Americans Watch Eurovision 2024 - Honest Review

[00:00:00] A UK darling scoring zero points, a Eurofapah getting ejected, and a contestant that probably should've sat this one out.

[00:00:07] Whew! It is time to talk Eurovision 2024!

[00:00:10] The Eurovision 2024 finale was on May 11th and we're going to discuss all of our thoughts and reactions to the performances.

[00:00:20] We did do a Eurovision 101 episode a few weeks ago with Talking Trash Eurovision.

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[00:01:06] We're talking about the pop from Europe right now so hello, look at us.

[00:01:08] Yes! And I'm excited! This is the first full Eurovision show I've ever watched and I had a great time.

[00:01:15] Valid!

[00:01:18] Yes! But before we even get into the performances, we have to mention Juiced Klein of the Netherlands.

[00:01:25] As you mentioned in your cute little intro, they were disqualified the night before the competition.

[00:01:33] Did you hear why?

[00:01:35] Yes. I think some of the details are still... it's not fully out, right?

[00:01:39] Yeah!

[00:01:41] They're a little sketchy.

[00:01:43] Yeah, there's some conflicting reports.

[00:01:47] Yeah, it's giving a little sketch-ma-getch but it's okay. Unfortunately I feel like you would have been a strong competitor.

[00:01:53] Such a strong competitor, definitely. I'm sure a lot of the ones who voted for the weirder songs like Windows 95 Man and Baby Lasagna and all that, they got a lot more votes maybe because the Netherlands was disqualified.

[00:02:10] Justice for Euro Papa because that was definitely a standout when we did our first episode.

[00:02:16] Yeah, well looking you down, let's hop right into it with Sweden starting with Marcus and Martinus with Unforgettable.

[00:02:25] Alright so, was this Unforgettable for you?

[00:02:29] No.

[00:02:31] Okay.

[00:02:33] It was not Unforgettable. It wasn't bad.

[00:02:35] I enjoyed the backing track. Sweden is known for its pop music so it just made sense to give us this synthy goodness, this kind of dance pop song.

[00:02:44] It was a little generic though.

[00:02:46] I think the melody is fine.

[00:02:48] I like the idea of a pop duo made of twins.

[00:02:52] Cute, yeah!

[00:02:54] But I don't know, the two of them, their voices are just okay.

[00:02:58] It's kind of like a generic thin male voice.

[00:03:02] They were stable singing live though.

[00:03:04] Yes.

[00:03:06] And I thought the performance itself was cool, like the corridor expanding, the lighting kind of all over was really cool.

[00:03:12] I do wish the choreography went a little harder because it kind of just felt very basic.

[00:03:17] Yeah, it wasn't given like boy band, like it hit you with a little leg motion, it was just like lean to the right, lean to the left.

[00:03:25] That's valid.

[00:03:28] I get the feeling from these guys that they would be stronger contenders if they just keep practicing.

[00:03:34] I don't know how old they are, but the potential is there in a sense.

[00:03:39] It felt decent, but there was more to be desired for me.

[00:03:43] And I feel like with the editing, it was like a teen drama version of The Matrix.

[00:03:48] Like the effects rather.

[00:03:52] Yeah, I was giving a teen drama version.

[00:03:54] I was kind of like, I wanted to stand out, but they were a fun little opener.

[00:03:57] Like you know, cute, just like, yeah, it could have been a little better though.

[00:04:04] Yeah, so I will give them a 7.

[00:04:08] How about you?

[00:04:10] That's solid.

[00:04:12] I agree, I'm going to give them a 7 too.

[00:04:14] I don't think I'm going to score any higher.

[00:04:16] Yeah.

[00:04:18] So they ultimately got to 9th place.

[00:04:20] Okay.

[00:04:22] They got to 9th place among 25.

[00:04:24] So they actually did very well.

[00:04:26] It makes sense, it's like a solid, pretty safe song.

[00:04:29] I guess very accessible.

[00:04:31] So there you go.

[00:04:33] Shout out, Swedes.

[00:04:35] Moving on to Ukraine, we have Alyona and Jerry Heal.

[00:04:39] I'm so sorry, I probably didn't say that wrong.

[00:04:42] But their song was Teresa and Maria.

[00:04:45] Oh yes, okay.

[00:04:47] This one.

[00:04:50] You know, this was a very...

[00:04:55] This song...

[00:04:57] Okay, give me a second.

[00:04:59] I'm trying to get my words together because I'm like, a part of it feels very anthemic

[00:05:02] and powerful and then you got the rap so it was giving me a little bit of Knucklemore

[00:05:06] a little bit with the rapping.

[00:05:08] And I think it's kind of cool having a woman delivering the bars and then the

[00:05:12] anthemic nature of the song was giving typical Eurovision ballad.

[00:05:17] You know, battle cry.

[00:05:19] So it had the best of both worlds but...

[00:05:25] I forget if it was just a little bit like...

[00:05:27] Okay, I wasn't fully connected.

[00:05:29] I wasn't fully into it all the way.

[00:05:31] I think maybe it's just because of, just melodically speaking, I didn't latch onto

[00:05:35] anything.

[00:05:36] I can't really repeat it back to you and I think that's kind of what took me out of it.

[00:05:39] But the performances were solid.

[00:05:41] The rapper is good, the young lady was rapping was good, the woman who was singing

[00:05:45] was good as well.

[00:05:46] You know, she opens her face and great sounds come out.

[00:05:49] I think the staging was my favorite in terms of like having the elements kind of be at

[00:05:53] her like beckon call and such.

[00:05:55] That was really cool.

[00:05:57] It was...

[00:05:58] I love when a good LED screen is used and they hit their mark and it's so

[00:06:01] gratifying.

[00:06:02] Y'all listen, I love me some Beyonce but she did not hit her mark at the

[00:06:05] Super Bowl so her body was outside like the...

[00:06:07] You know what I'm saying?

[00:06:09] You know that part.

[00:06:10] I know, she will never live that down.

[00:06:12] Nope.

[00:06:14] I was like dang, because I know that feeling.

[00:06:16] Like damn, I missed my mark.

[00:06:17] Because it's a body.

[00:06:18] So if you're not, you know...

[00:06:20] But this one, my girl was in the center of the swirl of the whirlpool and I was

[00:06:24] like get it girl.

[00:06:25] And then she climbed up the mountain.

[00:06:26] I was like get it girl.

[00:06:27] I think it was a solid performance.

[00:06:29] I wish I knew what she was singing about, truthfully.

[00:06:31] But I get the feeling of the song.

[00:06:33] I understand the feeling and she sold it.

[00:06:36] It was a solid performance and that combines the vocals and the concept.

[00:06:40] So much appreciated.

[00:06:42] So the Teresa and Maria that they're referring to is Mother Teresa and Virgin Mary.

[00:06:48] Right, okay.

[00:06:50] Knowing that was kind of the reference and this being this very epic, warrior-esque

[00:06:57] kind of situation, like war cry, battle cry kind of thing, I thought that was cool.

[00:07:02] Very epic, I agree.

[00:07:04] The staging was so cool.

[00:07:06] I love the cliff thing, the wind, the end when it looks like they're lying on

[00:07:10] that pile of people and it looks like an old religious painting also but also kind of

[00:07:14] like Kylie's slow.

[00:07:15] Kylie's yes?

[00:07:16] Yes!

[00:07:17] I love that.

[00:07:20] I think the two artists together was definitely an interesting choice because I think the

[00:07:25] song without the rap would not have had as much impact and it kind of was awesome

[00:07:29] to kind of have those two things happen and her flow was awesome.

[00:07:33] I was like oh my god she's doing this live.

[00:07:35] You have to remember this was fully fully live.

[00:07:38] I will say the backing track was kind of loud for some artists but overall though I was

[00:07:43] very impressed by the vocals mostly across the whole competition.

[00:07:46] But this one in particular I thought live they did a really great job.

[00:07:51] So yeah, this one has grown on me I think since kind of the first few times I'd

[00:07:54] heard the song during like the national or yeah like the before the semis and

[00:07:58] all that.

[00:07:59] So yeah, I'll give this one an 8.5.

[00:08:01] Oh nice!

[00:08:02] This one's an 8 for me.

[00:08:04] Okay well they did really well actually in the competition.

[00:08:07] They ended at third place.

[00:08:09] Yeah, okay that makes sense but also controversial take I'm going to say what I have to say

[00:08:14] a little bit later.

[00:08:15] Okay.

[00:08:16] I mean yeah there might be some other reasons people are giving the votes.

[00:08:22] Yeah so the next one is Germany's entry they have Isaac with Always on the Run.

[00:08:31] Oh yeah, what do you think about this one?

[00:08:34] Yeah okay well I think Isaac has a nice voice.

[00:08:39] I think the song itself though it's fine like the kind of chant of a chorus is pretty

[00:08:46] catchy I think the layering of the harmonies is good his voice sounds good and super

[00:08:51] strong especially in the chorus.

[00:08:53] I will say he kind of started at 100 like with that first verse and so then

[00:08:58] he didn't really give himself any room to really grow and build the intensity of his

[00:09:03] vocals which I think is what maybe the song needed.

[00:09:09] The staging was fine with the fire and like the room or whatever that he was in it

[00:09:14] just nothing super innovative or memorable here.

[00:09:18] No you know what I legit my notes are not complaining but I mentioned that maybe

[00:09:24] because I'm just a little bit like I'm just not as impressed with the whole raspy I got

[00:09:28] pain in my life voices anymore like the ah the control and the whole like singing

[00:09:32] that like I just I'm kind of over it now so I think his performance felt good enough

[00:09:38] to pass.

[00:09:39] It's obvious that he's a good vocalist he can sing circles around a lot of people

[00:09:42] including myself whatever but my point is it was just a little too strong like

[00:09:47] you said you know too much like force too much like he's like and I'm like oh it's

[00:09:53] not real strong already like there's just too much oomph all at once and the

[00:09:57] performance with the fire I'm sorry whoever decided that staging shame on you

[00:10:02] that man like he was just sorry but first of all I think he needed better

[00:10:09] staging because the fire is the fire in a barrel all I think is people who

[00:10:13] you know like homeless people like a bag of bonds oh yeah.

