The way music video had better poduction and more budget then the actual selection. Also preety sure the team who worked on the music video will also be working on their staging so I'm really excited.
I've been loving the Czech Republic these last few years and as you said, they've been really strong with the staging and styling for the most part. So I'm expecting something big
Petition to protect this masterpiece! Good songs need to be in Eurovision, without any political manipulations or stuff like that! Besides that, I am so happy that Czech language is back. Moreover, this mix of English, Bulgarian, Czech and Ukrainian is really good.
Isn't it "political manipulation" to include something that could be interpreted as support of Ukraine. I mean, we all support Ukraine, but it isnt right to drag it into Esc.
I'm greeting you from the Czech Republic Alesia and thank you so much for this reaction ❤️. I always value your opinions and hearing that you think that we can win this year is a music to my ears. Honestly, I think so too and it's unbelievable. I'm dreaming about having Eurovision in Prague (or anywhere else in the CZ haha 😄).
the 🇨🇿 delegation should hired you! with you in charge that entrance will be top 3 definitely lol actually the same for other countries you know what you taking about. Amazing.
When I first listened to this I thought about Manizha. And she placed top 10 as well (also with the jury). If Kalush can be in the top 5 and Manizha top 10 with the juries, then Vesna can do the same. And I don't see any reason why the public WON'T love this. This could be their best result and yeah, maybe even a win
This year could be real good for Czechia with the rule changes, no worries about jurors knocking Vesna down in the semi finals, and that’s one less thing to fear about
I was excited about Vesna from their original music video but was disappointed by the staging at the live performance. It seemed all over the place (especially the rap!). Pam's staging was way more polished! I hope Vesna figures something out for the finals
Their staging was very simplified and slightly messy probably because of the fact that the Czechia delegation practically had little budget to manage.But they can totally improve it come Eurovision as it's said that the producers involved in the music video are going to be responsible for the staging!
@@kikyosaka1900 seconding this. Plus Czechia has a fantastic track record with staging, and also providing their artists with the tools to improve their performance apart from the staging. Everyone was hating on domi’s vocals during their pre show live performances and then they delivered live, plus had one of the most fitting and exciting stagings of the year. They also skyrocketed lake Malawi in the scoreboard thank to the staging. And although Mikolas was already a full package when selected, they still gave him one of the few compelling and memorable stagings of 2018 (oh rue that damn stage) Gabriela, Marta and Vaclad all got very good stagings too (better with each year naturally). The one exception is maybe 2017 and again, that was fairly early on their return. Hell, even if Benny was the exception of the vocals and did flop, his staging was still cool as fuck. This girls clearly don’t have to improve their vocals that much. The choreography and staging is gonna be good bc the Czech broadcaster puts effort into it hiring the right directors for the show. I really don’t see them not delivering a performance worthy of the crown (were the voting be fully impartial, we still can’t ignore they barely have any public support. But hey, Mikolas did beat that so it’s clear they can get it occasionally).
the multilingual nature of the song ensures them a panslavic support, the song is good anyway but that will boost their result surely, they may get like a 5-10 place
Yes, it was either Vesna or Pam, who could have done something at Eurovision, so eventually, they chose right. I think, it's definitely gonna qualify and probably end up on the left side of the scoreboard, bc it's out of the box and I doubt, there will be anything similar this year. I'm not sure about a victory, though.
People saying spain is more risky because people wont get it where in fact personally i think this is a risk for Czech republic, i didn’t think they translated the song as well live and i get its a small stage but i am a bit worried for them tbh
Same here… this is my fav so far, spain after that, but i think spain is going to be amazing live and I hope Vesna does also… but I an a bit afraid the message might be lost in the performance. I feel like they need a small choir or sth to support them during the chorus plus figure sth out about the performance/choreography
Brilliant song! Good to see it being appreciated. The video too, they've made it stylish and appealing when they could have just depended on the substance of the song.
Dear Alesia, please tell the Eurovision organisers to stop backstabbing the Czech Republic. 4 times we've been in the final and we've been on 1st (Domi), 2nd (Gabriela), 3rd (Lake Malawi) and 14th (Mikolas) in the running order. Every time we draw 1st half, the Czech Republic gets put in the first 3 and it kills our chances and we've scored 7 televote points or less. The one time we drew 2nd half, they put the Czech Republic on as the 1st song in the 2nd half (14/26). It's starting to look like the organisers don't like the Czech Republic. Please stop putting the Czech Republic on so damn early in the final!
