Honest Eurovision 2024 Final Recap 

Dear Georgina, Croatian tune is for the fact very serious and tells a story about young people who have to move from their home towns and villages abroad because of job and money. "Sell a cow" is a metaphore for selling everything someone owns and then leaving parents, his beloved cat and people he knows. It's very sad and deserves respect.

Ireland tele 6th, jury 6th and total 6th 6-6-6

05:38 Sweden 07:18 Ukraine 08:04 Germany 10:11 Luxembourg 10:45 Israel 11:33 Lithuania 12:45 Spain 13:43 Estonia 14:39 Ireland 16:39 Latvia 17:30 Greece 18:34 United Kingdom 20:56 Norway 21:38 Italy 23:47 Serbia 24:32 Finland 25:26 Portugal 26:14 Armenia 27:00 Cyprus 27:31 Switzerland 28:41 Slovenia 29:17 Croatia 30:10 Georgia 31:13 France 32:52 Austria

I'm so proud of you, Georgina! After everything you've been through, you still manage to do this every time. Let people talk; having an opinion is okay, but you don't have to hurt anyone with it. I always enjoy watching your reaction videos. Thank you for your time and dedication!

Love your honest reaction, only to add that croatian Rim Tig Tagi Dim lyrics are not mental. Selling a cow is a serious thing, many people forgot that domestic animals are really valued a lot because if you have them for your personal consumption, they cost alot and prolly they are the only thing that you can sell so that you have little money to settle for a month in some foreign country while looking for a job. This song tells the story of many immigrants who move away for better opportunities. Its a sad song special when you actually LOVE your country, every inch of it but you gotta leave because there is no future for you. There is so much raw emotion behind his seemingly simple lyrics. He is great songwritter in his own simplicity, no fancy words, just down to earth true stories. "Just dance" is part where he dont wanna think (anxiety attacks), he dont wanna tears, letters, because that will break him down. Meow cat please meow back have a deeper meaning as well. Anyway he sold his cow and there is no going back...

Something I liked from your coverage this year is you being clearer about the focus on rating songs based on their vocals above all else. Once I kept that perspective, your reviews were more undersandable. And as a result, it seems to align far better with the jury voting than the televote. So I've gained a new appreciation for your content going forward in future Eurovisions. Cheers!

Thank you for your videos, Georgina, we appreciate you.

It is nice to see Germany getting some love and points this year 😊

I had to laugh when we got 0 from the public too. Olly and his dancers handled it so well and took it on the chin. His voice was shakey at times and I think the explicit nature of the choreo was too much for some people.

From Estonia I'll remember how they said at the end of their performance "You're welcome Europe" 😅😅😅😅😅

Okay but CAN WE JUST APPRECIATE HOW LOVELY AND DOWN TO EARTH GEORGINA IS!? Shes my fave youtuber for sure ❤️ Justice for Joost btw ✊️

You have HONEST name with reason, we love you

Thank you for staying honest, Georgina, and thank you for your amazing Eurovision season! You are my go to youtuber in times of Eurovision every year and I really appreciate your videos and the time you put in.

regarding Spain's review: The issue arises each year... "How come this isn't in English, so that I can understand it? - The issue is people watching on their national broadcaster should be getting the information about at least part of the lyrics so that the message gets across better. Spain was amazing, it is an icon, she will be at every EuroParty whilst , not very many acts gets to become a fan favorite. Regardless of their position.

Have loved watching your Eurovision vids this year! Fun, respectful and honest, of course. We all have our faves and different opinions on what we like.

Thank you for your Eurovision season, i enjoyed it. :)

Lorreen went from dancing with a guy with a terrible dandruff problem (Euphoria) to taking us along to her intergalactic gynecologist appointment. And I think there was music too, probably sounded ok.

The booing to my knowledge has never been faded with recorded applause before, so this was the first time. And they only did that when there was something about Israel going on

I absolutely ADORE your ESC coverage. Well done as usual.

We watched Graham Norton for the 1st time doing Eurovision, and we won't be watching anyone else going forward. Absolute class!

Thank you for a great year Georgina always look forward to your videos ❤ Ireland had a scream vocalist didnt know that was a thing 😅

Thanks for your work Georgina ❤ Love Eurovision this year

According to AVROTROS, the Dutch broadcaster in charge of the Dutch Eurovision delegation: There were clear agreements that Joost Klein was not to be filmed upon his exit from the stage, after his performance. On Thursday evening, during the second semi-finals, Joost was filmed leaving the stage. He asked the cameraperson to stop, she refused, he asked again, she continued filming, and at that point, he made a 'threatening gesture' towards the camera. In subsequent negotiations, the woman in question was unwilling to come to the table, and the EBU suspended Joost as a result. It was a very shameful incident and I hope there will be consequences for the EBU. This was also the reason that Kaarija was no longer delivering the points of the Finnish jury, and why Nikkie de Jager, or indeed, anyone, showed up to hand out the Dutch jury's points.

