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I think most Europeans prefer more the „exotic“ perfomances than songs, which are more „normal“. In the Esc you always want to see something special and surprising and not stuff you can hear in the radio.

"I like songs that are not mainstream but show the specific culture of a country" 10 minutes later "I don't understand this one. This is weird! Can somebody explain this to me?"

There is no one European taste in music that we all share across the continent. All across Europe there are people who are confused, pissed off or heart broken about their favourite not being selected for the finale.

It's really interesting to see the differences between your guys' American tastes and Europe's, speaking as an Australian who really enjoys Eurovision. For me personally, songs like Malta which you guys seem to like, I would consider boring and uninteresting. Whereas ones you don't seem to get the appeal of, such as Serbia, are some of my favourites thanks to their originality. Politics definitely plays a part in the results but I think people really overestimate by how much. Cool video, although definitely differ from you guys in terms of favourites.

The answer to "Do you know any of these hosts?" is: HELL YEAH! Laura Pausini is always playing on the radio in Finland and Mika was really popular during my early teenage years (now I am 27). I think both of them are really popular across Europe. The 2nd male host I did not know before ESC

Donnie: “shocking how late the Eurovision end” Festival di Sanremo: “hold my focaccia “

I once described Eurovision to my American friends as the "European Original Song Hunger Games with all the gay & the theme is _always_ Camp". Don't take it (or yourself) too seriously, have fun with it, enjoy the ride and you might be surprised. Yet, complaining about the voting results is an integral part of it. We all do it every year and I wouldn't want it any other way. :)) And maybe keep in mind: not all countries have the same budget and we should all be respectful about that.

"i like entries that sing in their own language" - *proceeds to like best malta and austria which neither qualified bc they were generic songs in english* (yes i know 90% of people in Malta speak english)

The hosts are: -Laura Pausini: italian Singer very famous in the world (She won a Golden globe and an oscar candidature in 2021) -Mika: british libanese Singer very famous, in Italy he started to host. (Songs very famous: Relax take It Easy and grace kelly) -Alessandro Cattelan: an italian host (XFactor Italy)

i'm kinda sad that the narrative around ukraine is "well war, duh" because i love folklore and i love rap and i legit want a whole album of that shit. also, all those points from people to moldova healed my heart, i was so pissed during the jury vote xD also on behalf of the czech republic ... thanks, i guess? xD i mean no points from me, but it's nice, that at least somebody likes it xD

I’m an Aussie who’s been getting up at 5am to watch Eurovision live since I can remember. Basically Australia was given a one off chance to perform in the comp in 2015 and we came 5th overall which is pretty impressive so since then we’ve been able to perform but have to qualify to just to perform in the semi final.

You guys forgot something very important: Our tradition to lose the ESC at every opportunity. It was founded in the 1950s and we only have 2 victories decades apart (with some sort of a generational split. My parents always think of Nicole, who won in the 80s, meanwhile my brother and I think of Lena, who won in 2010). Meanwhile we regularly end up at the bottom end, without big surprises. Like, the news spreads once it is over and everyone is like "Oh well, like always" and moves on

honestly, the quirkier/crazier the better!! A perfect Eurovision song should be true to the country's culture, preferrably have some ethnic elements or just have a great message. Basically, it needs to be memorable. The staging and performance are also VERY important if you want to do well, I'd argue even more important than the song. I think you're onto something with the different music tastes of Europe and the US, while we do listen to a lot of the same music you can also trust that any European will go crazy to Dragosta Din Tei or Dancing Lasha Tumbai!

When you watch Eurovision next year (as you inevitably WILL), make sure you start by looking at the Wikipedia page for the 2023 contest, which will show when each country has released their song. You must then spend weeks obsessively listening to all of them at every available opportunity, until you know them all inside out. And, of course, make sure to watch the semi-finals AND the final. So many casual viewers will only tune in for the Saturday night final, and will see the songs for the very first time. They will therefore be very judgmental based off of looks alone in many cases. But those of us who have been digesting all 40 songs since the beginning of the year know exactly what's popular and what isn't, and can usually predict the rough finishing order.