Agree with you on the rap part both on Stefania and Vesna. I cant stand Stefania for the rap part, I also, though, enjoy the flute and stuff. But as you said, I totally agree with you on the ESC juries voting for "rap bits" of the song Stefania. Let's hope that last year the juries voted clearly for song that later won rather than for country and Vesna could get some jury love as well.
Ukraine's 12 jury points last year came from Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland plus aggregated ones from Romania. As you can see, they're all former USSR countries heavily supporting Ukraine now, so it's obvious that those 12 points were for a country, not for a song. At the same time, 13 countries didn't give Ukraine a single point. So, I can't see any precedent with juries voting for hip hop here. It was voting for Ukraine, nothing more.
Why the official ESC channel and ig account haven't uploaded the news yet. There must be something gone wrong. Perhaps Czechia is gonna withdraw from this year.
This would have so much impact if it was the 6 girls in a row with similar vide styling and minimal but very thoughtful movement/choreo - pretty much what they do at the acapella part For now it's messy and live it loses the message.
I agree the live performance of the rap part was a bit weird, but if she pulls it off more the way it was in the music video, it is really powerful part. The live performance was very low budget and rushed, so I hope the music video performance is more indicative of the final product.
Does anyone know what's happening with this? Even Eurovision's official pages haven't acknowledged its win like they do with the others? Is there some dispute or DQ happening?
The live performance I find a bit underwhelming, the studio version is great. But I'm pretty sure that they'll elevate it when the time comes. I feel the same about the rap part, but overall I'm hyped about this
I love the production and the beat of this song. Upon first listen I didn't really connect with the lyrics. Later on I watched a tiktok where someone was explaining that they are low-key singing about sister Ukraine and what Russia is doing to them. It's very subtle but no politics in Eurovision thanks. Not even Ukraine is sending anything political this year, otherwise they would've chosen Jerry Heil. Heart of Steel is definitely an empowering song for Ukraine but I wouldn't call it propaganda. It's not a winner for me sorry. Borderline Qualifier
I completely disagree with your thoughts about the rap part in Stefania. I like the contrast it provided with the traditional and flute parts. Also MSC is still leaving a bad taste for me because of the drama over on Twitter. The way people start disregarding and laughing at actual concerns from a Ukrainian point of view was just disgusting. Even if the band's intention is good, their messaging can be seen as tone deaf, and the way people are just minimizing that is off-putting.
I like the chorus but the lyrics sounds so disingenuous to me, if you wanna get political at least be creative for gods sake, you know there are other phrases than "million voices.. we're not your toys.. love is love, no war blabla" . activism much
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The way music video had better poduction and more budget then the actual selection. Also preety sure the team who worked on the music video will also be working on their staging so I'm really excited.
Oh this is promising!
True. I hated the selection performance. It sounded out of key.
I feel the Slavic culture in this song it's very ethnic and Cultural. This song is so good. 12 points from France to Czech Republic
that chorus is just so LUXURIOUS.....its one of my favorite things i've ever heard at ESC. this is the song i've listened to the most so far
This song is really a song of unity. Sung in Czech, Ukrainian, English and Bulgarian. A very sting song for our beautiful sisters in Ukrain.
Czech Republic deserves to win Eurovision Song Contest for the 1st time.
This really can be winner. I like this.
I've been loving the Czech Republic these last few years and as you said, they've been really strong with the staging and styling for the most part. So I'm expecting something big
Me too!
Shocked by the rap but in love with the song.. Prague 2024 rolls really well off the tongue too.. this is hopefull
Petition to protect this masterpiece! Good songs need to be in Eurovision, without any political manipulations or stuff like that! Besides that, I am so happy that Czech language is back. Moreover, this mix of English, Bulgarian, Czech and Ukrainian is really good.
I agree!!
Isn't it "political manipulation" to include something that could be interpreted as support of Ukraine. I mean, we all support Ukraine, but it isnt right to drag it into Esc.
Most welcome to come and visit Prague 🌼
Woo Hoo!
I'm greeting you from the Czech Republic Alesia and thank you so much for this reaction ❤️. I always value your opinions and hearing that you think that we can win this year is a music to my ears. Honestly, I think so too and it's unbelievable. I'm dreaming about having Eurovision in Prague (or anywhere else in the CZ haha 😄).
13:30 I love you for that queen
Top 5 if not winner. this is so good.
Agreed. This is standing out in the crowd and anyone discounting it will be surprised.
Буду вболівати за Чехію! Крута пісня 💛💙
ти українець або українка? якщо ти єси, я буду дуже вдячний, бо ти не схоже на кількох інших "сліпих" позаконтекстих українців та українок.
