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I think the fandom lacks nuance when they just say "Nemo got 5th in the televote, therefore the win is rigged". Yes, and that 5th was 226 points. More than the 2011 televote winner got and just 17 points less than Loreen with Tattoo. In a year with political voting campaigns. And with people attacking the outfit. The Code was Top 10 in 36 of 37 countries/ROTW. Every televote except for the one country that Nemo signed a letter against. Top 9 in 35. Top 8 in 34. Top 7 in 33. Top 6 in 31. Top 5 in 27. Top 4 in 16. Top 3 in 8. It's not shocking they won overall. Even getting 43 fewer jury points (26 less than Loreen) still would've won this year.

Alesia, you are BY FAR my most favorite Eurovision (fan) commentator! Always on point, always respectful - just love! Agree with all of the points you made. ❤️🙏🏻

about Nemo's styling: I talked to my family that comes from the conservative Balkans. They thought: Amazing song, but what's up with his costume? So yes you're right, but: I applaud Switzerland for taking a risk and showing courage. They wanted to show Nemo's story, and they did. They didn't care about the conservative East, they cared about Nemo. And that's what counts at the end for me. Deserving winner ❤

Very much appreciate the knowledge you bring from your other job and your take on the accreditation process for media. Fascinating viewpoint that most of us would not even consider. From my perspective one delegation journalist did massive damage to the delegation’s reputation and added fuel to an already raging fire.

Can we be serious like Switzerland has been hungry since 2019 for that win and have been serving quality it was about time we gave them their flowers and rewarded them …. Croatia yes was phenomenal and would have been a worthy winner but like they can use this momentum they have now build on it like Switzerland has done since 2019 … We thought Finland was gonna do this this year after last year but they didn’t and now perspectives are gonna consider them more of a shock if they send something decent will give them that momentum again. My country Ireland now knows what it takes to get into the final and that’s to take risks so I hope after bambies results more unique and quirky artist now won’t be afraid to apply. Low-key Rte began shitting themselves when Bambie gain that moment and now Ireland will have expectations going into next year. Finally I jthink we should just thank Alesia and all Eurovision. RU-vidrs because they were they bright light in this dark Eurovision season

re: use of cubes - I really liked how Nemo used them in an unconventional way. It allowed for Nemo to be walking through chains when singing "I broke out of the chains" and also hid the skirt for the first part of performance so there was a bit of a reveal upon the line "you better buckle up".

Your one of the reasons this contest is still going on good, your like a light that the community needs, and I thank you for that, BTW I follow you since 2017 and never regreret ❤

Let’s all of us take a mental break and moving on to the next Eurovision season…… IT’S GONNA BE MORE EXPENSIVE YALLLLLLLL!!!!😈

Those meditation sessions at the start and the end were just GOLD! Alesia, you should really start an ASMR channel as a side gig!! :)

This debrief has been amazing, Alesia! I agree with so many of your points. Happy Post Eurovision Relief, everyone!

This year has shown the importance of juries

Alesia.we made it.Thank you.❤

Ngl the start and end of this video was iconic LMAO Thanks for giving us that moment of meditation and have a great vacation!

So so happy to have met you and hope it's not too long before it's Eurovision kiki time again!

You are such a queen, Alesia! You deserve every little droplet of your success! Let's hope we all will still have passion for Eurovision by next May.

The viewing figures for RTE (Irish broadcaster) for the final were out today....it was watched by 666,000 people! I thought this was funny as many people had alreayd commented on Bambie finishing in 6th position, 6th with the juries and 6th in the televote :)

So, I AM happy for Nemo. From a vocal and song perspective, they served the win from one side. However, giving that Croatia had to recover so much points to win, is mental. I was so surprised that Slovenia and other small countries did not award high points for Croatia and giving them to Switzerland, kinda sunk Croatia. Instead of receiving support, it was kinda ignored. Also, there were only 44 points that could be covered if some juries awarded Croatia one two more points. Croatia had a lot of low points of jury and some countries at all. I know that Croatia did not awarded nothing to Switzerland, but that is another discussion. I also believe that Croatia lost due to lack of support from countries that withdraw previously- Having countries like Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Hungary, Slovakia. If those countries would've participate and vote, I'm 100% sure Croatia would've won. On another note, I will write the one thing that we need to preach more. WE NEED MORE JURORS!!! 10-20 per country. Like each country should have a balance in terms of age, gender etc. Also, different backgrounds in terms of music. we saw Norway being nearly dead last cause tradition was not rewarded. We need singers, producers, journalists, OGAE members, etc etc. A new formula need to be introduced and also juries should be back in the semifinals as well. And yes, a ROTW jury MUST happen.