I liked the postcards more when they showed the places people came from. I like to think it as representation of different music/cultures than just a promotion of the country it's held in. The postcards were poor this year anyway.

the host laura pausini is huge famous in italy and spain! and mika, another host, is also famous in europe! he has “grace kelly” song which is a BOP

In earlier years every song was in its native language. Now its so rare to hear. I kinda miss those days. It was insanely funny.

I love how you were talking about culture and songs in their own language and you like that, only to score all of those cultural songs in their own language really low lmao. You don't like them, you like the idea of liking them.

Im german and I knew all 3 hosts ☺️ Two of them (Laura Pausini and Mika) should be popular all around Europe

Definitely a minority vote from me: Serbia's Konstrakta! I'm probably more a language person, and to be honest, contemporary pop music sounds all the same to me: In Corpore Sano has really, really great lyrics! And parts of it even in (pretty good) Latin, imagine! Just don't trust the official translation, it's ridiculous.

"What we don't really understand is how the voting works" Don't worry. most eurpeans don't know either. The Voting system of ESC is a deep and trecherous swamp with moving stepstones, half of which are hidden under the surface. The very easy version right now is to say that Audience votes count 50% and Judges votes count 50%. But that still leaves out the deeply comlicated history of countrys interwoven Sytem of voting for each other, but not officially of course that is a rabbit hole so deep and steeped in european history that unraveling it could probably be a masters dissertation for a history major.

As a German I was about 5 years old when Lena won the ESC with "Satellite", I've never thought I grew up with it, but that's how it is:)))

Laura Pausini, she is an Italian singer well known world wide! Mika, is also a famous singer (I thought he was living in US before moving to Italy) Alessandro Cattelan, an Italian presenter (I guess just famous in Italy)

Eurovision hosts / presenters this year were:Alessandro Cattelan who led X-Factor Italia for 10 years,Laura Pausini singer who has won many latin gramin, 18 music awards,6 music awards, Golden globe,Oscar nominated for best song with io si etc.Mika Lebanese corner singer who also resides in Italy, has won 4 music awards, He has millions of records and has been a judge of the voice France, X-Factor Italy etc.

Oh, Eurovision ❤️ I come from Estonia and it's like I grew up a Eurovision-Fan. It's something everyone makes fun of but at the same time everyone loves. People get together with friends and make a fun evening out of it. About the clips in between performances - they don't necessarily have to be about the hosting country. Throughout the years there have been short fairytale clips, clips showcasing the performing band/artist etc. Until some years ago Eurovision hosts had to moderate in English and French, that was dropped and if someone speaks French now, it's quite nostalgic. Also the deal with singing in your mother tongue- that used to be a criteria, but not anymore. And for decades the concert/contest was just one evening a year, but as more and more countries joined, they stretched it out. Australia had been a big fan for almost forever and snuck their way in a couple of years ago. If you follow it from year to year, you'll pick up on which countries usually send what or who voted for who - neighbors act often brotherly and help eachother out. Plus all the foreigners voting for their home country from abroad (i.e. me, voting for Estonia while living in Germany 😂). And yes, the taste issue. Eurovision has its own style, that's all I will say 🤭😂 anyway, I'm super excited about tonight, we have four kids and two of them are allowed to watch a bit of the final for the first time as it's always so unbelievably late. Just have fun with it and enjoy the evening 🇪🇪❤️

I'm actually a bit dissapointed for Germany this year. The band Electric Callboy (formerly known as Eskimo Callboy) wanted to join the ESC for Germany this year. However they got told they were not "suitable for the radio" and so they had no chance but however they told them they could try again in 2023 if they hold auditions again for the next artist going to ESC for Germany. I hope if they still want to, they can next year cause sooo many people were sad that they couldn't join the ESC for the country.

my favourite is ukraine, i've been listening to their song so much the past days! i also really liked georgia and i'm a bit disappointed that latvia didn't qualify, it would've been fun in the final

4:30 Actually Nicki was known globally. She is one of the biggest European KZfaqrs. 4:35 Same with Mika - globally known singer. Others are mostly known to Italy and Eurovision fans though. 17:00 Nah this year Russian war is the main politics topic. Israel and Malta just had bad songs. Ireland had good performance, but song was dreadful and they also usually struggle with block voting as well (so actual politics, but those are usual politics, where people vote for friends and countries like Ireland and San Marino, just don't have many of them - their only chance is in sending extremely good songs - especially as in Irish case, they have won the most and actually they won 4 time in a span of 5 years or something like that, they are at disadvantage of being overexposed - something that actually is starting to happen with Sweden as well, where televotes turn away from them, so others can have fun as well). 17:00 Well looking by your reaction - let me explain you Serbia - it's pretty much fan fave this year. Due to memes, but also because the song itself has multiple layers and resonates extremely well with different types of people.

