Marina actually said that firstly, she was opposed to showing this clip cause is the slowest part of the song and as a first impression it makes the staging seems more static that it really is and secondly, that EBU always uploads the third take even though in her case it was the weakest one
Poland is qualifying. Regardless the vocal, there is some storytelling on the stage and performance is interesting to viewers, I think Luna is in now over Silia. With this weak staging from Cyprus I definitely don't see them making it, Luxembourg is gonna grab all the votes from Cyprus. Ireland and Portugal are in. Serbia is a bit shaky, but they're probably qualifying. My heart says Slovenia is qualifying, but my brain says it's not and that Australia is gonna make it instead because of performing late, having the cultural moment in the performance and having unifying message accompanied by interesting visuals. My final qualifiers prediction: *Serbia* , *Lithuania* , *Ukraine* , *Poland* , *Croatia* , *Finland* , *Ireland* , *Luxembourg* , *Portugal* and *Australia* . We have exactly same thoughts on SF1 qualifiers hahah!
I don't think Belgium is qualifying. The performance looks empty and the song just takes too much time until the big moment, and even then his vocals don't sound that good. On the other hand even if Dons' performance doesn't offer anything groundbreaking I still think Latvia is giving that moment of introspection that people might miss in Belgium's performance, the song is more straightforward and the crowd singing hollow could really make Dons stand out, especially since there are so many upbeat songs in SF2. I think both Austria and Georgia are in. Malta has great staging, but the song is just not there, just like last year. I would rather have San Marino in the final than Estonia, but I'm still putting Estonia in and San Marino out, but hoping SM makes it instead of Estonia. Denmark might replace Belgium instead of Latvia, but I don't think the running order is doing them a favor. It would have been better for them if they just opened the SF2. My prediction after rehearsals: *Greece* , *Norway* , *Switzerland* , *Netherlands* , *Armenia* , *Georgia* , *Israel* , *Austria* , *Latvia* and *Estonia* .
Idk why i hadnt thought of it for Slovenia but you're so right, it's missing fog and dry ice and mysterious. I dont mind the brightness tbh, still feels siren-esque but the lack of fog makes it bare. Praying for her to qualifyyyy
I hope Australia will qualify,Ireland should qualify,Poland always qualify when they have bombastic staging,Cyprus unfortunately has a weak song (a reject from Russia'22 and Greece '23,why did they give this young girl this uninspired song) and the staging is not enough,Azerbaijan is interesting but I don't think they will make it,Serbia should qualify despite the running order,Slovenia - I am not sure about this one,Raiven is a great vocalist but the song is not televoting-friendly.
Honestly, I think people are sleeping on Malta because of the first impressions we had with the poor contest they had overall. If I am to compare Malta and Austria in the eyes of the casual voters that see the songs for the first time during the SF, I think people will be more impressed by Malta and for me Malta is way more of a Q than Austria. Everyone in the fandom is hyping on Austria and denying its downfall because of how much we love the studio cut but the live performance is really not great.
In my opinion the ones that definately making it are: Greece, The Netherlands, Switzerland. Israel, Georgia, Norway, Armenia. The ones that will fight for the last 3 spots: Latvia (great vocals, great lyrics, staging ok) Czechia (best staging, great lyrics, good vocals in the meantime) Austria(decent staging, weak vocals, weak lyrics) Denmark (decent staging, weak to decent vocals so far, good lyrics) Belgium (ok staging, ok lyrics, weak vocals until now). NQ: Malta, Albania, San Marino, Estonia.
If I were to restage Poland (using the elements that are already there) I would have her an one of the masked dancers in on each of the towers at the start miming a chess game with dancers on the floor, and Luna coming down before the big note to represent her taking charge
The clip that was shown was a decision of the Greek delegation team not Marina. This is honestly the worst part you can show … don’t know what’s wrong with them
Serbia is in trouble i think. Its too early in the running order and doesn’t have enough impact. I LOVE it - but im just trying to be real. I actually think semi 1 is wide open and Iceland and Moldova are in the mix because they are so old school AND catchy. Do write off the locals digging them. Thats my take.