[00:10:19] I thought that too I was like why is there no yeah thank you

[00:10:23] I mean that's always on the run you're a vagabond you don't have a home I get it

[00:10:26] but then he tried to touch the fire he looked at it like he was singing by the

[00:10:29] fire and I was like well you know that stuff is hot back up for it melts you

[00:10:32] and then he starts to kind of like his hand hovers over it was just awkward

[00:10:35] and then he's singing and he's coming to the front and the fire is going

[00:10:38] and I'm like it doesn't make sense I feel like the staging could have been

[00:10:41] a little bit better there could have been him like not a rotating stage but

[00:10:44] something that indicate him constantly going around a circle something you know

[00:10:49] honestly nothing really stood out to me and it just felt to me like a the voice

[00:10:55] performance like it was good but it was like you know that's a good

[00:10:59] comparison yes yeah I'm sorry yeah sorry baby that's fair so what do you

[00:11:05] rate yeah it's at a seven yeah I saw I may go slightly lower I may go

[00:11:12] six point five I had it at a seven but I was rating this live as the

[00:11:16] show went and in the grand scheme of the show I barely remember him so I'm

[00:11:20] gonna go down to a six point five sorry oh sorry Germany yeah Germany you are

[00:11:26] great country listen but the song you can do better in the end though Isaac

[00:11:31] did get 12th place so still in the top half so alright up next is

[00:11:41] Luxembourg I don't know where that is honey but it sounds luxurious

[00:11:45] yeah okay let me saying yeah sorry y'all I just Eurovision what can I say and

[00:11:51] they presented Tali with fighter and this one okay mm-hmm the song goes off

[00:11:59] live I will say that yeah I remember when we were listening to it I was

[00:12:03] not moved by this one when we first talked about Eurovision like at all

[00:12:07] um I feel like though altogether Tali is definitely a better vocalist and

[00:12:12] she is a dancer she was a little stiff for me and don't get me wrong singing

[00:12:17] and dancing is not easy whatsoever so I might be honest to try to like come at

[00:12:21] her like oh she can't dance it's not about not being able to but

[00:12:24] something about it just felt like I need to breathe more and get these

[00:12:26] notes out as opposed to like really performing and I think that kind of

[00:12:30] held her back a little bit I don't know um I cannot say that I was in

[00:12:34] love with those AR leopards what the heck I cannot stand the augmented

[00:12:40] reality thing because no one can see it you know they're at the show yeah I'm

[00:12:45] saying I guess I guess it works if you want to get some votes is like well you

[00:12:49] know whoever thought that was a good idea I need to try again though

[00:12:52] cuz that was not fighter for me um but go off the song is dynamic enough

[00:12:57] to kind of be entertaining but the performance itself was just a little

[00:13:00] bit not flat but it was just like you know baby waves it wasn't like

[00:13:04] whoa leaps and bounds for me it's okay yeah it started off so strong

[00:13:09] because it had like this like almost sauna-esque kind of picture that she

[00:13:13] made with the background dancers I was like it's gonna be a sexy performance

[00:13:16] and then that was kind of the peak of it like performance-wise I think

[00:13:21] that I agree with you the background dancers were killing it the whole time

[00:13:23] and so I kind of wish she she was able to join them a bit more I think

[00:13:29] her voice is good but yeah I don't think she is like she doesn't have an

[00:13:35] extremely strong stage presence so yeah I think she looks really great and she

[00:13:40] sounded good but like nothing that memorable about her unfortunately sorry I

[00:13:45] will say though the song I think I think the song was a it's a good pop

[00:13:50] song it has a nice kind of groove to it yeah I think the French language is

[00:13:53] beautiful I'm like a little biased towards it I think so yeah there's that

[00:13:57] and I do love the way the chorus the end of the chorus is like it's very

[00:14:01] dramatic yeah see I do think the song has grown on me for sure so I think the

[00:14:08] song itself actually gives it a slightly higher score for me so I'll give

[00:14:12] it an 8 yeah 7.5 from over here okay well she ended up right after

[00:14:19] Germany at number 13 interesting

[00:14:25] okay up next we have Israel with Eden Golan with Hurricane yes hurricane that

[00:14:35] wasn't the original title this girl was brave okay I think okay honestly I think

[00:14:41] Israel should have sat this one out because of what's happening I don't not

[00:14:45] bringing up anything specifically but like last year with like yeah that last

[00:14:49] year but like with the last competition yeah it was no two

[00:14:51] competitions ago yeah it was Ukraine and Russia and it was a little bit of

[00:14:54] stickiness there and then one country was like you know y'all can come but

[00:14:59] yeah yeah they couldn't come so it's one of those things where I think the

[00:15:02] tone the room was not red it's not even about like how you feel right now

[00:15:07] it's kind of just like what's going on right now it's okay to sit this

[00:15:10] one out right now but again I think I think I think very brave to go up

[00:15:15] there and sing but unfortunately the timing isn't right and something

[00:15:20] especially didn't feel right because of the title change it went from it

[00:15:24] went to hurricane from October rain which is directly referencing just

[00:15:32] incident you know I'm saying so then it just becomes like this whole like

[00:15:35] statement where it's like victim and I'm just like oh no wait stop different

[00:15:41] song I think overall the packaging was just not great but that's not gonna

[00:15:47] be like a determining factor as to whether or not the performance was

[00:15:50] good I think it sucks that all this is happening and it's affecting something

[00:15:55] that should be artistic but when you put the art and with the real world or

[00:15:59] if you can't separate it not for people's minds you can't wipe people's

[00:16:02] brains not Josie the pussycat dolls just in pussycat see three yeah me too

[00:16:09] with the little iPhone but yeah I think she's a beautiful singer I think

[00:16:12] I said that when we first talked about it in the pot 101 she's a

[00:16:15] beautiful singer super talented the performance was based on her vocals

[00:16:19] she definitely has pipes never run to the after march she has and it was

[00:16:24] dynamic to a certain extent but not like I really working with the stage is very

[00:16:27] like it was a portal we're dancing in front of it it was very dramatic like

[00:16:31] the song is not like my style per se but it's it's powerful you know she

[00:16:36] performed it well and throughout the booze kudos to her um but yeah again

[00:16:41] it's one of those just like yeah I mean I actually didn't hear were the

[00:16:45] booze extremely loud in the venue because I know they were trying to get

[00:16:48] them not to boo and I and I saw I don't know how real this is so someone

[00:16:53] correct us if I'm wrong here but I saw some people saying that they but

[00:16:56] cheering in the backing track to try and kind of just balance it out just

[00:17:02] in case I'm gonna tell you right now I saw it German feed oh I got a

[00:17:07] little link them boo she had that high though she was so loud I thought

[00:17:15] they were like kind of like yeah that was like one of those like ooh kind of

[00:17:18] thing but it was it was an actual no so yeah I see I see um yeah so I agree

[00:17:25] with you I don't think they should have participated they put the other

[00:17:30] contestants in a really uncomfortable spot as well because every press

[00:17:34] press conference every single like they all kept getting asked about it

[00:17:38] look yeah contract like yeah what can they do yeah like I felt really bad

[00:17:44] for them so yeah but you know here we are she got to perform so we'll talk

[00:17:51] about it I think the song is yeah it's a pretty power ballad it has a nice

[00:17:55] melody again not the most memorable as a song there's much there's a lot of

[00:18:00] songs that were kind of like this this year and this one's not the best

[00:18:04] one to me I think she has a nice voice it's strong has a lot of body

[00:18:08] to it and yeah I liked the contemporary dancer Tina thought it

[00:18:13] beautiful the way that they did it but yeah I think just because there's just a

[00:18:17] lot of these kind of power ballads this time oh my god yeah so this one's just

[00:18:22] like okay for me I blame Laureen tattoo went off too hard

[00:18:31] all right so that being said my score great singer not even in like they

[00:18:37] give anything else involved I'm gonna give it a seven because like yeah

[00:18:39] she sang really well but overall the song is kind of just like okay and then

[00:18:43] yeah you know yeah yeah I'll go for a 7.5 I at least remember it well like

[00:18:49] the the staging and everything of it so yeah yeah it did get fifth place in

[00:18:54] the final ranking again definitely some other factors going into that yeah

[00:19:04] yeah that's off oh man yeah gosh yeah yeah yeah we'll talk about it later though

[00:19:09] um once again we are not even referring to anything crazy we're just you know

[00:19:15] this make a note of the awkward situation okay um all that you know

[00:19:21] it's crazy though after every performance I noticed a lot of

[00:19:23] performance like peace and love love and peace peace and ever I was like

[00:19:26] dang now I feel like one of the performers on stage um all right moving

[00:19:31] on we have Lithuania with that Sylvester belt with look look look look

[00:19:37] 10 mm-hmm thank you because I was saying yeah yeah yeah I will say this

[00:19:45] song did stand out to me but I just listened to the contestants like the

[00:19:49] months ago yeah cuz I think it's very catchy like that like repeat of

[00:19:54] that word and the beat is also just like really strong as well so it's

[00:19:59] like just kind of hard not to pay attention to it when you're listening to

[00:20:02] it yeah so yeah I think that song does stand out Sylvester is okay I guess

[00:20:08] as a performer his voice it fits the drama of the song it's able to hold

[00:20:13] its own against kind of the intensity of that beat well oh yeah cuz you know

[00:20:19] I feel like some people can get drowned out by that and so like I

[00:20:22] think he is able to do that but yeah I don't know like the staging

[00:20:28] was just fine for me like I think the choreo was fun there were some

[00:20:32] interesting projections like with the hands and stuff but you know they use a

[00:20:37] lot of flashing lights to hide the unimpressive dancing going on

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[00:21:19] sorry yeah I was thinking about that choreography I was like it was a

[00:21:23] little hip-hop 101 I think don't you think I have I concur yeah okay so I

[00:21:32] like concur with you he I just thought about the choreography because I just

[00:21:36] remember but his dance is wearing we're wearing masks right yeah yeah I

[00:21:41] think this is one of those I don't know the meaning of the song I

[00:21:45] should have looked it up possibly but I think maybe all tied into that I

[00:21:50] think the lighting and the colors of the performance were the stars for sure

[00:21:53] you know he's like another tally where the vocals are on point but was

[00:21:58] otherwise stiff you know and I like this song and I think the vocals are

[00:22:03] good but after a while I found myself disengaging from his whole you

[00:22:09] know his whole thing I didn't feel like he was commanding the stage

[00:22:12] straw for a long enough time for me like oh yeah I'm locked in yeah I

[00:22:16] did not stay locked in my seat unfortunately for this one doesn't mean

[00:22:20] he's that talented it's just I think there's still some room for growth for

[00:22:23] sure so yeah yeah yeah so yeah I'll give it a seven me too yeah look telk

[00:22:32] got to number 14 so just after Luxembourg wow we haven't even hit any

[00:22:37] of the ones that kind of were at the bottom yet which is interesting

[00:22:40] that is crazy because I'm really just thinking to myself I'm like

[00:22:44] we're kind of sticking in the middle right now with most yeah which is

[00:22:47] interesting or near the top with some of those okay yeah all right moving on to

[00:22:51] Spain we have nebulosa with Zora her name was I just realized that her name

[00:22:59] yeah what a name what a name shout out to our golden diva

[00:23:04] shout out to our golden diva she was there for the drama of the

[00:23:08] performance I just want to note though nebulosa is also that man as

[00:23:12] well so it's her and that keyboardist guy yeah okay she is in it but I just

[00:23:20] want to give him some credit no that's so valid cuz it's kind of hard for me

[00:23:24] to tell who's in the band and who's not you know so I appreciate that but

[00:23:27] I thought she called herself like I thought she called herself bad

[00:23:32] give yourself a cosmic like like Sailor Moon baddie name nebulosa I love it

[00:23:39] I love it I love it but yeah so our golden diva with her partner they were

[00:23:51] there for the drama for sure the drama of the performance when we were

