elvenOCEAN Posted November 21, 2022 Posted November 21, 2022 6 hours ago, Gogetonthebus said: Rumored to be a G:Son dance bop that she heard and liked and elevated in the studio. She's not locked in yet, and it will probably be like 2017 when she waited until the very last minute to agree to compete. OMG! This would be the best thing to happen to Melodifestivalen since... 2012 really. I don't think I could take another 2017 though! I never felt more disappointed in Sweden, people, ...the humanity. :cry3:
Funhouse Posted November 21, 2022 Posted November 21, 2022 I saw Loreen perform Euphoria a few days ago (and earlier this year too) and it still absolutely hits live, but she does have a tendency to be drunk and/or messy at shows these days lol. If the rumour about her returning to Melfest is true I need her to get it together and bring her A game.
Gogetonthebus Posted November 21, 2022 Posted November 21, 2022 5 minutes ago, elvenOCEAN said: OMG! This would be the best thing to happen to Melodifestivalen since... 2012 really. I don't think I could take another 2017 though! I never felt more disappointed in Sweden, people, ...the humanity. :cry3: Statements would have done really well at Eurovision too. Sweden's twink era was a fiasco across the board
igninton Posted November 22, 2022 Posted November 22, 2022 16 minutes ago, Blackthorn said: WHAT!!!! I kind of love that the world's gonna be able to vote now. Bloc voting countries are shaking I just know it.
mystery Posted November 22, 2022 Posted November 22, 2022 I actually love this change and getting the jury out of the semi final is a good decision. Rest of the world being weighted as only one country is a good way to balance that as well. People will be mad but I think this could be great.
nathanspears Posted November 22, 2022 Posted November 22, 2022 14 hours ago, Funhouse said: I saw Loreen perform Euphoria a few days ago (and earlier this year too) and it still absolutely hits live, but she does have a tendency to be drunk and/or messy at shows these days lol. If the rumour about her returning to Melfest is true I need her to get it together and bring her A game. This makes me sad. Why drunk? I hope she's okay. Now I feel terrible for moaning about music.
Kummercell Posted November 22, 2022 Posted November 22, 2022 I really like the changes in the voting system Eurovision as a musical/visual event is much bigger than who wins in the end, so making SFs viewer-based only is a great way to ensure the grand final isn't filled with boring acts and the rest of the world counting as a single country in voting is a great way to make eurovision fans in non-participant countries like me feel included without effectively changing the results
POPTART Posted November 22, 2022 Posted November 22, 2022 I do like the change for the semi-final situations, where only public votes. Not sure how I feel about the non-participating countries being able to vote too. This is Eurovision after all and I don't think it would be fair
Funhouse Posted November 22, 2022 Posted November 22, 2022 1 hour ago, nathanspears said: This makes me sad. Why drunk? I hope she's okay. Now I feel terrible for moaning about music. When she performed at Eurovision in Concert earlier this year she basically slurred her way through her songs and seemed kinda out of it when talking to the audience. She was also supposed to perform at the afterparty but never showed up. She did seem to be in better spirits at Het Grote Songfestivalfeest last week though.
nathanspears Posted November 22, 2022 Posted November 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, Funhouse said: When she performed at Eurovision in Concert earlier this year she basically slurred her way through her songs and seemed kinda out of it when talking to the audience. She was also supposed to perform at the afterparty but never showed up. She did seem to be in better spirits at Het Grote Songfestivalfeest last week though. I hope she's okay, that doesn't sound great. Maybe I don't want her doing Melfest then.
Gogetonthebus Posted November 22, 2022 Posted November 22, 2022 I like non-participating countries getting to vote. It seems like it's more targeted at re-engaging countries that have dropped out and maintaining engagement with countries that are taking a year out. Since it only counts as one country, it shouldn't impact the final results. I love the SF voting change. The juries have been flops for years, and the ballad bias has gone too far. The vote coordinating scandal last year just gave them cover to finally chop them from consideration during the SFs. Going all the way back to 2014, we would have had a better Grand Final with just televote in the Semis. Verona would have qualified
Funhouse Posted November 22, 2022 Posted November 22, 2022 The new system will inadvertently give the juries more power to decide the winner because there will be fewer jury bait songs in the final, which ensures that the available jury points will be divided amongst a smaller number of songs in the top of the list. Songs that are successful with juries will now be able to get a relatively higher percentage of the points because a lot of jury bait will be filtered out in the semis. It might become easier for televote magnets to qualify, but there will be more of them in the final making it harder for them to get a large percentage of the available televote points. Yes there will be an additional set of televote points thanks to the non-European girlies newfound ability to vote, but that's a very small percentage of the total amount of points.
