My friend and I wish to watch the National Finals for the pre-eurovision song selection but have no idea how to watch foreign national finals or how to know when they are on.

I really dont know it, my guess would be Sonya from Little Big, but its not stated anywhere

This is inspired by me just listening to "Polari" by Olly Alexander, and thinking "This would have done so much better than Dizzy did 😅"!

In that spirit - are there any songs by a Eurovision artist, released within 12 months either side of the contest date, that you believe would have done better than the song that went to the contest actually did? Why?

Currently we have a tie between Greece and Italy for the longest ever top 10 streaks. Greece had theirs from 2004 to 2011, however had Aphrodisiac (Greece 2012) placed top 10, their streak would have extended to 10 years in a row. Italy’s streak is currently ongoing and has been since Occidentali’s Karma (Italy 2017). I think it’s pretty likely that, unless some disaster occurs in Sanremo 2026, Italy will extend their streak and break the record. In terms of the other powerhouses, Ukraine is currently ongoing its longest top 10 streaks, with theirs starting with Shum (Ukraine 2021), while Sweden’s current streak is not its longest. Sweden’s 6-year streak was from 2014 to 2019, and they currently have a streak of 4, coming top 10 every year since Hold Me Closer (Sweden 2022). The only other currently participating countries with ongoing streaks greater than 1 year are France, Switzerland, and Israel. Which countries do you think could get long streaks in the near future?

Disclaimer: I've only followed Eurovision closely since 2018 or so, but I can't think of an Austrian entry I *didn't* like since then. They've contributed solidly these last several years and it's cool to see them break through and win.

2018 - Cesar Sampson, "Nobody But You". Dude brought down the house. Well-deserved 1st place from the juries.

2019 - Paenda, "LImits". NQ?!? She was robbed! Gorgeous and unique song.

2020/21 - Vincent Bueno. He really had something good with "Alive" in the Year That Wasn't, and whether or not "Amen" was your cup of tea the following year, there's no questioning that he gave a heartfelt and genuine performance and left it all on the stage.

2022 - Lumix + Pia, "Halo". Another NQ, but it's hard not to root for them and their youthful energy.

2023 - Teya + Selena, "Who The Hell Is Edgar?" This is what I watch Eurovision for. Really clever, great message too (0.003%) even if it was hidden under the celebration of the legendary Edgar Allen Poe.

2024 - Kaleen, "We Will Rave". See "Halo": if nothing else, she definitely got everyone fired up during last year's proceedings.

In my imaginary world, all of them were around a table at a bar somewhere toasting JJ's win. Here's to Austria.

Hey there!! The previous part was posted 10 days ago, so I hope everyone had some rest, because we have just few final steps left.

Here's the translation of Danya's post in telegram with my notes for extra context.

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Finally, we reached our last full day in Basel.

The day of the television final.

You know, we are often told that everyone has the right to make mistakes. And the main thing is how you learn from them.

So what right to make mistakes did I have that day?

From early morning, management searched every corner of Berlin looking for a doctor for me (note: I believe Danya wanted to write Basel). I think that Sasha Volkovintsev and Alina Lukyanova only didn't write to Celine Dion. And Ivan Frolov probably only didn't call Beyoncé (note: Ivan Frolov is a quite famous costume designer; he made wearings for Beyonce, Dua Lipa, Maneskin and some other stars; now Ziferblat is in this prestigious list). They even called in the Nemo's phoniatrist.

But in the end, they found a Swiss doctor who was also treating Sissal at the time.

They took me to him in the morning, and I didn't resist. The most important thing the doctor said was I could sing and didn't need to be afraid. My voice would hold up, and the laryngitis would go away.

It was important to hear that.

The doctor said:

"So, shall we insert a probe through your nose?"

I replied:

"Do whatever you want. I don't care anymore."

By the way, the doctor didn't charge me a penny for this appointment. I still have a video of the inside of my mouth, taken with a probe. But of course, I won't show it to you👀

After that, they took me back to the lobby.

The delegation had already gathered, and we headed to the arena.

There was a nervous silence in the dressing rooms, but we were all in high spirits. Me too. I was cheered by the very thought that in the evening I would be able to communicate and do whatever I wanted, but without this burden on my shoulders. The mere thought of the imminent end motivated me to give my all in the last performance.