[00:23:55] watching videos of the contestants like before the whole competition

[00:23:59] started I remember not really liking the song that much back then and it's

[00:24:03] because of her age or anything salient like I look at her go oh yeah no I'm

[00:24:07] gonna hate this song I don't and that's not the reason but because of

[00:24:11] the song the song is just okay like I like the little chance I got the

[00:24:18] thoughts cute yeah there was potential for like a moment but I feel like the

[00:24:23] melody of the song wasn't that good she's not a terrible singer I think

[00:24:26] it was just a weak melody it didn't really have any earworming parts for me

[00:24:29] really except for the chanting and the gay dancers were everything so I gave

[00:24:34] them extra point five okay yeah I mean I actually think this I mean I agree

[00:24:41] with you the song is like okay but I kind of love how camped the whole

[00:24:44] thing is like this is kind of the only like really really 80s song right

[00:24:49] in this kind of whole competition so I think it does stand out in that way

[00:24:53] there's a lot of drama there the way it grows I think she was a fun performer as

[00:25:00] well like she just has an ease to her presence and you know that kind of

[00:25:03] comes with age and experience and she was yeah just living her best life

[00:25:08] up there with those two flamboyant men like I don't know like this is

[00:25:16] the type of stuff I like want to see in your vision yeah you know so I

[00:25:19] enjoyed it for what it was yeah yeah so I was very entertained so yeah I gave it

[00:25:26] an 8 I gave it a 7.5 okay but that I was here for it the judges oh yeah I was

[00:25:41] here for it but the judges and public were not because it only got ranked

[00:25:45] number 22 got day oh sorry one D2 for Spain yeah nebulosa oh dang that's the

[00:25:54] Jesus oh next up I just want to say sorry to the country origin yeah

[00:26:12] Estonia I do want to try to pronounce this out of respect so yeah this is

[00:26:19] this is Estonia with five minus T and pull up and their song is the song is

[00:26:28] narco t kumi stest el temi kul midaghi I did it that was it sounded a

[00:26:38] little Japanese but sure let us know how good that was you did a good job I

[00:26:45] didn't fully understand like whether you're supposed to say the parentheses

[00:26:47] or not and like all that so you did a great job yeah oh maybe this is called

[00:26:51] in that school I'm sort of struggling yeah you know I don't know anyway in

[00:26:55] Estonia yeah okay I will say I mean this is also just kind of what I

[00:27:00] picture when I think of your vision you know it's like all kind of weird

[00:27:06] and and and catchy but then also like really annoying and the whole time

[00:27:13] you're like entertained and it's keeping your attention but you don't really know

[00:27:18] what's going on the song is like not really a song like there's just like no

[00:27:27] structure to it it's just like new things just keep happening and new

[00:27:30] people start yelling then like interesting instruments like there was

[00:27:38] that like violin looking thing I was like oh yes

[00:27:42] the hacksaw yeah um the underlying beat you know keeps it going so you know

[00:27:50] like I look I would never ever listen to this song I would likely never

[00:27:55] watch this performance again but was I entertained during this I was you know

[00:28:02] what go yeah go off this song was giving me bony and

[00:28:07] Rasputin where it was just like it was giving bony M did you know that bony M

[00:28:18] was like the precursor to Milly Vanilli because I have the same producer oh

[00:28:22] and the producer of Milly Vanilli was actually the one that's saying the

[00:28:26] there's a bad name wrong wrong Rasputin okay like some complete sidebar

[00:28:31] but you know a little pop history and yeah my point is the song reminds me

[00:28:35] of a bony M song I will say that I didn't mind all the random tones it was

[00:28:42] a little jarring yeah like you mentioned um and that's me disrespectful

[00:28:48] but they're the bows for their violence look like hacksaws I was in

[00:28:52] tears because I was like what is that what body are they dismembering the

[00:28:57] whole thing was really a spectacle and it felt fun and natural and I

[00:29:00] think that's what kind of made me like really stick to it because I was

[00:29:03] like what's gonna happen next yes good especially if you don't understand or

[00:29:06] know how to pronounce the title of the song and this reminds me of Gangnam

[00:29:10] style in terms of the ridiculousness but I think it is a song that probably

[00:29:14] has a lot of cultural context you know like if you understood the

[00:29:18] language you'd get the whole the reasoning behind it I think overall

[00:29:23] though the songs just felt like a reception performance I got a wedding

[00:29:26] or it was wedding reception oh I see like the uncles and the dad and

[00:29:31] the cousins and I go my god another song like I was giving yeah so yeah all

[00:29:40] that being said though I'm gonna give it a seven I didn't hate it I

[00:29:45] think go back to watch it yeah but it's never been finished but I

[00:29:49] finished I didn't fast-forward like I did some other performance oh damn okay

[00:29:53] um I will go six point five the song is just a little too weird for me

[00:29:58] yeah I'm in tears you know what I'm gonna meet you where you are cuz I feel

[00:30:04] like I'm giving all seven so easily now let me make sure you got this one got

[00:30:09] to number 20 so it did be Spain but yeah it is not amazing not amazing

[00:30:16] okay next up we had Ireland with Bambi Thug, Doomsday Blue so this one is

[00:30:23] one I had actually pointed out as one that like released it out to me

[00:30:26] yes yeah in the beginning so what did you think of the final performance oh my

[00:30:32] goodness honey first of all her name at first I was like I'm like I don't I've

[00:30:37] been watching or like preparing for this I've been watching and I'm like no

[00:30:41] she definitely fits the whole Bambi Thug thing it makes sense and I love

[00:30:44] that name like I don't think anyone else is gonna have that name she needs

[00:30:50] to figure out how to bring that whole dark pixie witchy stuff here to

[00:30:53] America I mean she might have something pushed back because of the whole I

[00:30:56] but the point is she has such an identifiable artistry yes it's

[00:31:01] distinguishable vision and the song is solid like there's no other song in

[00:31:06] this competition that sounds exactly like this like it at all actually like

[00:31:11] it's very distinct yeah her artistic vision is above and beyond too I

[00:31:16] feel like I was watching a movie the my thing with the performances if

[00:31:20] you're going to sit there and have all these extra frou-frous and blah

[00:31:24] blah happening tell the story like the second performer the Teresa and Maria

[00:31:27] song there was a story there where at the end we see this whole painting this

[00:31:31] is one of those performances you have like this really chilling performance

[00:31:34] where she's a witch and she meets someone and then that someone is like a

[00:31:38] little blue nightcrawler demon thing and then she's getting controlled by

[00:31:42] the nightcrawler thing but it's like really kind of intimate at times

[00:31:44] too and she gave us ballet like I've got attitude she gave I was like

[00:31:47] yes give me ballet and the prayer circle and then it started flying and

[00:31:51] she got stripped and I couldn't tell people were booing her but I don't

[00:31:55] think so sounds okay good cuz I was like I was like this is divisive this

[00:32:00] is very divisive little you know it's a little like you know yeah whatever that

[00:32:10] means but it's very much like so people don't like that but I'm into

[00:32:15] the witchy vibe I don't see anything but it's just performance art I love

[00:32:18] the prayer circle flying up and then at the end she's like crowned the witch

[00:32:21] and I'm like yeah hello love that she was a clear if you don't win you'll

[00:32:27] definitely see me again kind of performer yeah so kudos to her kudos to her

[00:32:31] yeah you know I stand by my saying that this was a huge standout for me

[00:32:37] like the first time I listened to that playlist like before I even saw a

[00:32:40] performance I was like yo this song is really interesting like yeah the

[00:32:45] melody like the non screamo parts is actually so beautiful it's so so so

[00:32:52] beautiful and I and I think the screamo bits are obviously they're jarring

[00:32:59] and they do what they need to do but it's still like listenable you know

[00:33:03] that yeah like there's still like a I don't know there's an artistry there

[00:33:10] that I understand what it's not they're not just doing that just to make it

[00:33:16] you know controversial or dramatic or whatever like there was definitely it's

[00:33:21] an artistic there's like meaning behind it I guess yeah totally yeah yeah I will

[00:33:26] say she sounds so much better singing live here as well compared to the

[00:33:29] very first like nationals or whatever they do in Ireland that when she did

[00:33:34] it she did it like a tiny little venue yeah this one she sounded really

[00:33:38] great yeah yeah the staging was everything I wanted it to be it was

[00:33:42] creepy I loved the monster man dancer the cultish stuff was like just weird

[00:33:50] enough without yeah crossing a line you know yeah never no bloodshed it was

[00:33:54] never Lady Gaga like throwing up or whatever like live on stage you know

[00:33:57] like that's right like this was like very tasteful I think my favorite part

[00:34:03] about it was actually like the partnering there were some partnering

[00:34:06] moments that were so beautiful yeah like she would stop with her leg like in the

[00:34:11] air like being supported yes oh my gosh like that was so beautiful and she's

[00:34:15] still singing live like throughout the whole thing and we even get a costume

[00:34:19] reveal come on yeah on I'm so here for this like we're about to go to

[00:34:25] Ireland in a few weeks like is she performing anywhere like you don't see

[00:34:29] her don't play with me don't put that in my head cuz you know me

[00:34:32] cuz I said I want to see girls a lot you like I don't know what happened

[00:34:34] I want to see there too maybe it's gonna happen for us hang on let's just put our little

[00:34:38] I'll look at that after this our magics together

[00:34:42] all right so anyways I gave it a 10 like I was like yeah cuz she's a great

[00:34:48] artist and you know what else could sing the song you know what I think

[00:34:51] I'm going to match you it was a 10 this is one that I could watch over

[00:34:56] and over again oh I think I think they did an awesome job yeah listen

[00:35:00] when I come to your house we're definitely gonna watch it cuz your

[00:35:01] TV's amazing oh yeah with the lights. So the world or not the world well maybe the

[00:35:06] world cuz the rest of the world got to vote too but it did very well Ireland

[00:35:10] did very well they got number six so satisfying yeah should have been the

[00:35:16] top three but fine that's what I said I was like my bottom I know we'll get

[00:35:21] there but that's what I was saying yeah all right up next is Daphne with

[00:35:27] Don's and his song is hollow. Hollow man okay listen his voice is so good I

[00:35:35] will also say that as good as it is the song reminds me of like a Phil

[00:35:39] Collins meets Imagine Dragons slash ex-ambassador kind of you know

[00:35:45] that's an interesting okay yeah because because the whole like it kind of

[00:35:52] gives that whole like hollow but then he has like the thin kind of like

[00:35:55] you know otherworldliness of Phil so it's kind of like okay that and he's

[00:35:59] bald I couldn't help myself but I was just like. He's a bald white man yes.