I'm rooting for Spain, Greece, Ukraine and Serbia :)

Fun ESC fact: 1969 had FOUR WINNERS. They had to change the rules in case of ties after that.

16:50 with the guy from Israel there were also some events where he didn’t seem to be nice. The semi-finals are most of the times watched by the ESC fans who also keep up with events like the turquoise carpet (the official beginning), where he f.e. stole the girl from Croatia at an interview the microphone, so he could be in the spotlight himself instead of her. By this, his popularity sunk in the group of people, who would vote for him. Many podcasts compared him to WRS from Romania, and when you like both and know that one tends to be not nice, you vote and root for the nicer one. (At least in my experience.) My favorites this year are France and Czechia, btw. Also I love macarons (French) and Wienerbrød (danish) :D

Don’t worry. As a European I can tell you that I’m always off with my votes on this show as well. It’s like the ones I totally don’t like get kind of good points and the ones I like are on the bottom of the vote. But I don’t watch Eurovision that much because I don’t like the music most of the time. I have to be in a certain mood for it. 😂

I've never heard anyone call Eurovison the ESC.. Hillarious! :) Initialisms definitely are an American thing.

8:50 Not really a lot of time zones, actually. Iceland are 2 hours behind and the easternmost countries are 2 hours ahead of central Europe. So Australia aside, it's 4 hours between the earliest and the latest, compared to 5 hours for any live broadcast all across the US.

The best thing about your videos from 2021 and 2022 is seeing how quickly the fascination for the ESC took hold. It's always my second best night after Christmas Eve in 40 years and I've archived my wife's and myself's scorecards for 20 years. Europe is never more tangible than in these few hours in May.

I watched your vid this morning from Canada. Been to Europe a few times each year the past 14 years and rent a car usually. Heard some good Eurovision songs on the radio then and downloaded them. But never was able to watch Eurovision. Am able to now and it’s pretty cool

I enjoyed it so much to watch this video

The Netherlands. I do not understand a word but from her first tone I got goosebumps

The hosts are usually from the hosting country. Laura Pausini is very well known artist in whole Europe, her biggest hits are from ~20 years ago, though. Mika is actually American and British dual citizen. His most famous hit is "Grace Kelly" which I think charted in USA, too. He speaks perfect French and Italian and has been judging talents shows in Italy, France and UK. The 3rd host Alessandro is only famous for Italians.

Yes, that happens every year. And every year we hear: "Germany - zero points".

We watch ESC as a family every year. We usually listen to the songs on the internet when they come out, so we're familiar with them for the semifinals. It's fun. Many songs aren't really good, but we love commenting on the whole performance. I looooooved how Australia showed up on the turquoise carpet and had a laugh with Iceland's reference to Scooby Doo. I don't have a favourite dish, there are several that I like. My favourite songs this year are Ukraine (not for political reasons, but because I think it's a really good song) and Italy. I also like Moldova, because they have such a positive vibe, but after about the half I get bored because it doesn't surprise me at all. The Swiss performance had great vocals and I appreciated also Greece.

Mika, one of the presenters, is a Lebanese-born British man & has had world-wide hits, including in the US. He's also a US citizen. He's huge in Italy & France, having been a judge/mentor on programmes over there, such as The Voice & X Factor.

