Matt’s brain shutting down at Australia’s result was hilarious. And then again at Ukraine’s result. Like you can actually see the moment he returns to factory settings 😂😂
Im happy no one got a double zero, that's too harsh. Same Germany finished last, but I hope they can be happy about finishing 20th in the televote! So happy for Serbia and Moldova, amazing results for them!
but honestly anyone should get above Switzerland even Germany. Screw the juries, I hope no-one got to drink every time Switzerland got points from the juries.
@@karinjohansson7262 not sure about frauds but the juries I think do communicate with each other and they did have the privilege/ golden rule on who to bring as the 10th last qualifier on the semis. Azerbaijan received 0 point on the televote in semi 2 and they got the 10th place.
I wouldn’t say Serbia got shafted that badly as they were 11th with the jury which isn’t bad at all but Moldova were 14 points out of all juries that’s madness!
I think the biggest surprise to me, aside from the big response for Moldova, was the equally big response for Serbia. I remember when this song was first released, and the ESC commentariat was like "this is interesting, but I'm not sure if people will get it." I guess they got it. I had kind of hoped that the UK would have done a bit better with the televote, but they still came in 2nd overall, which is amazing.
Congratulations on this beautiful balkan song of Moldova. He deserved more. What did the jury not like? They gave 14 points to the song that received the second most televotes of the night. What a pity. It shows that the jury looks at Balkan songs with prejudice and blinders.
Yeees, they deserved so much better result. I think their staging and overall performance was a bit too much, a little messy and didn't translate well to both juries and televote.
I love the televote result. The European public really have a BIG say on who they liked and those that truly captured our attention during the competition. My heart goes to Moldova whom was unjustifiably slaughtered by the jury - 14 to 239, wow what a crime the jury has made here.
that's why it's great to have both. I mean Australia went from 123 to 5. same thing The jury judges the songs differently, and that's great, cause As fun as Moldova is, it is just a song you'd play at the beerfests in Germany or at Carnaval. So good for them coming 7th! with a song that wasn't even qualifying before rehearsals
@@anastasijaaleksanderp.8841 What a load of shit. The amount of Ukrainians who are refugees in European countries would have no effect on the results. The only exception is Poland, but they would have given them 12 anyway.
UK,,,well done indeed....Sam you were fantastic and the BEST vocal for any UK entry in its history....male or female. and I have been watching since 1966....well done.
It’s kinda interesting how the semi-final results differed from actual performance. The Netherlands were second in Semi 1 and yet finished behind many of the other semi-finalists in 11th.
@@user-gs3yf7dv8r I think it didn’t help that they we sandwiched between Ukraine and Spain. Also many of their jury votes ended up voting for other countries outside of semi 1 meaning they got hurt more. Shame cuz this was one of my favourites this year
Thank you Matt and EscUnited for bringing us great and positive but honest content once again for another Esc season! See you in 2023 (or December 2022 looking at you Albania)
I had almost the same reaction as you, it was a weird voting, happy that everyone got points at least! Thanks for the videos ESCunited! Was a lot of fun to watch this year's contest again!
@@chessguy99 I liked the song, I even voted for it, but it was certainly just one out of ten male ballads, and pretty much the opposite of uplifting. So please don't bring up the old tired argument "they didn't vote us because they don't like us".
@@pirimpallopirimpalli4932 Personally I am very tired of statement songs - ''I am what I am'', ''Not the same'', ''I am'', ''Toy'', ''Je Me Casse'', etc. I mean we all struggle and have issues.. these songs don't lift me up at all. I need a party on Eurovision night and my ballads need to be from the heart - The Netherlands song I connected to 100% it just felt honest.
As a spanish I am very happy with what we have achieved this year! I hope that the image you had of us at the festival has changed and from now on you will enjoy our performances
I think people got sick of that big chunk of ballads in the 2nd half so when Moldova came on it was a breath of fresh air. Gutted for France, by far my favourite. As for the UK - WHAAAAAT? I'd been a bit cynical all the way through and hadn't dared get my hopes up but, my goodness, a star is born! Anyway, well done Ukraine, I ranked it very high even before the war so it won on merit as far as I'm concerned.
France is certainly the biggest shock for a lot of fans of the entry!!! Wow! The band 4 members must be KO today! I wouldn't be at their place when coming back home. I feel empathy for them.
@@Kapok-Bush Me too! The only thing I can think of is that France and Ukraine's songs were in the same genre so maybe votes that France could have got all went to Ukraine.
@@valwoodhouse353 U're close to the truth. A comment below another video indeed tells about that precisely. A girl explained that some friends of hers were ready to vote for France before and during the Finale BUT when voting came they decided to vote several times for Ukraine because they were afraid of seeing people not to support this country enough. I think that such a transfer of many votes came from various countries to Ukraine. When U think about Australia for instance and some others that received so few votes: it can easily explain why Ukraine has got 400 points at least!!
Yeah, Moldova really benefited from the running order, because they were amongst all the boring ballads. Serbia also benefited from it because they were almost last and they came after all the boring ballads so people were stunned by her weird performance. I think that the Netherlands had suffered from it because they were sandwiched between Spain and Ukraine. And all countries at the beginning including Czech Republic, Romania, Portugal, Finland and Switzerland all suffered because of the running order and their public vote was badly affected. If Romania was in the second half, their result would've been considerably better. I hate how the producers make the running order so that certain countries can benefit from it more than others.
@@gid9913 U're right to remind us of how running order matters so much in the final voting. It's obvious that several countries would have done much better with another place in the running order. Facts show it year after year: being in the first 9 places of the first half strongly keeps U away from the top 5 most of time.
So over the last two years 4 of the Big 5 have had a Top 5 finish. Germany need to take a long look at how they select for Eurovision. A good result is possible with a good song.
Germany's broadcaster said that they are not interested in winning in the next 5 years really. Part of it is that they have recently hostet (one can refuse to host but that would generate a scandal if it's a huge country). Or preselection had a chance to send a winning song this year and decided to not even get this song into the national final. For them its strategy. At the moment UK, France and Spain are actually interested in hosting for they put in effort and perform well, Italy has a renowned longstanding quality music festival so are not completely part of this metric.
As soon as Ukraine got their televotes I knew they would win so I was very calm ( compared to the other times we were 2nd remember it well) so glad we hung onto 2nd. Also loved France and Moldova.
This voting segment was shocking! So big discrepancy between juries and televote. Switzerland, Azerbaijan, Australia, Belgium all floped in televote and had good support from juries. Greece was so overhyped this year and it really showed in televote. Lithuania and Estonia had better televote result than Greece. I didn't expect so much jurie support for Spain, she did better than Eleni Fouriera with juries, that was really unexpected! But Im glad she did so well. So sad for France, they deserved better. So happy for Moldova, Serbia, Spain and UK.
@@trojanpony I meant Greece was overhyped before the competition by fans, esc bloggers, websites. She was one of the favourites even for the win by their opinions. And televote results proved them wrong, she got points from only 9 out of 40 countries. Greece is actually one of my favourite countries in Eurovision, and I hope they will go back to their traditional sounds that brought them their bests results in the past.
I liked Switzerland. It is a sweet endearing song with a beautiful melody. At least this year I am glad juries exist. Not every year. Although my vote somehow didn't count. :( At least he got to the grand final. That's not bad.