[00:36:05] The bald white man go ahead Mr. Cleen we love a good bald head as I was and it wasn't

[00:36:10] shiny either whoever did his makeup thank you for powdering the

[00:36:15] head because I hate people who go on stage and got these people looking crazy like oh my

[00:36:19] god we haven't talked about the clothing really much but I like the

[00:36:22] little blue situation he looked very beautiful oh yeah the armor kind of yeah

[00:36:26] and abs cut out yeah and it matched his eyes and his skin looked pretty like

[00:36:32] everything was just nice now I understand that the whole thing was to

[00:36:37] be minimal on her I get it I totally get it but something about him isn't

[00:36:42] very like you know you can watch Celine Dion like seeing her face off if she

[00:36:47] doesn't have to move like ever. Kelly you watch her seeing her face off if

[00:36:51] she doesn't really have to move he doesn't give that for me he's very much

[00:36:55] like I will sing and I will stand here because I'm not much of a mover but

[00:37:01] I feel like the the the lighting was very much kind of like a trying to

[00:37:07] supplement what he was doing I appreciate him being the root of the

[00:37:10] tree of life I thought it was really cute I don't mind songs like this having minimal

[00:37:16] staging with no dancers I'm not saying he needed dancers but I kind of

[00:37:19] wish they would have utilized more people like they did in the music video

[00:37:22] with all the bald men because that was a very standout kind of thing. You really did want all the bald men.

[00:37:27] Hear me out hear me out in the video it was like wow he feels hollow he

[00:37:34] doesn't want to be hollow and he's surrounded by a bunch of like people I

[00:37:37] think would have been amazing if he had just a bunch of bald men coming

[00:37:41] you know out on stage then him listen and then him emerging through this

[00:37:45] center like something to add to the theatrical drama yeah even if it's just

[00:37:48] the back of their heads him just being like I don't want to be it's a far

[00:37:52] away I don't want to be we don't say like I would be like wow just something

[00:37:57] more theatrical than him just standing there and being like yeah that's valid

[00:38:01] you know but not a bad not a bad performance it's just overall the

[00:38:06] packaging was a little just that's it for me yeah I will say though it

[00:38:11] was memorable because of how Barrett was in a way because because there

[00:38:15] are so many of these kind of ballads this time and a lot of them did utilize

[00:38:19] this like contemporary dancer kind of thing yeah and so him just kind of

[00:38:24] singing yeah did make it memorable and he adds the kind of white bald man he

[00:38:30] was never a bull I guess among the crowd yeah but no his voice is awesome

[00:38:36] his voice is awesome I think the chorus is so perfect for his voice

[00:38:40] like it sits in such a nice place there it's so strong he sounds so

[00:38:45] effortless singing it he has the slight rasp that is just so perfect

[00:38:49] yeah I think there's it's a good power ballad it has like a nice

[00:38:54] eeriness to it then I enjoy and this is one that I would listen to you know

[00:39:00] again yeah yeah yeah I guess it was an interesting choice I guess to rely

[00:39:06] kind of just on him I kind of doubt they were expecting a really high

[00:39:13] charting position or ranking position here right maybe they didn't want it

[00:39:19] right maybe they didn't want it but he did a good job with with what he could

[00:39:25] oh no totally totally yeah all that being said though you know yeah don't

[00:39:29] think it's a good song I think I actually kind of like I didn't mention

[00:39:32] it or maybe I did I mentioned it was like a fave of mine oh yeah you did I

[00:39:36] really like this yeah so I don't I don't like him any less so he's kind

[00:39:41] I gave this one a 7.5 yeah I'll match you I had it slightly higher but after the

[00:39:47] last after more performances happened I had to move him down a little bit so

[00:39:51] I'll match you to a 7.5 yeah and yeah in the vote he was kind of middle of

[00:39:56] the pack he was 16 mmm

[00:40:01] kind of yeah kind of we're not giving out terrible scores like we should

[00:40:06] all right next up we have Greece we have Marina Sati with Zari okay so I do I

[00:40:14] think we did mention this one in our episode as well as the standout because

[00:40:17] of how kind of just cultural and traditional it feels oh yeah that's

[00:40:23] another thing right that I love about Eurovision is that it's it is is the

[00:40:27] country like representing themselves and this just feels Greek either been

[00:40:31] a Greece but like this feels great to me which is awesome and the song itself

[00:40:37] just has a lot going for it like there are a lot of moments in it it's

[00:40:40] super super catchy and the performance just fun like I love the way they

[00:40:45] combined what seemed to be more kind of traditional Greek dancing but then

[00:40:49] there was also like a more like hard-hitting like pop street jazz

[00:40:53] choreo so I just thought that was all super entertaining I thought she

[00:40:58] was a decent performer she seemed to be kind of just living her best life up

[00:41:02] there and it's definitely not easy to sing and there was a lot of blocking

[00:41:07] that had to happen they were kind of moving around the whole stage and she

[00:41:10] did a really good job with all of that I think I will say they use like

[00:41:14] an Instagram live type filter on our tick-tock filter on it yeah I thought

[00:41:20] that was unnecessary like that was just a waste of budget yeah but I

[00:41:26] enjoyed it I know this was a standout wouldn't in the beginning and it still

[00:41:30] was like I think this was a great performance yeah no I agree with you I

[00:41:34] feel like she is a definitely a little pop girl she reminds me of Rosalia a

[00:41:37] little bit in terms of like because Rosalia is very much like when she's

[00:41:41] not being all like she's very in the camera very much in your face has a

[00:41:47] little bit of a cheekiness to her Marina has that cheekiness and also

[00:41:51] song kind of giving me a good thought as well so I feel like I agree with you

[00:41:56] on the IG filter thing I feel like it has nothing to do with the song the

[00:42:00] song is called dice Zari means dice apparently oh and then I'm in the

[00:42:04] digital age says I just like it just felt like whoever thought of it was

[00:42:08] a millennial trying to like appeal to Gen Gen Z you know you know

[00:42:12] movies like you're like why is this filtered now like why is there hearts

[00:42:16] everyone yes you're right yes but aside from that like you said the blocking was

[00:42:26] really interesting she's pushing the camera she's on the floor my girl sit

[00:42:29] now stop moving my biggest gripe was some of the choreography they're like

[00:42:33] aside from the traditional stuff I feel like whoever choreographed it did not

[00:42:36] understand like with the record don't you don't have to be sitting there

[00:42:39] fist in a fist and it was just too much at points like it was a little

[00:42:43] jazz and not so much in the pocket yeah not like yeah I got you yeah and I feel

[00:42:49] like it could have been more in the pocket that and it would have benefited

[00:42:51] her singing cuz me if I'm just if I'm jerking my diaphragm too much my

[00:42:54] notes will be coming out like how her but huh you know how she's pushing

[00:42:59] out more you said are jerking her body she's on the floor is just a

[00:43:01] little bit too much but she ate it up um not my favorite choreography I

[00:43:05] think throughout the whole performance I don't got the whole show I don't

[00:43:08] say that but it's not my favorite um and again she's a good performer

[00:43:13] remind me of Rosalia and yeah cute real cute just like little things here or

[00:43:17] there nothing great yeah yeah that's fair yeah but yeah this was a

[00:43:20] highlight for me across the whole show like super memorable and I really

[00:43:24] enjoyed it so I will give it a 9.5 I gave it a 9 okay and the vote

[00:43:32] agreed with us for the most part they got to number 11 so did really

[00:43:36] well nice yeah up next we have the United Kingdom with Ali Alexander

[00:43:42] performing dizzy mmm alright we're familiar with Ali we are yeah years

[00:43:50] yes this is his first I guess non years and years song even though he's

[00:43:56] not the only person in years and years but sure yeah you know I'm gonna

[00:44:00] be honest like when the song first came out I was just kind of like okay

[00:44:03] with it like it's very much Ali's sound this kind of like a moody dance pop song

[00:44:09] it fits his like very kind of thin nasally voice well but I just don't

[00:44:15] think it necessarily stands out amongst the years and years

[00:44:18] discography so I'm just kind of like meh on the song I will say there was

[00:44:24] a bit of worry about his live vocals because he's not been known to be a

[00:44:28] great live singer um he did alright here he did better here than he did

[00:44:33] at the semi-final you know a little unstable a little pitchy but you know he

[00:44:39] was performing his best and yeah staging I thought was well done it's

[00:44:44] definitely giving like Kylie red-blooded woman showgirl a little bit

[00:44:48] with that whole men's yeah locker room situation but the rotating box was

[00:44:53] awesome yeah that was so cool like the way that they did that where you

[00:44:58] couldn't really tell actually like where he was in it yeah and the sliding and

[00:45:05] the pulling and all the interaction I thought was really well done in the box

[00:45:09] yes I will say there were other moments like after they left the box

[00:45:13] some of that choreo and actually some of the choreo in the box as well it

[00:45:17] was kind of just like I don't know how to say this you know cuz like

[00:45:22] then like like yeah no like gyrating and on top of each other and

[00:45:25] then it looked like they were like riding each other and then you know what

[00:45:28] I mean like it just felt a little like unnecessary for me but it felt like

[00:45:33] oh I want to make this as gay as possible I'm gonna make these dancers

[00:45:36] like do all this stuff but it didn't feel authentic to the song or the

[00:45:41] vibe yeah okay I feel the same way cuz during the dance break he's doing

[00:45:46] a bridge which I thought was ridiculous I'm like Ali is not he okay he is

[00:45:52] not Gabby Douglas honey why is he doing a bridge and then having to sing after

[00:45:57] and they were on top of each other it was just like yeah yeah I'm like

[00:46:00] dizziness y'all coulda y'all could have did some hair whips into a dip

[00:46:03] y'all coulda did some like you coulda a circle but you know I feel

[00:46:07] like it was just a little bit too much like let's gyrate on each other

[00:46:10] and I was like okay we you know he's welcome but you don't have to do it

[00:46:15] doesn't represent the song and it doesn't if his artistry isn't like

[00:46:19] selling sags you know I'm saying yeah that's that's the thing there's a

[00:46:25] disconnect I saw a performer this weekend and like he's goofy but then

[00:46:28] his songs are really miserable and there was a disconnect every time we

[00:46:31] stopped singing same thing with Ali he wasn't I don't think he was trying to

[00:46:34] sell smegs you know I'm saying but it was just giving like we have to be

[00:46:38] sexy right now we have to just grind on each other right now and the

[00:46:41] performance already kind of led up into that where the people are singing

[00:46:45] while he was singing the dancers are kind of interacting with each other

[00:46:48] so we get it there's tension so I think they kind of try to make it so it was

[00:46:52] exploding I guess y'all could have just lifted him up or something I mean

[00:46:56] there's many things you could have done but I guess when you're working is

[00:46:58] such a small like he's the box it's you know I want to give him a I want

[00:47:04] to give him kudos for being able to hit those high notes though at the

[00:47:07] end of it like he cut his note short which I don't blame him for after

[00:47:11] doing all that oh yeah we're trying to be sexy like little Nas X kind of

[00:47:14] sexy but I do appreciate the attempt and finding the air to hit the big note and

[00:47:20] I will say something about the chorus sounds like deeper shade of blue a

[00:47:23] little bit a wee bit sounds like okay so far away yes we want that little I

[00:47:29] was like what oh so I kind of latched on to that but the song like you

[00:47:33] said it was not like really strong yeah that is best work he's done

[00:47:37] better yeah yeah so look I love that like the first half of the

[00:47:42] performance and yeah I think I think the overall idea was good I think the