Thanks very much, from Portugal 🇵🇹 🇵🇹 🇵🇹 🇵🇹 🇵🇹 ❤

The booing and cheering thing is something some other UK shows like x-factor do quite a lot and I think it shouldn't be allowed . the Netherlands thing quickly summarised is that Joost did something , nothing serious , he offered to apologise to avoid controversy but the EBU refused and gave him a punishment that was disproportionately large compared to what should have been done , hence the boing when martin came on

Your recap is so spot on, thank you!

I enjoyed Spain. I just love the instrumental and the melody but yes at the beginning it sounds like chained to the rhythm. I also loved Norway and was sad for them that they barely got any points. It was just such an epic melody and so unique. I also loved Austria but she wasn't unique enough but I really love the music during the dance break at the end which had a camera freeze during the finale live performance. People complain that this lead to less votes. Btw the song by luxembourg called fighter also has a small part (watch the final performance 1:04 to 1:08 to hear it) that sounds like the pre-chorus of another song. Listen to "something about us" by no angels. Do you all think this was stolen or just by accident similar like in the Spain song?

Thanks for the whole season Georgina 🎉❤

Armenia ❤

You're always professional and your remarks are pertinent. Thank you for your videos about Eurovision, you're the best! ❤

I felt the same about Switzerland, it just screamed WINNER in flashing red letters for me. Loooved Ireland too, it was nuts in the best possible way. And thank you for your content, you are wonderful and you really add so much joy and value to Eurovision with your honest reviews

Thank you Georgina for this Eurovision update, esp for those across the pond who can 't see it. You were right AGAIN!!!! You're so talented and knowledgeable about vocals and staging, I had France as the winner, but yes I agree about Switzerland the song was a bop and his vocals were amazing!

France wasn’t on point? 😮 Vocals were not there? Excuse me??? 🤔

Serbia Nation Final Performance was a top 5 performance.... but in the final i missed the moving lighhs , smokes , outfit :C

Georgina, are you gonna do any other Eurovision reactions? If you are, I have a few possible suggestions: 1) Reacting to all of the Eurovision winners 2) Reacting to a specific country in Eurovision 3) Reacting to the rest of the 2020 songs you didn't have time to react to.

Thank you for the video! Hopefully you can go to Switzerland (assuming Eurovision continues), although expensive.

Hello, howdy? I am curious: What instruments do you play? See you love knitting as I do.

Švicarski projekt je savršen proizvod modernih super poslovnjaka i skupih stručnjaka i puno novca sa jasnim povratkom uloženog. Tu naravno spada jako skupa kontrola glasanja pa i publike.Nemo će valjda dobiti nešto od tog pa čekamo godinu -dvi da vidimo .

Nice honest reaction. I really like the new background, looks more upbeat.

This reaction is absolutely amazing …thanks …kinda wish you did this in order on the ladder bottom to top but still awesome review Australia didn’t cover up the boos we heard them

I had a gut feeling as well when watching switzerland for the first time that he'd actually take the trophy home. That song has something magical in it, I'm glad that it wasnt overlooked by the jury and the public. Apart from breaking the code he apparently broke the trophy too😂, at least it got replaced soon after with a new one.

Now that is unfair to say things you said about Estonia. These are rappers, obviously there won't be any vocals what so ever. The song itself was for the vibes. Instead of saying, this isn't your type of song, you kept shaming and discrediting them.. Crowd did like the song, they even were seen to dance and chare for them. This wasn't our best year, compared to last year, but this also shows how so many great songs there were this year from many artists. This is what did get me angry, the unfairness. Great video though :)

Thanks for your support 'Grito' song, by Iolanda - Portugal. 10th place (139 points). The UK, France and Croatia (I like Rim Tim Tagi Ding song a lot) jury gave to the Portuguese song 12 points.

I've really enjoyed your Eurovision videos this year - bring on 2025!

I loved Greece

This is what makes a good RU-vidr, everyone learn from Honest Vocal - Georgina! Thanks!

hey Georgina! Will you be covering Junior Eurovision 2024?

Thanks for all your reactions throughout Eurovision 2024. I don't know if it was me but when you mentioned about any booing (apart from EBU's Martin Österdahl which came over clearly) to me the reaction/response after each song sounded a bit muted/ muffled. Despite all the drama, all 25 participants, presenters etc got through it and I guess now it's time to pack away those thongs, basques, fish nets, skin tone pants, coned outfits, cat suits, cod pieces and boxing shorts and close the door on 2024. As we are off to Switzerland for 2025. I liked Italy but agree with you, when the singer was on her own had more 'attitude in her performance'. I loved Portugal and Georgia. Lovely to see Dame Joanna Lumley and Petra Mede in that brief exchange over the UK's jury points. Now wouldn't they be a fun combination for presenting 'Patsy and Petra' 😃😃

Latvia will be a winner in my heart always. ❤

I fully agree with you about Italy’s entry, it’s a shame that the staging spoiled it.

