Americans react to Eurovision 2017 

I love how Mike and Lauren completely missed the awkward kiss from Romania

And about Salvador: he had a heart condition and was waiting for a transplant. This is why he seems so tiny but bulky at the same time, under the jacket he had a machine helping him to functionate. He didn't even do the rehearsals because the doctors were worried about his health (her sister did them, and he also let her sing a bit in the winning performance after he got the trophy). I don't remember, but maybe she also cowrote the song; if that is the case maybe "my heart could love for the both of us" also has another meaning.

It is HILARIOUS how Bengtsson's sex appeal fell SO FLAT.

About Italy's song: the insipiration behind the song is actually a work titled "the naked ape" by sociologist, zoologist, ethologist Desmond Morris (see the lyrics "la scimmia nuda balla"). This is kind of a critique song about how human beings live in society nowadays (the naked ape is the human being btw) and about how the lifestyle of westerners is often superficial, mainly based on materialism and appearance. The lyrics refer to the internet as the opiate of the poor (in reference to Marx), 'selfie addiction', internet know-it-alls, and a society based on conformity and uniformity. As a result, our evolution seems to 'stumble' instead of moving forward. Another critique is that westeners often believe they can take elements of the eastern culture and "westernise" them (for example the trend doing yoga and meditation without really knowing their history and cultural significance). The song is also filled with other references to literature ("essere o dover essere" is a reference to Hamlet's "to be or not to be"), philosophy (panta rei) and pop culture in general (singing in the rain). Then, the use of the saxon genitive in the song title highlights the tendency to anglicise everything. It is actualky a deep and brilliant song, but it kind of failed to deliver its message to the greater audience: a lot of people just saw a creepy gorilla dancing wonderinf wtf was going on! 😅😂

The first time I heard Sobrals song, I cried, and I didn't even understand the lyrics - I just felt the pain and love in the song. I was sooo hoping people around Europe got it too, but I actually didn't think he would gain so much support. Was pleasantly pleased as he won. Looking back now, not many of '17s songs have aged well unfortunatly.

As a Eurovision loving Brit I was so excited for Lucie in 2017. An X-factor finalist, West End performer and amazing singer I was CERTAIN we were getting top ten. The best UK entry since 2009.

I'm glad they appreciated The Netherlands, Romania and Norway.

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This year had in my opinion one of the best interval acts ever in ESC (ONUKA and the Orchestra)

Looking back, 2017 really was a disappointing year, especially after just having seen 2021. I guess Portugal was a deserved winner and it showed with the points. Glad Mike and Lauren enjoyed The Netherlands

I think Hungary 2017 remains to be one of my favorite songs ever. I hate that Joci didn't make it to the final in 2019. also I forgot how savage the televote was that year 🙊

Isaiah's last name really is Firebrace. He's indigenous, his dad is Yorta Yorta nation and his mum is Gunditjmara nation, i'm pretty sure "Firebrace" is an English translation of a First Nations name or title. He was only 17 when he competed.

So sad about their reaction to Belgium's entry. It was my favorite that year and one of my favorites of the past decade. I know Blanche is a shy person, but the studio version is better than the live, I have to admit, let them listen to that haha :)

Guurrlll what a memory...she remembers the word Azerbaijan, sunstroke the sax player... what's next??? Yanan da mən, yanan da mən?? 😅😅

Wish they knew the story behind the Netherlands. The sisters and her mother and what the true meaning of the song is. And the fact they flew their mother out to watch them perform!

I still get goosebumps when Salvador starts to sing! Simply beautiful

Salvadors voice is just so magical, and the song works really well with the portuguese pronunciaton.

I always thought Mike was afraid to compliment beautiful singers on their looks cause Lauren would break his other arm. I'm guessing he'll be reviewing 2018 in a brace. 🤣

Aww just started the video and it seems like Lauren's due date is approaching!! Congrats for the little one and hope everything goes well!!!

That year was really hard for me xD I really liked Belgium, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Italy, Norway and Portugal. But I'm glad the young kristian from Bulgaria made it 2nd. Hope to see him again in ESC

Isaiah Firebrace is an Aboriginal Australian that's why his lastname is like that just like Native Americans

this was and is THE BEST UK entry for since 2011, I can't believe they're not appreciating it

Lol i guess dont read the comments but i wasnt aware people are telling you to change things or do this or do that all the time ... the only thing that annoys me is that sometimes my favorites got stuck in the semis :)... also dont really care about their Rankings, its just about the reactions to the show for me 🤗

I loved Portugal, Belgium, Armenia, the UK, Bulgaria and Azerbaijan in 2017

you should have included salvador's winning performance with his sister

I always forget about Norway 2017. Every time I hear it, I just giggle at the cheerful "kill kill kill kill kill" during the turnaround.

