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#1
Worst edition ever.
Major technical glitches and timing mistakes, such as the performance of Austria in the final being ruined by a camera freeze or extras missing the entrance cue in the first semifinal during a presenter's gag.
The stage was badly designed, the "levitating" cubes were out of the camera field most of the time and the cross-shaped stage was very limiting for choreography and setup.
Presenter's acts were badly written, with jokes at the limit of offensive for some countries. Also, jokes were milked too hard, some of them were fine as throwaways but were made into recurring jokes.
The act praising Martin Österdahl was tone deaf and out of place in an year where many were calling for his resignation over poor handling of controversies (banning a competitor for unsubstantiated accusations over minor transgressions, lacking transparency and delayed communications, not banning a delegation reported for multiple and repeated harassment, not intervening over a broadcaster who gave away reserved data and another who made unfair remarks against a specific contestant)
The filler acts in the Grand Final were among the worst ever seen. Having Alcatraz perform just to belittle them repeatedly, the cringe-worthy AI version of ABBA, three unrelated winners sing an ABBA tribute (guys, just let them go, it's been 50 years), Loreen's act that was poorly planned, underwhelming and boring.
Public vote is greatly suspect, with a mediocre but politically charged entry that got a large share of votes, defying any previous or statistically expected voting pattern, getting more votes than previous acts that made the history of Eurovision.
4points
#2
It's nothing about music anymore at all. Politics were always involved (just check what country gives most points to their friends). But now it's all about the show only, the most controversial, the most shocking. I don't care if the singer is straight, black, white, LBGQT...as long as the music is great I really don't care. But most "songs" are just really c**p.
2points
#3
Olly Alexander can't sing. So yet again the UK isn't going to win.
1point
#4
I avoid the build up at all costs!
I only watch the main event.
1point
#5
Ik I'm super late and that the winner has already been announced, but my opinion is about the winner.
It should definitely have been Baby Lasagna. It wasn't my absolute favourite, but he was so engaging, enthusiastic, and I'm pretty sure he was the top public vote. Nemo was good aswell, but they were not as good as Baby Lasagna, imo.
The public vote was (Croatia:Switzerland) 337:226 (111 difference). The jury vote was 210:365 (155 difference). While the two differences have a noticeable gap, I feel like the public vote should hold more weight.
Lmk if there's anything I got wrong or just generally your opinion :D
0points