Eurovision 2019 ~ Official Thread (ALL COUNTRIES REVEALED)

[Wizard.]

The song is good but not memorable I bet most of the views come from the fact he is naked in the video.

[Shaun]

Shaun is completely wrong.

I am flattered to be on a completely different wavelength to you.

[Nicky91]

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:clap1: :clap1: music video released for Hatari's BOP

[Nicky91]

no big artist at eurovision anymore, what a joke :laugh2: :laugh2:

[sleleen]

australia, cyrpus, romania, north macedonia, azerbaijan, poland, malta, switzerland, belarus for t’win

[Black Dagger]

no big artist at eurovision anymore, what a joke :laugh2: :laugh2:

What are you waffling on about now.

[Wizard.]

Been listening more and more and Italy, Belgium and Romania are standing out more and more to me.

[Nicky91]

Belarus really grew on me now, Zena has a bop :clap1:

[sleleen]

ugh wear your love really would of won t’whole thing</3

[Nicky91]

https://wiwibloggs.com/2019/03/19/eurovision-2020-netherlands-hosting-plan-duncan-laurence-wins/235329/

Netherlands preparations of hosting eurovision 2020 :laugh3: :laugh3: :laugh3:

[Nicky91]

nothing can go wrong for Netherlands with all time best artist of the world Duncan Laurence

give up other countries cause we outrank everyone else in the world music wise :smug: :smug:

[Nicky91]

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the winner of eurovision 2019 :clap1: :clap1:

[Nicky91]

:dance: :dance: so boppy

[Black Dagger]

It's not a bop lmao. It's a ballad.

[Nicky91]

It's not a bop lmao. It's a ballad.

it's not a ballad :conf: more like a midtempo bop :)

[Black Dagger]

In what world?

[Nicky91]

:hehe:


next year i am gonna send songs to maltese, belarusian, romanian, dutch delegations it is my dream to be a esc artist someday

[Denver]

Not all dreams come true

[Jay28jay2]

:umm2:

[Nicky91]

https://wiwibloggs.com/2019/03/22/eurovision-interval-acts-all-israeli-winners-will-reportedly-perform-in-tel-aviv/235472/

all israeli winners as interval acts in grand final



YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS wig at me seeing my babe dana international again :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[Nicky91]

most countries currently busy with the postcards in tel aviv :flutter:

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here we got d-mol at place where they film their eurovision postcard

[Nicky91]

cuz i gonna get truth, i gonna get truth

i wanna break you

your love on my lips, your love on my lips


azerbaijan :clap1: :clap1:

[Nicky91]

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we stan a workout king :drool: :drool:

[Nicky91]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RTyunfm61kH0_6BKw7zAM3rDg96Ao5tj/view

better late than never i guess, here is the studio version of Georgia


song title is keep on going, language is georgian/abkhaz


it sounds quite nice, that moment with backing vocals near bridge also bit of wow factor i guess

[Nicky91]

https://wiwibloggs.com/2019/03/27/loreen-carola-and-anne-marie-david-will-perform-in-tel-avivs-port-on-the-night-of-second-semi-final/235916/

more news, on the night of semi final 2, 3 former winners will perform in tel avivs port

Loreen, Carola and Anne Marie David

[Nicky91]

france is getting a revamp but we will only hear it first time on the final :o

[Denver]

So when they reveal the tele vote instead of revealing who came last then working they way up they will be revealing them in the order of the jury vote with the least jury points being announced first

[Nicky91]

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:lovedup:

[Nicky91]

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[Nicky91]

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Lithuania revamp is finally out :love:

[Nicky91]

eurovision in concert amsterdam pre party is TOMORROW :dance: :dance: :dance:

28 of the 41 acts are here, with also many various special guests (former esc artists)

[sleleen]

deffo think greece & australia are gonna rise up the odds massively come rehearsals week! theres a chance one could possibly even end up taking the win

[Nicky91]

deffo think greece & australia are gonna rise up the odds massively come rehearsals week! theres a chance one could possibly even end up taking the win

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[Nicky91]