Thank you for everything Alessia! 🤗

I'm delighted for Nemo. I voted for them but it was a tough choice between Nemo & Baby Lasagne right up to the end. Not every great song can win. This is democracy 🇨🇭 Oh, and Bambie? Hallelujah ❤️ 🎉

Fabulous video Alesia Michelle, on point as always.

This commentary is wonderful, as always

I’m so pleased with your analysts

Love your channel and am mostly here live, but this season the streams often took places during university lessons;( But I´m here now:)

I've cried with the intro 😂 Namaste HAHAHAHAHA.

Biggest crime for me: Norway coming last. I mean we have seen it with France 2022 but Norway this year did not seem messy, the staging seemed coherent and she sounded great. And I thought Gåte would be more accessible because it has some rocky elements and it represents Norway's culture in a way and was for once not camp. However, Norway can be proud to send such an authentic entry and band although coming last in the final. I mean I did not expect top 10, rather a mid-table result. But come on, dead-last? It was maybe too good for Eurovision or the viewers could not click with Gåte as it maybe seemed too distant and could not connect with them. It is so unfortunate

The opening and closing remarks and meditation was needed HAHAHA! Thanks Monk Alesia

your outspoken reaction is very much appreciated

Omg the start of the video got me laughing out loud 😂 I'll be here for that meditation eurovisionesque channel Edit: make the vindication section a regular thing pls 🙏🏻

I’m late but… To all of you who said Germany is finishing last … take that it outsold some of your faves 😂

Loved your comments on the delegation / accreditation ethics (plus i love your mannerisms ❤❤), satisfying and entertaining 😊

Thank you for being real

My favourite - Armenia😭 It is what eurosong is all about: cheerfull, optimistic, positive etc I'm from Croatia btw😀

Semi final 2 was more overwhelming than the grand final for me. Apart from the drama, the interval acts were a better show. Love Alcazar but what was that ABBA tribute?

Love you Alesia ❤️❤️❤️

I swear that I was thinking on Saturday that a ROW jury could be interesting and immediately thought you as the spokeperson #manifesting 😂

I really wish Megara had got to represent Spain. That act deserved big budget to work with and not having to think about qualifying. That's the other side of representing San Marino, you have to fund everything alone.

What strikes me is that for all the talk about what juries and televoters look for etc, the nationalities and politics (besides the whole Israel story this year) still influence the results GREATLY. Feel like we often act as if that's over for some reason when its not... Seems like poeples only really had an issue with it when the Eastern European block did it... That being said I think Malta could've done just about anything to elevate that song /staging but there just never was the necessary quality at the chore of this entry. Thats why she felt the need to go overkill on the dancing. And that semi was crazy too

Hola Alesia, tengo poco tiempo siendo una fan del festival, entre en este mundo por mi hija y de verdad que este año fue un poco inquietante. Los artistas, todos maravillosos creo que no merecian vivir tanto estrés. Super feliz por el ganador, Nemo es un magnífico artista, deja sin palabras a quien admira lo que puede hacer. Saludos desde Argentina y muchos éxitos para ti

Alesia had wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too much fun with that last segment 😂😂😂

Love you Alesia…Nemo was Great many many kisses from Greece 🇬🇷

With the situation this year, I don’t know if I’m coming back next year, really depends on what changes are made. If I’m not, just wanna say thank you for being the best ESC content creator out there, been watching since 2016/17 and have loved every minute.

Hey Alesia, there is on RU-vidr who got the accreditation and posted unnecessary clips of bullying a particular act. I think that’s really unfair that someone gets this opportunity and someone who deserved it who would have been professional got declined. I appreciate your comments on this as i thought I was the only one.

