Eurovision 2016: Reviewing the top crimes and jury/televote wrongs
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2016
- We asked our readers to name the top crimes of Eurovision 2016. Among other things they take issue with the jury results for Michal Szpak and Sergey Lazarev, Barei's placing, and Gabriela Guncikova getting zero televotes.
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Staying positive, Poli Genova coming in the top 5 was the opposite of a crime. She totally deserved it.
This song wasn't a crime
And it wasn't a criminal
The major crime is the "professionalism" of the juries, which is a blend of politics and their unsolicited opinions.
I loved the Czech Republic, got goosebumps...Broke my heart when she got 0...
same
I agree.. sad moment
i didn't even love it but my stomach twisted anyway when i heard mans saying "0 points to czech republic"
Steven Sysim yeah, but they were bad ^^
Steven Sysim no it is not harsh when the countries are too dumb to send in a good song. They got what they deserved.
Deban you kill me! 'Lights out, she fell on the floor in a baggy t-shirt - DONE' haa 😂
I cant understand how 5 juries in every country change the opinion of millions :/
I still think we should keep the juries. Bloc voting was so bad back when it was only televoting.
+Louis Enright they shouldn't get rid of either. Both are at fault for some entries not doing too well
Yes, I agree. They should keep both! It also makes the voting exciting.
+Louis Enright Televoting ruins Malta every year :(
+Louis Enright yes. The winner should always be a song that can appeal to both juries and televoters, not just a soulless pop song for televoters and not just a bland ballad for juries.
Other crimes:
Sweden Top 5 finish ahead of France, Armenia and Poland.
Australia's televoting result
Switzerland getting more points than Estonia
San Marino 12th place Semi-Final finish
Denmark finishing 17th in their Semi-Final
Latvia finishing 15th
Jamie The San Marino thing... Is 12th place too low or too high?
Was Australia's televote result to high or low
@@daraban6411 Extremely low. Australia won the Jury vote.
Lmao i dieeed laughing when Deban said, 'what did they want her to win the trophy?' HAHAHAHAHAH I love Deban so much!! So much sass and im here for it lol
Estonia not qualifying and Israel getting only 13 from the televote were my crimes. I was depressed for days...
me too
My ESC crimes:
1. Latvia coming 15th
2. Estonia not qualifying and coming last
3. Azerbaijan qualifying
4. No måns or petra next year
But think, there may be Verka Serducha next year
I will seriously miss Måns and Petra 😢
Lol
Estonian boy was just so awkward to watch
Can't take one intro of Måns anymore
Didn't Montenegro come last?
+MAmarvelousness Boy no they actually came 13/18 in their semi o.o
A number of members of the jury put Sergey on 24th, 25th and 26th places. That's a crime!
Absolutely!
I think Russia deserved more than bottom 3 but not top 10. Top 15 would be fine.
elya k agree
jury vote, they should put the politics aside
For sure!
My ESC crimes:
1. Azerbaijan and Georgia qualifying and Iceland and Norway not qualifying
2. Awful Russophobia by juries
3. Armenia's 7th place, she deserved top 5
4. Spain's and Latvia's places. They deserved top 10
5. Estonia's NOT QUALIFYING
6. Czechia's 0 points from Televote
7. Poland's Jury votes! The fuck?
8. Germany's last place
You guys are right! Sergey deserved much more! Here is my top 5 crimes from Finland:
5.Germany
4.Iceland
3.Spain
2.Latvia
1.Russia
Russia was a cheap circus act. Plastic lyrics.
@@markdowd1 Russia was the most spectacular and beautiful performance in the entire history of Eurovision lol
crime: Belgium opening the show despite 3th in their semi final and 2th with the jury. Robbing Laura of a chance at the trophy.
Agree, running order should be random.
I agree with you, as an Belgian I was really pissed...
OMG I AGREE WITH RUSSIA THAT'S WHAT I HAVE BEEN TELLING EVERYONE! JUST WHAT I THOUGHT!
I also agree with Iceland and Czech Republic, but I liked Gabriela from the beginning!
Couldn't agree more on all points! Good job, Deban and William ;)
Thanks for watching!
I think Iceland this year was the biggest Eurovision crime ever! Also, Germany coming last again was a huge crime. The song should have been in the top 10.
