As an american, Im really hoping we get another season of this. But with them skipping 2023 and with ASC seeming to have been removed from Peacock and Hulu, Things arent looking good

@kaleproject3495

10 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, I'm not feeling positive either. With Bjorkman going back to work on ESC 2024, it implies that he might not be so invested in pushing for an ASC return. ;;

My top five were Delaware, Northern Marianas, Oklahoma, Wyoming and New York, so I think we agree on most of it! I was also surprised by how good it was, and disappointed by the results, especially Heat 3 (I think?)

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

You have an incredible top five and out of 56 total songs, the fact we have so many similarities is amazing! Heat 3 was also the worst in terms of result for me in terms of result as the three public choices were some of the most mediocre songs in the competition and some of the most talented artists (Delaware, Louisiana) were rated lowly by professional juries.

I'm so glad you love Washington as much as I do, it's my winner along with Rhode Island (and I was really impressed with his vocals, which will surely improve even more till the next round). Also loved to see the support for DC and Maryland, both have really unique structures but both are soo enjoyable imo, and especially the first one is rather underrated everywhere (main contest included). Other favourites of mine you kinda underrated were Pennsylvania and Texas, but I understand the criticisms you formed. All in all great video, always enjoying your comments and the editing was really smooth too! 😊

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Washington's getting a lot of play with me at the moment and even though it's not for me so much, I can see the appeal in Rhode Island. Got to shout out to Maryland and Sisqo. Every other big name act came in with a weak effort that wouldn't stand up to their previous work in music but he took it seriously and put forward a great song. DC is my big discovery of the contest. I'm super excited to experience more music of this genre going forward. I'm not taking anything back on Texas but I'll give you some on Pennsylvania. Honestly, when watching her introduction package, I told my partner that I Bri and that she had the potential to be amazing...so the flat song was a bit of a disappointment considering her story, personality and quality of voice. It's not bad, I just expected more. This video took ages to do since I need to make a new template that kinda captured the graphical style of the show whilst still being able to be customised. It's not perfect but I think it went ok!

@levi21

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaleproject3495 Thanks a lot for your reply! I think the template is really fitting, you should absolutely be proud of it, it's stylish and sophisticated. And I generally agree with the rest of your comments, I really enjoy the fact that you always include your own commentary in these videos, it makes them so much more interesting than a regular toplist. Keep up the good work!

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

@@levi21 I'm quite happy how the template turned out! I generally love the look of the titling on the ASC and was looking for something similar. It's not always easy to capture considering my skill level but I did my best! For each contest I cover, I do try to get at least one video out with my comments. This'll probably be the only one I make about the ASC until next year, so I might as well get on it!

Out of all the rankings I've seen for the ASC, this one is by far the most like my own. Massive respect to you for putting Sabyu in third, I absolutely adore it! Really glad to see Jocelyn in the Top 5 too, and I hope Allen Stone can live up to your ranking in the actual final. I'll hopefully have my own Top 56 video out before the final when it's been aggregated by my other two mates, but I could swap my scores with yours and it would probably have a similar result haha

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

With the really bad results from SF2, I'm pretty much locked in on Washington as the song I want to win. Actually, the results were SO bad that I'm not rooting for Oklahoma, too! Because of all the songs being produced by the same label, a lot of them sound really similar...or at least constructed the same way. As a result, I kinda gravitate to the songs that are a bit more standout. It's why things like Nebraska, Kansas, Washington etc. are all quite high up on my list! If you do finish your video, please do provide a link! I'd love to see it. There haven't been enough top 56's made and I'm sure I've seen most of the ones that have been already!

@TaleOfTheToaster

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaleproject3495 certainly agree on the Semi 2 results going completely wrong, what happened there!! My Top 56 is over half edited now, should be the next upload to my channel, ideally on the day of the final or before it. I'll forewarn though that the other two contributing to my ranking weren't Jocelyn fans like us though, haha

@TaleOfTheToaster

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaleproject3495 Video is finished now! Enjoy, let me know what you think :) kzread.info/dash/bejne/po6mrLCGk5mfg7g.html