* Uk was the best, no doubt * Jury really doesn't like Poland. They could send Adele with "hello" and still don't get tontop 10.. *Moldova was awesome. Cheesy but very entertaining. *Ukraine.. Good song, but not enough to win for me. *Serbia.. One of my biggest grower of this year. *Spain. We know she can dance, but her vocals weren't good. Sorry... Still deserved top 10. *Australia... He was awesome and deserved better.
Guys, this is political contest from maaany years. Poland, Potrugal, Netherlands and many more great songs were robbed this year, this is classic Eurovision result - pure politic. I'm glad I got familiar with some of this songs which will end on my playlist. Otherwise it will be complete lost of time.
Eurovision’s always been political, even back in the good old days. Fascist Spain were accused of buying votes even back in 68 and 69. Sweden withdrew from the competition at four different times during the 60’s and 70’s due to political and anti-commercial protests. Azerbaijan has basically hunted and taken citizens in for interrogation if they publicly supported/voted for the Armenian entry. Cyprus and Greece has always awarded top scores to each other, the same goes for the Nordic and francophone countries. The war in Ukraine had an obvious impact in the voting this year, but it’s also a statement from the European people that we stand united and were affected by Ukrainian performance tonight.
@@scorpiosunrising7964 I don't get it either but it is what it is. I think the sound balance was wrong though, and it came out messy and rushed. On the night, there was nowhere to hide. You were either exceptional or you got the European chop
@@budigunawan5624 juries never like traditional stuff but this was another level of weird. I didn't expect the jury to like them but I expected a large televote. But again the live performance felt rushed and messy
Me too, but it doesn't matter, he is so talented, and he won a new fan here, excited to see what's next in store for him. I hope Poland keeps sending talented singers in the next years so that they can finally win and bring the contest to either Warsaw or Krakow.
I feel bad for Marius. I’m not a fan of having a camera on everyone who receives points, also low points. I’m happy no one ended up on 0 points altogether though. And congratulations Ukraine on the deserved victory!! This televote score will probably never be broken
Malik is a great live performer and singer. His staging was the best. He was so real so simple and great. Last place, not deserved. He deserved much more points
The maximum am mount of points you can get from 40 countries in the televote is is 480 points. Ukraine got 449. That means nearly every country gave Ukraine 12 points. That is Europe uniting. Sam put in a world class performance. Spain and Sweden were great. The UK thinks everyone in Europe hates them. Europe proved tonight that is not true. A great song will always get huge votes.
@@escfredi530 Sorry. That is true. I still find Moldova having more televote points than UK, Spain and Sweden as very strange. Sweden and UK had brilliant songs that were critically respected but not that popular with the public.
A little rant: its 3:08 AM here in Moldova and I am still mad like WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT???I've never been more PISSED at the jury votes than this year 😤 and in particular at the juries from my own country: LIKE WHAT WAS THAT??? 12 points to Ukraine when Romania was right there????? Pfttt, cyprus still gave their 12 pts to Greece and moldova couldn't give romania 12? Like I get the solidarity with ukraine but....come on, now :( wrs didn't deserve this :(
Mulțumesc Draga! Ne pare și noi rău ca nici juriul din România nu au dat Moldova nici un punct, dar din păcate au fost descalificat. In sfârșit, nu contează… România și Moldova, 2 țării, împreuna întotdeauna! 💙💛❤️
@@neomimzyneomimzy5095 To Romania, Moldova is much more than a neighbour, we speak the same language, we have the same folk music, we are brothers. So Romanians are the ones who can understand and apreciate the best the song from Moldova, they took the folk music and improved it so much. So yeah , jury from Romania should be able to give Moldova 12 points.
hey the bright side is 13th in televote. Right in the middle and better than favorites like The Netherlands and Portugal. More than 10x televote points than Czechia and more than 2x Finland's which were surefire qualifiers in the semi.
EBU - At the start of the televote reveal, reset the scoreboard so that only the ultimate top 10 are shown in jury point order. Quietly reveal the countries in places 11-25, without their score. Then go through that top 10, announcing their televotes. That way, no-one can work out the points left, you never have to announce humiliating low or zero public votes, and you would also save time spent reading out the minor televotes. We can digest them at the end of the contest.
This is about what they did in the first years of the new system actually taking out much of the "drama", which didn't really sit too well with viewers. I actually rather like the voting sequence and if you are not a super eurofan you don't have time to calculate what is left over (I remind you on 2021 and 2019). Its just if it's such a stark contrast of one country pulling lots orlf votes when it gets weird.
What is this shit results,17 points is disrespectful. Love you Alvan and Ahez proud of you. We are never going to make this type of song for eurovision it's done and i'm sad. Because if it ain't cliché like you all said for Barbarba (i love her and the song) , it doesn't get points for France ok get it.
I feel you! I don't understand what happened with France either, but you should definitely be proud. And I don't think you should stop making this type of songs or any other that is not cliché because it's wonderful to show your diverisity. And it doesn't matter how many points you got, you showed something different this year. Look at my country Serbia. We really took a risk sending that kind of entry, and it paid of, while everybody is constantly expecting from us to send Balkan ballads or even better Željko Joksimović every freaking year. 😀 France brought diverisity to this year's Eurovision. ❤️
Lithuania's entry this year was classic french entry so France would get 14th this year. But juries robbed France I think. They didn't deserve just 1 point from the juries.
Will they be available to host next year? And if not, will that fact be enough for them to get more pity votes? Will something happen between now and next year's date? Will people invest money knowing what we know now? Is it okay to push Big5 so they bring good performances (not just the money) just to do this? Are jury votes okay? Are public votes too? Will the rules about politics change? Were them fair enough this year? Sorry. I can't enjoy this year's contest. If this victory brings some happiness to ukrainians then I'll be somehow happy. But now there are a lot of questions to be asked.
I'm so so pleased with the results because it has blown the lie of Eurovision not being political, it's just a song contest and the voting is not political or strategic. Just ask Russia if they think that! You might not like what I'm saying but it's TRUE! But worse, we all know there has been a wave of support in the media and elsewhere to show support for the Ukraine by voting for there song to win. This started as soon as Russians invaded and the Ukrain have won with a massive unprecedented 439 points. Was the Ukraine song, not just the best song of the night but supreme song ever in all of the Eurovision contests history to recieve such a Nnumbers? Personally No! It was good enough to be in the top 10, maybe, but such an unheared of 439 points...No! Can Eurovision and there supporters ever say again or look us in the eye to say "Eurovision is not political", "the voting is not political or stratigic," NO. Never again! That's why I'm happy the lie has been shown for what it is, a lie! The lies we have been told over and over again, "its cultural", "they have similar culture and musical history" thats why they vote for each othere. Well that's buried! . For year this was the supposedly rational argument when Cyprus always votes for Greece, or when the exYugoslavian countries now gave each other points even if it's just 1 point. While at the other end of Europe the same was happening with the exRussian Scandinavian countries of Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Chez republic, Poland etc. Well that argument is dead, Eurovision is political and strategic. Congraduations for being honest at last. 👏👏👏 However there was one sign of hope when some (not all) ex Russian satellite countries spread there votes more widely for the first time this year.
People don’t make their decisions in a vacuum. It’s as simple as that. Kalush Orchestra might have been in the top five, had the situation been otherwise. Art, music never happen in a vacuum, ever.