YES!!!!!!+ thank you
I agree with everything you've said :)
Germany was SOOO boring
JONĀS I disagree, it was my 4th favorite this year
+JONĀS but it didnt deserve to be last i am in shock how can jury put her dead last only with 1 point how can music experts rate it last ok this wasnt a winner song or 10 song but top 15 for sure Jaime Lee had a fantastic voice her song was well produced her staging was ok there were worst songs in the final
For me a big crime of Eurovision 2016 was when F.Y.R Macedonia did not qualify for the grand final. Kaliopi has a great and beautiful voice and she makes you fell emotions while is singing.
Totally agree with the top crime from Wiwi - a deliberate and cold blood sinking of the true winner. Mind you it is the second year in a row when 'professional' jurers voted down a crowds favourite and a winner of the televote. i actually don't think they were trying to get Ukraine on the top, I think it was supposed to be Australia as per the grey cardinals plans (just think whose merchandise was on official sale in the Arena, right Sweden and Australia). However it joys my heart that it is Il Volo and Sergey who are in the biggest demand and their commercial success will reconfirm true winners.
these guys are brilliant :)))) they're making my Eurovision more fun and beautiful:)))
I also think that sergey deserved better from the juries
+
He actually deserved less.
+George EIL when you will accept the reality, he was liked and loved by millions of people. they voted for him, gave their money, my friends from the USA watched Eurovision for the first time and they were angry that he was not on the first place! millions of people and NOT 50 so called professional and "objective"juries!
Наталья Мартьянова Are you stupid? I have always accepted that people loved Sergey. I just expressed my opinion and said that his song is overrated.
You are the one who can't accept reality, which is: Russia didn't win Eurovision.
It still hurts, right? Ha ha xD
+George EIL how rude, stupid, YOU are stupid, animal! its normal for you, actually... Sergey is more popular now than anybody else from Eurovision! people's choice, not yours or mine.
honestly I thought Ukraine had a great voice and great staging, however didn't her lyrics seem to controversial, wasn't it about war as well which I thought wasn't allowed in Eurovision?
Armenia didn't enter top five ..... That's the biggest crime
aren bosnoian didn’t win*
It is also a joke that Azerbaijan and Armenia always rank each other dead last - it is really stupid. Put the politics aside!!!!!!! I can understand a public ranking it last in fear of being in trouble (it is really stupid but ye) but a PROFESSIONAL jury ranking it last every year - all of the members too. The EBU need to intervene.
But what if they do give points to each other? Imagine the outrage!
EleKtronikLEGEND but you used to get along so well - after Azeris Armenians were the largest group in Azerbaijan. Where are you from? Do you think it should affect a song contest? If so, that's really sad.
Jamie The Creator no, people would be happy!
EleKtronikLEGEND seeing that you are sorta Armenian, what do you think of Azeris personally?
+Ben Rafter Actually one of Armenian juries ranked Azerbaijan number 19
I think Czech republic was really underrated too
William, you are not alone! I love this year's UK entry, too ;)
My ESC 2016 crimes:
1. Juri Pootsmann and Ivan not qualifying for the final
2. Sergey not winning
3. All of the big five being so low in the final
the Big 5 will always do poorly because they are directly qualified to the final. Why should Norway for example work twice as hard to get to the final? Great that France was number 6 in the final but that was sheer luck.
+Michel Sennett That was not luck... we came 3rd for the juries... 9th in televote so come on
my ESC 2016 crimes:
3 Greece
2 Estonia
1 Spain
france was in the top 10 but yeah they should had been in top 5
Grind my crimes
Germany, Russia and Iceland
Rykka and Juri's dancing were crimes!
True😂
Jüri dancing was perfection
Lmao so true.
I've been waiting for this video! :)
My crimes:
5) Azerbaijan and Croatia qualifying
4) United Kingdom in the bottom four
3) Czech Republic getting zero points from the televote
2) Juri not qualifying (I literally cried when Malta was called instead of Estonia)
1) Russia getting robbed, again.
thats why we understand in Russia now, that its useless to send the best Russian artists, the jury will never let Eurovision happen in Russia again. Sergey, Polina will not come back. there is no sense....50 % is too much for juries.In the semi final they gave Sergey good points, but in the final they changed their points, not giving even 1 or 2 points, it would be enough for him to win! didn't he deserve 2 points or 1 point from the experts? was he so bad? half of experts gave him zero in the final only!!! it was the biggest crime for sure!
