Members Huntress Posted May 20, 2021 Members Share Posted May 20, 2021 Now Duncan Laurence, the 2019 winner, also tested positive for covid-19. He appeared in Tuesday's semi-final and was also supposed to perform in the Grand Final on Saturday. http://eurovision.tv/mediacentre/release/ebu-statement-duncan-laurence-tests-positive-for-covid-19 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted May 20, 2021 Members Share Posted May 20, 2021 After hearing (and watching) the second semi-final I have to say that my pre-contest favourite Albania was a disappointment live. My favourite tonight was instead Denmark. Yes, it sounds dated, but it sounds like the 1980s, and that is never a bad thing.... Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted May 20, 2021 Members Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) Recap of the 2nd semi-final: The following countries qualified from the 2nd semi-final: Albania Bulgaria Finland Greece Iceland Moldova Portugal San Marino Serbia Switzerland The following countries did not qualify: Austria Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Georgia Latvia Poland Edited May 20, 2021 by Huntress 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OzFrog Posted May 20, 2021 Author Members Share Posted May 20, 2021 Devastated for Denmark, but so happy that Portugal made it! And Iceland too, considering their COVID scare! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted May 21, 2021 Members Share Posted May 21, 2021 Please register in order to view this content I would gladly switch Bulgaria and Portugal for Denmark (I can't believe they're eliminated ) and Estonia, and also Poland for either Moldova, Serbia or San Marino. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted May 21, 2021 Members Share Posted May 21, 2021 Yeah, Denmark is the only song that I will dearly miss in the final. Running order for Saturday: Please register in order to view this content Cyprus / Elena Tsagrinou – "El Diablo" Albania / Anxhela Peristeri – "Karma" Israel / Eden Alene – "Set Me Free" Belgium / Hooverphonic – "The Wrong Place" Russia / Manizha – "Russian Woman" Malta / Destiny – "Je me casse" Portugal / The Black Mamba – "Love Is on My Side" Serbia / Hurricane – "Loco Loco" United Kingdom / James Newman – "Embers" Greece / Stefania – "Last Dance" Switzerland / Gjon's Tears – "Tout l'Univers" Iceland / Da∂i Freyr og Gagnamagni∂ – "10 Years" Spain / Blas Cantó – "Voy a querdarme" Moldova / Natalia Gordienko – "Sugar" Germany / Jendrik – "I Don't Feel Hate" Finland / Blind Channel – "Dark Side" Bulgaria / Victoria – "Growing Up is Getting Old" Lithuania / The Roop – "Discoteque" Ukraine / Go_A – "Shum" France / Barbara Pravi – "Voilà" Azerbaijan / Efendi – "Mata Hari" Norway / TIX – "Fallen Angel" The Netherlands / Jeangu Macrooy – "Birth of a New Age" Italy / Måneskin – "Zitti e buoni" Sweden / Tusse – "Voices" San Marino / Senhit feat. Flo-Rida – "Adrenalina" This is quite an open race this year ... I hope that Italy win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted May 21, 2021 Members Share Posted May 21, 2021 14 countries have participated in a poll arranged by the Dutch broadcaster NPO, to choose the top 50 most popular ESC songs of all time, and this was the result: Artist Song Country Year Result 50 Teach-In Ding-a-Dong The Netherlands 1975 1 49 Sertab Everyway that I can Turkey 2003 1 48 Dschingis Khan Dschingis Khan West Germany 1979 4 47 Udo Jürgens Merci chérie Austria 1966 1 46 Francesco Gabbani Occidentali’s karma Italy 2017 6 45 Anne-Marie David Tu te reconnaîtras Luxembourg 1973 1 44 Sergey Lazarev You’re the only one Russia 2016 3 43 Domenico Modugno Nel blu dipinto di blu Italy 1958 3 42 Toto Cutugno Insieme: 1992 Italy 1990 1 41 Polina Gagarina A million voices Russia 2015 2 40 Blanche City lights Belgium 2017 4 39 Loïc Nottet Rhythm inside Belgium 2015 4 38 Netta Toy Israel 2018 1 37 Sandra Kim J’aime la vie Belgium 1986 1 36 Cliff Richard Congratulations United Kingdom 1968 2 35 Dana All kinds of everything Ireland 1970 1 34 Vicky Leandros Après toi Luxembourg 1972 1 33 Bucks Fizz Making your mind up United Kingdom 1981 1 32 Verka Serduchka Dancing lasha tumbai Ukraine 2007 2 31 Mocedades Eres tú Spain 1973 2 30 France Gall Poupée de cire, poupée de son Luxembourg 1965 1 