Cant wait!!!!!

So happy for your first sponsor! I just discovered the channel two days ago and I've binge watched a couple Eurovision reactions (instead of doing assignments-)! I love how knowledgeable you are and how interested (and interesting) Lauren and Mike are!

I enjoyed 2017 and was surprised by Portugal winning, too. I really like the song and was happy when it was included in Will Ferrell’s Eurovision movie. 2021 I think is the best Eurovision thus far, but at the time 2017 was the second time I was watching the show live so I was as impressed with it just like 2016’s. Bulgaria’s song remains a favorite from 2017. And I agree that the yodeling song was catchy. I listened to it a lot at the time because I liked how it blended yodeling with some modern styles of music. Living in a state where cowboys, yodeling in country music, etc is incredibly popular it was nice to hear something blending styles. Plus the performance was fun. I also enjoyed Belarus’s song. One friend that I’d pick up from work referred to it as the fairy tale song anytime it came on my car stereo via my iPod. Although the boat with fans on the back reminded me of boats used in swamps/bayous in Louisiana and Florida that I’ve seen when visiting family that lives in those states. It never occurred to me that it could be a sky boat and that the fog might represent clouds until you said it. LOL

I’m from Poland 😅 I like your reacts to Eurovision! the favourite trio! 🔥

portugal deserved that win, i was hoping bulgaria would win but i also voted for portugal and was rooting for salvador so im glad :)

I'm just going to break from some of the comments here and say that 2017 was a good year overall, and the winner was well-deserved. Belgium was my winner, and one of my favorite Eurovision entries of all time, but 4th was enough for me. As a fan I'm still surprised and annoyed that people didn't think the winner was deserved just because he gave an opinion. There's no need to be butthurt after 5 years, and even after he apologized for it. In fact, I have the unpopular opinion that Salvador Sobral and his song helped in the rise of quality of the contest in the past 5 years that lead to this year's contest being so strong! If fans want the contest to be respectable to non-fans, to go become more acceptable for mainstream viewers, we need more people like him. /rant over Great reaction video as always!

OG3NE does very good music even today. Home isolation versions are incredible!

OMG, how difficult it must be to be silent about the winner and ranking when you already know everything

Alex I live for the esc reactions, when I saw the notifications that u uploaded a new video I was smiling so hard. I love your channel sm

2017 was obviously very special to me seeing my country finally win after watching Eurovision since I was a kid with my family. I don't know if I'll ever feel that emotion again in my life but I just want that people from countries who haven't won yet to feel it because it's really quite a rush! And so much pure joy. Other than that, Mike has fine taste in women. And Lauren is just glowing so much with happiness and emotions. You can really tell by the way she smiles so adorably. I doubt she'd like Yodel it! as much if she wasn't in the current state of grace she is :D (I mean, I liked it then; still like it. It's a fine fun song. But she just has this very mom-like smile to her face while reacting to it. So cute).

Such a great year. My favourites were the netherlands, Moldova, Croatia, Hungary

Azerbaijan 2017 was art and masterpiece

Just about to watch this, but before I forget to say, you should get them to react to eurovision 1969, random I know but it's just been uploaded for a limited time. Love to see what they think.

This was an awesome reaction. I can't wait for Eurovision 2018. It's my favourite year. 😄

I have been watching a few of your videos before watching this one. And as a Portuguese and couldn't stop as of being emotion when listening to Salvador and with the recording of us, finally, wining :3 I will miss you guys for this year reaction and hope every thing is ok with them :)

I’m glad Mike was digging Armenia’s song. I feel like it was underrated overall - it should have been Top 10, easily.

Man, the Spanish dude got a lot of sh in Spain 😭 he was a meme for months and he laughed about it himself as well

I cant wait to see them reacting to Eleni!!