What makes me think Estonia might actually not make it is that if Montenegro sent that performance and song they would probably been NQ, and people don't seem to love when Baltic countries do something a bit crazy and out of box.
Re:Iceland, as happy as I am for Hera they would have done so much better with Murad(both on the optics and the song's own merit) and even Sigga would have comfortably qualified on "Go Tiffany" memes alone.
imo there’s no way poland can NQ with how many friends poland has in the semi. the polish diaspora is huge and enthusiastic. people like to say a diaspora can’t get you a win, which is true, but it can get you a qualification in a televote only semi. I mean, was bejba really third place semi deserving? yet she got it
Yeah I really underestimated bejba last year saying to everyone I know that she would come dead last and she came third in the semi 😂😅 pretty embarrassing prediction I had
Semi 2 prediction 1 Greece 💯 Q 2 Georgia 💯 Q 3 Norway 💯 Q 4 Netherlands 💯 Q 5 Switzerland 💯 Q 6 Armenia 💯 Q 7 Israel 💯 Q 8 Austria more in 9 Denmark more in 10 Belgium more in NQ sadly 11 Estonia more out 12 Albania more out 13 San Marino more out 14 Malta 💯 NQ 15 Czechia 💯 NQ 16 Latvia 💯 NQ
I absolutely agree with how frustrating it is when terrible vocals make it to the final just because the song was fun. But what I don't agree with is not being consistent with this view, just because it happens to song you actually like.
It’s a song contest not a singing contest, music changes throughout the years, I’m glad Eurovision offers all kinds of songs, not just boring ballads but a mixture.
im sorry but the way you feel about say na na na having flat vocals the entire song and everyone wanting to see them qualify because its 'just so fun' is exactly how i feel about croatia this year 😭
Alesia, welcome to CET. Some of my thoughts: Serhat had the Turkish vote. (Not Turkiye). With Spain and Italy in SF2 I think Megara has a chance. I think, after seeing the rehearsals, not a lot has changed in my perception. For me Raiven was a disappointment (as a fan) and Olly comes back into vision (for the Final). Ukraine really came to life with the staging and the Netherlands...... still waiting. Poland is advertising with Luna on UA-cam! They go all the way. Haha. We have so little information on the televote in the SF's it's almost impossible to analyze a possible outcome. Just enjoy Denmark.
I'm genuinely shocked that people don't really see a world where Israel doesn't qualify, just because of the anger around the situation going on there. It's kind of akin to the thought process in 2022 of Ukraine winning because of the support FOR Ukraine... so is it not possible we'd have the exact opposite way of thinking this year, where people vote everything else UP to decrease Israel's chances of qualifying... It's food for thought.
Albania's song started well. The English revamp is woeful and the staging just nope. They literally destroyed their entry. Greece I don't see any appeal. Never liked the song anyway but that staging and costume are awful.
The problem with poland is that even the props are good on the staging, they went overkill with them and put way too much (I like the horse scene though). On the top of that her vocals are unfortunately weak and while she moves even worse. :( Serbias Problem is that the song has a very slow build up for a 3 minute song and when the vocals are getting shaky then I don't see her qualify either. Lithuanias song includes weak vocals and weak lyrics and thats the main reason I don't like the song. The monotone rhythm adds to me not caring about it but it seems people like such things so it will probably qualify. I think that Cyprus and Australia will come through cause both have good vocals and a nice staging too. Urkaine I don't care much about but their staging is really great. Croatia probably dropped because baby said in a interview that we will see more then they had showed before and now they end up doing the exact same thing they did in all of their live performances before with the only difference being the red color on babys shirt instead of the color he used before. Icelands song is very dated and feels as if it was produced 20 years ago. Slovenia needs to qualify because she is one of the best vocalists in the competition and the song is good oo. Azerbaijans song is a bit hit and miss. Finnland is a fun song but the vocals at the higher part are pitchy and weak and the singer never improved them because his voice just reaches it's limit. Their staging is not the best either and the hairy butt shown to the world makes it even worse. Moldova is a great vocalist, the lyrics are great and the staging looks good but the composition of the song just isn't. I love Australia and I hope they will qualify because the song and the vocals are great and it's meaning adds to it. Just hoped the staging would had been better to elevated it more. Luxemburg I'm not sure and I wouldn't be sad it if doesn't. As about the clips: they were not chosen by the singers themselves. Some even said they were against it posting them but they had no say about what is posted so we got what we got.
