Eurovision 2022 Discussion Thread

[Nicky91]

the 8 finalists for Ukraine's Vidbir2022 will be announced on January 24th, 12:00 CET

[glib]

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slogan

Crikey that’s ugly
I wanted a pizza logo

[Nicky91]

Crikey that’s ugly
I wanted a pizza logo

umm no, Italy isn't just made of pizza :nono:

[glib]

umm no, Italy isn't just made of pizza :nono:

The Netherlands is made just of water.

[Nicky91]

speaking of Italy, the Sanremo line up is one with many strong artist names, many sanremo and some esc veterans

- Achille Lauro - Domenica
- Aka 7even - Perfetta Cosi
- Ana Mena - Duecentomila ore
- Dargen D'Amico - Dove si Balla
- Ditonellapiaga Ft Donatella Rettore - Chimica
- Elisa - O Forse sei tu
- Emma - Ogni Volta e cosi
- Fabrizio Moro - Sei tu
- Gianni Morandi - Apri tutte le porte
- Giovanni Truppi - Tuo padre, mia madre, Lucia
- Giusy Ferreri - Miele
- Highsnob & Hu - Abbi cura di te
- Irama - Ovunque sarai
- Iva Zanicchi - Voglio amarti
- La Rappresentante di Lista - Ciao Ciao
- Le Vibrazioni - Tantissimo
- Mahmood & Blanco - Brividi
- Massimo Ranieri - Lettera al di là del mare
- Matteo Romano - Virale
- Michele Bravi - Inverno dei fiori
- Noemi - Ti amo, non lo so dire
- Rkomi - Insuperabile
- Sangiovanni - Farfalle
- Tananai - Sesso occasionale
- Yuman - Ora e qui


6 former ESC entrants: Iva Zanicchi (1969) Massimo Ranieri (1971, 1973) Emma (2014) Fabrizio Moro (2018 alongside Ermal Meta) Mahmood (2019)

[Nicky91]

The Netherlands is made just of water.

umm no

[Nicky91]

fun facts too, Iva Zanicchi also has presented italy's version of The Price is Right


Gianni Morandi is also a actor, appeared in 18 films

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this song from him in 1964 gained renewed popularity for example in 2019 as it was featured in one of the main scenes of South Korean hit film Parasite (which won 4 oscars, one for best picture)



fun facts regarding Massimo Ranieri, besides his two ESC appearances

- On 16 October 2002, He was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

- In 1996, He provided the speaking and the singing voice of Quasimodo in the Italian-Language version of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He even reprised this role in the sequel.

- In 1970, Ranieri decided to venture into acting. His screen debut, Metello received rave reviews from critics, and won him the David DiDonatello award for best actor for portraying the title character.

[Nicky91]

apparently the ESC2022 hosts will be officially revealed during the second night of Sanremo

https://www.adnkronos.com/eurovision-2022-conducono-pausini-e-cattelan-e-forse-mika_2juEqjxKTvTseoTuqZhLr3

Alessandro Cattalan, Laura Pausini seem definitely in, and Mika is still a maybe for now

[Nicky91]

39 minutes until the reveal of the 8 finalists in Ukraine's Vidbir 2022

[Niamh.]

Patrick or Rachel for me personally, i mean Ireland hasn't had a good recent track record, last place twice in a row in the semi finals in last two years


so better can send something uplifting, fun, cheesy




Rachel's composer team is the same one who composed for Poland last year for Rafal's The Ride, you can clearly hear that same 80s synthpop signature of theirs

The problem imo is we've been trying to copy the cheesy Pop or dance songs that have been successful in the last few years with other countries. What we need to do imo is stop looking at other countries and what has worked for them and send something original, something Irish/traditional maybe. This is why I like Patrick's song though, it's not exactly a traditional song but it's not trying to be anything else or sound like anyone previously successful in the Eurovision either. And this is exactly why I wouldn't want Rachel representing us as well because they are clearly trying to follow some euro pop strategy and that isn't us

[Nicky91]

The problem imo is we've been trying to copy the cheesy Pop or dance songs that have been successful in the last few years with other countries. What we need to do imo is stop looking at other countries and what has worked for them and send something original, something Irish/traditional maybe. This is why I like Patrick's song though, it's not exactly a traditional song but it's not trying to be anything else or sound like anyone previously successful in the Eurovision either. And this is exactly why I wouldn't want Rachel representing us as well because they are clearly trying to follow some euro pop strategy and that isn't us

2007 was close to traditional (they can't stop the spring) and it qualified to the final somehow where it finished last place


Irish language is great, something like Banshee would be interesting for adult ESC as well i think

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i hope when she is old enough she is given a chance by RTE, also Linda Martin was in that music video too

[Niamh.]

2007 was close to traditional (they can't stop the spring) and it qualified to the final somehow where it finished last place


Irish language is great, something like Banshee would be interesting for adult ESC as well i think

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i hope when she is old enough she is given a chance by RTE, also Linda Martin was in that music video too

Actually The Coronas sing in Irish sometimes too (The band that the lead singers came from that co wrote Patrick's song) Love their stuff, Patricks song has a very Corona's vibe to it

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[Nicky91]

Ukraine: Vidbir 2022 8 finalists

Alina Pash - Tini zabutykh predkiv

Cloudless - All be Alright

Kalush Orchestra - Stefania

Laud - Head Under Water

Michael Soul - Demons

Our Atlantic - Moia liubov

Roxolana - Girlzzz

Wellboy - Nozzy Bossy

[Nicky91]

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the venue is ready for the semi final allocation draw tomorrow afternoon

[Nicky91]

hope Latvia will go for a fun bop

either Bujans or Citi Zeni would be good choices i think


Bujans: very much similarly good old dated yet cheesy fun (ala Moldova's DoReDos in 2018)

Citi Zeni: quirky fun bop ''eat your salad'' similar instrumental wise to Dadi Freyr & Gagnamagnio for iceland last year & 2020

[Nicky91]

Ukraine: Vidbir 2022 8 finalists

Alina Pash - Tini zabutykh predkiv

Cloudless - All be Alright

Kalush Orchestra - Stefania

Laud - Head Under Water

Michael Soul - Demons

Our Atlantic - Moia liubov

Roxolana - Girlzzz

Wellboy - Nozzy Bossy

Laud is disqualified for a 2018 upload of his entry by his songwriter :skull:



replacement is Barleben with Hear My Words

[Nicky91]

todays semi final allocation draw pots, with the theme art

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[Nicky91]

Moldova's NF artists/songs


1. Annet Smirnova - Toxic Eyes
2. Denis Midone - Run Away
3. Dianna Rotaru - My Time is Now
4. Katy Rain - Lele
5. Naminal - Stop Tonight
6. Ricky Ardezianu - Cherche La Femme
7. Sasha Bognibov - My Friend is Gay
8. Sasha Bognibov - I Just had sex with my ex
9. The Tramps - Sky Blues
10. Trio Eva - Get a Kiss
11. Y-Limit - Nothing More
12. Tudor Bumbac - Iarta-ma ca te iubesc
13. Carolina Gorun & Danieli Shvets - Take Me Anywhere
14. Emilia Vlas - Yama
15. Lemonique - Boys
16. Marcela Scripcaru - Starlight
17. Maxim Zavidia - READY
18. Mihaela Andrei - Libre
19. Zdob Si Zdub & Fratii Advahov - Trenulețul
20. Lanjeron - Magic Carpet
21. Pelageya Stefoglo - I'm the Only One
22. Ana Cernikova - Silent Battlefield
23. Angel Kiss - The Sunshine In Me
24. Diana Elmas - Spirit High
25. Ferum - Love Is
26. Sendrei - Beginners Luck
27. Valeria Berbas - My Tree
28. Viola Jurea - Before (Twin Flame)
29. Viorela Moraru - Tell Me That You Love Me
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auditions running order

[Nicky91]

weak selection this year :laugh: but tbh maybe i had high expectations because of last OMPE edition



also paedo Bognibov being allowed to submit two entries :facepalm:

[Nicky91]

Semi Final 1

first half:

Albania - Ronela Hajati - Sekret
Bulgaria - Intelligent Music Project - Intention
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Netherlands - S10
Slovenia
Switzerland
Ukraine

second half:

Armenia
Austria
Croatia
Denmark
Greece - Amanda Tenfjord
Iceland
Norway
Portugal
Russia
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Semi Final 2

first half:

Australia
Azerbaijan
Cyprus
Finland
Georgia - Circus Mircus
Israel
Malta
San Marino
Serbia

second half:
Belgium - Jeremie Makyese
Czech Republic - We Are Domi - Lights Off
Estonia
Ireland
Montenegro - Vladana - Breathe
North Macedonia
Poland
Romania
Sweden

[Nicky91]

UK entry reveal on March 10th by TaP Music themselves

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/songfestivalNL/status/1486307961681108992

Italy hires dutch production team

Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen (head of contest, whom did the running orders, and managing live on tape's last year) Erwin Rintjema (head of technical production) and Maxime Klein Nagelvoort (contest producer 2021)

[Nicky91]

surprise contender out of nowhere to be Spain's entry

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their own ''eleni foureira'' wannabe :clap1: DA GAYS need to be fed :cheer2:

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/eurofestivalit/status/1486277009823215616

Carolina di Domenico will host the Turquoise Carpet event, whom did the semi final allocation draw this week

[Nicky91]

we'll get the Moldova entry later on today :)


they've went for internal selection and cancelled the nf due to covid pandemic

[Nicky91]

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the link for the auditions :)

[Nicky91]

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winner/song release announcement stream here now live

[Nicky91]

it are Zdob si Zdub for a third time, this time with some brothers act beside them

Trenetul is the name of the song


language: romanian, english

[Nicky91]

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beautiful :love:

[Nicky91]

Chanel has won for Spain in their benidorm fest

great choice :clap1: :clap1: finally some real latin pop serve from the spanish

[Nicky91]

we got a hurricane from cuba incoming to Torino in May


:drool: :drool:


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sexy slayage goddess, singing and dancing at same time is soooo difficult and requires so much skill :love:

[Nicky91]

Sweden's Melodifestivalen semi final 1 this week

1. Malou Prytz - Bananas

2. Theos - Som du vill

3. Shirley Clamp - Let There Be Angels

4. Omar Rudberg - Moving Like That

5. Danne Stråhed - Hallabaloo

6. Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer

7. Robin Bengtsson - Innocent Love

[Nicky91]

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4775940/

spain's Chanel her IMDB page, basically has quite the career already as a actress too in plenty of series, films and musicals (starring currently in the bodyguard too, as well as having starred in spanish versions of Flashdance, Nine, Fame)

[Nicky91]

also fun facts Chanel's boyfriend is actor Victor Elias, whom is the cousin in second degree of Spain's Queen Letizia

:)

[Nicky91]

https://escbubble.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/271705929_1156980831775828_1747832150888499926_n.j pg

London Eurovision pre party is back :)

[Nicky91]

today first 12 songs of Italy's Sanremo will be released

Achille Lauro ft. Harlem Gospel Choir - Domenica
Ana Mena - Duecentomila ore
Dargen d'Amico - Dove si balla
Gianni Morandi - Apri tutte le porte
Giusy Ferreri - Miele
La Rappresentante di Lista - Ciao ciao
Mahmood & Blanco - Brividi
Massimo Ranieri - Lettera di là dal mare
Michele Bravi - Inverno dei fiori
Noemi - Ti amo non lo so dire
Rkomi - Insuperabile
Yuman - Ora e qui



Guests of Show 1:

Fiorello
Måneskin
Matteo Berrettini
Meduza
Raoul Bova and Nino Frassica
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[Nicky91]

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hosts have officially been revealed

Mika, Laura Pausini, Alessandro Cattalan


Italian broadcaster Rai has revealed the hosts of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest to be Laura Pausini, Alessandro Cattelan and Mika. The talented trio will host both Semi-Finals and the Grand Final taking place on Tuesday 10, Thursday 12 and Saturday 14 May respectively.

The exciting news was announced during the Wednesday evening broadcast of Italy’s Sanremo Music Festival, when all three presenters took to the stage together with host Amadeus just before a live link with Eurovision Host City Turin where a countdown clock had been projected onto the iconic Mole Antonelliana.

Who are Laura, Alessandro and Mika?
Laura Pausini is, right now, possibly the most highly regarded Italian recording artist in the world. In 2021, she won four Latin Grammys, a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe, and received a historic Oscars nod (for the first ever song sung entirely in Italian to be nominated) before performing Io sì (Seen) at the 93rd Academy Awards.

Laura told Eurovision.tv:

‘I am happy that Eurovision is finally back in Italy and honoured to lead such an important event, together with my friends Mika and Ale!

Together we want to show Europe and the world our extraordinary country. For me, 2022 has started with new music and this fantastic appointment. I want to face Eurovision, a musical event par excellence in Europe and one of the most important television shows in the world, with the same energy that has accompanied me throughout my career. We are ready … and, indeed, we can’t wait!’

Laura performed her latest single Scatola (from the film Piacere di Conoscerti) during Sanremo, which can be watched, along with the rest of the show, on Rai’s steaming service.

Joining Laura is Alessandro Cattelan; this year celebrating 20 years of presenting, there are few more recognisable faces on Italian television.

As the creator and host of late shows, entertainment evenings and brand new formats, Alessandro is probably best known for hosting Total Request Live, Le Iene, and The X Factor (Italy).

In March, the talented presenter will host another new show, Alessandro Cattelan: Una Semplice Question, where Alessandro searches for happiness through interviews and unique experiences with celebrity guests like Paolo Sorrentino and Roberto Baggio.

‘It is an honour to have been called to host Eurovision 2022, it is one of the most followed and well-known shows in the world and this year organising it in Italy represents a great opportunity and a historic event for our country.

I have known Laura Pausini and Mika for some time, we have already worked together and we have always had a lot of fun. And I’m sure it will be the same this time too.’

And completing the lineup is the incredible Mika.

Since his debut single Grace Kelly (2007), the Lebanese-British singer-songwriter has enjoyed a career without artistic barriers set by genre, geography or societal expectations.

After Eurovision, this eclectic pop star will be touring across North American (including the prestigious Coachella Festival) before continuing to gig across Europe and Italy.

https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2022-hosts

[Nicky91]

running order for Ireland's national selection Eurosong tonight

1. Patrick Sullivan - One Night, One Kiss, One Promise
2. Janet Grogan - Ashes of Yesterday
3. Brendan Murray - Real Love
4. Miles Graham - Yeah We're Gonna Get Out Of It
5. Rachel Goode - I'm Loving Me
6. Brooke Scullion - That's Rich


https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2022/0203/1277528-who-will-sing-for-ireland-at-eurovision-decision-time/

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/Eurovision/status/1489554582657286146

the chosen airline sponsor for ESC2022

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/eurovisionfn/status/1489579632462544897

teaser for Greece's entry, for Amanda Tenfjord Georgiadis

[Nicky91]

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Iceland is serving with their NF line up


oscar winning worldfamous a-lister singer Marketa Irglova taking part :clap1: and in icelandic too

[Niamh.]

Irelands entry is chosen That's Rich - Brooke Scullion

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It's decent but I was hoping for the one written by Danny from the Coronas

[Nicky91]

winner of North Macedonia NF is Andrea with Circles

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[Nicky91]

winner of North Macedonia NF is Andrea with Circles

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MRT confirmed there is a final production under way, this was just a demo version for the NF

[Nicky91]

italy host entry

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israel entry

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[Nicky91]

Semi Final 1

first half:

Albania - Ronela Hajati - Sekret
Bulgaria - Intelligent Music Project - Intention
Latvia - Citi Zeni - Eat Your Salad
Lithuania - Monika Liu - Sentimentai
Moldova - Zdob si Zdub & Fratii Advahov - Trenuletúl
Netherlands - S10
Slovenia - LUMA - All In
Switzerland
Ukraine

second half:

Armenia
Austria (Lum!x Feat Pia Maria - Halo)
Croatia
Denmark
Greece - Amanda Tenfjord
Iceland
Norway
Portugal
Russia
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Semi Final 2

first half:

Australia
Azerbaijan - Nadir Rustamli
Cyprus
Finland
Georgia - Circus Mircus
Israel - Michael Ben David - I.M
Malta
San Marino
Serbia

second half:
Belgium - Jeremie Makyese
Czech Republic - We Are Domi - Lights Off
Estonia - Stefan - Hope
Ireland - Brooke - That's Rich
Montenegro - Vladana - Breathe
North Macedonia - Andrea - Circles
Poland
Romania
Sweden

updated with latest info

[Nicky91]

the singer from this gem

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taking part in San Marino's NF part of the 9 pre qualified established artists

[Nicky91]

all 36 songs for Serbia's NF have been released

https://www.youtube.com/c/RTSPesmaEvrovizijeZvani%C4%8Dnikanal/videos

there are some gems among those yet again :love:


i personally like Marko Nikolic's entry (i am a sucker for that kinda disney instrumental vibe)

[Nicky91]

today entry reveals of Denmark's NF Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2022


also today entry reveals of Germany's NF ''Germany 12 points''




France's NF entries are revealed on February 16th

[Nicky91]

first Denmark NF finalist revealed

Morten Fillipsen

[Nicky91]

5 out of 8 songs are in danish, also just revealed

[Nicky91]

second finalist

Fuld Effekt with the song Rave med de hårde drenge

[Nicky91]

second finalist

Fuld Effekt with the song Rave med de hårde drenge

danish take on what UK had last year with James Newman's Embers

[Nicky91]

Morten Filipsen's song is called Happy Go Lucky

[Nicky91]

Happy Go Lucky is very a synthpop track more like when the weeknd meets dua lipa

[Nicky91]

third finalist of DMGP2022

REDDI - The Show


written by Chief 1, Remee & Julia Fabrin Jakobsen.

