We Just Love Eurovision Too Much (Interval Act) Reaction!

[@lindsJP]

You really ought to watch ‘Love Love, Peace Peace’ which was another interval act.

[@LawrenceAkers]

It is a classic - and another brilliant Petra moment - although it is STUFFED FULL of previous Eurovision references that could go over a lot of heads if you don't know.

[@realityisblurred3330]

and Rock the Roof

[@lindsJP]

@@LawrenceAkersfair point; have they watched anybody actually in a hamster wheel yet? 🤔

[@LawrenceAkers]

@@lindsJP The guys have covered a lot of ground but I'm not sure if they've done that classic. I actually really loved that song. LOL!

[@avatara82]

Every interval act with petra mede is amazing but i agree love love peace peace is the best interval act ever

[@Solsortemor]

Hi from Copenhagen - we have LEGO! And in the arena I was screaming in Finnish, when Käärijä (and dancers) came on stage. Suddenly you can sing in 20 different languages, when Eurovision. And yup.... The Nordic countries are (also) siblings and bullying each other (we bully Sweden the most - and you can see why)... ;-) Denmark and Norway are best buds. And yes Estonia and FInland too.

[@MusicBloodSoul]

Italy 🇮🇹 Spain 🇪🇸 and Greece 🇬🇷 are best buds, we just love each other because of the similar way of life, history, culture, food, we’re like brothers and feel at home when we go to visit these countries. In Italy we say about us, spaniards and greeks “Una faccia, una razza” which means “Same face, same race” ❤️

[@amani8008]

Ehii Gioo che bello trovarti qui🫶🏻 è come incontrarsi per strada ahahha

[@angyliv8040]

😘

[@georgiamavroudi9648]

so true! the bond is even stronger when it comes to food culture/appreciation!

[@MusicBloodSoul]

@@amani8008 heyyy che ci fai qua?? 😄

[@amani8008]

@@MusicBloodSoul da quando hanno fatto la reaction a Käärijä mi hanno conquistato. Li adoro proprio questi due ahahah

[@pleegjepleegje]

10:03 Dankjewel, I love you, NO WAR! Thanks Käärijä, dankjewel!!!

[@joline684]

This was great! You should react to 2016 interval acts as well (by hosts Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw): What Is Eurovision? kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGfUhKduhtVsmc0 Love Love, Peace Peace - How to make a perfect Eurovision song kzbin.info/www/bejne/oonGo51smLqcn80 They both reference and bring up old acts on stage Both very fun. 2016 widely considered best host year of Eurovision. If you're interested, here's a compilation of the best moments (including the acts above): kzbin.info/www/bejne/eai5Y4eXar9nl7c

[@nenadmkd]

I want to see Petra Mede and Hannah Waddingham host Eurovision together. That would be a show

[@amani8008]

I looove this reation whoever suggestet this thank you i really enjoyed it😭🙏🏼🩷

[@perunarieska9182]

A silly contest with only USA and Canada participating...? The World Series! 🤣 On a serious note, they tried to bring Eurovision to the US as "American Song Contest", where artists from different states competed. It didn't take wing, perhaps because it didn't have the campiness and charm that Eurovision is all about. Or perhaps there just wasn't a market niche left that ASC could've carved for itself, with all the other already established talent/singing shows. Certainly didn't help that ASC was marketed as A Very Serious Competition, instead of goofy wholesome fun celebrating different music. Songs were on the safe & generic side, and since the US is very culturally uniform they didn't have that much variance to them (like the ethnic influences we have in Eurovision music). I really hoped it would've succeeded, then we would have (friendly?) annual competitions US vs EU, about which winner becomes a bigger star 😄

[@Pataassa]

Swedes makes fun of Finland, as usual. But also, they wanted to bring käärijä, because he was audience number one last year and people were mad that loreen still won. But all those stuff there were finnish. The song "ievan polkka" is very old finnish folk song. And finns invented the sauna and loves to sauna. And finns have moomit or moomins childrens serie (those white hippos). And of cource käärijä.

[@Neon-Noodle]

My favorite interval acts are switch song from isreal 2019 and rock the roof from rotterdam 2021

[@Disaffected91]

That was Swedish way to laugh at Finland. The hippo characters are Moomins.