About Malta - the problem is the delegation. TVM has budget but it's being completely misused. This year we got a national final in a studio which was criticised to the point that the Minister of Culture had to intervene and confirm that it will go back to the arena next year. It was not budget cuts as some people had assumed, but rather misuse of funds. The artists were not given their creative freedom by sending in their own songs for them to be showcased through live performances on a televised national final in front of an audience. Instead, the money was spent on three elements: 1) a songwriting camp that invited mostly foreign friends of the delegation to work on songs that were sponsored by the broadcaster and were favoured in the final lineup of entries. Multiple artists and credible sources have confirmed this privately, it is not just speculation. 2) 5000€ on music videos for each of the 12 finalists and add ons by the artists themselves went to three creative directors who all work with TVM and partner organisations. Nepotism? You tell me. 3) The winning song got a THIRD revamp by Linnea and Joy Debb who are acclaimed and therefore very expensive songwriters. Even if we are naive enough to assume that this is being done by good intent, the result is last in the semi-final for a second consecutive time. And just for the stats - this is the fourth time since 2017 that Malta came last in the semi final televote. This begs the question - is the delegation competent to be entrusted with using these funds securely and effectively?

First of all - great discussion Alesia. Re press accreditation, IDEALLY the press team should evaluate applicants and reserve the right to revoke accreditation, like you said. HOWEVER. Given the double standards we have seen this year from the EBU, it's unrealistic to believe that the they would make this mechanism work fairly. I don't think it's pessimistic to think that if a mechanism does come into affect - fan media will be the first to get the kick. I come from Malta, where official media provides no content whatsoever. Therefore as a reactor, a content creator but above all - a fan myself, I can only consume content from fan media. Moreover, official media does not dig deep into content creation like us people do. Otherwise, there wouldn't be the need for fan media if official media is enough, right? All I'm asking is for us to be a little bit careful on what ideas we should be putting forward for the EBU because such ideas can be misused and we'd be shooting ourselves in the foot. After all, the foolishness that went on this year came from official media and delegations. I have never seen a more diverse community from ALL countries, ALL genders, ALL sexualities, ALL ages and ALL beliefs as I have seen with fan media and I think we should preserve that.

I am very sorry for what I have seen this year....such systematic, organised and strategically placed hate behaviour I haven't seen, not only in Eurovision but elsewhere and I wonder where does it end? The asymmetrical hate reactions to Marina after the press conference really freaked me out! Not to mention the incidents with other contestents.

The fact that the Croatian jury gave no points to Switzerland and only three points to Serbia is an interesting contrast that I will always criticize in the back of my mind. A song that is one of the two favorites to win the entire competition, with a clear musical masterpiece of production, vocal perfection and impressive staging, receives 0 points from the Croatian jury, while a beautiful ballad that was very well staged and performed in a Slavic language that Croatians can understand receives only 3 points. My question is: were you politically motivated or not? Because sitting in the middle is probably the worst thing you can do. In my opinion, Serbia deserved more points from the jury OR at least some points awarded to Switzerland. Something is not right here and I just know they did this on purpose. Too bad.

Do you know what I like about Alessia Michelle? She goes beyond with her ideas, with her coments. It's a sort of her meta-Eurovision collection of impressions, and I just really love that. I really respect her!!! ❤

Wild thought about the jury/televote... The 100% Televote semis actually lead to the juries deciding a winner in the final. More "jury-friendly" songs in the final would split up their points more. We have seen huge jury scores because there are less potential songs for them...

