Eurovision 2022 🇮🇹

[Meekepeek]

OMG we live pretty close
rn I’m in Enkhuizen
Tho middays I live in Haarlem now that’s so funny, I have a friend who lives in Abbekerk

[Jass]

Ooh, nice, you actually are pretty close! Not sure if she still lives there tho, as that’s the place she was born

[Meekepeek]

probably not, it’s a small town (VERY SMALL)

[Jass]

Looks like it yeah on the few pictures I saw when googling, I bet she is located in Amsterdam area right now

Also, I hope you don’t take my opinions on her accent personal as you are from the same area As Gelderlander I’m just used to quite a different accent

[Meekepeek]

whaha I have a west fries accent and I don’t think I have that much of an accent but yeah you don’t know unless someone tells you to.

[Jass]

Ooh, interesting! And yeah, that’s true, everyone has an accent, and since you mostly only are around people with that accent it just becomes normal for you. But everyone has an accent, like even today I got asked by someone where I am from since they though I had an accent

(This is going slightly off topic now tho )

[Jass]

Okay, I’m just gonna write something pretty personal. I’ve been kinda going through a difficult time, so the reason I am this excited about eurovision this year and like invest time in it is that it has been a great distraction for me. Like even if it sounds a bit crazy, it helped me be a bit happier at some moments to just have something fun to do for a few minutes a day. Also just because there really are some amazing songs this year and I love music in general tho

[Meekepeek]

Tbf I don’t hear a difference in accent in haarlem or Enky

[Meekepeek]

Oh no for sure, I know what yiu mean, music can really help and a music event like this is just what people need ESPECIALLY now.

[Jass]

True, like there is barely even a difference in accent between let’s say Nijmegen and Apeldoorn. But even if it doesn’t sound like it to me, it’s still an accent.

@Meekepeek

Oh no for sure, I know what yiu mean, music can really help and a music event like this is just what people need ESPECIALLY now.

Agreed yes, besides my personal reasons why the last month basically has been awful, in general it has been a crazy last 2 years with covid, and now with the war it’s so much more important. Like eurovision was originally organised to bring European countries closer together and unite through music, and I feel like that message will become very clear this year. (Tho, this might sound a bit messed up, but I would be slightly disappointed if Ukraine wins this year only because of the war. I like their song, but honestly it’s definitely not the best)

[Meekepeek]

We’ll see, I kinda had hoped that Russia was allowed to go just to show unity but I understand why they aren’t

[Jass]

I can see that yeah, and in a way it would have been good. Not all Russians should be punished for basically the stupid decisions of one man, especially those that don’t have any connections with the Kremlin. But I feel like in a way its also best for the safety of who would have been the Russian entry. They would get so much hate…

[Jass]

Listening to this song now

BESS - Ram pam pam (Lyric Video) // UMK22

Still sooo disappointed this isn’t the Finnish entry. This is such a catchy song in Finnish, which I don’t think we’ve heard in eurovision for a while. I think if they would have sent this they could have finished top 10 two years in a row, but guess Finnish people hate their language as much as we do in the Netherlands

[Jass]

Conclusions now all songs have been released:

• 2022 is a very strong year in my opinion, there are some bad songs cough Moldova cough, but there are so many songs I actually love.
• So many ballads, some better than others, but in general there are a lot of slow songs. So I think uptempo songs will actually have a better chance to reach the final this year.
• The order in which they will perform will decide so much this year I think, since 2 ballads in a row can really kill chances.
• Semi final 2 is a lot stronger than semi final 1. Some of my favourites will probably not make it to final because of that.
• The big 5 surprisingly seem to all have pretty decent songs actually.
• Love all the languages, we will be hearing: English, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Breton, Ukrainian, Serbian, Latin, Albanian, Icelandic, Slovenian, Greek, Lithuanian and Moldovan. Really nice collection of languages
• I think there is not really one song that’s a 10/10 for me personally, the staging and live performances will be deciding that. Same for whoever will qualify, there are a lot of maybes.
• The very first song I heard, is funnily enough still my #1.