Українка із Полтави😊
Krutá píseň, určitě! Děkujem za podporu! Posílám lalk a lásku z Česka.
Easily my favorite entry so far!
Hey GIRL!!!
It definitely feels like a possible winner, I have them as my number 2 atm too!
the 🇨🇿 delegation should hired you!
with you in charge that entrance will be top 3 definitely lol
actually the same for other countries
you know what you taking about.
Amazing.
I always love your videos you bring so many good points, especially in this video with the Stefania rap comparison and the juries ❤
When I first listened to this I thought about Manizha.
And she placed top 10 as well (also with the jury).
If Kalush can be in the top 5 and Manizha top 10 with the juries, then Vesna can do the same.
And I don't see any reason why the public WON'T love this.
This could be their best result and yeah, maybe even a win
Yep
my favourite eurovision reactor + my country entry = perfection
Děkujeme zdravíme České republiky :)
Prague 2024!!!!!
Hehe sure Not
Lets make it happen! 😝😀
This year could be real good for Czechia with the rule changes, no worries about jurors knocking Vesna down in the semi finals, and that’s one less thing to fear about
I was excited about Vesna from their original music video but was disappointed by the staging at the live performance. It seemed all over the place (especially the rap!). Pam's staging was way more polished! I hope Vesna figures something out for the finals
Their staging was very simplified and slightly messy probably because of the fact that the Czechia delegation practically had little budget to manage.But they can totally improve it come Eurovision as it's said that the producers involved in the music video are going to be responsible for the staging!
@@kikyosaka1900 seconding this. Plus Czechia has a fantastic track record with staging, and also providing their artists with the tools to improve their performance apart from the staging. Everyone was hating on domi’s vocals during their pre show live performances and then they delivered live, plus had one of the most fitting and exciting stagings of the year. They also skyrocketed lake Malawi in the scoreboard thank to the staging. And although Mikolas was already a full package when selected, they still gave him one of the few compelling and memorable stagings of 2018 (oh rue that damn stage)
Gabriela, Marta and Vaclad all got very good stagings too (better with each year naturally). The one exception is maybe 2017 and again, that was fairly early on their return.
Hell, even if Benny was the exception of the vocals and did flop, his staging was still cool as fuck.
This girls clearly don’t have to improve their vocals that much. The choreography and staging is gonna be good bc the Czech broadcaster puts effort into it hiring the right directors for the show. I really don’t see them not delivering a performance worthy of the crown (were the voting be fully impartial, we still can’t ignore they barely have any public support. But hey, Mikolas did beat that so it’s clear they can get it occasionally).
the multilingual nature of the song ensures them a panslavic support, the song is good anyway but that will boost their result surely, they may get like a 5-10 place
Yes, it was either Vesna or Pam, who could have done something at Eurovision, so eventually, they chose right. I think, it's definitely gonna qualify and probably end up on the left side of the scoreboard, bc it's out of the box and I doubt, there will be anything similar this year. I'm not sure about a victory, though.
People saying spain is more risky because people wont get it where in fact personally i think this is a risk for Czech republic, i didn’t think they translated the song as well live and i get its a small stage but i am a bit worried for them tbh
Same here… this is my fav so far, spain after that, but i think spain is going to be amazing live and I hope Vesna does also… but I an a bit afraid the message might be lost in the performance. I feel like they need a small choir or sth to support them during the chorus plus figure sth out about the performance/choreography
Top 5. Like this song 😍
This has to be at least top 3 this year. ❤
Brilliant song! Good to see it being appreciated. The video too, they've made it stylish and appealing when they could have just depended on the substance of the song.
the direct shade to fusa 💀
I think sonically this could absolutely win. It has a winning sound package if that makes sense!
Dear Alesia, please tell the Eurovision organisers to stop backstabbing the Czech Republic. 4 times we've been in the final and we've been on 1st (Domi), 2nd (Gabriela), 3rd (Lake Malawi) and 14th (Mikolas) in the running order. Every time we draw 1st half, the Czech Republic gets put in the first 3 and it kills our chances and we've scored 7 televote points or less. The one time we drew 2nd half, they put the Czech Republic on as the 1st song in the 2nd half (14/26). It's starting to look like the organisers don't like the Czech Republic. Please stop putting the Czech Republic on so damn early in the final!
Winner vibe!!! They just need to upgrade staging and if music video team is going to work on it I'm sure it will be awesome.
Thank you 💖
Well put it this way, if the jury don’t appreciate this entry, it proves Ukraine got the points last year because of the obvious reason.