Wait you guys don't know Mika? I thought he was famous also in the states. His most famous song is Grace Kelly and he also did a song with Ariana Grande. He is not itallian but I think he lives in Italy, maybe... anyway, I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't because he is basically a polyglot ahaha. Laura Pausini is famous mainly in Italy and Spain but she won an Oscar recently for her song in a movie. Cattelan is famous only in Italy, he primarly hosts programs like Xfactor or Italy's got talent, but he also has his night show that is kinda like Jimmy Kimmel

Hi, When I was a child, the ESC was a boring "Schlager"-Competition. Then there was a slight change, when the queer community hyped the event. And then, when I grew up, there where two things that totally changed my experience. 1. Stefan Raab mixed up the dusty old competition by sending in totally nuts songs and making fun of the ESC, before sending a normal song with Lena, who won. Before that change, I couldn't have thought of a band like Lordi entering - let alone winning - the ESC. 2. Alcohol and cheese. There is a comedy clip, about a group of friends, drinking the national shot and eating the national cheese to every song. And we we accepted the challenge. :-) Well, we changed to "cheese and a really small sip of alcohol for every song" very quickly, otherwise, the evening would have ended in hospital. ;-) So nowadays, I enjoy the ESC, having a nice evening with family and friends.

When I was a kid, they had to sing in their countries language. It was an authors contest, judged were the composition and the text, NOT the performance, by a jury of experts (quite boring).

The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is the most expensive music show in the world. The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) always has the most modern Video effects, the most modern state of the art Stage with all the technical inventions of the last year regarding stage techniques. Beside the music it is a selling point for artists which are planning a tour to see what techniques are new and could be used in the upcoming tour. There are 5 nations -the big 5- wich are always in the final, because they pay more than 80 percent of the show. These are Germany, France, Spain, UK, Italy.

Host Mika is very popular british singer. 15 years ago he has big album that was like Platinum in UK and across Europe. Not only Europe, but in Canada his album goes Platinum too. His biggest single was Relax, Take it Easy.

Honestly, some of the politics is just the song having Meme Quality™ and being fun, standing out from amongst the pack. Bajillion ballads is boring to watch for three hours on the final night, especially because there aren't that many good ballads anyway. We need something to spice it up, and that's were fun, wacky and unique entries come in. If the music and lyrics are catchy and good, then even better. (Moldova is my favorite fun song this year, although most seem to prefer the unhinged Norwegian space wolves.) And Serbia's song is quite meme. How can you not love a song where the artist wonders about the secret of Meghan Markle's shiny hair while critiquing her country's healthcare system, mass media, and beauty standards? (Personally I don't understand how Belgium got through.) My favorite Finnish food is spinach pancakes xD

In my opinion, Czechia is so much UNDERRATED. I see them in TOP 5.

About the hosts: mika's music is huge in europe - or at least it was when I was a teen/young adult so many europeans will know him. The other two are more italy-spesific celebrities, I had vaguely heard them but didn't really know anything.

wow this is such a great video

I love the ESC. Since the first ESC in 1956 there has been a jury that evaluates the song and the performance, later the audience votes were added, which are chosen by phone call or text. Each participating country may not vote for its own country. (Semi- and Final) :)

Lol, this was fun. I enjoyed how amazed you were that Israel, Ireland and Malta didn't make the cut SF2. Seems everyone in Europe knew they weren't going to make it. :D

The reason why the ESC (Eurovision is just the name of the network, not the show) starts so late is that they had to find a compromise between the different TV schedules in Europe. In Germany, the traditional evening news start at 8pm and then prime time shows or movies always start directly after, 8:15 on all channels. In southern Europe it is warmer during the day, so people tend to take longer breaks and finish work later, thus having dinner later and starting evening entertainment later. There, prime time will begin at 9pm or even later.

The hosts are: Laura Pausini (Italian singer🇮🇹) Alessandro Cattelan (Italian television presenter 🇮🇹) Mika (Lebanese singer 🇱🇧 famous in Italy) You’re welcome

Mika is well-known in the Uk and Europe! He is a singer who had a lot of success in the late 00s. His song 'Grace Kelly' was a big number one hit in the UK. Subwoolfer (Norwegian space wolf act this year) just released a comedy pisstake version of Grace Kelly (called Space Kelly) here on youtube. It's amazing, has nearly half a million views already after 2 days, and is kind aof a review of this year's Eurovision and the consipracy theories surrounding Subwoolfer themselves. Go watch it!

So glad Fire Saga got people into Eurovision. I don't know what I would do with myself if Eurovision only happened every four years.