Lmao loved the vindication round at the end 😂

If I attended lets say a painting competition and lets say the competition doesnt just let the judges decide but the attendees too. Im sure I'd have my favorites right away but never would it occur to me that the jury of professional painters have to agree with me for the result to be legitimate. I'd naturally asume that a lifelong painter has a whole other way of looking at a work of art and sees a few more technical layers of it than I do. And I personally would he interested in that perspective even if I disagree. Never would I go "that dude has no clue, no taste, probably is corrupt etc. That being said I also want to say that many contestants broke the rules and added fuel into the already raging fire which was unnececerry! From Joost shouting " why not!" at the press conference when Eden was talking to Marina behaving like a child to Bambie investing more time promoting personal political beliefs instead of her country, Silvester doing tweets about singing after Israel giving pick me girl energy, portugal as well etc etc. In my opinion if you accept to participate at esc you should leave your personal political views to the side and just sing, its a song contest! Me as a neutral fan I spent so much money to travel there and I did not care at all about their political views yet I was confronted with it the whole time, which made me lose symphaty for many artists. All that being said, europe showed by televote on which side they stand and EBU needs def stronger rules for the artists. Also what I learned this year is that fans are very toxic and spead lies and rumours online a lot. Even after Avatros had a statement what happened with Joost people still hate online on Eden saying it was her fault and that she insulted his parents, which is basically as we know now a total lie. I was such a huge esc fan but for me the toxic fans in Malmö and especially online + the artists with the political views destroyed it for me. I dont blame the EBU at all. I mean even the guy who said before the show started that we are here for good times and celebrate music got boooed and I saw today that he is being bullied online as well by fans for trying to make a good atmosphere before the final started, this is just way over the line and people just lost control! So many internet warriors in 2024...

mind that Belgium is 2 broadcasters, next year it will be the Flemish broadcaster who sent Gustaph last year

Excellent to involve PR expertise here, great perspective! I hope people continue to understand how, as bad as any Israeli delegation members would act (fair to point out), they also hold space for how fucked up it is the way Eden herself was treated - death threats, contestant bullying, etc. Just ridiculous stuff few seem to care about but I am happy that you discuss it! I also hope people can understand that other delegations and commentators did fucked up things and don't stop their concern when it doesn't involve Israeli. There is also a severe toxicity among its fans to blame Israel for everything. People were blaming Israel for Joost's NQ, which is sickening, to see that as their first impulse. The stuff I saw on Twitter in particular, including violent threats toward her, was so upsetting.

The intro killed me 😂

I wish Nemo will Co-Host next year, like Måns did 2016. 'Cause I require more Nemo content 😂

I am absolutely fine with the winner: I would have been fine with Croatia. I think I also agree with the top 10. Although I must say that I personally was a bit shocked with Norway being this low haha and also that Israel received low jury points, was that on purpose?. I expected the juries respecting that song more then it did. For the rest I agreed with the results and nothing too crazy with the results. I thought it was beautiful to see Latvia doing better then expected. My country the Netherlands has not yet (from what I know) confirmed that we are going next year. I think they are waiting until its done with and maybe then they still might go, but its also possible that they are going to wait 1 year. Lots of people in my country were extremely disappointed and a lot of year people were frustrated so I think it might happen that we wait 1 year haha. EBU seems to only disqualify those that do something towards EBU people, not to the artists. Even though they claim to say that they want a safe place for everybody, that seems to not be true apperiantly. I do believe that the EBU will change things for the future because I think they realize now that it went wrong this time. Also the fact that Portugal is accusing EBU of placing the video of Portugal later on YOuTUbe on purpose because she had her nails with patterns relating to Palestina. EBU admitted that it was the reason why the video was placed later after the voting was closed. Maybe the rules should be clearer or the communication in general indeed. Because the whole event of Joost could have been prevented if the people communicated and did what was communicated. From what I saw there were other fans that made content in the press room but were kicked out because of an unknown reason, but it wasn't KAN but the fans that were making content for us.

All the EBU had to do was make the correct decision that we all know they should have taken. They didn’t take this decision so the artists had to live the consequences of their hypocrisy. Several artists if not the majority of them have had bad experiences this season. The EBU did not protect them by allowing a rogue rule breaking broadcaster compete. For this reason what should have been an all time great Eurovision was tainted. Österdahl has put the contest into disrepute. Sorry but it’s facts. He must apologise and maybe even resign. Changes must be made, real changes.

