Members I Am A Swede Posted May 14, 2022 Members Share Posted May 14, 2022 (edited) Gigliola Cinquetti!! Please register in order to view this content She looks fantastic for a 74-year old, and ""Non ho l'età" is still an amazing song. The line-up this year was actually pretty decent. Most of the songs were actually quite good. But I still rank Switzerland, Poland and Azerbaijan at the bottom, and would gladly have replaced any of them with Ireland. Edited May 14, 2022 by I Am A Swede 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted May 14, 2022 Members Share Posted May 14, 2022 One song that really has grown on me is the Netherlands. A powerful ballad without the vocal gymnastics that other countries indulge in, and I love that it's performed in Dutch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted May 14, 2022 Members Share Posted May 14, 2022 And just like predicted.... the televotes went in favour of the Ukraine. Not at all surprising, but still slightly disappointing. Please register in order to view this content There's no doubt in my mind that they got a lot of sympathy votes they wouldn't have received under normal circumstances. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted May 15, 2022 Members Share Posted May 15, 2022 The final result, with total score (jury+televoting) Country Total points Jury Tele 1 Ukraine 631 192 439 2 United Kingdom 466 283 183 3 Spain 459 231 228 4 Sweden 438 258 180 5 Serbia 312 87 225 6 Italy 268 158 110 7 Moldova 253 14 239 8 Greece 215 158 57 9 Portugal 207 171 36 10 Norway 182 36 146 11 Netherlands 171 129 42 12 Poland 151 46 105 13 Estonia 141 43 98 14 Lithuania 128 35 93 15 Australia 125 123 2 16 Azerbaijan 106 103 3 17 Switzerland 78 78 0 18 Romania 65 12 53 19 Belgium 64 59 5 20 Armenia 61 40 21 21 Finland 38 12 26 22 Czech Republic 38 33 5 23 Iceland 20 10 10 24 France 17 9 8 25 Germany 6 0 6 Some very noticeable discrepancies between the juries and the public: Moldova, Australia, Azerbaijan, Serbia, Norway, Poland and the Netherlands. Not to mention Switzerland who got the dreaded nul points from the public. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted May 20, 2022 Members Share Posted May 20, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted May 20, 2022 Members Share Posted May 20, 2022 (edited) Like every year, there was some drama concerning the voting: In semi-final 2, six national juries apparently decided to swap votes. However, this was noticed by the EBU, so the jury votes of these countries were declared null and void, and artificial results were calculated instead. The same happened again in the Grand Final. The involved countries were Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Romania, Poland, and San Marino. https://eurovision.tv/mediacentre/release/ebu-statement-irregular-voting-2022 I'm fine with Ukraine winning – I mean, it was kind of to be expected It was also clear that Germany would finish last once again – after all, our broadcaster NDR just doesn't give a damn. In the pre-selection, they made it very clear that they were looking for "the perfect radio song". Well, they got exactly that – a radio song which is fine as background noise, but doesn't work on a big stage. I just feel sorry for these young artists that get burned year after year. Edited May 20, 2022 by Huntress 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted June 17, 2022 Members Share Posted June 17, 2022 Not exactly a big surprise..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OzFrog Posted July 26, 2022 Author Members Share Posted July 26, 2022 I will start a new thread once the host city has been announced, but in the meantime, the *country* for 2023 has now been confirmed… we’re off to the UK for the ninth time in the contest’s history. https://eurovision.tv/story/united-kingdom-host-eurovision-song-contest-2023 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted July 26, 2022 Members Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) Former British Eurovision winners have differing opinions which city should host it: Lulu (winner 1969) votes for her hometown Glasgow, Cheryl Baker (winner 1981 as part of Bucks Fizz) thinks Cardiff would be perfect, while Katrina Leskanich (winner 1997 as part of Katrina & The Waves) gives her support to Manchester. Eurovision: Bucks Fizz star backs Cardiff to host 2023 event Edited August 1, 2022 by I Am A Swede 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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