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Finally back to where Eurovision is not Geo-Blocked - Thoughts:

Albania - Those new choral backing vocals put me off

Armenia - What was the point of that sleeveless skin-colored mesh?

Australia - Loved her expressions during the piano solo, but the hoop around her during the end when she rose was kinda distracting

Austria - Give the guy at least double digits man...

Azerbaijan - Was actually enjoyable

Belgium - Strange, I enjoyed this too

Bulgaria - The staging, choreography, facial expressions, etc. I can see why Dara won; she didn't even win her Jury Semi-Final???

Croatia - Deserved higher, TF

Cyprus - Enjoyed the Grand Final performance, but she shouldn't had qualified from her Semi-Final

Czechia - Hi cameraman; should've been allowed to perform again

Denmark - Why a far wide-shot of the stage during the climax dance?

Estonia - I enjoyed that silly slomo kick

Finland - I loved how piercing that live violin sounded when Linda first appeared

France - Hated that lower half of her dress; staging was too minimalist/simple in execution like 2023

Georgia - I prefer We Don't Sleep

Germany - Thought she'd do better; why the 6:7 hand motion?

Greece - That statue was fulfilling his role in the green room

Israel - Politics aside, I quite like the song; hi cameraman, again

Italy - I love you

Latvia - Robbed to death

Lithuania - Never understood it

Luxembourg - Really becoming the new Poland

Malta - Miriana Conte ate; Aidan ate

Moldova - Loved the 2013 reference; still at odds with the graphics

Montenegro - Came one year too early to qualify

Norway - Vocal issues from being sick aside, I still prefer the National Performance

Poland - Knew she'd qualify

Portugal - Beautiful song; not a fan of the graphics at the end

Romania - Wouldn't mind if this had won

San Marino - Ruined her legacy of 2021

Serbia - That shaking effect, flames, etc. during the scream was perfect

Sweden - I prefer her National Heat performance

Switzerland - Should've qualified with that performance, minus that very visibly fake guitar playing; obsessed with the way she said lay low on the floor

Ukraine - I prefer the first half than the second half of that performance

United Kingdom - My sister loved him and his song; she was devastated by the results

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Dear Montesong 2025 (ESC 2026),

Please do NOT pull another Montevizija 2019!!!

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Juries are back in the semi-finals!

I will miss the televote only semi-finals However, this means a more balanced grand final

Fans often complain about having a jury winner and that became more prevalent when the televote only semi-finals were reintroduced in 2023 (2023, 2024, & 2025's winners are all considered "Jury Winners")

If only the televote favorites goes to the grand final, of course the juries have less to latch onto

As for voting corruption and neighbor voting... as if that isn't happening with the televote also????

Also also, yuh: ---

"To support this, the size and composition of each national jury will change. The number of jurors in each country increases from five to seven, with a broader mix of professional backgrounds that can now include music journalists and critics, music teachers, creative professionals such as choreographers and stage directors, and experienced music industry figures.

To reflect Eurovision’s popularity with younger audiences, every jury must now include at least two jurors aged 18 to 25. All jurors will also have to sign a formal declaration confirming that they vote independently and impartially, do not coordinate with other jurors, and avoid sharing their voting preferences on social media before the Contest concludes."

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But once again, I will miss the televote only semi-finals It made it so each semi-final's top 10 "People's Choice" get awarded In addition to it protecting the 8th-10th televote choices from songs that got more points than them due to the juries

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What in the backhanded compliment-

Source: Eurovoix

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Intervision was odd

As a Eurovision fan, checking out Intervision was a little confusing... so here are some notes in no particular order.

Quite a lot of talking between each song

Holographic big men and women in modern, festival, or cultural garments to represent each country to counter the Eurovision flag parade

Venezuela's entry's hook gave off the vibes of a South American version of "Pokemon: Advanced Battle Theme" (I'm unbeatable)'s hook

The USA is participating?

The USA is represented by a cowgirl??

The USA is no longer participating due to their representative being pressured by the Australian government (they're from there)???

Why did the USA not choose someone from their vast amount of musicians????

There is an ad after the first song

The cultural diversity is insanely good

Colombia's entry is something Eurovision fans think will do well with the Juries but don't, then end up crying... except they actually did well with the Juries in this case, YAY!

The jury scoring system was weird "27, 24, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14–1"

Only jury votes, no televoting

There is a slight bias for Asian countries in this edition

Russia is unranked? Is it because they're hosting?

Would people represent the host country even if they're not being ranked by the juries???

The next host country is not the winning country but randomly decided?

I love Vietnam and Qatar

I am glad Qatar got a high placement

Vietnam was my winner and it won

Putin talks for a really long time

Everyone is on stage in the jury score reading

Only 1 Jury per country?

No Jury show?

The Juries are sat in the same arena?

The Jury score them live on the same day and time?

I like that.

When the first juror's scores were announced, everyone was so confused and congratulated the Chinese representative thinking he won

The Chinese dude also thought he won, luckily his reaction wasn't that big to be too embarrassing

The broadcasting was very low quality, some performances were slightly delayed

SO MUCH BLUE AND PURPLE

The lights were kind of too bright

Kids are allowed on stage apparently

The contestants are seated in the green room to watch and enjoy the vibes like everyone else until they're about to perform? Eurovision take notes!

No winner reprise? Sad.

Every contestant singing 2015 "A Million Voices" for the outro.... no.

We rarely see people rising up into the air in Eurovision, there were a lot here in Intervision

Serbia's entrant's hair... no.

Why is Egypt second to last? They should be last, not Brazil!

Some LED backgrounds were very screensaver

There were a lot of sleeper moments, but it was an enjoyable watch.

Better than American Song Contest?

Optional live instruments? Cool

"Intervision Song Contest" does not roll off the tongue good

Barely any English commentation, so I was very confused when there were yapping

Only found the Indian host memorable

Once more, TOO MUCH BLUE AND PURPLE

It felt like 2021 again if Switzerland was hosting

Kenya's entry gave out the vibes of a song that would be very popular in the islands of the Pacific Ocean

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I habitually just remove videos from my watch history over hitting the dislike button

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A boppy song about fruits and vegetables sung by a charismatic singer? Peak

Thanks Albania

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Albania gets a Top 10 once per decade it seems

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The wait to see Albania is so long 😭

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Watched Eurovision (Semi-Final 2) with my mom in the room. She said she loved Armenia, Austria, and Greece. She didn't like Lithuania, calling it a song for teens. She also made a comment on how Israel's singer sounded like Mariah Carey 😂

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Hoping for an Albanian win (in a 2016 way)

Winning whilst being 2nd place in both the Jury Vote and Televote

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The 2025 ESC stage is coming to be one of my favorite stage designs alongside 2010, 2013, 2018, and 2022.

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I always found this dance move weird

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I like the genre of artists next to each other and seeing the contrast of their outfits

(Greatly rooting for Scarlet and Dolly Style)

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I can't tell which of these dreams would make Eurovision 2025 more iconic, Celine Dion performing in the Interval Act or Jojo Siwa performing as a contestant for Poland?

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