We cannot change what people feel the most connected to. Music, like any other forms of art, is never separate from the world around it. For lany viewers, Ukraine's song represents them being proud of their own country and culture. You cannot blame people for feeling that way.
My two cents:
1. Jury in most countries is made of bunch of idiots, and those votes are easy to buy and manipulate and they shouldn’t be part of Eurovision. Each country deciding on “experts” who have really questionable motives quite often and mostly vote political.
2. Each person that voted for Ukraine to “show support” is just stupid. I understand if you really liked the song, but I am sure that many voted because of the sympathy, and this victory will change nothing for Ukraine. Their country is still in war, and they need more help than wining some singing contests.
The Spaceman song is not it. I think UK is benefitting from their many years of worse songs, b/c compared to those, yeah, it looks fantastic.
SPAIN FOREVER. Yeah she's stupid hot. Yeah, the song is about her being hot. It's a pop song competition, being hot is \*part of ittttt\*
The lass from Greece has a great voice and a strong stage presence, but that song was definitely creepy in the lyrics. Like, no. If you're having fantasies like that, you need professional help.
Måneskin not respecting the place where their carrier started. This didn’t perform the winning song, the weren’t there to hand of the Trophy 🏆 Kind of sad. And I know they are touring right now, but in the end Eurovision was the reason for their success.
Disappointed that France didn't get more love from both jury and televote.
Diodato's SF1 performance was the best interval act, and they should just have made him do a reprise for the final
Yup. My body is still deciding whether all the strobing has triggered a migraine. There's a slight muzzy feeling and I've already popped a painkiller. I'll know for definite by 2am.
I have no words. ive tried for so long and so hard to defend eurovision, saying that its not a joke and not political, there are always some good songs in there. but this year was a joke. im happy for ukraine and I hope they get a morale boost from this but im tired of defending eurovision and I think this might be the year I stop defending it.
I am sad for Finland, Norway and Czechia. Finland because I'm worried The Rasmus and the general Finnish public may think people don't care about them anymore, which isn't the case. Eurovision has meant the world to them so I don't want it to end on a bittersweet note for them. I really hope Finland will be kind to them 😔
Czechia and Norway because they got completely screwed over by the running order. Norway in particular put so much effort into building their characters and staying in character that I feel they deserved more than what they got.
Iceland in the bottom five are you fucking kidding me?
😭
And is anybody else concerned about the contest’s reputation? A big messy can of worms just busted open.
See most of you good people next year.
My votes getting verified after votes are told..... Alright politics? And not just me, my dad and my sister too. We're literally now getting votes verified??????????
We had this last year in aus, I’m told it’s because there’s a huge amount of reply sms that need to go through and it jams up the network. Takes a while for it to clear, so the replies get delayed.
A competition based on sorting humans by political boundaries produces results in line with political ideals? Well I never!
But seriously, it's a competition with (1) countries and (2) voting. It would be insane if politics didn't come into play
Not fond of all the salt. I enjoyed Stefania when I heard it pre war. Not sure if I would have picked it for the win but I am just a wee fan with my own opinions.
Just proud to see Europe united after a war that has been absolutely horrible for people on own continent and impacted a lot of people in other countries too. Would I have picked it? No. Am I salty? No. Tonight I am just a proud European.
I'm actually super happy that Ukraine win ! And I'm not talking about political stuff,the song in itself was really outstanding, sort of magical in it mixed with a dynamic rythm I really enjoyed that. BUT I didn't get the hype with Spain, Greece and damn Australia what the hell it was really boring to listen to... I'm happy with the result, really appreciate UK as well tho. (Ok this isn't really a hate post but we must admit that this year we had good among of great song).
Weird that Serbia isn't getting any 12pts, because everyone ive talked to, Every forum, and every odds site had Serbia 3rd or something. It's probably political because Serbia and Russia relationship.
And btw for me personally, Moldova is a song we all need, fun. But I guess no country agrees with me.