I feel like 2017 Eurovision was wiped from my memory. I remember only few songs :D

I mean their names are just Vlad, Tim and Olek (or Alex in westernised version of that name). If I remember it correctly - was it the first and only time we actually had fully male group of presenters? 11:45 It's actually song about animals, even if it does sound mostly like a love song or something. She did uno reverse on that one. Also it's great example of why Poland won't be winning the main ESC any time soon. She was given literally no help or budget from TVP. Her friend made the light show and her mom made dresses she wore. 13:35 "History of my life" is basically the chorus. 26:30 Occidentalis Karma is still my favourite song from that year. It was bet as the winner for a reason. Even if Sobral's performance was much more outstanding and there were probably better written songs lyrics-wise, dude's voice is probably the nicest in this year and song itself is the most fun (fits the competition the most). 28:50 Also he is the biggest a-hole from all the modern winners. Kinda makes me wish that it was one of those years where gimmick won over actually strongest song and performance. 31:00 One of the major reasons why he won was because some people really overdid with the effects in last few years. As Eurovision fandom fluctuates with its tastes - this really fit perfectly into the timeline. Still sucks that he has been rude since the day he got that prize. 39:45 I still don't get how the girl who actually won Spanish preselections didn't got sent. And I think most people did. 45:05 Fun fact - its actually "magic mirror on the wall" not "mirror mirror". 1:01:15 Ahh, France - how bad staging can really destroy all the chances you had. I think I will skip, cause I remember getting actually nauseated thanks to the camera work and visuals on the screen. 1:04:55 Oh you just reminded me how much more disgusted I felt after Jury once again pushed Sweden for no other apparent reason than them being Swedish 1:06:15 Ahh, yes - the good reminder that Jury hates Polish songs, with televotes appreciating those more often. Sad fact - we would never qualify to the finale if only Jury was choosing. Like actually never. 1:09:06 It important to mention that he only got the most points thanks to the new scoring system. Percentage-wise he is way lower on the rankings (either if you consider points a single country can get or give out or just percentage of all points given in that competition).

PORTUGAL got top jury and top televote in 2017 and enter for that in the GUINNESS WORLD OF RECORDS......

These two are so fun. Always love their reactions.

For people,who like the old system: Mike - 8 Lauren - 8 ITS A TIE!))

The restrained and awkward movements Salvador was doing (singer from Portugal) in a plus size blazer was because he was carring a heart support machine. He had been on a transplant waiting list for a while and was fainting by the day when the contest happened. Happily enough, he got his new heart later on and has produced great music ever since :) [he was always a bit corky, but I felt the need to explain why he was so off]

The balls represent parts of a traditional bracelet that is on the logo

i'm very happy Mike and Lauren liked Austria.. deserved love!

Ohhh you should have also reacted to the winner's reprise where he sings with his sister! That was a lovely moment

2:35 Opening 12:18 Israel 16:20 Poland 20:21 Belarus 24:21 Austria 28:11 Armenia 32:05 The Netherlands 37:41 Moldova 41:45 Hungary 45:46 Italy 49:55 Denmark 53:53 Portugal 58:42 Azerbaijan 1:02:40 Croatia 1:06:40 Australia 1:13:28 Greece 1:17:26 Spain 1:21:30 Norway 1:25:24 Eurovision tips from Måns 1:29:24 United Kingdom 1:33:33 Cyprus 1:37:34 Romania 1:41:30 Germany 1:46:48 Ukraine 1:50:52 Belgium 1:55:29 Sweden 1:59:30 Bulgaria 2:03:30 France 2:16:10 Ruslana 2:25:20 ONUKA feat. Naoni Orchestra 2:41:03 Jamala 2:41:26 Ass in the stage 2:48:00 Jury results 3:26:49 Viewers results 3:35:05 Winner 3:40:20 Winner’s performance

Great video! But wow, 2017 was really bad to be honest.🤷🏼‍♂️

I love Mike and Lauren, they are really nice. It's very enjoyable to watch their reaction to the contests. I wish you had showed them the winning performance too, as I think is one of the best moments of that contest. I wanna take the opportunity to congratulate them too for the pregnancy and I wish them a happy and healthy future as a family. Thanks for the videos Alex, I'm really loving them from start to finish.

2018 is coming and I can't wait ( For 2018 I would really like to see them react to semi-finals too not only because the series will end but also most of my top15 died in the Semis that years ex. Switzerland , Latvia , Belgium , Malta and many more )

You guys are my new favorite reactors. Not cringey at all and all three of you are entertaining. Just subbed 👍

I did love both Italy and Belgium's entries this year. In the latter's case, it also helps if you get a bit of Italian (just a bit is enough) in order to get the song. It is not as superficial as it otherwise looks like. I am also not a huge fan of the first two places (although I am Bulgarian and although I get why Portugl might appeal to a lot of people)

Anja Nissen is actually Aussie and she won The Voice Australia in 2015.

Sorry from Spain...😅

Thank you guys! You are my favotie react-group EVER!

