The vast majority don'tAm I seriously the only person who doesn’t watch the previews and goes into the final without having heard any of the songs?
I am such an amateur
and there are a lot of people who prefer to hear the songs for the first time on the night.I just don't feel excited at all and I agree with you so many of the songs are the same and feel very dull as none of them go anywhere for me. I mean I just can't get any enthusiasm for the show and for the first time ever me and mum have said that if the songs aren't very good in the semi-finals then we are going to give the final a miss. I honestly can't be bothered and I am watching the show that someone has uploaded from last night and even that is doing nothing for me as it is not getting me in the mood for tonight in fact I think it is making my mood worse.
There's even less reason to watch the final this year with them having the automatic finalists all doing their songs throughout the semifinals
. So there won't even be those performances as new material in the final.No I do as well. I like going in totally blind.Am I seriously the only person who doesn’t watch the previews and goes into the final without having heard any of the songs?
I am such an amateur
I just feel like the show is going on a massive downward spiral as they are now messing about with it too much and making changes that are completely unnecessary IMO.There's even less reason to watch the final this year with them having the automatic finalists all doing their songs throughout the semifinals
Hoping that Petra Mede hosting again (love her) and some interesting interval acts can save the day for me!
Yeah I agree, he is a pretty weak singer. I don't think any amount of fancy staging can save our entry this year. Weakest in years.
Can someone sum up what the changes are? I know that the juries don’t vote in the semi finals anymore, right?
One change is that the Big 5 and the previous winning country are performing at the semi finals. They will automatically get through but it's been decided that they are at an unfair advantage because their songs aren't heard before the final.
Isn't there a change to the televoting this year as well, lines are open from the start of the show I think?
Yep that's correct and the rest of the world vote will be adapted again with an implemented vote window to be open 24 hours before the final and the Swedish broadcaster SVT will solely decide the running order as each finalist will make a draw for the running order in the Grand Final with three possible outcomes:
This, er, "phenomenon" is sometimes referred to as a "moose knuckle". You can see why.What gets me... is last year Ireland had a great song, I really liked it.
And then they put the lead singer in a gold jumpsuit with an enormous camel toe. WHY?
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so big it looks like his arse is on backwards.
yup, confirm that even though I get excited for weeks before the actual ESC, I prefer to get the surprise of the new on the day off.The vast majority don't
I prefer the line up in SF2. It’s going to be more difficult for the borderline qualifiers in that SF. I think the 2nd half of SF1 (after Croatia) is particularly meh.
I'm the only person I know who watches the semi finals. Everyone else just watches on Saturday and that I'll be the first time they have seen or heard anything.The vast majority don't
The main event is too long for me these days. So I usually watch the semis, being significantly shorter, and watch the opening bit and the vote on the night.