@@CaroAbebe Thanks! You agree, it's political, stratigic and thereby bias on more than just the song or presentations on the night. As you say it's "not in a vacuum" or isolation, but we are told it's a Song contest...that's it! Nothing more.
Apsolutely not deserved. They won because of war in their country not because the song was best. And when you put a politic in music show, that show doesn’t have sense anymore.
@@PonchoSaGo The judges gave too many points for rap music, the song has no quality for a winner and is not unforgettable. People voted out of empathy "and that's all"
@@sandradejan695 This is your opinion! All people I know loved Ukrainian song and it was in the top also before the war! And then it is great that Europe showed how united they are and showed such support to Ukraine!
The running order was made with a point (having Sweden or UK win + Ukraine in "the very middle - neutral - focus point" + trying to "preserve" Italy even if they picked "1st half" in the finals + discreetly burying France and Greece), the point was made and heard. Would it be only for that, I'm glad that Ukraine won: no matter how Rai tried to "trick" this with the running order, it still wasn't enough to dictate a winner. Except that, of course, I really doubt that Ukraine would have won without the war going on (as if winning Eurovision would change anything to an actual most deadly war or in how the Russians or even Putin see that war... but well, Europeans seem to think a song contest was the place to make a political point.) I'm shocked at the level of negativity under Italia's video on UA-cam. I agree that they did A LOT better at the national performance, but does it deserve such hate? They didn't win anyway, so... why burry them under the ground? I'm so disappointed in the score France, Greece and Czech Republic got from the public. In the comments for the France song, someone says France was her favorite but was sure it would win or rank high, so she gave all her points to Serbia so that the singer would have even if a few: one good way to remember that you should always vote for your favorite. Always, no matter what! Also, some people are commenting about the differences in votes and rankings between semi-finals and finals (which, for some countries, are HUGE): in my view, it might show how the people voting in semis are actually different than in finals? And probably less votes for - politics - in the semis? This was a great Eurovision until semis, from the moment the running order for the finals was announced it started smelling really bad (these should be planned for music, not for politics or a specific winner in mind...), and with the way it turned out... Eurovision 2022 will probably remain as one of the Eurovisions I'll hate the most. Even if there were some songs I absolutely loved here: too many fishy stuff around it.
I still wonder what happened to get such a low result for France: U gave me a small part of the reason. France should withdraw from the contest for a while: the country has obviously a strong disagreement with the juries first and the audience secondly. Luxembourg & Italy did it. Italy was missing 13 years & it came back successfully: having been in the top 10 almost each year since its return at ESC in 2011. Something hasn't worked between France & the contest properly most of time since the late 90's. Moreover it would be a way of recovering self-respect for Molière's country: it belongs to the Big 5 that is the group in which the countries paying the most to make Eurovision show be true every year are. This money mainly comes from public taxes (TV licence fees) & could be much better used during this withdrawing. France is only accepted by the EBU that organises Eurovision and the audience ONLY thanks to its huge yearly amount of money. True recurring facts.
@@Kapok-Bush Well, last year we were 2nd. in 2016 we were 6th, and in between we ended in 10-something: not great but not BAD. And definitely not enough to think we are doing something super wrong here. Especially when some countries keep on voting for their neighbours first and foremost while we never benefitted from or gave such points. So... something was very wrong this year, not just for France, and I absolutely wouldn't say that's because France sent something wrong. As for me, I like none of the first four songs. While last year I could give credit to the first songs without any issue. Voters had weird tastes this year (VERY commercial), that's all, it happens. For example, I'm really not sure Maneskin would have won this year. As for me I learnt the names of a few artists I will probably keep on following within the years, definitely not part of the top rankers, and for my selfish part that's enough, I can absolutely survive with a majority of the voters this year not agreeing with me.
They really have to get rid of the juries. They reward songs that the public clearly dont like. Switzerland, Azerbaijan and Australia are good examples this year.
it has been explained year after year why the juries are necessary. it is to even out block voting and the fact that televoters are incredibly biased. We knew Ukraine was getting massive votes from the televote weeks out from the final and that speaks volumes to why the public cannot be trusted to vote fairly. The juries votes frankly were far more fair compared to what the public did.
@@starskreem8258 did we watch the same programme? Azerbaijan got 12 points from some juries, while some rewarded the UK zero. Thats not fair at all. And songs like Serbia and last years Ukrainian entry gets robbed by the juries. The jury votes should at last reflect some of the public taste.
@@mullally1982 Did you watch the final. 10 countries scored 10 points or less from the televote which is unheard of. Azerbaijan getting some 12 points from the jury isnt that big of a deal since the song was sung well. (Not my personal taste) The juries are there to reward songs based on the whole package. Televoters didnt care at all this year. If they did Ukraine would not have gotten so many 12 points. The song was good but not that good and Moldova did not deserve to be second in the televote.
@@starskreem8258 well, Im not alone in thinking there is a problem with the jury votes. And you base things on your personal opinions. I guess we just have to agree to disagree 🙃.
Can't help thinking that If (god forbid) the war goes on and on are Ukraine gonna keep winning? Yes the song was good but not brilliant. For a country to win not particularly because of the song is extremely distrespectful to all the other artists and delegations who've worked so hard to get there.
Is it better to win because of a great ass and big tits? I have not heard a single "brilliant" song this year and Ukraine would have been somewhere in the Top5 anyway.
Personally I wanted 3 countries to win: Ukraine, UK & France. I'm over the moon with the results for the 1st 2, but gutted for France. IMO Ukraine deserved to win, because their song was unique, with the mix of tradition & modern. I feel in love with it during their National Final. It's a fantastic, interesting song. About 6 weeks ago, Sam Ryder was asked in an interview how he'd feel if he came 2nd to Ukraine. He said he'd be honoured to do so. He was rooting for them to win because he loves the song & he wants to show support for Ukraine. If the artist who came 2nd can be happy for them, I'm sure we can too. I believe that all delegations will feel sympathy for Ukraine & will not mind them winning, because they can at least be grateful knowing that they can return to their own countries & have a safe home to go to, not having to dodge bullets to get to bed. I don't know if you've seen the Stefania video that's just been released. They deliberately withheld it until after the competition because they didn't want to get pity votes. Watch the video & tell me they don't deserve to win. With what they're going through at the moment, do you really think they'd play up how bad things are for them back home in order to gain votes? That would be an insult to all the people Putin has massacred & all the women & children of both sexes raped. Several Ukrainian cities have been razed to the ground & thousands of civilians & even more soldiers have died. They would not insult the memory of all those by using it to curry favour. Please watch the video & see if your thoughts are really that important in the grand scheme of things. Some fans are miffed today because Ukraine won & their favourite didn't. Kalush Orchestra might go home & be miffed that their house has been blown up, or their families slaughtered by missiles or murdered by Russian soldiers. I think it puts things into perspective. Yes, people voted for them en masse. Why do any of us vote for our favourites? Is it just the song we like? Or do we like the artist, or the country? Do we think the artist is cute? Do we like how the song makes us feel? Or does it remind us of a song we love? We all have our own reasons &, personally, I think that wanting to show solidarity with a democracy who has been suddenly attacked by a neighbour is as good a reason as any. I doubt it would have got as many points if it hadn't been a great song, but showing sympathy was just an added reason to vote for it. We all have 20 votes. What right do you, I or anybody else have to tell others how to vote? We should all be allowed to vote how we please.The juries were impartial, & that's all we can expect in the competition. The televote should always be personal choice, & people chose Ukraine for a reason that was important to them. I chose it because I'm a sucker for songs with a marked contrast, such as the dichotomy between modern rap & traditional lullaby. My wife chose it because she doesn't like pop so there were very few entries she enjoyed this year & the Ukraine song had character plus she feels for Ukraine, wanted to express her solidarity but also likes Enimen & thought that the Ukrainian rap part reminded her of him. The only other songs she enjoyed was Norway & bits of the UK/Finland.