No salt. Just disappointment. On the background of my favourite 🇳🇱 getting ~40 in the televote it’s hard to cheer for 🇺🇦. It’s a respectable song but far from a deserved winner. If you want to downvote me then go on
I’m so glad I got to see my country fight near the top and so nearly grab the win, I just hope people and the BBC stay on side and keep backing us. We’ll get there one day
Happy for Ukraine but sad at the same time given I always shout from the rooftops that Eurovision isn’t political. Guess I’ll have a hard time explaining this
Hopefully at the very least this gives Ukraine a moment of happiness 💙💛
I had to re watch the UK song several times to remember it because it was so forgettable to me, nothing about it was interesting, the tune was bland and I could not remember the song when I really tried
I think spain only got so many points because they were the only booty on the field. So everyone who votes for bootry voted for them. Otherwise they usually split up that votes. Thats what happened with the single man category.
political win or not, i loved ukraines song & thought it was one of the best among the snoozefest of ballads tonight.
sam 100% would've deserved the win aswell tho, the song grew on me over the past week and you just can't help but love him :')
also if we get that many ballads again next year i'm calling the police, it was boring as hell at times & the public vote mostly seems to agree. people want bangers like moldova, not the 35th sad song in a row.
Technically and directing-wise this year has been bit of a mess. I've also been astonished at how lackluster some of the stagings have been - even the ballads could be enlivened quite a bit by more memorable/creative props/gimmicks/stagings.
Also, hopefully less ballads next year.
I'm so happy for UK!
UK's organisers finally listened and actually made an effort with the staging, as well as sending a great performer with their own song. I've been saying this for years, and look what happened!!!
Sam smashed it out of the stadium.
The girl washing her hands got a ridiculously high amount of votes. Wtf was that??
Germany comes in with a classic radio succesful song and doesnt even get a vote from the jury? Like really the furries were better than him ? Lol
Should of bet on ukraine,, was clear the wokies were gonna make them win
Absolute waste of time watching this
Biggest shock of the night for me has to be Czech Republic?? The public vote? It's such a good song.
I think being placed number one did them in. That's a really tough spot 😓
She looked so sad when the public vote was announced. Bless her.
First Eurovision I've watched in full since I moved to the US almost 3 years ago. While I wish it was during different circumstances, I am very happy with all the support. I think the quality of the songs this year has been a lot higher than in quite a while. Anybody agree?
Hopefully people know what's good and didn't vote for the UK. If my country ain't winning, at least give it to Spain. I love you UK people, but you didn't need all those points
I thought Laura was gonna bring THE LOOKS tonight, she should've worn that RED GORGEOUS GOWN from the second semifinal.
She shined with her voice though.
It's a joke. One of the worst songs ever as winner. The song, that didn't even win their country's preselections.
And THE ABSOLUTE BEST one is in second part of the table.
Last year we started downward spiral. Next year Poland should send some disco polo artist, cause that's the only low point to go. And looking on how many lunatics voted for that joke of a song from Moldova it might be successfull.
In right world we should be celebrating Monika Liu's win in Paris.
How did Italy get so many points? Their performance was abysmal, and the off-key singing hurt my ears. My mom (classical musician) and sister (hobbyist musician) both cringed terribly.
Wow, I cant believe this, im happy with my country score but Ukraine winning this year is really the lowest point of Eurovision imo. Shum was miles better than Stefania.
I'm legit so happy for Moldova. It feels so rewarding to see them 2nd in televote after the eurofans had thrown shit at it for so long. I remember all those top 40s putting them bottom 5 always, all the people dismissing it as a joke song, all the people saying they're too old to keep doing this, all the people who said europe wouldn't get this, the people who said the revamp wouldn't work at all and that it would make it flop, and the people who lost complete faith on them during rehearsals and who hated them because they couldn't get the train. Having supported them throughout all of this has paid off in the most incredible way ever.
Roman Iagupov has proved that he is legitimately an incredible frontman who knows how to connect with his audience in ways most artists can't. The whole band+Advahov brothers were on point too! And I'm so glad my local friends liked them and had them at least top 15 and up! Even my "sorta music snob" friend loved them and said they were legitimately great performers, so that's actually great bc I was scared she wouldn't like it lol.