Semi 1 predictions 1 Croatia 💯 Q 2 Ireland 💯 Q 3 Ukraine 💯 Q 4 Lithuania 💯 Q 5 Portugal 💯 Q 6 Cyprus 💯 Q 7 Poland 💯 Q 8 Luxembourg more in 9 Finland more in 10 Moldova more in NQ sadly 11 Serbia more out 12 Slovenia more out 13 Iceland more out 14 Azerbaijan 💯 NQ 15 Australia 💯 NQ
Fog in order to cover dancers' legs? As a consequence, neither the dancers nor the singer will not see where they are staying and where to go. That comment of too many legs implies that one is lacking being on the stage experience.
How is this relevant? They havent agrred on the homosexual marriage last year yet they qualified, and the year before, and the year before, oh and the year before. Are you here just to start an argument?
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Serbia will change camera zoom and then will be perfect. Teya will sing the best on stage this is only rehersal. Love Croatia, Slovenia, Portugal.
Marina actually said that firstly, she was opposed to showing this clip cause is the slowest part of the song and as a first impression it makes the staging seems more static that it really is and secondly, that EBU always uploads the third take even though in her case it was the weakest one
I got an eden golan ad before this video 😭
'Living in a world' is now living in my head
Poland is qualifying. Regardless the vocal, there is some storytelling on the stage and performance is interesting to viewers, I think Luna is in now over Silia. With this weak staging from Cyprus I definitely don't see them making it, Luxembourg is gonna grab all the votes from Cyprus. Ireland and Portugal are in. Serbia is a bit shaky, but they're probably qualifying. My heart says Slovenia is qualifying, but my brain says it's not and that Australia is gonna make it instead because of performing late, having the cultural moment in the performance and having unifying message accompanied by interesting visuals. My final qualifiers prediction: *Serbia* , *Lithuania* , *Ukraine* , *Poland* , *Croatia* , *Finland* , *Ireland* , *Luxembourg* , *Portugal* and *Australia* . We have exactly same thoughts on SF1 qualifiers hahah!
If we compare Poland’s song to last year: hot blonde- ✅
Cutesy staging/performance- ✅
Decently catchy song- ✅
Yup, they’re qualifying.
Slay Iolanda ❤🇵🇹
Camera movement and angles are going to be extremely important, because it’s a TV-show ❤️ I can’t wait.
I don't think Belgium is qualifying. The performance looks empty and the song just takes too much time until the big moment, and even then his vocals don't sound that good. On the other hand even if Dons' performance doesn't offer anything groundbreaking I still think Latvia is giving that moment of introspection that people might miss in Belgium's performance, the song is more straightforward and the crowd singing hollow could really make Dons stand out, especially since there are so many upbeat songs in SF2. I think both Austria and Georgia are in. Malta has great staging, but the song is just not there, just like last year. I would rather have San Marino in the final than Estonia, but I'm still putting Estonia in and San Marino out, but hoping SM makes it instead of Estonia. Denmark might replace Belgium instead of Latvia, but I don't think the running order is doing them a favor. It would have been better for them if they just opened the SF2. My prediction after rehearsals: *Greece* , *Norway* , *Switzerland* , *Netherlands* , *Armenia* , *Georgia* , *Israel* , *Austria* , *Latvia* and *Estonia* .
