How am I the only finalist who gave this 12???
B A N G E R, Angola was robbed of this at Own Africa. I can't stop listening to this song.
Stunning, somehow better than my own failed attempt to use the islands last edition (yeah yeah I missed the song confirmation deadlines coz I was asleep, but trust me it would've slayed, if slightly less than this)
Makes me wish I was driving in the Balkans, window open, sunglasses on, summer sun blazing.
Actually a fat bop. Memorised a solid portion of the dance.
Wish I could've given this more, I love it so much.
As a proud Breton (Celtic bros) and a fan of this style of music, I have no idea why this isn't higher. Slayed so hard.
I love this song and I adore Bambie. Wish I could've given it more as it deserved.
Banger, was initially expecting to give this much more.
Banger, will get my friends to react to this when I do my year abroad in Latam.
Non-qualifiers:
Yeahhhh Mura Masa has better...
It was cool, I expected it 12th in semi rather than LAST
Weak song, and the circumstances probably didn't help.
Oh dear. Petit Biscuit has so much better, this was a disappointment. Position deserved unfortunately.
Not rlly my thing, fair.
I know someone who would eat this up. It ain't me tho.
It's ok
It's ... ok
Initially I didn't like this, but then I saw this in the semi and it clicked. Robbed.
2012 called, they want their song back.
Thank you for being my only 12 points received, but your song was not my thing at all.
The HoD clearly couldn't be bothered to look for songs this edition and just rode off the Polish internal selection for ESC. The technicality that this wasn't an NF song is sneaky af.
I'm Belarus, of course I like Russia's song.
Forgot it existed.
Maybe consider someone less famous and less spammed in contests. Great song tho, NQ was unexpected imo.
It's giving OUSC.
It's giving OUSC.
ATE??? Guilty pleasure, did not expect it to be anywhere above 19th in semi, congratulations!
Lore accurate.
Cyprus special reaction:
Aight so I run (ran, it's kinda dead now) a YouTube channel with my fandom friends called Cósagach. Now tell me, did you or did you not take Alberto's bop suggestion this edition, and will you take Lene Lene next and be the first copyrighted winner?
Shame about the NQ btw, it rlly is a bop.
Go to 2:08 to see the song in action
Finalists:
Yeah no, I do not like ballads (Mihai shush, Precious Pepala is built different)
I actually quite like this, I never expected it to qualify.
It ... existed.
Not rlly my thing. It had an atmosphere sure but it's not one that Tommy can breathe in.
My 11th of the final, great song, makes me wanna ride a motorbike in Belgrade at night while playing this. Expected position tho.
Non-recyclable waste, how on earth did this qualify?
Shame but I barely expected it to qualify so I'm just grateful it's above Az*rb**jan.
If I had actually engaged brain while voting I could've given you 16th, I'm so sorry. But this also isn't entirely my fault.
Lowkey expected, Ireland surely sucked up all the points this could've gotten.
Tell me how this qualified?
Actually such a cute song, rlly appreciate it for no reason whatsoever.
I get why this qualified but I disagree. At least it wasn't left side.
Wish I could've given you a point. This is a reasonable position, but I may be biased by the fact I'm one above you.
I am one position above Armenia.
Banger, deserved slightly higher imo but I'm happy with this, especially considering how it barely qualified.
Banger, another one where a slightly higher position was in order, but this will suffice.
Top 10:
Amazing, showstopping, ended Finland and Sweden, real winner of that tiebreaker.
I cannot express how much I am fed up of this genre. Expected position, but not my ideal choice for top 10.
Wau wau wau, what a great position! NQs had this right tho, AQ over Sw*den
Impressive for something so forgettable (I forgot it existed, forgot it qualified, then forgot it existed again)
First AQ ... can we bring back Slovakia? It's nice but a little overrated imo. 10th would've been acceptable.
THANK GOODNESS YALL HAVE TASTE
A little high but I'm not complaining.
Well deserved position.
Fully expected and deserved.
From the moment this was revealed as an entry, I instantly knew this was going to be the winner. Congratulations, Belarus looks forward to participating again in ... please be Ohrid, I loved staying there last summer.
The Belarusian HoD woke up for these results, as he had a night shift right afterwards, appropriately at North McDonald's. He (I?) arrived just in time for the final results, and upon seeing Filip Balos hosting, shared a personal anecdote regarding him.
Back in May 2023, Tommy had gone to Belgrade to visit a friend during Eurovision week, intending to watch together, as art of a larger Balkan trip. On the night before the grand final, he was invited to join some random people he met on Grindr to a Eurovision themed night at a club in the city. He (I?) accepted. The headliners at this even were some drag queens and some singers from that year's Pesma Za Evroviziju. Namely third place Nadia, nil points Filarri, and a certain particularly handsome man whose face he couldn't quite remember. About 15-30 minutes after arrival at the club, some particularly handsome man needs to move past Tommy, in front of him, and accidentally brushes his crotch in the process (his Belarussy, so to speak). After the other two artists performed, the third came on. Lo and behold! The particularly handsome man who accidentally brushed my crotch was none other than Filip Balos!
Now, following a brief mentioned of this fun anecdotal story, some users in the results chatroom were initially quite shocked. However, one user in particular
(cough cough Chante™) did not believe this at all. They accused our esteemed head of delegation of lying, with an unknown motive implied to be either attention or shock value. In reality, he has documented evidence of his attendance of the event on his Instagram page, and for the sake of humour, I am pretending this is some big incident so that I can absolutely drag you and spice up the final results post. Periodt x
(God I seriously need to make my mind up on whether to use the first or third person in these)
Also, fun fact, baloches, pronounced the same way as Filip's surname, is a funny French word for balls.