Just rewatching some acts... I was so nervous for Ukraine last night I didn't properly enjoy it.. My god, it's like a Pagan post apocalyptic ritual, I've had goosebumps throughout, today. Love Kate, love Ihor, love Taras, love Ivan love them all. And the crowd went so wild they had to cut them off in the clip. So many things on that floating iceberg so many details. Azerbaijan gave me a chill too, that staging and dance were really awesome full stop.
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
there are just SO many good decisions in it. Some delegations cant make 1 good decision and they make like 50 of them!!!
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
Yea I love Azerbaijan too - really mystical and makes me think of genies/magic/snake charmers. fantastic!
@marietg8025
3 жыл бұрын
@@ESCTom the radio edit is quickly tiresome, but boy is she a live performer. I'm very impressed. Absolutely love the staging as well, like Chingiz this will make certain top ten from an ordinary song.
@marietg8025
3 жыл бұрын
@@ESCTom it helps when your act is actually talented. There's a hard limit to the power of staging. Certain people close to home would look just embarrassing in those sort of elaborate stagings
@felixmartinez7388
3 жыл бұрын
Croatia, Rumania, Ireland, Slovenia. 💔😔
@josefine7095
3 жыл бұрын
It is sad that romania didn't get through, but she is very young still. She have plenty of chances at performing at ESC in the future. Just imagine how much she will improve by then!
@danielaf1487
3 жыл бұрын
I agree! I was so sorry that lovely Roxen didn't qualify, but she might do so in he future. She deserves it, there's something so genuine about herI Anyway, I gave her my vote (from Italy).
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
yea id love her to come back again. i hope the whole experience isnt soured for her. I heard that the HoD was blaming her for the non QF
@regulusarcturus
3 жыл бұрын
I got 10/10 qualifiers right for the first time ever! Overall thoughts: Although I’m not wowed by any songs this year and haven’t really connected to them (which is a shame), I thought the overall standard was great. Everyone was very solid and the stage is absolutely incredible. Lithuania, Cyprus, Ukraine and Malta were the clear standouts and all delivered excellent performances while the others were quite good and everyone who qualified deserved to qualify 100%. The highlight of my evening was TIX and Hooverphonic qualifying, TIX for his pure emotion and Hooverphonic because of their quality. Very few people believed in Belgium, but I’m really happy they managed to pull through and that people recognized its quality in the end. The biggest disappointment for me was Romania. I love the song, but the performance was a trainwreck. She had the weakest vocal delivery and her pronunciation really ruined any chance the casual audience that wasn’t familiar with the song beforehand had of understanding the meaning of the song. The choreography was so messy too and the visuals didn’t really match well with the song either.
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
lol damn im jealous, i feel like i missed my best chance at the golden 10 - it has to come eventually! i agree 100% with every single comment you made
@martinpavlak7052
3 жыл бұрын
It was a stellar semi, everybody was so strong. I am mostly happy with the results. Biggest surprise for me was probably Russia and Belgium. For the winner of this semi it could be Ukraine or Malta imo. Also I am super happy you were live-streaming, since nobody in my social circles is interested in ESC it felt nice to have some virtual company of everybody who joined your chat. Also I agree with Alex, don´t be afraid to talk, people can just lower your volume or mute to not get distracted during performances. Happy to join on Thursday for second semi :) !!!
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
thanks for feedback Martin, see you Thursday 😊
@thingybob4375
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for a great livestream Tom. Great fun, and you were a very welcoming host. Maybe you could suggest that people in the chat watch the show on youtube along with you so as to be in synch? Best semi-final ever. Period. Only swap I would have made would have been Croatia for Israel, but I felt the backing track for Albina sounded really different - more emphasis on the percussion, while the dirty brass riff, which was such a hook, was a lot more muted Must have been gut-wrenching for the other five who missed out as all of them were returning artists who had invested two full years in their Eurovision dream but then never got to perform at the grand final with that huge audience
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
yes, good idea, i will defnitely do that. Ive got a little whiteboard at home as well, so I will put that in shot so I can put info on the screen without having to keep saying it. Can also write the chat votes for who will qualify in it. Yea i do think it was particularly hard for non QFs this year. Tbh the whole non qual process is a little sad, but it has to happen. As sad as it is though, it is extremely exciting, and it definitely is a big contributor to countries upping their game
@seansean8980
3 жыл бұрын
If you’re dying to say something say it Tom. We can handle it. Especially in semi 2 where a few (not most) songs are meh. Swear to god. The the roop performance made me emotional. I was so happy that it was actually happening, after last year, and after all the crap Europe went through and in a way is still going through with the pandemic. Seeing those happy people in yellow was cathartic. Well for me anyway. Can’t argue with the result. Am ecstatic for Belgium, felt relief for Malta (cause you never know), and sorry for Roxen (also my overall number 2) agree with you that staging was a cock up of epic proportions, as for Ireland I’m sorry but in such a high level semi it was to be expected. Ah love this silly show!
