Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim Croatia Eurovision REACTION by professional singer

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[@larecarson5010]

Hi, I love your reaction and am following City of Sound, you guys look really interesting and am looking forward to getting to know your music. I just wanted to comment as I thought you would find it of interest. Baby Lasagna got to the final and finished the highest his country has ever got as an independent artist. He did it mostly himself with family and friends.

[@wrighteousj]

@@larecarson5010 oooo let me know what you think of is! We have a lot of music out and a lot of new music coming next month!

[@_._user_._]

Did you react to the 1st place at Eurovision, 2nd, 4th, and where is the 3rd?😢

[@MorkyMuffin]

"Meow cat, please meow back" is going down in Eurovision history

[@Wriwnas1]

Meow!!!!

[@PastaSauce.]

What makes BL so interesting is he’s so super shy in real life but as soon as he gets on the stage his extrovert personality comes out. Before the final performance there are several pre parties (London, Milan etc) This gives the performer the opportunity to practice and connect with the fans. Hence then all singing back. Baby Lasagne’s growth through the process was really amazing to watch.

[@nevenbaica2677]

Hi from Croatia, and thank you for commenting. There is some elements of istrian (part of Croatia) culture in clothing, rhitam, and change of tonality in breakdown. This song is funny interpretation of sirious problem of 1/10 croatian people recently left our country in search for better life. I am shure it si now hymn for our imigrants. But of most importance for me is fact that he alone with help from his friends and family was write, produce and perform this song and made official video. Startin from reserve in Dora (domestic competition for ESC), and finish as second in EU, and first counting only public votes. Story of underdog succeede with real domestic product. And i just prance with it. 😁

[@MeowbackMB]

Baby Lasagna is the best thing we have since the Eurosong this year, a world star was born, such charisma and energy is not often created, he himself is the author of songs and music and the producer of everything that we see in his opus😍I think it will be worth following for the next time, All his current and future songs, listen to the IG BOY song, it's the best, as he himself says😍

[@vanja4378]

All Croatìa still dance on RTTD. Marko is great songwrither, and he is great person. This is his song, and all this done whit his friends. His first performans on stage as singer.

[@nikolaos9652]

5:07 MEOW CAT, PLEASE MEOW BACK!

[@viracocha6409]

In the Grand Final it was even better because the sound of his micro was better, the audience got LED wristbands with that you can see them dancing during the breakdown and the "Ooooh-ooooh" was BY FAR louder than in the semi final. Can't help but sing and dance along to Baby Lasagna! 😄

[@dirtyhistorian]

In a nutshell, Marko (BL) played around with some folk motifs from his (and mine 😁) region of Croatia (Istra), and the istrian scale wich is on the UNESCO heritage list and slapped plenty of Rammstein, Kraftwerk and NIN on it. Quite simple, but it created something new, exiting and infectious. ❤ BTW, love the song snippet on the outro!

[@Yellow233]

unlike many others who perform for the camera he performed for the crowd in the arena

[@mariozvan9782]

The song addresses the very serious problem that Croatia together with other southern/Eastern European countries suffer from of young people leaving to find jobs in wealthier countries to the north. It is an existential issue wrapped into a catchy song that proved the most popular amongst the audience, but the judges decided otherwise.

[@glennhutto1777]

Baby Lasagna was the guitarist for the band Manntra…

[@tetama2agani]

People's winner❤❤

[@k_miii-rb2dh]

Babyyy lasagna 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😻😻😻

[@marija5949]

Hi i'm Croatian. Yes theres a lot cultural references in this song. Rim tim tagi dim doesn't mean anything it's just sound of Istrian instruments and melody ( singer is form Istria a part od Croatia). His outfit is traditional lace combined with modern rock outfit. This song is actually realy sad, it's about young boy who is leaving his little village to found a better life in the City . He doesn't want to leave and he is sad, he will miss his familly and cat. This song was 2nd in Eurovision contents this year, he should have won becouse he was people favourite but the jury decided he wouldn't winn cause of the policy wars and sfuff, long story short he was 2nd. But we dont care and we are so proud of Marko❤

[@neolex001]