To answer your question, Laura Pausini and Mika are quite famous in Serbia, where I'm from. I don't think they've ever performed here, but I believe that nearly everyone (in Belgrade at least) know who they are. I've listened to Laura's songs for the past two decades or so and Mika is such a sweet character, you have to love him. Cheers!

American usually do prefer the blander songs, more radio friendly. Us in Europe prefer originality, ethnic vibes, etc.

Mika, one of the hosts, c’mon! Google song “relax, take it eaaaaaaaassyyyyyyyy…”

The thing with Eurovision voting is that, in the finals, there is a 50-50 split between the points awarded by the public and those by a panel of national jury members (usually industry professionals). Juries tend to really like heartfelt, emotional ballads. The public tend to like upbeat pop acts, the quirky and weird, and things that really stand out. This often leads to some discrepancy where a song might be loved by one and hated by the other

Great Video, as always. As for Eurovision. Israel is a member of the EBU as it is in the European Broadcasting Area, as fined by the International Telecommunication Union (a UN agency), that also includes, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Algeria and Morocco. (apart from Iraq ans Syria all are EBU members). Australia however is not an EBU member but an associate member (the US is also has associate members like ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, American Public Media and WFMT) and participated in 2015 as a one time option for the 60's Eurovision as is a huge Eurovision fan base there and they've been broadcasting is live since 1984. It was so successful that this one time was extended and, for now, it is approved until 2023. If they win the contest will not be hosted in Australia. As for the Israeli song, as an Israeli (living in Spain) I can tell you that although you liked it most Israelis did not and so did most Europeans (in the booking agencies odds it was 33). The Israeli representative was chosen for 6 years in an American Idol style show but this year it was changed to X-Factor Israel. The song is chosen by professionals, not by the public and it seems that since the 2019 Eurovision in Tel Aviv the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation is trying to avoid another win after spending 35 million Euros on the contest. As for politics. People always say that you should keep politics out of sports/art and it is theoretically preferable but we are not living in a bubble and sometimes you cannot completely separate the two. That said, most of what Eurovision fans call politics is more of cultural differences and studies show that, although there are, to a degree, "voting blocks" it has negligible influence on the results. As for voting, when you vote for each song a system of 0-10 is great. The contest system is to arrange all songs from best to worst and the first best 10 songs receive points. when the first 8 receive points from 1-8 and the 2 best songs 10 and 12. During the show 50% of the votes comes from the jurors, there are 5 of them and they are professionals from the music industry (singer, DJ, composer, lyricist or producer). the other 50% is from televoting. You vote for your favorite song, all resoles are gathers and the first top songs receive 1-8, 10 and 12 points but the result shown during the competition is the sum of all points for each song from all countries so if a song was awarded 6 points by 10 countries, 3 by 4, 10 by 3 and 12 by 3 it will be awarded 138 point.

I think last year's ESC (2021) was unusual in terms of how many high quality songs were in the running. Ukraine, Iceland, Lithuania, France, Switzerland, Finland...they all could have *easily* won any other year where the competition wasn't as strong as it was in 2021. So your perception of this year not having as many good songs to offer, might not be too far from the truth. ;)))

Yes this happens every year. Evenings that I dont want to be disturbt. The only programm I stay up for. Go and watch other years too. I ve been following since 1982, so a loyal follower/fan

Serbia was absolutely my favourite, loved Moldova too

Great video

As you said "famouse in the Netherlands" and on the screen the name "Mika" poped up, he is popular all across Europe. Not more so much these days, but in the early 2000s he had a big hit called "Grace Kelly" wich is about the most popular princess of Monaco Grazia Patricia, born Grace Kelly.

This was really fun 😁 I just wish you would play a sample of every song and show your reaction hearing it ❤️

When talking to Germans about who they favor in the ESC, noone will say Germany because a) we always suck and b) even if we didn't, you can't vote for your own country. The competition is designed so that everyone thinks about what they like about the other countries, not how they are better than the others. It was after all created with the goal of reconnecting Europe after WWII.