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the winner of eurovision 2019, finally redemption for eurovision after last years troll winner

now the worldclass superstar duncan laurence, with his mainstream bop arcade :clap1: :clap1: :smug:

[Nicky91]

NL can win


my personal faves are azerbaijan, Hungary, Montenegro, Spain now (after revamp), Switzerland, Latvia

[Nicky91]

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georgia's live at eurovision in concert, Oto's voice is sooo powerful, fiery


this feels similar bits to Ukraine in 2016, with 1944


similarities jamala had story about crimea, oto has story about where his family roots are from abkhazia and the war in there

[Nicky91]

London Pre Party starts in 54 minutes from now

[LukeB]

I'm obsessed with Australia's entry :love:

[Nicky91]

australia's first non-generic entry, i mean something different than just pop music :)

[LukeB]

I also love Italy's and Belgium's

[Barry.]

I love half of them tbf.

Croatia I love.
Aussies is great
Serbia, Czech, Spain, Netherlands and Italy are amazballs.

[Elliot]

We want a GOOD winner this year! We DONT want a second place robbed queen

https://78.media.tumblr.com/a636211a095e97a7814f8c0ea67e5e8c/tumblr_p8fg347da01tlsda4o1_500.gif

[Nicky91]

my votes in semi 2 might go to Russia, Azerbaijan or Moldova


in the final my votes are for Spain, i love la venda since revamp, more smoothened, polished

[Nicky91]

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dana international welcomes us in tel aviv :lovedup: QUEEN

[Nicky91]

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meet the presenters of the contest in tel aviv, one superstar among the hosts and that is supermodel Bar Refaeli

[Denver]

Rylan is the UKs spokesperson

[Liam-]

What do they do?

[Denver]

What do they do?

Announce who has the 12

[Liam-]

Announce who has the 12

At least he won’t be there for long then

[Denver]

I think he is also commentating the semis

[Nicky91]

I think he is also commentating the semis

yes alongside scott mills on BBC4 :)

[Nicky91]

https://ameyawdebrah.com/south-africas-nonzwakazi-wins-afrimusic-song-contest-2019/

south africa's nonzwakazi, who won afrimusic song contest this year, has the rights to perform in the eurovillage in tel aviv this year :dance:

and she'll have a meet & greet with the winner of this years eurovision contest

[Morgan.]

Rylan is our spokesperson

[Denver]

Rylan is our spokesperson

Which I said on here days ago :hee:

[Nicky91]

Rylan is our spokesperson

yes but also commentator, for semi finals :fist:

[Crimson Dynamo]

i heard the UK entry on radio 2 yesterday

simply awful and not even top 10

[Nicky91]

i heard the UK entry on radio 2 yesterday

simply awful and not even top 10

of course not, does not even come close to our dutch winning song


we played arcade on local radio for 100 times now, and not once any of other country's songs

[Nicky91]

our dutch entry has broken ebu rules anyway but i don't care,


Arcade best entry, written in 2017, which is against the rules :flutter: :clap2:

[Crimson Dynamo]

the dutch song is rubbish

[Nicky91]

there was another musical eurovision-ish competition

WEST END EUROVISION FULL RESULTS

1. The Phantom of the Opera – “Grande Amore” (Italy 2015) 88 votes
2. Follies – “L’oiseau et l’Enfant” (France 1977) 80 votes
3. Wicked – “Wild Dances” (Ukraine 2004) 62 votes
4. Aladdin – “Monsters” (Finland 2018) 52 votes
5. Mamma Mia – “Je Ne Sais Quoi” (Iceland 2010) 42 votes
6. Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – “Toy” (Israel 2018) 40 votes
7. Only Fools and Horses – “Dancing Lasha Tumbai” (Ukraine 2007) 16 votes

[Josiah.]