I agree with everything that was said in relation to the songs, in relation to some changes that could have been made to present them better. However, when someone comes together to co-present a live show, it’s not worth forgetting the weight and symbolism that Petra has and that Malin could not erase under any circumstances! (it wasn't Malin's mistake, it was Petra's lack of humility) In 2018, the one who was best, in the role of presenter, was the actress Daniela Ruah, and yet the others are presenters in their professional lives. See you in nex year! ;)

So proud for Bambi as Top 5 countries above had Provided their BEST EVER entry. Better than any of there previous winners like Halkelujah , Celion Dion Ne partez or even the excellent Voila France. )

1:04:56 even bambie thug was known in the genre of music she performs in, was doing festivals etc

Alesia there is one thing which is not addressed here: the pressure to get Israel cancelled from the fans and fan press invaded a lot the atmosphere + some artists had the vanity to be political heroes. Those who chose a low profile like Baby Lasagna, Ladaniva, Marcus & Martinus or Windows95man etc were fair players in my view. Everyone with accreditation should indeed behave and that includes artists too. Fans were speculating ahead of the contest that Eden would be DQ before the show, or that she would just rehearse but not sing live, that there would be a stage invader, that she would not qualify in SF2. When none of that happened, things turned really sour and the tension in Malmö escalated into that mess. But as you said the EBU should.have not lost control of the narrative, that would have calmed everyone down.

Speaking about winner. I liked comment that juries give such a huge margin to one artist, that televote doesn't matter. Good thing that Nemo was deserving winner 😂

What a great video Alesia. I really hope the EBU listen to you and others who know what they are talking about regarding the Eurovision. I am sorry that none of us fans got to enjoy the ESC as much as we would have liked

The cost of voting should be similar in all countries, at the moment there are massive differences (15p in the UK, €1.00 in Finland, and at least last year it was €1.70 in Estonia). In countries where it is cheap, people can easily vote for 20 times, but when it is expensive, you probably only vote once or twice.

Am I the only one who doesnt want or need Eurovision to be more popular? Dont mind the international televote but personally the musical downturn of Eurovision is connected to it becoming more popular, mainstream / stepping stone for big careers. Same with the jury being eliminated fron the Semifinal

I'm lying on this beautiful beach on Aruba and then realizing they may have voted for Joost. And then fall asleep again. Just joking but that was brilliant. Besides all the rumours, I think it's difficult for "independant" artists to really know the impact of participation. S10 had the same experience in 2022 but never said anything until now. It's a circus. The good, the bad and the ugly. It's so much pressure. Can we change it (as a fandom) in this kind of production? Looking at the developments last years probably not. Just looking at the rehearsals, reacting to it and share it with other fans. Not possible anymore. This was part of the joy. And I hate to say it but the Televote was an aniti-vote. In Dutch culture it's quite a common thing. You vote for the artist with the most chance of success. Just to make sure.... But it didn't work in the end. But Norway? I saw this as a potential winner. And being last? Crazy year and to be continued. Thanks Alesia for everything and see you tomorrow.

Im happy that Switzerland won. They were my 2nd favourites, behind Norway (disgrace, too good for Eurovision). Been watching since 2015 and its the first time I've had the winning song in my personal top 5. Switzerland has been generally good since 2019 (even tho I really really didn't like neither of Gjons tears song tbh). Really want to see Luca Hanni as a interval act or as a show opener. And of course Nemo performing The Code again.

Could every country get at least a point in each countries televote results, prevents the embarrassing zeros or are the zeros fun ? 1 to 25 points so televote would get an edge over Jury votes