[Nicky91]

fourth finalist of DMGP2022

Patrick Dorgan - Vinden suser ind


The song was written by Patrick Dorgan, Jeppe Kronback, Ole Bjørn Sørensen & Daniel Scheffmann.

[Nicky91]

fifth finalist of DMGP2022

Der Var Engang - En skønne dag


The song was written by Emma Pi Hedeboe, Rasmus Hedeboe & Claus Reenberg

[Nicky91]

sixth finalist of DMGP2022

Confessions - Hallelujah

[Nicky91]

meanwhile Germany entry reveals ongoing

act1: Eros Atomus - Alive

[Nicky91]

seventh finalist of DMGP

Josie Elinor & Jack Warren - Let Me Go

[Nicky91]

meanwhile Germany entry reveals ongoing

act1: Eros Atomus - Alive

Germany NF

act2: Felicia Lu - Anxiety

[Nicky91]

Eight finalist of DMGP


Juncker - Kommet for at blive


The song was written by Christian Juncker & Henrik Balling.

[Nicky91]

Germany NF

act2: Felicia Lu - Anxiety

Germany NF

act3: Mael & Jonas - I swear to god

[Nicky91]

Germany NF

act3: Mael & Jonas - I swear to god

Germany NF

act4: Emily Roberts - Soap







YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS am happeh with Emily indeed being in, am a fan of her work :love:

[Nicky91]

Germany NF

act5: Nico Suave & Team Liebe - Hallo Welt

[Nicky91]

Germany NF

act6: Malik Harris - Rockstars

[Nicky91]

tonight we get the winners from Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Estonia



next saturday we get winners from Croatia, Slovenia, Malta, San Marino, Poland



and february 26th we get winners from Australia, Finland

[Nicky91]

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San Marino NF semi finals line up

[Nicky91]

Ukraine's broadcaster have terminated participation of Alina Pash, and letting the public decide in a revote as for a replacement, among the other vidbir finalists

[Nicky91]

representing Slovenia are

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LUMA with All In, such a ethnic english masterpiece, esc2022 winner ladies and gentlemen

:worship: these gods, YOUTH POWER!!!!!

[Nicky91]

https://static.eurovision.tv/hb-cgi/images/95a11caf-441b-4536-a030-47be40854b32.jpg

https://static.eurovision.tv/hb-cgi/images/95a10cf8-3400-4826-ba4a-15817ee5d7b8.jpg

stage design

https://eurovision.tv/story/stage-design-for-eurovision-2022

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/eurovisionfn/status/1495869100547088385

65% audience capacity :)

[Nicky91]

Ukraine officially stated Kalush Orchestra with Stefania will represent them in Turin

[Nicky91]

insider source: Netherlands

S10's entry is called De Diepte which translates as ''The Depth''

[UserSince2005]

Ukraine for the win. I know they will kindly request the UK to host 2023 on their behalf.

[Nicky91]

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netherlands song

[Nicky91]

I Like our entry a lot :beat: so melancholic




San Marino's song, i am ashamed to say it but Stripper gives me Gary Glitter vibes all over in the instrumentals :facepalm: and i don't want to be reminded by paedo glitter :facepalm:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Will this be allowed to go on?

[UserSince2005]

Will this be allowed to go on?

As long as putin doesnt nuke turin in protest.

[Nicky91]

good choice from UK


tiktok superstar Sam Ryder :clap1: :clap1:

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potential of a top 10 but maybe similar result as 2011 with Blue

[Nicky91]

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North Macedonia revamp/final version

[Nicky91]

Armenia is represented by an artist named Rosa Linn, and her song will be called Snap

the song will be released March 19th

[Nicky91]

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netherlands live performance of de diepte

[Nicky91]

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Serbia has such a masterpiece this year :clap1:

[Nicky91]

info regarding austria's entry, DJ Lum!x


The DJ born Luca Michlmayr began producing music at the age of 11, and is currently one of Austria’s most successful artists.

The son of an Italian mother, he used to live in the host city of Turin, and so the Eurovision Song Contest represents a true highlight for the young artist.

and the singer Pia Maria will make her debut as an artist in the contest, only 18 yrs old


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[Nicky91]

tomorrow Sweden's Melfest final

i shall post the top 3 odds faves in here

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:)

[Nicky91]

and yes Anders Bagge is a familiar name, quite a big name

not as a singer, but as a composer


he worked for artists like Westlife, Janet Jackson, Celine Dion, Madonna, Santana, Jennifer Lopez, Anastacia, Nick Lachey, Jessica Simpson, Samantha Mumba, Lara Fabian, Enrique Iglesias, Ace of Base and Ashley Tisdale


he composed Azerbaijan's 2010 (Drip Drop) and 2012 (When the Music Dies) entries


and he has been a jury member on Swedish version of Idols

[Nicky91]

as for the other two odds faves

Cornelia Jakobs - the daughter of The Poodles singer Jakob Samuel and she herself started her career in the girl group Love Generation who took part in Melfest 2011, 2012 and this is her solo debut in this festival


Klara Hammarstrom - basically known from the swedish reality series Familjen Hammarstrom, about a family with a huge passion for horse riding, and Klara herself also has been a competitive horse rider, this is her third attempt in Melfest

2020 (Nobody: failed to qualify to the final) 2021 (beat of broken hearts: 6th place in the final) and now with run to the hills, which she co-composed alongside melfest veterans Jimmy T and Anderz Wrethov and Julie Aagaard

Klara's boyfriend is famous ice hockey player Alexander Holtz

[Nicky91]

Malta's new song

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[Nicky91]

Malta's new song

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music video


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[Nicky91]

now we just need song reveals from Armenia and Azerbaijan


we already know their artists


for Armenia that is: Rosa Linn

and for Azerbaijan that is: Nadir Rustamli

[Nicky91]

hosts Italy will perform as 9th in the final

[UserSince2005]

Of the ones I've heard Halo - Austria is my favourite, its already a staple gay club banner.

[Nicky91]

mr double zero James Newman randomly invited for london pre party

:laugh3: :laugh3:

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/Eurovision/status/1504446213915136008

[Nicky91]

first year i won't even bother looking at the results, considering Ukraine have already won :yuk:

imagine sending sympathy votes to a lighthearted fun song :umm2: how low can you go


Jamala's sympathy support for 1944 was very deserving compared to this years winning song Stefania, more impactful, powerful message etc



but well my favourites never win so, i will just watch for the sake of entertainment


my favourites are

Malta's Emma Muscat, she is such a superstar :love:

Cyprus's Andromachi, superstar greek queen and of course getting my support because i am TeamEyelar still and her being in the composer team is just wow and what surprised me

France well breton language is for sure interesting, and anything what oozes FIFA soundtrack potential vibes i love too

Australia, Sheldon representing autistic people like me in this contest :flutter:

[Nicky91]

one big post incoming now
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Semi Final 1

Albania: one of the few upbeat songs with quite a catchy hook, their revamp includes more english lyrics, some albanian and some spanish lyrics

Bulgaria: one to draw in the 50+ age groups for sure, very solid rock song but very oldfashioned either, is a nice one if ur a fan of Toto, Simon Phillips is in this supergroup too

Latvia: first of the quirky entries inspired by Iceland's success last year, and they want us to eat our vegetables, wasn't my favourite in the NF and there were stronger quirky fun options in the NF, but this can do well

Lithuania: lithuanian language being back for first time since 1994 when they scored a 0 points at their debut and never went fully in lithuanian ever since, this one has a very french vibe too bit a la christine and the queens meets 1920's speakeasy vibe

Moldova: they're back, after 2005 and 2011 this is Zdob si Zdub their third attempt and this is a folklore rock song about a train journey from chisinau to bucharest