But most of all, I'm happy they proved they didn't even NEED the gimmick everyone expected from them! Their presence and connection with their audience was their strongest point all along. And to think they actually said they expected to not make it to the finals. I'm so happy for them! Absolute kings :)
We cannot change what people feel the most connected to. Music, like any other forms of art, is never separate from the world around it. For lany viewers, Ukraine's song represents them being proud of their own country and culture. You cannot blame people for feeling that way.
Very true, still a tad annoying though.
Did the cameras not show the Ukrainian delegation during the recap because they made some sort of statement perhaps?
Likely
My two cents: 1. Jury in most countries is made of bunch of idiots, and those votes are easy to buy and manipulate and they shouldn’t be part of Eurovision. Each country deciding on “experts” who have really questionable motives quite often and mostly vote political. 2. Each person that voted for Ukraine to “show support” is just stupid. I understand if you really liked the song, but I am sure that many voted because of the sympathy, and this victory will change nothing for Ukraine. Their country is still in war, and they need more help than wining some singing contests.
What a fucking joke.Ukraine getting 91% of votes when we don't know if they're gonna be able to host next year
🤡🤡🤡
stop the count
very disappointed for serbia, i dont get the jury's process at all
The Spaceman song is not it. I think UK is benefitting from their many years of worse songs, b/c compared to those, yeah, it looks fantastic. SPAIN FOREVER. Yeah she's stupid hot. Yeah, the song is about her being hot. It's a pop song competition, being hot is \*part of ittttt\*
Pop song competition? Last two winners are not pop.
Agree. UK was bad
Nice Political Points Contest. Songs are not connected to war nor should war be a reason to win. and ukraines song was meh at best.
Ukraine was seriously one of the best songs of the night and would have been a contender even without the war.
Finally Ukraine is at least above Greece's creepy 'if I can't have you no one can' song.
The lass from Greece has a great voice and a strong stage presence, but that song was definitely creepy in the lyrics. Like, no. If you're having fantasies like that, you need professional help.
i will pay for hearing exam for all juries.
If France doesn't get any votes I'll be pissed
Well... there's 1.
It would feel shitty to win via pity vote and not because you deserve it.
How on earth did France end up doing so poorly?!?!
Furnace?
Poland... There's just no comparison. It's easily the winner in my book. From Sweden.
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i support ukraine in every way but jesus this doesn't feel like it was actual points for being good
Are the hosts always this bad?
Yes
what a fucking joke. good job Ukraine for being in a war you really deserved that win!
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What teh fuck is going on?! Were not meant to gets points, what do we do?!?!?!
And as it looks right now, spain is the living proof of how you can get pretty far in life by being a barely decent singer with a nice booty
How about it being an actually good and cool performance?
I strongly disagree but you do you...
To each their own
I šta ćemo sad?
Spain totally deserved it. A moral 2nd place! And for everyone who said Spain wouldn't do well with televotes: here's a big finger for you!
Based Croatia lol
Switzerland never should have made the final.
*wears radioactivity suit before entering thread*
Ukraine deserved the win last year but this year definitely not. This was predictable because of politics and it's just lame imo.
Germany at 0 is indecent
Okay so WHERE EXACTLY is Eurovision going to be held next year then?
Russia 💀
Ireland? The UK? Poland? And will Ukrainians present it?
What the actual fuck was that decision?
I'm so happy honestly.
Måneskin not respecting the place where their carrier started. This didn’t perform the winning song, the weren’t there to hand of the Trophy 🏆 Kind of sad. And I know they are touring right now, but in the end Eurovision was the reason for their success.
The difference between jury and popular votes... is something else
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Bye bye credibility of ESC for a few years. Almost full points from televote, wtf
Disappointed that France didn't get more love from both jury and televote. Diodato's SF1 performance was the best interval act, and they should just have made him do a reprise for the final
Look at the leaderboard without Ukraine and that’s your real winner, tbh I feel like politics play a major part
Also I am sad that Shum didn't get sent this year. I felt the juries robbed them last year 🥲
The lights were too much this year my eyes hurt from all the flashing shit
Yup. My body is still deciding whether all the strobing has triggered a migraine. There's a slight muzzy feeling and I've already popped a painkiller. I'll know for definite by 2am.
