We Finns are already loving him! The live is 23rd on trending on yt and he's got 2nd most listeners on Spotify from Helsinki 😄Croatia can expect some great tele points from the north!
I must say I hate our luck as Käärijä was against Loreen and didn’t stand a chance on winning against her. I hope Sweden now won’t dig Herreys up to perform and something new like Baby Lasagna would have a fair chance. Ok if Sweden brings Måns Zelmerlöw dueting with Petra, that I could live with.
Käärijä commented today that he loves Rim Tim Tagi Dim, Croatian press and media published it as breaking news, we're very proud! Now we want a collab❤
It is nice to see a decent Finnish comment about thE Rim Tim Tagi Dim because there are so lot of rubbish written about the song in Finnish Viisukuppila site. Apperently commentators are mainly Finnish Kaarija fans who make there false and toxic claims about Baby Lasange and his song.even Kaarija himself has said it is not the same song. As someone who has lived in Finland , I know the envy is the original sin of Finns and it shows in the comments there in Viisukuppila🤔,
I actually interpreted the rim tim tagi dim as ones heartbeat during anxiety attacks/stressy times in general. And also it's extremely catchy and I'm rooting for this little song this year!
i am OBSESSED with this song, it'll for sure be getting my votes + marko (baby lasagna) seems like such a sweet down-to-earth person, a wonderful person to support ♥️
I just love the "WOOOP" sound he does in the end. Also have to mention how much he improved his performance from the semifinals in just 2 days, I was told that the semi final performance was his first ever live performance as a vocalist. This is already my favourite this year and nothing can change that.
@@mila66ful I love that so much! I love his own fur baby too! Orange cats are the way to my heart! Though my fur babies are beautiful black cats 🐈⬛🐈⬛🎃
This song has been stuck in my head for almost a week straight. I really hope they improve the show for Malmö because this is such a banger. 12 points from Finland 😻 meow cat
Baby Lasagna gets all of my points for being a cat dad 😻The song is so great, fun with a sad message. I think the reference to decompress is to let loose and party before he leaves. Now we wait for the meow cat, please meow back t-shirts! Well done Croatia! 🇭🇷💖🐾
This can win, 100% can win. Like you mentioned, I saw how his vocals improved between the two Dora performances and can see him getting better and more comfortable with the song as he performs it more and more. The stage presence will take time but I hope Croatia takes this opportunity with real gusto. A first-time winner might help rejuvenate the contest in some of the countries where it might be lagging - with a great song and performance you can win as well!
''Rim tim tagi dim'' is simply what he sang while creating riff for the song. It stuck in his head and he kept it in the song. There is no hidden meaning behind it. He said it himself in at least one of his many interviews. Greetings from Croatia and ty for all the kind words.
Marco cleaned up a lot of his vocals, the audio mixing and camera angles in only 48 hours between the semi final the grand final! If he can do that, he can make the whole package much better in May! But I actually REALLY like his staging. It's grown on me SO much and as Roy PM says from EscUnited, the guy's a rising Rockstar with a great raspiness. People will remember the song regardless since it's so strong and will look up what it is about. He doesn't need to sing so well to get the song across. Juries will surely appreciate the deeper meanings more than Cha Cha Cha?
Well now! Genuine excitement for Croatia is great to see. Can this win in Malmö?, I'm not so sure Tom I do love this song. Its in my personal Top 3 I can see this being more like KEiiNO in 2019 than Käärijä last year. Outside of the top 10 with juries but landsliding the televote, leaving a top 5 finish overall Yes, it will elevate in May, without doubt but just don't quite see it winning. An ESC 2025 in Croatia would be so cool and my fingers are crossed. Go Baby Lasagna and go Croatia 🇭🇷 🎉🎉🎉
I think the winner vibes might come to you if they elevate sufficiently. this has the ingredients, i just dont know if id want to bet on the Croatian delegation yet
@ESCTom yeh. I know what you're saying Tom. Just not sure if it has the "gravitas" to be a winner. Can a "fun" song win these days? Not so sure. I think it may be behind Belgium, Ukraine and Norway so far. I hope I'm wrong
I lve, love, love your review. Baby Lasagna needs to hear your feedback, finest constructive criticism. Thank you ❤ I really hope our Croatian delegation doesn't mess this one up.
yea im hoping they can just kill it 🤞🏻, its such a great opportunity to win, and we dont know the next time Croatia will have that. I hope LEt 3 can give some useful advice too
Croatia did win Eurovision once but back then we were still part of Yugoslavia. It was in 1989 with the song Rock me by the Croatian band called Riva. The Eurovision contest was held in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia in 1990, only one year before we got our independence.
Yes I’ve discussed this with Croatians in previously videos. I understand the band were from Zagreb and the contest was hosted there , but the win was under the Yugoslavia flag
The band was from the city of Zadar. Yugoslavia was a federation of 6 republics and one of them was Croatia and the capital of Croatia was and still is Zagreb. For that reason we see the band Riva as a Croatian contestant because they were from here.
@@ESCTom it was not only that it was Croatian band. The system was that we had "regional" broadcasters competing for spot in ESC. We had a mini ESC. Regions are separate countries today, and TV Zagreb (Croatian TV today) won that year.