[Jass]

Germany has really been growing on me recently, those lyrics really hit and nearly made me cry… Also, there is some 21 pilots vibes in his song, that I can really appreciate (and funnily enough 21 pilots actually is his favourite band). At first I thought Germany had picked the wrong song and anxiety would have done much better, but actually I think rockstars has so much more uniqueness and depth to it…

[liyahsdiamond]

@Jass

Something to do with first off all it not being cheap to have a good act, but also they have to pay a certain membership to be allowed to join…

Wow.

@Jass

At this point basically yes, lol, it’s still it’s own country but one of the only 4 countries worldwide that support Russia and they actually follow orders from Russia. They allowed the Russian army to enter Ukraine through their country, without their role the war wouldn’t have been possible…

That’s… definitely horrible.

@Jass

It sort of became a symbol for the LGBTQ community. You always see a lot of rainbow flags in the audience and stuff. Many of the artists are also part of the LGBTQ community, for example Duncan Laurence (Dutch winner eurovision 2019 with Arcade). But also a lot of performances are obviously LGBTQ, I will show some examples if you are interested:

I found Rise Like A Phoenix through a k-drama thread on Soompi forums… beautiful song!

@Jass

But yeah, unfortunately, Hungary has been becoming a lot more homophobic again the last year and this ended up being the reason the broadcaster decided to not want to join Eurovision anymore. Which truly is sad…

sigh

I’ve also noticed that not many performances are in the country’s native language, is that a preference?

[Jass]

@liyahsdiamond

That’s… definitely horrible.

Horrible for sure yeah…

@liyahsdiamond

I found Rise Like A Phoenix through a k-drama thread on Soompi forums… beautiful song!

Ngl, I was a bit salty about it winning that year as the Netherlands came second. But in the more recent years I’ve been appreciating the song and what it stands for much more.

@liyahsdiamond

sigh

Doesn’t seem to be getting better either, with the recent elections…

@liyahsdiamond

I’ve also noticed that not many performances are in the country’s native language, is that a preference?

Well, originally it was a requirement to sing in the native language. Since 1999 any language is allowed (I believe there even has been a song in a non existent made up language ). So now all countries can choose, this year I believe 17/40 songs are at least partially in a native language. I personally think non English songs are pretty rad and also what eurovision is about in a way, more countries should submit songs in their native language and share their culture that way in my opinion. And they don’t even do bad, 3 out of the last 5 winners were not English So yeah, I am proud the Netherlands has actually submitted a proper Dutch song, it had been way too long

[Jass]

This difference breaks my heart

The studio version

Brooke - That's Rich (Ireland Eurovision 2022)

Vs

A live performance

Brooke "That's Rich" (Ireland 2022) LIVE @ London Eurovision Party

I want her too do well so badly, cause I love the studio version but it just hurts she can’t do that on stage If she would have been better live she would have possibly been in my top 10, hope she can still fix that before eurovision Cause it’s not like she can’t sing, she actually is super talented.

Brooke Scullion's 'Bruises' | Blind Auditions | The Voice UK 2020

[Jass]

Hey, at least she was better today Still far from great or the studio version though

[Jass]

Love these acoustic and like more cozy versions of all the songs (and others) so much. And love Brooke’s a lot there, I hope she will be able to deliver that on stage

Eurovision House Party 2022: Episode 1 - EXCLUSIVE PERFORMANCES

Latvia - Pretty much the same as the always
Ireland - rad, honestly love it more than the studio version
France - oooh, actually hearing their voices and how they harmonised is rad
North Macedonia - a bit too shouty for my opinion. But I hope she will take backup singers to Turin
Switzerland - I have liked this song since the beginning. Severly underrated and I think will be a shock qualifyer. He has an interesting voice and can actually sing well, hope it will connect on the big stage
Sweden - I think I’ve heard this version before. I actually like it better than in the national final. Her voice is way less cracking and irritating to me.
(Slovenia isn’t the eurovision song but I just wanted to say I fell in love this song)