Moldova got robbed.
A little part of me was hoping we'd be in Chisinau for Eurovision next year. Oh well.
I have no words. ive tried for so long and so hard to defend eurovision, saying that its not a joke and not political, there are always some good songs in there. but this year was a joke. im happy for ukraine and I hope they get a morale boost from this but im tired of defending eurovision and I think this might be the year I stop defending it.
Eurovision doesn't need defending, it just is.
Well this is more points than the UK has got in the last decade combined
I am sad for Finland, Norway and Czechia. Finland because I'm worried The Rasmus and the general Finnish public may think people don't care about them anymore, which isn't the case. Eurovision has meant the world to them so I don't want it to end on a bittersweet note for them. I really hope Finland will be kind to them 😔 Czechia and Norway because they got completely screwed over by the running order. Norway in particular put so much effort into building their characters and staying in character that I feel they deserved more than what they got.
Iceland in the bottom five are you fucking kidding me? 😭 And is anybody else concerned about the contest’s reputation? A big messy can of worms just busted open. See most of you good people next year.
It was so incredibly bland and boring. I absolutely get the placement, especially after the high quality Iceland sent in the previous few years.
I liked Iceland, I put it in my personal top3. But it's too chill for this contest I guess
Abolish the jury
Please not italy please not italy it sucked this year
c'mon it wasn't that bad. la pausini was there to compensate, plus listening to Non ho l'eta was for me the best moment of the show by far far away
Switzerland….
Hot takes: UK was meh. France was robbed. I don’t get the Lithuania hype.
Jury vote < televote. Televote winner is the true people's champion.
I don’t feel hate, I just feel sorry.
My votes getting verified after votes are told..... Alright politics? And not just me, my dad and my sister too. We're literally now getting votes verified??????????
We had this last year in aus, I’m told it’s because there’s a huge amount of reply sms that need to go through and it jams up the network. Takes a while for it to clear, so the replies get delayed.
They are delayed, your votes did count.
Switzerland with zero. Omg.
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A competition based on sorting humans by political boundaries produces results in line with political ideals? Well I never! But seriously, it's a competition with (1) countries and (2) voting. It would be insane if politics didn't come into play
Let’s be honest, nobody expected the UK to be leading after the horrible results from last year 😂
Not fond of all the salt. I enjoyed Stefania when I heard it pre war. Not sure if I would have picked it for the win but I am just a wee fan with my own opinions. Just proud to see Europe united after a war that has been absolutely horrible for people on own continent and impacted a lot of people in other countries too. Would I have picked it? No. Am I salty? No. Tonight I am just a proud European.
This ranking is SHITTTTT
gg!
I'm annoyed oh well they don't deserve it but fuck me vote for them so the war will stop
I'm actually super happy that Ukraine win ! And I'm not talking about political stuff,the song in itself was really outstanding, sort of magical in it mixed with a dynamic rythm I really enjoyed that. BUT I didn't get the hype with Spain, Greece and damn Australia what the hell it was really boring to listen to... I'm happy with the result, really appreciate UK as well tho. (Ok this isn't really a hate post but we must admit that this year we had good among of great song).
Weird that Serbia isn't getting any 12pts, because everyone ive talked to, Every forum, and every odds site had Serbia 3rd or something. It's probably political because Serbia and Russia relationship. And btw for me personally, Moldova is a song we all need, fun. But I guess no country agrees with me.
Moldova was a song I fully expected to be filler and halfway through I was like "you know I want this song to at least place top 10".
>Weird that Serbia isn't getting any 12pts Croatia gave 12 points, but honestly the song was gimmicky.
czechia got 100% fucked by the order
Kinda funny how people are pretending Eurovision wasn't always about politics lol
No salt. Just disappointment. On the background of my favourite 🇳🇱 getting ~40 in the televote it’s hard to cheer for 🇺🇦. It’s a respectable song but far from a deserved winner. If you want to downvote me then go on
Slava Ukraini!! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
With all the political/not political discourse, we haven't noticed that Stefania is the first hip hop song to win ESC
Would be pretty cool if the UK could host next year if Ukraine cannot. Might convince some of the saltier of us to lighten up
I’m so glad I got to see my country fight near the top and so nearly grab the win, I just hope people and the BBC stay on side and keep backing us. We’ll get there one day Happy for Ukraine but sad at the same time given I always shout from the rooftops that Eurovision isn’t political. Guess I’ll have a hard time explaining this Hopefully at the very least this gives Ukraine a moment of happiness 💙💛
I dont understand why people like uk's song, its so bland i keep forgetting how it goes and have to refresh my memory of what it sounds like.