I actually don’t really mind the slightly clunky English lyrics as it fits with the themes of the song - that feeling of alienation and anxiety that comes with moving away from your home town/country
I’ll never overlook a doily again The hype for this is insane. All you stated are true with the eyes etc and movement. He’s stiff in places but others perfect. Great observations as usual 👏👏 Hope he gets the win 🥇🥇🥇
@@motherofslavs8761 It is so funny and relatable all over the world. :D There is no TV in the ex YU (maybe even further) that didn't have doily on it. :D
@@MultiSky7 The problem with these new flat screen TVs is that you can't put a doily on them, and so that part of the culture all round the world, is being lost to boring generic TVs.
Agressive voting strategy worked. Why Azerbaijani delegation didn't hire me to get that win for Drip drop 😂? Kidding... now when we know Baby is in let's make Zagreb or any coastal croatian city 2025. happen! Rock, punk and techno fans worldwide unite!
The best youTube comment !! Very precise and unwrapped 👍 Good Job Tom! Greetings from Cro woman from Jersey UK Ps: nice Dalmatian/Croatian dog painting behind you! Great addition to promote Croatia!😊
i absolutely adore this song and it's in my top 3 at the moment. i don't mind the imperfect staging or clunky lyrics, there's some charm to it the only thing bothering me is everybody calling him a copy of kaarija. the only similarities between them come from the fact that both baby lasagna and kaarija are rammstein fans and sonically you can hear the inspiration. but they're two completely different songs to me when it comes to the outfit i also don't get why kaarija would supposedly have the monopoly on big sleeves now, baby lasagna can keep his sleeves. but i wouldn't mind a slight outfit change/update during baby's performance to show his progression from a traditional village boy to a "city boy"
Oh, I've been waiting for this video. Croatia🇭🇷 is proud of him. We showed on Sunday evening with 247 televote points what we thinking about him and his performance, while runner-up had only 27 points. But, when Baby Lasagna entered Dora instead of Zsa Zsa (our national hero recently😂😂) one our big HRT "experts" in one article said that this song is the WORST!!!at Dora. Absolutely unbelievable!!! Also, this guy is so nice, polite and humble. I won't lying, I almost cried when he cried in the press conference after win.I still can't believe that we're contenders for win and 2nd in the odds. That basically never happened in my lifetime. Cause I was a kid when Maja and Doris was 4th and I can't remember those ESC very well. Our first potential win would be so amazing, first ESC song contest in ex-YU country after Serbia in 2008. And if this as you said "fairytale" really happen it could basically be win-win situation cause we could have missing ex-YU and Balkan countries, such as Montenegro🇲🇪, N.Macedonia🇲🇰, Romania🇹🇩, maybe even Bulgaria🇧🇬 back in the ESC. But I personally would be happy with top 10,top 5 would great and top 3(best result ever) would be absolutely AMAZING.
Croatian song won Eurovision for Yugoslavia before Yugo brake, "Rock me, baby"....Croatian singer Emilija Kokić and group from Zadar :-) Love your comments and hope for the best, go Baby Lasagna ❤😻
I must say, I find the lyrics quirky. The 'Advanced' part makes sense with the 'city boys' part in branding them as posh but upbeat. The 'compress' part is about mental health and airing your concerns with people in real life. The staging doesn't need many changes for the public to vote for it. It is pure chaos and that's a good thing. Croatia are now SECOND in the odds at 12% so Marco is gonna make Croatia proud I think with their final result!
The only connection between Kaarija and Baby is that they are both huge Rammstein fans, that's it. And you can clearly hear that influence in Baby's song. Actually many people accused him of stealing from Rammstein. However, the whole Rammstein's fanbase in Croatia supports him and I really do think that all other fans will support him too, because there is nothing stolen, it is just influenced by Rammstein. Certainly, Baby has a huge support and love from me - a huge Rammstein fan from Serbia. 🖤
yea i remember a lot of people saying that they felt a Rammstein sound. That doesnt bother me at all. After Dua Lipa's "future nostalgia" we had HUNDREDS of songs that were inspired by that sound. It's normal that people will be inspired by other artists, and if 2 artists are both inspired by Rammstein, then of course they will have some common sounds in their music.
@@ESCTom Yes, of course. Every musician has an influence and it is perfectly normal. I actually didn't like Kaarija at all and also I am not a huge fan of Eurovision, but Marko is really special. I don't know him but I am so proud of him and feel him as a part of a family, because we, big Rammstein fans, are a big loving family. I hope he wins. This song is simply brilliant.
It is unbelievable that they should not have taken part in Eurovision. They were just substitutes. One contestant dropped out and the contest was theirs xdd. The mistakes are there, but they'll fix them by May. You can see the improvement between the semi final and final. It was supposedly his first live performance. They are going to put on an incredible show at Eurovision. They're my second favourite so far. Croatia will shine this year. I like your reactions. MŇAU🐱
I believe you're right about the Käärijä comparisons. A lot of people won't remember or mind. And even if people remember, some might vote for this only to take revenge for Loreen "robbing" Käärijä 😄
It might also have something to do with this getting so much attention in Finnish media. Many big tabloids and radio stations have mentioned this, in a way of "Eurovision song accused being a copy of Käärijä - Compare yourself!" They are not picking sides though, only informing that this kind of discussion is going on on the internet 😄 But I can also understand this being a hit here in Finland. I mean, I love it, why wouldn't others? 😁 But realistically speaking, the reason it is getting so much attention is probably due to the comparison to Käärijä.