[@alejandrogrima5704]

When we gonna have the EUROPAPA reaction? 🤨

[@Salige150]

Finelly Austria and Australia are silblings because we share our kangaroos🤣🤣🤣

[@kio_games]

As a Slovak id say our most petty hatred and our closest country are the same. Its Czechia, we both love and hate them in the same way you love your sibling but also kinda dislike them. (Also we are jeleus of them for having thier stuff together while we stuble at every descidion)

[@Divig]

Do you not recognise Ievan polka? One of the first viral songs/videos on the internet?

[@billybscotland7246]

Thank god you didn’t react to Madonna doing the interval act 😮😂, Justin T was better though 😂

[@nathariel]

And chanel, Eleni and Eric? wtf

[@saxorsaxofon88]

Denmark and sweden has and will alwayes have a beef. Like we have been to war hubdereds of Times. Some danes won some swede won. The last war sweden won. And after that it was okay feck it lets be friends instead.

[@Iamyouiay]

In Switzerland the only buddies we have are Lichtensteiners and we are accused to have rigged the juries even tho Lichtenstein doesn’t even participate. But American influencers who don’t understand that the best performer wins the contest, doesn’t help this hooligan culture.

[@alisalaine5016]

In the "finnish internal act" those marshmallow horses are the moomins, characters from a very beloved childrens book and tv series here 😁 The act is not based on a previous performance, but it sure is amazing ❤

[@LunaMikk]

I remember watching those cartoons of Moomin when I was little, and I'm from Spain, so I can say that it was very popular if it even came here xD

[@tyrvthe]

And the Song is a Finnish traditional composition called Ievan Polka. The version we most listen to Loitumas version which made the song viral and more recognized in 1996.

[@yusta_pl]

As a Polish person I am kinda shocked, because I thought that everybody knew who Moomins were 🙈

[@aleksandrapiat-wawro4471]

Not in USA apparently. Or they're too young. 😂

[@alftuvik3820]

I think most of Europe would know them, plus Japan, but don't know if it really was a thing in the US? Apparently Disney tried to buy it buy Tove Jansson refused to sell to them, that might be why.

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

growing up in Israel in the 90's, moomins were on the kids channel all the time! very well known! and The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, and can't forget Pippi Longstocking, one of my favourite characters growing up!

[@realityisblurred3330]

@@aleksandrapiat-wawro4471 theres a bit of reach but is with older generations in North America.

[@ValentinaMelB]

Girl, as a Colombian I am shocked lol

[@jorgeduroes]

If you liked this interval act you must check "Love Love Peace Peace" from 2016! Sweden just slays again 💅

[@Asa...S]

"Love Love Peace Peace" is hilarious (written by the same guy as this), but I would think that like 90 % or more of the humour would fly over their heads, because it's so packed with reference humour, referring to Eurovision acts that they're not aware of.

[@LawrenceAkers]

@@Asa...S Precisely. It is utterly brilliant and I had tears from laughing so hard when it was broadcast, but if you don't know Eurovision, it would be completely lost on you other than being a truly catchy song.

[@sabineworner5202]

The dancing men with white towels around their waists and birch bushes in their hands refer to the famous Finnish sauna culture. Greek honey and joghurt with walnuts is a classical greek dessert.

The Finnish "interval act" is full of Finnish stuff. The "horses" are Moomin.

[@realityisblurred3330]

The Moomin Museum in Tampere is really cool.

[@Wriwnas1]

"ppl in towels".. :D Western saunas originated in Finland... ;-)

[@moondaughter1004]

Including the word sauna itself

[@anssia3123]

As a Finn I can confirm that this is a 100% accurate representation of us

[@ohrusty]

Oh jeez, this made me actually laugh out loud. It was involuntary.

[@nikolaos9652]

I think between kaarija, windows95man and this, they are getting ready to emigrate

[@Asa...S]

The Nordics are very much like siblings. It's like if you would ask a 12 year old if his brother or sister is his best bud. Like we're close, we do love eachother, but it's a lot of tough love and banter and sarcasm (sometimes it seems like Americans don't get sarcastic humour as much, it seem to confuse some of them or fly over their heads). You can say the rudest and silliest thing about your siblings, that you wouldn't say about anyone else. But if someone else would say that exact same thing, then it's like... _what_ did you just say about my sibling?! You don't have the right to say that about one of us!