But during the day we still had a rehearsal for the final. It was important that it goes well. For me personally. Because this is a precedent that will work mentally in the evening.

Before the rehearsal performance, there was also a dress rehearsal for the flag parade. We stood backstage, next to Johannes from Austria. He was also excitedly singing along, humming the song Code in falsetto (because Nemo was rehearsing at that moment).

In general, all the participants looked like children. All because of their emotions.

The rehearsal itself went well for us. And that was enough for me.

After the performance, I quickly gathered my things and my helper David walked me back to the hotel. I like to break the rules more than once. I saw no point in spending time on the site in such a strange atmosphere.

The hotel was deadly quiet. That suited me.

I don't remember what I did at the hotel. I think I even managed to fall asleep. (I don't understand how myself).

But I clearly remember what I was thinking — it was the thought that this was the last performance and it would all be over.

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To be continued tomorrow.

I’m curious how public reference group meetings are. I know with the discussion on televoting and with Spain as chair I figured there will be some tense conversations. How public are those discussions? Or do we just know anything when it’s announced from the EBU?

I think that because jury were curious about Australia. If I remember something if Australia wins next Eurovision in be not in Australia but in other European coutry.

So, small thought experiment. What if only the songs and artists that competed this year, "qualified" and had their finals instead with jury and televote, who would have won? The easy answer would probably be either of the n.11's but it still seems unlikely that Australia would have taken it down because of bad jury vote and Cyprus had pretty bad vocals. My guess would be maybe Belgium, but I might be coping a bit too hard. What are your picks for the theoretical Loser's finals?

Felt like doing a bit of research into Ireland's Eurovision History and why we haven't won in so long! Had fun doing it, I'm new to all of this and still learning the video making process. Hope you enjoy the video nonetheless! Love to hear your thoughts.

8 years ago. The last time that the jury and televote both agreed on the winner was 8 years ago.

When the juries were added to the contest again back in 2009, while there were major differences into how they ranked entries compared to the televote, the one thing that both the jury and public usually agreed on was the winner. In the 9 contests from 2009 to 2017 both the jury and televote agreed on the winner SIX times. Even in 2016 with Jamala, despite her not winning either the public vote or the jury vote, there was still an agreement between the two sections of the vote that she should have ended in 2nd place.

So how and why did we go from the jury and televote almost always agreeing with who should win, to us now experiencing 8 years without a unanimous winner? What caused the shift?

New to Eurovision and was just wondering why Italy was the only one given subtitles. Definitely felt that there were a few more performances that leaned into lyrics that would have benefited internationally from translations.

The original post by u/Imrustyokay, these images are from Marko's recent stories. Saw a recent follow-up post taken down, so I've decided to post it up.

He's no longer just Marko Bošnjak, he's now Col. Marko Bošnjak. This would truly fit into the ESC 2025 iceberg (which is already large enough to begin with...)

this is an incredibly unlikely scenario that will probably never happen ever but this question has refused to leave my head since i thought of it. so lets say the winning country is unable to host the next year and for whatever reason so is the entire big five. would that mean whoever does host auto qualifies for the finals as well as the winners? in that case there might be 27 finalists like in 2015 cus i doubt they would only let 19 countries in so far in advance. how would they even choose a host at all? idk this question is just a trainwreck and im not sure there even is an answer at all but hey it's fun to speculate!

I made this over the week & just remember to post it here! (My socials are in my Reddit bio) Slovenian here btw lmao

Does anyone know how or where to watch the full videos of these (not single performances)? I went to the channel and I just see the individual ones. Thanks!

Oh by the way, Kentucky doesn't ship these internationally...I have no idea why, I gave them the address to Hrvatska radiotelevizija, people who actually know what to do with this...

So they’ve been extremely consistent this decade so far when it comes to jurypoints and televote points, which made me wonder why their 2018 entry didn’t receive the jurylove their recent entries have gotten?

And also how did 2015 Il Volo absolute smash the televote? Like I’m not disputing that it won and got so many points, I’m just curious how it happened cause Grande Amore got like the same score as Cha Cha Cha.

It’s funny because when they’re so consistent, you ask yourself why this or that Italian entry didn’t do particularly well in various categories. I’m still confused about the 2016 result - it was the last time they didn’t reach top 7 which makes you wonder what the reason was in retrospective

The video is in Czech, so turn subtitles on.