I'm one of the heathens who doesn't like the 2017 winner. It has nothing to do with the singer, I don't believe I've ever heard the man speak, I just find the song a bit boring and something about the way it's sung annoys me Fairytale should have been S tier
You have noooooooooo idea how pissed off I was at Kaleen's We Will Rave being robbed of her dance break. The even tried to cover this in the video for the grand final performance by using her semi final footage and copy and pasted on top of the error, but you can still see the camera dying in the live stream.
Damn, I am still sad that Ukrainians Verka Serduchka with “Lasha Tumbai” and Go-A with their "Shum" did not win. They are real legends and their energy is sooo unique 😩 by the way I think the only time Russia was deserving to win was their t.A.T.u entry. But I changed my mind when I bought Sertab Erener album in 2004. I’m still obsessed with her talent and she was ultimate winner over that fake Russian lesbian duo (that now supports Putin and invasion)
as someone who is half estonian and half ukranian, thank you for explaining the true meaning and evolution of Jamala's - 1944. It had a true impact on so many people and is relevant especially in 2024. ❤
I don't agree with you about Loreen and tattoo and your ranking of it being her third best Melodifestivalen-entry. My rankning looks like this: 1. Tattoo 2. My heart is refusing me 3. Euphoria 4. Statements And don't get me wrong, I love euphoria and I would defend it to death anywhere. But it has been soooo overplayed in Sweden. Loreen is our very own quirky, a little bit weird, queen and we love her here. I love all her entries. I saw Melodifestivalen live both times she won and tattoo gave another feeling. (I never understod the hype around Finland in 2023 🤷🏼♀)
You should have known not to trust Poland when it comes to Eurovision... unless they work for another country (like Switzerland). I hope Poland will send someone like Franek Warzywa next time. Gabe, your polish is freakin' great!
5:55 and North Macedonia. They were searching for artists to represent them, and had originally allocated part of their budget to Eurovision 2024, but in the end the plans fell through due to lack of artist interest.
I remember being so upset when first Statements had to compete in Andra Chansen and then one week later being more upset that it was knocked out, that staging was a masterpiece of art
41:54 I'm pretty sure that Kaleen said somewhere (I'm not sure anymore if it was a proper interview or an Instagram livestream) that she chose not to perform again, despite being offered the opportunity. As I say, unfortunately I'm not sure anymore where it was but I think it was about 1-2 months ago, definately quite a little while after the final. I'll make sure to provide more information if I remember anything.
Salvador comment about music not being fireworks but about feeling, its because Portugal was able to send a song that was very criticized at the beggining cause there was no crazy vocals or performance, and won! Giving has your first win 😊
Actually the Marco x Mahmood thing goes even deeper. Fans speculated for a year now that they're actually ex-lovers. There's a clip at Sanremo where they completely ignore each other, they don't follow each other on social media despite having the same friends and collab partners in the industry, and I think Mahmood wrote a song for Marco (I think it's Hola? Though I can't confirm this right now). Though I must say that neither of them made their sexuality public, so any speculation feels just wrong to me. This is just what I read in Italian magazines.
From watching both you guys' content, it's so surreal having Maqwell just take over the video for a bit. I'd never have seen this collab coming but I'm so happy it exists.
The double standards on 2008 here... You can't rank him down for his personality but ignore it for others. I'd create a below-Z tier for one song cause it doesn't even deserve Z tier... And it's not 2011 😉 14:00 Turks should get a grip, srsly. We won fair and square, both jury and televote. 16:25 I don't see it either... S-tier remains free, I don't really have a favourite winner. A-tier: 2012 (even though she ruined it for me by returning) B-tier: 2023, 2024, 2019, 2008, 2003, 2015 C-tier: 2010, 2005, 2007, 2018, 2009 (I would've had a different opinion 15 years ago), 2013, 2022 (just due to the prospect of how it won) D-tier: 2001 (it's kinda trashy, but a guilty pleasure, kind of?), 2002, 2006 (unpopular opinion, absolutely hated it back then), 2004, 2021, 2014 (controversial), 2011 E-tier: 2011 (it's not THAT bad), 2000 (nah, really, Russia was robbed there) Added in this tier because I thought they're too bad for D-tier, but not bad enough for F either F-tier: 2016 (nah, I'm still salty by the results. Didn't even win any voting...) Below Z-tier: 2017 (If I speak I'll be in trouble. Just a few hints: 10:40 basically this, 11:22 it's for musical reasons and 11:30 wasn't the comment on how the contest was like a prostitution after 2017? How this has the point record I'll never understand. To finish off: 35:00)
Since the public vote has the "Global vote" from non-participating countries, there's no longer a true 50/50 split between the jury and the public vote. Friends Arena is now called Strawberry Arena. Globen is called Avicii Arena since a few years. Tele2 arena will soon be 3Arena.
As always Gabe - perhaps the most insightful ESC commentary ever of any channel on RU-vid. I applaud you, thank you for your content. I'm an old man from the UK, watched my first ever ESC in 1970 and not missed one since. During the down season it would be wonderful to watch someone as insightful as you go back over the decades. The socio-political impact of this contest has kind of shaped my concept of Europionism and European history from my childhood, back in the 70s, to the present day. I went on to travel and learn languages but, as a kid, this was my introduction to the multi-cultural world we live in nowadays
Here are the new rules in finalkvalet in Mello 2025: ven the layout of the final qualification itself looks different in 2025. The entry that receives the most votes in total, when the number of votes in the sub-competitions plus the number of votes in the final qualification is counted, goes on to the final. This means that the entries that receive many votes in their sub-competition and go to the qualifiers have an advantage. Also, only one song qualify for slutkvalet, one of the non-finalists with the most votes.
I agree on almost all of what you said, but putting Tattoo on the same level as Fairytale and Fly on the wings of love is just criminal. I think Tattoo is really underrated as a song as is quickly dismissed as another cookie cutter Swedish pop tune, which is not really fair I feel. It has a really amazing flow and Loreen sang it flawlessly while laying down etc. The commercial succes of it makes it B tear at least for me. But to each their own of course. Loved watching your video, as always :)