And I was right 😀
Idk why i hadnt thought of it for Slovenia but you're so right, it's missing fog and dry ice and mysterious. I dont mind the brightness tbh, still feels siren-esque but the lack of fog makes it bare. Praying for her to qualifyyyy
Raiven said fog and darkness is there
I like Greece so much! Go go go Marinaaaaa! ❤❤❤❤
San Marino with that staging and outfits , there is no way it doesnt make it . I think belgium and Austria will say Goodbye
Good staging is important but you need a good song to begin with
Hot take
@@BillyT0310 I was kinda extreme , i meant it has good chances . The song isnt that bad , and I LOVE the instrumental break, its so powerful
Czechia snatched the clone squad from Moldova😅
I just cannot get finland!!! Could not even listen the song half way through ...Sorry... and I usually like Finlands' entries!
I want Malta, Austria & Georgia in the final
I hope Australia will qualify,Ireland should qualify,Poland always qualify when they have bombastic staging,Cyprus unfortunately has a weak song (a reject from Russia'22 and Greece '23,why did they give this young girl this uninspired song) and the staging is not enough,Azerbaijan is interesting but I don't think they will make it,Serbia should qualify despite the running order,Slovenia - I am not sure about this one,Raiven is a great vocalist but the song is not televoting-friendly.
Predict Top3 of SF1: Ukraine,Croatia and Ireland (because staging) so would put Ireland green. 😉
it is always a great pleasure to hear you, Alesia, always right on point and so witty !
Honestly, I think people are sleeping on Malta because of the first impressions we had with the poor contest they had overall. If I am to compare Malta and Austria in the eyes of the casual voters that see the songs for the first time during the SF, I think people will be more impressed by Malta and for me Malta is way more of a Q than Austria. Everyone in the fandom is hyping on Austria and denying its downfall because of how much we love the studio cut but the live performance is really not great.
Belgium was in my top3, now its probably out my top 10 but i still think it should qualify
Gotcha!
1: New York Times-quoted Alesia Michelle!
2: Agree with your takes 100%
In my opinion the ones that definately making it are:
Greece, The Netherlands, Switzerland. Israel, Georgia, Norway, Armenia.
The ones that will fight for the last 3 spots:
Latvia (great vocals, great lyrics, staging ok)
Czechia (best staging, great lyrics, good vocals in the meantime)
Austria(decent staging, weak vocals, weak lyrics)
Denmark (decent staging, weak to decent vocals so far, good lyrics)
Belgium (ok staging, ok lyrics, weak vocals until now).
NQ: Malta, Albania, San Marino, Estonia.
If I were to restage Poland (using the elements that are already there) I would have her an one of the masked dancers in on each of the towers at the start miming a chess game with dancers on the floor, and Luna coming down before the big note to represent her taking charge
Alesia in the New York Times!!! That makes me proud :-)
The clip that was shown was a decision of the Greek delegation team not Marina. This is honestly the worst part you can show … don’t know what’s wrong with them
She is the most important part of the delegation
Serbia is in trouble i think. Its too early in the running order and doesn’t have enough impact. I LOVE it - but im just trying to be real.
I actually think semi 1 is wide open and Iceland and Moldova are in the mix because they are so old school AND catchy. Do write off the locals digging them.
Thats my take.
I don't get the love for Austria. I've found the song incredibly annoying from the very first listen.
czechia is missing a lot of energy now, if they could find a middle point between this and the national final maybe
What makes me think Estonia might actually not make it is that if Montenegro sent that performance and song they would probably been NQ, and people don't seem to love when Baltic countries do something a bit crazy and out of box.
Re:Iceland, as happy as I am for Hera they would have done so much better with Murad(both on the optics and the song's own merit) and even Sigga would have comfortably qualified on "Go Tiffany" memes alone.
