i saw lots of Ukrainian comments on Dons content thanking him for adopting a dog from Kharkiv 🥺❤ he couldn't be a sweeter guy, really.

I think everyone was in shock when Latvia qualified and I was even more shocked when the results were revealed and we found out he wasn't a borderline qualifier but qualified with ease.

@ar50000

19 күн бұрын

I wasn't shocked. Latvia presumably chose him becos he has a great voice.

@christianglas1584

19 күн бұрын

@@ar50000 He definitely has a great voice, but imo the song is rather dull, even for a ballad. I thought every other song would outshine Latvia, but it looks like Europe does care about vocals after all (at least to a certain extent).

@dalilam3994

19 күн бұрын

I predicted Latvia would qualify and it STILL shocked me, when he did 😂

@jbdloucks

19 күн бұрын

Latvia benefitted by being the only gentle male ballad in the semifinal. Between the two male ballads in the semi (the other one being Belgium, which was more akin to a power ballad), Latvia objectively had the better performance.

@harrietamidala1691

19 күн бұрын

Latvia qualifying was one of the biggest surprises this year because I didn’t think it had a chance and it was fitting that they broke their long streak qualifying in Sweden whenthe last time they were in the final was in Sweden in 2016.

Why nobody is taking into consideration that Dons shared just a beautiful honest emotion that conveyed so well on the screen?

@rakrega

17 күн бұрын

It melted my heart when I saw Dons performance with this emotion.

Tom is the only thing I miss from Eurovision this year

@ESCTom

19 күн бұрын

❤️

Even though I didn't have Dons as a personal qualifier, I'm still happy he qualified because it proves there can still be some unpredictability And it's also incredible to see Georgia and Latvia in the finals (for the first time since I started watching)

Still crying about Sarah Bonnici, she deserved wayy better ❤😢

The Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS has stated they are hesitant to participate next year, unless big changes are inplemented within the EBU and the contest in general. Maybe that's just trying to get some leverage, but I won't be surprised if my country skips next year. Another Dutch broadcaster, RTL, has taken a small survey among Dutch Eurovision fans. And 54% of those fans have answered that Netherlands should skip at least a year, and maybe quit alltogether. And if Netherlands would participate next year, 46% said they would like Joost to return again. But 27% said they first want to wait until the investigations are finished. I don't think Joost would want to return to the Eurovision stage, and that AVROTROS would take such a risk again. So we'll have to wait and see how this will pan out.

@tonyttt31

19 күн бұрын

I think the Netherlands should definitely not take part next year. And maybe then Ireland and Others may follow. The EBU has messed up and has not been at all contrite about messing up. There needs to be consequences.

@PauloCesarLira5

19 күн бұрын

If The Netherlands take part next year, I hope it's with a very cleverly written "fuck you" song

@ivaneurope

18 күн бұрын

It's not just the Dutch - NRK (Norway's broadcaster) is also reconsidering future participation. Czechia also might not be there in 2025. The Latvian government is also considering withdrawal of the country from the Contest. This will cause a huge shockwave among the other countries and the EBU as the withdrawal of two of the biggest contributors (the Netherlands is by far the biggest one after the Big 5) will cause the participation fees to go up for most other countries. And for a country like say Moldova, whose broadcaster (TeleRadio Moldova) is with the smallest budget of all (the artists even have to cover their own costs), a participation fee hike will be unsustainable. And the EBU could forget counting on other non-participating countries like Bulgaria, Romania or Slovakia either to make up the numbers, because these countries are not competing due to either financial problems, lack of interest or both. And they can forget about Turkey (or Türkiye as now they want us to call them) return all of a sudden after over a decade of a absence. And TRT (the Turkish broadcaster) left the Eurovision Song Contest because of the EBU. Italy was also absent for a long stretch of time (1997-2010). If more contries follow the same example as Italy in the late 90's and the entirety of the 2000's or as with Turkey now and just be absent for 5, 10, maybe even 15 years with other countries leving due to the impossible financial burden and driving away other non-competing countries for the same reasons, the EBU will have a serious problem on their hands.