Definitely a potential winner. Certainly a candidate to win the televote although it has competition ( Lithuania, Finland, possibly even Ireland) which may dilute its televote impact. Things to change: - ditch the puffy sleeves, maybe a costume reveal to move him from country boy to city boy. - before the dance along break/ middle 8, get the audience to clap along. This will lift the dance bit ahead of slowing to the final- get the dancer washing clothes to churn butter suggestively. That will be an automatic 12 points from the UK 😂 Overall it’s a good fun package but it does have to beat Slimane’s breath/ taking vocal to win which I think will be tricky
Incompetent jury of Croatian Radio & Television did not want Baby Lasagna at Dora at all. He entered the competition as a reserve, because someone else dropped out. The song is about young people leaving their home (immigrating to other countries; 400,000 in 10 years) in search of a better life, and anxiety it creates. Yet, the song is litehearted. It was written, and produced solely by Marko Purišić (Baby Lasagna) in his room in Umag, small town, Croatia. First time performing as a singer on a big stage, Marko did great; people of Croatia reacted and gave him the greatest margin of victory ever. With big stage and some improvements, it’s a definite contender. Eurovision song, here we come, Rim Tim Tagi Dim!
It is important to understand that he comes from Istra, and Istrian folk songs through centuries have been using meaningless syllables that mimic music in chorus I.e. one of most popular Istrian folk song is Traj-na-ni-na-ne-na. So Rim-tim-tagi-dim is a modern version celebration of Istrian folklore. Croatians understand it, so the song has even an additional charm to us.
@@myrawatters1036 and interesting enough the folk dance that goes with those type of songs looks like river dance … hopefully we get 12 points from Erie for all the similarities :-)
yea i know what it means, but it's not a commonly used word in English and it sounds unusual. It's similar to if someone used a word in Croatian from 100 years ago
Something about the performance and song just feel so special. Unless something goes completely wrong between now and May, I think a win is completely possible (plus it kinda helps that we're in a very different place than exactly a year ago when it was obvious who the 2 favorites were while atm it feels like anything is possible).
The way I interpreted what he told William on the meaning of the song title is: like many artists who write the music before the lyrics he had vocalized the notes on the sound recording and Rim Tim Tagi Dim is the literal transliteration of what the notes sound like. And then when he was writing the lyrics he must just decided to keep the non sense verbalization instead replacing with actual lyrics.
About the staging: i personally hope they go for a vibe closer to the music video! traditional clothes while rocking out on the stage would look pretty cool. it would make it look less like a "joke entry" with the neon lights and more like the rock song it actually is. the message should still come across with the dancers, but i think this could get elevated alot more with the jury if the staging changed. I see alot of people call this a joke entry and a käärijä copy because of the lights and outfit, so distancing from that would probably be better for his chances imo.
Quite nice. Just like you said, Tom, it needs a lot of work to rethink the presentation, tidy it up, and emphasize and enhace the main focus points, so that they're more energetic and memorable. At the moment there's no single moment I'd use for the 10 second clip during the vote, for example. Also, during the bridge, when all the attention should be on the singer, we get a wandering camera going to the anonymous drummer. It needs a lot of work.
Izvrsna analiza 👍👏 ... i super savjeti .. no, stvarno je žalosno da se treba paziti na kojekakve sitnice u scenariju nastupa a sama pjesma onda ispada "manje" važna. Marko je ovu pjesmu stvorio potpuno sam, a sada ovisi o još "milion" faktora koji nisu u njegovoj moći. To me pomalo ljuti 🤨
I’d like a revamp where only „of decompress“ to „to decompress“ is changed :D Very good analysis as always, I hope their delegation sees this ❤ I wish he had a broadcaster like yle behind him rn😅
yea even changing "of" to "to" sounds so much better. Also "a round" can mean "a round of drinks" in English, so it goes from making 20% sense to 100% sense by changing one word Someone in another comment told me that that lyric is a direct translation from Croatian slang
I still can't believe this song almost wasn't in Dora! It now sits on top of my list. 😁 He had such a handicap coming into this because he had to put together this package in a shorter time than everyone else and I loved it. Being a newer viewer, I didn't even notice some of the more finer details you noticed. I'm sure he can smooth those out by May.
thank you for all your kind words and great insight. btw, is there a chance we can hire you to be the project manager for Baby for ESC? you have more knowledge than the whole hrt. and I am not even joking. 😊
I have a feeling that it will be around the same results as Kaarija last year. I think Baby Lasagna will get around 300-350 points on televote but be around 5-7th on jury,
i dont think his televote will be as dominant, cos it doesnt have the craziness that K had, but then the flip side is that i think he'll do better in jury
This is my favourite so far. I absolutely love the song and the aesthetic of the video. I have to be honest, live performance was a bit disappointment but nothing that can’t be fixed. Charisma and the sound is right. I think choreography was a bit unprofessional and clothes would be nice to be more traditional, to give a great contrast to the song itself. So excited to see what this evolves into!