IT'S TIME TO GO TO CZECH REPUBLIC! I repeat, it is TIME to GO to Czech Republic!
Agree with you on the rap part both on Stefania and Vesna. I cant stand Stefania for the rap part, I also, though, enjoy the flute and stuff. But as you said, I totally agree with you on the ESC juries voting for "rap bits" of the song Stefania. Let's hope that last year the juries voted clearly for song that later won rather than for country and Vesna could get some jury love as well.
Ukraine's 12 jury points last year came from Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland plus aggregated ones from Romania. As you can see, they're all former USSR countries heavily supporting Ukraine now, so it's obvious that those 12 points were for a country, not for a song. At the same time, 13 countries didn't give Ukraine a single point. So, I can't see any precedent with juries voting for hip hop here. It was voting for Ukraine, nothing more.
i don't know why but they should go full marionette over this thats how i'm picturing this in liverpool
LOL 14:34 💀 so true
I hope they won’t be disqualified for political reasons. The official eurovision ig page still didnt post anything of them since their victory…
Why the official ESC channel and ig account haven't uploaded the news yet. There must be something gone wrong. Perhaps Czechia is gonna withdraw from this year.
This would have so much impact if it was the 6 girls in a row with similar vide styling and minimal but very thoughtful movement/choreo - pretty much what they do at the acapella part
For now it's messy and live it loses the message.
All I am going to say is : I would vote for this over Spain ..
I agree the live performance of the rap part was a bit weird, but if she pulls it off more the way it was in the music video, it is really powerful part. The live performance was very low budget and rushed, so I hope the music video performance is more indicative of the final product.
Does anyone know what's happening with this? Even Eurovision's official pages haven't acknowledged its win like they do with the others? Is there some dispute or DQ happening?
The music video threw me off, but then I watched the live and it wasn't as strange as I thought
The live performance I find a bit underwhelming, the studio version is great. But I'm pretty sure that they'll elevate it when the time comes. I feel the same about the rap part, but overall I'm hyped about this
I like it but this does not scream winner to me 😊
I love the production and the beat of this song. Upon first listen I didn't really connect with the lyrics. Later on I watched a tiktok where someone was explaining that they are low-key singing about sister Ukraine and what Russia is doing to them. It's very subtle but no politics in Eurovision thanks. Not even Ukraine is sending anything political this year, otherwise they would've chosen Jerry Heil. Heart of Steel is definitely an empowering song for Ukraine but I wouldn't call it propaganda. It's not a winner for me sorry. Borderline Qualifier
MUCH better than Spain and the best song of Eurovision 2023 so far, hope they can win it for CZ, that would be incredible
Spain can't win while people still have the audacity to comment things like this.
my sister poland 12 points
I needs Sasha Jean Baptiste or Ukrainian Stage director to Stage this song 🙏🏽❤️
And italy girl
Czech Republic never won Eurovision Song Contest
Exactly.
This gives heavy K Pop vibes.
to me it loses some steam live, at least the live we've seen, that could be a detriment at eurovision, but the song is really nice
Spain… the best 👏👏👏👏
I think the song is good but can't stand the production. It feels like they forgot to hire sound professionals..
Not for me 👎🏻
I completely disagree with your thoughts about the rap part in Stefania. I like the contrast it provided with the traditional and flute parts.
Also MSC is still leaving a bad taste for me because of the drama over on Twitter. The way people start disregarding and laughing at actual concerns from a Ukrainian point of view was just disgusting. Even if the band's intention is good, their messaging can be seen as tone deaf, and the way people are just minimizing that is off-putting.
If harmony dissonance wins Dora, than this will not qualify. I don’t like the rap part either
People also said two rock songs couldn't do well in 2021 and Italy won while Finland came top 5 in the televote.
Same...the rap part is my least favorite part of the song
It’s giving Fulenn fan flop to me……😅
I was never stanning Fulenn and live it was always a mess… this is far cleaner
Every year there are different persons in the jury. So hip-hop/rap may get no points at all this year.
I LOVE the song... I don't love the rap tho.. she is talented at it.. I just don't think it fits the song
I like the chorus but the lyrics sounds so disingenuous to me, if you wanna get political at least be creative for gods sake, you know there are other phrases than "million voices.. we're not your toys.. love is love, no war blabla" . activism much
I hate the rap part. But I love the rest of the song. I hope they skip the rap part.
Very balcan sound, so Bregovic! I hate the rap part.
please get rid of that intro, it s so 2012, other than that i really appreciate your work!
Great reaction as always but the song is boring... So many times we hear the same vibe... Its almost similar last years winner :/