Popbitch have handily just released their guide.
― gyac, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 19:04 (one year ago) link
I still can’t believe these are the opening lyrics to the Latvian Eurovision this year. pic.twitter.com/9IDi4t3guz— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) May 10, 2022
― gyac, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 19:27 (one year ago) link
Moldova vg
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 20:03 (one year ago) link
Zdob si Dob always are great value
― gyac, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 20:05 (one year ago) link
wot? DJ ChisinÖtzi?
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 20:05 (one year ago) link
Austria very happy to be here
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 20:14 (one year ago) link
lots of 70s vibes tonight
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 20:16 (one year ago) link
this grew on me
― gyac, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 20:17 (one year ago) link
Lithuania, Ukraine, Netherlands, Moldova, Portugal, Iceland would be my picks
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 20:36 (one year ago) link
AlbaniaUkraineNetherlandsLithuaniaPortugalGreeceNorway (by the skin of their wolfs teeth)
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 20:42 (one year ago) link
Love love love love this Eurodance classics interval but too bad they didn’t save it till Saturday.
― gyac, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 20:42 (one year ago) link
I think I might be the only person who really liked Austria? They were cute and fun and enthusiastic.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 20:50 (one year ago) link
I was very happy about how happy they were to be there
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 20:50 (one year ago) link
the disco / dance / edm intermezzo, for a second I thought we were getting (Eumir) Deodato here.
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 20:53 (one year ago) link
*had me confused…
for me Austria were the best of the worst, which means i want them to go through
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 20:54 (one year ago) link
“caress the moon”? #onethread
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 20:56 (one year ago) link
farewell Ronela Hajati 😥
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 21:12 (one year ago) link
Oh thank god, I don't have to listen to Austria ever again!
― emil.y, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 21:12 (one year ago) link
OOOPS I meant Latvia!
― emil.y, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 21:13 (one year ago) link
Here we gohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8a7Gbci7CI
― gyac, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 21:13 (one year ago) link
That was a BIZARRE result all around.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 21:41 (one year ago) link
don’t know, all of the countries seandalai and I mentioned were voted thru, except Albania (and that was a highly divisive one to begin with) - plus Armenia and Switzerland, who were both solid (although not my thing). the six that were eliminated were all crap (very fun crap, in the case of Austria), again except Albania, which was robbed, looted and plundered, a truly unforgivable travesty of justice.
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 06:08 (one year ago) link
I really did as well! I guess main singer was a bit too off at times, though (agreed again) not for want of enthusiasm.
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 08:45 (one year ago) link
except Albania, which was robbed, looted and plundered, a truly unforgivable travesty of justice
This truth.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 14:32 (one year ago) link
SERBIA SERBIA SERBIA SERBIA
― emil.y, Thursday, 12 May 2022 19:35 (one year ago) link
(Also I am very ashamed but I enjoyed Georgia quite a bit)
Cyprus presenting a masterclass in killing your own quite decent song
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Thursday, 12 May 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
I'm convinced Serbia aren't going to go through and I'm sad about it already.
― emil.y, Thursday, 12 May 2022 20:46 (one year ago) link
I would be surprised if it goes through (but also very happy)
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Thursday, 12 May 2022 20:48 (one year ago) link
There you go, guys
― gyac, Thursday, 12 May 2022 21:12 (one year ago) link
Yesssss! The rest of the lot that went through today was pretty poor, I've got to say. They picked mostly the most boring ones.
― emil.y, Thursday, 12 May 2022 21:17 (one year ago) link
Czech Republic was good!
― gyac, Thursday, 12 May 2022 21:18 (one year ago) link
Serbia going through made me VERY happy. Estonia was the 'most improved' for sure, credit to the guy and glad he went through. Beyond that mostly indifferent or unsurprised though I would easily swap out San Marino for Finland on that front.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 May 2022 21:27 (one year ago) link
And yeah, Czech Republic made up for some iffy performances on the promo tour by all accounts.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 May 2022 21:28 (one year ago) link
Czechia was good fun, yes. Not quite as fun as Austria if we're comparing cheesy dance entries, but I definitely approve.
― emil.y, Thursday, 12 May 2022 21:32 (one year ago) link
None of my favourite Cyprus -> Ireland -> North Macedonia stretch made it through :( Serbia obv great, rest was mostly blah.
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Thursday, 12 May 2022 22:26 (one year ago) link
I am sad that my favorite of the lot (Cyprus) didn't go through :(
Was the performance really that bad? I haven't watched
Rooting for Czech Republic now
― daavid, Thursday, 12 May 2022 23:19 (one year ago) link
Cyprus was pitchy and the whole thing felt a bit flat.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 May 2022 00:44 (one year ago) link
I wish they could just do playback. It's a song contest, not a singing contest, after all.
― daavid, Friday, 13 May 2022 02:29 (one year ago) link
I said this on twitter, but I think it also suffered from feeling behind-the-curve in general. I like that sort of sound a lot but it's kinda what Eurovision was full of pre-covid. Added to staging that failed to impress and a lacklustre performance, it was fairly doomed.
― emil.y, Friday, 13 May 2022 14:31 (one year ago) link
Just taking this off the official Eurovision site, for reference.
