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.

 

[soulm8]

Polish diaspora is not comparable, we have literally not even qualified for a final last year, you need to be fr.

I have to be fair, they are not as certain as the Israeli one for sure, but if they are interested in the contest, they are power house. Nobody can tell me, the regular viewer will award those points to Michal Szpak, be real lol.

 

[Lona]

Austria only in 4th place with just the televoters.

I know that televoting is unfairly biased (diaspora, neighbours, etc.), in some countries more than others. But the huge influence of juries is also annoying. Not sure what the solution could be, but all the time the jury deciding the winner is definintely not a good thing either.

 

[cegs5]

So after all the hype for the linguistic diversity in this edition, a song in English won.

 

[freerider]

Azerbadjan jury gave Israel 12 points they have been getting some Israeli military support in their past conflict with Armenia perhaps a reason. But it could ofcourse be non political and just a matter of taste.

 

[CatTully]

I have to be fair, they are not as certain as the Israeli one for sure, but if they are interested in the contest, they are power house. Nobody can tell me, the regular viewer will award those points to Michal Szpak, be real lol.

Regular viewer would absolutely award those points to Michał Szpak and that is exactly what happened.

 

[ESC94]

Sooo where do all the results come from? Like ... I can't find them on the official website.

https://eurovision.tv/event/basel-2025/grand-final/results/albania

The jurors results are still rather chaotic, but at least you can see how for example did in every national televote.

 

[0scar]

coming third in the semi, just 1 point behind Albania and above Sweden, didn't expect that but great, well done Claude!
coming fifth in the semi and then third overall in the final.. what
coming second to last in the semi, didn't expect it to flop THIS hard (more than half of the points coming from San Marino??)

 

[SpiritofKeiino]

Nemo's outfit was horrible. Couldn't he have covered up a bit even when presenting the award?

 

[SpiritofKeiino]

Sick of the political Israel votes.

 

[hijirio]

Azerbadjan jury gave Israel 12 points they have been getting some Israeli military support in their past conflict with Armenia perhaps a reason. But it could ofcourse be non political and just a matter of taste.

Yuval recently announced that she has Azerbaijani roots and it was broadly covered in the Aze media, no surprises there

 

[Kev4000]

On the bright side: With Finland, Malta flopping and Australia doesnt even q this year, I hope the amount of sex-joke-entries will reduce.

 

[cegs5]

Azerbadjan jury gave Israel 12 points they have been getting some Israeli military support in their past conflict with Armenia perhaps a reason. But it could ofcourse be non political and just a matter of taste.

Interesting to note that Armenian jury neither the public gave any point to Israel.

 

[blue00eyes]

I have to be fair, they are not as certain as the Israeli one for sure, but if they are interested in the contest, they are power house.

You have no idea how frustrating such comments are.

 

[ekzuu]

I hate esc i hate it hate itt hate it
Ok actually i love it
But how long will we be able to endure this situation when a aong not really liked by wide public wins.. 3 more wins like this, 10, 20?

 

[soulm8]

Regular viewer would absolutely award those points to Michał Szpak and that is exactly what happened.

I can’t understand why people can’t accept the diaspora voting. It is part of the game, the way all the Polish names are under every post about your participant, is the way everyone who is abroad is voting for the same one. At least the nation is interested in the contest.

 

[freerider]

Yuval recently announced that she has Azerbaijani roots and it was broadly covered in the Aze media, no surprises there

Ok that was interesting information. Probably a factor.

 

[SpiritofKeiino]

Yuval 2nd and Tommy Cash 3rd. Will one or both be invited back as interval acts next year...

 

[Seregil Korit]

Juries always make some questionable choices and there's (and will be) conversation about scratching them or at least lessening their influence..

But ultimately if it wasn't for them we wouldn't have a contest next year. So there's that.

 

[Jupiter]

We better get rid of juries AND televoting next year.

No jury or televote, the final placements get decided by a draw - half the ballots read "producers choice"

 

[SpiritofKeiino]

I find the Ukrainian votes annoying. I think it was a fairly weak song and staging this year yet it still got a huge televote. If it was any other country I fully believe it would have flopped.