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Do you not see how stupid it is that the jury decided who the winner is, not the people

As I've already said- last year the complaint was that the televote wasn't fair and the jury was right. I just wish people were consistent with their complaints!

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I just think it’s genuinely mindblowing that every single year everyone always finds a way to make such a fuss about the winner. In 2017 Salvador Sobral only won because people pitied him for his heart problem. In 2018 Cyprus deserved to win instead of Israel. In 2021 Maneskin were drug addicts. In 2022 Ukraine only won because of the war. And now Loreen didn’t deserve to win because her song is unoriginal. And people can’t even be consistent with their complaints- this year originality is the issue while last year no one cared about how original the winner was, last year the televote was political and the jury winner was the real winner while this year the televote is the one who’s right...

I’m not saying you HAVE to like the winner or agree with it. I’m not saying you aren’t allowed to be upset your favourite didn’t win. I’m not saying you can’t have a different opinion and you just have to smile and nod and take it in- everyone is different, and freedom of speech is fundamental. But I don’t understand why people cannot express their opinion peacefully, while also accepting that hey, this song won, I don’t agree with it but eh I’ll live. 

While Loreen was my winner and I am, I won’t hide it, overjoyed she won, I actually agree with all the critiques she’s getting, I have since the beginning. The song is unoriginal, that’s true. Other people deserve to win, that’s true. It’s getting boring with the same countries winning over and over again (even though it’s always happened, just think of Ireland in the 90s, it’s nothing new) and it would be great for a country who’s never won or hasn’t in a while to win, that’s true. It’s fair to bring these points up because they are true (and even if I didn’t consider them to be, it would still be fair- because all opinions are valid). But everything can be done respectfully and calmly without having to turn it into a war. This is not a war. This is not Kaarija stans vs. Loreen stans. We are all Eurovision fans who just want a great and fair contest, and we all have the same passion and the same wish. 

Learn to be happy for the winner while also mantaining and supporting your opinion. And most importantly- the winner is not the most important thing. Every year that’s everything everyone talks about. There is other stuff to talk about. Talk about the show. Talk about Greece only giving 4 points to Cyprus (THAT was the real shock of this year lol). The winner is not the most important thing. I think we will be so much happier as a fanbase if we just learn to go “Eh, I’m not happy, whatever” and go on lol. 

That said, I want to say something nice about every single top 5 country: Sweden: stunning performance and vocals. Finland: extremely original, something we’d never seen before. Israel: incredibly solid performance with great coreography, camera angles, just flawless. Italy: beautiful vocals, pretty instrumental and nice structure.  Norway: really fierce performance, great vocals, good structure, vivid lyrics.

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I don’t know if EBU decided to announce Luxembourg’s return yesterday to make us forget about Georgia not qualifying but if they did, good job it almost worked

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This is officially my new favorite reaction image.

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Did we talk about how all four LGBT acts this year made it to the Final?? I don't think we did.

Loreen and Alessandra are both bisexuals while Gustaph and Luke are gay.

I love how each of them offers a completely different spectrum of queer representation too 😄

(I know I'm using this photoshoot for way too many different posts but they're really good this year!)

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One of the many reasons to vote for Germany tonight (including the fact that my German lecturer might get really happy if Germany does well and make us all pass)!

Y‘know, one thing I really appreciate about Lord of the Lost is how supportive they seem to be of all of the other participating artists. They had that thing on their ig account where they introduced all the other contestants to their followers, they did a bunch of covers of other esc entries and in the videos reacting to all the other acts Chris did for the German eurovision channel he was so respectful and had positive things to say about every song, even the ones he didn’t personally enjoy and I just think that’s neat

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Not me realising I actually did predict Georgia being a potential non-qualifier I am my own demise

Some ESC 2023 predictions

Since my predictions for last year were a fiasco (I predicted Spain flopping oops), I’m keeping myself more generic this year. Let’s see if my aim has gotten better.