[00:47:47] song is like good so yeah I'll give it a 7.5 oh okay yeah I gave it a 7 I gave

[00:47:52] it a 7 he wasn't bad yeah all right well he got number 18 in the ranking

[00:48:00] and there was a lot of controversy because he did not get any public

[00:48:04] votes which people were really surprised about because he's probably

[00:48:07] the biggest name of the contestants here so well we here why do you think

[00:48:11] that is yeah there was quite well the UK historically it's always been a bit

[00:48:17] up and down from what I understand politically as well but they did win

[00:48:23] was it last year earlier before that yeah it was last year right no Laurie

[00:48:29] won last year yeah so yeah the UK did win like two years ago though so

[00:48:33] yeah yeah two or three years ago so I don't know I guess just people weren't

[00:48:39] into into it this year oh that's so tough to oh yeah that's a

[00:48:44] heartbreaking situation well yeah what can you do yeah well moving on to

[00:48:49] Norway we have got gate got a got okay with the sick fool they harm yeah yeah

[00:49:02] sorry if that's incorrect oh my gosh yeah guys yeah you know I think the song is

[00:49:09] cool like it's haunting the driving beat is very ominous her vocals are

[00:49:14] ethereal she sounds very strong I was kind of wanting it just a more like a

[00:49:19] rocky song and this kind of fit that for me like this kind of delivered that

[00:49:25] yeah yeah so I think this one was kind of like a bit more of a

[00:49:29] straightforward kind of situation there was like a lot of like wailing and

[00:49:35] stuff and here at the end but I enjoyed it yeah yeah yeah I did enjoy

[00:49:41] this one overall what do you think it remind me of like an emo rock

[00:49:45] version of the blue alien from fifth element so I liked it like the stones

[00:49:56] are inside of me like that's what I was getting from that um this is one of

[00:49:59] my once to watch so I mentioned I remember we doing the 101 yeah the

[00:50:04] song goes off I liked it then I like it now the lead vocalist has such

[00:50:07] great control of her voice and I think that's what's impressive about it

[00:50:10] like have you heard a song in a movie or a video game if you're a nerd

[00:50:14] you probably heard something like this already so it's like okay wow this is

[00:50:17] kind of catching my ear but the control that she has when she's performing it

[00:50:21] live is like really scary because it's like she's doing all these weird little

[00:50:25] awkward motions I'm like how are you honestly the whole band went off

[00:50:29] somebody I think the bassist threw his freaking bass up in the sky and he

[00:50:34] caught it I'm like y'all are so extra but the thing is the

[00:50:37] everything from the band is very intentional and passionate it sucks you

[00:50:41] matter how strange it is and I think the lead vocalist as awkward as she is

[00:50:45] with her movement she commits to them very much like a Lord where Lord will

[00:50:49] kind of be really awkward so much so that you would get like an SNL meme of

[00:50:54] her like someone mocking you you would want that you want to be so

[00:50:57] distinguishable that someone sees you and they go what the heck was she

[00:51:00] doing and she did that um and honestly she commands the stage even

[00:51:04] without all the theatrics of like the props and the smoke and stuff she

[00:51:08] got pipes yeah but yeah so this one I feel like was solid I feel like I think

[00:51:17] maybe because she was just stuck on that little rock box thing I wanted her

[00:51:20] to at least move around I think that kind of like took me out a

[00:51:23] little bit but aside from that like she hold it down she held it the whole

[00:51:27] band holds it down but yeah I want her to move yeah but yeah I enjoy

[00:51:31] this one I gave it an 8.5 I'm gonna match you I gave it an 8 but I

[00:51:36] bumped it up okay well the judges and public did not agree with this because

[00:51:41] Norway got last place 25th you know what Europe do better

[00:51:46] yeah I don't understand that I'm actually really surprised by that yeah I

[00:51:54] wonder why sometimes it's just like guess they just didn't stand out I

[00:51:58] don't know mmm cuz maybe in Europe that is the nor maybe in Europe

[00:52:03] this is your fifth time sitting there wailing like that like this

[00:52:09] you can see a fifth time sounding like maybe yeah maybe you're right

[00:52:15] shoot shoot all right so y'all up next we're going to Italy I'm not gonna

[00:52:24] play myself we're going to Italy with Angelina mango with Ladoia I don't know

[00:52:28] I'm still doing it you're not gonna play yourself I play myself like a metal

[00:52:36] god so what do you think about this one I'm a fan I'm a fan of a beautiful

[00:52:46] language first off and again kind of like the Greek one like this just

[00:52:50] feel the Italian like in the best way I mean that in the best way yes yes

[00:52:56] absolutely does yeah I will say she's a decent performer this song also is very

[00:53:02] hard to sing and she handled it very well I think her tone her tone is not

[00:53:07] is a little generic that little acapella moment though was nice yeah

[00:53:13] and I'm glad that they got to do that yeah I just don't know if this

[00:53:18] performance was super super memorable for me like I do remember the

[00:53:21] dancers wearing that like aunt suit but only one leg and butt cheek was

[00:53:26] showing yes but see some of the choreography was pretty good yeah yeah

[00:53:33] I don't know maybe I've just seen so many performances kind of like this

[00:53:36] that it just didn't really do that much for me you know what cuz I gotta

[00:53:42] be honest like thinking back I don't remember that much about it I

[00:53:45] remember the roses like the rose outfit yeah I loved her outfit such a

[00:53:51] random thing to say but the outfit matters okay like the rose the thorn the

[00:53:55] thorn thing thrown thing I was looking for it yeah but that's what I remember

[00:54:00] and that I don't know it's really good you know saying um yeah apparently

[00:54:05] the noia means like the boredom in Italian like it's boredom or like

[00:54:09] something borers me so I guess the song is a little bit deeper than the

[00:54:12] vibes that it gives off her voice is nice and it delivers for sure but I'm

[00:54:17] not sure that she commands the state and I think this is gonna be a

[00:54:20] common thing with me like I was like this person can sing their face off

[00:54:23] they're singing to the gods honey they're getting it but the presence

[00:54:26] matters and I think and I think for me if you can't like really hold the

[00:54:34] attention of the audience I might have to turn away a square that's not

[00:54:37] that good but the song was okay I get it but if the person singing the

[00:54:41] song is not giving you anything but generica then what can you do you

[00:54:45] know um but you know I think her tone like you said is very like generic I

[00:54:51] don't think there was anything about that made me go oh that's different

[00:54:54] like he doesn't have any vocal licks that stood out so I think the song is

[00:54:58] decent I performed was decent I just love that outfit yeah yeah all right

[00:55:06] so for this one I gave it a 8 it's not bad I also gave it an 8 like I

[00:55:11] thought it was a solid performance and it was better than some of the

[00:55:14] other ones we've seen but yeah the the crowd loved it it got sevenths huh yeah

[00:55:23] huh huh gotta figure that part out cuz I'm just like I know it's a slow mo the

[00:55:30] whole ranking process was fascinating to watch first off I didn't realize that

[00:55:34] that was actually the majority of the show like the performances only took up

[00:55:37] like an hour and a half and then literally it was a three hour well two

[00:55:40] and a half hours maybe of just rankings we got Laurie performance yeah dude that

[00:55:48] ring I had I was like okay like I'm kind of ready to to know now but it was

[00:55:54] fascinating to watch because obviously each time the country revealed like

[00:55:57] you'd see all the things change and then the deals of the public votes was

[00:56:01] like very interesting so no valid I agree a process for sure all right

[00:56:07] moving on to Serbia with Teja Dora and the song Ramonda mm-hmm yes what did you

[00:56:15] think this one was chilling in the first half the siren or like maroon

[00:56:20] damsel concept was really pretty I feel like this is another song that

[00:56:24] I've heard before in some kind of way I guess throughout the competition

[00:56:28] yes but yeah just like in general just feels like a very like I don't

[00:56:33] know her as an artist yeah and I don't know if this like really stands out as

[00:56:38] like this is Serbia's pop princess or like you know rock whatever heck she

[00:56:43] whatever genre is alternative Queen whatever hey I thought I didn't get that

[00:56:47] I don't know what the Italian accent is stop it um but yeah so my thing is

[00:56:52] just like I wasn't blown away by it I feel like she was super committed

[00:56:56] to the concept and the meaning of the song though so I feel like she

[00:56:58] emoted really well because after she was done she was thank you and also

[00:57:02] how cute is she I feel like the most exciting part is the ending but that's

[00:57:09] it like the VFX with the flower was so pretty oh yeah she had like a belty

[00:57:14] moment here and there but at this point this is the um team sound we're

[00:57:18] in a belt there was no like whistle note there was no like run there was

[00:57:22] nothing that really gave anything it's like a sheet a sea shanty or like a

[00:57:26] sirens call it just didn't feel like I knew her as an artist or like you

[00:57:32] know and sorry girly still talented it's just wasn't like wow yeah I agree with

[00:57:37] you this was kind of just like meh for me I don't think her placement helps

[00:57:42] like in the show because even when the staging started and she was like on

[00:57:45] a rock it was like okay she's on enough she's on a rock again you know

[00:57:48] like we've already seen a couple rocks

[00:57:51] it's like okay like not rock oh my god so you know I don't think that

[00:57:58] you know I was already kind of like okay the song is fine it's it's cool

[00:58:04] like there's a darkness to it it has a nice build of intensity it kind of has

[00:58:09] that breathy Billie Eilish type of thing going on for it which is just

[00:58:14] cool and makes it different from the other songs in the competition yes um

[00:58:19] but yeah nothing about it really did that much for me I agree with you

[00:58:24] when she kind of broke character was like at the end I was like oh

[00:58:28] but yeah that was kind of it yeah so yeah I kind of just gave it I gave it a

[00:58:34] seven just kind of it was it was alright yeah yes yes yeah I agree um well they

[00:58:41] did alright yeah they got number 17 okay yeah

[00:58:45] different than Ollie. Right above Ollie. Oh Ollie for a baby. I know. Alright.

[00:58:52] Oh sucks. Alright up next we have Finlin with Windows 95 man with no rules. No rules!

[00:59:02] I mean look we want to talk about memorable yeah this was very memorable

[00:59:07] very memorable yeah um I thought it was really funny like I oh my god I

[00:59:13] thought it was just like good for them like not many people can go up

[00:59:18] on stage and do a performance like this and just go for it. Butt crack out.

[00:59:27] You know I thought I just thought the whole thing was hilarious like it was

[00:59:33] creative I mean him just coming out of an egg in the beginning was already

[00:59:36] like why is he coming out of an egg and then it's just like all the little

[00:59:40] creative ways for him to cover up his genitals it was all very funny the

[00:59:45] drama of the short shorts coming down. Yes! And then of course the whole the

[00:59:52] whole thing with the other singer and him just being like so disconnected

[00:59:58] almost the entire time until the end yeah they're just kind of like

[01:00:01] dancing in a circle together and they're just like like costume wise

[01:00:06] like they're not on the same page like it's just like the whole thing

[01:00:10] was just wild to me and the dancers had like the 90s boy band like oh

[01:00:15] yeah like hair in the hair and stuff I don't know look this was bizarre and I

[01:00:21] would never listen to the song on its own but I was very entertained.