I'm now scared for Serbia, this is pure art, but people somehow don't appreciate
I refuse to fear for Serbia… its in. 🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾
Let’s hope. Beauty(ful music) will save the world 🎼💜
Its a great entry but for me (Sorry not meant as disrespect) but it misses momentum and a real build up. Sorry great entry but not connecting with it😔
@@esc1074 Many people easily connect with this song. It is emotional, atmospheric and emotive. Some people prefer bangers, that’s ok.
australia coud be pushed by it being their more ethnic entry so far alone, despite not looking great
I hope the Australian video is just a scam and that the final staging will be so surprising. I’m really disappointed with what I’ve seen.
I have a feeling that Cyprus & Serbia will miss out
Not really, especially Serbia. Most likely Poland and Slovenia might miss out
I also believe Serbia won't reach tje final
Serbia's rock just looks sad next to Ukraine's. I wouldn't be putting Serbia through.
I can’t believe I’ve watched half of this video waiting for your comments on Portugal and you just overlook it… ughh
During Poland rehearsal delegation had issues with back vocals. It's going to be fixed
Vaginal Fringe would be an amazing band name
imo there’s no way poland can NQ with how many friends poland has in the semi. the polish diaspora is huge and enthusiastic. people like to say a diaspora can’t get you a win, which is true, but it can get you a qualification in a televote only semi. I mean, was bejba really third place semi deserving? yet she got it
Yeah I really underestimated bejba last year saying to everyone I know that she would come dead last and she came third in the semi 😂😅 pretty embarrassing prediction I had
Semi 2 prediction
1 Greece 💯 Q
2 Georgia 💯 Q
3 Norway 💯 Q
4 Netherlands 💯 Q
5 Switzerland 💯 Q
6 Armenia 💯 Q
7 Israel 💯 Q
8 Austria more in
9 Denmark more in
10 Belgium more in
NQ sadly
11 Estonia more out
12 Albania more out
13 San Marino more out
14 Malta 💯 NQ
15 Czechia 💯 NQ
16 Latvia 💯 NQ
My former teacher heart is so happy seeing a Jamboard :P
I absolutely agree with how frustrating it is when terrible vocals make it to the final just because the song was fun. But what I don't agree with is not being consistent with this view, just because it happens to song you actually like.
It’s a song contest not a singing contest, music changes throughout the years, I’m glad Eurovision offers all kinds of songs, not just boring ballads but a mixture.
im sorry but the way you feel about say na na na having flat vocals the entire song and everyone wanting to see them qualify because its 'just so fun' is exactly how i feel about croatia this year 😭
and finland...and netherlands...but at the end of the day i dont come to music for humour. if i wanted to laugh id go to a comedy show no tea
remember how San Marino not only qualified in 2019 but did even better than Greece in the grand final ?😂
Yup
Stop having obsessions with Greece plz Sorry that we exist e
Remember how Greece F you or not
Alesia, welcome to CET. Some of my thoughts:
Serhat had the Turkish vote. (Not Turkiye).
With Spain and Italy in SF2 I think Megara has a chance.
I think, after seeing the rehearsals, not a lot has changed in my perception. For me Raiven was a disappointment (as a fan) and Olly comes back into vision (for the Final). Ukraine really came to life with the staging and the Netherlands...... still waiting.
Poland is advertising with Luna on UA-cam! They go all the way. Haha.
We have so little information on the televote in the SF's it's almost impossible to analyze a possible outcome.
Just enjoy Denmark.
Alessia, Slovenia will have ice and fog in stage
Okay… we’ll we will need MORE
@@AlesiaMichelleRaiven said that dancers had trouble breading since they are on the floor, so they couldn't exaggerate with fog
I'm genuinely shocked that people don't really see a world where Israel doesn't qualify, just because of the anger around the situation going on there. It's kind of akin to the thought process in 2022 of Ukraine winning because of the support FOR Ukraine... so is it not possible we'd have the exact opposite way of thinking this year, where people vote everything else UP to decrease Israel's chances of qualifying... It's food for thought.
Fog will be on semi final 1 on live show
Albania's song started well. The English revamp is woeful and the staging just nope. They literally destroyed their entry.