@Werderina

18 күн бұрын

I hope the Netherlands and Joost Klein won’t take part next year. There is no „united by music“ but too many egos. Guess Eurovision is doomed and the future will even show more dissonance. It used to be a great entertainment/ music show but it seems all lightness has got lost.

@rakrega

17 күн бұрын

@@ivaneuropeWell said. Good informed. Agree 👍🏼

san marino genuinely broke my heart bc you can tell that they weren't happy with their performance. the staging was so good if everything went to plan i feel like there could have been a chance of them qualifying.

I understand, of course, that there were already many women's dance entries in the second semi-final and that there is no block voting in Malta, but for Sarah Bonnici to come out last? It's harsh

@christianglas1584

19 күн бұрын

Absolutely agree. She was my favorite girlbop. Great dancebreak, modern and polished pop song, yet with it's own identity and distinguishable (at least kind of). Also amazing vocals. Didn't deserve to come last at all.

@harrietamidala1691

19 күн бұрын

@@christianglas1584 probably victim of being very early in the running order

@Taliesin800

19 күн бұрын

@@christianglas1584 Totally agree - I liked the song from when it was 1st selected. I couldn't understand how it was written off so early in the game 😕

Really hope Denmark sends something in Danish again. We know Fyr & Flamme would've qualified under the current system in 2021 and that non-English songs are doing very well with qualifying currently. The fact that there was no Danish songs in DMGP this year was very disappointing to me.

@ThaGamingMisfit

19 күн бұрын

I hope Denmark will come up with something unique next year !

@ESCTom

17 күн бұрын

yep, DMGP was very disappointing for several reasons this year, and that was one of them

phenomenal analysis as always, i hadnt caught onto san marino being a jury before so that was in interestign insight 🤔 one factor in malta coming last that i think has been forgotton was the segment they used in the recap. there wasn't any of the song in it! how on earth was the casual viewer going to vote for it 18 songs later if they didnt have a reminder how it went

@oscarfernald9402

18 күн бұрын

I agree. I would have preferred a recap of the first chorus, the most catchy part of the song, and I really liked the little ‘now you see me, now you don’t’ game with the dancers in that part 😁👌🏾

@ESCTom

18 күн бұрын

100% agree. the recap should have the strongest part of the song in it AND then the staging for that part should be build around it for the recap

San Marino’s vocals didn’t sound muffled at home, just flat, especially in the longer notes in the chorus (“toda la nocheeeeeee”) Her voice sounded tired in those parts, and she couldn’t reach those notes. Such a shame, because she sounded really good in the rehearsals.

Please do the “What’s wrong with Denmark in Eurovision”! After failing to qualify to the grand final at all four contests after 2019, Denmark became after the 2024 contest the country with the current longest consecutive non-qualification streak, after Ireland (four), Georgia and Latvia (six) broke their consecutive non-qualifications. After hosting the contest in 2014, Denmark has only managed to qualify 3 times in 10 years (2017, 2018, 2019), after only failing to qualify twice (2004 and 2007) since the introduction of the semi finals in 2004 up until 2014.

Loop is not a masterpiece especially lyrically, and nor is it very original, but with Sarah's flawless vocals and a very entertaining and captivating performance, getting last place is a CRIME. My Malta deserves more credit and MORE VOTES!! Consecutively finishing last is brutal and very disheartening.

@saucysalmon55

17 күн бұрын

The Eurovision is a song contest at the end of the day and Loop was a truly dreadful song. The Busker were robbed last year (that was an awful semi-final and running order for them) but Loop deserved where it finished, irrespective of the stage show. The Maltese national final really needs to do something about the 78% jury. Either make it 100% jury or 50/50 because 78% almost guarantees that the jury winner will beat the televote winner.

