Live EUROVISION 2025 - REHEARSALS AND FINAL DISCUSSION THREAD

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Semi-Final 1 discussion begins on page 38 of this thread.
Semi-Final 2 discussion begins on page 96 of this thread.
Final discussion begins on page 157 of this thread.

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

It happened: for the first time in history Albania is in the top 10 according to betting odds after their semi.

 

[I bims]

Do we think Sweden won this semi? Cause I have the feeling they maybe didn't.

 

[Harry]

Shame Italy isn't voting in SF2 so the Twitter stans can have a full blown meltdown over Israel

I’m interested to know if Israel can topple the Lithuanian diaspora in the UK tbh

 

[Leydan]

I’m interested to know if Israel can topple the Lithuanian diaspora in the UK tbh

Well, if the BBC tea time news segment they did on Eurovision is anything to go by Yuval has a real good chance overcoming the Lithuanians and their 9939569 simcards

 

[cegs5]

It happened: for the first time in history Albania is in the top 10 according to betting odds after their semi.

I'm pretty sure Rona Nishliu had that honour, but great to see Albania gaining momentum now.

 

[0scar]

what was that "eurovision isn't political, even if you're good or brutal" about btw that was really weird

 

[Harry]

Well, if the BBC tea time news segment they did on Eurovision is anything to go by Yuval has a real good chance overcoming the Lithuanians and their 9939569 simcards

Don’t forget we have @MopManMoss and his vast swathe of UK SIM cards on Thursday voting for Laika! Our results could be messy

 

[Gitte]

what was that "eurovision isn't political, even if you're good or brutal" about btw that was really weird

I thought the same

 

[Smudy]

Highly probable that Albania and Poland will land top 10 now.

 

[I bims]

Well, if the BBC tea time news segment they did on Eurovision is anything to go by Yuval has a real good chance overcoming the Lithuanians and their 9939569 simcards

Ugh really? They might actually get that televote win this year, huh? No Lasagna to cockblock them.
And EBU probably made sure that the juries vote for her this time.

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

I'm pretty sure Rona Nishliu had that honour, but great to see Albania gaining momentum now.

Nope. Rona Nishliu was 22nd in the odds before the final in 2012.

 

[GermanBango]

what was that "eurovision isn't political, even if you're good or brutal" about btw that was really weird

"This line was sponsored by Moroccanoil"

 

[Jupiter]

Why is everyone pointing out as a surprise. is a much bigger surprise. Even with the boost

Iceland was at least a fan fave. And had an actual staging, someone actually cared and had ideas and stuff. Portugal is a snoozefest with a staging so non-existent, it feels like the time invested in it all together is like 10 minutes.

Plus, Iceland has little diaspora to pin them making it on. Portugal on the other hand feels like the diaspora carried it.

Weirdly enough, I would have much prefered Portugal over Slovenia before the show, but now I'm genuinely kinda angry about how this turned out.

 

[Harry]

"This line was sponsored by Moroccanoil"

So they acknowledge a certain country are brutal? ……

 

[aef]

Highly probable that Albania and Poland will land top 10 now.

yes
no lol

 

[nudiecrudi]

My dude, has RAI shown the results on screen again? We need something to gossip about.

You can gossip around the tongue story this time. It was one of the trashiest moments of the night.
Nothing happened. Rai did its job perfectly. Sorry for you.

 

[aef]

Iceland was at least a fan fave. And had an actual staging, someone actually cared and had ideas and stuff. Portugal is a snoozefest with a staging so non-existent, it feels like the time invested in it all together is like 10 minutes.

Plus, Iceland has little diaspora to pin them making it on. Portugal on the other hand feels like the diaspora carried it.

Weirdly enough, I would have much prefered Portugal over Slovenia before the show, but now I'm genuinely kinda angry about how this turned out.

That's an argument that is the bigger surprise than though. (What I said)

And who had as a favourite or qualifier? Like nobody I know

 

[GermanBango]

So they acknowledge a certain country are brutal? ……

I don't know which county you could possibly talk about. Love, love, peace, peace for everyone. There is no war in this perfect Eurovision world.

 

[Leydan]

You can gossip around the tongue story this time. It was one of the trashiest moments of the night.
Nothing happened. Rai did its job perfectly. Sorry for you.

It's not that deep, enjoy the joke and be happy

 

[I bims]

So they acknowledge a certain country are brutal? ……

Nah they meant probably people like Greta Thunberg, who are obviously the real villains.