Sad I couldn't make it lfor your two lives :/ Here are my takes : The Ones Left Behind : 1) Albania : I think what you said about Malta fully applies to Albania. Our first impression of their song is lost in the middle of the other 31 samey songs with a bad sound mixing and no staging at all... They need to scrap FiK or reboot it. First, start publishing the the official audios before the shows againt so our first impression isn't altered by the sound mixing with the orchestra. Then, bring back stagings because we now have people withdrawing because they can't have a performance that involves more than them standing there singing... And finally, the songs... Why are we going back in time and losing authenticity ? Where are our Me tana, Karma, Zjarri im, Sekrets... They only got lucky with Albina & her family last year but this is going downhill in my opinion... 2) Czechia : I don't understand the decision to cut the song in the middle to air a pre-recorded spoken argument on an LED box at all. It just cut the rhythm, the musicality and the flow of the song and it's a shame since the bridge they added in the revamp actually really worked and already filled the role of cooling the energy down before the climax... 3) Moldova : I feel like the delegation really didn't have any faith in the song and they didn't even try investing in the performance, letting her stand there on her own with her violin on a fake moving field of flowers... It's a shame cause I believe it could have qualified. 4) San Marino : Really sad for this one, I've read the singer was sick which really tampered with the enrgy, otherwise I do think it had a lot of potential. 5) Malta : I think the song was always the issue. It wasn't that strong, it wasn't even the strongest in the Maltese selection and it didn't match the other girlbops. The bridge just keeps going forever, there's nothing much happening musically while she's spinning... I would like them to scrap the heats and just do the 12-songs final because that was good, the songs were just not al the right ones. Or internally select Aidan, this would be the best option because he sang the 2 best options they had in the last 3 years... 6) Australia & Poland : I actually really liked their performances but the vocal quality kinda lacked in some parts for different reasons... (too high / too much movement) 7) Denmark : the pre-recorded "Ooh-ooh"s didn't work. It broke the energy a bit but she was already struggling a bit while not singing them so... 8) Belgium : the vocal reallly made sure he was NQing. But they're bringing back Eurosong next year so we know it will be better. 9) Azerbaijan : They shouldn't have included Ilkin. Fahree was a very competent singer and I think having Ilkin doing random vocals hurt the authenticity and package of the song when Fahree could have done it well on his own. 10) Iceland : Yeah, we all knew, they just selected the wrong song The Mess : I've really come to believe the EBU does not care about the bubble's negative reaction. A lot of casuals (except for the Dutch) won't even have noticed what happened, or they'll be pissed for a day and still come back next year as if nothing happened. It's such a big organisation, in my opinion they believe they can act however they want, have double standards and stuff (and this year has proven they kinda can...). I hope I'll be proven wrong and the broadcasters will force them to change things but I really don't know...

You should have a radio show

The vindication hour!😂😂😂😂 I don’t know who can doubt your bona fides!?! Not only do you have 10 years experience, you also have background in singing and communication and you’re not afraid to put the emotion aside. I was watching Overthinking Eurovision and they broke down why France chose Slimane to get their internal local audience more interested in Eurovision. I didn’t like Bambi Thug’s staging, but the song is so darned catchy. It was a year with so many good artistes. Looking forward to the last videos from them you, then I hope you enjoy your summer vacation.

The second semi had way better pausenumbers!

Hahahaha iconic intro

As a German let me tell you, you don't want Barbara as a host, trust me😅... Outside of maybe a few skits. She hasnt treated hosting Eurovision shows with a lot of interest and "respect"

As a Swiss, I'm a bit worried for next year's host. We don't really have TV competitions like Eurovision here (no national selection process (which is great because swiss germans have sh*t tastes)) so I don't know if we have someone who is up to the task...

4:14 Croatian jury just lost all credibility: ZERO point and Public 1 point to Switzerland. (The only out of 36 to give zero point 💀) Swiss Jury 8 points and 10 points from Swiss televote. I guess it's what we call Swiss Karma defeating Croatian iniquitousness.

Girl....ASMR. ❤

Everyone in germany is over Barbara. She is never prepared and doesnt know anything about eurovision. In the national final she said the grand final is on th first of May

Eurovision 💶 ces personnelle

Just a side note re Israel's results in televote. On friday and saturday (even right before the show) I have seen paid ads to vote for them on my social media and RU-vid. The ads were saying that I can vote for them for up to 25 times. I've been watchig ESC for many years now and never seen ads like this pop up any other time. Maybe I am reading too much into it, but after seing their televote result was sketchy to me 🤔

Being verbally attacked by Israeli supporters was my least favourite thing from this year, like... i'm just trying to enjoy a SONG contest that was created to unite countries from War.

You need to take over Martin's job! You would be the perfect choice 😂❤

Israel televote was funky. I dont buy 10 points from Ireland to israel. The song was mid range at beat.