The members of each jury were revealed. Adele from Big Brother 3 is one of the 5 UK jury members, and the Tolmachevy Sisters are two of Russia's 5 jurors.

https://eurovision.wetransfer.com/downloads/8a2961a35865bfab6985b88cb3b741ed20190430094211/0fde4d

[Nicky91]

our dutch jury consists of radio dj's, one of them is a former talent show Judge here Henk-Jan Smits, who you guys might know from World Idol who was on Judge panel on behalf of us dutch there

and 2 singers EliZe and Sabrina Starke

[reece(:]

I can’t believe this is in 2 weeks how quick has this year gone

[Nicky91]

I can’t believe this is in 2 weeks how quick has this year gone

:love:

i predict you liking Belarus, Malta, and maybe Greece


oh and also my fave azerbaijan maybe

[Liam-]

Has The Netherlands been disqualified for cheating yet?

[Nicky91]

Has The Netherlands been disqualified for cheating yet?

we won't be disqualified :hmph:

[Nicky91]

Moldova's Anna Odobescu said this in a interview today: "I don't want to reveal the secrets of the show, but I will tell you one thing: we will not use computer graphics and technical elements at all, it will be a purely artistic moment, as hasn't happened for many years at Eurovision. We want to put art on the forefront and not special effects."


:clap1: :clap1: a no to computer graphics and pure attention for the music :love:

[Nicky91]

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one of our celebs (he's a actor, voice actor and comedian from a show called Foute Vrienden or Bad Friends) he covered last years song for Germany :love:

[Nicky91]

https://eurovision.tv/

btw the official eurovision site, has a new layout design


i quite like it, looks modern neat and tidy for a official eurovision song contest website

[Denver]

Just dawned on me that its next week

[Nicky91]

yep in 8 days from now

[sleleen]

Moldova's Anna Odobescu said this in a interview today: "I don't want to reveal the secrets of the show, but I will tell you one thing: we will not use computer graphics and technical elements at all, it will be a purely artistic moment, as hasn't happened for many years at Eurovision. We want to put art on the forefront and not special effects."


:clap1: :clap1: a no to computer graphics and pure attention for the music :love:

an absolute scream @ her bringing massive graphics despite saying there were none:skull:

[Nicky91]

https://eurovoix.com/2019/05/06/slovakia-radio_fm-to-air-the-eurovision-song-contest-2019-final/

Slovakia broadcasting eurovision grand final again :lovedup: so some slight interest from them again for eurovision, after their withdrawal in 2012

:flutter:

[Nicky91]

an absolute scream @ her bringing massive graphics despite saying there were none:skull:

its sand art though, not over the top computerized too modernized graphics


been only done once before earlier in 2011, Ukraine mika newton angel

[Nicky91]

my mom had listened to some of the songs

she likes Israel, Australia, San Marino, Hungary

she dislikes Iceland (but she usually dislikes the more noisy songs, so her own personal taste i guess)

[Nicky91]

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there's already a link up for the opening ceremony or the orange carpet event

[Liam-]

It’s taken a while, but I’ve actually grown to love Zero Gravity, I actually adore it

[sleleen]

It’s taken a while, but I’ve actually grown to love Zero Gravity, I actually adore it

it’s very close to becoming my favourite entry ever, I knew she would snap with the staging and I’m so happy for her that she’s getting a lot more appreciation:love:

[Wizard.]

I'm soooo excited about this, only next week now.

[Nicky91]

tuesday is first show, semi final 1


thursday is semi final 2, with uk voting in that semi

[Barry.]

It’s taken a while, but I’ve actually grown to love Zero Gravity, I actually adore it

It's really good. Love it. I'm growing on Georgia too.

[Nicky91]

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Winner :clap2: :clap2: we dutch also have done well bribing press, juries so nothing can go wrong for us anymore


Amsterdam2020 here we come :cheer:

[thisisdanny]

When’s the final idk

[Morgan.]

Whys there literally no hype this year. I forgot that it was even Eurovision week

[Nicky91]

When’s the final idk

18th of May, first we get semi finals on 14th and 16th

Whys there literally no hype this year. I forgot that it was even Eurovision week

:rolleyes:

[Nicky91]

contenders, and the most hyped songs this year are from Netherlands, Italy, Iceland

[Denver]

Cyprus or cancel the contest

[Nicky91]

Cyprus or cancel the contest

Tamta isn't Eleni though

and Greece is this year better than Cyprus :love:

[Nicky91]

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what snacks are popular to eat when watching eurovision grand final :love:

[Liam-]

