SF1 Qualifier Results Analysis | Eurovision 2023
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- I discuss all 10 qualifiers and all 5 non-qualifiers from the 1st Semi-Final of Eurovision 2023.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:20 Croatia
3:13 Moldova
4:37 Switzerland
5:59 Finland
7:46 Czechia
9:05 Israel
11:58 Sweden
13:44 Serbia
14:58 Norway
15:48 Malta
16:26 Latvia
17:22 Ireland
18:38 Netherlands
19:25 Azerbaijan
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I expect delusion from some of our fellow citizens but I cannot believe they watched Wild Youth's performance and still thought it was external factors that stopped us and not the song or any of the creative choices that were made, I was also at semi 1 live and had a great time too glad you had a good one, great vid as always
Sorry for your NQ, even though it was expected. Yes the delusion from some Irish people has been baffling. We kind of expect delusion from Spain or Sweden, since they/we* usually do it. But to get it from Ireland felt a bit strange. I guess we will get a 10+ year NQ streak from Ireland now, since they won't change anything for the better. (*I say "we" since I'm Swedish, and I'm frequently rolling my eyes at my tone-deaf country-people).
@@nian60 At this point I dont even think you matching our win record and double winner would wake RTE up
Totally agree..... most people I soke with accepted this as NQ as soon as the Late Late Show had finished. Song just not up to modern ESC standards. Conor's jumpsuit an odd choice too, but nothing could have dragged this up to qualifying.
I'm now adopting Israel and Noa... Maybe her movement could be this year's Chanel.
Also felt Tom was on point about Mama Schtuh 🚜.
Serbia, Luke Black, amazing, so different, so emotional, with such message. He is above this competition. Looking forward to see him in the final!
I think was the worst performance in all night, he didn't sing at all xd
@@ElLuchador535 Just imagine, this song is not about singing!
@@egyptianhibiscus9203 And what do I have to appreciate so?
@@ElLuchador535 It is not a voice contest, it is a song contest. He is telling us a story, he can whisper or rap, whatever he likes. Eurovision is about stage, lyrics, personality as well. 2007 Verka from Ukraine was 2nd and I wouldn't call that Sieben sieben acht or whatever he "sang" singing. If a song is about subconsciousness, lethargy, dreaming, then he will whisper for sure. Beside that he is trained in opera singing.
@@egyptianhibiscus9203 Okay, I really appreciate the meaning...but in terms of music...vocals weren't good (surprised by a trained opera singer), and song...not the best (in terms of music, not meaning). In a song contest, both things need to be taken into account, apart from the staging
If Tom says Luke sounds great, Luke sounds great. ❤
There's a first time for everything
He did sound great
My heart broke for Malta 😅 I thought they called them too ❤ but I love Moldova too and was so happy for Pasha
i know it was an accident but production could have handled it better
Same, I really enjoyed their performance, and wish they'd been in the easier second semi final.
I was blown away by Latvia's performance, and so sad it didn't qualify. I saw a lot of people in the Finnish esc forum saying how much they liked it. I didn't get the beauty of Aijā from the official video, but it moved me deeply live. I did think having Serbia and Latvia next to eachother might mean a bad outcome for one of them, since they had a similar theme, yet the opposite message - Luke Black was kind of trying to wake up people who want to sleep forever, while Sudden Lights tried to help them sleep with a lullaby. My vote didn't save Latvia, so now I'm fully rooting for Serbia to get the vocal stuff in order for the final, because the song is great.
I usually just vote for one song, once, each year, but I noticed how happy Azerbaijan's song made me, so I voted for them, too. Those boys looked so sweet and innocent on stage. Even if they didn't qualify, this was, in my opinion, so much better than the generic stuff they usually send.
It'll be interesting to see how the votes get divided between all the vocally powerful songs in the final. I feel Sweden, Norway, Spain, Portugal and France, are all competing for the same votes. Switzerland and Italy, too. If they "cancel" eachother out, maybe a green boy from Finland has a chance - or a group of older guys in not so tighty whities. 💚💚💚
Rooting for Finland 🎉🎉🎉
Also sending good energy for everyone from Israel ❤
❤💚 Thank you from Finland :)
and yes, on TV Serbia was hard to hear, if you look videos people took in arena you hear everything...so they need to check what happened.
Exactly
Na Francuskoj tv isto početak pesme se nije čuo nikako ali kasnije je bilo ok. Na zvaničnoj stranici zvuk je bolji, šta se desilo? Snimci iz sale su bili top. Šta se desilo sa tv prenosom?
This. I was what is going on. I cant hear him and music. The hard bass sound was of too. This days in rehersal everything was good so i dont know what it going on 😐😐
Yes, at first I thought it eas some kind of effect, but you could hear something weird also on Alessandras mic, maybe a mixing issue? Most noticable on Lukes track, but then perfect for Latvia.
I watched on the French tv and the sound was wacky for a lot of contestants, not sure what was going on, if it was a broadcasting issue
Mimi and the dancers where so fabulous, she is so powerful in the right direction, charismatic and present that nothing else is necessary. ❤️❤️❤️
Even at home Serbias bass was absolutely crazy and loud 😂❤
Love all the positives mentioned of Croatia after seeing negative things online about them qualifying, I adore them and am absolutely thrilled they're in the final!
Also 3:19 lmao love that you kept that in
lol i was going to edit it out but it made me laugh, so i thought why not just keep it in 😂
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🇨🇿🇭🇷🍀💙 Czechia , Croatia and 🤔… 🇫🇮🇷🇸
Not sure if you realised, the photos of children on Let 3's tank tops are old photos ofntjem when they were young. It represents children kidnäpped in Ukraine.
Ah I didn’t know that. Thank you 🙏🏻
Hi Tom! I am really glad that you are not ignoring your own needs right now and are looking out after yourself. No video is ever worth making, if it sucks the last bit of energy out of you and a burnout is never the answer! So happy that you are adressing this and we will still love the amazing work you do even if you post less :) Have fun in Liverpool!
Käärija is my number one. His qualification chances were greater than the certainty of a sunrise, so I didn't even react when he was called. 😂 I was overjoyed for Serbia, Portugal, Moldova and, yes (even if I do find the whole thing pretty irritating), Croatia.
Getting rid of the juries was a great decision. Can you imagine all the non-qualifier streaks that could be broken if only they would get rid of the disgusting, not-biased-in-any-way allocation system. I'm certain Malta could've qualified from a prime position that was reserved for certain types of "moods and color schemes".
At least we already know which 5 countries are going in the 8-13 slots because of the aforementioned color schemes, of course.😆😡🤬
Sadly both Malta and Serbia had audio issues on live TV (didn't see Norway, 'cause I was late). With all performances after Luke the audio was much better, as if they found the issue and quickly fixed something. Yesterday I watched the stream video and the sound was good from the start, so either they use a different audio track for the stream or fixed the problem afterwards. Let's hope this doesn't happen in the final.
Serbian delegation confirm that there were a problem with sound and camera. Nothing was same from rehersal 😣😣
Hrvatska i Srbija 🎉🎉❤❤
Joker Out will qualify for sure. Balcan rulles! My homeland! ♥♥♥
Wow i'm early. I love that Sweden and Finland are both in 1st half. It makes it so interesting. Imo performing towards the end of first half is the best spot. Audience is still full of energy but it's not like completely in the beginning of the show. I hope they don't kill Käärijä's chances by putting him perform too early.
yea it makes the show more exciting. FIN 1st half and SWE second for example would have been much worse. this opens the door for Norway and Israel to do some damage
I'd have loved it much more if Sweden was in 1st half and Finland 2nd, TBH, just to even things out a bit, but oh well ;) We (Finland) almost never get good draws or places in running order, used to that.
@@florenna At least both Finland and Sweden in the first half is better than Finland in the first half and Sweden in the second half. It's not ideal but it could have been worse. Fingers crossed for Käärijä. 🤞
I fear that in terms of competition for win, both Sweden and Finland being in the first half favors Loreen more than Käärijä.
Finland really could have used any extra leverage and even if the later running order somewhat opens the door for likes of Norway and Israel, losing those points is going to hurt Finland more than Sweden.
If Loreen is such a runaway fave maybe EBU can make it more exciting by putting her 1st or 2nd 🧐
They will never😅 Especially not now after the semi-final, where she is a huge favorite.
Agree they *should* , but they never will, unfortunately...
@@florenna EBU the cowards, Osterdahl prove your impartiality for once and make the life harder for your own entry
Don't forget, Österdahl is Swedish.
@@krunoslavkovacec1842 That's what heppolo was just saying ;)
I felt like watching this on TV a lot of the acts sounded mumbled or wasn't matching the volume of the backing track, and I felt this way about almost everyone at some point. Therefore, I don't think it's going to be a problem for Kaarija, or any of the other acts if the sound a bit breathy. Despite the sound being sort of bad (at least on my tv) you could still hear the intensity of the crowd screming cha cha cha, which was very powerfull even on screen.
Huh, I was wondering if it was the sound setting on my surround system. 😅
I thought the same for many acts where I was somewhat surprised that so many sounded worse than in their preselection, which seemed a bit odd!
Noa and Kaarija were the hits on the night for me. Apart from kaarija’s end vocal.
But Croatia is a more complex song than people realise. I think the TikTok community have a huge part to play in this. View count up to now on the Eurovision TikTok semi finals are :-
Israel 7.3 million
Norway 4.6 million
Croatia 3.2 million
Finland 1.1 million
Sweden 924,000
I know noa has a huge fan base back home but Alessandra didn’t prior to this. Like Sam Ryder she will carry weight against loreen. Loreens main base are 30+
Sweden and Finland both obviously killed it. It's very obvious they should be the heavy frontrunners at the moment, which they are a considering I believe they combine for 70% of the betting odds to win right now.
I think the audience reactions to Austria and Slovenia will be very informative to me of their chances to win, especially if either pull second half given both Sweden and Finland are in the first half. If those two can really perform and really nail it I think they will definitely be contenders to win, as they are theoretically already.
The way the odds before the semi were exactly the list of the qualifiers.... Public voting is sometimes really predictable, it gave me goosebumps
I’ve been to both evening preview shows so one of the few to see full performances of all 37 acts. Everything was total fun but you can tell where the acts are performing for tv rather than including the arena audience. It’s Switzerlands voice that got through he was one of the best and he was the only one I didn’t get in my ranking. And I loved the fake qualification sections. And Hannah Waddingham is the big star - her presentation was superb funny and she is so warm to the audience.
Ok one last thing (sorry don’t mean to clog the comments lmao) the sound quality was bad (grainy, even muffled at times) throughout the broadcast here in the US, I wonder if this is something on the technical side and less an issue with the acts in question like Serbia and Finland
Baffled why Finland has gone down a little in the odds after semifinal, would expect the opposite, as it was clearly the crowd favourite! But probably because Käärijä's vocals were a bit off, yes, but then again he's a rapper not a singer, and runs around & dances so much that it's only to be expected it affects the vocals, so don't know why that's so focused upon, TBH. :)
and that mixing is so off. the entire delegation is so frustrated with the local production team because they messed up so much stuff.
Odds are 👎👎just look at : "My Eurovision Scoreboard" application. The käärijä is The leader. Odds just think that Loreen wins jury points... but let mee say... They are just poeple like us. Käärijä will win jury 💪💪💪
And this is not competition of vocals 😅 The music! Show! The feeling! 👍
@@petepeto9335 Is that an(other) app I need to download? ;) But I'll check it out & and truly hope you are right!! 🤞Plus Käärijä winning jury would be one of the highlights of my life!! 😅 Just can't believe that will happen.
@@UnscrambledEggs Oh no, hope they'll get it right for the Final!
crowd also loved ireland, just saying 👀
I really appreciate your videos. Nice and thoughtful comments 😊 Best wishes from Norway!
Would be interested to see if you put Malta, Latvia and The Netherlands in tonights semi 2 if they would get through.
Just to add I thought Vesna was great the other night, felt it was really original song/performance for Eurovision, I can’t remember a 6 person girl group in Eurovision before, would love atleast a top 10 from them.
My 4 yo keeps asking me to play “the song with robots” and “the guy with green sleeves”.
Finland and Serbia, you’ve been toddler approved. 😂
😂
Tom you need to do a whole video on the state of Ireland in Eurovision and call out RTE!
To any country that is struggling to qualify, all I have to say is this: Moldova is the poorest country in Europe with one of the smallest populations and least development in general in Europe, and yet they are one of the powerhouses of Eurovision. They consistently delivers quality and entries that consistently challenge for top 10 positions.
Anyone can do it and it isn't about politics because Moldova this year did it without any friendly voting whatsoever!
Moldova along with Ukraine are my favourite countries in the competition, the reason I love Moldova so much is they bring ethnic bops that are fun, but they also keep it different every year. I'm always excited to see what they bring each year and they never disappoint, they come with confidence too and it just works.
You can't blame politics, this year Moldova did not have their block voting friends and they still qualified because the song is interesting
Yup, 100% agree about Moldova.
Couldn't agree more
Luke Blek Fantastic!❤
I don't think croatia will really affect Käärijä's points. Atleast i hope so :D
Hey Tom, since you like Luke you might love to see this, it is Luke's performance in famous Berghain Berlin, at an alternative fashion show. Except for the intro song (Goldfrapp and Diva), he did the music and sang standing in the background. The whole show is fascinating, having the famous drag artist Hungry as the opening and closing model as well.
czcams.com/video/vu8MvVeZd9A/video.html
Love you analysis! 😍
i had the impression that several vocals sounded a bit too quiet on the tv, amongst them serbia. hope they sort it out until tonight/saturday
Hi Tom, your videos and analysis are brilliant, many thanks for your effort and expertise, much appreciated.
Hey Tommy! You’re doing a wonderful job! Thank youuuu 😘
About ireland, I think this was probably a favourite among casual viewers and from my experience, not alot of casual viewers are gonna vote all that much
Forexample my whole family was watching and everyone had ireland in their top 5 except me, but I was the only one voting 😅
MIMICAT Ai Coração ❤️ will explode 🎉🎉🎉 on Saturday final! Get ready🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹❤️❤️❤️
I loved how Latvia and Netherlands looked on the TV, and thought both performances were amazing so sad they didn’t qualify
Hi Tom i really enjoyed you'r vidos reaction .!!🇮🇱💖
The swiss number threw me, it was soo pro! Well done!
i love your analysis
Glad you noticed Malta and Azerbaijan's close relationship. Both The Busker and TuranTuralX warm my heart. Hope they collaborate musically ... It would be great!
I voted for Azerbaijan on the night just because it looked like the most sincere act of the lot along with Mimicat but i love Azerbaijan more.
Also, fun fact - Malta doesn't get a lot of neighbourly and diaspora votes by default but Azerbaijan often sends Malta some love in the televote. I don't know why!
The twin in green suit's guitar strap broke halfway through the song
Thank you for continuing with the updates! I thought Serbia was difficult to hear particularly in the middle of the song but I didn’t feel it affected the performance. And it sounded to me like Dion was cutting notes off while he was singing, which might have hurt the Netherlands’ chances. Gutted for Malta and feel bad for Latvia and Azerbaijan who I felt all had great performances. Did you notice that one of the TuralTuranX brothers had the strap on his bass break mid-performance? He did a good job keeping it from falling to the floor and only a bit of vocal warble from the surprise.
Thank You for so good words to Latvia❤ We must send Brainstorm to Eurovision one more time 🎉🙂
The song is great.
Yes, please do!!!
Would love to see a video on the situation in Ireland when you have some time after the contest. As an outsider I just can't understand how Irish people can blame this on politics.
i got 9/10, with Malta qualifing over Serbia. very happy for Luke, one of my favorite songs this year. i didn't expect it to work for a wide enough audience though!
i feel quite bad for Latvia and Malta, in my opinion both would absolutely have deserved to qualify and i honestly think they likely would have if they'd drawn SF2.
(my condolences to all Latvia fans, y'all seem genuinely heartbroken)
Croatia would do even better by having tractor on the stage, especially for the first bit. Rocket Man should also jiggle the rockets up and down a bit.
Gutted for Malta. Latvia surprised me as well. With the semis being so uneven this year I wonder if ESC could introduce a wildcard system. So only 9 qualifiers from each SF but then have 2 wild card entries as a best if the rest idea. Help balance it out a bit.
You’re correct Tom, it’s My-ra. As in My lovely horse. 🤣🐴 Enjoy the coffee. Thanks again for your coverage.
the first half of the final is a scheduling nightmare
Mimicat was phenomenal !!!! SO PROUF of her ❤ 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹
I've seen some of the tv versions and I think the TV is much less forgiving / less reverb on the vocals / the lead vocal stands out more. the stadium echo hides lots of faults too
When Käärijäs Vocals start to become weaker the lyrics go ”Ja puhe sammaltaa” which basically means it is hard to speak.
4D chess by käärijä 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Or more precisely, it means "speech is slurring" ;)
I’m just still so happy and proud of Mimicat ♥️🇵🇹♥️
what a powerhouse of a performer, and a testament to how hard their team worked to put their best foot forward despite challenges
FORÇA MIMICAT!! ♥️
watched with two non-eurofans and they both were ABSOLUTELY sure Latvia was going through.🥲 they also fell in love with Luke instantly and were hooked the entire performance, they didn't even notice anything weird with his vocals. unfortunately they did not feel very convinced by Ireland. they also adored Azerbaijan, it was like two puppies were on stage - they were gushing about how adorable they are the whole time.
Oooooo that’s very good to hear about Luke. I think it’s very niche and that makes it’s stand out. You’re the first person I’ve seen who had some friends have a very positive reaction to it
@@ESCTom it was brilliant, i was very nervous that they wouldn't like the song but it was "oh hell yes" from the moment the music started. 😭they were complimenting everything. they also said they thought he was a beautiful vampire that just spontaneously decided to do eurovision lol
Ireland - yes totally two years ago when the UK and Spain bombed they took at look in the mirror and went right! What do we need to do and ended up as runner ups. Ireland need to do the same - stage a NF properly or internally select because tucking an NF away on The Late Show isn't working.
I could hear everybody rather well, but I bought a new very pricey TV only last month, so maybe it has some option to sort the sound. Serbia is my favourite this year and it sounded great, though I thought the camera work was really shoddy and was not on par with the final in Belgrade. My heart breaks out for Latvia, and I had them as fifth overall, but did think the staging let them down massively and would be the reason they wouldn't qualify.
Finland I also like, but keep getting frustrated with the second part of the song, why did they turn a great song into Eurovision pop in the second half, I'll never know. Though I suppose softening it will bring them votes.
Loreen was very professional and is an awesome performer, except that I can't understand a word she is singing. Her staging, same as Serbia, was also not as good as in the national finals.
Croatia had great staging and it took me by surprise as I didn't like them until this semi. I am slightly worried that Finland, Croatia, Serbia and Germany votes will split in televoting. Israel was a bit off-key in certain areas (actually, most singers were a bit off-key in some parts of their songs, or so my TV sounded).
Ireland, I don't know what Ireland thinks it's doing. This sounded like rather poor U2 cover. The lyrics, supposedly safe, do not work. Eimear Quinn's song would still wipe the floor with anything Ireland is sending these days. You have to have something better than "we are one". If you want to go glam, you have to go with something like Maneskin. If you want electro/rock, you have to go with something like Serbia or Finland and have some message. If you want a pop song with no message, you need a catchy tune and a performer that really milks it dry, like Loreen or UK this year.
So I am not the only one tha thinks that the second part of filand song is always very off key and that do not understand a word from Sweden (its bridge doesn't make sense with the mood of the song too in my opinion)
Tom, did you notice when one of the drag queens mentioned you as her favourite youtuber during the warm-up to semi 1? One of my favourite moments :)
Ah, why don't we (TV viewers) get to see the warm-ups, I'd love to! ;)
Would said Finland will close the 1st half off the final
The Nordics have bought their A game too.
Finland, Norway Moldova and Sweden were my favourites. (From the 10 that Qualified)
Ireland has a great song but the Singers Nerves got the better of him.
Croatia is not for me but I'm taking a punt here Serbia, Croatia, Moldova and Ireland . Gave each other Points.
Now i hope they release the Back Up Jury scores too because it would be interesting to see if this year it had an Impact because IMO the songs that didn't qualify would have been very Jury Friendly.
What are you talking about. Serbia and Moldova hardly give each other points, we are not neighbours nor have the same language. Serbia's neighbours are Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia and they don't even participate and I'm sure didn't even know "the rest of the world" can vote. Serbia has strong diaspora in Germany, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, that can help. But last year Konstrakta made it with juries in semis, and was 5h surely not because of neighbour countries points! It is sad that some Netherlands fans have to be toxic
There was no jury in the semis 😀
@@egyptianhibiscus9203 There was a BACK UP Jury in the semi finals. In case of any issues with televoting this would be used instead
Some of the countries i said gave each other points. Countries with novelty songs vote for each other.
Did you by any chance consider that the reverse may be the case and Käärijä could take the 20-30 points off of Croatia that they need to win?
Croatia televote winner allert
Something was a little off with the sound. The hosts are ok but the show could have bin better planned especially in the beginning. The music from other artists than the contestents was very very good. The one with the DuranDuran music I think was just so emotional. The scene was so so during the contestants music.
Regarding the Finnish jury vote: their stage director is 'Benke' Rydman, who did Heroes and has done super serious stuff outside of Eurovision. Dunno how much these things matter but knowing an act has 'pedigree' could have an effect on some jurors. It gives them plausible deniability for ranking the song higher.
I admit I didn't pay attention to Latvia before the show, but they maybe had the best song of the semi, I'm very sad for them.
And agree about Noa Kirel, she's not how I had imagined her to be, and I'm happy she qualified even if I'm not the biggest fan of the song.
Agree with Finland! Don't get, why Käärijä running around set before 2. part, after he really sounded off key in SF.
Serbia had technical issues with microphone and tonation with between microphone and camera
I knew Latvia wasn't qualifying when my friends watched the recap, Latvia came on, and they were both like,"I don't remember seeing that one." Totally washed out of their memories, unfortunately.
Not really related to the video but If you're in the arena and you want to vote via then app, does it see you as a citizen of the UK or does it know your home country? Like is it related to gps?
For me it originally asked if I was a citizen of the country I’m currently in, but I was able to change it. The way it is actually determined is based on the credit/debit card you pay with and where that was issued
@@DianaChudova so it doesn't redirect you to the messages app anymore? Last year it just auto dialed the number for your country
i rushed home from work just to see your video!🤣 Strangely I got all my predictions right, don't think that will happen in SF2. If Malta and Latvia were in SF2 they would have qualified for sure, they both performed so well. I'm scared for Italy now what happens if they decide to put this running order 11. Loreen 12. Marco 13 Kaariya??? Did they already announce who won the semi final? I'm thinking Kaariya won if the crowd reaction is any indication. Hope he fixes his vocals for the second half of the song even if frankly it's the performance that counts in this case.
Oh I'd love that running order! :) And IMO Italy would benefit from that too, ballad between two bangers, plus he's now predicted to possibly win jury vote anyway (just saw a video to that effect). ;) Though if Sweden need to be placed after a break, then they will be 9th. I could live with both scenarios, if only Finland isn't put too early, like usually. :) (BTW, semifinal results are never announced until after the Final, it wouldn't be fair to do so, as it would affect people's votes, I guess.)
which place do you think they will put sweden, i guess they put her after a commercial break like they did in semi final 1?
yep, 100% after the commercials, last year the breaks were at 8 and 16 and then a small one before the UK
@@ESCTom thx :)
@@ESCTom So can we assume then that Sweden will be 9th? And thus Finland could be 12th -13th, and not earlier, really hoping so!!!
@@elvinam888 Me too!!!! Finland *always* gets shafted when running orders are made, hope this time will be better... 💚
I believe that Jon Ola Sand has said that even though the order is not the actual one, the producers do choose it. One time he said they announced Sweden last to troll Christer Bjorkman.
Tom, what do you think about the music video editing of the performances? Like whole placement cards in Malta's performance, and using split screens. I didn't like it, they should just show the whole floor show instead of making a weird mix of live performance and a music video.
what do u mean with the 1st half and 2nd half
Watergun is way way better than Boys Do Cry. The staging was immaculate and I think it made the difference. The red missiles falling from the ceiling? Incredible.
Käärijä sounded shaky at the end cause the sound mixing was awful on the TV, but he sounded great in the arena. Czechia, for instance, sounded very good on TV but you could hear the backing vocals overtaking it sometimes. The same for Ireland, they relied a lot on backing vocals, but it looked lazy.
At least we got some streak,this so sad.
Soon we will break longest ESC NQ streak
If not mistaken which is The Netherlands hold with 9 NQ in the row
I don't know what we need to do. :(
Panic mode on.
Send Madara with a song in Latvian, and you might even win.
I am dutch and I feel your pain! Love your song this year! So sad.
I didn't have any sound issues with Serbia, it was Moldova I couldn't hear, especially at the beginning, They really need to turn up Pasha's mic for the final.
They won't put Poland on first - they'll want to put best foot forward but i agree if Belgium qualify and draw first they might opening.
Note that the qualifying countries are announced "in no particular order", not "in random order". There could be a difference there.
Ok Tom a few things:
1. We need to grab coffee next time I’m in Europe because we think so much alike it’s scary lol
2. You should definitely make a video after this week is over dissecting Irish Eurovision participation and fan sentiment because I have strong opinions and have seen a lot of very frankly delusional Irish ESC fans on social media who simply cannot understand why Wild Youth didn’t qualify.
3. I cannot wait for today, I didn’t even bother making predictions because Semi 2 is so wide open. Looking forward to your live reactions!
I think most Irish ESC fans knew we were NQ since Eurosong in February - it's such a bland, forgettable song. Connolly (who came second) might not have qualified either but at least her song is original and beautiful. It's the general public/ media/ RTE who are delusional - resting on the laurels of our 90s heyday - don't seem to understand that the ESC has moved on.
I suspect we caught the 'political voting' virus from watching the UK/ BBC commentary (Terry Wogan was loved in Ireland too - and he was very funny). I don't remember our RTE commentator (Marty Whelan) going down that road but it's def the narrative now 🙄
I think when they say random, they're specifying that it's not in the order they placed, rather than 'we drew names out of a hat.'
I think all of the qualifiers earned their place there, but I am sad for Latvia.
I'm Finnish and a käärijä superfan, but he did not have a great night. The ones who have heard him a gazillion times can kinda wave that off but on Saturday the general public and non-eurovision nerds tune in and if he has a "bad night" that's it. Especially with being buried in the middle of the pack. I'm worried for him. Real worried. 🐛💚
I guess it's easier for professional betters to predict televotes than jury hence why the 100% success rate. Right before the qualifiers announcement it was clear cut who was going to qualify (the 10th had close to 70% chance)
Hey Tom, I think that if you want to talk about Croatia damaging other acts’ televote potential I actually think we’re looking at it the wrong way: for instance we’re assuming that Käärijä is winning the televote right? If that’s the case and we also think that Croatia may compete to get along with Finland a lot of those 10 or 12 points, then doesn’t that actually damage other songs? Because then if Finland and Croatia end up taking most of the high 10s and 12s then there this more competition and less 10s and 12s available for other acts like Sweden or Austria
In the case of Ireland Tom I always felt it was do-able, although it was a generic song its still a style that alot of folk like, but i just found the performance super low energy, almost a bit defeatist from the get go 😕
It's the third year in a row Sweden's been called 8th, not exactly a problem, but we knew they would go through so it might've been more suspenseful to have them called earlier.
Key to the city of Portugal 😮 oh Tom, come on now! 😂
The dutch broadcaster stated that they will thoroughly investigate what went wrong this year and how to continue forward.
It is not set in stone that we will get a national final (I am a bit hestitant too about that to be honest), but if we get one they are mentioning concepts like UMK as examples.
So that gives me a little bit of hope. If they want to try it again they want to do it right I think haha.
I love how Netherlands doesn’t qualify once in seven years and does an internal investigation, and RTÉ doesn’t qualify nine times out of 10 and does absolutely nothing
@@ESCTom I hope Ireland gets a turnaround like the UK last year very soon. But it needs some effort indeed.
its the first time in what is it 9 or 10 years that Netherlands failed to qualify. It happens. Been a big fan of most of their entries but what has bothered me slightly its the predictability. If its not a song with a country vibe then its a heavy ballad about issues in life. I cant imagine Netherlands not having artists/bands representing a different music style unless they dont want to participate at Eurovision. Either way Im sure they will be back with a great entry again next year but i do hope for something a tad different😊
watching moldova i thought the stage design (not their staging concept like the actual shape of the stage) took away from them a bit. looking at the rehearsal photos, it was gorgeous and rlly immersive, and maybe its just me but having them on that little island surrounded by all the audience (which was effective for some acts) robbed them of that moment a bit.
Croatia killed it, most watchable video from 1 semi, easily top 3 of semi
Please do cover Ireland in another video
I’m super sad about Ireland and the Netherlands not qualifying, I preferred them by a lot to Croatia and Israel 😢😢😢
It was super interesting this year cause i forced my friends who have never watched Eurovision before (they're not european either). Their favourites were Norway, Portugal and Switzerland. Just really interesting I found. They also really disliked Israel and I think Finland completely baffled them hahaha
I remember watching it and being super happy for first 3 countries. I really wanted them to q and they did (and the were announced first ).
I didn’t particularly like Swiss entry at first but watching it in semi just blown me away - now it’s in my top 10.
Sad for Latvia, I love this song .
Please remember to shout me out Tom. I got all 10 of my predictions for SF1 correct an you promised to give a shout out to everyone that got them all right in your SF1 results video. 👍
Not sure why my comment was deleted. So here goes again!
What did Connor say that caused a reaction? I can imagine it was driven by a lot of pain and frustration. I totally get that Ireland are at breaking point and that something desperately needs to be done. There's no point investing money and time in to something by chosing an act, to then only humiliate the act when they have no desire to actually help them or launch them from the correct platform to even begin with.
Thanks for these videos Tom x Unfortunately I wish I had time to engage the way I used to. I'm holding down a job whilst caring for my sick father so I'm finding less time to follow anything. Your videos keep me informed and keep me going.
I've donated to your PP. It won't be my name however as its registered under the business moniker. You deserve it.
😭😭😭😭 CZcams does this - its really incredibly frustrating. You know i adore your comments and would never delete them. its really random, so i dont even know how to advise people to stop it😭. Other than dont put a link in and try not to use the at symbol, cos it often deletes those.
I actually saw your comment earlier and replied to it.
Im really sorry to hear about your father and hope you are doing ok.
re: Connor, he said something along the lines of "europe never gives up a chance", esentially implying that it was political that they didnt get through. 3 months of PR down the drain, it went down like a lead balloon in the community. Their press officer should have managed their press statement
anyway ive screenshotted your message and my reply in case it happens again
Thank you so much for the support btw 🥰😍🙏🏻. I think I just saw your message 🥰
@@ESCTomoops, I can understand just why there was so much negativity towards his statement. It always seems to be someone else's fault but Irelands. They really need to take stock, perhaps take a year out and start looking at how they can make a comeback, which would be staged on a prime time show, with a ground breaking song. The UK have started to make the effort, now its over to Ireland.
Thank you for the kind words. I'm okay...just don't have a life right now. But I know it's only temporary and not forever.
And you're welcome. You work hard, you deserve the support. Are you doing a live stream on Saturday for the live show? Will see you there if you are ❤
Is it just me or the audio was quite bad though? I watched the show on CZcams and I found the sound to be very muffled.
My enjoyment of the songs was limited by this. Anyone else had the same experience?