Thanks again for the roundup! 😄

@ESCTom

19 күн бұрын

❤️

Finally, I've been waiting so long for this 😂

This was all brilliant info, Tom, holyyyy

It was honestly amazing to have Latvia, Georgia & Ireland back in the final after so long 👏🏽

The Czech HoD somewhere said that we will get confirmation on the participation after August

I was watching the semi final jury with a big bunch of non-Euro fans in the UK and despite not being wowed by the staging they all really loved Dons song and felt it was something you would here on the radio in an authentic singer songwriter way. I think the factor that the song was pretty strong to a certain demographic was the big factor in Latvias success.

You have to pay twice to get into Uvpsm so they basically use it to fund the broadcaster and Eurovision.

@Tollkirschenkind

16 күн бұрын

That's why they have these huge rounds and finals, I think everybody pays to compete in the first place, and the more people you have in your national final, the more money you get. Quite smart from a business perspective 😅

Thank you Tom for this amazing content. Lots of love to you from Colombia.

@ESCTom

18 күн бұрын

♥️

Latvia did really grow on me! Really pleasant song and I think I preferred it to France's.

Just finished the video and I agree Czechia was extremely unlucky and there would have been many cases where they qualified If Czechia and Norway swapped ROs, Czechia could’ve qualified. If Israel was disqualified from competing at Eurovision 2024. Czechia could’ve qualified When Netherlands was disqualified if they let the 11th place from the semi final go to the final, which was Czechia 😭😭 Aiko was so unlucky and my winner of 2024 so I hope she returns one day!

@quickstopfreak

19 күн бұрын

I'm not saying the Czechia's song was flawless, but IMO the seeding of countries into the two semis plays a crucial role. I fail to see how this year's seeding helped the proclaimed disruption of long-term voting blocks. Just the second semi: Armenia-Georgia? Denmark-Norway? Austria-Switzerland? Latvia-Estonia? Belgium-Netherlands? Really? 8 of those 10 qualified. And in the first semi the triad Croatia-Serbia-Slovenia? All three qualified. Poland and Czechia each in different semi? None of them qualified.

I think Dons qualified because he had a strong decent song which was sung by a very capable and professional performer. His genuine emotion at the end of the performance was really moving. When I think of Dons the underdog, it’s just wonderful to see great things happen to a genuinely lovely guy. ❤

As a Norwegian, I don't really think I agree with "we'll have pop again next year" and even if that were to happen, it's not due to Norwegians not wanting to take risks. I think people here vote with what they're feeling most at the time, and not caring about the "how is this gonna go in Eurovision?" I do think that Gåte not winning the MGP jury vote/international vote (yes, I know they were still 2nd there) and not even charting in Norway was a bad sign. Norway has struggled with juries, and once again we haven't been able to figure that out, I think maybe we safe too much with stagings rather than the songs. I think the people who voted for Gåte knew that this was either gonna underperform/be borderline or do really well. Unfortunately, not a great result. I don't think Norwegians will shy away from risks, assuming we get daring songs that are actually good/speak to us. Keep in mind, Scandi pop is what we are most known for/charts the most here, so us choosing pop is more because that's what we listen to rather than us being "safe". I just hope we get EBU changes sooner rather than later, because right now MGP is moving towards choosing songs and artists, and if they have most artists saying no to compete due to this years Eurovision, then NRK will withdraw/not compete in order to save MGP, which after all has a larger tradition for Norwegians.

@ThaGamingMisfit

19 күн бұрын

I would love to hear more Norwegian language or folk or non-pop songs, but I guess only people like me would want those songs to win. I hope you're right that it's not set in stone that we'll get pop for the next decade from Norway, but I would not be surprised. Ulveham won the national final (by a hair) because it was the only folk song this year, right? And Gåte is pretty big there I heard, so yeah what are the chances of people voting for something similar knowing it won't do well ? It's sad for music in general and for me of course, so I hope they don't use my logic and will still take risks in the future. Ulveham changed my life somehow, I really fell in love with music again this year because I heard a song that made me feel alive, so yes please I want more of that !