Italy, Spain, Sweden, Australia and Cyprus are the ones

[Nicky91]

its bigger than us, its bigger than you and me, cuz i can feel the universe :)

[Denver]

The UK could get top half of the rights side/Bottom left if he gives a great performance and he is capable of that

[Nicky91]

The UK could get top half of the rights side/Bottom left if he gives a great performance and he is capable of that

he has a cool space background :flutter:

[sleleen]

Australia, Poland, Cyprus, North Macedonia, Romania, Malta, Ireland, France:love:

[Nicky91]

North Macedonia is a tribute to all women in the world :love: the flavour

[thisisdanny]

Who’s representing UK idk

[Barry.]

Who’s representing UK idk

Michael Rice.

[Nicky91]

yep Barry correct


he's from all together now (winner) and was also on x factor uk (fish and chip shop michael)

[Amy Jade]

I've only heard the UK and Ireland entries this year and I am way more excited than last year to watch with 0 expectations

[Barry.]

I've only heard the UK and Ireland entries this year and I am way more excited than last year to watch with 0 expectations

I couldn't do that. I get too excited and have to hear the songs lol.

[Vanessa]

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Official: Mahmood will participate for Italy at eurovision in tel aviv, after some early reports yesterday he might not participate for them cause he doesn't feel good enough

but motivational posts from his fans has been deciding factor for him, he's in :cheer: :cheer:

I like him. Hope he does well :love:

[Shaun]

We all have a second-half draw bar Spain (who have no chance anyway, lol) :think:

Hopefully we don't get a death slot again. Somewhere around 19th will do nicely ta.

After some time since I last heard the songs, my definite top 5 of this year are: Austria, Italy, Iceland, Azerbaijan & Switzerland. I do like Norway too but I haven't heard it in a while :worry:

[Black Dagger]

Spain is 2nd half as well lol. He will close.

[Nicky91]

I like him. Hope he does well :love:

the arabic sentence in his song Soldi, is because he dedicates this song to his father :love:

he's from x factor italy

[Shaun]

i cannot believe wikipedia lied to me

[Nicky91]

sweden is a bop :love:


i see them as a supergroup John & The Mama's :dance:

[Nicky91]

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Darude made a remix from austria's song Limits by Paenda


:love:

[Nicky91]

also we got a huge variety of interval acts

Madonna, but also israeli dance orchestra Kudiman, half israeli-ethiopian Idan Rauchel, Shalva Band a acapella group, and few former israeli winners dana international, izhar cohen, gali atari, but also israel 2015 act nadav guedj

[Vanessa]

the arabic sentence in his song Soldi, is because he dedicates this song to his father :love:

he's from x factor italy

He won the Samremo music festival.

[Nicky91]

He won the Samremo music festival.

yes but before that he was on x factor italy, he entered in 3rd liveshow as wildcard, but got eliminated sadly with a wrong song choice

he won sanremo based on Jury votes alone, more because he was one of new artists up against the far more experienced, more fanbase artists but weaker songs

[Denver]

I hope Italy or Netherlands dont win tbh, We need a Cyprus or Iceland win to bring the contest to somewhere new

[Nicky91]

I hope Italy or Netherlands dont win tbh, We need a Cyprus or Iceland win to bring the contest to somewhere new

Cyprus won't host eurovision though :laugh3:

[sleleen]

we low key need a eurovision subforum, every other forum has one

[Denver]

Cyprus won't host eurovision though :laugh3:

They would

[Denver]

I men if Portugal who has no money can host then so can Cyprus

[Nicky91]

They would

an even lacklustre eurovision than this year :fan: Cyprus having even less money than Israel LOL


but Tamta flopped in rehearsals anyway, she can't sing, and basically a eleni copycat

[Denver]

an even lacklustre eurovision than this year :fan: Cyprus having even less money than Israel LOL


but Tamta flopped in rehearsals anyway, she can't sing, and basically a eleni copycat

Only one rehearsal matters

[Nicky91]

Only one rehearsal matters

Cyprus going twice for same genre, showing their weak variation in music :joker:


we dutch have no trash country this year and we are a contender :flutter:

[Denver]

You will be slagging him off in a few days

[Nicky91]

You will be slagging him off in a few days

i don't though, Netherlands has been sitting as my 6th/7th place for many weeks now


my top 3 is azerbaijan. israel, Moldova :love:

[Nicky91]

you can also follow eurovision final on radio, bbc radio 2 with commentary by Ken Bruce :)

[Nicky91]

https://www.youtube.com/v/LUO05WWnRho

since we got people outside europe on here, here is a link for opening ceremony which tends to go around the geoblock thing on YouTube :D


for our americans on here Mont, Jersey if they're interested

or from canada like Mokka

[Denver]

https://www.youtube.com/v/LUO05WWnRho

since we got people outside europe on here, here is a link for opening ceremony which tends to go around the geoblock thing on YouTube :D


for our americans on here Mont, Jersey if they're interested

or from canada like Mokka

It is shown on TV in both countries

[Nicky91]

It is shown on TV in both countries

US doesn't broadcast eurovision this year :(


Canada does instead, for first time (they gave eurovision Celine Dion, Natasha st pier, Rykka)


Australia gave eurovision Johnny Logan for ireland but still he's australian

[Nicky91]

9 minutes till opening ceremony (orange carpet show)

[Nicky91]

tomorrow is semi final 1 :)

[Nicky91]

today are the jury rehearsals for semi 1 (we don't get to see any of them)

tomorrow semi 1 and opening show

wednesday jury rehearsal for semi 2

thursday semi 2

Friday jury rehearsal for grand final

saturday grand final

that is the schedule

[Barry.]

today are the jury rehearsals for semi 1 (we don't get to see any of them)

tomorrow semi 1 and opening show

wednesday jury rehearsal for semi 2

thursday semi 2

Friday jury rehearsal for grand final

saturday grand final

that is the schedule

Feel bad for the semi final 2 people 3 days of singing to their best.

[Nicky91]

Feel bad for the semi final 2 people 3 days of singing to their best.

well, if you are a true artist you can perform couple of days in a row if it has to


btw jury rehearsal shows are without press public, to prevent spoilers and also for security reasons because the artists need to be giving their all there in hopes to impress the juries :)

[Morgan.]

I'm hopefully running TiBB's Eurovision Vote again this year and I'll open it up on Thursday :dance:

[Nicky91]

I'm hopefully running TiBB's Eurovision Vote again this year and I'll open it up on Thursday :dance:

Ok, but i'm not clashing with you, with my eurovision poll that was just for random fun only

me trying to get more on here in the eurovision mood :D

[Barry.]

I'm hopefully running TiBB's Eurovision Vote again this year and I'll open it up on Thursday :dance:

Excited.

[Nicky91]

Kosovo, kazakhstan will also broadcast the contest this year :amazed:

[Nicky91]

im confident for Greece, Serbia qualifying chances tonight

Montenegro as a sure NQ sadly for me since i like the song but i cannot see it qualify


as for the rest of the pack in semi 1, it is so open, which makes it nerve wrecking, exciting, interesting

i like unpredictable eurovision years :love:

[Vanessa]

Go Italy :cheer:

[Twosugars]

Nicky, storms don't last foreeeeever, remember

[Nicky91]

Nicky, storms don't last foreeeeever, remember

you'll like Poland this year, with Tulia :love:

bit of a folk bop

[Vanessa]

Mahmoud reminds me of a young Eros Ramazzotti. He even sounds similar :love:

[Nicky91]

Mahmoud reminds me of a young Eros Ramazzotti. He even sounds similar :love:

i said this earlier than you :laugh:


speaking of Eros his latest song Vita Ce Ne is also quite good :) released few months ago

[Vanessa]

i said this earlier than you :laugh:


speaking of Eros his latest song Vita Ce Ne is also quite good :) released few months ago

He should go to Eurovision. :love:

[Vanessa]

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Official: Mahmood will participate for Italy at eurovision in tel aviv, after some early reports yesterday he might not participate for them cause he doesn't feel good enough

but motivational posts from his fans has been deciding factor for him, he's in :cheer: :cheer:

He's utterly delicious :flutter:

[TwentyOneThrones]

Gutted Poland didnt qualify, but I'm pretty happy with the rest of the qualifiers!