Netherlands: very moody dutch ballad, representing the current nederpop scene very well, de diepte means The Depth as in overcoming mental health issues

Slovenia: iceland last year but then in slovene, by our youngest contestants of this year they first won EMA Fres (newbies section) and then their national final amongst more well known names to fly off to Turin for them

Switzerland: Boys do Cry, well if only the singer had more emotion like Michael Schulte had in 2018, then this wouldn't be as much of a disappointment after 2 strong years (2019, 2021) for them

Ukraine: ethno folk, rap fun song, the bookies favourite not sure why if you ask me, this is not a winner at all, would deserve a nice 5th-8th place in the final though

Armenia: very american indie pop song, quite refreshing to see this good quality indie pop coming from armenia, very current too

Austria: DJ Lum!x is one of austria's most popular and upcoming DJ stars, Pia Maria is making her debut in this contest at just 18 years old no previous music experience, and song wise heavily reminds you of Ava Max and especially So Am I

Croatia: the croatian Taylor Swift, strong 1989 album vibes, she is a good performer as well

Denmark: from danish language last year to going for a all female rockband which is also very nice on its own, song wise quite a average denmark esc entry

Greece: a song about death in times of a covid pandemic and a war in ukraine, well that is inappropriate, the singer though is very talented, strong london grammar, birdy vibes

Iceland: icelandic language is so magical, the song by 3 sisters is composed by one of their biggest stars Lay Low who toured with Of Monsters and Men, and the song oozes a strong First Aid Kit vibe

Norway: when masked singer meets eurovision, very strong storytelling of these characters and very very catchy bop ready for the tiktoks

Portugal: portugal being portugal going for something very original, oldschool, nice mix of english and portuguese, very strong live performer too
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Semi Final 2

Australia: you can really notice his influences include Boy George, this song not the same is about Sheldon's whole life so far and is very strong in terms of emotion, passion and superb vocals

Azerbaijan: very much a case of copy/paste from old esc songs (bit of sound of silence, bit of arcade, bit of silent storm) very unauthentic and is a german nf reject

Cyprus: very greek ethno midtempo ballad, first time of them in greek again since 2013, 10 composers for this entry and Andromache is a very good singer, performer

Finland: ICONIC rockband best known for global hit In The Shadows, yes The Rasmus are back, only problem Jezebel is a very mediocre song, one of its composers also was behind Bonnie Tyler's believe in me

Georgia: georgia being typically georgia, in a league of their own with a very decent but not competitive at all quirky pop-rock entry

Israel: a song which belongs in Drag Race more than in ESC, the Slavko of this year, very fun but chanceless when it comes to results

Malta: generic maybe, dated maybe, but overall a very happy, uplifting song, and these times are perfect for these anthemic self-love songs, Emma Muscat is maltese, plays piano since age of 5 and has duetted with tenor Joseph Calleja and famous italian artist Eros Ramazzotti in her still very young career so far, she is quite a superstar of a singer, performer

San Marino: another one who is very famous in italy, Achille Lauro he took part also in italy sanremo this year before taking part in sanmarinese national final and this song its chorus reminds you of gary glitter songs, typical glamrock song

Serbia: very weird song, a first for ESC are lyrics in latin, but the handwashing choreo is weird to see, vocally she is a serbian lady gaga for me personally in places

Belgium: huge no already is chorus which is a cheap copy of Michael Jackson's Dirty Diana, starts off with a bond tune like Conchita's rise like a phoenix

Czech Republic: very solid EDM banger, could have potential to be this years big summer hit and Dominika, well fun facts she is daughter of Ice Hockey goalie ''Dominator'' Dominik Hasek

Estonia: nice western vibes, bit of a ennio morricone vibe too in instrumentals, solid country vocals and a cowboy duel on stage

Ireland: dua lipa inspired pop song by a familiar face for people from UK, finalist of the voice uk

Montenegro: anthemic covid pandemic awareness song, also why breathing is the most important thing in everyone's life, very nice english balkan ballad

North Macedonia: very nice ballad by one with a very authentic recognizable voice

Poland: Krysztian Ochman is grandson of famous tenor Wieslaw Ochman, very nice gospel ballad, but has strong similarities to 2019 winner Arcade

Romania: latin pop songs are extremely popular in romania, Llámame means call me and i think many women want to do that after his very sexy performance with this song which could be a huge latin pop hit

Sweden: sweden sending a female singer again for a change, also not with their usual pop songs but with a very authentic ballad, strong contender to win

Big 5
Italy: returning act here Mahmood (2019 Soldi) but this time he brought a new rising star Blanco with him, a song about love, Brividi

France: no song in french but in breton, very much perfect combo of ethnic and dance pop, this can make them again do well very anthemic too

Germany: his father is tv presenter, actor Ricky Harris from Detroit, germans trying to recreate their 2018 success with Michael Schulte, but i'm not sure about this one

Spain: former backing dancer for Shakira at 2010 MTV Ema's, and also very popular actress in films, series and musicals in spain, born in havana, cuba and moved to barcelona with her family when she was 3, the song is a reject by Jennifer Lopez, very strong latin pop uptempo

UK: the british their best entry in recent years, can avoid bottom half for sure, maybe similar result as Blue in 2011 could be realistic

[Nicky91]

start of pre-party season tonight


kicking off in Barcelona



CzechRepublic 2022 We Are Domi
Albania 2022 Ronela Hajati
Ireland 2022 Brooke
Lithuania 2022 Monika Liu
Spain 2022 Chanel
Montenegro 2022 Vladana
Latvia 2022 Citi Zeni
Malta 2022 Emma Muscat
Romania 2022 WRS
Norway 2022 Subwoolfer
Austria 2014 Conchita Wurst
Spain 2002 Rosa Lopez
Moldova 2010 & 2017 Sunstroke Project
Andorra 2004 Marta Roure
San Marino 2011, 2020, 2021 Senhit
Lithuania2020, 2021 The Roop

the line up for this first pre party

[Nicky91]

no Achille Lauro tonight apparently since one member in his team was tested positive for covid

[Nicky91]

This year's representatives of Ukraine at Eurovision-2022, the Kalush Orchestra, decided that the best thing they can do for the country now is to support Ukraine with their performances and through communication with the European audience.

"Kalush Orchestra will go to Turin, perform live at Eurovision" - said the band's frontman Oleg Psyuk at a performance in Lviv.

Therefore, for the first time since the beginning of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the band gathered in Lviv and began preparations for a performance in Turin.

"Today we met with the band for the first time in Lviv to rehearse all together, not online. And soon we will go in honor of Ukraine, in the framework of Eurovision, on a fundraising tour "- added Oleg.

"Kalush Orchestra" agreed to take part in promotional concerts on the eve of Eurovision. At all events, the band plans to raise funds to help Ukraine. Details of the promotion and events in which the Kalush Orchestra will participate will be announced in the coming days.

our winners are going to italy after all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


good news, also to make trophy handover ceremony no more any awkward

[Nicky91]

so far amazing at the pre-parties are

Poland, Australia, Malta, Norway, Serbia, Albania, Armenia



disappointing are: Austria (LOL), Montenegro (strong low notes but disgustingly bad high notes), Czech Republic (earpain on those high notes), Ireland (Brooke is lovely but the whole thing comes across as very amateurishly performed, and not always the best vocals)



meh: North Macedonia (good vocals but nothingness of a song, i feel nothing with Circles)



Belgium mixed, sometimes good, sometimes a bit mediocre but he is going through extra vocal training, song is not my cup of tea though the whole Bond/R&B fusion

[Nicky91]

now only Madrid pre-party left as for pre-party season

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/Eurovision/status/1514468993729323009

[Nicky91]

am so excited for next month :dance: :dance:


countries i root for

in semi 1 ofc Netherlands, but also Slovenia and Moldova the most and i have to admit Greece is growing kinda on me, Amanda has a nice voice very Birdy very London Grammar-ish


in semi 2 my 110% support is for Malta (shame i cannot vote for our Queen) but Emma Muscat is a STAR with even more potential to become more internationally famous after this contest no matter what, she is so the right performer for this kind of uplifting feel good music, song might be basic but she lifts this up to another level of greatness with her amazing live performing qualities, she can do better than some expect her to and i fully believe in her either, also self-acceptance and self love is very important, and don't judge a book by its cover is sooooo what i stand for as well - i mean she might be a pretty girl from incredibly wealthy family but despite all of that she can feel pain as well, i love her for having worked hard herself to where she is now as an artist and a professional pianist (passion for playing piano since the age of 5 can you imagine, and delivering awesome chopin piano covers at age of just 15)


and that chorus ''take it or leave it, i am what i am'' so many truths there


everyone is perfect who they are for themselves, i also believe in a utopian world with lots of love, and everyone being appreciated for who they are in their own unique lovely ways, and a world without hate and war