Thank you Tom 💜 I listened to all the songs multiple times without looking at the videos/country or anything... To form my own opinions. Although Im tired of this system... Next year ill listen to the songs as they come out. Im sooooo behind on your videos 🤫😢 May is around the corner 😮
I personally think that the odds seem to be more and more accurate each year, especially when there is social media and youtube presence, which wasn’t the case in 2007, at least the top 5 is usually pretty accurate
I love this song, which is a bit of a death kiss, most of the time my favorites don't come too far (in 2022 only one of my Top 5 even made Top 10, that's how good I am). I'm very excited tho that a lot of people are excited as well, it feels nice to be part of the hype for once! I just think it's funny that people treat Ukraine like the absolute winner, even tho their live performance wasn't better than Baby Lasagna's. I know they had technical difficulties, but so did Dora. We all know Ukraine can turn it out in the contest, but we should give the same benefit of the doubt to Croatia.
Fantastic video, Tom, excellent analysis. I agree with basically everything, especially about the staleness of the internal selection by HRT. However, now you've introduced a new worry in my mind LOL. How can our delegation handle this performance... But, I'll say that they handled Let 3 last year well, keeping in mind that that song was a lot less popular. At least in my opinion.
19:15 .. Croatia has so many excellent musicians, but most of them don't even think about going to DORA because of corruption, non transparency and nepotism. It also happened when Mia Dimšić won. Marko Bošnjak should have won with the song Moli za nas, vocally, stunning live performance (yes, it needed a revamp but it had sooo much potential - not to even talk about his vocal capabilities vs Mia's), but she is the sweetheart of the HRT. I suggest you to listen Marko's song Spokojan. He is an excellent author and vocalist.
We meowed back, he's a big boy now and ready to bring ESC to Croatia 🇭🇷🐈
We Finns are already loving him! The live is 23rd on trending on yt and he's got 2nd most listeners on Spotify from Helsinki 😄Croatia can expect some great tele points from the north!
haha yea this is so what Finland would like 🤩🇫🇮
I must say I hate our luck as Käärijä was against Loreen and didn’t stand a chance on winning against her. I hope Sweden now won’t dig Herreys up to perform and something new like Baby Lasagna would have a fair chance.
Ok if Sweden brings Måns Zelmerlöw dueting with Petra, that I could live with.
Käärijä commented today that he loves Rim Tim Tagi Dim, Croatian press and media published it as breaking news, we're very proud! Now we want a collab❤
It is nice to see a decent Finnish comment about thE Rim Tim Tagi Dim because there are so lot of rubbish written about the song in Finnish Viisukuppila site. Apperently commentators are mainly Finnish Kaarija fans who make there false and toxic claims about Baby Lasange and his song.even Kaarija himself has said it is not the same song. As someone who has lived in Finland , I know the envy is the original sin of Finns and it shows in the comments there in Viisukuppila🤔,
@@chiasanzes9770 hahaha so we have something else in common, envy🤣🤣
I actually interpreted the rim tim tagi dim as ones heartbeat during anxiety attacks/stressy times in general. And also it's extremely catchy and I'm rooting for this little song this year!
i am OBSESSED with this song, it'll for sure be getting my votes + marko (baby lasagna) seems like such a sweet down-to-earth person, a wonderful person to support ♥️
all the comparisons to Kaarija.. one thing for sure.. he and Kaarija are both the same kind of beautiful soul Unicorn type of man.
Thank you😻🩷🇭🇷
Yes, he is totally a down-to-earth person. And so humble. After he won, he gave an interview and cried.
BRAVO BRAVO CROATIA!!!!!!!!! APSOLUTE WINNAR!!!!!!
Winner winner lasagna dinner 😀
he is brilliant
Baby Lasagna has an asylum for abandoned cats and takes care of them❤❤❤❤❤
I just love the "WOOOP" sound he does in the end.
Also have to mention how much he improved his performance from the semifinals in just 2 days, I was told that the semi final performance was his first ever live performance as a vocalist.
This is already my favourite this year and nothing can change that.
BL instantly won be over being a cat dad. I love my cats so much! We all love his song 😹❤
Baby Lasagna has an asylum for abandoned cats and takes care of them❤❤❤😹😹😹
@@mila66ful I love that so much! I love his own fur baby too!
Orange cats are the way to my heart! Though my fur babies are beautiful black cats 🐈⬛🐈⬛🎃
I fcking LOVE this entry. Well done Croatia, definitely the best entry in this century and for me personally, the best one so far for 2024.🎉🇭🇷
Same, I've had this song on repeat since I heard it. No matter what happens, this is my ESC24 fav ❤❤
I love so many songs this year but so far this is my favourite. I will meow back 😼
This was his first ever LIVE show. FIRST TIME EVER!!! Could you imagine the nerves coming as a backup and never performing live.
he performed in 2019 with Manntra. Maybe it was his first live solo show?