Please talk about how political the jury and televotes were. Those jury rankings and some countries’ televotes are so 🙄

Frankly I was surprised some made the final. Some were embarrassing. It shows partisan voting with the nordic countries being voted for to avoid controversy. Another winner with a song no one will play after the event. The attack on the israel entry was pathetic. It seems wars are forgotten until that country is involved in.

The rest of the world voting is the best idea EBU has ever had. It makes it more fun for people outside of Europe to watch the show, they feel like they have an impact, and i bet they make loads of money. Also it's not that much points, so it doesn't give them a huge impact, which is fair. It's a win win for everybody.

Ireland, one of the most pro Palestine countries in the world gave Israel 10 points! When you check the Irish music charts the song isnt even in the top 200 but many others are in the top 20. There is over 100k Ukrainians in the country but just a few hundred Israelis yet Israel got more votes! Something very fishy went on with the televotes.

Conspiracy theory: Joosts disqualification changed the results massively. Looking at the Semi 2 results, he was definitely a televote favorite, maybe even televote winner 🤷🏻‍♂️ I have a strong suspicion that the EBU dropped him out because they where scared that we may have a „problematic“ and too outspoken winner.

I think the voting system always creates injustices and harsh results and having one or two voting allies can change a whooole lot for countries especially outside of the top 10. It just doesnt always make sense to find the explanation to a result in the entry itself or sth they might have done wring or right... There isnt always a "logical" explanation why you place 15th instead of 21st etc... so many variables at play! Also eith comparing countries though the years, sometimes you hit the Zeitgeist and sometimes you don't.

I appreciate song complexity and performance vocal delivery of Switzerland however it is hard SKIP for me every time I hear it and I don’t agree that 20 countries had to give it 12 points . it just felt unnecessary with so many well delivered songs….those 12s could be sprinkled around more

The blue and white elephant in the room needs mentioning. The mobilisation of anyone with any sort of Israeli connection was impressive, but shone a light on how easy it is to manipulate the public vote. ( vote 20 times etc) Ireland gave 10 points in public vote, zero in jury vote....go figure.

Alesia, should the EBU in the future if an act is DQed or withdraws after qualification from the Grand Final, should the next highest country take that spot?

I'm Belgian and although we had the best song of this year, I agree the NQ was deserved. However, consider this list: 2006: Kate Ryan - Je t'adore: semi final 2008: Ishtar - O julissi: semi final 2018: Sennek - A matter of time: semi final 2019: Eliot - Wake up: semi final 2021: Hooverphonic - The wrong place: 19th 2022: Jérémie Makiese - Miss you: 19th 2024: Mustii - Before the party's over: semi final Some of these vocals and stagings were on point. The real problem is France never votes for us...

In my opinion, the disqualification of the Netherlands is related to the issue of Nemo winning or not winning. In my opinion, if the Netherlands were in the final, Nemo would not have collected enough votes from the TV audience to win. And the fact that the stage looked like the Swiss flag, more specifically "it was an exact copy". And it strengthens my suspicion. But the fact is that it was a good song and it won. I would be happy with any winner from the top 4.

Estonia got robbed!!

Unpopular opinion Croatia was a cute catchy moment…. But like ? Even 2nd was too high 💀 a cute little thing for the audience but nah. Kinda cheap 2000s vibes especially the lyrics

BL is a real winner because he was the only one acting like an adult and did everything professionally. And was not involved in drama.

This result is unfortunately not trustworthy, nemo deserved to win but the Israeli result was manipulated. They manipulated the whole competition. The Netherlands was removed from the competition too soon (innocent until proven guilty) A lot of artists felt very unhappy and unsafe because of the behaviour of that country behind the scenes, it was a huge mess, and EBU did nothing to solve it. The Dutch delegation filed two official complaints before the incident with Joost happened and the same goes for some other countries. It was a huge mess and I don’t think there will be a contest next year.

You are so angry over one journalist that harrased you. What about those booing? Those threatening israelis and the israeli team especially. Eden was alnost linched before the semi final. This is gross. Nevertheless in a "united by music" song competition.

Croatia is the real winner ❤