@oscarfernald9402

16 күн бұрын

I wouldn’t go as far as life changing, but Ulveham is something special for sure 🙂 Whenever I hear that call in the intro, I feel like, yes! Let’s go! 😁👌🏾

My biggest highlight of the season was Latvia, Georgia and Ireland qualifying for the final this year! It was so amazing 🇱🇻🇬🇪🇮🇪❤

My favourites from Semi 2 were Netherlands, Switzerland, Armenia, Greece, Estonia 💙💙💙

Aren't the Netherlands also one of the bigger money contributors outside of the BIG 5? So if they pull out next year it might hurt a lot (and hurt all the more since the contest is in Switzerland)

@ESCTom

18 күн бұрын

yep, losing the Netherlands would be a huge hit to the contest

Hollow was the only ballad of this group ; all ballad voters converged towards Dons.

Eurosong in Belgium is coming back next year. We got Gustaph in 7th and the one before that was (hold on) Laura Tesoro (10th in 2016). I think they're on to something. I can understand why they slipped Hooverphonic in between (Sennek also had a song from Alex Callier, not a coincidence). It's a shame the Belgian system is so slow, maybe it would be better if the broadcasters cooperate, but that won't ever happen...

@ESCTom

18 күн бұрын

yea its harder for them to get a rhythm doing it every 2 years. but then also they are tapping into 2 different pools of artists. Also there is the competition from the broadcasters, which is a motivation

I appreciate that you feel sorry for my country Malta . I don't know what else we can do . We need big artist to get back competing and a song from great composers if the song is not good enough we can change it

Are you going to make a video about the voting irregularities?

@ESCTom

17 күн бұрын

if you're referring to Israel's televote, ill talk about it in my televote video

@rakrega

17 күн бұрын

@@ESCTom​​⁠🙏🏼Tom! After the ‘leaked’ results of Italy’s televoting results, Israel (almost 40%) jumped from 8th to 2nd place of the ESC odds after the semi final. That was just a shocking change. In 2022 Ukraine ‘only’ got around 24.5% in the semi and 29.5% of the Italian televote in final. Those votes were from ESC fans. As long as the EBU isn’t transparent about the true numbers behind the televoting (amount of unique voters and the amount of votes per person), I lost hope for a pleasant and joyful Eurovision. The ratings are public, the televoting points are public, but the rest isn’t (if I’m correct). If the EBU won’t be transparent about this, they allow the Eurovision to be political and they are the facilitator. They didn’t take any measures after seeing the 40%. EBU silenced everyone but one delegation. It seems like the bullying behind the scenes was allowed by the EBU. They let it be possible to vote 20, 40 up till 100 times to vote by different credit cards. This kįlled the soul of the artists, the fans and the whole Eurovision. What did the EBU do until now: announcing they keep the main sponsor. The only ones who took measures on the spot where RAI and the jury members, imo. It sûcks that they had to do this. If nothing else changes it will be the same next year. I feel bad for the artists and the fans. Everyone who votes pays money for it, but nobody actually has any influence by voting once or twice. I personally feel fooled by this system. Everyone spending money on going to Malmö or Swiss is being fooled by the system. It’s a battle between politics and the jury. The political sponsored campaign was of course used for propaganda afterwards. The televoting was widely misused by non fans, non viewers. Sorry for my 🔥, but it still feels so unfair, it’s still so upsetting me. Feels like the heart of Eurovision has been stolen. ‘United by music’ is a hollow slogan in the light of power and money. Joost was right when asked if his song could unite people. He said: “Good question for the EBU.”

@rakrega

17 күн бұрын

27:21 Czechia public gave Israel 10 points. You’re right Tom, but results are off.