My top 56 01. Texas (don't sue me) 02. Oklahoma 03. Nevada 04. Kansas 05. Virgin Islands 06. Louisiana 07. Massachusetts 08. New York 09. New Hampshire 10. Arkansas 11. Puerto Rico 12. Georgia 13. Maryland 14. California 15. Colorado 16. Vermont 17. North Dakota 18. New Jersey 19. Idaho 20. Alabama 21. Washington D.C. 22. Illinois 23. Utah 24. South Carolina 25. Oregon 26. Hawaii 27. Maine 28. Alaska 29. Kentucky 30. Guam 31. Wyoming 32. Montana 33. Tennessee 34. Michigan 35. Rhode Island 36. Wisconsin 37. American Samoa 38. Minnesota 39. North Carolina 40. Missouri 41. Connecticut 42. Mississippi 43. Delaware 44. Iowa 45. Florida 46. West Virginia 47. Virginia 48. South Dakota 49. Washington 50. Nebraska 51. Northern Mariana Islands 52. Arizona 53. Pennsylvania 54. Indiana 55. New Mexico 56. Ohio

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

I see some differences but I also see some good choices. Louisiana is up there. Arkansas is up there. Kansas did really well for you too...so we're liking a few of these! Glad to see you ranked all of the songs, too. It's been a fun little contest so far.

My top 5 are 1. Oklahoma: Been a fan of Alexa since her debut. Loved the song. Many contestants seemed to have issues with the backtrack being too loud not just Alexa (I also noticed it for Rhode Island, Mississippi, and New Jersey) so it was definitely ASC’s fault and not Alexa’s. They turned it down for her semi final performance and she was still amazing. 2. Colorado: Also a huge fan of Riker and have been since 2015. His music has always just brought a smile to my face and this song was no different. 3. Puerto Rico: I love music that has a Latin flare and this song is so fun. 4. Texas: I don’t know, I just vibe with it and Grant is an amazing performer. 5. Florida: Another Latin song and is also really fun. And then the rest without any explanations cause I don’t got time for that 6. New York 7. Massachusetts 8. Georgia 9. New Jersey 10. Wisconsin 11. California 12. Delaware 13. Louisiana 14. Hawaii 15. Virgin Islands 16. Nevada 17. Iowa 18. North Dakota 19. New Mexico 20. Maryland 21. American Samoa 22. South Carolina 23. Minnesota 24. Mississippi 25. West Virginia 26. New Hampshire 27. Washington 28. Guam 29. Wyoming 30. Vermont 31. Illinois 32. Kentucky 33. Michigan 34. Connecticut 35. Kansas 36. South Dakota 37. Idaho 38. Virginia 39. Washington DC 40. Arizona 41. Northern Mariana Islands 42. Missouri 43. Oregon 44. Alaska 45. Alabama 46. Nebraska 47. Pennsylvania 48. Rhode Island 49. Arkansas 50. Montana 51. Ohio 52. Utah 53. Tennessee 54. Maine 55. North Carolina 56. Indiana

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

Oklahoma is definitely the strongest of your top five so I'm glad that you have it at the top. The actual song really isn't that bad. The lyrics are pretty clever and it flows quite well. Obviously, the performance is better than the song and she is singing it more than some other artists are (still far too much backing track for me in a song contest but it's not THAT bad) so yeah, I'd actually be ok with her winning. You have my bottom three in your top five BUT I do actually really like Florida. That one is fun and has the vibe of being a more professional looking version of what Ireland are going for in ESC this year. I do like it!

My top 5: 1. Washington 2. Rhode Island 3. Michigan 4. North Carolina 5. Pennsylvania

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

I do not hate this top five at all. Actually, I think it's really close to my own taste!

I like when people gave their opinions, instead of placing videos! I agree with some, not with others, but that's the point of having tastes! Also, I agree with Washington. I was pleasantly surprised by the song, the performance, everything. And Alaska (Jewel) seemed being there like out of a compromise for NBC.

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

Writing comments is one of those things that can go both ways. I enjoy sharing my opinions about the songs but at the same time, I do kinda hate coming back to videos from like 2-3 years ago and cringe at how much my opinion of something has chanced. Editing-wise, it's always a lot of work to do a new video so sometimes, they just stay out there. XD I haven't watched today's show yet but I did see the jury results and yay for Washington. Juries have some taste. Don't know if the public will go for it enough to win but it should definitely be there.

its always fun to disagree with so much and then end up sharing the winner... i don't think it would end up winning eurovision, but i also can't see it doing anything but completely sweeping jury at the same time! like the new video visuals!

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad that we had some sort of agreement! I know my take on American music is probably not the same as much Eurovision fans (I have a lot more taste for country music and any music with its origins in Motown) so I probably have some underrated entries quite high in my top. Definitely see Washington as that Cesar Sampson-style jury pleaser. I don't know if it *would* win Eurovision this year but it's the only song that I think would be competitive to that level.