[@Sinivalkoseepra-yz1ke]

Yeah, and I love that kind of relationships 😊 Dear fellow nordics, never change ❤

[@uikonimi]

Moomins (the white hippos) are characters created by a Finnish writer Tove Jansson. They are very popular around the world. The song is Ievan Polkka, a traditional Finnish polka song, and the dancers are dancing polka. The towels are from the Finnish sauna. The word sauna itself comes from the Finnish language, and there are around 2.3 million saunas in Finland (and our population is 5.6 million). We have more saunas than cars here! Also sauna was invented in Finland thousands of years ago. It's an important part in our culture. The dresses had the Finnish flag as an apron and they were inspired by traditional Finnish clothing. The background images were inspired by Finnish design, especially Iittala's Taika-series. Hope this helps understand the Finnish section of this interval act.

[@KristenEiler]

Denmark and Sweden have a looooong history of rivalry. From what I have heard there haven't been more wars between any countries than Denmark and Sweden. Denmark and Iceland are still close, but we are drifting more and more apart. The scandinavian countries more and less understand each others languages (if we speak slowly) and we each other "brother nations". Easier to say which countries have a beef with each other!

[@ullarajala4784]

Denmark and Sweden always fight in the football pitch

[@OfficialSpencer]

the awkward moment when you did have a Eurovision type contest called the American Song Contest 😂☠️

[@ZakhadWOW]

if they hadnt tied it to NBC's predatory moneygrubbing it might have had a chance.

[@tyrvthe]

Yeah, that was... Welll....

[@onomatopoetisk]

…and there were states competing 😅

[@ohrusty]

Oh... oh, let's not mention that. It was awkward. A for effort, though?

[@im.joeyb.]

@@ohrusty Not even...

[@tetama2agani]

Sweden is the country with Ireland which got the most wins with 7 wins and Petra the red dress lady it's her 3rd time of her being the host again for Eurovision in Sweden her first time was in 2013 and second time in 2016

[@josse0o0]

I feel like the Scandinavian countries have a really close relationship, almost like siblings. There's this fun rivalry over the silliest and most unimportant things, lol. The three countries also nearly speak the same language, so we love to tease each other about how we talk. But if someone from outside Scandinavia makes fun of Norway, Denmark, or Sweden, we always step in to defend each other.

[@Solsortemor]

True! Then we are as close as ever. And happy when we meet our brothers abroad and speak Scandi-english with each other.

[@swedishmake-upgeek5650]

Came here to say this ❤

[@susannes7023]

Yes, well said! Sweden and Norway fuzz about skiing and Sweden and Finland fuzz about hockey. Pretty much. Norway and Finland have during history been Swedish territory and with Denmark we were always at war. The southern part of Sweden, Skåne, used to be Danish in the past. But I should say we stick together in rough times and always vote for each other in Eurovision!

[@BellaMoore]

guys you don't know moomins??!!

[@ZakhadWOW]

I had heard the name sometime way back when,but no.. they arent like Teletubbies.. they are virtually unkown here.

[@Reanimea]

Would love to see you guys react to Love love Peace Peace. Another interval act!

[@Outputable]

Two even more iconic interval acts are from Sweden too, you should react to them as well. Both of them starring the Swedish host Petra Mede too. (this year is her 3d year hosting the competition for Sweden) First one is making fun of/proudly presents everything Swedish: "Swedish Smörgåsbord" from the 2013 competition. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGrXi3Snf7CnrtU Second one is called "Love Love Peace Peace" from 2016 and is a satire song about how you can stand out and win (with many references to old competing songs) hosted and sung with that last years Swedish winner; Måns Zelmerlöw :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/l37KiGhqfaeCiZI

[@saintofspades567]

How about ” thats eurovision” also starring Petra and Måns! Thats even better than Petras swidish expose. Imao

[@nocturne7371]

Finland and Sweden take a win over the other one in a big championship VERY seriosly. To the point that even if we get a medal, if we loose to Finland/Sweden it doesn't taste as sweet.