29 Sandie Shaw Puppet on a string United Kingdom 1967 1 28 Marija Šerifović Molitva Serbia 2007 1 27 Emmelie de Forest Only teardrops Denmark 2013 1 26 Dana International Diva Israel 1998 1 25 Gali Atari & Milk and Honey Hallelujah Israel 1979 1 24 Ruslana Wild dances Ukraine 2004 1 23 Keiino Spirit in the sky Norway 2019 6 22 Helena Paparizou My number one Greece 2005 1 21 Umberto Tozzi & Raf Gente di mare Italy 1987 3 20 Brotherhood of Man Save your kisses for me United Kingdom 1976 1 19 Olsen Brothers Fly on the wings of love Denmark 2000 1 18 The Common Linnets Calm after the storm The Netherlands 2014 2 17 Johnny Logan What’s another year Ireland 1980 1 16 Salvador Sobral Amar pelos dois Portugal 2017 1 15 Il Volo Grande amore Italy 2015 3 14 Nicole Ein biβchen frieden West Germany 1982 1 13 Céline Dion Ne partez pas sans moi Switzerland 1988 1 12 Katrina & the Waves Love shine a light United Kingdom 1997 1 11 Eleni Foureira Fuego Cyprus 2018 2 10 Lordi Hard rock hallelujah Finland 2006 1 9 Johnny Logan Hold me now Ireland 1987 1 8 Conchita Wurst Rise like a phoenix Austria 2014 1 7 Lena Satellite Germany 2010 1 6 Mahmood Soldi Italy 2019 2 5 Duncan Laurence Arcade The Netherlands 2019 1 4 Alexander Rybak Fairytale Norway 2009 1 3 Måns Zelmerlöw Heroes Sweden 2015 1 2 Loreen Euphoria Sweden 2012 1 1 ABBA Waterloo Sweden 1974 1 Interesting result.... Not exactly how the list would have looked if I ranked my top 50 I must say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OzFrog Posted May 22, 2021 Author Members Share Posted May 22, 2021 Happy Eurovision Grand Final Day everyone! May the best song/country win tonight! Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted May 22, 2021 Members Share Posted May 22, 2021 Sadly that can't happen since the best song (Denmark's) was eliminated in the semi-final.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted May 22, 2021 Members Share Posted May 22, 2021 LMAO at the UK. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted May 22, 2021 Members Share Posted May 22, 2021 (edited) Måneskin from Italy won the 65th Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Zitti e buoni". This was Italy's 3rd win. Winning performance: France received their best placing since 1991. Four countries received zero points in the televoting: Hosts Netherlands, plus Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom finished with no points at all. Recap: Full results: Italy (524) France (499) Switzerland (432) Iceland (378) Ukraine (364) Finland (301) Malta (255) Lithuania (220) Russia (204) Greece (170) Bulgaria (170) Portugal (153) Moldova (115) Sweden (109) Serbia (102) Cyprus (94) Israel (93) Belgium (74) Norway (75) Azerbaijan (65) Albania (57) San Marino (50) The Netherlands (11) Spain (6) Germany (3) United Kingdom (0) In the semi-finals, Ireland and Latvia came last. Semi-final 1: With televoting only, Croatia would have qualified instead of Belgium. With jury voting only, Romania and Croatia would have qualified instead of Norway and Azerbaijan. Semi-final 2: Czech Republic received zero points in the televoting. With televoting only, Denmark would have qualified instead of Albania. Edited May 22, 2021 by Huntress 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted May 22, 2021 Members Share Posted May 22, 2021 So bad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted May 22, 2021 Members Share Posted May 22, 2021 It was my favorite song of the night and I voted for it 7 or 8 times Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted May 23, 2021 Members Share Posted May 23, 2021 I thought the jury had it right with Switzerland. Italy reminded me of some of the weaker retro rock cosplay we’ve endured over the past 20 years. YMMV. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted May 23, 2021 Members Share Posted May 23, 2021 Italy winning was preferable to the pretentious ballad from Switzerland or the cheap Edith Piaf-knockoff from France. And I kind of feel bad for the UK. There were a lot of far worse songs than their's last night: Spain, Germany, Russia and Bulgaria for instance. But their song was bland and very forgettable and that is the cardinal sin in the ESC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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