NOTE: this doesn’t reflect my personal opinion on the songs (the potential winners aren’t necessarily my favourites, I don’t necessarily dislike the potential flops etc.), but just how I predict the outcome of the competition will be. Also note that I am an idiot and my opinion doesn’t count for shit so no reason to get pressed over it lmao.

POTENTIAL WINNERS: Sweden or Spain

TELEVOTE SMASHERS: Finland, Norway, Croatia, Austria

JURY VOTE SMASHERS: Sweden, Spain, Estonia

POTENTIAL DARK HORSES: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Croatia, Portugal, Slovenia

POTENTIAL FLOPS: Norway, UK, Israel, Czechia, Armenia, Georgia

POTENTIAL SURPRISE NON-QUALIFIERS: Israel, Armenia, Georgia

POTENTIAL SURPRISE QUALIFIERS: Poland, Belgium, Denmark, Latvia

DEAD LAST PLACE CONTENDERS: Azerbaijan, San Marino

MY PREDICTION FOR LAST PLACE IN THE FINAL: Belgium or Poland

MY PREDICTED TOP 10 (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER): Sweden, Spain, Finland, Norway, Austria, Czechia, Estonia, Croatia, Serbia, France

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Goodnight *I say, a tired sigh escaping my mouth as I grimly open my laptop to add Georgia 2023 to my list of non qualifying entries in a document named My villain origin story*

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My family members' favourite ESC 2023 songs:

Me: Sweden

My mom: Norway

My brother: Norway

My grandma: Moldova

My grandpa: Norway

My uncle: Finland

My cousin: Croatia

Honestly the Norway love is nationalism because Alessandra is born and raised in Italy lol. My grandma just finds the name Pasha Parfeni funny, my uncle is the same kind of crazy as Käärijä, and my cousin is a three year old who really likes tractors.

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"Lives were changed by this performance. Mine"- my friend who I forced to watch Eurovision last night texting me right after Loreen's performance

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No because what a semi this was? Latvia and Switzerland were both so intense and reduced me to tears. Croatia had me rolling on the floor laughing, it was hysterical. Malta and Azerbaijan were so cute and enjoyable. Serbia was so complex, dark and intense. Loreen's performance was absolutely perfect and out of this world, Alessandra was fierce as ever, and Mimicat was pure class and charisma- all three of them filled the stage with their presence and their talent. Vesna also shocked me, their performance was fierce and intense and surprising. And all of my favourites qualified except for Latvia (sad but eh)! Literally so happy rn omg

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MIMICAT NATION WE WON OH MY GOD

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my mom manifesting Switzerland qualifying because it’s one of her faves somehow:

🕯️🕯️ prayer circle for our faves tonight 🕯️🕯️

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The fact that for the past six years I have watched Eurovision by myself/with my family when I managed to force them and this year I am managing to host TWO distinct watch parties (one for semi 2 and one for the final) with two different friend groups just screams character development and the fact that I am finally surrounded with people that understand my passions and care for them and bye I am going to cry in a corner now

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Semi-final 1: my top 15

15. Ireland: We Are One- Wild Youth 14. Azerbaijan: Tell Me More- TuralTuranX 13. Israel: Unicorn- Noa Kirel 12. The Netherlands: Burning Daylight- Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper 11. Malta: Dance (Our Own Party)- The Busker

10. Latvia: Aija- Sudden Lights 9. Moldova: Soarele Si Luna- Pasha Parfeni 8. Portugal: Ai Coracao- Mimicat 7. Switzerland: Watergun- Remo Forrer 6. Finland: Cha Cha Cha- Kaarija 5. Croatia: Mama SC!- Let 3 4. Czechia: My Sister’s Crown- Vesna 3. Serbia: Samo Mi Se Spava- Luke Black 2. Norway: Queen Of Kings- Alessandra 1. Sweden: Tattoo- Loreen

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I relate to Blanca Paloma on an emotional level bye

Made laugh so hard omg

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She’s an icon, she’s a legend, and she is the moment

Alessandra of Norway in the Eurovision photo studio