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
yea seeing the Roop come on and perform was definitely a moment. It was literally the perfect song to bring us back
@GaryWalshDublin
3 жыл бұрын
For me , Cyprus were a standout for their look and their choreo as well as how dancey the song is. I think the red colour is a strong statement. I also thought Azerbaijan were really excellent. I loved Lithuania- I have a soft spot for them. I was also very pleased with Malta- I was writing her off but I got winner vibes last night. Finally how amazing was Ukraine?! I just think overall they had the strongest look and visual and vocals- they nailed it all.
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
there were a lot of amazing performances - be prepared for less of that tonight unfortunately....
@flonran
3 жыл бұрын
Croatia just has that 11th position vibe to it... and I'm so sad for Roxen! That being said... I'm a happy and proud Belgian right now...
@starrynight1657
3 жыл бұрын
The running order is important, and now it's not random there's bound to be bias. Hooverphonic were better last year.
@TotalbadassX
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely stoked about Belgium 🇧🇪, they did phenomenal
@GregoryUkraine
3 жыл бұрын
I vote for: Norway and Belgium
@davidhall7744
3 жыл бұрын
9 out of 10 for me too Tom! I also had Croatia in (not a fan but thought it would go through) - I didnt have Sweden, which caused me to miss my 100% 😉 I too thought Destiny was a bit over excited, a bit giggly? She just needs to reign it in a tad for the final. Ukraine were my no.1 however - stunning 👍
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
we have another chance tonight - lets go for different predictions so we can maximise the chances that one of us will get the golden 10
@lysanderlonshadow8653
3 жыл бұрын
Such a great semi final, thanks for the livestream yesterday! Loved the most from this semi Azerbaijan, Belgium and Russia. Let's hope semi 2 goes as well as this one ❤️
@Barista.Nathan
3 жыл бұрын
I was quite pleased all things considered. I do have some thoughts, though. 1. I feel bad because Montaigne tweeted out almost immediately that she expected not to qualify. It sucks, but there you have it. 2. I expect Croatia was top 6 with the televote but bottom 5 with the Jury. From what I heard the jury show was iffy, actually. 3. I was doubtful toward the folks that had Ireland going though. The staging was a bold risk, but 2018 is feeling like more and more of a fluke. I hope they take this as growth and not just becoming more like the UK. 4. Russia really grew for me. From not for me to respecting to now I genuinely quite love this. The whole product really makes this go together. 5. Go_A could definitely win this. Katryna has SO much presence. That being said, we all know how the jury has played Ukraine in years past. 6. I wonder if there will even be many songs that the jury and televote disagreed upon. I imagine Belgium was an NQ with the televote and Croatia was almost surely an NQ with the jury, but beyond that I don't foresee any other major standouts. Maybe Vasil snuck into 10th with the jury, but beyond that I think there was a pretty universal understanding of 8-9 of the qualifiers going in.
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
Re 3: I dont think 2018 was a fluke, I just think that song was EXCELLENT. Like that was my number 4 that year. AND the staging was really touching. I think they nailed it that year and 16th was probably a little harsh. 4. yea russia was really special for me. She does what Latvia tried to do but 10 times better imo 5. they could win, but i think both they and me both hope that they dont. i dont think they want to host again so soon, and i dont want another hosting nightmare like 2018 6. i think Sweden and Norway were the jury qualifiers. I think belgium was probably a little higher with jury. Agree about the 8-9 solid Qfs
@Barista.Nathan
3 жыл бұрын
@@ESCTom When I say fluke I mean no disrespect to the song. I also loved it and the staging. More that it was out of the norm for Ireland to have both a great song AND successfully stage it. I understand that feeling in Ukraine. That being said I'm pretty sure there are only ~10 countries outside the big 5 any given year that both want to and could be successful at hosting so... At least a good winner goes a long way in that regard. I think you maybe underestimate Norway's televote. I think this came top 7 televote but 8-10 with the jury.