@rakrega

17 күн бұрын

Israel got 15 times 12 points from the public. Only 3 of those countries gave also jury points (8, 5, 3). Israel got 7 times 10 points from the public. Only 2 of those countries gave also jury points (8, 3). Just a thought to end my epistle… When Joost Klein got disqualified, they couldn’t make Israel the new #5 in the running order. Because if they did Lithuania 🇱🇹 would become the new #6 and people might find out 🤪. Besides that, the lobbying would’ve been a waste of money. I’m sure this running order was a subject of discussion behind the scenes as well. Wish I was a fly on the wall 😂

Man one day we Belgians will have the staging of the Flemish and the song from the Walloon delegation combined and we'll win the whole thing 😅I'm just thinking City Lights with better staging, that would have been a winner. That song also had a way better video clip, they should spend less effort in that for sure !

The Belgium one sounded a lot better in the music video, and looked even better when attending live, while the shows are usually made to look nicer on camera. The camera footage gave it an real "we have it at home" vibe. The song did still sound fine to me live, but specialist did note it was really flat sounding tho. And comparing to the music video you can really hear that. Based on the video, the song did have a lot of potential

Deafening silence on the elephant in the room. Skillfully done! The facts will come out eventually.

@gainal9080

8 күн бұрын

What facts?

@itizuLez

8 күн бұрын

Eurovision broadcasts start at 5:00 AM in Australia. In the semi finals the voting closes before 7:00 AM. SBS is a public broadcaster with viewing numbers available. The EBU will be able to check televoting against viewership and compare that to previous years to identify Ballot Stuffing (i.e. more people voting than people watching).

Firstly, I was extremely happy for Latvia. Nobody expected that, but the song was always something special to me personally, and his emotions were so honest (all the moms from Europe liked this 😂). This year was an underdog Story for many countries that didn't do well in recent years: Croatia coming 2nd, Ireland, Georgia and Latvia qualifying all together for the first time since 2007, Germany coming 12th, Slovenia qualifying for the 2nd time in a row with a song in Slovenian. Above that, Latvia was accounted as a first country to qualify; you could see how Dons was happy, and their commentator also, screaming of happiness literally. We kind of always knew that Nutsa going to qualify; we saw it on the pre-party how great she could deliver it. Speaking of that, Mustii unfortunately gave the signal that vocals were not together, and that happened on the live show. This song was a jury winner potential at some point, but you have to be a great singer like Slimane to do that, I guess. Interesting how Switzerland came "only" 4th, not receiving any 12 points from the audience. They can be really happy that juries have loved the song more than usual in recent years. I guess there weren't enough delicious songs to split a little bit of that huge number. In 2019, for example, many songs were worthy of winning the jury. I'm only a bit sad because Aiko didn't make it through. She improved 100% vocally, visually and staging-wise from the national selection. They used all the stage elements; it looked so professional and high-level for me. Studio track was always good for me, and this is my favorite non-qualifier this year. Albania needs to learn a lesson for translating their songs; it didn't work for them again. Denmark needs to wake up, like Azerbaijan. They slayed in the late 00s and the begging of the 10s, great songs and now a record of non-qualifying. I wouldn't ever expect that from Denmark, tbh... Speaking of Malta, look. They came in 2nd with the televote in the Semi-final 1 in 2021. The song, staging, and promotion were great. Back in 2005, they came 2nd in the televote-only Grand final, performing 3rd. So, for the small countries, you have to be great and come up with something executed well. Sarah did everything right, but the song, let's be honest, wasn't that spectacular and unique. All in all, for the first time, I was happy with all the qualifiers. Both Semis were pretty strong. I look forward to the next year. Again, great job, Tom.

@Taliesin800

19 күн бұрын

Similar to poor Malta, I loved this song, also from when it was selected. I sometimes wonder if having so many ranking videos as new songs are selected does more harm than good, but that's probably me being naive, even though this was my 52nd year as a viewer!

Welkom in Europa 😢#europapa 💞

Tom trolling us all with a 3D bar chart... that's a one way ticket to Analyst jail sir.