@kenzolafterdark

2 жыл бұрын

bit of a (really) late reply, but the jury results from both semi-finals definitely confirm its huge jury appeal (unless tennessee beats them in the final, which isnt that unlikely). i was admittedely a bit skeptical on allen's chances of winning, but the public vote doesn't seem to agree with the jury choices at all (especially colorado in both its heat and semi-final), so lets hope the unknown public result favors him in the end!

My top 5 (a very unpopular): 1. Alabama 2. Washington 3. Tennessee 4. Nevada 5. Georgia There's only one entry that I don't like (Wyoming) others are mostly pretty good. I agree that Texas's song is boring and Oklahoma is better, but I'm still not a big fan of it. And, what could I do with my weakness of male/female duets singing about love?

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

If you took out your #1, I actually don't mind your top five at all. I do think that North Carolina is a better country song than Tennessee but it's still a pretty good choice, either way. Nevada and Georgia have both moved up in my list. Georgia, in particular, in the studio is really good, especially without the revised, family-friendly lyrics. But yeah, that Alabama choice. I don't think I'll ever get on with that one. XD

@alexeylarin1854

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaleproject3495 the fact, that Nevada didn't qualify from their Heat instead of Massachusetts or New Hampshire blows my mind! I agree that it would be better not to censor the Georgian lyrics, but for me the main thing about this entry is Stela and her attitude, the studio version leaves me quite unemotional.

I like your choice for tops and would love to see a USA vs Europe song battle someday

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

I thought about the potential for some sort of crossover video but honestly, I don't think that's fair on the ASC at this stage. This contest is very much in its infancy and it would be hard for them to compete song-for-song with the ESC selections just yet. Hopefully, if there are future editions, they'll close this gap though!

We definitely had some differences but there were a fair amount of similarities as well. Washington is definitely a great top. My Ranking: 1. Oklahoma 2. Delaware 3. Washington 4. North Dakota 5. Texas 6. Louisiana 7. Georgia 8. Illinois 9. Kansas 10. Rhode Island 11. Maryland 12. Mississippi 13. Nevada 14. Maine 15. Virginia 16. New Mexico 17. Arizona 18. Alaska 19. Iowa 20. California 21. Connecticut 22. Florida 23. Kentucky 24. Massachusetts 25. Vermont 26. New Jersey 27. Ohio 28. Wisconsin 29. Alabama 30. New Hampshire 31. American Samoa 32. Puerto RIco 33. New York 34. Idaho 35. Wyoming Around This point divides consistently enjoying the song and not 36. Pennsylvania 37. Michigan 38. Tennessee 39. Virgin Islands 40. West Virginia 41. Mariana 42. Oregon 43. Colorado 44. Missouri 45. Washington D.C 46. Arkansas 47. Nebraska 48. Hawaii 49. Guam (Really like the chorus but the rest of the song ....) 50. North Carolina 51. Minnesota 52. South Dakota 53. South Carolina 54. Utah 55. Indiana 56. Montana

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

Oklahoma isn't a bad call for the win. It is a popular song. I just think, strictly as a song contest, it's probably getting a bit overrated. You say we have differences but I see that you've got Delaware, Louisiana and Washington all really high up in your list...and I love all those entries a lot. So maybe not *that* different!

My fav your 54...

@kaleproject3495

Жыл бұрын

The good news is that when I re-ranked the whole show, Texas actually got a 5.5 rating from me that placed them in 32nd. A huge jump!

My top 5: 1. Maine 2. Texas 3. Nevada 4. Oklahoma 5. Rhode Island Washington is outstanding quality wise and vocally too but it’s just too eventless for my taste, it gets around 8th-10th for me

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

Maine's an interesting choice. Bit repetitive for me but it has its moments. I think you could make an argument for Nevada, Oklahoma and Rhode Island. But honestly, if Washington is "eventless", what is Texas doing as your 2nd place? Wouldn't that have the same issue? XD

@Jiyuww

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaleproject3495 Wasn't Texas "mr. independent"? I thought it was a great performance! He used the entire stage and had a soothing tone

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jiyuww Oh. I was only talking about the song. The staging and performance were good. :3

@Jiyuww

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaleproject3495 ohh then I kinda agree with that😆

Put us 17th??? Wyoming ahead why?

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

17th out of 56 is still a good ranking! I like both songs a lot actually. :3

Top 5 (we don't agree at all lol) 1. North Dakota 2. Arizona 3. Texas 4. Puerto Rico 5. Nevada

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

You're right. We really don't agree! I do really like that Arizona did so well with you though. It did really stand out when I heard it.

