UMK 2024 LIVE FINAL REACTION | Windows95man - No Rules! REACTION | FINLAND EUROVISION 2024
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I give my UMK 2024 REACTION where I look at my UMK24 favourites and the WINNER - Windows95man - No Rules! - who will represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 (Finland Eurovision 2024) (windows95man - no rules! reaction) (windows95man reaction) (Finland Eurovision 2024 REACTION)
0:00 Introduction
01:25 UMK 2024 Results REACTION
03:36 Sini Sabotage - "Kuori Mua" REACTION
06:17 Cyan Kicks - "Dancing With Demons" REACTION
08:01 Sara Siipola - "Paskana" REACTION
10:08 Windows95man - "No Rules" REACTION
UMK 2024 LIVE FINAL REACTION | Windows95man - No Rules! REACTION | FINLAND EUROVISION 2024 - Zábava
What do you think of Windows95man - No Rules!? Let me know in the comments below 👇 ⬇
Don't like this. 🤷🏼♀️ Out of the 4 songs 3 were better in my opinion.
It’s totally bonkers 😂😅 either way you like it or not!
It’s like the classic crazy songs from ESC 2000 Germany - wadde hadde dudde da with Stefan Raab
ESC 1998 Germany - Guildo Horn - "Guildo Hat Euch Lieb"
2024 Windows95man - No Rules is in the same category but updated version of sound and same Craziness
I love it!
Finland's show in Malmö will be A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!!! Even if they just keep it as it is, but I think they might come up with something more crrrrrrazy!!!!! Käärijä came 2nd and he didn't really sing, so W95MAN should be major success.
I love their energy🔥🎉They have already won my heart and for sure my winner😍
"Finland has shown no consistency in regards to the song they select"
NO RULES!!!
Which is wrong because they couldn't be more consistent, from Kaarija to Win95man, true consistency.
Peoples favorite wins.. that's all there is to it.. you can see how jury vote was not what people wanted
@@antoniosvlachodimos8450indeed, as Käärijä himself said "its crazy, its party!"...no other song was even remotely as crazy in UMK this year other than this 😂
Käärijä was just one example.
Finland has had Blind Channel, rock (The Rasmus), punk (the shortest song ever performend in ESC by Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät, band, which members are disabled, public would have voted them to the finals, juries didnt). And of course Lordi. Finns really stand out in ESC with their variety of choices.
When you don’t know your own next move, your opponents will have a hard time figuring out what you’re going to do.
We, Australia, are in the same semi as Finland and I’m 100% certain Australians will love this and vote for it! 🎉😂❤
Voyager ❤❤❤❤
there’s literally nothing Australians love more than batshit insanity and jorts
What has been lost/unknown to many is that this guy is a visual artist who owns a gallery and does many kinds of art projects. Windows95man is a character he has used for doing dj gigs, with the purpose of helping people to break free and party, no rules is his motto.
I can totally buy into a NO RULES! Mantra in life ❤️
Very good point! It is way too easy to see this as a simple joke act, but I think it’s more about catharsis and how to help people let go. If you look past the skin coloured underwear you can see he is slaying it on that stage, connecting to the audience and building up the tension.
This is a bit risky and we know it's not everyone's cup of tea. But I think we finns are fine with the result in Eurovision, what ever it will be. Nobody is expecting a lot of jury ponts, but we are not so serious and competitive people. Let's just enjoy, have fun and cheer to all competitors ❤
Yep we have never believed in winning. Just looking our history in Eurovision there is every genre possible, also given chance to disabled people etc.
Cheer to everyone except Israel
So, I was there, at Nokia Arena. We went from Poland to Finland for this :D and let me tell you - you wouldn't be surprised if you were there. The level of the energy and the smile on the faces spoke for itself. We talked to Finns that were rooting for Sara before coming to the show. After live performances they still thought that her performace was good (Because it was), but just not... intense enough? They were certain No Rules will win after live show. And No Rules was just something totally different that made people smile a lot. I guess this is what made it.
And another thought - No Rules leaves you either in "I love it" or in "I hate it" state. And if you love it, you will vote. Paskana would leave A LOT of people indifferent. No love, no hate, no votes :(
I was rooting for Cyan Kicks for entire time, but something about their live performance didn't click with me. As soon as I saw the performance of No Rules! I thought it might win so I wasn't that surprised. I'm quite a fan of the song and the performance was great, it's currently my 4th place for Eurovision.
P.S The UK International jury was the only country to give No Rules! 12 points in UMK
They were the only ones who really nailed their performance at UMK. Well deserved win, even if the song wasn't even top3 for me before competition.
Cyan Kicks performance felt more like music video than live show which was the no go for me :/. It was my favorite before the contest.
I think there was problems with the camera and also i would say that their producers or other people didnt do their homework really well in terms of getting a song to be liked by Finns. The song was way too polished by the producers and the dancing part and all just doesnt work to us. In general all the super polished billboard music styles dont do well here. We want real guitars and real rocknroll, even if its not perfect. Also the "dancing with my demons" theme doesnt really work either. Finns might have some mental difficulties in the dark land but we dont like to dwell on it
No rules was my 5th before the show, but watching UMK live, it just stole the show. It’s just so fun and entertaining
I choked laughing at this. I’m not surprised it got 12 points from the UK jury, it’s right up our street. 😂
I can’t be bothered with the pretentious comments, this is so much fun. Will I vote for it in SF1? Obviously yes.
I was there watching this live and damn I LOVED Windows95man's show!😍 The audience went totally crazy for it! The biggest applauses and screams. I wasn't at all surprised this happened. I feel that they will bring so much fun and joy to Eurovisions. Most juries won't like it but was nice to see that the UK gave 12 points to this😄
But as they say: Call me what you may, see if I care, see me SLAY🔥🔥
Laughing all the way to Finland next year😍🤣
His show just blew me away ! I was team Sara until I saw his performance and switched sides ( like many others ) We need more FUN in this world, there are enough ballads on sad subject . Entertainment value 100%
Shane's Eurovision Review
Windows95man got one 12 points from a jury, and that was from the United Kingdom jury.
Hahahaha CLASSIC 😆
@@ShanesEurovisionReview Thank God, that at least one jurygroup understands that Eurovision is about more than just perfect vocals and flawless drama. There has to be some fun and happy songs in Eurovision this year not just gloomy perfection. No rules, sing and be happy forget all the lifes drama for 3 minutes at least.
@@KennethWinberg Well said!
Sini's staging was AAAAL over the place. They tried to do too much stuff and it fell apart. It was no wonder it was dead last in the televote! 🙈
I think after last year Finns don't have any f's left to give to juries. I love how we now just want people to be entertained. And people are what matters.
I love Henri and Windows95man ❤ No Rules!🎉
W95m rules, the World needs this
Considering he is a renowned contemporary artist with works shown in major galleries (and he owns one), it is a very cathartic entry. After this maxim, there can ever be nothing left to be more embarrassed about, thus we're all free to be and do whatever we want because you cannot top/down this. I cannot stop laughing while sinking to the ground beneath. Performing on Eurovision without any trousers on and being unable to find them is certainly a topic for nightmares - and he wins through it!
Or as @finnishculturalchannel phrased it perfectly:
"Well, you know how it is. It's Saturday and you're going out to party, but your favourite and only party pants haven't dried up yet after you've washed them. Maybe the air has been humid, whatever, who knows, but then they dry up just in time, you put them on and it's like you got magic in your pants."
I applaud this work getting shown at the largest stage possible. However good or bad it ranks is irrelevant cos it just goes full-on bonkers.
This won't win Eurovision, but it will go down as an iconic ESC entry, just like Spain, and I'm here for it!! 🤩 Amazing reaction, Shane 🩶🩶
❤️ 💙 💜
And for me...the potential package is a lot better already...
Some of us just like the act. It is quite rude of some people to say that we are choosing this because of käärijä, or we are throwing a tantrum cuz we cant win apparently. It is really not that serious, people voted what they liked😂❤
I always like to say there's three ways to win Eurovision - getting the most points (official), becoming "the song, that should've won" (long-term, salt), and joining the "Joke Entry" Hall of Fame (crowd favorite, infamy).
This entry is absolutely going for option three, and good for them. Eurovision is at its best, when it exposes us to acts, artists, and sounds we'd never have heard of otherwise, not just whatever's the most polished and likely to travel internationally. I love this whole performance, and will likely love it for several years to come, just because it's goid, dumb, nostalgic fun. Can't go wrong with winning long-term, even if you don't get the trophy in the short-term. 😂
I agree, but in my mind there is also a fourth category. There's the didn't necessarily do so well at Eurovision, but gained a lot of international fans and song became a hit -category. One obvious example of this would be Rosa Linn.
Feels like watching the Eurovision movie 😅
Yeeesssss 🤣🤣🤣 Fire saga forever !!! 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
PLAY YAAYAA DINGDONG
I voted for Sara but I'm happy about the winner, their staging is hilarious lmao, I can't help but smile when I see it. Hopefully they don't change too much of it. Also as a singer I was disappointed in Sara's vocals, they were off quite a few times even though there were good parts too. I bet if they were perfect she might've won. Henri Piispanen (the singer of No Rules) sang really well and stood out with that too.
I'm a bit sad though that we don't seem to be too high on most eurofan's lists, very different experience compared to last year. 😁
I voted for Sexmane, but almost voted for Windows95man. I love the chaotic (but quite purposefully so) energy on stage, Henri's vocals, and how fun and catchy the song is. We've never done well in the ESC with a serious song, and Sara was visually too similar to Loreen's performance last year, so it was a no-go for me. We may not win with this, but we are sending a blast of fun, and that is a win in my books.
Not to forget it will ruin the classy and polished ABBA-feast that Swedes obviously have been building.
Hi Shane❤ before the show my top 3 were Cyan Kicks, Sara and Sinni. But unfortunately Cyan Kicks' staging and camera angles were not soo good. The performance felt so chaotic. It's such a shame.. But Windows95man was sooo funny and entertaining that I'm not surprised they won.
Have a great time in India!
❤️ 💙 💜
As a casual viewer I've felt pretty bored during the final having to watch generic pop/balladsong one after the other. This one stood out and it's gonna wake people up and bring some energy to the show 😄 also the audience loved it.
In regards to you saying the UK is partial to a joke song: The UK jury actually gave Windows 95 man 12 points in the final :D
I was sitting there watching UMK, thinking "well I laughed my ass off and sang along during Win 95 performance, but surely they will send Cyan Kicks or something". Anfd then it dawned on me that if I had that much fun during it, then why wouldn't they pick up the phone for it, instead of the other ones. And I'm sure the same thing will happen at Eurovision. Sure the juries will tank them, but I don't think they had an ESC winner in the lineup, so why not just have a blast in the contest
Best song and performance of the night was Käärijä and Erika Wiikman - Ruoska. You should check that one it was wild!
That, and Kuumaa & Benjamin! 🥰
This was my favourite song out of all of them but I had really resigned myself to it not winning so I was kinda mad when they got their televote first and were sitting at the top of the scoreboard. I was fully expecting this to be like portion boys last year where it ended second thanks to the televote and I was mad because I thought I was being given some false hope of this winning when I *knew* Sara was going to sweep in and take it. I haven't felt this genuinely, unexpectedly excited about a result since Albania qualified in 2018. Like I'll be real it didn't matter what Finland picked they were going to be my new number 1 but I was so happy.
I wasnt expecting no rules to win until they performed live, and I was blown away with joy and excitement its awesome😍 Actually there is no copyright issue because no such product as windows95 has been sold for over 20 years, so basically its not advertizing anything😅
I just love to hear your laugh! ❤
😃
And that is why Käärijä and this absolute clown car crash of silliness are so important, we need to hear people LAUGH because everything in the world sucks right now.
@@lemonielala3080I 100% agree with you! We need laughter! 😄💕
Tbh, the more i see/hear of this song, the more i like it. I mean, i absolutely hate eurobeat, but this is just a bit of silly fun and I'm okay with it. After last year, who even cares if we end up getting less points than Germany. 😂
Windows 95 is not protected trademark... Soo they can use it... But lets see what ESC say if its advertising..🤔
I liked Sini, Sara and MG x Nublu before the final but Windows95man blew my mind and got my vote. I laughed my ass off watching that.
I love one of the behind the scenes videos of No Rules in rehearsal and MG x Nublu are there laughing
I don’t know, it just makes me laugh and happy more than any other song and performance 😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉
I've seen some butthurt reactions from people who dont seem to even realize that camp/"joke" entries have been a staple of ESC for a long time. Weve actually missed them recently, it hasn't seemed like theres been as many.
Id love for someone to do a survey of what peoples favorite joke/camp entry has been - either in the last x # of years, or of all time! I think "I Don't Feel Hate" would be mine!
Just have some fun and party 👾👻💓🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Sara❤❤
For me they are perfect for Eurovision. Eurovision lacks controversial and funny acts. I don't understand why some people consider only classic songs to be quality performances. Their performance was amazing. My mood improved after watching it. Nostalgic music, but the outfit is top notch too. The lyrics make sense. "Be who you want, no matter what others think" is what I took away from their song. The egg is interesting because it was inspired by Finnish mythology. Henri's singing is fine for me. They will definitely stand out at Eurovision. They won't impress the jury because the jury just doesn't recognise this style. Last year was a very good example where the jury preferred Sweden (could it be the anniversary of Abba?) In May they will put on a crazy show and entertain the audience. I'm looking forward to seeing it.
the way all my fav songs are finishing 2nd in their nf's needs to be studied 🥲🤣🤣 really wish sara's performance got to see the esc stage it was sooo beautiful!!
but i think you're right! this will be a lot of fun at eurovision!! i'm wondering if some of the other "joke entries" (estonia, depending who qualifies / netherlands, people might lump that vibe together) will end up taking some of the love/televote from finland? it's definitely pandering to a good televote bc no way juries will give it anything 😅😂
Sini sabotage was definitely my favourite based off the music video. But sadly the live performance underwhelmed
Same, I scrambled to find another fav during the NF and was horrified how poorly the staging and some camera work was handled, like wtf happened?
I had Sini and Sexmane as my favs, then Sara, but none stood out beforehand. In NF Sini's live performance was all over the place, hated the staging, lighting and outfit. Too much stuff taking away the focus from the singing. And Sexmane's choreo was so messy, which pissed me off, bc I loved his song. Glow was good... but nothing very Finnish, a nice summer song, though. CK didn't register at all (and Hurricane was better). MG&N I didn't care for. Most of the live performances weren't well thought out. Sara's live vocals were off and I didn't like the dark lighting either.
W95man was the one with the solid, fun performance that night, made me laugh so hard I cried, and I'm not ashamed it's our representative. Why should I be? The criticism against it isn't a personal attack against me. People's tastes are different. But there shouldn't be attacks against the performers either, let's not repeat the mayhem of last year. I think part of this vitriol online is that some, more conservative minded people have this strange notion things have to be prim and proper, taken seriously, and if things are fun, they're automatically not taken seriously. Most people have a need to be accepted, and for some the fear of ridicule and being ostracized, or someone being different is a huge hurdle to cross. I think it's this and W95man's chaotic energy which sets people off, but he does have a message in the song to not let prejudices and other people's opinions hold you back from being yourself, trying out new stuff that might be crazy, but also possibly awesome. We should lean into it more, like W95man. He's a litmus test for the ESC crowds to see how much of a conformist people are. No rules! ❤️
This is perfect 🔥🔥🔥
I'm finnish and this is my view:
- Sini: one of my favorites, but the singing was kinda bad and i didn't feel the same energy just like you said. Just felt kinda bland.
- Jesse and Sexmane: actually sounded nice and they could actually sing!!! But aren't really eurovision songs.
- Sara: I had high hopes for this but there was no emotion nor energy in the performance... also the singing wasn't that good and staging was weird. I was still sure it's gonna win, I thought i'm just being picky, but clearly everyone else saw it too.
- CK: there was no emotion either. I didn't feel anything. Wasn't a big fan of the song either.
- MG&Nublu: still my favorite, will continue listening to it but gosh, it didn't really work live.
- W95M: was literally the only performance that gave me a smile and made me feel something. I couldn't believe they won at first, but at the end of the day, looking back at all the performances, it was pretty clear winner :D
Hello Shane, this is Pekka (peter) from Finland. So nice to see your handsome face again!!
I'm obsessed with it. I can see this will be Keiino 2019. Very low or even bottom in the juries and winner of televote. This will go straight to the final,but also running order in the final will impact their scoring.I can see them closing the show,but i will be very dissapointed if producers will choose that for opening the show.
It reaffirms why UK should not have any control over selection of our ESC entry after they gave 12 jury points. Tbf it was the live oerformance and staging that made it go up in my score. Sara thru the tV/internet sounded pitchy and as Windows mans song was a light hearted/funny song maybe Finland needed this as the news is so black right now.
Sini was also my favourite, but the staging just did not work well in live situation 🤷♂️ Sara’s song was really good, but live singing sounded a bit off. Windows95man had the best show and sounded better than just on audio, so I can accept that my fellow citizens decided to send the act to Eurovision this year 😅
I’ll start with the positive: I won’t be spending way too much money voting for Finland this year… and to quote 2022 Shane: it’s… it’s…its… it’s a song. I was shocked my second favorite song of the entires season (Sara’s) was left on the table... thanks for your honest and reasonable videos, Shane (I know I’ve said it a lot, but it is still true).
Hahaha 😆 when there's nothing good to say then "ummm it's a song" is a good.fall back haha ❤️
Going in UMK MY TOP 2 were Cyan Kicks and Sini, but they live performances just didn't work. Both Sara and Windows95man had the best staging that night. But I must confess, after Windows95man I said they will win, and I didn't even liked the song before.
We couldn't stop laughing with my friends while seeing this. Also, he's getting so much hate I think we might be on to something here.
Windows95man, Sexmane and Jesse Markin had the best live performances all the way, even though the songs were not the best ones in music videos. And Sara Siipola sadly had kind of bad vocals, like it really hit my ears that it did not sound so good at high notes, and the song would have needed perfect singing :/ Also check the show starter and half-time songs too, those were the best parts of the UMK this year! Like the stagings in those were better than average Eurovision Half-time stagings 🤯
I voted for Sara Siipola, but im happy Windows95man won because it was just the best performance and the song is still better than most of the chosen Eurovision songs this year >_>. Italy for example chose another boring song (which for some unbeliveable reason is fan favorite again like Italy always end up being no matter what they send) for the 3rd year in row. Also the Windows95man staging is brilliant. Its not really just chaotic jumping around the stage half-naked as it may seem. It has so many intellectual details, that you probably miss or don't realize in the first watch (which may not work very well in Eurovision though as most people watch it first time).
It's true that even as Finn I didn't realize the Kalevala thing before reading it from internet. As the Finnish epic says world was born from Eagle's egg, and here the Windows95man gets birth in the same way. Very clever 😄
Except it wasan egg of Sotka (kind of Duck) and not Eagle. There are Eagle sounds in the song though. @@Aurinkohelmi
@@rinjoo3 Yeah, I didn't have time to find translation to Sotka and someone else had explained it before saying eagle ☺️
I couldn't vote because of yle had some problem, but I also wasn't sure who to vote.. I liked Sara, but her notes where off (a little, but maybe change some voters mind). Window95man is a good choice for Finland, because it shows our culture even when the song is in english. I think finnish people like to win, but in our own terms. Last year should been our year, but Loreen happened (again). At least we are the crazy nordic country and I'm okay with that 🇫🇮
If Finland was to win at Sweden that would push the rivalry between Finland and Sweden to hole new levels
Shaun, I had the exact same with Sini. It wasn’t my favourite at all first, but now I’m obsessed with the song and especially the music video. So sad she ended up to last place, but her performance was such a mess and all over the place. A big disappointment after the music video. Lol I didn’t even know Cyan Kicks was b/w because I saw it live.
You gotta check the opening with Kuumaa and Benjamin, you’re gonna love it. And the show by Käärijä and Erika Vikman (Cicciolina) was a great one too not to forget our legend Katri Helena (our 1979 and 1993 ESC performer).
I liked many more songs from last year's UMK, so I really enjoyed Kuumaa and Benjamin's performance together.
I also hoped that after a long time Finland would choose a female singer.
It's nice to have some fun ❤
UK jury actually gave them in umk 12 points 😂
Hahahahaha I have now come to find that out. Not surprised at all haha 😆
Gutted Gutted Gutted that's all I can say ☮❤
Sara with negative feelings vs this one.. 🙃 Before show I was for Mikael Gabriel, thought Sara will win and changed to ”No Rules” after their performance. It was like a middle finger (no rules!) to all expectations! Glad that I wasn’t the only one. Didn’t want to hear ”Paskana” (Shitty) no more… into toilet and flush! No rules! 💥
I agree that Sini Sabotage should've had more energy in the performance. The song is a bit frantic and the performance should've mirrored that. But yeah, Sara would've been the best choice,also when looking at other entries that seem mostly upbeat and crazy&party.
Great entertainment. The dancers are hot too
Sini was also my favourite.
There is a speculation that Windows95Man would go to Malmö as "MM95man", which is clear to all finns and a nice sting for the swedes - we won the ice hockey championship for the first time in the year 1995 against in Sweden, AGAINST SWEDEN 8) It is the benchmark of finnish hockey.
As a finn i dont think finland is sending people to win eurovision per se. I think finland likes to show off weird humour as well as talent. That being said, i think many people in europe think much more songs in finland as joke entries when in fact they are a bit more serious for finns. Käärijä is an excellent example of that. No joke. Lordi had similar kind of questioning.
Also, I think many countries could send this exact same song: just with serious faces and sexy babes. I really cant see finland doing that. The song itself is great, so it is very much a matter of difference in humour.
But what people are talking about is Pilvi Hamalainen perfomance on the show. She was one of the hosts of the show and did a show before the results. Did you see it?
I didn't no because I didn't watch the whole show. Just some of the songs as you can see in the video. I was in bed during the show due to jet lag flying to India 😃
@@ShanesEurovisionReview well go and look it up 😃
Before the final this was the Last. Sara and Siri were first. In fact I did not vote because I could not make up my mind
I was going for cyan kicks. The winner isnt for me but its sailing through the semi. It will do well in the televote but jury will kill it.
I didn't watch the finale, but it seems to me, that they must have had the most entertaining and fun performance since they won, and their performance being kinda chaotic and weird/really silly to me was intentional. Not really for me, but good luck nontheless. My favorite from the studio version/music video was Cyan Kicks.
I wanted glow to win. But No Rules was definitely the most entertaining performance and I am now very excited to see what windows 95 man does in Malmö. This can win the public vote come the 11th of may.
Still crying that Ruoska by Käärijä and Erika Vikman was not an option, it would've sweeped
The same thing happened as the previous year. There was one act, which was clearly above the rest when it came to staging and live performances. Probably partly a budget thing, but it's a bit frustrating that they can't get the staging to same level for all the artists. Sini's staging was one of those, which didn't fully support the concept of the song. The drama, energy and partly the story either wasn't there. I was hoping for some chocking Jekyll and Mrs. Hyde color and lighting theme play with each peeled layer. Carving something to that grand piano with a knife while wallowing on top of it would have been rebellious sight. Also the costume changes should have been swift like magic tricks. For Cyan Kicks I thought there would definitely be a video floor to create the illusion of that water, which was the main feature on the video. The shoe thing felt rather lame for a shock value. For me, the staging for Sara was the most frustrating one. I still can't believe they took one figure of speech expression from the lyrics and built that actual planetary system around her. It felt like some awkward transition and alienating science fair thing. They had the large space and the audience there to stage the feeling of hurt, loneliness and disconnection with the rest of world the song is about. it definitely didn't come through the TV. Also, It felt like she was just performing the song rather than living it like it felt on the video. On top, the staging on Käärijä's and Erika Vikman's, Pilvi Hämäläinen's and Katri Helana's sideshow performances were more or less the highlights of the show. Windows95 isn't used as a trademark anymore, but Eurovision might not allow the logo. Even though there's Audi-Man, Volvo-Man, Transit-Man and all kind of men describing personalities though brands and products. He has something else stored, though, if that happens. Malmö's contest will probably lean to conservative nostalgia, so let's see how this different kind of take on nostalgia goes down there. The most delightful moment for me in Windows95man's live act was when he ran around in the background like he wasn't supposed to be in the picture right then-or at all. That to me underlined the embracing empowered everyman amateur oomph hour feeling the song is about. Maybe he'll be Every95man, if he can't compete as Windows95man. Or just Björn.
I agree, Sini deserved to fight for the win. Amazing how badly she was given points. But she was first on stage and the show was a bit messy. Also Sara was favorite for many but the performance was not as good. Only one that really slayed the show and the song, was Windows95man and Henri and therefore the show won over most of the people. The songs are great on the radio but on stage is something else. Nobody would vote for an unfinished show. Sara sang her song very well in the rehearsal but the act itself didn't sound that good. And UK was the only one to give 12 points to Win95man. The few ones that gave any points.
Yes. This is camp, and this is fun. Wasn’t my favorite, voted for Sara, and of course, I was in shock seeing the results. But life continues. UMK-show overall was great, as always.
Re Kuori mua: I was shocked to see it got so few televote points. Maybe the fact it was 1st in the running order had an impact 🤔
I was not shocked to see, but I felt bad for her. Kuori mua was my second fave song, but I did not like the performance (and the performance is very important in this case). My number 1 was Winwos95man since the very beginning, so I was very happy to see they won the competition.
I also believe that if No rules would have been in the first half of the show, it propably would not have won
@@tuommika I don't think so. No Rules had the best staging, plus Sara's voice was not the best singing live (she had control issues maybe due to the nerves). And not going into analyzing the rest of the contestants. Otherwise, I liked all the songs. Just No Rules was the best for Eurovision.
@@perlaserrano1791 I agree it was the best performance and so deserve to win. But I think people started voting in th feeling of the last song. If it would performed for example 3rd and Sara last, I think we would have a different winner. The gap between first and second in the results was so small at the end
by far - this deserved to win - its so classic - and makes us all happy... so entertaining...🧡💛💚💙💜🤎. great choice Finnland
Thanks for lighting up my break 😂🥰
For me, shortly:
Cyan Kicks - disappointed, staging was a nope, her voice was not as powerful for me as in the studioversion either.
Sara - I loved her but the camara angles screwed it a bit up.
Sini (our beloved onion 😉) - disaster, too much and all over the place.
Jesse - meh performance, he was lovely though.
Sexmane - I love this song so much and his live wasn't bad, but...the staging was not it and it all sounded and looked a bit "inmature".
Vox populi - was fun but not a WOWer.
Windowsman - not my cup of tea, ChaCha was at least a bit artistic, this is just plain silly 😂😂😂But you know what? The world is crazy so let's be silly and a bit crazy and have fun 😂🤩. This and Zorra are guaranteed fun moments in ESC and we desperately need it 🙃😜
I also have to say by the way, that this Henri Piispanen deserves some jurypoints for his vocals !!!
Have a good one in India 🥰🤗
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Most of the performances were worse than their music videos in my opinion. Only exception being Windows95man. When those cables started sparking, I had to laugh when watching!
I loved Sini's song best. I tried to vote for her but the system was down.
My top two the same as yours. 😅
Sini Sabotage was my favourite but unfortunatelly the liveshow was messy and the singing was bit off. Love Sini
Finland: Fuck the jury (like last year)
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Sara was my winner, shame .....and yes we gave 12 jury points to Windowsman ....this is why we are still not responsible enough for our own national final.
Finland chose it!! Are they more responsible than the UK?
By the way, anyone else thought the English comentator was SUPER weird funny ????🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I will need to check it out haha
Yeeessss, do so 🤣 I was more than once like huh, what? 🤨🤣@@ShanesEurovisionReview
Yes, you are not the only one who thought so. :D I as a Finn I watched UMK in Finnish, but I saw a short clip in English at UMK CZcams page. 😂
czcams.com/users/shorts0hvb5v0KVXE?si=_M1Ynphn1flN1EH8
😂😂😂it was quite bizarre at some points 😂😂😂@@jaanar3456
You gorgeous man, this is Pekka (Peter) from Finland again and I sooo agree with you, Sini Sabotage should have won the finish Eurovision thing, but...NOT and I´m so disappointed not her winning!
It was basically no-one's favorite..not mine. but democracy wins 😂😮
Aha, I saw the notification on my phone and came straight here. Not sure I have ever been this early 🤣
I was Team Sara all the way through, so naturally I am a bit disappointed here (tho Windows95man was my number 2 and only other one I would have been happy to see win, so I am not as angry as a lot of the fandom are, and there are a lot of angry people out there 🤣). That being said, Sara got totally robbed on Saturday. The live performance was stunning and the staging in my opinion was amazing. The juries would have eaten this up like they did with Alika last year, and I genuinely think this could have got a strong televote too. I don't see it as a Eurovision winner, but it could have got them another Top 5 for sure.
So on to 'No Rules', yeah the staging was cheesy as heck, but then so is the song, it very heavily leans into that 90's boyband cheese with the main vocal, whilst Windows95man is doing whatever the heck it is that he is doing on stage. I get why people don't like it, it is treading a fine line on the novelty/cheese tightrope, and many people feel this harks back to the bad days of the mid 00's and the novelty entries then. That being said, this is a total guilty pleasure for me. How will it do with Eurovision? The juries are going to absolutely sink this, but the televote will be fab for sure, 90's nostalgia is back in afterall. On the subject of juries, whilst this did come last with the jury vote, it should perhaps not surprise you that the UK jury gave this their 12 (you can always trush the UK to go for the novelty 🤣)
Yeah Sini's staging was messy as heck, they seemed to try and throw as many different things at it as they could, and for me it just didn't really work. Last in the televote by such a large margian is quite harsh though.
Cyan Kicks, gotta be honest here, if we hadn't have had 'Hurricane' a few years back I think I would have been more onboard with this. But for me, everything about 'Dancing with Demons' was just two steps below 'Hurricane'. The song, staging, live performance, it just all paled in comparison. Hoping they return again with something more in the vein of 'Hurricane'.
As for the others, 'Glow' was competently performed, but the song was never for me, 'Mania' had pretty poor staging and performance for me and similarly, 'Vox Populi' was a bit of a disappointment for me live. In fact, when everyone was hyping 'Vox Populi' as the potential 'novelty' entry to do well, I always felt 'No Rule's felt like a much more likely candidate for that role, and so it proved to be.
Oh, and the split is 25% Jury/75% Tele, I think this needs to be looked at next year though as it kinda makes the jury next to useless. Sara could have got maximum from the jury and Windows95man could have got absolutely nothing, and I think Sara would have only won by 2pts with those televote scores, if my maths was correct. And it was not as if Windows95man destroyed the televote like Karrija or Blind Channel did. I really think UMK need to ask themselves what the point in even including a jury is if their role is so miniscule.
Last paragraph is important so thank you. Wasn't totally aware of the 25/75 split. Interesting
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@@ShanesEurovisionReview An important note there is that while the Jury have to give points in the usual sort of buckets (12pts max per jury), the televote is not limited in that way, they get to give an amount of points proportional to the percentage televotes that came in.
That increases their power even more in comparison to the Jury, with the theoretical max points given by the Jury being 84 (12 points from every Jury), and the televote being 881 (100% of the televote, not likely, I know). Even if we consider a max televote score of something like 50% (Kaarija last year), that's still 5 times higher than the theoretical max points of the Jury
The first part of Cyan Kicks’ performance was partly ruined by too much smoke and terribly coordinated camera work. But ultimately, they didn’t impress massively - just like ‘Hurricane’ wasn’t brilliant live -, so I guess that’s how it is with Cyan Kicks. Still, I think it was the best UMK entry. The vocals of the others weren’t all perfect either.
Sara probably would have done well in ESC, but well in top 10, not top 3 type of way. Cyan Kicks had really bland feeling staging and the song is really basic for the genre. Jesse had good radio song and I assume we'll hear it a lot, but it lack the instant grab you need in ESC. Sini is still waiting to leave any type of imprint on me. Mikael Gabriel was pretty boring. Win95Man got the room laughing their lungs out. It has different audiences than Sara but will probably do about as well. They had really well thought out staging and Henri sang his heart out.
Hi Shane! 😊💖 Congrats Finland. But I was shocked. This is not my cup of tea, I'm sorry! But it's definitely a nostalgia trip😉. I liked Cyan Kicks, Sara and Jesse although some things were missing in their performances.
The singer in Windows95man sang out of tune. Melodically, this reminds me a lot of E-Type, although a much worse version. Excuse me! 🙏 If you are familiar with E-types songs, you just know. There are similarities in the beat and in the chorus loop. But the difference is that E-Type is a Eurodance musician, songwriter, record producer with his biggest era around the 90's. And some of his songs are "anthems" worldwide. He is not a phenomenal singer himself, but he had Nana Hedin as an accompanist for a long time which is 90% the reason for his succsess. I'm so sorry, but after growing up with his songs, I just can't with this. But thank you for reintroducing this golden era, it lives on strong today😊🌺.
Some of E-Types hit songs:
"Set the world on fire"🔥/"Paradise"/"This is the way"/"Here I go again"/"Life" (all featuring Nana Hedin).
- "Rain"/"The Predator"/"True believer" (The Swedish women's soccer team's "winning song" last year🙃)
- "I just want to be with you" (ft N.H different style, Shane might like it)
Or a "short version": E. Type - Megamix M6 Hit Machine Best Of'96.
So thanks for allowing me to revisit these good old times💖. I have played E-Type non stop for 24 hours after this, addictive once you start 😄. Shane, you being a "chorus" type of person might like this (and Georgi?) because here it's the chorus that “does it". (Maybe a spread for Esc Whoop☺️) See ya!
Hahaha I had never heard of E-type before....❤️
@@ShanesEurovisionReview Okay! 😯❤️ You can listen to: E-TYPE Megamix 2015 23 Hits (1994-2011). There is a bit of a bad transition in the mix between the songs, but you get the picture. Will see if you become as "addicted" as some others 😄💖.
Finland are sending a Turkey this year, one with cool fireworks, cut denims, and terrible vocals… It’ll preform well, unlike the original Windows 95! ❤️🇨🇭
Kuori mua was my favourite too but the show was just too bland! It would have needed much more vivid colour scheme and more energetic performance. The song is still very good but it was not enough eye candy to do better. Had it been as amazing as the music video it would have received much more votes, I believe. It was not a public favourite at any point tho.
I'm still quite sad 😭 Paskana would have been my winner of the entire season most likely and I feel like it would be such a major turn around after last year for Finland. I think this song will qualify easily but then flop in the final kinda.
Croatia came 13th though
@@mxfg1535 what I mean is that I think the juries will hate this and I can't really see the public giving this more than about 170 or so points. It might be enough to get them into the top 10 but I think Sara had jury AND public appeal.
No Rules! as a song is a banger!! And as for the show, I'm really grateful to have entries like this in Eurovision, I need it, this is Eurovision. And it was obvios they would kill it in the televote hahaha I'm so happy, it's actually my most streamed song of the season. And now a rea~lly not popular oppinion... I don't like "Paskana" at all. Some people are mad, talking about the song as if it was a masterpiece, and, for me, it's just a basic song. Good, yeah, but pretty basic. Well let's add that I don't like Sara's voice, her tone basically. I like "Kuori Mua"... but Sini tried to do so many things in the stage and it bacame a total mess. Same with Cyan Kicks, I like the song, but the stage was terrible, or I'd say the camera work.
My problem with Cyan Kicks was her smiling from ear to ear throughout the song like "yeah okay it's aggressive rock but we are actually nice people, please vote for us anyway". Ugghh.
Many people are displeased about this outcome but I think even more people are tired of songs like Paskana, especially when it reminds people of Käärijä's loss last year.
No rules is fun, uplifting and has a nice message. I really liked Sini's song too but it's no match for No rules.
It's actually shocking that many people out there are trained to consume any kind of utter garbage...
I was fuming and i still am Shane🤷♂️ Disappointed with a lot of the performances staging wise and lack of energy especially with my second and third favs MG x N and Cyan Kicks…
To lose a special song in Paskana with unreal staging honestly has pissed me off that much i’d love to see Finland not qualify even tho it’s high unlikely sadly!
Scratch the Finland powerhouse talk and potential winner in the next few years for the foreseeable future when they choose to send the worst song in the selection purely because of stage entertainment and ‘fun’. I’d call it 00s Eurovision which personally i thought we’d thankfully moved on from🤐 I wasn’t much of a fan of Portion Boys from last year but that effort was miles clear of this utter💩
Distance put things in unique perspective... Good that you was not caught up with last weekends frenzy . Enjoy short holidays
P s. The song sucks but what a show...
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Not my cup of coffee. Cha Cha Cha was clever & fun, No Rules is silly. But: best of luck to our representatives in Malmö.
I dont get the hate for this entry. If it was performed better than the other songs, it deserved to go, which it was. And actually we've never had anything like this? But also, the Finnish landslided them...as Mikael Gabriel said 'VOX POPULI' - the system is in place so that the public have 75% of the vote - the Finnish want this to represent them and represent their music scene it does! For me it was this or Vox Populi. Sini didn't perform well and her song was pretty disgusting. And YES Windows95Man is gonna change his name for Eurovision! I just think people shouldn't hate on the Finnish people or Windows95Man and Henri (the singer) because of this result.
Basically the opposite of Italy where the televote counts less, here its 75% I think, which Im not so sure is a great idea given the way Finland has voted in the past? At least for my taste but then again their entries have been good.
Being a man who either rocks or clowns out on stage is your safest bet there.
I was a little disappointed with how the vocals were mixed for all the acts, often didnt combine well with backing vocals... but i think despite that I would still have given it to Sara because a "joke" act thats just 100% corny cliché doesnt excite me after Cha Cha Cha...
Finland has had a lot of bad experiences with jury voting in ESC in the past (as last year or the whole jury-only period before -97), so therefore it is perhaps not a big surprise that it was decided to tone down the role of the juries. This is the first time the split has had an impact on the winner though.
No rules was the only song that was stuck in my head after first listen so obvious winner in my mind.😁 Saara Siipola has very strange way of pronouncing the lyrics. I first tought that maybe she´s not native Finnish speaker but after hearing her speak, it´s just a weird way of singing.