@ESCTom

18 күн бұрын

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Timestamp on thumbnail covers YSIS on the word ANALYSIS

About San Marino it sounded pretty bad to me as well. Kenzy sounded stifled and the backing vocals were very loud. Then there was the technical issue with her in-ears that threw a portion of the performance off and I kind of felt like she panicked and ended up blowing herself up, leading to the struggles at the end of the song. Sad, but I don't think it would have qualified anyway given how much of a struggle it is for San Marino to qualify to begin with and the... voting patterns this year.

27:26 I think if you would go around the streets in Hungary, 6 out of 10 people would not know what Eurovision is sadly😢

Do you think "take me as I am" and latvia's entry in 2020 would've qualified?

@christianglas1584

19 күн бұрын

Well, I think that at least Take Me As I Am had a good chance. I'm not sure about Still Breathing, I liked the song, but it's rather niche and I don't think the juries would've appreciated it either.

@ESCTom

19 күн бұрын

Georgia - yes Latvia - no

My guess is that Belgium and Denmark might have qualified with juries instead Norway and Georgia (idk why, but Georgia placed so badly in the final with the juries, norway is expected. And yes, the jury of san marino put belgium last but I still want to believe that Mustii had great jury appeal). Also Switzerland would've been first in the semi with jury votes.

Norway...reaction to last place humiliation. Prepare in 2025 for super easy pop number ..comfort food entry. Ring a Ring a Roses or Norwegian equivalent...in English, of course!

Some interesting detailed results of both semis: ROTW Places 11-15 Semi 1: 11. Azerbaijan 12. Poland 13. Cyprus 14. Moldova 15. Iceland ROTW Places 11-16 Semi 2 11. Belgium 12. Malta 13. Austria 14. Latvia 15. Denmark 16. Albania

Didn't Dima Bilan also come 3rd in the Semi in 2008 and then went on to win the final? So there would be 2 winners that were not top 2 in their semi. (With Nemo still being lower placed, though)

@ESCTom

17 күн бұрын

Yea I think subconsciously I didn’t look at 2008 cos it was televote only for both semis and final

If Sweden sent Saba with Sand it would have qualified but Sweden would have given Saba much better staging.

@ESCTom

18 күн бұрын

totally agree, it would have qualified BECAUSE Sweden would have given it such better staging. there was something to work with with the song

many czech people lives in bavaria

Great analysis - don't agree 100% with your comments, but not far off! Sorry, this is the 1st of your vids that I have watched - rectifying that over the next few days, but have you posted an analysis re Hurricane?

As a Czech - Benny Cristo quite literally is one of the biggest, most estabilished artists here - his song was simply just bad, thus nobody cared.

@neconeconeco

18 күн бұрын

i think the song was really good!! but something did not seem right when it came to staging, like he was in a bad headspace or something :( the music video was awesome and they threw all that away

2016 was the best ❤

Malta have been great last 2 years, gutted the results don’t reflect that

@ESCTom

16 күн бұрын

yea it doesnt reflect the effort

If you'd told me that a song that was to come fourth in its semi would win the whole contest by 50 Points or so back in mid April, I'd never have believed you. Yep...all the way back to 2008...

Really looking forward to your grand final analysis. I'm struggling to understand how the public vote resulted so heavily in favour for Israel from countries like Ireland . I would appreciate if you could give your thoughts on this.

@ESCTom

16 күн бұрын

yea dont worry, i will definitely cover this

Malta selected a terrible recap. No signing only dancing. Missed it a couple times and only realized recap was happening due to second song starting

@ESCTom

18 күн бұрын

yea i was surprised by some of the recaps this year, ESPECIALLY for a song that came 1st in the running order. they should purposefully be putting in something in the staging which can be used specifically for the recap

Maybe people just liked Hollow.

Here within under 1 hour😀 👇

@oscarfernald9402

18 күн бұрын

Must be the name, I was here within 24 minutes 😁👌🏾

I have a fear Latvia will not compete next year because a petition was created for Latvia to withdraw from the contest, citing high costs and that participants tend to behave "promiscuously". It suggests that the money should be allocated to underfunded national sports teams. The petition received more votes than the 10,000 for it to be reviewed by the parliament.