Finally some agrees with me in Texas. I’m sorry Grant you seem like a nice guy and all but not my style. I think Germany would love to have you though

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

I just had a four hour roadtrip (8h if you consider back and forth) with just the ASC songs as my soundtrack and I can tell you, nothing got skipped quicker or more often than Texas. That song is basic, man.

YES NEBRASKA APPRECIATE! it’s my winner

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

It's one of the songs I still listen to a lot. I actually got her album too. It's really my kind of music. :3

Oh boy we disagree Wildly on this one 😅 I guess that’s the fun of music, one man’s trash is another’s treasure My Top 5 1: Alaska 2: New Jersey 3: Georgia 4: Iowa 5: Arkansas The Story is very early 2000s Melfest, but lucky for me I love the music from that. Micheal Bolton is great, but they did exactly what Melfest does with their older acts, and gave a genuinely talented artist as dog crap song. Sucks that 4/5 of my top 5 went out in the heats 😭

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

We may not be agreeing a lot but I can see where you're going with your top five for sure. A lot of female empowerment at the top and we don't mind that at all! That little bit of spoken word that Jewel does in her song just kills me though. I don't know if it's brilliant or total cringe but I'm here for it.

Wow! Your ranking is a mess and unexpected! Respectfull though! 🙏

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

A mess? Awh. Nobody's really disliked it so far. XD

@A.Man.From.Cyprus

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaleproject3495 no I don't dislike it but according to my ranking, we have very big differences! Huge I would say! 😁

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

@@A.Man.From.Cyprus Would love to hear some of the ones that you've got ranked majorly differently! And, I mean it is 56 songs so I would expect A LOT of differences.

My top 10 in no order: Georgia ( my winner ) Arkansas Kansas Maryland Florida New Jersey Oklahoma Alabama California Nevada Honorable mentions: Virginia, Connecticut, Utah, Delaware, New York I was really surprised by the quality of the songs. I like around 20-25 songs. If this is an NF, which NF you think would be comparable to this? How do you feel about the show's production? The first 3 episodes had me rolled my eyes at how loud the backing tracks were. It was so loud that sometimes i wonder how Wonderland and Loko would sound like if the backing track wasn't as loud. The juries though, are close to Romania and Germany's level of bad. They're not as corrupted but they were pretty predictable. I watched the recap before watching the performance but i could already tell who would win and who would flop ( Except for heat 5, Michigan winning was a surprise to me ). Overall, this was a great show. If this somehow get a season 2, change the juries please. P.S: Kelly and Snoop make me feel like i was watching Ireland's NF again. I would like to have such a support in my life like them to the participants :)

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

In terms of production, I definitely can see the Melodifestivalen influence on this show (and not just because of Bjorkman) but there are a few songs that literally could've been used there and also, the choreography in some of the routines and the use of the backing tracks do scream a bit of Scandi NF to me. I don't how much those backing tracks are a production issue or whether they are specifically designed to cover up some of the weaker vocalists. Melodifestivalen was going this way under Bjorkman before he left and honestly, the live vocals there were noticeable clearer (and containing more miscues) than usual this year. I am also liking about 25 songs, too. There's different tiers to that and there are some outside that top 25 that grow on me and have a place on my playlist for a mood but more importantly, there's probably only 10-11 songs that I don't like, so it's quite an easy listen. One of the really stupid things they did on this show was that interview with the juror in episode five. He made it clear that the jurors aren't voting with any criteria to follow and makes the whole thing look incredibly unprofessional. Saying that you vote with your heart and things of that ilk don't sit well when you're representing the music industry as a professional. I have absolutely loved Kelly Clarkson in this role btw. She reminds me of Jennifer Aniston's character in "The Morning Show", a show that Kelly was actually a guest star on, so it might not be an accident. She's doing such a good job that Snoop is just free to hmm....be Snoop. XD

@ledung8818

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaleproject3495 Thanks for your reply! Also, how are the Estonia’s quarterfinalist and San Marino videos doing ?

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

@@ledung8818 I forgot I still needed to do some comments for Estonia's QFs. The San Marino video hit a creative roadblock. Man, some of those songs are so bad. I'll catch up once I feel the spark again but for now, I'm a bit drained! XD

@ledung8818

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaleproject3495 Are they as bad as Moldova and Romania? I only watched the final 18.

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

@@ledung8818 Think of like the worst 5-6 songs in both the Moldova and Romania national finals...now imagine there's 30 of them in one place. XD

i love sunsets and seaturtles 🐢💝

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

I live in Malaysia, I sometimes get those things. :3 Amazing song though!