@@ESCTomAllegedly, this was his first live vocalist performance.
Yes , first solo live as a vocalist, ohhh i just love him so so much ❤😊
Very nice person
@@ESCTom he was a guitarist in Manntra, not a vocalist
Not making comparisons here but i saw a comment on youtube that Croatia and Finland have switched up roles from last year and I 100% agree.
This song has been stuck in my head for almost a week straight. I really hope they improve the show for Malmö because this is such a banger. 12 points from Finland 😻 meow cat
Baby Lasagna gets all of my points for being a cat dad 😻The song is so great, fun with a sad message. I think the reference to decompress is to let loose and party before he leaves. Now we wait for the meow cat, please meow back t-shirts! Well done Croatia! 🇭🇷💖🐾
This can win, 100% can win. Like you mentioned, I saw how his vocals improved between the two Dora performances and can see him getting better and more comfortable with the song as he performs it more and more. The stage presence will take time but I hope Croatia takes this opportunity with real gusto. A first-time winner might help rejuvenate the contest in some of the countries where it might be lagging - with a great song and performance you can win as well!
This song is stuck in my head and I like it a lot I hope it wins Eurovision
Meow from Croatia 🇭🇷 ❤
''Rim tim tagi dim'' is simply what he sang while creating riff for the song. It stuck in his head and he kept it in the song. There is no hidden meaning behind it. He said it himself in at least one of his many interviews. Greetings from Croatia and ty for all the kind words.
Marco cleaned up a lot of his vocals, the audio mixing and camera angles in only 48 hours between the semi final the grand final! If he can do that, he can make the whole package much better in May! But I actually REALLY like his staging. It's grown on me SO much and as Roy PM says from EscUnited, the guy's a rising Rockstar with a great raspiness. People will remember the song regardless since it's so strong and will look up what it is about. He doesn't need to sing so well to get the song across. Juries will surely appreciate the deeper meanings more than Cha Cha Cha?
Everything about Croatia is fun!❤❤❤❤
This reaction video puts to shame other reaction videos. Very well done...honest ,constructive , good background check...etc. TOP!
Tom is a class act.
Really great analysis. Hope Baby will watch it too. Tnx for that!
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I love that you refer to him as 'Baby'. I did the same when he won. I shouted out 'Yes, Baby!' lol
My exclamation is "Malmö, Baby!"
Thank god! Croatia picked the correct song. Let's hope it will be in the top 10 in the final. BTW: I love your videos, always waiting for new videos.
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Well now!
Genuine excitement for Croatia is great to see.
Can this win in Malmö?, I'm not so sure Tom
I do love this song. Its in my personal Top 3
I can see this being more like KEiiNO in 2019 than Käärijä last year. Outside of the top 10 with juries but landsliding the televote, leaving a top 5 finish overall
Yes, it will elevate in May, without doubt but just don't quite see it winning.
An ESC 2025 in Croatia would be so cool and my fingers are crossed.
Go Baby Lasagna and go Croatia 🇭🇷
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I think the winner vibes might come to you if they elevate sufficiently. this has the ingredients, i just dont know if id want to bet on the Croatian delegation yet
@ESCTom yeh. I know what you're saying Tom. Just not sure if it has the "gravitas" to be a winner. Can a "fun" song win these days? Not so sure. I think it may be behind Belgium, Ukraine and Norway so far. I hope I'm wrong
Rim Tim Tagi Dim from Croatia 🇭🇷🚀💪👏🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🇭🇷🚀
I lve, love, love your review. Baby Lasagna needs to hear your feedback, finest constructive criticism. Thank you ❤
I really hope our Croatian delegation doesn't mess this one up.
yea im hoping they can just kill it 🤞🏻, its such a great opportunity to win, and we dont know the next time Croatia will have that.
I hope LEt 3 can give some useful advice too
Croatia did win Eurovision once but back then we were still part of Yugoslavia. It was in 1989 with the song Rock me by the Croatian band called Riva. The Eurovision contest was held in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia in 1990, only one year before we got our independence.
we should have hosted in 2000. Doris ❤
Yes I’ve discussed this with Croatians in previously videos. I understand the band were from Zagreb and the contest was hosted there , but the win was under the Yugoslavia flag
The band was from the city of Zadar. Yugoslavia was a federation of 6 republics and one of them was Croatia and the capital of Croatia was and still is Zagreb. For that reason we see the band Riva as a Croatian contestant because they were from here.
@@ESCTom it was not only that it was Croatian band. The system was that we had "regional" broadcasters competing for spot in ESC. We had a mini ESC. Regions are separate countries today, and TV Zagreb (Croatian TV today) won that year.
Ooh, I have lots of favorites this year and this is definitely one of them
Croatia! 🤞🇭🇷🎶🎉
A wild Eurovision winner appeared!
ESC Tom used "Staging Elevation"
IT WAS SUPER EFFECTIVE!
I love the use of 'prance' , fits with the music video being set in the 1800s/early 1900s 🕺💃🎶
I am so glad this made it through. It’s my favorite of the lot. It’s fun to dance to, play guitar with and blast in the car.
I actually don’t really mind the slightly clunky English lyrics as it fits with the themes of the song - that feeling of alienation and anxiety that comes with moving away from your home town/country
Hvala ♡ great camera advise, hope his team sees this. See you in Zagreb next year 🥰
Love it!! ❤️❤️❤️
I’ll never overlook a doily again
The hype for this is insane. All you stated are true with the eyes etc and movement. He’s stiff in places but others perfect.
Great observations as usual 👏👏
Hope he gets the win 🥇🥇🥇
Thank you 🙏🏻
A doily is what makes a house a home.
@@motherofslavs8761 It is so funny and relatable all over the world. :D
There is no TV in the ex YU (maybe even further) that didn't have doily on it. :D
@@MultiSky7 The problem with these new flat screen TVs is that you can't put a doily on them, and so that part of the culture all round the world, is being lost to boring generic TVs.
@@ar50000 Damn technology. 😂
Meow from Croatia! 🇮🇪😻🇭🇷 Please meow back? 😸
Meow 😻
Мњау❤
Agressive voting strategy worked. Why Azerbaijani delegation didn't hire me to get that win for Drip drop 😂? Kidding... now when we know Baby is in let's make Zagreb or any coastal croatian city 2025. happen! Rock, punk and techno fans worldwide unite!
RIjeka for sure if it has an arena big enough. He is Istrian after all
The best youTube comment !!
Very precise and unwrapped 👍
Good Job Tom!
Greetings from Cro woman from Jersey UK
Ps: nice Dalmatian/Croatian dog painting behind you! Great addition to promote Croatia!😊
you are such a great Eurovision geek! Simply amazing.
My favorite do far
Thank you for your reaction!! Big kiss from Croatia❤
Baby Lasagna ...WINNER ❤️ 🇭🇷 🔥
It's always a pleasure to see a smart guy doing what he loves. I mean both ESC Tom and Baby Lasagna. Keep up the good work!
Best song in this contest 100%
Great analysis, hope Marko will see this, you explained everything great. Baby Lasagna for the win! New subscriber here.
Thank you 🙏🏻
i absolutely adore this song and it's in my top 3 at the moment. i don't mind the imperfect staging or clunky lyrics, there's some charm to it
the only thing bothering me is everybody calling him a copy of kaarija. the only similarities between them come from the fact that both baby lasagna and kaarija are rammstein fans and sonically you can hear the inspiration. but they're two completely different songs to me
when it comes to the outfit i also don't get why kaarija would supposedly have the monopoly on big sleeves now, baby lasagna can keep his sleeves. but i wouldn't mind a slight outfit change/update during baby's performance to show his progression from a traditional village boy to a "city boy"
L ❤ V E your reaction …… goooo go BABY LASAGNA !!! 🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷
My winner ❤ Meow! 😻
Oh, I've been waiting for this video. Croatia🇭🇷 is proud of him. We showed on Sunday evening with 247 televote points what we thinking about him and his performance, while runner-up had only 27 points. But, when Baby Lasagna entered Dora instead of Zsa Zsa (our national hero recently😂😂) one our big HRT "experts" in one article said that this song is the WORST!!!at Dora. Absolutely unbelievable!!! Also, this guy is so nice, polite and humble. I won't lying, I almost cried when he cried in the press conference after win.I still can't believe that we're contenders for win and 2nd in the odds. That basically never happened in my lifetime. Cause I was a kid when Maja and Doris was 4th and I can't remember those ESC very well. Our first potential win would be so amazing, first ESC song contest in ex-YU country after Serbia in 2008. And if this as you said "fairytale" really happen it could basically be win-win situation cause we could have missing ex-YU and Balkan countries, such as Montenegro🇲🇪, N.Macedonia🇲🇰, Romania🇹🇩, maybe even Bulgaria🇧🇬 back in the ESC. But I personally would be happy with top 10,top 5 would great and top 3(best result ever) would be absolutely AMAZING.
Croatian song won Eurovision for Yugoslavia before Yugo brake, "Rock me, baby"....Croatian singer Emilija Kokić and group from Zadar :-) Love your comments and hope for the best, go Baby Lasagna ❤😻
I must say, I find the lyrics quirky. The 'Advanced' part makes sense with the 'city boys' part in branding them as posh but upbeat. The 'compress' part is about mental health and airing your concerns with people in real life. The staging doesn't need many changes for the public to vote for it. It is pure chaos and that's a good thing. Croatia are now SECOND in the odds at 12% so Marco is gonna make Croatia proud I think with their final result!
The only connection between Kaarija and Baby is that they are both huge Rammstein fans, that's it. And you can clearly hear that influence in Baby's song. Actually many people accused him of stealing from Rammstein. However, the whole Rammstein's fanbase in Croatia supports him and I really do think that all other fans will support him too, because there is nothing stolen, it is just influenced by Rammstein. Certainly, Baby has a huge support and love from me - a huge Rammstein fan from Serbia. 🖤
yea i remember a lot of people saying that they felt a Rammstein sound. That doesnt bother me at all. After Dua Lipa's "future nostalgia" we had HUNDREDS of songs that were inspired by that sound. It's normal that people will be inspired by other artists, and if 2 artists are both inspired by Rammstein, then of course they will have some common sounds in their music.