[Nicky91]

3 weeks till ESC :love: :love:

[Nicky91]

OPwHrmni_8w

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first two house party performance episodes, next friday will have the last episode 3



very nice they still do this :love: very amazing performances and also nice to hear other work too from some of the contestants of this year

Malta's Emma Muscat (from Palazzo Paraiso a historical building in malta) with her 2020 song Sangria (which samples K3 Tele-Romeo) very nice italian summer bop, nice acoustic take of that behind her piano

Intelligent Music Project of Bulgaria, with another past work of theirs, Every Time


and Croatia's Mia Dimsic with a past work song in croatian, contrast to her entry guilty pleasure



UK's Sam Ryder also acoustic from York Hall, a venue from his hometown

[Nicky91]

https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/04/23/semi-final-1-opening-act-drone-choreography-and-laser-displays-will-wow-eurovision-viewers/271769/

Semi 1 interval acts confirmed

Diodato (Italy's 2020 entry before that edition was cancelled due to covid)


DJ Dardust, Benny Benassi and Sophie & The Giants for the ''Dance of Beauty''


opening act with drone laser choreography and laser displays

https://twitter.com/wiwibloggs/status/1514658726350934017

what the stage looks like and how this design works exactly

[Nicky91]

Sophie and the Giants are like a huge name, amid lockdown times their song with purple disco machine ''hypnotized'' was massively popular

Benny Benassi umm well who does not know his hits ''satisfaction'' ''cinema'' and his remixes for ''california dreaming'' and also his remix for italy's 2019 entry Soldi by Mahmood




for UK viewers this year semi finals are on BBC3 instead of BBC4, and UK votes in semi final 2

[Nicky91]

first rehearsals for semi 1 will begin in two days from now



and we got another interval act confirmation, Il Volo are back (Italy 2015 third place)

and they will perform in second semi final while we wait for the results

https://eurovision.tv/story/il-volo-second-semi-final


https://eurovision.tv/story/samya-eurovision-backstage

Samya will again do her backstage content like last year in Rotterdam




today second wave of ticket sales

https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-song-contest-tickets-2022

[Nicky91]

01 Albania (Ronela Hajati - Sekret) Albanian, English (few phrases in spanish)
02 Latvia (Citi Zeni - Eat Your Salad) English
03 Lithuania (Monika Liu - Sentimentai) Lithuanian
04 Switzerland (Marius Bear - Boys do Cry) English
05 Slovenia (LPS - Disko) Slovene
06 Ukraine (Kalush Orchestra - Stefania) Ukrainian
07) Bulgaria (Intelligent Music Project - Intention) English
08) Netherlands (S10 - De Diepte) Dutch
09) Moldova (Zdob si Zdub & Advahov Brothers - Trenuletul) Romanian (one repeated phrase in english)
10) Portugal (MARO - Saudade Saudade) Portuguese, English
11) Croatia (Mia Dimsic - Guilty Pleasure) English
12) Denmark (REDDI - The Show) English
13) Austria (Lum!x Ft Pia Maria - Halo) English
14) Iceland (Systur - Með Hækkandi Sól) Icelandic
15) Greece (Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord - Die Together) English
16) Norway (Subwoolfer - Give that wolf a banana) English
17) Armenia (Rosa Linn - Snap) English

https://eurovision.tv/event/turin-2022/first-semi-final


01 Finland (The Rasmus - Jezebel) English
02 Israel (Michael Ben David - I'm) English
03 Serbia (Konstrakta - In Corpore Sano) Serbian, Latin
04 Azerbaijan (Nadir Rustamli - Fade to Black) English
05 Georgia (Circus Mircus - Lock me In) English
06 Malta (Emma Muscat - I AM WHAT I AM) English
07) San Marino (Achille Lauro - Stripper) Italian, English
08) Australia (Sheldon Riley - Not the Same) English
09) Cyprus (Andromache - Ela) Greek, English
10) Ireland (Brooke - That's Rich) English
11) North Macedonia (Andrea - Circles) English
12) Estonia (Stefan - Hope) English
13) Romania (WRS - Llámame) Spanish, English
14) Poland (Ochman - River) English
15) Montenegro (Vladana - Breathe) English
16) Belgium (Jeremie Makiese - Miss You) English
17) Sweden (Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer) English
18) Czech Republic (We Are Domi - Lights Off) English

https://eurovision.tv/event/turin-2022/second-semi-final


AQ's

09) Italy (Mahmood & Blanco - Brividi) Italian

France (Alvan & Ahez - Fulenn) Breton

Germany (Malik Harris - Rockstars) English

Spain (Chanel - SloMo) Spanish

United Kingdom (Sam Ryder - Space, Man) English

https://eurovision.tv/event/turin-2022/grand-final


profile, info pages with galleries and more background in these links or in this wikipedia link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2022

[Nicky91]

two other british acts in this years contest besides Sam, but as non-participants


Sophie and the Giants for semi 1 dance of beauty interval, and of course one of our 3 hosts, Mika (well known from hits like Big Girls You Are Beautiful, We Are Golden, Kick Ass, Happy Ending, Relax Take it Easy) and he will apparently also premiere a new song in this contest what is among rumours

[Nicky91]

current top 10 odds to win, as of April 28th 2022, 2 days pre-rehearsals


1. Ukraine 42%
2. Italy 15%
3. Sweden 10%
4. UK 6%
5. Spain 4%
6. Poland 3%
7. Greece 2%
8. Norway 2%
9. Netherlands 2%
10. Australia 1%


odds to qualify

semi 1

1. Ukraine 92%
2. Netherlands 91%
3. Greece 90%
4. Norway 90%
5. Albania 80%
6. Armenia 77%
7. Portugal 74%
8. Moldova 68%
9. Switzerland 62%
10. Lithuania 51%
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11. Austria 50%
12. Latvia 49%
13. Iceland 35%
14. Croatia 34%
15. Denmark 23%
16. Slovenia 18%
17. Bulgaria 18%


semi 2

1. Sweden 91%
2. Poland 89%
3. Australia 78%
4. Finland 77%
5. Serbia 75%
6. Estonia 75%
7. Belgium 74%
8. Azerbaijan 62%
9. Czech Republic 61%
10. Cyprus 58%
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11. Malta 51%
12. Romania 45%
13. San Marino 35%
14. Montenegro 33%
15. Georgia 29%
16. Israel 26%
17. North Macedonia 20%
18. Ireland 20%

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https://eurovisionworld.com/odds/eurovision


returning artists for this year are

Stoyan Yankoulov (previously took part in 2007 (Water) and 2013 (Samo Shampioni) for Bulgaria)

Zdob si Zdub (previously took part in 2005 (boonika bate toba) and 2011 (So Lucky) for Moldova)

Mahmood (previously took part in 2019 (Soldi) for Italy)

Ihor Didenchuk (member of Kalush Orchestra) (previously took part in 2021 as a member of Go_A for the song Shum)

in addition former backing vocalist now set to compete as lead artist, Ihan Haydar (member of Denmark's girlband REDDI) (previously in the backing vocals for Soluna Samay in the 2012 contest for her song Should've known better)

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[Nicky91]

https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/04/28/eurovision-2022-semi-final-2-opening-act-will-focus-on-italian-gestures-and-play-on-just-dance-rhythm-game/271971/

semi final 2 opening act known: focus on italian gestures and tribute to Just Dance rhythm game

[Nicky91]

tomorrow last of pre-party's, actually intended for April 23rd but postponed one week later to April 30th

Adriatic Party


taking part in that one are

France: Alvan & Ahez
Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli
Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs
Australia: Sheldon Riley
Latvia: Citi Zeni
Croatia: Mia Dimsic
Germany: Malik Harris

and 3 additions whom weren't scheduled to attend on 23rd but are for tomorrow

Malta: Emma Muscat
Bulgaria: Intelligent Music Project
Moldova: Zdob si Zdub, Advahov Brothers


https://eurovoix.com/2022/04/26/croatia-ten-acts-now-confirmed-for-the-adriatic-preparty-2022/

[Nicky91]

https://eurovoix.com/2022/04/29/eurovision-2022-masks-mandatory-inside-arena/

face masks are mandatory inside the arena


:clap1: :clap1: good decision




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tonight episode 3 of 3 from house party 2022

among whats in store tonight

Ukraine Kalush Orchestra
Czech Republic We Are Domi
Iceland Systur
Albania Ronela Hajati
Belgium Jeremie Makiese
more from Portugal's MARO

and several other surprises

[Nicky91]

https://img.rtvcdn.si/_up/upload/2022/04/29/65983901.jpg
Slovenia's LPS had a 11 hour long bus drive to Turin, instead of travelling by plane

wow

[Nicky91]

AJ Odudu is the UK spokesperson @Parmnion your queen having that honour :clap1:

https://twitter.com/bbceurovision/status/1519937878834528256

[LaLaLand]

Did I hear right that we won the jury vote!?! :omgno:

[Denver]

Did I hear right that we won the jury vote!?! :omgno:

It's a not an official win but its one of the bigger pre event votes they do

[Liam-]

Wait what?

[Denver]

Wait what?

The UK has won the Eurojury and finished second overall after the online vote was included, last year it predicted the top 3 jury votes correctly

[Nicky91]

i myself think Iceland, Portugal could be the dark horses for this year


also hope Finland will do well, because i am a stan for The Rasmus, for Lauri especially, sexy and likeable rock dad



and Czech Republic hopefully doing well, i love Dominika, she's so charismatic and i love she is kinda following in her dad's footsteps into the PalaOlimpico venue where he won a bronze medal for Czechs at the 2006 winter games at ice hockey :flutter:

[Nicky91]

https://eurovision.tv/live-blog-saturday-30-april

live blog for day 1 of first rehearsals, first half of semi 1

[Nicky91]

albania: pink hair, and accompanied by 4 bare-chested male dancers


not Ronela turning it into a Britney tribute act :laugh3:

[Nicky91]

Gigliola Cinquetti (ESC 1964 and ESC 1974) will be one of the finals interval acts

[Nicky91]

modernized technology is a bunch of crap


imagine relying on technology more and more :fan:



did artists in the days of classic ESC's like in 70's 80's complain about such minor things, NO


we don't need a show, we only need it to be about the songs, letting the songs shine and nothing else

[Nicky91]

https://static.eurovision.tv/hb-cgi/images/96315e80-4bfb-49be-ae4f-1a55c6ab6edb.jpg

the look of the green room, i myself quite love it, gives me garden party music festival vibes :love:

[Nicky91]

our green room gardener

https://static.eurovision.tv/hb-cgi/images/96315e92-2099-4c00-b418-3ff62e784b3f.jpg

[Nicky91]

that moment when San Marino have more western in their sort of tribute village people act than Estonia's actual western country song :laugh3: :laugh3:

[Nicky91]

5 days left :cheer: till semi final 1

[Nicky91]

here are some guides to the semi blogs i posted just now

semi 1: https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/blog.php?b=2457

semi 2: https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/blog.php?b=2458

[Nicky91]

3 days until semi 1


and tomorrow we get the opening ceremony

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live via this link :)


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tonight we got the wiwi jam at home, on wiwibloggs official channel on youtube, and wiwi jam goes live on May 11th live in one of the euroclubs in turin

[Nicky91]

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the link for tonights wiwi jam at home

[Nicky91]

tonight semi 1 jury show

tomorrow semi 1 show, 20:00 UK Time (21:00 CET) on BBC3

[Liam-]

It’s taken a while, but the Swedish entry has finally grown on me

[Nicky91]

today semi 1 :cheer:

[Nicky91]

tonight also a interview and a sneak peek towards upcoming december for Junior Eurovision 2022 in Armenia, with last years winner Malena who is there in Turin

[Nicky91]

1. Albania (Ronela Hajati - Sekret)

2. Latvia (Citi Zeni - Eat Your Salad)

3. Lithuania (Monika Liu - Sentimentai)


4. Switzerland (Marius Bear - Boys do Cry)


5. Slovenia (LPS - Disko)


6. Ukraine (Kalush Orchestra - Stefania)


7. Bulgaria (Intelligent Music Project - Intention)

8. Netherlands (S10 - De Diepte)

9. Moldova (Zdob si Zdub, Advahov Brothers - Trenuletul)


10. Portugal (MARO - Saudade, Saudade)


11. Croatia (Mia Dimsic - Guilty Pleasure)


12. Denmark (REDDI - The Show)

13. Austria (Lum!x & Pia maria - Halo)


14. Iceland (Systur - Með hækkandi sól)


15. Greece (Amanda Tenfjord - Die Together)


16. Norway (Subwoolfer - Give that wolf a banana)


17. Armenia (Rosa Linn - Snap)


tonights entries, running order

10 will qualify to the final, 7 will NQ

[bots]

there is only going to be one winner this year, i think thats pretty obvious

[Mystic Mock]

My rankings for Semi-Final 1.

1. Ukraine - I personally think that this is genuinely a really fun song to listen to.
2. Moldova
3. France - I know that they're already through regardless, but I'll rank them anyway.:laugh:
4. Norway
5. Italy - Same as France.
6. Portugal
7. Netherlands
8. Greece
9. Bulgaria - I liked the song, but I can see why the song got eliminated as it's not the most memorable Rock song on Eurovision.
10. Latvia
11. Austria
12. Denmark
13. Switzerland
14. Slovenia
15. Armenia
16. Albania
17. Iceland
18. Croatia
19. Lithuania - It's just not my type of song, it's nothing personal against the quality of the song.

[Vanessa]

Ir would be nice for Ukraine to win. They really need something positive so much!

[Vanessa]

Norway is a bop :dance:

[Nicky91]

Lithuania, Iceland, Portugal, Armenia all my faves of semi 1 making it through :cheer:

my unique taste winning last night :love: hope i'll have similar luck tomorrow for my main fave (really hope Malta makes it through so i can vote for her on saturday, sooooooo pls anyone from here, #Vote06)



i voted for Iceland last night

[Nicky91]

1. Finland (The Rasmus - Jezebel)

2. Israel (Michael Ben David - I'm)

3. Serbia (Konstrakta - In Corpore Sano)

4. Azerbaijan (Nadir Rustamli - Fade to Black)

5. Georgia (Circus Mircus - Lock Me In)

6. Malta (Emma Muscat - I Am What I Am)

7. San Marino (Achille Lauro - Stripper)

8. Australia (Sheldon Riley - Not the Same)

9. Cyprus (Andromache - Ela)

10. Ireland (Brooke - That's Rich)

11. North Macedonia (Andrea - Circles)

12. Estonia (Stefan - Hope)

13. Romania (WRS - Llámame)

14. Poland (Ochman - River)

15. Montenegro (Vladana - Breathe)

16. Belgium (Jeremie Makiese - Miss You)

17. Sweden (Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer)

18. Czech Republic (We Are Domi - Lights Off)


tonights entries, 10 will qualify, 8 will nq

other performances for tonight

opening act Alessandro Cattalan with ''the italian way'' tribute of many different italian hand gestures

interval act duet of Mika and Laura Pausini with ''fragile'' ''people have the power'' and Il Volo (but maybe not the complete formation due to one member having covid) with Grande Amore (italy 2015 esc entry)

[Cherie]

Ireland and Nickys Malta tonight :dance:

[Nicky91]

the steampunk circus of Georgia might also be good entertainment :)

[Vanessa]

We're doing a great job of hosting. I'm loving the visuals so far!

[Vanessa]

Laura Pausini is a national treasure in my country :love:

[Vanessa]

Cyprus is brilliant :dance:

[Vanessa]

Czech Republic is a bop :dance:

[Mystic Mock]

My opinions of the songs.

Like:
Portugal
Serbia
Finland
UK - it's nice to see us have a good entry for once.
Ukraine
Netherlands
Moldova
Norway
Greece
Australia
Estonia
Romania
Poland
Italy
France

Unsure:
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Sweden
Germany - They've upped their game from last year.

Dislike:
Lithuania
Switzerland
Iceland
Armenia
Czech Republic
Spain

Overall I'm leaning towards Portugal being my favourite at the moment, but I feel like Finland is a potential grower.

[Denver]

The UK will perform 22nd in the final

[Nicky91]

feel very sad, but onwards and upwards again for Emma and us #Muscateers


hoping for lots of international success still for i am what i am and her ep i am emma, mental health awareness is a very important matter

[Vanessa]

The UK will perform 22nd in the final

Great spot. I really hope they do well.

[Vanessa]

My favourite has to be Norway :joker::dance:

[Crimson Dynamo]

feel very sad, but onwards and upwards again for Emma and us #Muscateers


hoping for lots of international success still for i am what i am and her ep i am emma, mental health awareness is a very important matter

maybe she should avoid the trite virtue signaling and concentrate on her music?
that video was grim

[bots]

i like Sam Ryder, he basically takes the piss out of himself and he can actually sing a bit :laugh:

[NICKP]

Norway has really grown on me

[Crimson Dynamo]

The awful UKraine song is like a Turkish church youth group trying to make a Hymn sound young and "street"

[Crimson Dynamo]

Norway has really grown on me

Yes like mould on cheese

:hehe:

utter garbage

[Crimson Dynamo]

I can understand why Sweden is one of the faves

decent

[Crimson Dynamo]

Spain certainly wont be bottom..

https://content.invisioncic.com/Mrangmedia/emoticons/matron.png

[Vanessa]

Sweden is amazing. They will do very well with that song.
Still not sure about my country's song, but I like Mahmood and I hope he does well.

[Vanessa]

The UK could do well this year. It's their best entry so far.

[Vanessa]

Yes like mould on cheese

:hehe:

utter garbage

But it's so much fun :joker::dance:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Armenia is a solid Eurovision entry

[Nicky91]

maybe she should avoid the trite virtue signaling and concentrate on her music?
that video was grim

making fun of mental health and being against equality


not surprised this coming from you :idc:

[ArgyESC]

She deserved the final
https://c.tenor.com/K6csGL5T8SYAAAAC/ar-brooke-brooke-scullion.gif

[Crimson Dynamo]

making fun of mental health and being against equality


not surprised this coming from you :idc:

no just awful music

[Crimson Dynamo]

from what i have heard

it will be between

Ukraine (sympathyvote), Sweden, Spain, UK, France, Greece

or so

[Nicky91]

no just awful music

so catchy feel good anthems are considered awful to you


one of its kind this year too, but a huge shame on how those depressing sad songs seem to be preferred :rolleyes:

[ArgyESC]

so catchy feel good anthems are considered awful to you


one of its kind this year too, but a huge shame on how those depressing sad songs seem to be preferred :rolleyes:

Yass catchy feel good anthems are my fave

[Denver]

from what i have heard

it will be between

Ukraine (sympathyvote), Sweden, Spain, UK, France, Greece

or so

My feeling is a Poland win but this is really wide open with 6 or 7 countries in with a shot

[Liam-]

Ukraine will win, quite easily I’d imagine and it would really bust open the whole ‘it’s not political’ argument

[bots]

its not wide open at all, ukraine is bound to win :laugh:

[Denver]

its not wide open at all, ukraine is bound to win :laugh:

They will struggle with the jury vote, and I just don't feel rhe televote will make the difference or if many countries will get onto the whole sympathy bandwagon

[Crimson Dynamo]

It's not which country do you feel sorry for but I'd guess all the Facebook look iv got a Ukraine flag now users will vote that terrible song as they think they are sticking it to Putin?

In some ways if it does win it will as Bots says show the whole thing up for what it really is

[bots]

next years event will be live from a bunker :laugh:

[arista]

its not wide open at all, ukraine is bound to win :laugh:


Waste of time anyone watching it.

Ukraine will Win

[arista]

My favourite has to be Norway :joker::dance:




Ukraine is the Fixed Winner



Pathetic

[Babayaro.]

a week or so ago i’d said our entry wasn’t all that, but after hearing it a few more times it has definitely grew on me :clap1:

[Babayaro.]

just goes to show what good staging can do for a song too

[user104658]

In some ways if it does win it will as Bots says show the whole thing up for what it really is

That's not new it's been political for decades :joker:. Eurovision is just about the spectacle... it doesn't really matter who wins.

[MTVN]

It's always been semi political but you've never been able to rely solely on that and let's not act like this situation is 'normal' or representative of general Eurovision history. Supporting a country that's been invaded/suffered thousands of deaths/millions displaced is a bit more of an extreme circumstance than any other year and can be forgiven for this contest surely

[bots]

eurovision has always been about the bizarre acts on display, the awful songs and the way "judges" award points :laugh:

That won't change tonight

[Nicky91]

not so much about bizarre acts this year


too many sad songs doing well :idc: :idc: ew ew ew ew ew



one of worst contests results wise this year



poor Malta, Ireland, Austria, Israel, Latvia whom at least send lovely uplifting feel good bops and don't make it, because depressing **** gets too overhyped

[Nicky91]

hoping for lowest viewer ratings ever for tonight's final

:inamood:

[ArgyESC]

British people finding excuses for their bad results instead of realizing their songs are not good enough, nothing new

[Nicky91]

British people finding excuses for their bad results instead of realizing their songs are not good enough, nothing new

Malta also wants to withdraw from the contest next year if Ukraine wins, then the contest has become too political

and have filed a complaint to the EBU to ban Ukraine from this years final last minute

[Vanessa]

Maneskin are back tonight. I'm so excited! :dance:

[Vanessa]

That's what I'm here for. The bizarre staging and costumes. That's why I think Norway is so brilliant.
They're what Eurovision is all about. Fun

[Nicky91]

Maneskin are back tonight. I'm so excited! :dance:

italian garbage

That's what I'm here for. The bizarre staging and costumes. That's why I think Norway is so brilliant.
They're what Eurovision is all about. Fun

what fun? a very depressing year :idc:


could rather have 40 songs from Ukraine next year, hope more follow Malta's example next year and withdraw

[Vanessa]

italian garbage



what fun? a very depressing year :idc:


could rather have 40 songs from Ukraine next year, hope more follow Malta's example next year and withdraw

And yet they won. I think they're brilliant.
Of course I know not everyone likes glam rock.

[Vanessa]

Ukraine winning would be the best result for me.
I really hope they can do it.
It would mean so much for them.

[Nicky91]

Ukraine winning would be the best result for me.
I really hope they can do it.
It would mean so much for them.

well EBU have sabotaged the real winner Malta, so yes of course Ukraine has won


Hypocrite Osterdahl, loser executive supervisor :idc: :idc:

[Vanessa]

Let's go, Torino. Are you ready? :cheer2:

[Nicky91]

ok sorry for my negativity, but i will watch the show tonight as a neutral viewer and in my judging role, with my scoresheet, but only the performances i think, will watch results back the next morning

[Crimson Dynamo]

Im listening to The Most-Streamed Eurovision Top 50 Chart with Michelle Visage on Radio 2 at the mo

:dance:

[Mystic Mock]

The UK will perform 22nd in the final

I just hope that people will be happy with a top 10 finish, and don't kick up a huge stink when we lose.

A good time slot though.

[Mystic Mock]

so catchy feel good anthems are considered awful to you


one of its kind this year too, but a huge shame on how those depressing sad songs seem to be preferred :rolleyes:

Tbf Moldova, Finland & Norway are in the final for more uptempo Music.

And Czech Republic.

[Mystic Mock]

British people finding excuses for their bad results instead of realizing their songs are not good enough, nothing new

Tbf we lost to Germany and Serbia last year when their songs were clearly worse.:joker:

And I say that as someone that disliked last year's UK entry.

[Crimson Dynamo]

well EBU have sabotaged the real winner Malta, so yes of course Ukraine has won


Hypocrite Osterdahl, loser executive supervisor :idc: :idc:

"I am what I am"

Eurovison has moved on 20 years from this type of gaybaiting claptrap.

The VIllage people did this song in 1978, Gloria Gaynor had a huge hit in 1984

She needs to sing her own songs and not chase after the Virtue Signalling facebook likes

[Zizu]

British people finding excuses for their bad results instead of realizing their songs are not good enough, nothing new


We used to get voted bottom even when we had great songs ..

Can’t imagine much has changed


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[Vanessa]

I think Sweden has a good chance of winning. That song is gorgeous!

[Vanessa]

Mika has messed up already :joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

I think Sweden has a good chance of winning. That song is gorgeous!

Yep

[Vanessa]

Oh come on, another ballad? Are you kidding me? :fist:

[Vanessa]

This is brilliant :joker::dance:

[Vanessa]

Surprisingly good entry from the UK. I like this

[Zizu]

Trust us to give top score to our nearest competitor


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[Zizu]

Surely the countries with the biggest populations has the advantage from the public votes ??


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[Vanessa]

Happy with Ukraine winning.
Great result for the UK.
Also decent from Italy, it could have been worse :laugh:

[UserSince2005]

Only caught the end because I’m in Hawaii but thought it was a bit distasteful how the ukraine celebrated their win. Yay 40,000 people died so you could win a silly song contest. They should have been more somber.

[LaLaLand]

Absolutely insane night. Hopefully this is the kick up the ass for whoever is in charge of our entries and what not and gives them the incentive to really put time into finding great acts and songs to send.

Because tonight proves we CAN do it. Bravo Sam!

Favourites of the night: Sweden (LOVE), Spain, Lithuania, Finland (The Rasmus took me back to my teenage years as a wannabe skater), Czech Republic. Norway and Moldova were a lot of fun too.

[bots]

Surely the countries with the biggest populations has the advantage from the public votes ??


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no the votes cast get reduced down to the 1-12 proportion ... same as the jury panel, for each country

[Nicky91]

disgusting Ukraine :yuk: :yuk:

[Cherie]

Will the UK host next years contest? Seems appropriate

[Nicky91]

Will the UK host next years contest? Seems appropriate

no it'll be Ukraine or it'll be cancelled

[Nicky91]

stupid show, cancel this for good pls :yuk:

[Nicky91]

generic garbage ukraine winning :yuk: :yuk: :yuk: :yuk:

[UserSince2005]

How can the ukraine band be proud to win the song conest when they literally only win because 10s of thousands of their country men lay dead, it’s just disgusting.

[Cherie]

Nicky I don’t know why you are so surprised Ukraine were always going to win this :shrug:

[Cherie]

How can the ukraine band be proud to win the song conest when they literally only win because 10s of thousands of their country men lay dead, it’s just disgusting.

I don’t often agree with you but it doesn’t really sit well with me either

[Nicky91]

Nicky I don’t know why you are so surprised Ukraine were always going to win this :shrug:

which is why i have more respect for the juries from Malta, Serbia for not giving many points to Ukraine

you don't have to give points to Ukraine, but it is a must to support Ukraine outside of eurovision


it is absolutely disgusting that politics have won in this show, my show has been ruined now :bawling:



and well, i am a man of my word now, and my personal winner is Malta, also good that it is been proven now that they play things fair and square in terms of juries

Emma Muscat didn't deserve last place in semi and i am positively surprised about her avoiding that and also with 20 televote points in the semi, well that is better than 2017 and 2018 for them, where they got 0 and 1 televote point respectively, Emma is such a beautiful person on the inside too, also her song might've been ''basic'' ''been there done that'' but as long as you got rubbish like cancel culture, negativity, conflicts in this world you need uplifting self-love anthems such as what she went for this year

but i hope she returns with a powerhouse slower ballad some year, with more experience too, she deserves so much successes for the good person she is, yes she really is 110% passionate about music


and let's go Sam & Emma upcoming summer, hyped for that duet of theirs in Malta, hopefully they can do more social media content together as well




my sort of eurovision is love for music and music alone, no politics into this show, leave rivalries outside of this contest as well and respect each others music


feel bad for Russian artists as well how they cannot be in this contest anymore all thanks to Adolf Putin

[Cherie]

which is why i have more respect for the juries from Malta, Serbia for not giving many points to Ukraine

you don't have to give points to Ukraine, but it is a must to support Ukraine outside of eurovision


it is absolutely disgusting that politics have won in this show, my show has been ruined now :bawling:



and well, i am a man of my word now, and my personal winner is Malta, also good that it is been proven now that they play things fair and square in terms of juries

Emma Muscat didn't deserve last place in semi and i am positively surprised about her avoiding that and also with 20 televote points in the semi, well that is better than 2017 and 2018 for them, where they got 0 and 1 televote point respectively, Emma is such a beautiful person on the inside too, also her song might've been ''basic'' ''been there done that'' but as long as you got rubbish like cancel culture, negativity, conflicts in this world you need uplifting self-love anthems such as what she went for this year

but i hope she returns with a powerhouse slower ballad some year, with more experience too, she deserves so much successes for the good person she is, yes she really is 110% passionate about music


and let's go Sam & Emma upcoming summer, hyped for that duet of theirs in Malta, hopefully they can do more social media content together as well




my sort of eurovision is love for music and music alone, no politics into this show, leave rivalries outside of this contest as well and respect each others music


feel bad for Russian artists as well how they cannot be in this contest anymore all thanks to Adolf Putin

I thought they would top more jury votes if I am honest so that was a nice surprise

[Nicky91]

I thought they would top more jury votes if I am honest so that was a nice surprise

based on song, this one is purely just a joke act ;)


they won because of the war



i deducted points in my score for them, based on the fact how i hate rapping and especially male rapping

[Cherie]

How did our LT feel about our AJ presenting from Manchesta :love:

[bots]

AJ is so amateurish it's embarrassing. I remember her days on BB

[user104658]

they won because of the war


Yes Nicky but you must know that Eurovision voting has always been political... with countries voting heavily for their friends and neighbours.

[user104658]

I mean there's a lot of talk about the UK magically doing well (from basically zero points in previous years) all thanks to a good song ... and the entry was good - BUT there's no way the UK would have come 2nd without the heavy recent support UK has been offering to Ukraine. That's clearly earned some brownie points across Europe.

[bots]

I mean there's a lot of talk about the UK magically doing well (from basically zero points in previous years) all thanks to a good song ... and the entry was good - BUT there's no way the UK would have come 2nd without the heavy recent support UK has been offering to Ukraine. That's clearly earned some brownie points across Europe.

yeah, france gave us 12 pts fgs :laugh: europe has softened its dislike for the UK and that helped the score

[Denver]

I mean there's a lot of talk about the UK magically doing well (from basically zero points in previous years) all thanks to a good song ... and the entry was good - BUT there's no way the UK would have come 2nd without the heavy recent support UK has been offering to Ukraine. That's clearly earned some brownie points across Europe.

We came 2nd because if the song, you dont understand how much work Sam put in for this, he travelled around Europe non stop to promote his songs and became so loved by Eurovision fans before he even sang a note

[Oliver_W]

So yeah, our country is obviously the real winner.

[Vanessa]

Norway. Omg I haven't stopped laughing since yesterday.
That was hilarious! :laugh3:

[UserSince2005]

I don’t often agree with you but it doesn’t really sit well with me either

Ikr. I need to watch the show properly. I only saw them actually win, cheering like maniacs. It was foul.

[Crimson Dynamo]

How did our LT feel about our AJ presenting from Manchesta :love:

That put paid to any chance she has of BB:joker:

[ArgyESC]

Congratulations to Ukraine but also the UK and Spain for such great results after so many years

[Oliver_W]

based on song, this one is purely just a joke act ;)


they won because of the war

Well yeah, their entry was shite, probably wouldn't have made the final without the war.

[Cherie]

That put paid to any chance she has of BB:joker:

:oh:

[Mystic Mock]

Absolutely insane night. Hopefully this is the kick up the ass for whoever is in charge of our entries and what not and gives them the incentive to really put time into finding great acts and songs to send.

Because tonight proves we CAN do it. Bravo Sam!

Favourites of the night: Sweden (LOVE), Spain, Lithuania, Finland (The Rasmus took me back to my teenage years as a wannabe skater), Czech Republic. Norway and Moldova were a lot of fun too.

I still love In The Shadows to this day from The Rasmus.

And I agree with your assessment on the UK.

[Mystic Mock]

I mean there's a lot of talk about the UK magically doing well (from basically zero points in previous years) all thanks to a good song ... and the entry was good - BUT there's no way the UK would have come 2nd without the heavy recent support UK has been offering to Ukraine. That's clearly earned some brownie points across Europe.

That is a fair point.

I personally believe that both entries would've done well regardless of politics though as their styles of Music does have an appeal at Eurovision.

Obviously the political side of things helped us both do even better.

[Denver]

I mean there's a lot of talk about the UK magically doing well (from basically zero points in previous years) all thanks to a good song ... and the entry was good - BUT there's no way the UK would have come 2nd without the heavy recent support UK has been offering to Ukraine. That's clearly earned some brownie points across Europe.

Awe got 12 points from France and Germany who we are not really on the best of terms with so its not political at all

[Nicky91]

France was amazing, simply iconic but too far ahead of its time :sad:

[Nicky91]

Well yeah, their entry was shite, probably wouldn't have made the final without the war.

i support ukraine outside of eurovision of course


but as for their song, i never did see this as a ''winner song'' more in the harmless novelty folklore act category

the rapping i particularly disliked, not necessary for me personally whereas the singer could easily carry the entry himself, that part was kinda anthemic so yeah i can understand why their soldiers love this song



in terms of the win i would've preferred Spain or Sweden or UK i think



but you british people be proud :clap2: UK is back in the game thanks to TaP Music, hopefully you guys can continue to serve more quality entries now