[Shaun]

The final running order...

01 Malta Michela "Chameleon"
02 Albania Jonida Maliqi "Ktheju tokës"
03 Czech Republic Lake Malawi "Friend of a Friend"
04 Germany S!sters "Sister"
05 Russia Sergey Lazarev "Scream"
06 Denmark Leonora "Love Is Forever"
07 San Marino Serhat "Say Na Na Na"
08 North Macedonia Tamara Todevska "Proud"
09 Sweden John Lundvik "Too Late for Love"
10 Slovenia Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl "Sebi"
11 Cyprus Tamta "Replay"
12 Netherlands Duncan Laurence "Arcade"
13 Greece Katerine Duska "Better Love"
14 Israel Kobi Marimi "Home"
15 Norway KEiiNO "Spirit in the Sky"
16 United Kingdom Michael Rice "Bigger than Us"
17 Iceland Hatari "Hatrið mun sigra"
18 Estonia Victor Crone "Storm"
19 Belarus ZENA "Like It"
20 Azerbaijan Chingiz "Truth"
21 France Bilal Hassani "Roi"
22 Italy Mahmood "Soldi"
23 Serbia Nevena Božović "Kruna" (Круна)
24 Switzerland Luca Hänni "She Got Me"
25 Australia Kate Miller-Heidke "Zero Gravity"
26 Spain Miki "La Venda"

16th is a good place in the show, but we're sandwiched right between Norway (one of the best songs) and Iceland (the most unforgettable one), so we're probably screwed.

[Shaun]

On our iTunes chart (usually a good indicator of what will do well) we have:

#46 - Norway
#47 - UK (obviously)
#83 - Azerbaijan
#109 - Switzerland
#123 - Netherlands
#140 - Sweden

I imagine there were a couple on Tuesday that entered and quickly left, but will be interesting to see what happens on Sunday's chart. Norway's being above even our own, and having a solid placement, is surely a good sign for Oslo 2020 :fc:

[Headie]

I feel like Italy or Switzerland is gonna snatch it, with alot of the pre-contest faves being in the first half (and not really wowing in their actual performances compared to their pre-hype) it's anyones game. Azerbaijan are in with a good shot too, I think the odds are way too fixated on Netherlands pre-hype.

Anyway I'm so glad this year has been full of bops and not dull ballads :clap1: This is how Eurovision should be <3 Can a bop win every year pls!

[Shaun]

In order of their odds...

---- (10/1 or better) ----
1) Netherlands :unsure:
2) Australia :unsure:
3) Sweden :unsure:
---- (20/1 or better) ----
4) Switzerland
5) Azerbaijan
6) Italy
7) Iceland
8) Russia
---- (100/1 or better) ----
9) France
10) Norway
11) Malta
---- (100/1 or worse) ----
12) Spain
13) Greece
14) Denmark
15) North Macedonia
16) Cyprus
17) Czech Republic
---- (200/1 or lower) ----
18) Serbia
19) Estonia
20) San Marino
21) United Kingdom
22) Slovenia
23) Belarus
---- (300/1 or lower) ----
24) Albania
25) Germany
26) Israel

[Shaun]

I think the bottom 2 are pretty accurate but Albania will climb a couple higher than 3rd-bottom.

I don't see France doing as well as this predicts; the song's a bit naff, it's surrounded by strong contenders and Bilal is waaaaaaay too progressive/diverse for most of Europe voting. I'm worried Norway and Malta will struggle, too - especially with Malta performing first.

The only ones I see doing much better than their odds would suggest are Serbia, Greece and North Macedonia.

[TwentyOneThrones]

You cannot seriously be telling me that Quavo is performing at Eurovision dnfjdkdkd

[Nicky91]

Netherlands has won of course, no one can reach the Heights of our legend Duncan :clap1: :clap1:

:smug:

[Black Dagger]

You ruin everything.

[Vanessa]

Netherlands has won of course, no one can reach the Heights of our legend Duncan :clap1: :clap1:

:smug:

I actually quite like it, but I think Norway or Sweden will win it. Norway is brilliant!