@@ESCTom Yes, of course. Every musician has an influence and it is perfectly normal.
I actually didn't like Kaarija at all and also I am not a huge fan of Eurovision, but Marko is really special. I don't know him but I am so proud of him and feel him as a part of a family, because we, big Rammstein fans, are a big loving family. I hope he wins. This song is simply brilliant.
Easy on the eyes too!
It is unbelievable that they should not have taken part in Eurovision. They were just substitutes. One contestant dropped out and the contest was theirs xdd. The mistakes are there, but they'll fix them by May. You can see the improvement between the semi final and final. It was supposedly his first live performance. They are going to put on an incredible show at Eurovision. They're my second favourite so far. Croatia will shine this year. I like your reactions. MŇAU🐱
I believe you're right about the Käärijä comparisons. A lot of people won't remember or mind. And even if people remember, some might vote for this only to take revenge for Loreen "robbing" Käärijä 😄
yep thats true
funnily enough, i think this song is charting in finland
@@ESCTomthat can be cuz im listening to this 24/7 since it came out 😂
It might also have something to do with this getting so much attention in Finnish media. Many big tabloids and radio stations have mentioned this, in a way of "Eurovision song accused being a copy of Käärijä - Compare yourself!" They are not picking sides though, only informing that this kind of discussion is going on on the internet 😄
But I can also understand this being a hit here in Finland. I mean, I love it, why wouldn't others? 😁 But realistically speaking, the reason it is getting so much attention is probably due to the comparison to Käärijä.
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Hello from Croatia
Great analysis Tom. 👍👍👍
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Croatia nice top ❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊
Definitely a potential winner. Certainly a candidate to win the televote although it has competition ( Lithuania, Finland, possibly even Ireland) which may dilute its televote impact.
Things to change:
- ditch the puffy sleeves, maybe a costume reveal to move him from country boy to city boy.
- before the dance along break/ middle 8, get the audience to clap along. This will lift the dance bit ahead of slowing to the final- get the dancer washing clothes to churn butter suggestively. That will be an automatic 12 points from the UK 😂
Overall it’s a good fun package but it does have to beat Slimane’s breath/ taking vocal to win which I think will be tricky
Thx for your presentatin and comment. By the way,you have a picture behind you with the Croatian hunting dog Dalmatiner !😹mrrrnjaoo
Incompetent jury of Croatian Radio & Television did not want Baby Lasagna at Dora at all. He entered the competition as a reserve, because someone else dropped out.
The song is about young people leaving their home (immigrating to other countries; 400,000 in 10 years) in search of a better life, and anxiety it creates. Yet, the song is litehearted. It was written, and produced solely by Marko Purišić (Baby Lasagna) in his room in Umag, small town, Croatia. First time performing as a singer on a big stage, Marko did great; people of Croatia reacted and gave him the greatest margin of victory ever. With big stage and some improvements, it’s a definite contender.
Eurovision song, here we come, Rim Tim Tagi Dim!
Very smart analysis. Thank you! ❤️
Yesss was waiting on this reaction and video let’s go Tom! Can’t wait to see your scoreboard and betting odds analysis now Croatia is in the mix ❤😊
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It is important to understand that he comes from Istra, and Istrian folk songs through centuries have been using meaningless syllables that mimic music in chorus I.e. one of most popular Istrian folk song is Traj-na-ni-na-ne-na. So Rim-tim-tagi-dim is a modern version celebration of Istrian folklore. Croatians understand it, so the song has even an additional charm to us.
This is the same as lilting in Ireland. Thank you for explaining.
@@myrawatters1036 and interesting enough the folk dance that goes with those type of songs looks like river dance … hopefully we get 12 points from Erie for all the similarities :-)
@@dankodominis947 you’ve got my vote 😄😄 🇮🇪 💚 🇭🇷
Prance-to walk or dance in an energetic way, with high, kicking steps: In the square dance, each couple took turns prancing together under the linked arms of the other couples. (Definition of prance from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)21. velj 2024.
yea i know what it means, but it's not a commonly used word in English and it sounds unusual. It's similar to if someone used a word in Croatian from 100 years ago
Ok but It's actually the name for a dance technique used in folk dances
Greetings and love from Croatia. ❤
Something about the performance and song just feel so special. Unless something goes completely wrong between now and May, I think a win is completely possible (plus it kinda helps that we're in a very different place than exactly a year ago when it was obvious who the 2 favorites were while atm it feels like anything is possible).
Tom is genius!
The way I interpreted what he told William on the meaning of the song title is: like many artists who write the music before the lyrics he had vocalized the notes on the sound recording and Rim Tim Tagi Dim is the literal transliteration of what the notes sound like. And then when he was writing the lyrics he must just decided to keep the non sense verbalization instead replacing with actual lyrics.
