Adam Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 Bit bemused by that one, I'm glad it won over Israel but it wasn't in my top ten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 Ireland and Croatia were my top two, but I won't complain. It seems that GB News spent the evening cheering on Israel and despising Olly Alexander, to nobody's surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 Wasn't my favourite song but they seem extremely wholesome so I'm happy for them. #Justice4RimTimTagiDim though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellraiser Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 Deserved win for Switzerland and I'm also very happy that Croatia made 2nd place! But Finland were robbed! JUSTICE FOR WINDOWS95MAN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFF Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 My top 10: 01 Ireland 02 Switzerland 03 Finland 04 Croatia 05 Norway 06 Armenia 07 UK 08 Spain 09 France 10 Austria Happy with the result. Also, can't believe UK votes Israel 1st. Fucking idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therockbox Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 I'm not too surprised, given the right wing push to vote for Israel with the usual hacks encouraging their tribe of fuckwits to vote for them despite having no interest in the contest. If 30% of people who voted went for Israel because Laurence Fox told them to and the other 70% are just voting for their favourite songs it was inevitable they would win our popular vote. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lusophone Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 8 hours ago, DFF said: Also, can't believe UK votes Israel 1st. Fucking idiots. They and like 15 other countries, plus the rest of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colly Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 Is there a "rest of the world" vote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lusophone Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 1 hour ago, Colly said: Is there a "rest of the world" vote? Yes, but only for the televote. 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanky316 Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 Most surprising part of the Israel public vote thing is that it didn't win. They were aiming to win that one more than anything else and spent millions on publicity and drives to get people to vote all over the place they'd run a stronger PR campaign then the competition and have the bank balance to show for it. When it came to votes there were GBNews types being mobilised to support them and voting without watching, people who are sympathetic to Israel or the performer getting a hard time through no fault of her own - because how many viewers are actually following everything rather than viewing just the final? - and of course it's disingenuous to say there aren't people who genuinely feel it was the best song and performance of the night. As I said the biggest surprise to me was that it didn't win the vote. Overall, I think it was a deserving winner, I think Nemo performed the song well, it had a catchy chorus and hook that becomes a bit of an ear worm and the visuals were great. It wasn't necessarily my personal favourite but I can see all the reasons why people would like it. There's the standard bit about "the jury deciding the winner and stealing it from the people" from people but it's a no win situation. Make it all about the public vote and it's open to manipulation, especially with people being able to vote at any time which is a decision I don't really like, make it all jury and you've got a bunch of stuffy out of touch suits deciding it. EBU have done quite a bit wrong this year but getting that balance is something I can sympathise with. I don't know the solution to that problem, but I'm not paid to find the solution either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-hole Rimmer Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 Well, I can't say I have ever paid attention to Eurovision post Riverdance half way show (an event etched in my memory forever, as we tried to have a BBQ, but, we lived in Cork, so, it was just 3 dads under umbrellas outside while the rest of us were indoors) However, Bambie Thugs' semi final performance popped up on my Youtube, so, I gave it a go. I instantly fell in love, and am actually really deflated that they didn't win. Damn you, Eurovision! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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