I only watched the reactions for Portugal, France and Romania.. It was such a weak year:( can't wait to see you guys reacting to Eurovision 2018 and 2019🔥

I remember that year, 8 of my top 15 didn't qualified to the grand final. 💔

CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT FIRST SPONSORSHIP, THIS CHANNEL DESERVE BETTER. :)

you know it was a good eurovision song if you remember it and more if you still listen to it and 2017 was a good year

I haven't watched this yet but I'm hitting like already, my favorite reactors

Finally... 😘From Portugal.

I had to leave after five minutes and said bye in the chat. You responded. That's what a good RU-vidr does. EDIT: Thanks for liking my entry

Its really sad that lindita didnt make it to the final. She gave us the longst vocals in one breath.

2018 is my year. Portugal 2017 is well deserved.

I love Belgium and Azerbaijan!

I have to say something against all those who say that 2017 was a bad year. I really like that year an in my opinion it was way better than boring 2015 and 2013. I think it had way more experimental and creative songs than other esc-years like Romania, Belarus, Croatia or Azerbaijan for example. Also Portugal wins with something unusual. I listen to many songs of then still now, especially Belgium.

Ohh one more thing. 🤔 You said that the name of Volare is Volare, its not! Its, Nei Blu Dipinto Di Blu.

oh thats exactly what I need before my exams tommorow. thank you for your service guys! 🤣

Me watching the whole video just to see their reaction to the Romanian kiss ... and they don't even see it 🤣

Wow I forgot how much I enjoy Norway and Austria's songs from this year

So cute, I was taking notes like this when kid I was watching the eurovision :-) Thats the way to enjoy the show

My favourite that year was Bulgaria. 🇧🇬 🎧👍🇷🇴

I still regularly listen to such as Occidentalis Karma and Beautiful Mess 4 years later!

I remember feeling that the French, Swedish & Belgian songs were so overhyped that year, and my opinion hasn't changed listening back to them now. I feel the studio versions were much better, but I still don't vibe with them. It was such a weak year over all with some really weird voting patterns. My favourite by far, and from the beginning, was Portugal that year so I was so happy that they won. I remember it getting so much hate initially, so I loved how he stormed to victory that year.

Oh 2017 was bad.... Glad that 2018, 2019 and 2021 are much stronger

My first ESC so will always remain special. Norway was my favorite along with Bulgaria. Also I like Sobral's song much more now than 4years back. I guess its not for kids🤣.

Can't wait to see the 2018 video, please show them the version where uk has stage invasion

I totally forgot how boring 2017 was I can’t remember almost every song except the winner, the jodeling , the little kid and germanys Plagiat

i'm sad they didn't react to Onuka's interval act ;c that was my winner of that year

Its sad how you think Robin from Sweden is an asshole, he is actually a really nice guy 😂

The Portuguese song is influenced by Brazilian Bossa Nova and it's just beautiful, especially to those of us who understand the genre and the lyrics. This type of music might not be commercial in Europe but it's very popular in both Portugal and Brazil. I loved it because I felt like it was different from everything else and I also loved how intimate the performance was. My second favourite was Italy.

My favorite year until 2021 happened. So many good songs.

They need to watch 2018. It’s such a better year. Especially SF1

Only liked and away, currently one of the few Scottish guys left in London. I will watch when back in my hotel with some replacement earphones from what wqs stolen from me Friday night. Hope this is same quality as previous vids.

Lucie Jones, the UK contestant 45:05 is now a super successful West End leading lady.

You did not just cut out that long fireworks note from the UK performance 😐😫

YAYYYY THEY'RE BACK

I really hope they react to the semifinals of 2018 because 2018 had SO much going on in their semis, and they've watched so many shows, I think that they're ready to watch 2 semi finals before watching a grand final. And same with 2019. In other years, the semis were not that strong, but in 2018 and 2019 they really were. Or at least the semi final 1 of 2018 and 2019, and it would be amazing to see which they wanted to qualify and then their reaction to the qualifiers.

Their reaction about Belgium is shocking. Everytime when I watch a video of Americans reacting to Eurovision it makes me happy USA isn’t participating, they will never understand Eurovision

Hello i'm a shouty man! (from Horrible histories). On serious note, congrats on becoming a legit youtuber :)

In retrospect it really was a mediocre year, wasn't it? 2018, 2019 and especially 2021 beat it easily

great reaction video! I laughed a lot... thanks guys! keep doing these videos!

2017 was a bad year. Except for like 3 or 4 songs that I liked the rest were mediocre at best. 2020 and 2021 were way better.