This contest is not about music! Good songs didn't get anything out of it, and the televoting was politically Shame on Europe, music has to be about MUSIC! Too bad for so much preparation, even the presenters seemed frustrated in the end!
Who defines "good songs"? Your list of "good songs" might not be the same as mine. Some of the songs I liked did well, some I liked did badly, some didn't even qualify for the final. No one person gets to choose.
A well-deserved win for Ukraine and a well-deserved silver for the UK! I was in the hall and all I could say for a while was "wow" after those 439 points rolled in.
I found it funny that you pretty much worked out how Ukraine had got 12 off nearly everyone, 12x40=480 but you couldn’t work out the scar simpler sum of how many points (10x40) uk would get if they had got a 10 from nearly everyone. Hint, it would have been enough to win it. 😂 187 is still a fantastic televote result for the UK though, Sam really did the UK proud. That Ukrainian Televote result…. wow! 🤯
Six countries had their votes canceled. Romania awarded 12 points to Moldova, but the Eurovision team decided to give the 12 points to Ukraine. Ukraine won because the Eurovision team decided so. This year's Eurovision Song Contest was a total fake.
Well, take 12 points from Ukraine and they would have still won. Moreover, Romania's votes, as long as another 5 countries, were cancelled because an agreement to exchange votes was found out, so don't blame EBU for Romanian jury being dishonest.
@@emanuelebetti6721 you did not understand anything! Once again, the EBU gave 12 points to Ukraine on behalf of Romania, despite the fact that the Romanian jury gave the 12 points to Moldova. What makes you think that EBU was correct in terms of viewers' votes? Ukraine won because it was wanted.
@@georgeenache_ have you got any proof that Romanian jury was 100% honest? Come back when you have. EBU is not a person, but is a panel of many TVs and radios all around Europe. I can't stand how many delusional sore losers there are around...
Ukraine shouldn't have been allowed to compete. It should have been an invitation to perform instead of competing. This is disgusting and the EBU jumped the shark today.
@@plexx365 Dude. Who cares about the contest? The people of Europe had a chance to send a gesture of support towards Ukraine and we used it. It was beautiful.
Matt’s brain shutting down at Australia’s result was hilarious. And then again at Ukraine’s result. Like you can actually see the moment he returns to factory settings 😂😂
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Serbia and uk did so well
Sad for czech republic and france
As a German I want to thank everyone who voted for us. We are happy that Malik got some points ❤️🇩🇪
I'm one of them and not out of pity;-) but actually like the song, still on my playlist!
Very beautiful song from Germany, deserves much more! Love from Ucraine!
@@litvinnn Thanks! I loved your song this year 😍
Im happy no one got a double zero, that's too harsh. Same Germany finished last, but I hope they can be happy about finishing 20th in the televote! So happy for Serbia and Moldova, amazing results for them!
but honestly anyone should get above Switzerland even Germany. Screw the juries, I hope no-one got to drink every time Switzerland got points from the juries.
@@budigunawan5624 i start to Wonder if Switzerland got into the final because of the voting frauds, and the changing of the numbers from six groups.
@@karinjohansson7262 not sure about frauds but the juries I think do communicate with each other and they did have the privilege/ golden rule on who to bring as the 10th last qualifier on the semis. Azerbaijan received 0 point on the televote in semi 2 and they got the 10th place.
Soooo... Moldova is 2nd in the televote (popular vote)! Absolutely amazing
Germany's song was really good. Nice guy and a great musician!
best reaction to Moldova! muuuahhhh!!!! Congrats Moldova!!!
Serbia and Moldova were shafted by the jury so bad, it's wild. The televote out there doing the heavy-lifting to course correct as usual.
But the Serbian song was better. Moldova was just standard Balkan dance, helped by the crowd liking it.
I wouldn’t say Serbia got shafted that badly as they were 11th with the jury which isn’t bad at all but Moldova were 14 points out of all juries that’s madness!
Also the running order greatly helped Moldova in the final.
I think the biggest surprise to me, aside from the big response for Moldova, was the equally big response for Serbia. I remember when this song was first released, and the ESC commentariat was like "this is interesting, but I'm not sure if people will get it." I guess they got it.
I had kind of hoped that the UK would have done a bit better with the televote, but they still came in 2nd overall, which is amazing.
Konstrakta ....men sano in corpore sano soul and sound for many many years
Congratulations on this beautiful balkan song of Moldova. He deserved more. What did the jury not like? They gave 14 points to the song that received the second most televotes of the night. What a pity. It shows that the jury looks at Balkan songs with prejudice and blinders.
My brain completly shut down in disbelief(not in a bad way in a OMG WOW) when Ukraine got 400 I was screaming "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT" XD
Agree with ya. France deserved better. That song is great!
the juries just want someone from the big 5 to accompany Germany at the bottom.....
They were my winners!
@@budigunawan5624 Happy to be with our german neighbors and friends !
Yeees, they deserved so much better result. I think their staging and overall performance was a bit too much, a little messy and didn't translate well to both juries and televote.
@@nina.na9 the cameras in Turin didn't do them any favor. Que decidez performance was better.
I love the televote result. The European public really have a BIG say on who they liked and those that truly captured our attention during the competition. My heart goes to Moldova whom was unjustifiably slaughtered by the jury - 14 to 239, wow what a crime the jury has made here.
totally
The same. We should vote for every country, even for our. Cause if ucrainians continue emigrate in Europe and vote for Ucraine, it will always win.
2022 moldova is the 2016 poland
that's why it's great to have both. I mean Australia went from 123 to 5. same thing
The jury judges the songs differently, and that's great, cause As fun as Moldova is, it is just a song you'd play at the beerfests in Germany or at Carnaval. So good for them coming 7th! with a song that wasn't even qualifying before rehearsals
@@anastasijaaleksanderp.8841 What a load of shit. The amount of Ukrainians who are refugees in European countries would have no effect on the results. The only exception is Poland, but they would have given them 12 anyway.
UK,,,well done indeed....Sam you were fantastic and the BEST vocal for any UK entry in its history....male or female. and I have been watching since 1966....well done.
Yep. He would have won if it wasnt for russia
Thank you Europe for you votes 💛💙 Feel so bad for Malik, Marius and Sheldon(((
@emma Hi from Ukraine, thanks for your support ! I'ts very important for us)
Moldova jury : whatever 9 points gathered from 40 countries
Televote : 238 points!
in your face "qualified" jury! you little you know!
It’s kinda interesting how the semi-final results differed from actual performance. The Netherlands were second in Semi 1 and yet finished behind many of the other semi-finalists in 11th.