[@rimuttt]

You need to react to this year Finnish performance in ESC 2024 - it was literally EGGcelent 🥚🍆😂

[@Labbish1]

It's funny that there is always competition with Finland and Sweden. But we finns don't have anything againts Denmark, Norway or Iceland. It's always Sweden 🤣

[@ZeniaLarsen]

Same with us Danes - we kind of like all the Nordic/Scandinavian countries, just not Sweden 😂

[@Labbish1]

@@ZeniaLarsen We don't hate them. We are just rivals 😀

[@Sinivalkoseepra-yz1ke]

Why is it always Sweden 🤭 Feels like Sweden only has this kind of relationships with everyone 😄

[@onomatopoetisk]

Us Swedes are always in the middle 😂

[@susannes7023]

@@Sinivalkoseepra-yz1ke Probably because Sweden used to own Finland and Norway, and was always at war with Denmark. Always in the middle trying to act big brother to the rest and not fully succeeded.

[@fionn7134]

OMG, if you watched this, you NEED to react to the “Love love, peace peace” Interval act! That is a total classic and hilarious.

[@shovkovskyi]

Moomins, Finnish sauna, Ievan Polkka... some of the most finnish things out there... only missing Nokia phones and some hockey players...

[@alvdansen7172]

and salmiakki

[@aimer.e]

Love how you clearly enjoyed the most the part about Finland. 😂

[@sarahenchanted]

Funny enough, when Finland hosted in 2007 they had Moomins in at least one of their postcards (the video clip before the song starts) and absolutely would do it again. Also their national final, UMK, is a great show.

[@tinamariasteenfathjenskole99]

Denmark and Sweden have a looong history of wars, football rivalry and other feuds. We never miss an opportunity to have a go at each other..

[@ZakhadWOW]

Danskjavlar!! :P

[@Summer_and_Rain]

We cannot even agree on whom have the best view XD

[@onomatopoetisk]

❤

[@aleksandrapiat-wawro4471]

I knew you would love it when Kaarija appears. 😂 He's the best. 😊

[@urhonykvist8795]

Actually Karelian Polkka the song and Moomin and Arabia is huge in Finland allso Sauna so it was just a friend making a joke about the things we love

[@alexialu4224]

The marshmallow horses are called moomins and they are a fictional animated character created from a collaboration between Finnish and Japanese artists. People wear towels because Finland=saunas, they have saunas like in every building over there (not joking), even the word 'sauna' is a finnish word . Finally the background music is 'Levan Polka', a finnish folk song that I'm sure you have heard because it has become a viral meme in its remixed form.

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

moomins were a finnish kids book series well before any of the 2 japanes animas were made! also the writer of the series is an historical bisexual poliamoure queen! she did wrote moonin troll and snufkin lover hints on purpose as she was having a policule with her husband and another women at the time (her girlfriend and her husband weren't together btw)

[@ficheallach]

“Ievan Polkka” with a capital i, not “Levan”

[@Prafik614]

Moomins aren’t created in collaboration with Japanese artist 😖 They are by Finnish Tove Jansson only to be made into globally more famous animation later by Japanese.

[@Ieatwhale1]

Sweden and Finland compete where Santa Claus live, i think Finland is winning.

[@Solsortemor]

And Denmark says that he lives in Greenland 😅 But I did agree with my Finnish friend, that the one in Greenland is the Finnish Santas twinbrother, so....

[@pririririri]

you said something about a contest along the US states, well it happened in 2022 and it was called American song contest where Oklahoma won

[@Georgia7Pap]

The lady with the silver dress won for Sweden in 1999. That's why she says "I've been singing this song from 1999". She went again later but she didn't win. Did you know that a bunch of winners have participated again? So far only 2 people have won twice... Johnny Logan and Loreen.

[@Yannakis1999]

As a spaniard, italians and greeks are my brothers, and when I meet them, the fun is assured 🇪🇸❤🇬🇷❤🇮🇹

[@juancarlosgasconpinedo8667]

Yeah, Spain 🇪🇸 Italy 🇮🇹and Greece 🇬🇷 are definitely best buddies together

[@ZakhadWOW]

and the French of the Occitan/Provencal regions.. I mean Marseille and Naples are practically twins in many ways. Hell even theior soccer teams use the same Azure blue LOL

[@e.o.9094]

Portugal for me

[@brittafrier2430]

The Greek honey on the greek yoghurt is very much a thing. A s a dane, Sweden and Norway are the annoying siblings, while Iceland is the cool cousin.