No... That's not why he didn't win. The music industry judges valued Nemo's entry constructively more valid; masculine rap verses feminine opera in a song about being non-binary? Brilliant! Regardless, let's all be grateful that Israel didn't win, for those ' policy wars and sfuff' reasons ;)

[@marija5949]

​​​​​​@@neolex001 no one cares about Nemo being non binary or whatever. I didn't like the Code and opera part was annoing. Slimane was 10 lightyears better singer than Nemo and Ukraine was brilliant this year , i still don't understood why Nemo got that much jurry points. And also Nemo was 5th by televote that also mean something... Last year Croatia send anty war opera by Let3 and that floped by jury and not by the Public. Let 3 message was clear , stop the war in Ukraine and world belongs to People not some psiho who have nuclear weapons. Eurovision unfotuneately lost it's meaning few jears ago...

[@kamakama7685]

​@@neolex001o tome je i riječ, Nemo je pobjedik da ne pobjedi Izrael. Pjesma mu je dobra, al publika je odlucila tko je bio najbolji, a to je važnije od bilo kakvog pokala 💪🥰

[@roising.3221]

Nah Nemo's song was better even if less than a party song.

[@GIRL-PSY]

Croatia, my winner Congratulations!!

[@lillywhite0707]

It's a pity you didn't watch the video of the final. The performance and audience are even better 🔥

[@mikijonas5497]

Yes!!

[@Racoon1008]

This

[@marystanic1278]

This👍

[@maya276]

I am from the same city as Baby Lasagna...Our proud

[@DramaQueenMalena]

BL said: RIM TIM TAGI DIM is a made-up word word for a made-up dance from a made-up village. But nonetheless, it's a story about a young man from Croatia that leaves it's country because he has no future. It was the perfect Eurovision song because all those young men (and women) from the Balkans that are living in Northern European countries could relate and voted. You can't vote for the country you live in, but you can vote for your country if you live abroad. Many people watch Eurovision, but most of them do not vote. In the 2-3 months before Eurovision, from the release of the song, you need to build up a fan community that votes for you. It helps, if you already have your diaspora, your LGBTQ-Community, your religious or political community (that why Israel always gets many votes) etc. It's a very catchy song and BL is a very cool guy. Like Bambie Thug and Nemo, he wrote, composed and produced the song - alone, the others had teams. It was authentic. He managed to claim many of the votes. That's how Eurovision should be and I'm happy those songs did well this year.

[@maryjane0198]

What did suprise me? My reaction after the contest. I couln't stop listen to it in few days after. Over and over again. So catchy and great energy. And yeah. His charisma and wink also killed me. Btw. Love your song at the end. Your music and voice is so unic. Gives hope and comfort❤

[@sweetstrawberrylove]

A lot of young people in Croatia are leaving small cities for larger ones due to a lack of job opportunities. I, for example, moved to London. Although I miss my country, traditions, and people, I had to seek opportunities elsewhere. This is a big problem in Croatia at the moment. As he say, "there's no going back, anxiety attacks.'' this song is sad and lot of young croatians can relate.

[@tomislavb.5470]

Ispričaj mu i o HDZ-u i o babama koje kopaju po kontejnerima..Daj još koju nebitnu informaciju.

[@Mucrush]

Awesome reaction! Just wanna point out that what you watched was actually his semi-final rehearsal performance. There was some slight differences between this and the actual live semi-final performance. For instance, during the dance break, the audience wore bracelets that would lit up in multiple colors during this part. It had an amazing impact on the whole performance, seeing them dancing along (with their arms up and down). It didn't happen in this rehearsal performance. Another thing is that the audience mic was tuned way down. During the live performance you could hear them WAY better during the WOOAH parts and it sounded amazing. And generally there was a lot of camera and mic improvements in the live performance (and it even got better for the grand final performance). Just wanted to point these things out in case you'd want to check out the other videos! They can be found on the official Eurovision channel (but they might be geoblocked). Personally I prefer his grand final performance since everything was perfected!

[@madeleinereads]

I love how John Oliver described the Eurovision Song Contest on his show Last Week Tonight back in 2014: "There is a thing called the Eurovision Song Contest. It happens once every year and is simply the craziest thing that you will ever see. Basically, thirty-seven European countries sublimate thousands of years of ethnic and religious tensions into a series of bizarre three-minute song-tastrophes."

[@irenamajpruz518]

I've been waiting for this since I started following you. :) ❤

[@wrighteousj]

Let’s go!

[@irenamajpruz518]

​@@wrighteousjBaby Lasagne also makes his own music and writes lyrics and records videos. Before Eurovision, nobody in Croatia even knew about him. For me, it is the winner because it won the most votes from the audience around the world. On one occasion, he said that the jury's decision is not important to him because the audience will come to his concerts, not the jury. I have to tell you that I adore your music. I send you a lot of love and wish you the best of luck. Although you don't even need luck. ❤️

[@vayany]

Me too! Greetings from Croatia 🇭🇷 ❤!

[@DamirŠkoić]

The Best 😊 winner 😊love❤

[@BiaZarr]

Honestly this year's eurovision was amazing musically. Like, behind the scenes it was a shipshow, but the music was amazing this year. There were a lot of amazing acts that didn't make it past the semi-final, despite absolutely having final energy. I'd kinda recommend you to react to every single one. Maybe especially Finland, Spain, Armenia, Lithunia, San Marino, Czechia, Australia, Ukraine, Netherlands (oh damn yes the Netherlands). Actually really just watch every single one. Lots of fun to have there. And if you want to delve into history, i'd recommend some Classics like Måneskin, Lordi, Stefan Raab, Go_A, Daði Freyr, Käärijä... And Verka Serduchka. Verka is possibly the most Eurovision Eurovision ever got.

[@signebrummerstedt9205]

Adding to that (and vouching for your list of course - Especially Verka): - Netherlands 2019 (won, you may recognize something) - Armenia 2022 (20th place, again, may recognize something) - France 2021 (2nd place, art) - Spain 2022 (3rd place) - Israel 2023 (3rd place) - Cyprus 2018 (2nd place, she started a trend that spain22 and Israel23 developed further) - Australia 2019 (9th place, staging is insane) - Switzerland 2021 (3rd place, art pt. 2) - Austria 2014 (won, because it’s iconic) - Norway 2009 (won, this one you may also recognize) - France 2024 (4th place) And while we’re here, fuck it, if nothing else, watch these, you may recognize something here: - Switzerland 1988 (won) - Sweden 1974 (won)

[@purplemissd1000]

Thank you for reacting, I love watching people react to this song. There is also an incredible studio version that is totally different. You were right about ethnic elements, he is from Istria and you can hear a bit of folk music in the melody. Costumes were also inspired by traditional clothes and probably the biggest hit were tablecloths, you can see them on drums, guitar, his sleeves, band masks. When we were growing up, handmade tablecloths were part of every household, usually made by grandmas, they were displayed all over the houses, even on top of TVs 😄This made people all over Croatia and region pull out granny's tablecloths once again. And now even Baby Lasagna merch has crocheted cats. Liked your song at the end of the video 👍

[@perunarieska9182]

Absolutely love the energy on stage, and it's no wonder this was the public's favourite (came in 2nd after Switzerland). Great outro song btw! New to your channel, didn't know it was there and was pleasantly surprised 😁 Other great Eurovision performances this year were Ukraine, France, Netherlands and Armenia. And the goofiest troll-entry was Finland.

[@WindyMorro]

3:09 As a Croatian, yes. The instrumental (if you can call that) is definitely from us.

[@crobrazilac]

great reaction, greetings from croatia

[@MaCherie92]

Not from Croatia, but from Serbia, which is almost the same :) (watch people come for me in the comments lmao) Basically the song is about young people leaving their homes for better opportunities abroad (which is generally a Balkan problem but I feel it's more spread out than we think). It's also amazing how much of charisma he's got on stage given that he's an anxious little bean otherwise :) And also, it was his first time ever performing in Dora (Croatian national final, basically where they choose their song for Eurovision) and he was supposed to be a substitute. Someone else pulled out and he got in, the rest is history :)

[@il4512]

I love this song❤

[@gogilegi5114]

I’m from Croatia and he sings about how most of families move out of the country and he is very anxious about it🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷

[@suhi0310]

Watch the final performance is even better💪

[@melb2086]

No one has ever sung with performers at Eurovision, this is the first time,as i know. I am proud of Marko Purrrrišić and what he achieved for Croatia(which no one ever did)😊

[@hildefischer1169]

Purrrrr… 🐱😄

[@SuperCrofan]

he is singing about young peple from Croatia having to leave their country to find better working chances somwhere else. He incorporated a lot of Croatian culture like the costume and the national dance.He whas awarded with 50 000 euros from the Croatian goverment for bringing the best Croatian result in Esc ever. He gave away his prize and donated it to two children hospital. He whas a televote winner by a landslide. Milions of people votes for him. Nemo whas 5th but won because of the jury and politics. Baby lasagna sold over 5 concert halls in matter of minutes in Croatia and another 15 all accros Europe while Nemo struggles to full a single one.

[@jessbelen]

You don't need to put an artist down to lift others up

[@SuperCrofan]

@@jessbelen sayinf the facts is puting an artist down. Grow up ans learn to accept the facts

[@roising.3221]

Don't be mean to Nemo

[@goodside1807]

​@@roising.3221 He is just saying the facts 😅

[@jessbelen]

@@SuperCrofan you sound like a sore losr. My point was that you can say very good things about BL without involving the winner.

[@cree_VI]

i love this song, it's so fun. Also, i recommend checking Norway's performance, it was one of my favorite, folk rock.

[@gordanamarijavukovic2424]

❤❤❤BL is the only one at ESC who wrote the music, text and arrangement for his song. His text, which talks about growing up and leaving his parents' home, is extremely witty and very deep. Everyone can recognize themselves. And the story of BL is by far the most beautiful story of ESC. The unknown young man, who wrote songs for others, could not make a living from music. Then he wrote two songs for himself, IG BOI and Dont hate yourself... The songs are excellent, but they were not successful. As a last attempt, he sent his song Rim tim tagi dim to Dora - the Croatian selection for the ESC song. And- he did not enter the final. He decided to work as a copy writer. Then they inform him that one of Dora's participants has canceled, which never happened, and he is performing as a reserve in the final. He has never appeared on stage as a performer before! Unlike the others, he only had a month to prepare. And he wins overwhelmingly with 247 votes from the audience (the runner-up had 27 votes) - no one has ever won so overwhelmingly on Dora. No support, no money! He shoots the video with his fiancee, friends, relatives, with his grandmother (with whom he kneads the dough in the video), and his fiancee's father films the video. The dancers who performed with him at the ESC in Sweden are also amateurs. He released only three songs and almost won the ESC. After the ESC, although he did not win, thirty thousand people, the prime minister, the mayor and many prominent Croats spontaneously welcomed him in Zagreb. He receives an award of 50,000 euros from the government because he represented his homeland worthily. He donated that money to two children's oncology hospitals. His first concert was sold out in 4 minutes. In short, it's Baby Lasagne, Marko Purišić - one of the most beautiful Eurovision stories, the realization of a Croatian dream.

[@igorgrrrrr]

this is semifinal performans, in final he was evan beter

[@JasnaPezo]

Ja sam iz Hrvatske i mogu potvrditi da je Marko uspješno uklopio Hrvatsku narodnu nošnju i običaje u rock pjesmu!

[@janie7195]

This was the people’s winner

[@angelazubrinic2036]

BRAVO BABY LAZANJA!!!! Marko you are AMEZING !!!!!

[@terjemullerkarlsen3028]

His outfit has references to Croatia. The song is about him becoming an adult and are leaving his village, his cow and cat among others:) Check out the musikc video where this is played out.

[@Milvusmilvus-jo8vq]

Baby Lasagna's new single My Baby Lasagna and I has just been released. The song has a different sound and genre. The video is great. I think you'll like it. Thank you for all your support to our Mark and many greetings from Croatia.

[@staren1991]

the wink is more visible in the grand final performance ;)

[@tikt99]

You need to react to Baby Lasagna RTTD once again 🎉🎉

[@cameronrosemorgan7510]

Watch performances from past years as well!!! Like Måneskin or Cha Cha Cha!

[@perkigothdragon2397]

My brother, you must experience Käärijä

[@sarabyrne6495]

You should definitely check out Maneskin's winning performance for Italy in 2021, Zitti e Buoni.

[@sarabyrne6495]

Oh and Slo Mo by Chanel for Spain in 2022. I was at Eurovision that year and she brought the house down.

[@janirairizarry7198]

I was going to also recommend watching Maneskin's eurovision winning performance !!!!

[@janie7195]

The winner we needed

[@myradutkiewicz9739]

Joost Klein's "Europapa" may be another fun one to watch. Sadly got disqualified for a backstage incident (still waiting on the legal outcome of that, two sides and all that) - so there's only a semi final performance. His song was very popular and may have influenced the end results quite a bit. Another one which i struggled with is Finland's "No Rules" but its growing on me. Lol! Just watch both semi finals and the finals. The songs and staging were great! So many gems in there.

[@wasabi4834]

I highly recommend also checking out last years 2nd place (the real winner of 2023), Käärijä with the song Cha Cha Cha

[@dyffevaughnranen1414]

If I recall correctly the real winner actually went home with the trophy! Cope some more!

[@Phiwipuss]

@@dyffevaughnranen1414 I was for cha cha cha, but kdfjghkdfjgh you're so real for saying this lmao

[@ZakhadWOW]

all other issues aside, Kaarija (who I freaking love to death) had relatively poor vocals in the final and THAT ALONE was enough to ti0p it to Loreen. And at the end of the day if you get passed by someone else's flawless vocals, you have to deal with the results.

[@_druantia_]

I'd recommend France and Estonia. France hits you right in the feels, especially the acappella part. Estonia is SO much fun, you'll love it.

[@tikt99]

From Croatia, you were really enjoying Baby Lasagna hit song..thank you 🎉🎉🎉

[@AS-hp3xl]

Yess croatia is watching you 🔥🔥

[@klaire74]

This year was fun, indeed. For me was the best year in more than in a decade. Good songs over the years, but not all of them in the final, at least. In general, the ethnic flavour is a big part of Eurovision for the eastern european countries, and the crowd loves this. I tend to think you would like Norway also, and France...and... listen everything, make your own top, would be interesting 😄. But apart from all this i hope your band will record a vinyl someday, i can't imagine how Nova's violin and everything would sound on such a medium.

[@wrighteousj]

We’ve been chasing doing a vinyl for a while! Maybe our second album??? 👀

[@klaire74]

@@wrighteousj Would be awesome!

[@pegazdream]

You should watch his final performance.

[@exxeglett_09]

The Netherlands "Europapa" Ukraine "Teresa & Maria" France "Mon Amour" Germany "Always On The Run"

[@viktoriaj.5973]

Try Joost Klein - Europa and Windows95man - No Rules. You can also look into last year'sKäärijä - Cha Cha Cha.

[@angelazubrinic2036]

LEGEND IS BORN!!!!!

[@EDDnTONE]

You and your band should do a cover of this song, it’s truly addicting!

[@wrighteousj]

lol! That would be super fun

[@EDDnTONE]

@@wrighteousj please record it if you do, I’ll make sure Marko sees it. (baby lasagna)

[@bernardjan5280]

Thank you for the awesome reaction! Rim Tim Tagi Dim 😻 Also, check out his newest song and video Biggie Boom Boom. ❤

[@sugraf]

Armenia brought folk this year big time, definitely should check it out! Also Italia was amazing!

[@zanneoxfr3265]

Next you should watch France (Slimane - Mon Amour) and the Netherlands (Joost Klein - Europapa) two very amazing performances

[@karinseregni221]

Ukraine, Norway, Greece, Italy, Armenia are great too!

[@slavavrekalic7520]

Greetings from Pula city Croatia 🤗

[@SophiaKilkis]

this years songs was amazing.. great stage presence , vocals and as u said good artists..France had a ballad and the singer (Slimane) was amazing. Armenia had a very native sound song u may enjoy

[@adrijanahodzic2712]

React to Eurovision winner 2021. - Italy - Maneskin. ❤

[@M-Marta-sx7pj]

You should watch Ukraine and France. They are amazing

[@opcenitestvari5741]

this is not from grand final,watch from that and you will enjoy more

[@follybuff]

yeeeees

[@Eva-mp7xg]

Loved your reaction. Apparently these songs recommended to you are the cream of this year's 37 performances. There were quite a few girl bops, radio-friendly pop songs, too, because that's what the national juries like. But other songs are aiming for high points from televoters (the public), and usually these are the most out-of-the-box ones mixing multiple non-pop genres. Please keep on reacting Eurovision. Because you're a rock dude, I can recommend Norway's entry, which unfortunately ended up last in the final, totally undeserved.