And Czech Republic went from 4th to 22nd
How did you find out detailed semi results
@@kevindowling788 just googled them
@@kevindowling788 Wikipedia os EscWorld
@@user-gs3yf7dv8r I think it didn’t help that they we sandwiched between Ukraine and Spain. Also many of their jury votes ended up voting for other countries outside of semi 1 meaning they got hurt more. Shame cuz this was one of my favourites this year
Thank you Matt and EscUnited for bringing us great and positive but honest content once again for another Esc season! See you in 2023 (or December 2022 looking at you Albania)
I had almost the same reaction as you, it was a weird voting, happy that everyone got points at least! Thanks for the videos ESCunited! Was a lot of fun to watch this year's contest again!
Moldova the best❤🇲🇩🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thx Matt again underrated Poland 🥺❤️👏🇵🇱
Can't believe Australia only got 2 points from the televote. Deserved so much better
too many ballads, same reason why Moldova was 2nd in televote...their song was a wake up call after a sea of ballads.
Australia never gets good televote, always way less than if the entry was from Europe.
@@chessguy99 honeymoon phase was over they ranked 5th and 2nd overall for the first 2 years.
@@chessguy99 I liked the song, I even voted for it, but it was certainly just one out of ten male ballads, and pretty much the opposite of uplifting. So please don't bring up the old tired argument "they didn't vote us because they don't like us".
@@pirimpallopirimpalli4932 Personally I am very tired of statement songs - ''I am what I am'', ''Not the same'', ''I am'', ''Toy'', ''Je Me Casse'', etc. I mean we all struggle and have issues.. these songs don't lift me up at all. I need a party on Eurovision night and my ballads need to be from the heart - The Netherlands song I connected to 100% it just felt honest.
Thoroughly enjoyed your channel this year Matt and thank you for supporting the UK ❤
As a spanish I am very happy with what we have achieved this year! I hope that the image you had of us at the festival has changed and from now on you will enjoy our performances
I think people got sick of that big chunk of ballads in the 2nd half so when Moldova came on it was a breath of fresh air. Gutted for France, by far my favourite. As for the UK - WHAAAAAT? I'd been a bit cynical all the way through and hadn't dared get my hopes up but, my goodness, a star is born! Anyway, well done Ukraine, I ranked it very high even before the war so it won on merit as far as I'm concerned.
France is certainly the biggest shock for a lot of fans of the entry!!! Wow! The band 4 members must be KO today! I wouldn't be at their place when coming back home. I feel empathy for them.
@@Kapok-Bush Me too! The only thing I can think of is that France and Ukraine's songs were in the same genre so maybe votes that France could have got all went to Ukraine.
@@valwoodhouse353 U're close to the truth. A comment below another video indeed tells about that precisely. A girl explained that some friends of hers were ready to vote for France before and during the Finale BUT when voting came they decided to vote several times for Ukraine because they were afraid of seeing people not to support this country enough. I think that such a transfer of many votes came from various countries to Ukraine. When U think about Australia for instance and some others that received so few votes: it can easily explain why Ukraine has got 400 points at least!!
Yeah, Moldova really benefited from the running order, because they were amongst all the boring ballads. Serbia also benefited from it because they were almost last and they came after all the boring ballads so people were stunned by her weird performance. I think that the Netherlands had suffered from it because they were sandwiched between Spain and Ukraine. And all countries at the beginning including Czech Republic, Romania, Portugal, Finland and Switzerland all suffered because of the running order and their public vote was badly affected. If Romania was in the second half, their result would've been considerably better. I hate how the producers make the running order so that certain countries can benefit from it more than others.
@@gid9913 U're right to remind us of how running order matters so much in the final voting. It's obvious that several countries would have done much better with another place in the running order. Facts show it year after year: being in the first 9 places of the first half strongly keeps U away from the top 5 most of time.
Thankyou Matt, from Australia xx
So over the last two years 4 of the Big 5 have had a Top 5 finish. Germany need to take a long look at how they select for Eurovision. A good result is possible with a good song.
Germany's broadcaster said that they are not interested in winning in the next 5 years really. Part of it is that they have recently hostet (one can refuse to host but that would generate a scandal if it's a huge country). Or preselection had a chance to send a winning song this year and decided to not even get this song into the national final. For them its strategy. At the moment UK, France and Spain are actually interested in hosting for they put in effort and perform well, Italy has a renowned longstanding quality music festival so are not completely part of this metric.
As soon as Ukraine got their televotes I knew they would win so I was very calm ( compared to the other times we were 2nd remember it well) so glad we hung onto 2nd. Also loved France and Moldova.
A good day for solidarity in Europe a bad day for the song contest…..
You're so funny dude. Loved your reactions! LOL
This voting segment was shocking!
So big discrepancy between juries and televote. Switzerland, Azerbaijan, Australia, Belgium all floped in televote and had good support from juries.
Greece was so overhyped this year and it really showed in televote. Lithuania and Estonia had better televote result than Greece.
I didn't expect so much jurie support for Spain, she did better than Eleni Fouriera with juries, that was really unexpected! But Im glad she did so well.
So sad for France, they deserved better. So happy for Moldova, Serbia, Spain and UK.
Mathematically they actually can't show the same result. They measure wildly different things.
@@trojanpony I meant Greece was overhyped before the competition by fans, esc bloggers, websites. She was one of the favourites even for the win by their opinions. And televote results proved them wrong, she got points from only 9 out of 40 countries.
Greece is actually one of my favourite countries in Eurovision, and I hope they will go back to their traditional sounds that brought them their bests results in the past.
Moldova 2nd in the televote!!!!
Because ukraine sucked all the points away from Spain, UK and even Sweden
Ukraine sucked points from everyone
congratulations Moldova, the REAL surprise winner since NOONE saw that coming.
Please. For the love of God, tell me someone recorded Sean and Gabe’s reactions. I am literally BEGGING 🙏🏻😂
I love the french song too.
So Ukraine got from televoting:
28x12 points
8x10 points
2x8 points
1x7 points
I'm happy because all people in Europe suport Ukraine, good job UK but I'm so happy for Ukraine and Moldova, the highest televote.
I liked Switzerland. It is a sweet endearing song with a beautiful melody. At least this year I am glad juries exist. Not every year. Although my vote somehow didn't count. :( At least he got to the grand final. That's not bad.
* Uk was the best, no doubt
* Jury really doesn't like Poland. They could send Adele with "hello" and still don't get tontop 10..
*Moldova was awesome. Cheesy but very entertaining.
*Ukraine.. Good song, but not enough to win for me.
*Serbia.. One of my biggest grower of this year.
*Spain. We know she can dance, but her vocals weren't good. Sorry... Still deserved top 10.
*Australia... He was awesome and deserved better.
@@zvezda553 yeah I see that.. Some countries are really unfortunate. Juries are totally pointless
Ukraine was my favorite so I’m just happy ❤️
Matt you’ve done a great job. Loved the work
The best moment Moldova 239 point😁
Eurovision was started to unite Europe and last night we showed that people of Europe are still united, so happy 🇺🇦
"We'll take that! Ok, we have no opportunity". So good xD
What happened today would have never happen if not for the political situation
It would have been London 2023
Yes, if ucrainians continue emigrate in Europe and vote for Ucraine it will always win. We should vote for every country even for our.
@@ScepticalBrit Or Madrid 2023... Or Stockholm... Or Belgrade... We will never know now...
I am calling it now: the next eurovision edition will be hosted in the UK
The guy in the "Spice" shirt standing by the German and French flags @11:45 looked SO pissed when Ukraine got the 439 points!