[01:00:27] This is the type of weird crap that I want from Eurovision. Oh yeah totally I think I agree with you

[01:00:35] that that Denim Egg went off I was in absolute tears I was like it's like

[01:00:40] you know the Denim Egg reminding of Gaga but it also reminded me of

[01:00:43] Britney and Justin when they came on their denim outfits for the VMAs I was

[01:00:46] like oh it's like a baby a little baby denim. This Winswell's

[01:00:52] creating have been kooky performance for sure yes and I think the whole

[01:00:56] concept of like this I feel like this singer is meant to be like I'm a pop

[01:00:59] star and then his impulsive thought is the it's been cut because it's the whole

[01:01:06] singing on the stage and dancing on the stage and the guys like back

[01:01:10] there like do something crazy do something crazy like it's really I think

[01:01:17] I think there is a story behind it that would maybe not be privy to you but

[01:01:20] um it's very cute. I think if they can somehow figure out how to make

[01:01:24] their way into America like around the time where Weird Al was

[01:01:29] popping like this would have gone the hell off because of what the Fox says is

[01:01:32] that I recently heard it for the first time and I was like oh my god

[01:01:36] this is what everyone was going crazy for wow I would rather this song

[01:01:39] than Fox with the Foxes. Yeah totally. But yeah at the crescendo sorry at the

[01:01:45] crescendo of this whole thing kudos to the Deep Boys guy for not burning his

[01:01:48] eyebrows off because the way my wigs work that spark oh no it would have

[01:01:53] been it would have been blazing hip-hop and R&B on that stage okay

[01:01:56] um hot 97 flames but yeah no kudos to them I think the song for what

[01:02:04] they're trying to do solid the concept for what they're trying to do

[01:02:07] solid the vocals for what they were solid yeah as you know I'm saying like

[01:02:13] everything was actually good totally that being said they're not all the way

[01:02:21] up there for me in terms of like wow this should have won something but

[01:02:26] yeah I think they deserve a nine because they're fully realized fully

[01:02:31] actualized and it was spectacle. Hell yeah yeah I would definitely put them

[01:02:34] in the top half at least but yes I agree with you I do a nine for sure yeah

[01:02:39] yeah unfortunately though they only hit number 19. Okay let's try okay hang on give

[01:02:44] me a second we need to look into the mind of a European voter okay why would

[01:02:48] you not like it maybe because they feel like they're past this point of

[01:02:54] campy goofiness maybe because the lyrics were vapid I don't I don't know

[01:03:02] they weren't really I'm trying to figure anyway you know what they're

[01:03:05] one of the ones I will remember in months you know in a few months I'll

[01:03:09] still remember Windows 95 man so right I'll bet your house we know oh god okay

[01:03:16] moving on to Portugal with Yolanda and the song Grito yeah she has such a

[01:03:26] thick voice she's like I love her tone cuz she's not like a high-pitched

[01:03:29] belt oh I think for me I like their pre hook the most the most cuz it's

[01:03:34] like all that maybe it's a hook but it has lots of tension in the arrangement

[01:03:38] and in her voice so those are parts that I'm like really into I think she

[01:03:42] out of a lot of the belters we've heard um she felt a little bit more

[01:03:47] captivating in terms of the eyes like she didn't stare into our souls as

[01:03:57] she did it so I appreciate the eye close like I feel like I could really

[01:04:00] just lean in a little bit more with her as opposed to be like okay here she

[01:04:04] opened her mouth and singing again I think maybe the staging has something

[01:04:07] to do with it too because she's very like I don't know how to describe it

[01:04:11] but something about her just feels very strong is that the word but I'll

[01:04:18] say commanding again she just felt people's believable and she owns the

[01:04:21] stage for me I don't know how old I can tell she's young so she still

[01:04:24] could even get even better but something about her was just like

[01:04:28] okay I want to look at her again it wasn't like oh and look at the dancers

[01:04:30] and get distracted cuz Lord this is killing me for a minimal staging I think

[01:04:35] it was maybe the white maybe was the eye makeup I don't know but something about

[01:04:38] her was like oh there's potential here so yeah I think she's she's she

[01:04:43] did her thing she's a solid ooh what's that between I mean among the

[01:04:48] whole like sea of whoa singers so yeah I appreciated her efforts yeah I

[01:04:53] pretty much feel the same way as you because honestly by this point I

[01:04:57] was like all those kind of mid-tempo dark songs are kind of blending a bit for

[01:05:01] me but for her it was really her voice that kind of makes it more memorable

[01:05:06] because it is different like the belt is so strong I love how thick it is

[01:05:10] like she's really warm tone as well so her voice is probably one of my

[01:05:16] favorites actually among all the contestants this year and yeah I

[01:05:20] enjoyed the staging of it I thought the all white was a great choice the

[01:05:25] lighting was cool I liked that the dancers faces were covered yeah kind of

[01:05:29] made it you know little earier a little creepier yeah I was into it I gave it an

[01:05:36] eight I gave it a seven it was like a seven point five ish okay okay yeah

[01:05:43] so far they actually did really well yeah they got tenth place

[01:05:50] nice shawty see everyone you got y'all can hear the difference she's different

[01:05:55] something about her stuff oh next we have Armenia with Latin Eva singing

[01:05:58] jackal yes yeah yeah I mean kind of like what we were saying about like

[01:06:04] the Greek one and the Italian one like this one feels very cultural in

[01:06:08] like the most awesome way possible this performance was just really fun to

[01:06:14] watch like they not just her but like everyone on stage just seemed to be just

[01:06:20] having the best time ever and it felt like you were just like being

[01:06:24] welcomed to a family party almost yes yeah and the costuming and all that

[01:06:30] helped too because it all felt casual but traditional also yeah so yeah

[01:06:37] there's just something nice about just like so much joy being omitted

[01:06:41] from the stage it's like hard not to be entertained by that and then the

[01:06:45] song is just fun like that whole sing-along bridge moment yeah I don't

[01:06:51] know it's just fun that's all that's really all it is and I appreciate

[01:06:54] that no totally I think um for as simple as everything was it reminded me

[01:07:00] of the music video if you remember the music video the same color palette

[01:07:04] those orange those whites those very much around the way girl kind of

[01:07:08] that's such a weird thing to say with the country that's so far removed from

[01:07:11] the hood but the point is like a girl next door kind of vibe you when you

[01:07:16] watch a video you either think like wow this person is really charismatic

[01:07:19] and then they get on stage you're like wow you do not know how to perform

[01:07:22] she brought that same charisma that same riz from the camera onto the

[01:07:27] stage so when she's singing you feel like you feel like she's kind of

[01:07:30] like letting you in on the secret about the city like here's a

[01:07:32] cheesemay about the city come here I'm gonna show you real quick like

[01:07:34] this is the hottest spot to go to you know like this is where we this is

[01:07:37] where we turn up at this is where come on get into the dance circle let's go

[01:07:40] like that's what it feels like um and yeah I feel like this song was a nice

[01:07:46] representation for Armenia because I feel like with the Rose Lynn a couple

[01:07:50] years ago with snap got it one two where are you I was like I guess I

[01:07:56] guess I guess maybe that's wrong for me to say but if I if you're from a

[01:08:00] different country and you make us out it sounds really generically

[01:08:02] American to me I'm like oh come on it's like a missed opportunity go off

[01:08:06] they went off and much like the the emo operatic band this group fully commits

[01:08:13] to the bit not a single member was half-assing or half-butting this

[01:08:17] excuse me not a single member was half-butting it so yeah

[01:08:22] yeah so I gave it an 8.5 uh gave it a 9 okay well

[01:08:29] the crowd loved it they got eighth place noise yeah very nice look at us

[01:08:34] all right moving on to Cyprus Celia Capsis's liar

[01:08:41] liar what'd you think honestly okay this was one of the videos I remember

[01:08:45] not paying that much attention to I think when we watched the video we were

[01:08:48] like okay yeah okay I think it was just a yellow body the

[01:08:52] pantsuit and the in the black top I don't know what it was but we just

[01:08:54] were and like oh wow I wanted to watch but honey little man was not

[01:08:59] playing and she gave us classic pop star the whole outfit was just

[01:09:01] Britney-Coded and I was into that or like it was Britney-Coded or Christina

[01:09:05] come on uh come on over Cody either way it was definitely 2000s pop

[01:09:09] girlie um I'm impressed with her ability to sing her notes so well

[01:09:14] after dancing so hard like I don't think people realize how much

[01:09:17] contraction and like muscle tension you need and looseness and oh god and

[01:09:23] every that dance break was intense and she's popping and she's

[01:09:26] contracting and she's locking and she's kicking it and she's hitting it

[01:09:30] too and then had the nerve to go I'm gonna hit my notes right now yeah I was

[01:09:34] like girl go off yeah go ahead honey I think for me though when it came

[01:09:39] forward and the guys took their shirts off that was stupid I didn't uh

[01:09:45] stupid I'm like for lack of a better word it was uncreative

[01:09:49] I feel like it just didn't tie into the whole like liar thing like you're

[01:09:52] sitting there scolding a guy for being a waist man and you're gonna

[01:09:55] sit there take off your shirts men doesn't make sense um I feel like the

[01:09:59] choreography was just pretty generic in terms of like oh I'm gonna stop you

[01:10:03] boy oh yes I'm gonna kick you boy I'm gonna step on you boy like it was

[01:10:07] just like okay whatever

[01:10:11] let me make it a song that's not gonna be that one

[01:10:16] not a good example of your songwriting

[01:10:20] ladies and gentlemen he's correct I write bops yeah

[01:10:24] she writes way better than that go listen to her album yes figure

[01:10:29] what do you think of our young seprian seprous pop singer look I love a female

[01:10:35] pop star that can dance and so this is right on my alley and yes her live

[01:10:39] vocals were so good super stable very very impressive yeah yeah I will say um

[01:10:47] well I guess just with the song itself I actually do think it's a good

[01:10:50] pop song I like the sassy lyrics got a nice like driving beat to it yes um and

[01:10:56] yeah you know I kind of just appreciated the kind of basic um kind of pop star

[01:11:01] girl kind of like staging I guess of it um I mean basic in a good way not

[01:11:06] like yeah it was basic but like it was just like simple yeah yeah um she

[01:11:11] killed it like the dance break at the end like I was like damn like

[01:11:15] there was a lot of technique in there there was like some isolation in

[01:11:18] there that she like hit really perfectly um so yeah I was really impressed by this

[01:11:24] I think out of like the kind of pop star kind of contestants this time she was

[01:11:29] up there for me um that's one of the best ones so yeah this one this one was

[01:11:33] good I gave it an 8.5 okay I gave this one a eight okay yeah um she was

[01:11:39] kind of middle of the road and the results she was number 15 okay yeah

[01:11:44] yeah yeah we need some artistry I think people just want the artistry you know

[01:11:48] they want to be like who is this person oh I know now yeah I mean I doubt