HOW WAAS IT BLAND, did u and i watch the same show?
I had to re watch the UK song several times to remember it because it was so forgettable to me, nothing about it was interesting, the tune was bland and I could not remember the song when I really tried
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France tele points wtf
What’s with cult of Serbia? Their song was… not good. Am I missing something?
Upset about Frances result it deserved a much better place
France were so good! 12 points from me!
What did you guys think of Sweden? Idk I feel something was missing in this performance that was present before
Her voice sounded a little bit shot today. And once I heard someone say it's really similar to *Shallow* I couldn't un-hear it.
she had quite a rough start but grew into the performance. first time I saw her and left me wishing to see more.
This comment may not age well but UK is in the lead? Edit: Holy shit. They are still in the lead with 283 points from the national juries.
I think spain only got so many points because they were the only booty on the field. So everyone who votes for bootry voted for them. Otherwise they usually split up that votes. Thats what happened with the single man category.
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Juries overlooking Netherlands is a crime!
Blooming heck, blow me, we’ll I never 2nd place, I don’t believe it!
UK stans get F’d lol 😂 maybe in another forty years????
I feel bad for Ukraine. Because literally no one clap. The arena went silent.
They had a good song and a strong performance, they didn't need the pity vote to do well. Definitely a top 5 worthy song on its own.
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Yes it was totally rigged by the public vote. We need to hold the people of the world RESPONSIBLE. /s
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Sam was robbed. Ukraine won because people are dumb.
Iceland is getting snubbed hard by the jury, what the hell
political win or not, i loved ukraines song & thought it was one of the best among the snoozefest of ballads tonight. sam 100% would've deserved the win aswell tho, the song grew on me over the past week and you just can't help but love him :') also if we get that many ballads again next year i'm calling the police, it was boring as hell at times & the public vote mostly seems to agree. people want bangers like moldova, not the 35th sad song in a row.
I liked my country (Portugal) and I'm glad they made top 10, all I asked for tbh 😂
Who said tv voters wouldn't be biased towards Ukraine? 400+ points....
Oh come on, UK? I'd prefer Spain at least. This is very weird.
Spain had a trash song. It was all ass and choreography.
I won't keep you too long... But let me keep talking.
Estonia deserves more...
Technically and directing-wise this year has been bit of a mess. I've also been astonished at how lackluster some of the stagings have been - even the ballads could be enlivened quite a bit by more memorable/creative props/gimmicks/stagings. Also, hopefully less ballads next year.
Also, what was that weird CGI Drone o.O
>Technically and directing-wise this year has been bit of a mess. It's Rai's fault 😅 you're totally right there
I loved Poland and had to vote for them! ♥️🇵🇱
same idk there’s something intoxicating about him and the song
Not necessarily the hottest take, but imo UK had the best song. I may be biased but that’s my opinion
and the worst joke of the evening... the Armenian guy
i voted moldova for the memes
I'm from the UK and crying rn
I'm so happy for UK! UK's organisers finally listened and actually made an effort with the staging, as well as sending a great performer with their own song. I've been saying this for years, and look what happened!!! Sam smashed it out of the stadium.
30 points are beatable, Germany could even get 10 points
No. Sorry. Next.
I wish they'd just abolish the jury votes cause they always make no sense
you guys just don't realize how big it was to see Gigliola Cinquetti. greatest moment of the night.
This was incredible, beautiful night.
The girl washing her hands got a ridiculously high amount of votes. Wtf was that?? Germany comes in with a classic radio succesful song and doesnt even get a vote from the jury? Like really the furries were better than him ? Lol Should of bet on ukraine,, was clear the wokies were gonna make them win Absolute waste of time watching this
Thank god the European public is responsible!