[@Lisettestordeur]

"Needs more human centipede" - you guys need to watch Käärijä's interval performance at UMK 2024 (Finland's national final). Very fun: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYicdIawg9Ojbrs 😂

[@sk70091]

Ooh, true! Can't get more human centipede than that! :D

[@LionKlD]

Watching the Finland part of the interval act as someone who is 50% Swedish and 50% Finnish: I approve this message. They played around with Finnish stereotypes: 1. the Moomins “mumintrollen” are beloved characters created by the Swedish speaking Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson. 2. The Sauna culture (Western saunas originated in Finland, and there are 0,62 saunas per capita in Finland; i.e, one sauna for every 1.59 person). 3. Finnish Polkka. The song is a Finnish folksong called Ievan Polkka. (The melody can be traced back to the 18th century while the lyrics was written 1928 by Eino Kettunen). •And I think the dresses are a play on the Finnish National costumes (Kansallispuku) “often” used around midsummer. When it comes to how we view our neighbouring countries from a Swedish point of view: Norway is the little brother/sister that won the lottery. Denmark is the sibling that we keep picking fights with, and we can be mean to them but noone else can be mean to them. Finland is our beloved cute, slightly introverted, stubborn and crazy uncle standing between us and any threats from the east. There is no other people you’d rather stand between you and any potential threat; You don’t provoke the Finns, we’re proud, stubborn and crazy (in all of the best ways of course😇).

[@pleegjepleegje]

15:57 Dutchie here. We love Belgians the most. They divorced us and we fully respect that, but we're still one people 🖤💛❤️ In Eurovision we give each other the 12 points if we or one of us is in the final 🇳🇱❤️🇧🇪

[@XanArt21]

No we don't. 😂

[@pleegjepleegje]

@@XanArt21 😳 Asjemenou, no love, no respect or no 12 points? 😅

[@amandas5396]

Love love peace peace is iconic, you need to react to it

[@susannes7023]

So funny to se you react to this! As a Swede I am of course proud of this production and the fact that we've won the contest no less than seven times. The girl i silver dress is Charlotte Perrelli who won the contest in 1999, with a song called Take me to your heaven and is very much "ABBA 25 years later". But when it comes interval acts, PLEASE react to a piece called Love, love, peace, peace from 2016! It is the very same recycled host, Petra Mede (lady in red here) together with her co-host Måns Zelmerlöw who won the contest in 2015. Now that you have seen some Eurovision I think you will get the genious of that act.

[@kareneggenschwiler5075]

All Canadians wish that all Americans would think like you guys 👍❤️😊 So glad to hear you acknowledge our existence and desired friendship 👍😎 Maybe you guys should run for president 👍😀🙏

[@Piia2023]

It's the jury that loves Sweden...every year. You should check put Ievan Polka, the best act in the whole show was Käärijä and No Rules.

[@Asa...S]

Well, Sweden are among the countries that has done the best in the televote too though, so not just the juries. Like check out the video: "Top 50 Entries by Televote in Eurovision Song Contest (2009-2024)": 5 from Italy, 4 from Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, 3 from Norway, 2 from Azerbaijan, Belgium, Finland, France, Israel, Netherlands, Moldova, Serbia, Switzerland and 1 from Austria, Armenia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey.

[@Piia2023]

@@Asa...S it doesn't matter what song you send you are always among the 5 best...except for this year

[@alvdansen7172]

@@Piia2023 We got 14th place 2021 and 7th place in 2018 and in 2010 it's a NQ! So just because we have many top 5 results it does not mean we always in the top 5, top 10 would be more accurate and in the early 2000s we almost always had mid results like place 18, place 21, place 14 as more common than top 10 or top 5.

[@hellothere8674]

hey! please react to europapa by joost klein

[@Wriwnas1]

Well obviously Greeks and Cypriots are all Greeks living in 2 dif countries, sharing common ethnicity, heritage, language, and religion. Greeks consider Serbians our brothers in the balkans due to cultural, religious and historical ties since the two nations were historically bound by alliance treaties and co-belligerence in wars since the Middle Ages. We also say that Greeks and Italians are "una faccia, una razza" which translates to”One face, one race. This beautiful Italian phrase incorporates the reality of centuries of history and cultural ties that Greek and Italian people share together. There are many similar relationships between European countries.