[01:11:52] Cyprus can host this like it's a really small country but yeah honey you are so right

[01:11:58] yeah that's right and if you're wondering if you're watching this episode and you're

[01:12:02] wondering why we're like oh yeah they probably didn't want to win please watch

[01:12:05] our Eurovision one-on-ones you can understand why we say this and how the rules work

[01:12:11] for Eurovision all right so coming up next is an artist like a you know what I'm talking

[01:12:16] about this whole pot me artistry and distinguishable and Switzerland with Nimo and their song is The

[01:12:24] Code you know what I think of the code I think of shiny oh yeah so this one man oh man

[01:12:34] I have a migraine Chris knows I have a migraine right now okay there's a point to this I have a

[01:12:41] migraine um but this latter half of the show cured me of my migraines enough I had so many

[01:12:48] chills through like the next like x amount of performers were getting ready to go through

[01:12:52] yeah that my brain stopped hurting and I was like oh yeah oh yeah and then when it

[01:12:56] stopped I was like oh my brain hurts again they are so interesting um because very much like

[01:13:04] Bambi Thug it felt very artistically distinct even when they came onto the stage everyone's

[01:13:08] bringing their flags they came with the night and binary flag I was like oh it kind of looks

[01:13:13] like our colors for cctv actually but I was like oh my god wow look at us um but yeah I

[01:13:18] was like oh wow that's interesting so right off the bat it's not just I'm not just um I'm

[01:13:23] not just swiss swiss switz no I'm not just swiss I'm a non-binary swiss person so it was very

[01:13:30] much like this is who I am and the styling with the skirt the fur coat I'm like okay

[01:13:36] very much opposite of Bambi Thug but again um the having that distinguish a distinguishing

[01:13:43] feature as an artist is important but also sonically having something that's like no one

[01:13:47] else could sing this knocked it out the park with that the dynamics in their voice are bananas

[01:13:53] it's one of those damn I hate to practice moments you're like I was sitting there like

[01:13:57] geez the range is crazy the running toward the camera and rapping was crazy and the meaning

[01:14:03] of the song I saved him the cake I didn't realize that I missed out on actually paying

[01:14:10] attention to them when we were going through the 101 but the idea the the chorus hit

[01:14:16] no the bridge hit and they were talking about how Nemo said that they found themselves as a

[01:14:21] non-binary person through the ohs and the ones a binary code already and I was like hello

[01:14:27] yeah love that that's brilliant so it made it very much no one could sing this except Nemo

[01:14:33] and that part is what made me go huh huh because I found out who won I found out who won

[01:14:40] I was like really because I didn't hear the song I didn't pay attention that's my fault

[01:14:43] oh you looked at the results before okay yeah yeah not on purpose because I was looking for

[01:14:48] like a stream of this and then yeah yeah god and I was like you know what shawty

[01:14:55] if it wasn't you had two other people in my mind for sure yeah you know so shout out to them

[01:15:01] like what were your thoughts watching oh yeah live so yeah I was watching it live um because

[01:15:06] yeah I agree with you this wasn't a song that necessarily stood out a ton to me kind

[01:15:10] of when you're just going through like the you know when before the semis yeah but dang this

[01:15:16] performance first off the vocals yeah amazing they sounded amazing throughout this whole thing

[01:15:24] that was very impressive just by itself but then the staging with the spinning top so basically

[01:15:29] when the semis happened earlier in the week there were already um there was already kind

[01:15:36] of people talking about this like spinning top kind of situation and there was just footage of

[01:15:39] him just like standing on it um or them standing on it sorry um and I was already like whoa like

[01:15:47] what that looks so scary like that so many things could go wrong with that it's so flat

[01:15:53] it's smooth but they made it so seamless yes um and it's just so impressive like I've now

[01:15:58] watched that performance a couple times and each time it's just it's just as impressive as the

[01:16:02] last time um yeah the song is cool you know it's catchy it feels anthemic uh the

[01:16:09] operatic vocals at one point were so epic as well just super super memorable and yes spoiler

[01:16:16] alert it did win the competition as well very very worthy winner um I don't I did not give

[01:16:24] it a 10 though at the time I gave it a 9.5 I think I will stay with that given what I

[01:16:29] did give tens to but definitely a worthy winner you know what I actually did give it a 10

[01:16:35] because I was like I don't forgot what sold it for me I was like she got it I was like

[01:16:41] okay then you can have it uh but yeah no but I gave it one to ten yes nice okay moving on to

[01:16:48] Slovenia we have Raven with Veronica that name is such a sterling name you know I remember

[01:16:58] after we did our pop 101 I actually kind of went into a little bit of a rabbit hole with

[01:17:03] her um she understands her concept and she goes for it because I was like her or their

[01:17:08] I don't you don't know anymore I don't know sorry girl um but yeah uh she that she sells

[01:17:15] whatever the heck she is she's into it she buys what she's selling you know I'm saying um

[01:17:21] it's good the song reminds me of wood kids iron I'm not sure if you're familiar with

[01:17:27] wood kid um oh but yeah how do I describe wood kid but wood kid had a song um if you

[01:17:34] ever played assassin's creed um in the trailer for the video game there's a very percussive

[01:17:42] kind of sound and then the strings going and the horns are going and I can kind of hear that

[01:17:48] in this song there's a very like kind of battle-y I've been saying war cry but it was

[01:17:55] more like a uh like a battle-y kind of uh sound like sound the horns sound the trumpets in the

[01:18:02] background I was like oh yeah she commands the stage really well I think um it felt like I was

[01:18:09] at her concert that's what I want to say I felt like I was at her concert because you know

[01:18:13] you watch some performances and like with Isaac it felt like I was watching the voice or like

[01:18:17] blah blah this felt like I was at her show but they just didn't get the set pieces in

[01:18:22] on time like I feel like if she had an opportunity to actually have the props and they didn't have

[01:18:26] to do the whole like flip the whole thing over she would eat that up she didn't even actually

[01:18:31] need props because her dancers were props on their own um I think she's not explicitly a

[01:18:36] dancer but she moves in a way that like embodies the overall emotion of the song

[01:18:41] and again like I said the best half of this show well yeah probably the best half of this

[01:18:46] show where these final performances I'm super moved by her whole effort yes first off I

[01:18:51] thought that costume was awesome oh yeah um yeah look the song is another kind of just like dark

[01:18:57] intense moody mid-tempo-y kind of situation but I think there's some really great melodies in there

[01:19:04] I enjoy the chant of the chorus um and yeah sounding amazing super super strong

[01:19:13] I think the kind of Lady Gaga-esque kind of monster crawl thing that they were going for

[01:19:20] totally matches the song like just the whole musicality of it was awesome and just really

[01:19:25] great pictures being created there as she's just like just wailing her face off you know um so I

[01:19:32] yeah I thought this was actually a huge standout in the whole competition as well I gave it a 9

[01:19:38] oh same actually yeah um well no one agreed with us because they got to number 23

[01:19:45] hang on 25 isn't that wild hang on for a second Europe first of all if you guys made it this far

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[01:20:08] creepy thing anymore yeah I can't believe it like I thought this one was really good this

[01:20:12] one was actually the biggest surprise for me like in the ratings it might be one of those we

[01:20:17] seen it already girl again maybe I went down the rabbit hole Veronica does this so maybe it's one

[01:20:22] of those we've seen it already you mean Raven right oh yeah yeah we're here for you we're

[01:20:29] here for you girl all right sorry Raven yeah moving on to Croatia we have baby lasagna with

[01:20:36] rim jam to doggy dim

[01:20:40] I mentioned this was the one I liked oh I remember I think it's still a fun performance live

[01:20:45] um I think staging wise the neon cattle was such a fun visual um it's like a farm boy rave

[01:20:51] a farm boy rock rave um this wasn't a performance I would say like turn me into a fan

[01:20:58] like listening to the song it's like super solid absolutely like it's very solid um but

[01:21:03] the performance was I think carried by the nature the dynamism of the song itself because

[01:21:11] I didn't feel like I wanted to watch him as much as I wanted to be like doing the things

[01:21:17] you know and it sounds so weird but I went to a show this weekend and it was the same thing

[01:21:22] like the performers were not great but the fans were living their best lives because they knew

[01:21:26] every single word they felt the energy and that kind of thing people can see people can

[01:21:31] feel it people can hear it and that might sway them to be like oh my god this performance is

[01:21:34] amazing because for me the dancers were like they weren't but even the dancers were kind of

[01:21:38] like uh the costuming was cute um but yeah like I said I like this one but I don't know if it

[01:21:45] was like I don't know baby lasagna did it for me or is just a whole song as a whole that

[01:21:50] was like wow you know and I think a little bit more of the wow the latter thing I just

[01:21:54] said so what about you yeah I think the song stands out in a good way I would say it's definitely

[01:22:01] weird but it's memorable and the chorus is actually very accessible as you saw right like

[01:22:08] you saw everyone doing the whoa like everyone is so into it and and like I still can sing the

[01:22:15] song back I can sing the chorus melody back to you right now yeah you know um so whoever

[01:22:20] wrote it did a great job like this was a very catchy track and definitely stood out

[01:22:25] amongst them I think the lead singer has a he has a good rock voice um he was going for it

[01:22:31] performance-wise you know he participated in some of the choreography he yes that's the

[01:22:37] weird salute thing um yeah yeah I was kind of here for it like I don't even know if we need

[01:22:44] that like the man and woman dancing at all really but I guess it added to kind of just the

[01:22:51] weirdness of it all yes the um the whole like you know the the townspeople just be like we're

[01:22:57] broke but we're gonna go to the city and party I want to be like you know yeah but I think I

[01:23:01] actually agree with you in that the song itself is is good enough that it kind of carried it

[01:23:05] and and the performance itself was like fine but the song was like just kind of so memorable

[01:23:11] that it kind of sticks in people's minds yeah all right that being said I gave it a

[01:23:17] I also gave it an eight yes um but this was very close to winning actually this got

[01:23:24] number two second place bananas and pajamas crazy I mean good for baby lasagna good for

[01:23:33] yes all right up next we have Georgia with nutsa buzalade was it I think is one of those names I

[01:23:41] might be a little like Turkish leaning I can't pronounce the things I'm so sorry y'all but

[01:23:46] let's uh with firefighter yeah this one hmm you know what it did not do nothing for me

[01:23:56] we watched it in the beginning like the before the semifinals I'm gonna be real with you it

[01:24:00] was not giving she's one of those singers who's like she probably has to stand real far away from

[01:24:05] the microphone when she sings because her her voice does not get its due justice in a

[01:24:13] recording this does not feel or they didn't feel or sound the same in the recording for

[01:24:20] me and it stinks because when you get stuff compressed and mixed down and it sounds like

[01:24:25] let's say it sounds flat but it does not sound as like amazing as it sounded um on stage

[01:24:29] she is a true performer the song is really hard to sing um the choreographer evil evil why would

[01:24:37] you make those girls do African moves and then floor work and then doing a lot of torso heavy

[01:24:42] things and then like her breath control has to be so on point like honestly for her to sit there