Greece I don't see any appeal. Never liked the song anyway but that staging and costume are awful.
I hope Estonia is out. There are far better options in Semi 2.
Serbia will easily qualify for the final. 🇷🇸💜
Hey Ho let's go voters will all go for Armenia instead of Estonia
Albania 🎇
The problem with poland is that even the props are good on the staging, they went overkill with them and put way too much (I like the horse scene though).
On the top of that her vocals are unfortunately weak and while she moves even worse. :(
Serbias Problem is that the song has a very slow build up for a 3 minute song and when the vocals are getting shaky then I don't see her qualify either.
Lithuanias song includes weak vocals and weak lyrics and thats the main reason I don't like the song.
The monotone rhythm adds to me not caring about it but it seems people like such things so it will probably qualify.
I think that Cyprus and Australia will come through cause both have good vocals and a nice staging too.
Urkaine I don't care much about but their staging is really great.
Croatia probably dropped because baby said in a interview that we will see more then they had showed before and now they end up doing the exact same thing they did in all of their live performances before with the only difference being the red color on babys shirt instead of the color he used before.
Icelands song is very dated and feels as if it was produced 20 years ago.
Slovenia needs to qualify because she is one of the best vocalists in the competition and the song is good oo.
Azerbaijans song is a bit hit and miss.
Finnland is a fun song but the vocals at the higher part are pitchy and weak and the singer never improved them because his voice just reaches it's limit.
Their staging is not the best either and the hairy butt shown to the world makes it even worse.
Moldova is a great vocalist, the lyrics are great and the staging looks good but the composition of the song just isn't.
I love Australia and I hope they will qualify because the song and the vocals are great and it's meaning adds to it.
Just hoped the staging would had been better to elevated it more.
Luxemburg I'm not sure and I wouldn't be sad it if doesn't.
As about the clips: they were not chosen by the singers themselves. Some even said they were against it posting them but they had no say about what is posted so we got what we got.
Ireland always maybe we in for big shock
???austria reaction …what was this?? can u explain again what do u dont like i didnt unterstand it …
Georgia is out. Song is weak, just like Malta. Austria is in. Estonia is in. San Marino or Czechia is in.
In semi 1, Serbia is out.
Semi 1 predictions
1 Croatia 💯 Q
2 Ireland 💯 Q
3 Ukraine 💯 Q
4 Lithuania 💯 Q
5 Portugal 💯 Q
6 Cyprus 💯 Q
7 Poland 💯 Q
8 Luxembourg more in
9 Finland more in
10 Moldova more in
NQ sadly
11 Serbia more out
12 Slovenia more out
13 Iceland more out
14 Azerbaijan 💯 NQ
15 Australia 💯 NQ
Ukraine 💙💛👍
Finland is repulsive, i just hope not going through
Australia 🙏🙏🙏
Fog in order to cover dancers' legs? As a consequence, neither the dancers nor the singer will not see where they are staying and where to go. That comment of too many legs implies that one is lacking being on the stage experience.
Azerbaijan is in! The Turkish diaspora will vote for them. They will get votes from all over.
Azerbaijan should be looked for a qualification..
If Serbia doesn't qualify, Portugal and Cyprus can.
HAHAHA "Rim tim tagi diiIiIiIiImmm ooooaah"
with this staging, Ukraine can win again 🤌
Dont watch the stage , listen music
If that was the point of this it wouldn't be a TV show.
The didgeridoo player needs to walk across the stage more traditionally. The skipping is cringy.
Serbia won't qualify 💯💯 they haven't agreed to the homosexual marriage yet. UNLIKE Greece and see HOW everyone hypes this song out if nowhere 😂
How is this relevant? They havent agrred on the homosexual marriage last year yet they qualified, and the year before, and the year before, oh and the year before. Are you here just to start an argument?
Can't get married in Israel either yet they qualified and also pink wash at ESC, what's that have to do with anything?
@@DM-um8uwexactly
Finland out 👎
Never going to happen in a televote only semi