Honestly this is so bad, I do not have a single favourite... We have the same bottom 2 (for once) and here are the only good songs imo with my """"favourites"""' being in bold Georgia *Connecticut* (unpopular opinion because it's cheesy but I enjoy it) *Texas* (it's at least catchy, but yeah that "bad boy" performance is really not for me) Missouri Rhode Island New Jersey Oklahoma *Washington* (may be my winner)

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

I'm seeing some love for New Jersey so far in these comments and I'm happy about that. It didn't seem to be getting much of it on social media or on the show itself and it really is a well put-together song. Also, glad to see Washington up there. Surprised you think the show has been bad though. I really went in with *no* expectations and have been pleasantly surprised.

Colorado was Andra-Chansen realness lol Sucks Nevada didn't qualify. :( Other than that...i don't see this becoming a thing.

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

As much as I'm enjoying it, I'm understanding why the ratings aren't there. It doesn't feel particularly well planned-out. Each week, they're taking a different approach to revealing the votes. The juries seem to have a type of music in mind that they're looking for each time, too. I don't actually know what the show is looking for...but I'll save my full judgement until the show is over and I go back through it. Maybe once I see the winner, I'll understand it all a bit better.

i thought i would be the only one having north carolina so high, i guess i was wrong

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

It's quite interesting as a Eurovision fan to see what other Eurovision fans make of American music. It's the biggest music industry in the world yet even though we sometimes allude to it in our Eurovision rankings etc, we rarely put our opinions about it directly out there. I am a *huge* fan of country music and think it's the one genre in ASC that has been represented with some really fine examples of said genre. "Right In The Middle" is literally as good as you're going to get and it deserves to do really well in this contest. :3

@ESCxCan

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaleproject3495 people make the contest way worse than it actually is. the contest has such a potential and i am so happy that at least in asc we will get to see many diverse songs/genres getting through.

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

I think a lot of people are making the mistake of comparing it to Eurovision, when a national final comparison would be more apt. American music does have a variety of genres but you're not going to get as big a contrast as something like Spain-Moldova in Eurovision this year. Largely, a lot of the songs are going to have similarities and especially, similar levels of production. I hope it sticks around for a couple of years and gets better. It's definitely not there yet but it is already an entertaining slick of television.

@mgawalangmagawamwm

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaleproject3495 It does feel like some folks hating on it just do it cause America. It would work better for ASC to act as its own, say.

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

@@mgawalangmagawamwm If you took Eurovision entirely out of it and considered the show strictly on its own merits, for the first season of an new format with original songs, it was very successful.

I gotta be honest, this show was truly awful. I think my entire bottom 10 are at the level of my eurovision last, there’s only around 11 songs I wouldn’t call bad, and I enjoy genuinely like three songs. Maryland is a good bop that I will listen to a few times, Virginia is pretty standard R&B but R&B is what got me into music in 2018 so I dig, and Nevada is genuinely great. But outside of those three it’s very rough.

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't really break it down during the video but I really, really like all of my top seven (all of them would be in my Eurovision top 20 if they were competing), after that, I'm liking things down to probably about number 17 or number 18 (thinking they'd do quite well, too). The bottom fourteen in my list would probably be in my bottom five in actual Eurovision. I suppose that doesn't sound too good but I'm trying to get away from thinking of this as a substitution for Eurovision and more like a national final. If that were the case, and I compared this show to say, Melodifestivalen or MGP, then it's probably doing alright.

@JCEurovisionFan1996

2 жыл бұрын

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3Ho6sTEuIL9xbwhSbajK1iDzBKaCtvp8Gvnmj0Dh9CRZ8bA/viewform

came so early that the vid only has 360p lmao

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

I started uploading it at like 1am so I was sleeping by the time it finished! 360p must've been awful to look at. XD

i disagree with almost everything 😭

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

That bad huh? I recently updated my ranking so there are a few songs that I increased a lot (New Jersey, Georgia etc.) Don't know if that helps but....

Disliked, bye. Dont you dare to disrespect Grant..

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

He's a nice guy. Comes across well in the video packages. Still a bad song though. In a song contest...so ok. XD Hopefully I'll like his future stuff more. :3

I didn’t bother following this since it’s so rigged

@kaleproject3495

2 жыл бұрын

I did not expect to actually enjoy watching the show as much as I have done. Kelly Clarkson has been brilliant and Snoop has been surprisingly Ok. I particularly like the little packages that they do before each song. I'm not really into American things much so it's been nice to learn about the states etc. I don't know if it's rigged or whether it's just very much geared towards certain outcomes. Melodifestivalen under Bjorkman was always that way anyway.

@girlsmaresongprep3263

2 жыл бұрын

How is it rigged lol