[OFF TOPIC] Eurovision Song Contest 2024

[Citius Altius Fortius 5]

Hello everybody,

 

I am new to this forum - I am a huge fan of the Olympic Games and Eurovision as well. I had been to London and Rio in 2012 and 2016 - furthermore I had been to Düsseldorf 2011, Malmö 2013, København 2014, Wien 2015, Stockholm 2016 and Lisboa 2018. I follow Eurovision since 1976 closely and the Olympics since Sarajevo 1984.

I cross my fingers for the following six songs/countries to qualify from semi 1:

 

 Hrvatska,  Ireland/Eire,  Lietuva,  Luxembourg,   Polska,  Slovenija

I cross my fingers for the following two songs/countries to qualify from semi 2:

 Nederlanden,  Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera

My favourite TOP TEN this year:

 France,  Hrvatska,  Ireland/Eire,  Italia,  Lietuva,  Luxembourg,   Nederlanden,  Polska,  Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera,  Slovenija

 

[Citius Altius Fortius 5]

12 hours ago, rybak said:

After first rehearsals of both semifinals I think that those countries will qualify

I avoid to watch the rehearsals this year - I want to have the "fresh" impression of the staging/singing during the shows like it was back in the "old" times...

My ranking is based on the studio versions - I didn't even watch the videos...

[OlympicIRL 5,525]

8 hours ago, Citius Altius Fortius said:

I avoid to watch the rehearsals this year - I want to have the "fresh" impression of the staging/singing during the shows like it was back in the "old" times...

My ranking is based on the studio versions - I didn't even watch the videos...

Bring back the old times 

 

Welcome to the forum!  

[NikolaB 432]

My top 10 before the show are:

 

01. Croatia

02. Ukraine

03. Netherlands

04. Italy

05. Austria

06. Lithuania

07. Slovenia

08. Latvia

09. Belgium

10. Spain (my guilty pleasure)

 

And bottom top 5 on my list are

 

Estonia

Iceland

Australia

Moldova

Finland

 

And of course I dont count Israel as participant this year. And I really really like our song this year

Edited May 3 by NikolaB

[Federer91 2,725]

Watched the rehearsal clips, so time for updated observations.

 

Still standing, that if either  Italia or  Croatia doesn't win, it will be preposterous (something quite usual for Eurovision in a sad tradition).

 

 Ukraine exploded with the best staging and from a top 10 song rose to a top 3 position. Unfortunately they already gifted them 2 undeserved wins with mediocre songs, so this time, when they actually have a song, that is worthy to be a winner, someone else should win... 

 

Countries with the biggest improvements with the staging:

-  Georgia and  Armenia - two songs, which i won't add for repeat listening, but they will be great for an arena performance. Much better, than expected, so hopefully they will do good.

 

-  Greece - I commemorate our neighbors for going with a traditional Greek sound, but i just dislike the song, a lot.. Which is a shame, cause Marina seems an awesome person and the staging accompanies the song perfectly. I just wished they went with a different song, ughhh... 

 

-  Ireland - the crazy song. The visuals will carry it from a non-qualifier to the final, but meh for me.

 

Songs, which i already like and nothing changed ->  Austria,  Cyprus,  Lithuania. Safe staging for all 3 of them.

 

Some other countries:

 

 France - initially i was like "not another French ballad", but the guy is just such a good singer. Probably the best singer of the whole contest. Don't see many fan votes for him, but the juries will carry him to the top half i reckon.

 

 Germany - not great at all, but won't deserve their usual last place this time. The staging doesn't stand out, so i'm afraid another 0 pointer is coming. Sadly for them, they have taken  UK's spot as the "not taken seriously participant every year", so they will need something unique to get out of the hole. Speaking of the  UK, well, i think it's better not to say anything about the UK at all....

 

 Israel - not as good as Noa Kirel, but a decent song for Eurovision level. However, given their worldwide position currently, i wonder how much backlash it will receive. Not by the juries of course, but from the fans. And the semifinals are only fan votes, so interesting to see, if it could be a shocking non-qualifier. Probably not.

 

And of course, i still vividly hate  Netherlands and  Switzerland. 

 

 

[CCB 563]

2 hours ago, Federer91 said:

Watched the rehearsal clips, so time for updated observations.

 

And of course, i still vividly hate  Netherlands and  Switzerland. 

 

 

I'm a big fan of Eurovision. But I hate the Dutch entry this year. My personale favorites are  and  

[RussB 189]

My personal favourite by far is Switzerland this year - its a fabulous musical composition to my ears anyway!

 

Looking forward to the shows, lots of good entries this year and it is genuinely wide open (between 4 in my book at least) 

[Olympian1010 7,937]

 are still my favorites.  are close behind as well.

 

 might be my biggest mover after rehersal clips. 

 

Expecting an interesting and fun week as always.

[rybak 3,169]

I would want to see one of  and  to win.  for me is the biggest improvment after rehearsals. I do like also  song very much but staging is awful, while  live vocal is very weak. Let see what happen in next days. Tomorrow will be dress rehearsal so called "jury show" for first semifinal.

 

Btw. Today, at "opening ceremony" called Turquoise Carpet the  delegation was absent....

[yaky22 34]

10 hours ago, rybak said:

 

Btw. Today, at "opening ceremony" called Turquoise Carpet the  delegation was absent....

For my understanding they are letting eden go outside the hotel only for rehearsals and for the live show for security reasons