Grand Final Running Order:🇨🇿 Czech Republic: We Are Domi – Lights Off
🇷🇴 Romania: WRS – Llámame
🇵🇹 Portugal: MARO – Saudade, Saudade
🇫🇮 Finland: The Rasmus – Jezebel
🇨🇭 Switzerland: Marius Bear – Boys Do Cry
🇫🇷 France: Alvan & Ahez – Fulenn
🇳🇴 Norway: Subwoolfer – Give That Wolf A Banana
🇦🇲 Armenia: Rosa Linn – Snap
🇮🇹 Italy: Mahmood & Blanco – Brividi
🇪🇸 Spain: Chanel – SloMo
🇳🇱 Netherlands: S10 – De Diepte
🇺🇦 Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra – Stefania
🇩🇪 Germany: Malik Harris – Rockstars
🇱🇹 Lithuania: Monika Liu – Sentimentai
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli – Fade To Black
🇧🇪 Belgium: Jérémie Makiese – Miss You
🇬🇷 Greece: Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord – Die Together
🇮🇸 Iceland: Systur – Með Hækkandi Sól
🇲🇩 Moldova: Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers – Trenulețul
🇸🇪 Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs – Hold Me Closer
🇦🇺 Australia: Sheldon Riley – Not The Same
🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Sam Ryder – SPACE MAN
🇵🇱 Poland: Ochman – River
🇷🇸 Serbia: Konstrakta – In Corpore Sano
🇪🇪 Estonia: Stefan – Hope
― emil.y, Friday, 13 May 2022 14:40 (one year ago) link
It's fucking sadboi Eurovision this year.
― emil.y, Friday, 13 May 2022 14:41 (one year ago) link
wow at the Italy-Spain-NL-Ukraine sequence in the middle
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Friday, 13 May 2022 16:28 (one year ago) link
..and the SWE-(aus)-UK-POL-(SER)-EST package at the endthose are the other big shots imo that are *not* my personal favs
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Friday, 13 May 2022 16:30 (one year ago) link
well, SER *is* a personal fav, but I don’t consider it a contender. (and AUS is neither)
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Friday, 13 May 2022 16:33 (one year ago) link
Ireland was awful. I don’t understand anyone who liked it. Dated af.
― gyac, Friday, 13 May 2022 16:43 (one year ago) link
Moldova should make a strong showing on that placement. The train song is fun!
― gyac, Friday, 13 May 2022 16:46 (one year ago) link
I'd much rather be watching dated upbeat pop than the raft of sad whining men that got through, so I supported Ireland. Also I liked the synth line that came in at times.
― emil.y, Friday, 13 May 2022 17:15 (one year ago) link
Am absolutely going to be voting for Moldova tonight, the video for the song is so great. Have yet to hear any of the big five but almost everyone I know is really excited about the UK’s entry?
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 15:40 (one year ago) link
you have melted our hearts, friends #Eurovision 💛💙......and it matters the world to us during this time 💔we send all your love and support to our brave freedom defenders at Azovstal and along the frontlinecongrats, KALUSH Orchestra 🏆🇺🇦 #SaveMariupol #SaveAzovstal pic.twitter.com/Vt7WzpMHFQ— Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) May 14, 2022
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 23:12 (one year ago) link
Ukraine got 431 out of a maximum possible 468 public votes.
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 23:13 (one year ago) link
without the invasion ukraine have a different entry: alina pash withdrew as contestant for some faff to do with crimea which i'm too sleepy to understand
also russia would be competing
― mark s, Saturday, 14 May 2022 23:14 (one year ago) link
At least Switzerland got fuck all in the public vote.
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 14 May 2022 23:16 (one year ago) link
Next year in a liberated Mariupol.We’ll sort it out somehow.#Eurovision2022— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) May 14, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 14 May 2022 23:23 (one year ago) link
Also Konstrakta’s formal video for the song rules too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S1jrYq87Zw
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 14 May 2022 23:40 (one year ago) link
Just looking at the full vote breakdown now. The following countries’ public votes gave Ukraine 12 points:🇮🇹 Italy 🇫🇷 France 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇪🇸 Spain 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇩🇪 Germany 🇦🇹 Austria 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇵🇱 Poland 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇮🇱 Israel 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇳🇴 Norway 🇫🇮 FinlandMy beloved Moldova got 8 points from the UK public, proving my votes for them didn’t go to waste.They got 12 points from Romania and Serbia, which amuses me because I saw a comment on YouTube by an excited Serb talking about how the video distilled the experience of taking trains in the Balkans and when I ran this by my Serb mate she was like “unbelievably otm” & “one time I saw a group take a suckling pig on the train”. Any other year, they’d be reaping in the end of evening drunk votes but they still did very well!Obviously there were some Bizarre Voting Irregularities, Sharivari to thread etc
― gyac, Sunday, 15 May 2022 10:58 (one year ago) link
Turns out that you can loop the 32 bar acapella intro of "Stefania" all the way through the break in Madonna's "Hung Up" - the keys match perfectly.
(Fucking hell, wait till she realises. There'll be no stopping her.)
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 10:26 (one year ago) link