[OFF TOPIC] Eurovision Song Contest 2025

[rybak 3,302]

36 minutes ago, rybak said:

First semifinal results

 

There are not released a detailed result of second semifinal yet, but Israel win it with 203 points, second was Latvia(!!!) with 130 and third Finland with 115. Armenia finished 10th with 51 points, 11th was Australia with 41 points, 12nd was Czechia with 29 points, then 13th was Ireland, 14th was Serbia, 15th was Georgia, all of them had 28 points, last on 16th place Montenegro had just 12 points. That's mean that on dead last, 37th place was Azerbaijan.

[Makedonas 2,239]

3 hours ago, rybak said:

EBU is so annoying, they are afraid of possible Poland's vitctory and for recap they choosed moment when Justyna was flying, neither singing or dancing :/ 

 

2 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Yeah, that Poland recap clip is an absolute tragedy. Doesn't do the song justice at all.

I'm pretty sure the countries pick which part of the song they want for the recap, not the EBU...

[Makedonas 2,239]

I am very happy with our 6th place! This was tied for our best result since 2008 (2013 we also got 6th). However, seeing some of the countries that finished above us, I can't help but think we could have done even better. I'm happy Klavdia represented us with a Greek song, strong vocals and a serious and classy performance. No jokes, no trolling, no nudity, no inappropriate lyrics.

 

Also we did well overall with juries but that's because we got high points from a handful of countries and nothing from most countries. On the other hand you have the same usual suspects getting all the jury points year after year. Money talks I guess...

 

I think Austria winning was a good result overall. Israel winning would've sparked massive boycotts and let's be honest, the song had no business finishing second. Estonia was a joke and I'm embarrassed as a European that this garbage was top 3. Italy also had no business being top 5 this year as well in my opinion. And I didn't want Sweden to win again. Also I'm glad Malta didn't do well because it was trashy in my opinion.

 

My personal favourites besides Greece were  and 

Edited May 18 by Makedonas

[Makedonas 2,239]

We made the top 10 every year from 2004 to 2013 except for 2012. Then we didn't make the top 10 again until 2021.

 

Now our results in the 2020s have been:

2021-10th

2022-8th

2023-DNQ

2024-11th

2025-6th

 

Some strong results from us after a number of disappointments in the mid to late 2010s.

[Olympian1010 8,228]

14 minutes ago, Makedonas said:

We made the top 10 every year from 2004 to 2013 except for 2012. Then we didn't make the top 10 again until 2021.

 

Now our results in the 2020s have been:

2021-10th

2022-8th

2023-DNQ

2024-11th

2025-6th

 

Some strong results from us after a number of disappointments in the mid to late 2010s.

 has had some strong entries recently, and definitely deserves recognition for it.

[NearPup 3,479]

Yet another win for the queers :D

 

 was far from my favorite song. But I’m very happy  didn’t win, because that would have been more a protest vote than a celebration of the best song. Still shocked  didn’t do better and that  got no televotes.

 

The best moment of the night was the duet / duel between  Käärijä and  Baby Lasagna.

Edited May 18 by NearPup

[Gianlu33 5,276]

7 hours ago, Adriano said:

This is why we love Italy, Il volo, ManeskIN, Soldi, Brividi or this entry.  Great choices. Need Irama from IT now.

Irama is unfortunately a somewhat declining artist, and I don't know if he has a chance to win Sanremo or if his train has passed. However, I think the Italian success (in 

top10 consecutively since 2017, the only country to do so) is given precisely by the mechanism of Sanremo, which is practically a religion here. We will see who will be there next year, this year was the singer-songwriter edition (as many as 2 singer-songwriters on the podium, quite shocking), next year I expect pop to win again

[bestmen 2,898]

French medias talk about boycott while they are  the first cheaters 

[heywoodu 15,997]

9 hours ago, Biathlonfan said:

there able to sing,fine voices......you know kinda what the point of eurovision was and still should be,before it got infested with politics and whatever the hell else over the years. 

I'm waiting for 'woke!', then the haters bingo is full  

[heywoodu 15,997]

9 hours ago, Adriano said:

I was hoping for Israel win and end of this ESC after I saw jury voting. UK, Gsrmany or Estonia so high compare than Poland, Albania, Greece or Norway. Poor joke. Thankfully no Swedish win

 

How would Norway be high in the jury votes? That felt like one of those hundred generic pop songs that appear every month, but not one of the good ones  

 

The Serbia/Montenegro, Lithuania/Latvia, Greece/Cyprus combos, San Marino/Italy, the absolutely massive sympathy vote for Israel....I'd say those were bigger issues, but at least very predictable