@orbitalsatellite
3 жыл бұрын
Agree with everything. I thought Tix was great and I think he really tried to fight the (EDIT:) tics but he quickly realised he couldn't. Felt so sad for Croatia, their choreo and overall performance was so solid and top notch. And super sad for Romania. As I was hearing her struggle, I knew it was over. Such a shame, the song was so good. Hope both singers will be okay. Must be devastating, and to be honest, the songs were better than Sweden, Russia and even Lithuania who were each very endearing. Very glad for Cyprus, especially being Greek, and am crossing my fingers tightly for Stefania!! Okay, I'm subscribing you big nerd. 😉👍
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
😂🤓
@starrynight1657
3 жыл бұрын
The song aspect is secondary unfortunately, it's more often about costume, dance and effects. And if someone has a loud vocal.
@Epiphany77
3 жыл бұрын
Tom! I hope I get to meet you someday. I just want to have a coffee/beer with you and talk ESC. Lol
@EmoBearRights
2 жыл бұрын
Lithuania does have a big disapora in Ireland but you are right it wouldn't have been enough to get them through on its own.
@han-oq6bo
3 жыл бұрын
Croatia's video views were artificially high because it was the only video not geoblocked.
@johnmoynahan874
3 жыл бұрын
My takeaways from last night Tom So sad for Lesley.....i really thought the staging was great but we can't hide the fact that her vocals were not great at all.......such a pity. I won't harbour on about individual performances coz my opinions are well known at this stage. However, the Croatia disappointment i must comment on. Going in, i thought Albina would qualify but that note in the first chorus was simply horrific. I had to watch it again this morning just to make sure i hadnt imagined it. And i hadn't!! Tbh, although i haven't been a massive fan of Je Me Casse, i thought Destiny knocked it out of the park.......my winner on the night. She is seriously a contender to win. For me, the 1st half of the final is beginning to look seriously stacked. All augurs well for Lithuania imo... Anyway, well done to everyone last night and roll on tomorrow night! Ps sorry i couldn't stay with the livestream. I'm just useless at multi-tasking. 🙈🙈
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
I missed the bum note for Croatia - will be interesting to see if she came 11th - cos that could have been crucial. I hope they take heart from the fact that a lot of people were really behind them this year and its not just about QF. I do feel they need to keep developing - Dora is still a work in progress. Lesley - yea im sad for her. Funnily, i didnt mind her vocals like others seemed too. The staging for me was too pastel/smokey - i would have loved some literal maps, ending with some vibrant greens at the end. nothing wrong with playing into ireland's reputation for being green 🤷🏻♂️ With the live stream, why not just join the chat? You can just open the app on your phone, pop in a leave and comment and then pop out again 🤷🏻♂️. there was an awesome group there on Tuesday, it was really great 😍
@johnmoynahan874
3 жыл бұрын
@@ESCTom i definitely will tomorrow night. Less invested so can enjoy it more You soooooooooooo deserve the support. Start planning for results analysis Tom. I love it when you get really forensic!!👍👍
@starrynight1657
3 жыл бұрын
Well plenty have criticised the Malta performance. And some others were probably worse than Croatia. The reaction on the internet is heavily pro-Croatia.
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
omg, im going to go crazy when the voting results are released on Sunday 🤓🤓🤓 you know how much i love Eurovision stats 😍😍
@johnmoynahan874
3 жыл бұрын
@@ESCTom #metoo 🤣🤣
@alexhodder4129
3 жыл бұрын
Just say it mate people can mute if they don't want to, I'm still not over Croatia not qualifying like I was pissed in any other semi final that is qualifying Belgium and Israel you sure? Anyway appreciate the company see you Thursday
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
It happens almost every year. Im sad about Romania but im used to losing a favourite every year. Every once in a while you get a lucky year where all your favourites sail through
@leendertjanw7540
3 жыл бұрын
I've still been on a total rush today from being there in the arena. It was so fabulous!! In the arena, the show was really spectacular, and everyone was so elated that it was finally happening! As you know, Romania was my number two as well, but it was very clear that she wouldn't be qualifying, Vocally it was terrible, and this was the performance that connected least with the audience. Literally nothing happened in the arena. I watched it today, and I just don't get it. They've just copied everything that was beautiful in the video to the stage, and it doesn't work. That part where she is dragged across the floor... she was just lost in the smoke (or dry ice it's called?). And that part where she confronts the group, really spectacular in the video, they did that on the small satellite stage? I feel terrible for her. Fantastic reaction especially to Ukraine, all of the arena was on its feet! Lithuania too, everyone was clapping along at the start. Oh it was just fantastic! :-)) I've just been smiling all day.