ATRL Moderator khalyan Posted November 22, 2022 ATRL Moderator Posted November 22, 2022 Seemingly a direct response to the awful results from 2022 semis. We would have had Albania and Cyprus in exchange for Switzerland and Azerbaijan. A dream me thinks
Blackthorn Posted November 24, 2022 Posted November 24, 2022 On 8/29/2022 at 3:08 AM, Blackthorn said: By the way I'm obsessed with these entries lately : So the NQs in this post would have qualified under the new rule... Interesting.
illia Posted November 27, 2022 Posted November 27, 2022 anyone watching Junior Eurovision? who are your faves?
WalkAway Posted November 27, 2022 Posted November 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, Flomik said: anyone watching Junior Eurovision? who are your faves? No
ZIVERT Posted November 27, 2022 Posted November 27, 2022 UK has the best song for Junior Eurovision this year surprisingly
Blackthorn Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 6 hours ago, Flomik said: anyone watching Junior Eurovision? who are your faves? Nope!
Gogetonthebus Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Blackthorn said: Tone Jon Henrik + Twinks Wiktoria Eva + Ewa Victor Crone Interested in what Loulou and Eden bring as well.
Mellark Posted November 30, 2022 Posted November 30, 2022 18 hours ago, Blackthorn said: Heat 3 and 4 seem more promising. Heat 4 is really competitive though. Heat 3: Marcus & Martinus - Air Melanie Wehbe - For The Show Ida-Lova - Låt Hela Stan Se På Paul Rey - Royals Nordman - Släpp Alla Sorger Laurell - Sober Casanovas - Så Kommer Känslorna Tillbaka Heat 4: Signe & Hjördis - Edelweiss Axel Schylström - Gorgeous Emil Henrohn - Mera Mera Mera Mariette - One Day Smash Into Pieces - Six Feet Under Loreen - Tattoo Kiana - Where Did You Go I personally think the 2023 lineup is better than this year's and that says a lot. This year's lineup was their flop era, Kari learned from this year and didn't play (based on the names). ESC stans want a Loreen victory so bad (I want this too), but I reached the point where I am more fine and content with a Mariette victory (depending on her song because she delivers something like Time to Spare/Don't Kill My Vibe, it would be fine). After all, a Wiktoria victory after a while would be cool. I wouldn't underestimate Ida-Lova, Wiktoria, LouLou, Melanie Wehbe for the running either. Some of these are new, but I heard Kiana is from Talang (Sweden's Got Talent). Also, take this with the grain of salt, but based on the names it seems promising. Marcus & Martinus being in this is so surprising to me. 18 hours ago, Gogetonthebus said: Tone Jon Henrik + Twinks Wiktoria Eva + Ewa Victor Crone Interested in what Loulou and Eden bring as well. Glad to see Eva and Ewa back and Wiktoria too. ****, I didn't realize she's back too. I mean Wiktoria has been trying for a while, so we will see. Agreed. I feel Victor Crone already ran his course, but I remember these artists just do Melfest for visibility, record label or whatnot - winning it is just the cherry on top. But I already can visualize his song already.
Gogetonthebus Posted November 30, 2022 Posted November 30, 2022 6 hours ago, Mellark said: Heat 3 and 4 seem more promising. Heat 4 is really competitive though. Hide contents Heat 3: Marcus & Martinus - Air Melanie Wehbe - For The Show Ida-Lova - Låt Hela Stan Se På Paul Rey - Royals Nordman - Släpp Alla Sorger Laurell - Sober Casanovas - Så Kommer Känslorna Tillbaka Heat 4: Signe & Hjördis - Edelweiss Axel Schylström - Gorgeous Emil Henrohn - Mera Mera Mera Mariette - One Day Smash Into Pieces - Six Feet Under Loreen - Tattoo Kiana - Where Did You Go No Carola, Jessica, Charlotte... Tone is the schlager torchbearer this yearA new generation rises. Cazzi Opeia is credited on Loreen's song. I sense a SMASH
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