[01:24:48] and be doing all this back stuff and it's swinging the arms and look I was like evil

[01:24:53] evil but it was giving like what Chanel did with slow mo she did all this dancing and

[01:24:58] still gave us vocals you know I'm saying so that's what I kind of felt from this I think

[01:25:01] lyrically speaking the song is a little bit meh in terms of lyricism but the melody yeah is

[01:25:08] decent yeah and the performance is what sells it honestly which is what you want she's definitely

[01:25:14] a star um I don't know if this is like her style of music but she definitely even if it's

[01:25:20] not her style her voice makes it her song so as generic as the song lyrics for me were

[01:25:27] and a little weird like I'm a phoenix I'm like this but I'm also a firefighter like I don't

[01:25:30] are you putting your own fire out that's what I'm saying like that

[01:25:36] valid valid yes yes but everything else melody vocals she held it down she's a star I'm

[01:25:43] inspired and I'm also curious so okay that's what you want too yeah look the song is like

[01:25:50] just okay let's be real like it's just like kind of a basic pop song uh I cannot sing it back to

[01:25:57] you right now I have no idea how it goes however I also agree with you that she is amazing yeah

[01:26:05] it's so good yo like her voice this song also is really tough to say like she has to switch

[01:26:14] into her mixed voice so many times each time was super smooth and strong she had a lot of runs in

[01:26:21] there that were all pretty much perfectly executed and at the same time she was just dancing her

[01:26:26] ass off yeah it was just so impressive like as a you know we're we've both danced on stage

[01:26:33] and we know how exhausting that is you performed and sang a lot live on stage like this

[01:26:39] as just from a performer's point of view this was probably the most impressive performance out

[01:26:44] of everything in this competition like in terms of being able to handle all that and do everything

[01:26:50] that well killed it and the dancers were also absolutely killing it they were going to pull

[01:26:57] the f out like it was so good um yeah so yeah look the song was like fine but she yo I will

[01:27:07] remember her so I gave it a nine yes me too and I loved her little outfit yes okay um so yeah well

[01:27:15] no one else was as impressed as we were they got the number 21 unfortunately yeah maybe

[01:27:26] is because of the whole auto phoenix rising from the ashes but I'm also the firefighter

[01:27:31] it's just I don't like the very good not good

[01:27:35] oh god maybe you can write her a better song don't play what we hit us up I'll be cute um hit us up

[01:27:45] your word was ever I'm sitting on a love call like oh man okay moving on to France we have

[01:27:53] Neiman with mon amour mon amour mon amour mon amour mon amour mon amour

[01:28:03] oh oh you're trying to you're trying to get it in okay with the accent okay sorry oh man well

[01:28:08] this one this one was a standout like even when we talked about that's just the playlist right so

[01:28:14] what did you think of the performance this is my I don't know if he'll win but dang it this

[01:28:20] song is good I yes I remember I was like this is before I like heard um Nemo's song I was just

[01:28:27] like this is a this is a strong song y'all this is a star uh but yeah no he's definitely a

[01:28:33] contender like now I mean watching it in retrospect and also knowing what we know now

[01:28:37] he was he is and I feel like for me he did what I think the hollow singer's creative

[01:28:42] director was trying to do this man was just chilling in a white outfit mind he was lying

[01:28:48] down at first and I thought it was so funny that he wasn't actually laying down because he needed to

[01:28:52] sing I was in absolute tears I was like good for you you do not need to sell this story and

[01:28:58] lose your vocals so and then when he got up he's wearing like this little mesh shirt the pants

[01:29:03] the hairs in the corner everything was just super neat and clean looking and minimal and

[01:29:08] then the smoke comes in and I'm like yo did I just die did I just am I ascending to heaven

[01:29:14] I was like come through I felt like it was just just right and I feel like that's what um

[01:29:21] the hollow singer's creative director was trying to do um because again I don't mind minimal I

[01:29:25] don't need bodies extra bodies uh because his voice has a body for everyone okay and his

[01:29:32] projection oh oh my god I remember speaking of like before I remember when I was in high school

[01:29:38] I dropped my microphone singing like uh like a musical song and I had to belt and I was

[01:29:42] like I don't know how I'm gonna do this because like it's a big note my microphone's by my

[01:29:46] butt crack right now I can't reach it and I had to belt it this man stepping back purposely

[01:29:53] brought me back to high school and I was like oh my god is he going to and then he does

[01:29:58] and the voice is still powerful it's still chilling it felt like he was calling out to

[01:30:02] a distant lover I was like that is proper staging that is giving the emotion and the

[01:30:10] story across like oh my god if I ever get a chance to see this man live I'll do it that's

[01:30:16] all I'm gonna say I would do it I would do it yeah oh man I remember when we were saying I

[01:30:22] think it was actually you that said it um that the song was good but you weren't sure

[01:30:26] how they were going to stage it to kind of make it stand out on the night yeah and uh yo

[01:30:32] they killed this they killed this I thought I thought the staging was beautiful like even

[01:30:37] even not even before that you know stepping back and doing the whole acapella thing which

[01:30:42] of course was epic yeah I loved how intimate it felt with kind of the camera yeah kind of

[01:30:48] being right on him he was like staring into your soul the whole time and he's using his

[01:30:53] hand to like move the camera around um I thought it was super effective definitely kept

[01:30:59] my attention and the song also builds really nicely as well like it starts it's just a

[01:31:04] piano ballad and then it kind of slowly builds in intensity and then the end that's when you

[01:31:08] have like all the crashes and stuff like it's a perfect kind of just power ballad moment um yeah

[01:31:14] his voice is just beautiful this is for sure I thought she thought this was gonna win

[01:31:21] like when I was watching it live I was like oh this has it shoot yeah I was like damn this

[01:31:25] is it yeah absolutely I agree I was just like honey like I said I don't know if he

[01:31:29] gonna win because I said it because I was like it's a ballot I'm not sure he's gonna win but

[01:31:32] he shoot yeah you nemo listen boo-boo if you weren't out there anymore frowns what

[01:31:39] I'm taking it home yeah so I gave it a 10 obviously no same same yeah um

[01:31:49] I do love this song very much yeah well it did really well it got to number four

[01:31:53] in the rankings craziness so good job yes last is Austria with Colleen with the song we will

[01:32:05] rate yes yes wait before we start um because I saw some tweets going about this today uh

[01:32:12] they did kind of screw her over because whoever did the camera work they did they did

[01:32:18] it I guess it froze it glitzed up and so no one could actually see all the back

[01:32:23] clips and stuff that she was doing so um sabotage maybe I don't know I'm in tears

[01:32:32] but look I mean the song is like meh and like we already saw like a couple other pop girls

[01:32:39] today and today you know this competition and um balance she wasn't the best of those

[01:32:50] look the vocals were not great um her voice is already kind of thin so it doesn't project

[01:32:57] necessarily as well and like the verses are quite low and so yeah I mean that's just that

[01:33:03] doesn't help obviously um she did find her footing a bit more when she was able to belt

[01:33:08] a bit more yes I will say um but yeah the song I can't even say it back to you I have no idea

[01:33:14] how it goes uh I did write that it would be fun at the clubs at least but I don't know uh oh

[01:33:23] yikes okay yeah the choreography yeah was very disappointing oh like yeah none other than the

[01:33:31] flips and stuff which were impressive if you could see it uh I don't know man like

[01:33:38] there was just nothing memorable about it at all and she was like fine she had a decent

[01:33:42] presence she looked really good but yeah it was just fine yeah I said that said she looks

[01:33:48] fabulous but the song's not special really yeah I mean club banger or not is just okay um

[01:33:55] I guess it was a fun kind of performance to close the shot with like you know

[01:33:59] like you know we're partying yeah um she's very foxy she worked hard I appreciate that

[01:34:06] um I hate that there was a glitch during her dance break so lame

[01:34:11] but aside from that like the song wasn't for me when I first heard it the video was just giving

[01:34:15] like hot European woman hit yes even the performance was giving hot European woman which

[01:34:20] is fine um I feel like she could sing better and I feel like it's not a good representation

[01:34:24] of what she could do with her voice um but it was a safe kind of song I guess to put out

[01:34:30] for the competition I don't dude I don't know it's rough yeah so um yeah I'll give it a seven as well

[01:34:39] it was fine yeah um well anyway that wraps up all the performances um but yeah what did you

[01:34:46] think of just the overall show and stuff did you enjoy it yeah so it was really good I'm

[01:34:52] surprised that the performances were only an hour because I was sitting there just like

[01:34:55] don't have to watch the rest of it what's going on it was nice to see Laurene it was

[01:34:58] nice to see the ABBA tribute with the uh their um their CG selves oh yeah that was so funny

[01:35:05] the avatars yeah the avatars yeah that's the word um the the contestants the past contestants

[01:35:12] in the winter um singing um the tribute was nice Martin getting booed because of the

[01:35:19] that was rough I was like yeah yikes like I mean if you don't know what the heck is going

[01:35:24] on which I did not I was like I hate Google so quick you have no clue I was like oh

[01:35:28] girl what you do ha ha girl what did you do oh so I think the whole juice outing kind of stinks

[01:35:36] but hey can you do in terms of the ranking people as I am being third I don't know second

[01:35:42] I would have given oh second sorry second I don't know I feel like that's what could have been

[01:35:48] to to I feel like top three for me Nemo yeah Bambi yeah France France I feel like yeah you

[01:35:56] know I'm saying France could even take second but I think Bambi in terms of just having the vocal

[01:36:01] dynamism that we like and the whole story definitely good definitely good for honestly

[01:36:09] top three I couldn't have any of them honestly I would shoot those three people I named but I

[01:36:14] feel like the list I have was pretty solid I just no offense to baby lasagna congratulations

[01:36:20] though congratulations for getting second but yeah it's not like that my not my list my list

[01:36:25] yeah yeah I thoroughly enjoyed watching it the hosts and all the humor throughout it were

[01:36:33] were amazing I just love how dry European humor is oh my god yes my favorite little clip was

[01:36:42] they had a little vignette where it was like they mentioned ABBA winning and they were like

[01:36:48] how did it affect the city of Brighton

[01:36:57] and then it just ended like I thought that was hilarious oh man it helps because I am

[01:37:02] actually going to Brighton later this year nice so I thought that was brilliant like

[01:37:08] it was so entertaining throughout yeah it did go by they did a really good job making it

[01:37:13] go by relatively quickly you know with all the rankings and stuff so yeah I'm excited to now

[01:37:19] kind of be in it and and look forward to this every year like I think it'll be really fun

[01:37:24] like a cute little thing now yeah totally I agree anything surprise you

[01:37:30] in terms of aside from like some of the rankings which was crazy because boy

[01:37:34] not really I mean I think I actually found kind of all the

[01:37:38] all the kind of political discourse kind of being involved and all the kind of different opinions

[01:37:46] regarding that I actually found that just quite fascinating to just hear all the different points

[01:37:51] of view yeah and it just added an interesting layer to this year's competition so definitely

[01:37:58] interesting one for our first one oh yeah yes messy boots hello yeah all right Eurovisioners

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