Exactly! Russia has stepped their game up and the televote has proven it. We're ready for another Russian victory. The public has left political bullshit aside (the televote from 2014 to 2016 prove it) but the juries haven't! The juries need to get axed or at least shift some of the power to the audience...50% is way too much power for five people per country.
Im fine with 5-2 but 1 was so robbed
Yes.
Iceland dont qualified!
hi from croatia.. I love you guys . stay always like this ! .
i love you guys you are hillarious
my only big esc crime this year was Sergey Lazarev getting so low scores on the jury voters compared to the televoters...
haha ooo tell me black or white what collor is your life? i will sign both of you. maybe song contest 2017 with wiwblogs? :D
for me was Michal Szpak the best. i still don't understand why he got 7 points from the jury... what's wrong with them?
this song has opened the eyes from a lot of people. you should be the person who you want to be. it's still a big problem in this world. you have to respect each other, and the choices and feelings that everyone have. that's what Michal wants to say in this song.
Sergey Lazarev is a true professional artist, he made Eurovision better, showed a very high level.
LOL!
Look at Ani Lorak's Shady Lady Eurovision performance and check for similarities.
LoSpotItaliano I have already done that.
Yes, he showed a very high level with his cheesy, dated, generic and trashy europop song. And of course let's not forget the gimmick the staging was. Your comment makes me laugh XD
Trust me, Eurovision would have been even better without him.
The REAL countries that showed high level this year: Iceland, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Armenia, Australia, Israel, FYROM, Bulgaria, Serbia and Croatia. These are quality entries and we need more of them at Eurovision. Don't worry, we can survive without Russia's cheap rubbish.
Last year you sent an amazing and meaningful quality song performed by a great singer and I'm happy you did better because it would have been a shame to see Sergey doing better than my beloved Polina. Please send something similar again and you will deserve to win. No more generic songs for the victory. For a good result yes (if they are good), but NOT for the victory.
George EIL check The Hardkiss, they lost to Jamala last year when selecting the candidate (but not by points) and they will try again this year. It's not my cup of tea but apparently a lot of people really love them.
Totally agree with Poland! Michal was amazing 👏🏽😻
Those people who think that Ukraine shouldn't have won need to get a life. She won fair and square.
not at all...
Ukraine sdn't have won, sorry.
She only won because of political reasons.
IMHO, the worst crime is that 37 out of 41 national juries gave Australia points. especially comparing to 21 and 17 juries not giving Russia and Ukraine a single point respectively. Australian entry was good, but not that overwhelmingly good to get such an appreciation. To me it was obvious that they were helping Australia win. and that was not just a disgrace - it was corruption. A real crime.
The juries placed Australia first because Dami's vocals are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G and she managed to transform a good song into a great one. If they wanted Australia to win just because it's Australia they would have placed them first last year too.
+George EIL well, they didn't have to do it last year - there were Italy and Sweden to support
I don't understand your logic.
+George EIL Maybe Dami`s vocal amazing, but the song itself (a refrain)... Sooo boring... sorry...
+UNIADAM PC The public ignored Czech Republic, but definitely not Australia
Barei's attitude got me like.. DA HEEEEELLL :D
totaly agree with your opinion about spain, I love your videos, kisses from Barcelona!
Rykka was so underrated.
no she wasnt
Last in my whole ranking lol
And what did you expect from her i mean cmon ok her song was kinda good but everthing else was bad her voice live sounded off she is great singer but the song didnt match her voicals at all staging was underwhelming start was intresting smoke coming out of her tits then chorus comes and she is doing a squats i mean really it looked like she wanted to pee at start when all songs came out she was in my top 10 because i thought the song was good staging in switzerland final was intresting i loved her dress and LD screen behind her and the smoke vocals was the issue but i thought she can immprove her vocals but she didnt every artist progress in 2 semi final and she was the only one who messed up.
+Jamie The Creator Second in my whole ranking, LOL!
Tidecaller Tyro She was horrible
Debon always manages to put a smile on my face
I totally agree that the vote from the Judges for Russia was completely unfair! Well done guys for putting it number 1. Love watching your videos - let's do this!!
Nothing to add=))
Only Two crimes for me , the exclusion of the Romanian participant and the the fact that that the "professional" juries are not professional. Then this year had a lot of likable songs, but not many standout songs. Latvia's Heartbeat is still on my playlist though in a remixed version.
for me Latvia was underrated..!
2014: Molly robbed
2015: Edurne robbed
2016: Sergey politically attacked
2017: ???????