Congratulations to Sam Ryder the true winner! 🇬🇧
Guys, this is political contest from maaany years. Poland, Potrugal, Netherlands and many more great songs were robbed this year, this is classic Eurovision result - pure politic. I'm glad I got familiar with some of this songs which will end on my playlist. Otherwise it will be complete lost of time.
Eurovision’s always been political, even back in the good old days.
Fascist Spain were accused of buying votes even back in 68 and 69. Sweden withdrew from the competition at four different times during the 60’s and 70’s due to political and anti-commercial protests. Azerbaijan has basically hunted and taken citizens in for interrogation if they publicly supported/voted for the Armenian entry. Cyprus and Greece has always awarded top scores to each other, the same goes for the Nordic and francophone countries.
The war in Ukraine had an obvious impact in the voting this year, but it’s also a statement from the European people that we stand united and were affected by Ukrainian performance tonight.
@@felixsteinauer fax
Yes, I am a big esc fan, but I am really tired of political votings….sad for countries like Poland, Austria, Netherlands, Portugal….
So Sweet! 😘
Thank you for being happy about the UK, unlike Wiwibloggs 😆
France was my second and I'm French
Wince again
France was my 4th! I don't get it...
France was in my top 5. I don't get it 🤔 I'm from Denmark
@@scorpiosunrising7964 I don't get it either but it is what it is.
I think the sound balance was wrong though, and it came out messy and rushed. On the night, there was nowhere to hide. You were either exceptional or you got the European chop
juries just want someone from the big 5 to accompany Germany at the bottom....
@@budigunawan5624 juries never like traditional stuff but this was another level of weird. I didn't expect the jury to like them but I expected a large televote.
But again the live performance felt rushed and messy
Germany's six points were enough for it to be 20th in the televote.
I said...top 5...😉...People saw Konstrakta quality...Jury is s*it
Konstrakta is good quality in a museum performance, she was not singing andthis is a song contest
@@elsafralves can you try to sing in that low tone, so we can judge you 🤩 if you know anything about music, you wouldn't say that. 💅🏻
Poland 12th? 🥺 So sad about Krystian.
Me too, but it doesn't matter, he is so talented, and he won a new fan here, excited to see what's next in store for him. I hope Poland keeps sending talented singers in the next years so that they can finally win and bring the contest to either Warsaw or Krakow.
He should come back with a good song, he's a good singer but the song was baaaad
@@elsafralves Song was amazing
@@krolkam you know nothing about music, if you think so. Sorry
Juries definitely hate Poland. Krystian's voice and song deserved so much better.
I feel bad for Marius. I’m not a fan of having a camera on everyone who receives points, also low points. I’m happy no one ended up on 0 points altogether though. And congratulations Ukraine on the deserved victory!! This televote score will probably never be broken
Malik is a great live performer and singer. His staging was the best.
He was so real so simple and great.
Last place, not deserved.
He deserved much more points
I winced for Germany as well 😂😂😂
The maximum am mount of points you can get from 40 countries in the televote is is 480 points. Ukraine got 449. That means nearly every country gave Ukraine 12 points. That is Europe uniting. Sam put in a world class performance. Spain and Sweden were great. The UK thinks everyone in Europe hates them. Europe proved tonight that is not true. A great song will always get huge votes.
You cannot vote for your own country so it's (40-1)×12 = 468
@@escfredi530 Sorry. That is true. I still find Moldova having more televote points than UK, Spain and Sweden as very strange. Sweden and UK had brilliant songs that were critically respected but not that popular with the public.
@@darylhuff7765 UK and Sweden finished 5th and 6th in the televote. That is fairly popular.
@@darylhuff7765 Moldova's song was right after a sea of ballads so that's instantly memorable.
@@jimw859 Modova and Serbia were more popular though.
I am watching this the next day and I was waiting for that reaction to Ukraine, you were frozen for a few seconds there hahah
Ukraine reaction is at 11:35 ish for anyone interested
France💔
A little rant: its 3:08 AM here in Moldova and I am still mad like WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT???I've never been more PISSED at the jury votes than this year 😤 and in particular at the juries from my own country: LIKE WHAT WAS THAT??? 12 points to Ukraine when Romania was right there????? Pfttt, cyprus still gave their 12 pts to Greece and moldova couldn't give romania 12? Like I get the solidarity with ukraine but....come on, now :( wrs didn't deserve this :(
And I am so sad for france, they were done so dirty this year :(
Yes agree with you
Mulțumesc Draga! Ne pare și noi rău ca nici juriul din România nu au dat Moldova nici un punct, dar din păcate au fost descalificat.
In sfârșit, nu contează… România și Moldova, 2 țării, împreuna întotdeauna!
💙💛❤️
Not a fan of the "12points to the neighbour" conzept...
@@neomimzyneomimzy5095 To Romania, Moldova is much more than a neighbour, we speak the same language, we have the same folk music, we are brothers. So Romanians are the ones who can understand and apreciate the best the song from Moldova, they took the folk music and improved it so much. So yeah , jury from Romania should be able to give Moldova 12 points.
well done to ukraine to get 439 out of 468 but for me the real winners are UK and Spain would have got my top 5 spot on if serbia had not done so well
Guys I felt so bad this voting session. I don't what people are thinking about... Cmon
ROMANIA POSITION 18 🙄🙄🙄CAN'T UNDERSTAND THIS POLITC SHOW.
hey the bright side is 13th in televote. Right in the middle and better than favorites like The Netherlands and Portugal. More than 10x televote points than Czechia and more than 2x Finland's which were surefire qualifiers in the semi.
@@budigunawan5624 Agreed. This is a big step forward for them after years of struggling to qualify. Romanians should be proud.
@@nina.na9 I hope WRS is not disappointed with the result
lol the way countries were getting peanuts for votes 18 is great🤣
@@priya9194 I don't understand what do you try to say...
I like frabce too
EBU - At the start of the televote reveal, reset the scoreboard so that only the ultimate top 10 are shown in jury point order. Quietly reveal the countries in places 11-25, without their score. Then go through that top 10, announcing their televotes. That way, no-one can work out the points left, you never have to announce humiliating low or zero public votes, and you would also save time spent reading out the minor televotes. We can digest them at the end of the contest.
This is about what they did in the first years of the new system actually taking out much of the "drama", which didn't really sit too well with viewers. I actually rather like the voting sequence and if you are not a super eurofan you don't have time to calculate what is left over (I remind you on 2021 and 2019). Its just if it's such a stark contrast of one country pulling lots orlf votes when it gets weird.
What is this shit results,17 points is disrespectful. Love you Alvan and Ahez proud of you.
We are never going to make this type of song for eurovision it's done and i'm sad.
Because if it ain't cliché like you all said for Barbarba (i love her and the song) , it doesn't get points for France ok get it.
I feel you! I don't understand what happened with France either, but you should definitely be proud. And I don't think you should stop making this type of songs or any other that is not cliché because it's wonderful to show your diverisity. And it doesn't matter how many points you got, you showed something different this year. Look at my country Serbia. We really took a risk sending that kind of entry, and it paid of, while everybody is constantly expecting from us to send Balkan ballads or even better Željko Joksimović every freaking year. 😀 France brought diverisity to this year's Eurovision. ❤️
@@milanavucicevic3500 thank for your kind word and i'm really happy your song was liked it was deserved.
Lithuania's entry this year was classic french entry so France would get 14th this year. But juries robbed France I think. They didn't deserve just 1 point from the juries.