@neconeconeco

19 күн бұрын

i wouldn't worry too much about one petition. remember that anyone can make a petition and spread it on conservative facebook - the government may have to review it, but it does not mean they will approve it.

@greygust3936

19 күн бұрын

Hopefully ​@@neconeconeco

@zsokapados5197

19 күн бұрын

@@neconeconeco I hope.

@harrietamidala1691

19 күн бұрын

That petition was made in February/March before Eurovision aired, likely with the expectation that Latvia wasn’t going to qualify. Well, Latvia did qualify in the end so maybe it would be ignored.

It hurts me that Sarah still came last after all the work she put in to make her song the most polished performance it could possibly be. It's definitely not innovative or anything, but damn if it isn't catchy and the one I listen to the most out of the girlybops. Also side note, Dons was so emotional at the end of his semi performance that I think it could have gotten him a couple extra points. I know I certainly was swayed!

You really think Sweden would give Denmark high marks? Are there other examples of when Sweden has given really good marks for bad songs to neighboring countries?

@ESCTom

17 күн бұрын

well i liked finland this year, but many didnt. Sweden were the only ones who put it top 3 in SF1

The Musti see-through trousers with the shorts underneath looked really cheapskate.

@ESCTom

19 күн бұрын

Yea the styling was totally off for me

@Taliesin800

19 күн бұрын

The same shorts were in existence for Nemo as well!

Israel winning the semi-final is just too funny.

3:40 To be fair, the second semi final barely had any male acts, especially the first half that had 7/8 female singers. 5:00 Well, last year they were in the first semi final where they infamously never qualified from. All of their qualifications happened in the second semi final, so it might be their "lucky semi". 7:20 Yeah, that really was a bummer. If Georgia didn't qualify with her, I don't know what would've tbh... I really wanted to see her participate so I'm upset with the final result, but that's a discussion for another time. 9:15 This might be selfish, but I wouldn't like that to happen as they would overtake her, and she's sadly their worst result in the final. Like I mentioned, this is a result I'm very disappointed about so I'm biased. If only she competed in another year... 15:45 The EBU probably shot themselves in the foot with the decision to exclude juries from the semi finals... 18:00 5 is actually one of the three death slots of the second semi final. The others are 3 & 10, and the latter didn't qualify either. 19:20 In the last 2 years, number 2 has qualified more times (twice) than number 12 which is currently on four consecutive non-qualifications, the only number to not have qualified either in this year or 2023. The new death slot? 20:10 Well, they would've taken a lot of points from Croatia, that's for sure. 21:35 This doesn't include 2008 itself, right? Since Russia only came 3rd in their semi final. Sweden was the 8th qualifier announced last year, just like Switzerland. I unfortunately don't remember who was announced 8th in the second semi final last year (was it Australia?), but if that's an indicator (televote and jury winner this year), we should keep an eye out for the 8th qualifier next year. From 2016 - 2018, the winner was actually announced 5th in their semi final. 22:55 Well, Germany had a similar pattern over the last three years (doubling, then tripling our points - 3, 6, 18), but that didn't continue as we didn't get 72 points this year (which is 18×4) The flaw here is, that Armenia improved six places each year as well, and you can't finish 2nd with 244 points in the current system. Another fun fact: 19 is the Trenuletul slot and seems to bring luck to the performers since then. The streak of that slot is 7th, 6th and 8th. 24:25 And that was actually their first non-qualifaction in the second semi final. Their perfect streak broke last year. 26:30 Yeah, I'm also concerned that Norway will play it safe now, and not send a song in Norwegian again for now. 27:40 I actually have and I'm from a Big 5 country. Not many in my age group (Gen Z) seem to know what the ESC is. 28:05 This is the upset of the year, surely. It could've potentially been a threat to Switzerland in the jury vote if this came together a bit better. 31:00 Well, this staging was apparently done by the same person who did Switzerland this year and Cha Cha Cha and Heroes in the past... 31:10 I've heard she's not that popular among Kosovans (?), so that could be why. 33:50 Well, putting a dance break into the recap isn't really helpful.