Sad crimes like this happen
You are BOTH so ADORABLE. Just a real treasure.
Jury thought similiar about Poland and I think it's not coincidence. And i agree with them. ;)
Nice video as always. ;)
And I think, you are dated, oh...and boring too.
My 5 ESC Crimes:
1. Iceland not qualifying
2. Iceland not qualifying
3. Iceland not qualifying
4. Iceland not qualifying
5. Iceland not qualifying
yes Michal Szpak amazing voice,and Dammi
How much of the Czech Republic's televoting result do you put down the the Curse Of Number Two?
No William isn't alone,I like UK entry ! ^^
I agree with you guys on Czech Republic and Iceland. Iceland was my favourite this year and it was unacceptable.
I love the way William says Deban at the beginning of every video LOL
Australia should've won, you can't say the song wasn't political, however as a hater of the song until the final, I actually got goosebumps. She conveyed it extremely well.
My crimes (no particular order)
Estonia not qualifying and coming last
Czech Republic getting nul points from televote
Hungary coming 19th
Iceland not qualifying (god HOW is that possible)
Azerbaijan getting in the final (her singing was TERRIBLE)
Israel should also have been higher
And Latvia 15th
A big crime is Jamiee lee became last one poor girl she is so brave and she is only 18 😪
it was a crime you didnt mention israel's and malta's results in the televoting
Malta and Israel deserved better in the final but the televoters put them bottom 5-6. Also the juries robbed Sergey lazrev from the Eurovision win.
I'm still crying about Iceland and Russia. awful.
I agree with all of your top 5 crimes
My ESC crimes:
1. Serbia placed 23rd of the juries.
2. Czech Republic receiving 0 points from the televote
3. Poland placed second last from the televote
4. Iceland not qualifying to the Grand Final.
5. 50% of the juries giving Russia 0 points in the Grand Final.
I'm still not over Iceland not qualifying! 😭😭😭
YOU ARE NOT ALONE WILLIAM! Joe and Jake are good, they deserved so much more. However we are the UK. The only time we've done well is Jade and Blue in the last years.
AMEN SISTER!
My top 5 crimes:
1. Czech Republic got only 41 points total (and 0 televoting points). However: I voted for Russia instead of CR because her staging was horrible in my opinion. I prefer her song over Russia's but the staging was too weak and so she became "only" my number 2.
2. The voting resulted in a winner who wouldn't have won a pure tele- or jury-voting. A song which nobody wanted to win won in the end because the juries have robbed Russia by voting it down so massively. This was the second time the juries prevented the televoting winner to win this thing (in both cases by a huge margin) but this year it was even worse because even the jury-winner didn't win. I didn't expect that Russia would win the jury voting. For me the song was ~ 2nd or 3rd. But I also didn't expect that they would rank this song so low that it wouldn't have a real chance to win.
3. Juries were rude to Poland.
4. Juries killed Kaliopi (didn't expect this, I was sure they would rank her much higher than the televoters).
5. Estonia became last in the semi-final (however Jüri's performance was horrible and let him appear like a big asshole)
The song of chek republic is growing on me weeks later after Eurovision. At first, it did not interest me, but I downloaded it on my phone. Now I really appreciate the song. And now I don't understand at all why that song got 0 televotes
My ESC crimes:
1. Australia comes 4th in televote
2. Czech Republic 0 televotepoints
3. Germany last place
4. Armenia only on 7th.
I agree that Armenia should have been top 5. OK, not all appreciates the traditional instruments in her song, but they were used rather lightly, so it was a balance. BUT Iveta had the performances of the contest! That was a WOMAN on that stage.. she blew the roof off Globen!
Australia was 2nd, Bulgaria I think is 4
MAmarvelousness Boy, In televoting, Australia was 4th.
MAmarvelousness Boy australia was 4th
Lion, wie Leon nur mit i. I still think more than 1 year later Australia should've beat Ukraine
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I know it's been 4 years, but I'm still pissed about how the jury did Sergey dirty. My conspiracy theory is that they purposefully "down-voted" his song 'cause a Eurovision in Russia would be a political shitshow.
I agree with u guys with the spanish performance. I understand that it felt slightly empty at times... But i still support the idea that Barei disserved at least a top 15 possition. I mean i dont think its just about the song or the performance, i think its also because its just Spain and not Sweden or Russia, if this song and performance was exactly taken as it is to Stockholm representong Sweden, it wouldv placed much higher! Anyways greetings from Spain!
It suprises me that 2nd year in a row voters and jury doesn't agree about winner
Another big crime: Viacom blocking the CZcams videos for this year in the USA.
Typical USA.. land of the free
As an American, I was very disappointed when they blocked the CZcams livestream. I was saved, however, when they actually played it on tv. I thought that it was so nice to be able to watch it on tv, but my biggest crime was the American commentators. They made me want to rip my hair out. They related EVERYTHING to LGBT stuff (now don't get me wrong. I still support the LGBT population, but they were going off for ever about the singers who either supported LGBT rights or were LGBT) and during the voting process, they bashed the returning stars of Eurovision (Marayya from Slovenia and Nina S. From Georgia) by calling them show offs and dissing their style. Overall, they knew nothing about Eurovision and only focused on the LGBT parts of it.
I would expect nothing less from Carson Cressley. I don't know the other commentator, but they don't have the experience and knowledge that the European broadcasters have. I watched it here in Norway from the Swedish and Danish television and they were great and balanced. The Danish commentator was bummed that Denmark was not in the final. I was even at the Telecom arena to watch it live at a big fan festival. I'm glad that Eurovision supports the LGBT community but that is a spoke in the big wheel of Eurovision.
Just a tip: When you have several people sing a song a capella, use a pitch pipe or something. Both when you sing together or with Eurovision artists. "Moment of Silence" would have sounded a lot better if they had taken Spinal Tap's advice: "The same key, though?" 😉
My Eurovision Crimes: Moldova and Norway not making it through, still sad about that...
Norway's Agnete isn't qualifying to the final made me as sad as I was after Estonia and Iceland stuck in the semi-final...
No one's going to talk about how low the jury ranked Serbia and how low the televote ranked Malta?
Norway not making to the final
Norway was annoying.. even Albania and Slovenia were better
Сергей умничка.
Norway not qualifying? Helloooo???
That was justice, not a crime!
I agree Iceland should have been in finals but also felt Belarus, Ireland, and Denmark. I enjoyed Switzerland also but must admit Rykka's performance wasn't as great at Stockholm. I just fell in love with the song at first release. Belarus's Help You Fly was my #1 favorite of 2016, I enjoyed the song overall. I felt it had a unique style, sweet lyrics and Ivan is also damn gorgeous!
agree bout sergey
the UK has just given up on decent entries, the ones we had this year was just gawd awful. makes me want to reconsider paying my tv license
Actually Armenia too didn't got almost from half(19 out of 41...seriously?!?!) of the jury any point... 0 as a none!?!? Those "professional" were deaf or what!? Iveta deserved top3 or possibly winner 🏆.
Btw my Top5 was this, based on voice and uniqueness of the song:
1.Armenia
2.Ukraine
3.Australia
4.Russia
5.Czech Republic
Thats what I think. Lovewave is the most unique and beautiful song that ever existied
My personal top 5 crimes in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016:
01: Norway failing to qualify for the final. 02: Iceland failing to qualify for the final.03: Serbia placing so low in the final when they deserved to be in the top 10. 04: Czech Republic coming in 25th place in the final.05: Estonia coming dead last in the contest.
My ESC Crimes:
1. Australia Qualified & finished 2nd in the Grand Final
2. Greece Failed to Qualify
3. Bosnia & Herzegovina Failed to Qualify
4. Bulgaria in the Top 5
5. Iceland Failed to Qualify
6. Norway Failed to Qualify
I agree about most of the crimes you've mentioned. My absolute crime was that Bulgaria didn't get 12 points from any of the juries...
The biggest crime is FREDY KALAS not winning in norway
and SAN MARINIO not qualifying
XSunacX no no. Memes can stay in the SF
Jamala's song was...maybe too much for Eurovision. It was more than a song...and really drama, moving to tears everybody who understands it. Even the "crying" part. She was awesome!
Not in this context.
+SummerWine I get what you mean.
Jamala was amazing, but it wasn't the right context.
Actually, what you wrote is exactly what I have been telling my friends for a couple of weeks after the ESC's final 😉
Sorry to disappoint you... this was not what I meant to say, forgive me for this. I find this "drama" entirely false and I despise Jamala as a pearsonality though she is a really talented singer. She should have revealed her talent somewhere else, but here she is a bad winner. IMHO.
+SummerWine Thanks for your opinion.
Since I really am not that well informed about the story Ukraine and Russia share together, what I wrote is all I could say on the matter. I should study more of their history...
Anyway, isn't it a bit harsh to despise Jamala for her choice? She may be wrong (even after considering all the possible outcomes and impact such a song would have), but I still believe that there's still time for correct and/or atonement if needed.
That's why I think it's a bit harsh to despise her, but I can understand that you may have been hurt by such a staging if you truly believe that it's not the truth.
+Wilfried BEUGRE
For me it is not harsh at all since I know for sure what all the action was aimed to. And unfortunately the Ukranian singer could not be unaware of it as well. She could try to win with any other song about love, birds, flowers... but without this disguisting polytical smell.
Of course Russia had no chance to win whatever but still...
You don't have to study the Ukraine-Russia history maybe since time will show it...
18 countries gave Jamala 0 points. Why this isn`t a crime?
Greta Salome is my #1 crime this year because I love her so much! I love the song I love the performance, it was in my top three from the beginning, I couldn't understand how it could not qualify.
I loved Spain so much, it was my favorite song, but you're right (I had the exact same thought when I saw the first rehearsal).
Barei is amazing and she had so much energy on stage, she couldn've nailed it all alone, but the background singers just didn't fit at all!
Despite the backgrond singers, I think Spain should've had a higher place! Spain has been underrated for years, I just can't understand it!
I agree with everything but I'm surprised you didn't mention Norway at all. I love this song and I think it should have qualified and placed in the top 10. I thought William and Deban loved it too...
It was so weird. At Eurovision itself Norway just totally slipped off my radar. I think a part of that was because she did exactly zero press conferences / promo / red carpet and when you're covering it as a journalist that becomes your barometer / indicator of everything. Still a nice song though.
To be honest, I don't think that any of these affected Norway's final results. Maybe for Eurovision fans like us but not for people for whom Eurovision is just a three-nights event. I'm sure they don't even care if she appeared in the interviews.
I think Norway didn't do well because of the tempo change. If I remember well, at first you thought the tempo change was a big disappointment. I thought exactly the same. And remember, most televoters listen to the songs for the first time in May.
I thought the juries would save them but I was wrong...
i made mistake in numbers there are 11 crimes not 10
My ESC Crimes:
1. Zoe (Austria) 24th at the Jury Votes
2. Georgia and Azerbaijan qualifying
3. Iceland and Norway not qualifying
4. Germany last
5. Poland
Has anyone forgotten Norway.. or was the song and Agnete so forgetable? Sure she didn't wine and dine with the media, but not qualify? Romania should blame itself and not the EBU for betraying Ovidiu. But as I see from the comments, there are a lack of comments about this! So I agree with 4 of the top five kids.
Other 'crimes':
1) Only 3 songs were performed entirely in a language other than English. We all know that English is the language of pop music, but please!
2) to add to number one.. France used English! Sacre bleu!
3) Latvia coming in 15th place when it was a top 5 buzz on all CZcams channels before the contest aired!
4) Freddie 'singing' English
5) Italy using English
6) The first semi-final interval act with the refugee theme. A dose of guilt anyone?
7) Justin Timberlake not on the DVD
Sergey deserved much better.. hope we see more of him!
I felt really bad about Lighthouse X with "Soldiers of Love". They deserved a place in the final. The rest of the comments are totally accurate btw.
Also Latvia ahhh why are you hating on one of my favourites and most quality songs :'(
my top crime was hovi not getting top 10. just no way. hovi you slay
Biggest crime ever
Sergey lazarev not winning
He made eurovision better
Agreed majorly with your Top 5 crimes!
I'd add in my own personal one aswell - that Norway didn't qualify :( Still don't get why Agnete didn't qualify, like I don't understand how Greta didn't!
In terms of shocks that I now understand - I really didn't expect Belgium and Lithuania to do so well! I correctly predicted the Top 8, but then it came out of nowhere for me that they finished off the Top 10. I get it now though ;) Ahh what a great Eurovision year!
I cried alone in my room when Iceland didn't make it to the final😢
YOU FORGOT NORWAYYYY
I do agree that both United Kingdom and Czech Republic were placed so low but I don't think Latvia should of been there instead. I loved Latvia and I think 15th was a great place for them this year :)
My ESC 2016 crimes are :
1. Estonia not qualifying
2. Georgia qualifying
3. Barei coming 21
4. Frans coming 5th .
THESE ARE REAL CRIMES