@@SleepyNoah15 Don't give up on diversity! 😊 Sending you hugs from Serbia 🇷🇸❤️🇫🇷
I love uk song
Дякую за коментар та підтримку!❤🇺🇦✌
Well done Ukraine you deserved it!
I loved France song too. They deserved a better staging tho. I loved Ukraine song.
Will they be available to host next year? And if not, will that fact be enough for them to get more pity votes? Will something happen between now and next year's date? Will people invest money knowing what we know now? Is it okay to push Big5 so they bring good performances (not just the money) just to do this? Are jury votes okay? Are public votes too? Will the rules about politics change? Were them fair enough this year?
Sorry. I can't enjoy this year's contest. If this victory brings some happiness to ukrainians then I'll be somehow happy. But now there are a lot of questions to be asked.
Please don't call them pity points. Those are solidarity points.
UK was the only chocker here. My brain bluescreened XD
And yeah uk are now the 16 time 2nd place champions.
11:38 "Windows XP shut down sound"
I'm so so pleased with the results because it has blown the lie of Eurovision not being political, it's just a song contest and the voting is not political or strategic. Just ask Russia if they think that! You might not like what I'm saying but it's TRUE!
But worse, we all know there has been a wave of support in the media and elsewhere to show support for the Ukraine by voting for there song to win. This started as soon as Russians invaded and the Ukrain have won with a massive unprecedented 439 points. Was the Ukraine song, not just the best song of the night but supreme song ever in all of the Eurovision contests history to recieve such a Nnumbers? Personally No!
It was good enough to be in the top 10, maybe, but such an unheared of 439 points...No! Can Eurovision and there supporters ever say again or look us in the eye to say "Eurovision is not political", "the voting is not political or stratigic," NO. Never again! That's why I'm happy the lie has been shown for what it is, a lie! The lies we have been told over and over again, "its cultural", "they have similar culture and musical history" thats why they vote for each othere. Well that's buried! .
For year this was the supposedly rational argument when Cyprus always votes for Greece, or when the exYugoslavian countries now gave each other points even if it's just 1 point. While at the other end of Europe the same was happening with the exRussian Scandinavian countries of Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Chez republic, Poland etc. Well that argument is dead, Eurovision is political and strategic. Congraduations for being honest at last. 👏👏👏
However there was one sign of hope when some (not all) ex Russian satellite countries spread there votes more widely for the first time this year.
People don’t make their decisions in a vacuum. It’s as simple as that.
Kalush Orchestra might have been in the top five, had the situation been otherwise. Art, music never happen in a vacuum, ever.
@@CaroAbebe Thanks! You agree, it's political, stratigic and thereby bias on more than just the song or presentations on the night. As you say it's "not in a vacuum" or isolation, but we are told it's a Song contest...that's it! Nothing more.
It is only the televotes that matters,because they are not gonna perform for the juries any more. Only for the public.
Is this a singing contest?
yeah Ukraine nearly got a perfect televote score
I am so f*cking happy for Ukraine!!! Well deserved!!!
Apsolutely not deserved. They won because of war in their country not because the song was best. And when you put a politic in music show, that show doesn’t have sense anymore.
@@sandradejan695 this!!!
@@sandradejan695 even without the war, the song is amazing and beautiful!!! They deserved it so much!!!
@@PonchoSaGo The judges gave too many points for rap music, the song has no quality for a winner and is not unforgettable. People voted out of empathy "and that's all"
@@sandradejan695 This is your opinion! All people I know loved Ukrainian song and it was in the top also before the war! And then it is great that Europe showed how united they are and showed such support to Ukraine!
The running order was made with a point (having Sweden or UK win + Ukraine in "the very middle - neutral - focus point" + trying to "preserve" Italy even if they picked "1st half" in the finals + discreetly burying France and Greece), the point was made and heard. Would it be only for that, I'm glad that Ukraine won: no matter how Rai tried to "trick" this with the running order, it still wasn't enough to dictate a winner. Except that, of course, I really doubt that Ukraine would have won without the war going on (as if winning Eurovision would change anything to an actual most deadly war or in how the Russians or even Putin see that war... but well, Europeans seem to think a song contest was the place to make a political point.)
I'm shocked at the level of negativity under Italia's video on UA-cam. I agree that they did A LOT better at the national performance, but does it deserve such hate? They didn't win anyway, so... why burry them under the ground?
I'm so disappointed in the score France, Greece and Czech Republic got from the public. In the comments for the France song, someone says France was her favorite but was sure it would win or rank high, so she gave all her points to Serbia so that the singer would have even if a few: one good way to remember that you should always vote for your favorite. Always, no matter what!
Also, some people are commenting about the differences in votes and rankings between semi-finals and finals (which, for some countries, are HUGE): in my view, it might show how the people voting in semis are actually different than in finals? And probably less votes for - politics - in the semis?
This was a great Eurovision until semis, from the moment the running order for the finals was announced it started smelling really bad (these should be planned for music, not for politics or a specific winner in mind...), and with the way it turned out... Eurovision 2022 will probably remain as one of the Eurovisions I'll hate the most. Even if there were some songs I absolutely loved here: too many fishy stuff around it.
I still wonder what happened to get such a low result for France: U gave me a small part of the reason. France should withdraw from the contest for a while: the country has obviously a strong disagreement with the juries first and the audience secondly. Luxembourg & Italy did it. Italy was missing 13 years & it came back successfully: having been in the top 10 almost each year since its return at ESC in 2011.
Something hasn't worked between France & the contest properly most of time since the late 90's. Moreover it would be a way of recovering self-respect for Molière's country: it belongs to the Big 5 that is the group in which the countries paying the most to make Eurovision show be true every year are. This money mainly comes from public taxes (TV licence fees) & could be much better used during this withdrawing. France is only accepted by the EBU that organises Eurovision and the audience ONLY thanks to its huge yearly amount of money. True recurring facts.
@@Kapok-Bush Well, last year we were 2nd. in 2016 we were 6th, and in between we ended in 10-something: not great but not BAD. And definitely not enough to think we are doing something super wrong here. Especially when some countries keep on voting for their neighbours first and foremost while we never benefitted from or gave such points. So... something was very wrong this year, not just for France, and I absolutely wouldn't say that's because France sent something wrong.
As for me, I like none of the first four songs. While last year I could give credit to the first songs without any issue. Voters had weird tastes this year (VERY commercial), that's all, it happens. For example, I'm really not sure Maneskin would have won this year. As for me I learnt the names of a few artists I will probably keep on following within the years, definitely not part of the top rankers, and for my selfish part that's enough, I can absolutely survive with a majority of the voters this year not agreeing with me.
They really have to get rid of the juries. They reward songs that the public clearly dont like. Switzerland, Azerbaijan and Australia are good examples this year.
it has been explained year after year why the juries are necessary. it is to even out block voting and the fact that televoters are incredibly biased. We knew Ukraine was getting massive votes from the televote weeks out from the final and that speaks volumes to why the public cannot be trusted to vote fairly. The juries votes frankly were far more fair compared to what the public did.
@@starskreem8258 did we watch the same programme? Azerbaijan got 12 points from some juries, while some rewarded the UK zero. Thats not fair at all. And songs like Serbia and last years Ukrainian entry gets robbed by the juries. The jury votes should at last reflect some of the public taste.