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
oh yea, youre going to be totally addicted now. Being in the arena for the Sf/final is the greatest place on earth. My first one was 2016 and I went to every SF and Final since then until this year. 10000% agree about Roxen. That confrontation bit in the music video was ELECTRIC. In the staging, you could barely make it out. WHY did they move to the satellite stage. Why didnt they give the song an instrumental so she could do that during a part while she wasnt singing. I heard on twitter that Apparently their HoD blamed Roxen for being inexperienced!!!!
@leendertjanw7540
3 жыл бұрын
@@ESCTom Oh my, that is just plain nasty. I hope Roxen's record company will stand up for her. The broadcaster really needs to take another approach; actually they can't claim their selection procedure before was that successful. It really feels addicitive to go to all ESC's from now on haha, we'll see!
@waferpie123
3 жыл бұрын
Do you think Latvia will qualify this year? I genuinely find the song to be quite underrated, even though competition is incredibly tough this year. Based on her second rehearsal I find it hard to believe that they will not be able to pass.
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
well i was hoping that she would bring a statement piece and do something very bold and loudly with her staging. Its quite tame compared to my expectations. If you look at Russia, she makes a MUCH louder statement about women than Latvia does, when she sings to the wall of Russian woman. Samanta just dances in a beautiful green dress for 3 mins.
@waferpie123
3 жыл бұрын
@@ESCTom fair point!
@marietg8025
3 жыл бұрын
I feel you with being punched with music. How people who didn't know the songs cope, I do not know. It was crazy crazy
@marietg8025
3 жыл бұрын
Russia now on 3m (quite low for them actually), Ukraine on 2m, Cyprus on 1.2 Azerbaijan on 1.1 Tix has LESS views than Belgium at 300k and Sweden even less so these 3 are definitely jury votes (although Belgium target demographic doesn't live online I wouldn't think) Croatia only slightly more views than Israel 770/600 so jury made the difference from probably an equalish televote. Slovenia Australia Ireland Macedonia aren't looked at. Romania has also less views than Belgium. Malta has also less views than Croatia so I'm now sure she will not win but place (another thing with gjon, he just doesn't get the views either so may also rely on juries) Italy less views than Malta, on a par with Lithuania at 550k so..... I think Croatia probably will be 11, and the rest way way out.
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
really interesting how clear the correlation between YT views and qualification were this year
@marietg8025
3 жыл бұрын
@@ESCTom it puts the lie to all this robbed business I suppose. Croatia is having good views but I am sure they didn't win the televote by a long shot. And half these views are guaranteed home grown like Russia
@marinozgful
3 жыл бұрын
Croatia! 🇭🇷❤
@Adrian-S.
3 жыл бұрын
But ISRAEL opened in 2017. Just like you say re:UK opened in 2012. But I still think MALTA will be 12 or 13. LITHUANIA to close, maybe. (or ITALY. But they always seem to close, aren't they?).
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
I think closing might be Azerbaijan or Lithuania
@leoschenk2466
3 жыл бұрын
"Whatever your Humperdinck was in"??? :)
@RubyChiang
3 жыл бұрын
Malta and Italy? Italy was voting in that first semi.
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
sorry i dont understand, can you timestamp which part youre talking about pls?
@simons4859
3 жыл бұрын
That semi final could of passed as a grand final in any other year, such heavy hitters. As for disappointments, well Romania as you know, the delegation messed up there, Croatia I'm gutted about, when Israel went through I knew it was over for Albina, they need to take the positives from this though. N Macedonia I thought was good, and thought it might get thru with jury support and the granny vote. Ireland... Her vocals are just not that strong and the song I find quite frantic, then with everything else she had to do for the staging I felt bloody exhausted for her by the end. Stand outs for me Ukraine and Russia.
