the NQs looking disappointed.

[@Tintelinus]

The Border thing is 100% because of Israel and Serbia. I doubt they care much about pissing off Russia tho

[@idogonen3075]

When Cyprus was first and we saw the map, I was very surprised that maps are used, as borders are such an area of contention, but was quickly relieved when I realised the maps were used just as a general location of each participating country

[@asmrnick93]

Great review video as expected :) Looking forward to your content this week!

[@eurovisionconnor]

The kids at the end lmaooooo You can tell how uncool it is to be a fan of Marcus & Martinus in the pre-teen boy demographic there

[@markus_ch]

Yeah, when you hear this one immigrant boy saying something like "They're trash, I swear to god, they're from Norway, this is Sweden" - you can already see where this is going. Good luck anyway...

[@MrJazzCat38]

Teen boys definitely dislike Marcus and Martinus on mass scale scale. Jealousy maybe, who knows?

[@martinfitzgerald6705]

Crown The Witch 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@las_slaya]

I hate the anti-booing technology since it doesn't give a realistic experience for tv viewers

[@gocilydakov]

🌸💜🌸🇷🇸🌸💜🌸

[@MrMsDingdingding]

Letting Eric Saade with his palestinial heritage open the whole show... Nice play from svt

[@idogonen3075]

Him wearing a Keffyeh on his wrist was definitely a choice. I mean... it's not Palestinian per se, but the sentiment was clear. And as an Israeli I can respect that kind of choice.

[@MrMsDingdingding]

@@idogonen3075 Eric Saade gave a statement to the press: "I got that shawl from my father as a little boy, to never forget where the family comes from. I didn't know then that it would one day be called a 'political symbol'. It's like calling the Dala horse [a typical Swedish souvenier] a political symbol. In my eyes, that's just racism. I just wanted to be inclusive and wear something authentic to me - but the EBU seems to find my ethnicity controversial. It says nothing about me, but everything about them. I say as this year's ESC slogan: United by music."

[@thingybob4375]

Stuart, possibly my favorite ESC reactor. Yeah, sure, the anti-booing technology will come in with full force this year. Please can I ask, without the opportunity to legitimately protest or raise Palestinian flags, would it be an idea that the entire audience turn their back on Israel's performance this year.

[@stu_makes_vids]

Personally a turned back would be my preferred method of protest. But nasty as it may be, booing is a form of non-violent protest. And let's be honest, people get booed for much less.

[@thingybob4375]

@@stu_makes_vids i feel so too but booing still has it's reason and purpose. The sound-blocking of the EBU may help the broadcast, but fan based videos posted on youtube will serve to tell the true story of the contest.