Love the song. I think this will win the Public vote. I do think it's probably worth giving him a head mic for Malmo
He said in an interview that he doesn’t want a head mic as he wouldn’t know what to do with his hands then
About the staging: i personally hope they go for a vibe closer to the music video! traditional clothes while rocking out on the stage would look pretty cool. it would make it look less like a "joke entry" with the neon lights and more like the rock song it actually is. the message should still come across with the dancers, but i think this could get elevated alot more with the jury if the staging changed. I see alot of people call this a joke entry and a käärijä copy because of the lights and outfit, so distancing from that would probably be better for his chances imo.
Quite nice. Just like you said, Tom, it needs a lot of work to rethink the presentation, tidy it up, and emphasize and enhace the main focus points, so that they're more energetic and memorable. At the moment there's no single moment I'd use for the 10 second clip during the vote, for example. Also, during the bridge, when all the attention should be on the singer, we get a wandering camera going to the anonymous drummer. It needs a lot of work.
Izvrsna analiza 👍👏 ... i super savjeti .. no, stvarno je žalosno da se treba paziti na kojekakve sitnice u scenariju nastupa a sama pjesma onda ispada "manje" važna. Marko je ovu pjesmu stvorio potpuno sam, a sada ovisi o još "milion" faktora koji nisu u njegovoj moći. To me pomalo ljuti 🤨
last year we wanted to drink piña coladas, soooo do i need to make lasagna for the esc final this year? 😄
I’d like a revamp where only „of decompress“ to „to decompress“ is changed :D
Very good analysis as always, I hope their delegation sees this ❤ I wish he had a broadcaster like yle behind him rn😅
yea even changing "of" to "to" sounds so much better. Also "a round" can mean "a round of drinks" in English, so it goes from making 20% sense to 100% sense by changing one word
Someone in another comment told me that that lyric is a direct translation from Croatian slang
Love this song and love this channel. Failte from Las Vegas 😸
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Fair analising ;) Thanks…
I still can't believe this song almost wasn't in Dora! It now sits on top of my list. 😁 He had such a handicap coming into this because he had to put together this package in a shorter time than everyone else and I loved it. Being a newer viewer, I didn't even notice some of the more finer details you noticed. I'm sure he can smooth those out by May.
love this song very much its and banger top 3 matriaal in the final for sure
I think in the electronic bit before the finale should be a vogue moment! That’s what I do when I dance to the song 😂
Awesome video as always Tom
Marko wrote the lyrics, he made music and all with the song by himself 😉, and ha was a substitute for one singer that step away from Dora ...
thank you for all your kind words and great insight. btw, is there a chance we can hire you to be the project manager for Baby for ESC? you have more knowledge than the whole hrt. and I am not even joking. 😊
haha i dont think that would work as I dont have the training. but if they reach out and want any advice, i would gladly give it to them
I have a feeling that it will be around the same results as Kaarija last year. I think Baby Lasagna will get around 300-350 points on televote but be around 5-7th on jury,
i dont think his televote will be as dominant, cos it doesnt have the craziness that K had, but then the flip side is that i think he'll do better in jury
This is my favourite so far. I absolutely love the song and the aesthetic of the video. I have to be honest, live performance was a bit disappointment but nothing that can’t be fixed. Charisma and the sound is right. I think choreography was a bit unprofessional and clothes would be nice to be more traditional, to give a great contrast to the song itself. So excited to see what this evolves into!
Thank you Tom 💜
I listened to all the songs multiple times without looking at the videos/country or anything...
To form my own opinions.
Although Im tired of this system...
Next year ill listen to the songs as they come out.
Im sooooo behind on your videos 🤫😢
May is around the corner 😮
5:33 That's adorable! I love that we're seeing his entry into perfoming as a singer, and his progress 🥺
I personally think that the odds seem to be more and more accurate each year, especially when there is social media and youtube presence, which wasn’t the case in 2007, at least the top 5 is usually pretty accurate
Yea, streaming data as well
I believe "Round of decompress" is literally translated from Croatian slang (grammar butchered): "Runda dekompresije".
Ok that makes sense. Thank you 🙏🏻
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I love this song, which is a bit of a death kiss, most of the time my favorites don't come too far (in 2022 only one of my Top 5 even made Top 10, that's how good I am). I'm very excited tho that a lot of people are excited as well, it feels nice to be part of the hype for once!
I just think it's funny that people treat Ukraine like the absolute winner, even tho their live performance wasn't better than Baby Lasagna's. I know they had technical difficulties, but so did Dora. We all know Ukraine can turn it out in the contest, but we should give the same benefit of the doubt to Croatia.
Fantastic video, Tom, excellent analysis. I agree with basically everything, especially about the staleness of the internal selection by HRT. However, now you've introduced a new worry in my mind LOL. How can our delegation handle this performance... But, I'll say that they handled Let 3 last year well, keeping in mind that that song was a lot less popular. At least in my opinion.
19:15 .. Croatia has so many excellent musicians, but most of them don't even think about going to DORA because of corruption, non transparency and nepotism.
It also happened when Mia Dimšić won. Marko Bošnjak should have won with the song Moli za nas, vocally, stunning live performance (yes, it needed a revamp but it had sooo much potential - not to even talk about his vocal capabilities vs Mia's), but she is the sweetheart of the HRT.
I suggest you to listen Marko's song Spokojan. He is an excellent author and vocalist.