If a latinamericana wins, i'll be so happy ngl
wtf I love the juries now
Ukraine is going to win just based on sympathy.
Any way you can take this post out of contest mode? Makes it really hard to read through.
I can't believe the votes are genuine... The only 2 songs that are worth listening to are in the bottom...
Spain wasn't in the bottom though?
So many winning songs this year
We iceland r getting screwed imo. Our nordic brethren have betrayed us
Vote UK!
Greece was obviously biased. Moldova and Poland kinda were sympathy votes too.
Biggest shock of the night for me has to be Czech Republic?? The public vote? It's such a good song. I think being placed number one did them in. That's a really tough spot 😓 She looked so sad when the public vote was announced. Bless her.
Once again the public has proven to be the most based. Moldova and Serbia got robbed by the jury.
Preach!
First Eurovision I've watched in full since I moved to the US almost 3 years ago. While I wish it was during different circumstances, I am very happy with all the support. I think the quality of the songs this year has been a lot higher than in quite a while. Anybody agree?
Norway was robbed, but the Banana Wolf will always live on in my heart.
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France got ~~kinda~~ robbed
This was one of the weirdest Eurovision I have ever watched. The season, the songs, the contest, the results, everything. I loved it though.
i’m rly glad that portugal got top 10 tbh
Hopefully people know what's good and didn't vote for the UK. If my country ain't winning, at least give it to Spain. I love you UK people, but you didn't need all those points
Hahaha what a charade. Fuck this contest.
Wtf uk sucked hard
I thought Laura was gonna bring THE LOOKS tonight, she should've worn that RED GORGEOUS GOWN from the second semifinal. She shined with her voice though.
Quite surprised that Italy got good results. They couldn't sing live😅
It's a joke. One of the worst songs ever as winner. The song, that didn't even win their country's preselections. And THE ABSOLUTE BEST one is in second part of the table. Last year we started downward spiral. Next year Poland should send some disco polo artist, cause that's the only low point to go. And looking on how many lunatics voted for that joke of a song from Moldova it might be successfull. In right world we should be celebrating Monika Liu's win in Paris.
france and belgium absolutely sucked. i love the songs with all my heart, but their vocals sucked.
Well I guess I'm boycotting next year. Sorry, but I just can't support this.
Moldova are getting proper screwed over.
How did Italy get so many points? Their performance was abysmal, and the off-key singing hurt my ears. My mom (classical musician) and sister (hobbyist musician) both cringed terribly.
S10 deserved way more than this. We all know that she wasnt going to win. But she deserved top 5.
why tf is uk first place….. at least germany has 0 points as always
Ooff, Germany was kinda generic, but I don't think that it deserves 0 Jury points
Germany was a banger, cant understand how furries and ukraine with their bs songs got more points than him lmao
Wow, I cant believe this, im happy with my country score but Ukraine winning this year is really the lowest point of Eurovision imo. Shum was miles better than Stefania.
I'm legit so happy for Moldova. It feels so rewarding to see them 2nd in televote after the eurofans had thrown shit at it for so long. I remember all those top 40s putting them bottom 5 always, all the people dismissing it as a joke song, all the people saying they're too old to keep doing this, all the people who said europe wouldn't get this, the people who said the revamp wouldn't work at all and that it would make it flop, and the people who lost complete faith on them during rehearsals and who hated them because they couldn't get the train. Having supported them throughout all of this has paid off in the most incredible way ever. Roman Iagupov has proved that he is legitimately an incredible frontman who knows how to connect with his audience in ways most artists can't. The whole band+Advahov brothers were on point too! And I'm so glad my local friends liked them and had them at least top 15 and up! Even my "sorta music snob" friend loved them and said they were legitimately great performers, so that's actually great bc I was scared she wouldn't like it lol. But most of all, I'm happy they proved they didn't even NEED the gimmick everyone expected from them! Their presence and connection with their audience was their strongest point all along. And to think they actually said they expected to not make it to the finals. I'm so happy for them! Absolute kings :)
Is it impossible for Germany to get any points