[@ivonajakic6711]

Thank you, hug feom Ceoatia🎉

[@LiciWilliams]

MY ANXIETY ATTACKS!!! ❤

[@mikeytizzano9705]

Highly recommend last years winner Loreen with “Tattoo”, otherwise from this year Ukraine is your next best bet. Love that you’re living for these

[@Joovain]

you mean cha cha cha?

[@mikeytizzano9705]

@@Joovain haha and Cha Cha Cha!!

[@mirjanadefelice4840]

👑🔥🔥🔥🔥😻😻😻😻

[@Sparkly-Unicorn]

Great song!

[@r.s.1281]

I love that you react to Eurovision but please make sure you are watching the performance from the grand final of the Eurovision which are normally the best ones!!! (not the semifinals, nor the jury or family shows, or national finals).

[@terjemullerkarlsen3028]

BTW. Eurovision Song Contest is the worlds biggest tv-show with over 150 million viewers. This year it was 160 million. It is live, and this year final had 26 competing countries in the final, proceeded by 2 semifinals. The show can be up as many as 4 hours....:) The song must be an original, max 3 minutes long. and the vocals must be live without any autotune etc. The istruments are not live due to the fact that stagecrew only have 50 sec to completely transform the stage bettween entries. A maximum nr of people on stage are 6. It has been going on every year since 1956 and was originally an idea for Europe to come together after beeing torn apart by world war 2. :)

[@SanjaGojsic-su4kw]

Meowwwww back 🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷

[@Tvchann62]

Winner🎉

[@RGeye]

2024 Eurovision was top notch. Please check out Europapa by Joost, he only showed up in semi final though. Also Please see Silvester Belt - Luktelk, his performance is in Lithuanian and seemed very different from others. Estonia performance was great and also Finland with Windows 94 man, was nuts in a good way. Ukrane was beautiful and with a lot of war context

[@karen7760]

You should check out Norway :)

[@carmelamacera]

Il vero vincitore dell' Eurovision la Criazia e Baby Lasagna. Sono italiana ed ancora ascolto Baby Lasagna,Nemo invece non lo ricorda piu nessuno . Saluti dall'italia ♥️🇮🇹

[@mpc1067]

Could you react to the Ukrainian participation in Eurovision? You really know what you are talking about. I watched all your 3 reactions and you have solid talking points!

[@legopixx_]

You should react to Norway and the Netherlands from this year!

[@javanava8925]

Check the official video and you will understand the song. BTW he got the most votes from Europe but the judges killed him with their votes. ✌ Greetings from Croatia!

[@Scaniiix]

Jebate, ajmo nasi! ❣

[@kopparmarra]

I think you should react to ukraines "Teresa and Maria" or france "Mon amur" please!

[@mililkim]

REACT TO EUROPAPA (netherlands 2024) AND CHA CHA CHA (finland 2023)

[@hayleygodessofdeath3611]

if you really like charisma, def watch Armenia!!

[@deleteyourself82]

Watch the Netherlands Second Semi Final with Europapa!

[@k_miii-rb2dh]

Baby lasagna 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@galadrielanna]

Im from croatia, and i would want you to listen to france croatia and france WHERE TOTALLY BEST out of everybody i mean ABSOLUTELY great!

[@meowgod_]

Meow cat.. please meow back... lol

[@maya276]

Marko,my autistic son thinks you are the best.I agree

[@joephillips2964]

If you notice as well, all the songs performed at Eurovision have to be original songs and not covers.

[@aekelly]

Loving watching you react to Eurovision!

[@PoeticDream]

Watch Ukraine, they had such an amazing performance as well! A beautiful song too.

[@selena6593]

Check Joost Klein and Europapa .

[@azradlila7315]

The best song🌻

[@angelazubrinic2036]

Baby lazanja, AMEZING song , apsolute WINNER!!!!!!!!!!