[@johananas8407]

Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland really are like siblings. We love to pick on each other (sometimes not even just for fun), but if anyone else comes looking for a fight we’d be the first to throw a punch. No one messes with our family. Iceland is like our cousin and Estonia is that family friend that comes unannounced for no reason at all.

[@Sinivalkoseepra-yz1ke]

Oh I love this, both the original video and your reaction to it! 😁 Käärijä really was something else, he sure should have won. Yeah I know he didn't, and I am going to live with that, but I will always be feeling like he should have. But that only makes him more of a legend, and I kinda love that.

[@FozzaCovers]

You HAVE to watch the performance from Benjamin Ingrosso

[@LawrenceAkers]

I agree. I always loved 'Dance You Off' but hadn't followed any of his music since. That semi-final interval acts re-engaged me with his music and I absolutely love it.

[@Wriwnas1]

Yes, Greece has amazing honey. Honey is actually like wine. You have varieties depending in the area/flowers/trees and each year can taste slightly diferently. ;-) I assume you have probably only ever tasted flower honey, which is the most common and the cheapest...

[@LittleVoodooDolly]

I might be slightly biased but I still think Riverdance is the best interval act to grace the Eurovision stage, although Love Love Peace Peace gets major props.

[@ZakhadWOW]

well Riverdance was about artisitc showing off, and LLPP was about humorous entertainment. They should never be directly compared.

[@garbokatten]

Well, “trying to live up to Riverdance” is a line from “That’s Eurovision”, one of the interval acts from 2016.

[@kathyo14]

Please react Love, love, peace, peace, another interval act of eurovision. 😊

[@paulguyett]

You need to react to the best interval act... Riverdance in 1994.

[@erikbehaeghel]

the Moomins are the best of the hole act

[@ZeniaLarsen]

5:54 Hi from Denmark :) Sweden and Denmark love to hate each other. We’re neighbors, our languages are very similar - so I took it as kind of tease from a sibling … and I took no offense because obviously Denmark’s way cooler than Sweden - like, where’s Sweden in the European soccer championship this year? 😜

[@The-Almond-Cafe]

Why is Australia in Eurovision? The simple answer is that to participate, countries need an active membership in the EBU, which Australian TV network SBS is (and where ESC is televised here). Also, Aussies are obsessed with it, so on the 60th anniversary of the ESC we were invited to perform in the interval and it went from there … I (as an Aussie) find it weird too but it’s fun. I’d watch it whether we were in it or not.

[@MissMars2022]

First time FIRST, yeah 🤗 edit: Still voting for Mia's Eurovision list :D

[@Mia-vp5yp]

🥹

[@maikki-hg1qx]

If you missed the human centipede here's an upgraded version of it in Käärijä's returning performance in this years UMK (Finland's national final). Such a legend! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYicdIawg9Ojbrssi=RXnyg5Vy_TPhfq1f

[@RawTimee]

If europapa isnt next i will cry.

[@elisaa9981]

Ha ha, Swedes think they're so funny and clever, but I'm telling you, as a Swede myself, that was just obnoxious with all that Swedish brands namedropping.

[@J1mmyMack]

How do they not get any of the Finnish references? The Moomins and saunas.

[@XanArt21]

The interval act during the first semi from Benjamin Ingrosso was great you need to see it!!! The other stuff was way too cringy 😂... apart from Käärijä of course. Netherlands can't stand Belgium for calling fries 'Frieten'...the Dutch call it 'Patat'... which is the only right answer. 😂

[@miasalminen9345]

Finland was part of swedish hunders years ago.Swedish had war with russia and they loss and they gave us to russia.Thank you.But that is not the case. Käärijä was the winner and they know it.We allways love Swedish and allso we hate them

[@oehlbormturn]

Sweden and Norway being best buds? Hah, never! (Secretly they are but neither would ever admit it)

[@kareneggenschwiler5075]

Points for you guys 👍you know a lot about Europe 😊

[@tuijakantola6550]

Sweden and Finland are like siblings, tease each other all the time but love each other in the end. Just a shame all finns think all swedes are gay 😀 Also we in Sweden have some greats jokes about norwegians (but they have the same for us).