[Denver]

Nicky you hated his guts yesterday

[Nicky91]

Nicky you hated his guts yesterday

i loved his performance last night

[Nicky91]

46% winning chance for Netherlands NOW :smug:

[Nicky91]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7040377/Madonna-dons-colourful-ords-arrives-Israel-Eurovision-performance.html

queen has arrived in Israel for eurovision performances :love:

[sleleen]

I feel like Italy or Switzerland is gonna snatch it, with alot of the pre-contest faves being in the first half (and not really wowing in their actual performances compared to their pre-hype) it's anyones game. Azerbaijan are in with a good shot too, I think the odds are way too fixated on Netherlands pre-hype.

Anyway I'm so glad this year has been full of bops and not dull ballads :clap1: This is how Eurovision should be <3 Can a bop win every year pls!

Yeah last night really solidified this as a ‘strong’ Eurovision year<3 So much bops and great songs! am so happy for north macedonia since they haven’t qualified since 2012 & michela’s reaction omg I nearly cried:love: poland & romania were really robbed tho:( australia has been my number 1 since day dot and I would LOVE it to win and im so so happy she snapped and has gained support:love:

[Headie]

I just really don't see Netherlands winning, or at least can't understand why it's such a massive favourite. It's on in the first half, doesn't get stuck in your head after first listen like "friend of a friend" or "dirty dancing" or "chameleon" does, but then it's not stripped back enough to be a "wow" moment like Portugal's win was.

I think Switzerland are gonna be dark horses tomorrow. Will be fresh in the voters minds performing in the last few slots and has that kind of tune that gets stuck in your head. Australia will do well too for the same reasons.

I'm rooting for (in no particular order) Azerbaijan, Switzerland, Australia, Sweden, Malta, Cyprus, Italy, France, Czech Republic or Spain to win it for me personally.

[sleleen]

I just really don't see Netherlands winning, or at least can't understand why it's such a massive favourite. It's on in the first half, doesn't get stuck in your head after first listen like "friend of a friend" or "dirty dancing" or "chameleon" does, but then it's not stripped back enough to be a "wow" moment like Portugal's win was.

I think Switzerland are gonna be dark horses tomorrow. Will be fresh in the voters minds performing in the last few slots and has that kind of tune that gets stuck in your head. Australia will do well too for the same reasons.

I'm rooting for (in no particular order) Azerbaijan, Switzerland, Australia, Sweden, Malta, Cyprus, Italy, France, Czech Republic or Spain to win it for me personally.

Totally agree, if the betting odds only opened when rehearsals started they’d be in the dizzy heights of the 20’s/30’s and might struggle to qualify but there relying on the hype of the video (when in fact I found it dull and overrated sorry), France & Australia give me massive winner vibes! I’m rooting for Australia, Malta, Cyprus, Switzerland, France, Belarus & North Macedonia tomorrow.

[Wizard.]

The problem is Hayden Netherlands is one of the few ballads in the entire competition where there are many bops so it will get a lot of televotes

[Nicky91]

https://wiwibloggs.com/2019/06/11/duncan-laurence-support-james-bay-in-bonn-germany-on-august-8th/239715/

:amazed: Duncan Laurence support act for James Bay in Bonn, Germany on august 8th

that and Duncan's own european tour wow :clap2:

[Nicky91]

overall viewer ratings for this years contest was 184 million people watched the contest :clap1:

[Nicky91]

https://wiwibloggs.com/2019/10/22/a-queen-needs-a-kruna-serbias-nevena-bozovic-wins-eurovisions-next-top-model-2019/242764/

eurovisions female next top model of 2019 is Serbia's Nevena, with Jonida in second place for Albania, and Tamta for Cyprus in third place

[Headie]

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Apparently it went viral on Tik Tok :skull:

https://wiwibloggs.com/2019/12/23/uk-jordan-clarke-new-audience-freaks/246841/

[Nicky91]

https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/01/13/duncan-laurence-arcade-re-enters-uk-singles-chart/260373/

Duncan's Arcade has re-entered the UK singles chart :eek: