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Can people stop saying we got 2 opera winner songs in a row? Like Wasted Love is way more dedicated to opera than The Code. The Code's opera parts are barely there and the pop/rap parts are more in the focus. (and no, this is no shade at it, I did like the song but it's not an opera winner song)

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I honestly didn't expect Estonia doing so greatly and even surpassing bigger fan favorites like Sweden and Finland. Like sure Tommy Cash has a fanbase but beating Erika and KAJ?

Maybe I shouldn't have underestimated the hype around Espresso Macchiato. Even my friends who usually don't care for Eurovision and watched tonight with me for once found the song pretty catchy.

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I'm used to the UK getting zero points from the televoting but freaking zero points for Switzerland??? Tbf I didn't expect much but zero?!

10th place is still a pretty good result in the end but dang...

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This year's Eurovision showed:

People be all about banning juries until a controversial country gets super high points from the public. Suddenly a jury winner is fine.

Ngl, I'm not sure how to feel about this. Imagine Austria had beaten Estonia or Sweden instead of Israel. People would have been whining about juries ruining everything again in that case. (even though the juries weren't so super obviously favoring one country this year like I never expected UK or Germany getting some 12 points from juries)

It's a little sad how some of the praise for Austria is tied to beating Israel. Like Wasted Love is pretty good so a deserved winner song anyway imo.

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Congratulations to Austria winning! 🇦🇹

It's been ages where I felt that nervous about who is gonna win. I knew that Sweden couldn't win anymore after a certain point so my hopes were in Austria and I'm glad JJ took the W here. He deserved it.

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I said MAJORITY of acts were male and not ALL. I know Sweden had some women too but tbf, The Mamas got replaced and Loreen was there twice. So there's still less variety than France. But the main point was just about France not being the boring ballad country like some claim to be.

One of the funniest comments I've seen today is calling France boring and uncreative for "always sending the same song" (aka ballads like Maman) while praising Sweden for doing something new this year when Sweden is the poster child of "sending the same song". Like sure, KAJ is a refreshing act from Sweden but majority of their acts were attractive male singers performing a polished pop song in English because they know they're doing well with them.

Meanwhile, France at least did alternate between man, woman and duo/group acts. And sure, ballads line Voilà and Mon Amour did great but France isn't just sending that kind of songs. Roi isn't a ballad, Mercy isn't a ballad, J'ai Cherché isn't a ballad, Requiem isn't a ballad. And man, Fulenn, Moustache and Allez Ola Olé are the furthest from ballads. So the whole "France only sends (boring) ballads" take is just wrong.

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One of the funniest comments I've seen today is calling France boring and uncreative for "always sending the same song" (aka ballads like Maman) while praising Sweden for doing something new this year when Sweden is the poster child of "sending the same song". Like sure, KAJ is a refreshing act from Sweden but majority of their acts were attractive male singers performing a polished pop song in English because they know they're doing well with them.

Meanwhile, France at least did alternate between man, woman and duo/group acts. And sure, ballads line Voilà and Mon Amour did great but France isn't just sending that kind of songs. Roi isn't a ballad, Mercy isn't a ballad, J'ai Cherché isn't a ballad, Requiem isn't a ballad. And man, Fulenn, Moustache and Allez Ola Olé are the furthest from ballads. So the whole "France only sends (boring) ballads" take is just wrong.

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Time to make myself unpopular but what exactly do people like in Finland this year that isn't just "hot woman performs a sexual song with a catchy line"? Ngl, some comments/posts I've seen give me the feeling that people don't even care for the song itself and just focus on Erika alone. Not saying you can't find a singer attractive but this is still a song contest so...

Also I feel like Finland's the only country this year, people get super defensive if you don't like it. I've seen slander for Austria, France, anything close to a ballad/slow in general and heck, even Sweden (as the big favorite to win) that isn't treated as badly as when someone isn't a fan of Finland.

Personally, I can see Finland in the Top 10, heck, maybe even 5th place. But I don't see it winning.

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Ngl, I feel like if KAJ wins, we will finally have a winner again where people don't act like the worst trash on Earth. I'm still not over the shit I've read about Nemo last year so if JJ wins instead, I can already imagine the shit certain people will say about him that has nothing to do with his song. It's already annoying some claiming that his song is The Code 2.0 when it's nothing like it at all. But I know it will be worse if it becomes the winner song.

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It's ok to admit Portugal was lame, you can do it I believe in you

If I thought it's lame, I would've said it. Why the hell would I not be honest here? 🤨

Actually I'm pretty cool with Portugal qualifying. At least one calmer song managed to do this in semi final 1.

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I didn't watch semifinal 2 either but the only surprises for me were Australia not qualifying while Denmark did. Not that Denmark is terrible but the song felt like it wouldn't appeal to so many people imo.

Serbia, Georgia and Montenegro were doomed from the start because people are allergic to anything close to a ballad so them not qualifying was to be expected. Israel could've just sat there for 3 min without saying a word and they would've qualified anyway.

You know how people always blame juries if their fave act doesn't qualify? Now that they're removed from the semifinals, it's on the public alone for what is happening now.

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Idk why Portugal is hated this year? Or is it just classic "The Eurovision bubble hates any act that isn't loud, flashy or a walking meme" bs? Like there were really people saying that their song doesn't sound like belonging to Eurovision because it's "boring".

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Couldn't watch semi-final 1 tonight but tbh, I'm not that surprised about who qualified. Only a bit surprised about Portugal being in while Belgium and Cyprus aren't but I've heard that Belgium wasn't so great with the vocals so... *shrug* On the other hand, Estonia isn't known for amazing vocals either this year but I guess the hype around Tommy Cash was enough to let him qualify.

As much as I wanted Slovenia to qualify, I knew they wouldn't. (people really seem to hate anything close to a ballad now unless it's a guy who can hit high notes *cough*) I didn't like Azerbaijan's song so I'm kinda whatever to them not qualifying. Croatia is another "not surprised about nq" for me because the switch in music styles was just clashing too much? Not every artist can pull it off right.

Honestly, I feel like nowadays, you can have terrible vocals as long as you are "entertaining" or "meme-worthy" but if you have decent to good vocals, you must pull something "special" otherwise you're out which is a bit sad ngl. Don't get me wrong, I like my share of fun songs too but it still kinda sucks when well sung songs get ignored or called boring just because the artist isn't dramatic or acting funny.

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Rush haters: Rush Duel and its anime are trash. Kazuki Takahashi would hate to see what happened with yugioh. Sevens and Go Rush aren't real yugioh. The characters look ugly and nobody wants to see kids as a cast.

The new interview with the character designers & animation directors of the Rush era anime:

Imagine hating Rush era for "not looking and feeling like yugioh" when the creator himself, Kazuki Takahashi, requested the changes.

Nobody says you can't criticize both shows (I do too) but it should be for its writing and not for being "not dark enough" or "I hate the art style".

If anyone wants to see the full article: https://sharjah24.ae/en/Articles/2025/05/04/Designers-share-legacy-of-Sailor-Moon-Yu-Gi-Oh-at-SAC

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Go Rush has ended a month ago and it's kinda funny how I haven't seen anyone here really talking about their overall impression of the show. I might do that later but for now, I'll go with these "hot takes":

1: Out of the main 5, Manabu is the most underrated and unfairly hated character. His season 2 treatment was terrible to watch but it was also annoying af how some people in the fandom talked about him. (while enjoying certain other characters who have done WAY worse things...) Season 3 was garbage with the exception of giving Manabu a redemption from the bs that season 2 did to him.

2: Zwijo is probably the most overrated character of Go Rush. I'm not saying you can't like him or find him cool but seriously: This dude has done terrible things, has NEVER apologized for them and nobody gives a single fuck about it. Like freezing the Velgearian council? Yeah whatever. Stealing Yuhi's Earthdamar and using it while seeing how it affects Yuhi? Who cares. And I know some will say "but he was a villain back then" and yeah, he was - doesn't mean he can't apologize afterwards? Also him straight up going back to antagonist when siding with the Dark Matter Empire and not giving shit to support Yudias. Like the Ohdo twins got so much shit for how they "betrayed" Yudias and were all mean to him and yet, Yuhi and Yuamu both eventually apologized for their actions and how those hurt Yudias. Zwijo on the other hand? Nothing. And don't get me started on him never ever giving Mitsuko one proper talk so she could either move on from him or they remain friends. Bridge might have found that shit funny and even some in the fandom be laughing in how Mitsuko gets ignored by Zwijo (nothing funnier than someone being ignored by the person they deeply care for amirite? /s) but I found that horrible. I would've rather seen Mitsuko letting go of Zwijo because he properly rejected her (and not some "I piss off and then never bother talking to you" bs) than the bs Bridge pulled till the end. And not even the last GR episode cared to have Mitsuko at least say goodbye to Zwijo.

3: While I agree on Yudias being underutilized as a main protagonist and he should've gotten to do more, I also think that many people kinda treat him like a baby when he's a freaking warrior? And I don't mean the fun "he's my baby" thing because you like him so much but really acting like anything he does is alright because he doesn't know better or it's always the other person's fault even though Yudias also has flaws and people need to stop treating him like "uwu innocent forever".

That's it for now.

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Maybe I'm just checking the "wrong" videos/sites but why do so many complain about "too many ballads" this year? I mean let's be honest: Half of them won't even qualify for the grand final because no juries. The only ones being in the GF for sure are Big 5 members (Italy, France), last year winner (Switzerland), Israel (because you know why) and I guess Austria?

I'm a fun song enjoyer like many others too but come on, the hatred I see for ballads each year always feels annoying to me. People saying they should be banned from the contest or only like 1-2 allowed are insane to me. Imagine saying this to any other genre especially when ballads started the whole contest in the first place.

And maybe it's just me but ballads don't even do that greatly anymore compared to the past? Like some might qualify but not many end up in the Top 10 or even win the contest.

Also for any ballad hater, look at this way: More ballads -> more countries cancelling each other out -> the fun/upbeat songs have better chances to do well.

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While I'm glad that Yudias is still alive and will meet the twins any second: Why the hell couldn't we get a proper reunion scene?! I'm still pissed about Sevens not giving us one and now, Go Rush repeats it. Heck, could've simply had Yudias say "welcome" or "Yuhi, Yuamu!" and the twins look at him, call Yudias' name and smile. We have no new weekly ygo show so would it have hurt Bridge to give us this last HAPPY ENDING? I'm tired of implications.

Also: Yudias was flat but his hand then changes to normal. How? If we say that he's close to death (since Velgearians become flat when that's the case) which might be possible after probably 500 years, why can he return to normal? Because seeing the twins again gives him energy? He changes back to normal for one last time since the twins are about to see him again and he doesn't want them to see him in the flat state?

Guess we will never know the truth...