[@KasperochSiri]

As a Swede I can say we like Norway the best. They are that annoying younger sibling that earns more money than you but we are the only one that can mess with them. We don't understand the Danish, (some in the south of Sweden does), they are that neighbor that you sometimes fight with but mostly just greet politely when you meet. Finland is the cousin that is fun to party with!

[@terjemullerkarlsen3028]

The first finnish number is made for this show especially. THe white marshmellow ar called Mummi trolls which is a very famous finnish children charachters

[@tanjanikola9489]

They are actually called Moomin trolls (or Muumi in Finnish). Mummi means grandmother 👵😊.

[@jennivihinen3797]

Horses??? The Moomins!!!

[@Mk-yd7xm]

Please react to Austrias act for Eurovision 2024 🇦🇹

[@kareneggenschwiler5075]

Yes Greek honey is amazing 👍😊❤️😋

[@Hamsyong]

This is not good compared to love love peace peace

[@jonnajois]

We in Scandinavia are buddies, and extended also the Nordic country. We have similar languages (Sweden, Norway, Denmark), and can mostly understand each other. Icelandic is harder, and Finnish is completely different. Finland was swedish for a long time, and have a big swedish spoken population. Norway was in a union with Sweden, and part of Sweden was danish long time ago. Similar culture and political system.

[@petrosyanl]

I'm afraid a lot of context is required to truly appreciate this interval act. There are little gems like representing Cyprus, or recycling the host.

[@PowerSpirit50]

I highly recommend watching or reading something of the Moomins. It has such a special vibe.

[@terjemullerkarlsen3028]

There are tons of references in this song which might be difficult to get if you´r not from Sweden or europe!

[@zpitzer]

Sweden has had more wars with Denmark than any other countrys have. But these days we are siblings, we argue, tease, joke, but in the end of the day we are united. It's the same with our other neighbors Norway and Finland.

[@MariaCarabin]

Third! Love the Eurovision content!❤ this is from the second semi-final.

[@ameliaelizz]

The best has been Liverpool song book or the song flip in Israel interval! If you're looking for inspo! Love your reactions- so refreshing...especially for Americans!😂😂😂😂

[@chaidie7056]

One of my favourite interval acts was the flash mob in 2010 (Norway was hosting). A time when Eurovision really did feel like it united Europe

[@MissMars2022]

I also think the Flashmob was one of the best interval acts ever. Flashmobs are nothing spectacular nowadays anymore, but back then it was kinda new and it was just great fun to watch. Also, it’s the year where my country won 🤣🙈😊

[@saintofspades567]

Australia has been invested in eurovision for AGES! I was on exchange in australia way back in 97 and i remember how everybody would eagerly gather round the television during the show. They were invited to start participating in 2015 to celebrate an anniversary i think… If the US start showing the same passion for the contest then perhaps? So start spreading the news boys!

[@Esbenbanan]

I think they chose honey cause it rimes with money 😅

[@kareneggenschwiler5075]

Balkan countries are best buds😊

[@panbaiye]

I have 20/20 eurovision, I can see it perfectly

[@thinkerpanda]

Greece has a long-standing history of beekeeping, and it has more beehives per acre than any other country in Europe, so it's no surprise that Greek honey is regarded as the best in the world.

[@markus_ch]

When it comes to which country we feel closest to, in Switzerland 🇨🇭 there is a special situation, because we have several cultures and languages here. So Swiss people from the French part feel closest to France 🇫🇷, while Swiss people from the Italian part feel closest to Italy 🇮🇹. For them, the language on both sides of the border is more or less the same. However, the connection from Swiss people from the German part, where I live, towards Germany 🇩🇪 is a bit different, and one of the reason is, that we speak a special dialect of German here, which Germans find rather funny and weird and often even incomprehensible. On the other hand, their „proper“ German sometimes sounds to us a bit aggressiv and loud. So we probably rather see the Netherlands as our best buds. 🇳🇱 But all in all, we also do get along well with Germans, and many of them are coming to Switzerland to work and live here, because the salaries are much higher and the quality of life is better. If this is true or not, all of you out there can hopefully check out yourself next year, when Switzerland is hosting the song contest. 🌈