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
yea the standard was incredibly strong. it was a very impressive show
@Saturinus
3 жыл бұрын
Before last Tuesday I had not paid any attention to Croatia, so I was really wowed by Albina. She performed so well. So sad she didn't go through. Ukraine's staging was a bit meh, at least for being Ukraine. And the singer was looking just way too intense. The song is good though, so it was good that they went through. As for Australia, there's something off about Technicolour. It's feels like Montaigne doesn't have time to finish singing each note to its end before it's time for the next note, if that makes sense. And the song doesn't quite fit her wobbly singing technique.
@Saturinus
3 жыл бұрын
Oh, and I love that creepy bit in the beginning of Russia's performance when she was sliding across the floor. :D
@jovangonzales
3 жыл бұрын
I also predicted 9 of 10, I was so sad! I had Belgium and Croatia switched - I was so sad about Croatia. I thought it was such a slick, nice performance. When I think about Cyprus, I thought that Croatia had less cheesy lyrics AND was a more clean performance with better vocals, so I was really shocked. I was also sad about Roxen's staging. I didn't watch any rehearsals before, so I was really let down and agree with you on the vocal. Russia was sooooo good - what a message!
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
yea russia nailed it. Sad about Roxen but it was a fair result unfortunately.
@han-oq6bo
3 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry did you say Lithuania weren't getting any help.... Lithuania has really strong diaspora in ireland and Norway, and is politically aligned with Ukraine against Russia. The only way they could have been stronger is if uk and Latvia were also in this semi... lol
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
lol nope i definitely didnt say that 😂 - i said the opposite. can you timestamp the part that youre talking about?
@han-oq6bo
3 жыл бұрын
@@ESCTom around 6:50 "lithuania, they aren't getting any help, they got through" you grouped it in with israel (who had Azerbaijan - a new alliance thanks to the Armenian war and potentially Russia as Azerbaijan is pushing for that relationship) malta and Cyprus
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
Haha oh yep you’re right. I think I might have misspoke there. I previously said in my prediction videos about how Lithuania have those diasporas that you mentioned
@rogerzarb4735
3 жыл бұрын
🇲🇹🇲🇹🇲🇹🇲🇹🇲🇹💥💯💯
@marietg8025
3 жыл бұрын
I just muted you during performances. Ie I put the phone down and kept you at a low level. Result is I missed most of what you said though, so I'll have to run it again later
@teosto1384
3 жыл бұрын
I didn't watch it so can't really comment on that but now thinking about it that's not a bad method to mute the stream in places that are overlapping with the show. The streamer would have to be active in the chat too for that to work and convey the word as a text as well, or at least the main points roughly, so that the people who use mute can still follow the chat to keep up with stuff. Don't know if that's viable from streamer's point of view as that requires a bit of lateral thinking and fast fingers.
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking of putting my whiteboard beside me with a message about syncing streams and muting as well - so anyone who tunes in late can still know what the story is.
@avnerkam
3 жыл бұрын
Israel opened the final with Imri (2017), which proved fatal. Too soon...
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
Oh yes very good point. It’s almost looking like it will have to be cyprus or Serbia then
@konnik2000
3 жыл бұрын
Is it just me that thinks Cyprus might have come top 2 in the semi?
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
hmmm i dunno, i just think the jury penalises bops sooooooo much. But yea its possible
@buddhidev7877
3 жыл бұрын
Croatia should qualify, and of course Romania
@Sebastian-r8k3z
3 жыл бұрын
You didn’t believe in israel. Wrong!!! Israel us in final🇮🇱🇮🇱❤️
@Sebastian-r8k3z
3 жыл бұрын
Also israel. Has 6 qualification. In a row!!! You firget israel always
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
5 in a row, not 6
@Sebastian-r8k3z
3 жыл бұрын
@@ESCTom 2015:golden boy. 2016: hovi star. 2017 imri ziv. 2018 netta. 2019 kobi was in the final. 2019. Eden. Is 6. And it was post in the eurovision page. 6 years in a row. In the final for Israel
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
Kobi didnt qualify from the semi - being in the final from hosting isnt a qualification.
@Sebastian-r8k3z
3 жыл бұрын
@@ESCTom ohi really?? Funy. Its about finals. But ok is your video
@ivanalesic8133
3 жыл бұрын
Sweden out Croatia in😭🇭🇷.Jury always help Sweden.
@ESCTom
3 жыл бұрын
I think this was a very strong entry from Croatia this year - I think that you should be proud of her. Its not just about qualification. she did a great show and hopefully Croatia can continue to improve
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