I don’t speak Portuguese but I really think the staging helped me understand what the song was about!

What happened with the Netherlands After Joosts semi 2 performance, he was filmed by a female crew member, he had asked her multiple times not to film him after his performance because he always gets emotional at the end, she still did so apparently Joost made a “threatening gesture” to the woman, he did not hit or touch her at all. The EBU saw this as enough reason to disqualify him. It’s ridiculous

ESC would be very lucky to have the Honest Vocal Coach on their team. It is an excellent idea.

I thought Graham Norton was pretty boring this year. He probably didn't want to say much because of all the crazy drama and the controversies.

Thank you for your videos. ❤ It was interesting to watch and think. Personally, i adore the song from Austria. Maybe not the greatest vocals, but this the only song that makes me smile and sort of dancing and all this stuff.

Greetings from Slovenia 🇸🇮👋

Hello, can you make a comment of Portugal song Grito in the final whats happening, thank you so much, I'm from Macau

Has anyone consider lowering the weight of the jury votes so the public vote has a stronger influence for the winner ? Yes, I do have a case of sour grapes. Finland last year and Croatia this year were my picks.

Don't mind a bit of Ohhhh La La! I must be simple ! And yes LOREEN was spectacular. So polished

great video!! Will you be reacting to Perries new solo debut 'Forget About Us?'

Im so happy that Nemo won! My problem with Eurovision this year is that it felt more like an episode of Coronation Street than a music competition. Thanks for the honest, unbiased recap of the final. It's very much appreciated!

Wow... you giving rappers (Estonia) 1 out of 5 vocally only because they don't sing? Then you give Greece 3 out of 5 for a person that had to perform with Pharyngitis and was vocally still better then Austria, Lithuania or Spain the same points as Austria? BTW: the not having the mic into position in the case of Greece was only in the semi final. Which means you either didn't watch the grand final performance at all OR you just added this in your score just so you can give it a worse one. Also giving Ireland the max points even she was screeching half of the song instead of singing only because the transition is "Difficult" to do? Hilarious! 😅 Then critisizing Cyprus everytime because of the la la but ignoring the constant Rim tim dagi dim (Croatia) or We ram-di-dam-dam-dam (Austria). It's ok if you don't like something but adding unfairly your likes/dislikes into the points instead of focusing on the vocals has nothing to do with honesty but rather with you giving a biased score. Very sad to say the least!

Hi Georgina. When I first heard Switzerland's entry back in March I thought they would probably win. Then when I watched your video and saw that you thought so too, I went online and placed a bet of £20 for Nemo to win. At that point they were at 10 to 1. So a big thank you to your for the £200 I collected yesterday! Love Tim x

Estonia was funny 🤣🤣🤣 n the guy with the v deep voice..i was howling.greece i liked too was a bop😂.bambi was my winner..fantastic ..10/10..the piano version they do is beautiful..def worth a listen n i loved the changes ...so good every bit of it ..

To fix this problem with jury vs public i propose there are 2 eurovisions next year...one in switzerland for the jury in which no one would show up exept the jury and their pick and other in croatia where people wanted the next eurovision to ve held with all other participating nations...

The fact the first five minutes is just talking about the drama this year shows just how much of a MESS it was leading up to the contest. Honestly, respect to the artists who went through that chaos, because it must have added an extra layer of stress during the entire thing

Maybe the slightly weak performance of Israel’s singer at the beginning was due to her being a 20-year-old being booed at ferociously by thousands of deranged people 🙂

Sad Slovenia, Serbia, Georgia and Lithuania didn’t do that well (and that Croatia didn’t win), but happy Ukraine, Armenia, Italy and Ireland did good!

Definitely believe in the ‘blackout’ movement…you can’t please everyone and it’s always best to be honest!

Um festival manchado pela censura à actuação da cantora portuguesa, Yiolanda. O que vimos na TV não era a sua actuação, mas o vídeo da semifinal.

For Loreen, yes. Absolutely, very static. I would’ve wanted her to move about halfway through the song I was getting restless towards the end. It also felt like it created distance from the audience during the performance.

list of songs I liked: Switzerland was good but gay, Croatia, Ukraine France, Israel is my favourite, Italy was amazing especially live, Germany was good, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Cyprus, Latvia,Serbia, UK was a good song but terrible staging, Estonia was rly cool, Georgia was good as well as Austria, and I rly loved Czechia and Poland who didn't qualify

As a Dutchie I must say, this was the most dissapointing year ever. I love that NEMO won, deservingly so (even though I really wanted Croatia to win), but wth happened to Joost was unforgivable. If he is innocent in all this, they might not like what's coming next.

