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eurovision hype thread

over 7 years

it's that time of the year again

for those who don't know, eurovision is a song contest in which a bunch of european(ish... kinda. and australia) countries compete with cheesy pop music and glorious staging. it's a heck of a lot of fun

the first semifinal happens today, the second is on thursday and the final is on saturday, all start at 8pm uk time. here's how to watch: https://eurovision.tv/shows

who will win?
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portugal
1
sweden
1
bulgaria
1
armenia
1
uk
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italy
0
netherlands
0
azerbaijan
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romania
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some other country
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over 7 years
omg you can hear them recreate epic sax guy in the bg i hate myself
over 7 years
holy crap this is bad

edit: congrats sweden you finally got moved from the bottom of my ranking list

edit 2: that girl throwing her bouquet completely down is me
over 7 years
moldova has NEVER sent a good song to esc can't we just ban them tbh
over 7 years
eat that microphone hunny
over 7 years
greece's voice was really confident but maaaan she was just standing in the same place. shoulda been more energetic
over 7 years
now this i really love! haha lol
over 7 years
this sounds pretty but its just boring me to tears lol
over 7 years
tfw i see this thread getting posts every min but afraid to check it bc i promised my friend i wouldn't get spoiled before saturday ;__;

HAVE FUN THO FELLAS
over 7 years
LOL THAT HORSE HEAD

also sake this was my fav song based on the videos but her voice kinda sucks live

edit: it became better for the second half of the song so i hope that this can qualify and then she'll do well if she becomes less nervous
over 7 years
if this song (finland) had a staging that's on par with, say, dami im's from last year this would do amazingly
over 7 years
holy sh*t i could fall asleep did they save the energetic performances for the next semi or something
over 7 years
worst hosts ever tbh
over 7 years
PODGORICA 2018
over 7 years
now THIS IS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT WHEN I WANTED EXCITING
over 7 years
belgium: "windows screensavers from 2005, yo"
over 7 years
this is so boring ?????
over 7 years
australia: "who needs staging when we can just put our performer's face in the background"
over 7 years
this is nice its just boring until that bit lol
over 7 years
i like the colours of the staging but it looks bland

makes sense bc the song is also bland
over 7 years
oh god the voice doesnt match the appearance at ALL for some reason i thought it was gonna be different

this is just a generic pop song then? lol
over 7 years
swedish dude would be hot if he shaved
over 7 years
diversity! minus russia
over 7 years
welcome to eurovision from kyiv ukraine with your hosts *gibberish without any vowels*
over 7 years
i dont like this
over 7 years