@@mullally1982 Did you watch the final. 10 countries scored 10 points or less from the televote which is unheard of. Azerbaijan getting some 12 points from the jury isnt that big of a deal since the song was sung well. (Not my personal taste) The juries are there to reward songs based on the whole package. Televoters didnt care at all this year. If they did Ukraine would not have gotten so many 12 points. The song was good but not that good and Moldova did not deserve to be second in the televote.
@@starskreem8258 well, Im not alone in thinking there is a problem with the jury votes. And you base things on your personal opinions. I guess we just have to agree to disagree 🙃.
@@mullally1982 There is a problem with the jury. But a Jury is needed because going back to just televotes only is even worse and just as corrupt.
Thank you man.Congrats Ukraine you are the winners here and with ruZZian orcs as well Slava Ukraini.Glory to Ukraine and they Heroes .Well-done
Can't help thinking that If (god forbid) the war goes on and on are Ukraine gonna keep winning? Yes the song was good but not brilliant. For a country to win not particularly because of the song is extremely distrespectful to all the other artists and delegations who've worked so hard to get there.
Is it better to win because of a great ass and big tits? I have not heard a single "brilliant" song this year and Ukraine would have been somewhere in the Top5 anyway.
Personally I wanted 3 countries to win: Ukraine, UK & France. I'm over the moon with the results for the 1st 2, but gutted for France. IMO Ukraine deserved to win, because their song was unique, with the mix of tradition & modern. I feel in love with it during their National Final. It's a fantastic, interesting song.
About 6 weeks ago, Sam Ryder was asked in an interview how he'd feel if he came 2nd to Ukraine. He said he'd be honoured to do so. He was rooting for them to win because he loves the song & he wants to show support for Ukraine. If the artist who came 2nd can be happy for them, I'm sure we can too. I believe that all delegations will feel sympathy for Ukraine & will not mind them winning, because they can at least be grateful knowing that they can return to their own countries & have a safe home to go to, not having to dodge bullets to get to bed.
I don't know if you've seen the Stefania video that's just been released. They deliberately withheld it until after the competition because they didn't want to get pity votes. Watch the video & tell me they don't deserve to win. With what they're going through at the moment, do you really think they'd play up how bad things are for them back home in order to gain votes? That would be an insult to all the people Putin has massacred & all the women & children of both sexes raped. Several Ukrainian cities have been razed to the ground & thousands of civilians & even more soldiers have died. They would not insult the memory of all those by using it to curry favour. Please watch the video & see if your thoughts are really that important in the grand scheme of things. Some fans are miffed today because Ukraine won & their favourite didn't. Kalush Orchestra might go home & be miffed that their house has been blown up, or their families slaughtered by missiles or murdered by Russian soldiers. I think it puts things into perspective.
Yes, people voted for them en masse. Why do any of us vote for our favourites? Is it just the song we like? Or do we like the artist, or the country? Do we think the artist is cute? Do we like how the song makes us feel? Or does it remind us of a song we love? We all have our own reasons &, personally, I think that wanting to show solidarity with a democracy who has been suddenly attacked by a neighbour is as good a reason as any. I doubt it would have got as many points if it hadn't been a great song, but showing sympathy was just an added reason to vote for it.
We all have 20 votes. What right do you, I or anybody else have to tell others how to vote? We should all be allowed to vote how we please.The juries were impartial, & that's all we can expect in the competition. The televote should always be personal choice, & people chose Ukraine for a reason that was important to them. I chose it because I'm a sucker for songs with a marked contrast, such as the dichotomy between modern rap & traditional lullaby. My wife chose it because she doesn't like pop so there were very few entries she enjoyed this year & the Ukraine song had character plus she feels for Ukraine, wanted to express her solidarity but also likes Enimen & thought that the Ukrainian rap part reminded her of him. The only other songs she enjoyed was Norway & bits of the UK/Finland.
Placings in Eurovision are taken way too seriously, that part has just been light entertainment to me for two decades.
Ukraine had the best song with high quality music. I believe they deserved to win. Fantastic performance.
This contest is not about music! Good songs didn't get anything out of it, and the televoting was politically Shame on Europe, music has to be about MUSIC! Too bad for so much preparation, even the presenters seemed frustrated in the end!
I thought that the top 5 were incredible. Voted for Serbia myself, but I'm happy with the result. Great music! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
@@tonyjohansson7567 Romania 's jury has been blocked from voting ... has this been disguised, what are we talking about?
Who defines "good songs"? Your list of "good songs" might not be the same as mine.
Some of the songs I liked did well, some I liked did badly, some didn't even qualify for the final. No one person gets to choose.
It's about music if you want it to be. If you concentrate on the voting it's about that.
they need a lot of points :D for example 439
Glory to Ukraine from Canada 😁💙💛💙💛💙❤🇨🇦🇨🇦
I'm glad that every year Eurovision fight for a non political contest and this year what happened?
A well-deserved win for Ukraine and a well-deserved silver for the UK! I was in the hall and all I could say for a while was "wow" after those 439 points rolled in.
I found it funny that you pretty much worked out how Ukraine had got 12 off nearly everyone, 12x40=480 but you couldn’t work out the scar simpler sum of how many points (10x40) uk would get if they had got a 10 from nearly everyone. Hint, it would have been enough to win it. 😂 187 is still a fantastic televote result for the UK though, Sam really did the UK proud. That Ukrainian Televote result…. wow! 🤯
Ukrainians can't vote on themselves (at least not with a Ukrainian phone number), so 468 is the maximum amount of point you can get.
@@warb635 good point it’s actually 39 not 40.
Six countries had their votes canceled. Romania awarded 12 points to Moldova, but the Eurovision team decided to give the 12 points to Ukraine. Ukraine won because the Eurovision team decided so. This year's Eurovision Song Contest was a total fake.
Well, take 12 points from Ukraine and they would have still won. Moreover, Romania's votes, as long as another 5 countries, were cancelled because an agreement to exchange votes was found out, so don't blame EBU for Romanian jury being dishonest.
@@emanuelebetti6721 you did not understand anything! Once again, the EBU gave 12 points to Ukraine on behalf of Romania, despite the fact that the Romanian jury gave the 12 points to Moldova. What makes you think that EBU was correct in terms of viewers' votes? Ukraine won because it was wanted.
@@georgeenache_ have you got any proof that Romanian jury was 100% honest? Come back when you have.
EBU is not a person, but is a panel of many TVs and radios all around Europe. I can't stand how many delusional sore losers there are around...
There is a calculation of points if Ukraine 🇺🇦 would be out : Spain 🇪🇸 518 p UK 🇬🇧 498p Sweden 🇸🇪 490p
Ukraine shouldn't have been allowed to compete. It should have been an invitation to perform instead of competing. This is disgusting and the EBU jumped the shark today.
@@plexx365 Dude. Who cares about the contest? The people of Europe had a chance to send a gesture of support towards Ukraine and we used it. It was beautiful.
@@plexx365 complete and utter rubbish. They had every right to compete.
You can't calculate votes out like that though. People who voted for Ukraine could have had completely different second favourites.
Kinda of makes the whole process a bit of a joke.
Commiserations to all the performers, you should be proud regardless of your score.
Why politics win....
U.K is winner
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Well deserved Ukraine 💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛
At least Germany has a Little slither of dignity
439 points - how do you get this number
Alles klar her komissar ucrain wins good vibe and great
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