Well I heard all the booos pretty clear 😅

0 points from Croatian jury for Switzerland while Switzerland gave them 8 points. 🤐

agree on estonia, did not get why it got through

slovenia and norway was way below finland so i don’t get how you just pin out it didn’t do well. Finland was 19th in the finals and 19th out of 36 countries

I actually prefer Estonian song over Finland. I was shock seeing Finland surpassed Norway at the final vote. Finland should've came last😮

This year has been the one to remember, wow so much upset, everyone is just so mad at EBU.and rightly too in my opinion. Anyway I am just so happy for Nemo,well deserved win. I did want Baby lasagna to win but it wasn't to be. So happy my country Ireland did so well, it just felt so wonderful to have them to cheer on in the final. But my heart will be forever with Slimane, I loved his performance, I actually loved they way he touched the screen, like he was touching my face. Just so romantic, who doesn't love a beautiful man singing to you asking you if you love him in a sexy different language. Yes Slimane I love you.

Happy that Ukraine got 3rd place despite death spot. Sad for Norway and Spain. And well deserved winner 🏆

this year started as something that i wasn't a big fan of, song wise. BUT almost all of the petformers sing REALLY WELL. like, so many of them sing really well, which uplift the songs a lot.

Hello Georgina ,do you think the fact Israel didn't get points from a lot of the jury's countries is justify ? how do you explain the huge difference between the public's votes and the jury's votes ?

Ollyu se dogodilo slično kao Mustiju iz Belgije. Nastupi prije finala bili su mu puno bolji vokalno. Da li je problem bio kao što kažeš u back up vokalima i matrici ili mu je zahtjevna koreografija otežala nastup vokalno. Šteta za lika koji je poznato ime u Europi. Moja reakcija je bila da li je to isti pjevač koji pjeva Kinga, kojeg sam čuo desetak puta na radiju. Mislim da je to odvratilo glasače diljem Europe. Velika očekivanja, a na kraju razočaravajući nastup. Pozdrav iz Hrvatske! Volim tvoje recenzije

I think you are very biased against the greek entry, her performance vocally was very good, with very few back vocals and a constant choreography she had to execute throughout.. And on the finals the mic was stuck close to her mouth the whole time, she didn't miss a single syllabe.. I understand that you didn't like or understood her song, but 3/5 to her vocals when you 've given 5/5 to almost every other entry is a joke, sorry..

Interesting. I disagree 100% about your comments about Slimane. His vocals in the Grand Final were the best performance he's done in my opinion. He struggled slightly in the earlier performance at the family show but for me he was perfect in the Final.

I think despite “the outrage” we had an amazing winner and an amazing show. Everyone gave their best with the whole situation ❤️‍🔥 Thank you for your recap 😊

I just love your commentary. You are so spot on and I always look forward to your views. Switzerland was always my favorite from the first time I heard it. I am thrilled it won. I had the same experience with Ireland. It was not my cup of tea but what artistry and it transformed how I felt about the song. I noticed them giving the crown to Nemo as well.

Watch the unplugged version of Greece _ you will appreciate the song concept and vocals

You are soooo kind and soooo cute and the most honest Kisses from Greece🇬🇷❤️

Greece did soooo well 🎉

Netherlands too.

I genuinely want to know: I know Olly's Dizzy wasn't that good but did it really deserve no points from the public? seems a bit exaggerated to me. I've also read online that some people don't vote for the UK because of Brexit, is that possible? I'm Italian but it has never crossed my mind

Thank god for the juries. They always choose songs with quality. The public usually votes for mediocre forgettable songs.

Hey Hey, Estonia, 1/5. Agreed

For me Loreens performance was so mindblowing and I kind of like it that she was on this chair the whole performance. I had chills and was moved by the emotions she delivers every time she performs. Love ❤

No way the Netherlands deserved to be disqualified! They could have won it in my opinion for me after I heard their entry just a few hours ago. Supposedly the Swedish camera person was filming the Netherlands singers parents without his permission so he had a go at her vocally for do that.

And what about the plagiats...Italia...the song seems really the same as tous les mêmes, from Stromae, a brillant and famous belgian singer...croatia, rythm is similar to no limits from 2 unlimited...but the most extraordinary point is that when you look at italy in final even the dancers are making the same chorégraphy than the ones in Stromae' s tous les mêmes vidéo...plagiat ohohoh...Italy 🤔🤔🤔🤔

Would be cool to see you be a juror.

Valid winner!!!!

I felt Austria was fire this year, a great throwback to a happier era. Love your channel, much love from Dorset.