@ESCTom

17 күн бұрын

yea i think i subconsciously overlooked 2008 cos it was televote only in the semis and the final too. whereas 2024 and 2023 were televote only in the semis. 2008 feels like the end of the previous era to me

@ESCTom

17 күн бұрын

Armenia could finish 2nd with 244 if a load of countries withdraw 😭

@ESCTom

17 күн бұрын

im very surprised that Rydman did Albania's staging. it was a miss for me

@diekommentarekommentiererin

17 күн бұрын

@@ESCTom So I've read. I'm not 100% certain on it.

Why didn't you talk about Israel's result?

@Wailmur

13 күн бұрын

I wonder why

why Malta is a NQ to much dancing to little singing its still a SONG contest

@erinnadia0409

18 күн бұрын

Worked for Noa last year

Quick thoughts before watching I don't think Malta NQ because its Malta. It was never pipped to do well anyway. And she technically finished ahead of Albania and San Marino when you take away their diaspora/friendly voting On that note Albania basically got 0 Nooooo Belguim my beloved Czechia 11th is shocking Norway could of nq'd is crazy Georgia is still due a proper great result Israel voting 1000% political. Ruins the sf and is bs

@veikkohuhta5109

19 күн бұрын

I agree 100% (Even tho I’m HEARTBROKEN for Malta and Sarah 😭😭)

I find Malta’s song the weakest from all the girlie bops. So, even when Sarah performed the song very well, it just can’t make up for the weak song itself.

Belgium was my number 1 this year but the performance was terrible. Poor vocals and his movement on stage was awkward and almost self conscious. Disappointing.

@ESCTom

18 күн бұрын

yea so much potential lost

I don't think Israeli vote doesn't count

In short: I am very disappointed that Israel was virtually ignored by you (again). i know a lot of viewers will disagree and i don't want to start a discussion about that topic, but because i really like your analysis videos i could not resist to say that.

@yqking2497

19 күн бұрын

Nothing to analyze, they came 1st because of politics, nothing else.

@erinnadia0409

18 күн бұрын

Yeah there isn't much to say really, they won, it was due to politics, next.

@ESCTom

18 күн бұрын

ive already addressed this fully in a previous video, im not going to redo it in every single video going forward

I feel like Dons would be the low maintenance friend that straight up doesn’t give a fuck but in the best possible way. Like the one who just shows up wherever and always has a good time. He seems like a really sweet guy. Love to Latvia 🇱🇻 from USA 🇺🇸

@Taliesin800

19 күн бұрын

I loved the fact that he appeared in nearly all the behind the scenes videos with most of the other participants.

@user-xm8sc3wn7n

19 күн бұрын

@@Taliesin800 yea he would be the friend you bring to dinner with maybe your coworkers or a different friend group and at the end of the night he’s in all their photos and is invited to do a speech at someone else’s wedding

@oscarfernald9402

18 күн бұрын

His interactions with the other artists behind the scenes were great, I agree. I didn’t really care about the song, but to see him qualify out of nowhere was such a great moment, and I genuinely felt happy for him. And suddenly I like the song a lot better as well 😅

@user-xm8sc3wn7n

17 күн бұрын

@@oscarfernald9402 I really couldn’t agree much more! The song on its own was a good ballad, maybe not a winning song but a well performed one. But his lovable personality made me give it a few more listens. I feel like if I had a personal tragedy, he’d be the friend to show up unannounced ready to help with anything, and those people are truly priceless in life

I really think that EBU should start posting jury’s scores in the semis for transparency and for us stats fans 🫵🏻

@ESCTom

18 күн бұрын

i would LOVE that, but they never ever would do that