You could mention, that the Name of the ESC was Change in 2001. IT was called "grand prix Eurovision de la Chanson (Europas great price of einging?) And before that time, there were only Special Kind of Songs allowed. (Like Electric Musik was as far as i know Not allowed)

Lots of Americans know about the World Cup. After all, the most attended WC ever was in the US in 1994 (and hasn't been surpassed even though subsequent WCs have more games). And the WC comes back to the US in 2026. It all depends on where you are, but we had watch parties at the office during the day. That was even though the US wasn't participating. Americans also bought the most tickets for the 2022 WC in Qatar (after the hosts). A lot of Americans are supporters of their ancestral homes, so it's a bit diffused.

The Iceland entry for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest was Hatari - "Hatrið mun sigra". It was performed entirely in Icelandic, the song title translates to "Hatred will prevail" and concerns globalisation, capitalism, greed, and hatred. They caused a lot of controversy, as at the end of their performance in the final, the dropped Palestinian banners - the contest was being held in Israel. They came in 10th place. Hatari have continued with a fair amount of success worldwide in their dark techno/industrial genre. It's great to see a band show up every few years and shake up the norm in the competition while being actual viable bands and generating an international fan following.

One of the hosts is Mika a popular British singer who speaks French since he grew in France. He has many popular songs in the US and Europe. You should know this guy he sings the song grace Kelly and many more.

I would wote for the second song that the hosts were singing together. It was great seeing the people clapping along supprting Ukraine♡♡♡

My top 3 this year: 1) Portugal 2) France 3) Ukraine

The hosts are always famous mainly in the country which hosts the contest. Sometimes they are known in other countries as well. Like 2018, Portugal was hosting because they won the 2017 contest. One of the hosts was Daniela Ruah who has portuguese ancestors, whom everybody knows because NCIS LA is watched in various countries.

It always makes me laugh to hear Americans talk about their shows: The Voice or Idols. These shows are both Dutch and even produced in the US by a Dutch company :-)

A Dane here. We are always optimistic about our own country´s chances of making it to the finals, but not this year. The slow start puts people off.

Just monday the first American song contest finale was aired. Do you know, which state won? (A little hint: in every video of yours, it’s mentioned 😉)By the way it wasn’t that much of a success, so I guess it wasn’t the first but also the last and only…

The voting system is actually pretty simple but for whatever reason a lot of people don’t understand it (including german broadcaster NDR): The results are made up of 50% televotes and 50% national jurys. The jurys each select their top 10 performances. The best one receives 12 points, the second-best 10, then 8, 7, 6 and so on. The 11th best performance doesn’t receive any points whatsoever. Televotes are determined in a similar fashion: The entry with most calls receives 12 points, second-most 10, then 8, 7, 6 and so on. Jury and Televote points are then added up and whichever country received the most points wins. This process is the same for both the semi-finals and the grand final. The only difference is in the way the results are announced. In order to keep things fair they only announce which 10 countries received the highest number of points and thus made it to the final. Whereas in the grand final they spread things out as much as possible to keep it suspenseful. This system is designed to present a clear winner. It does not, however, accurately represent the musical taste of europe. Basically, you have to send something that is desperate to win. If you shoot for top 20 that means you’re working towards zero points. Last year for example the UK received zero points and thus lost, despite actually scoring top 15 across the board. Personally, I‘m in favor of the voting system as it is because it encourages risky entrys and bold decisions. If your country’s broadcaster knows what he’s doing that is.

The only time a microstate won the competition was Monaco in 1971. As you predict in this video, they couldn't host the contest the next year because they simply didn't have a venue large enough for it. The UK volunteered to host instead, which they have done 3 more times when a country couldn't host (usually for financial reasons), so 4 times total. The Netherlands also took over once, so it has happened 5 times that the winning country did not host the next year. Next year might make it 6, if Ukraine passes hosting to another country because of the war.

My favourite food in England is a scone with jam on first and clotted cream on top 😋😋

I'm Italian, but I'm pretty sure that Laura Pausini (the female host) is fairly well known across Europe, especially in Spain, if I'm not wrong (I'm saying this based on the fact that she usually makes Spanish versions of her songs, which suggests a strong Spanish speaking fanbase). Mika (the French speaking host) was huge during the early 2010's, he made more than a couple of absolute bops that still hit strong to this day (Grace Kelly, Stardust, Love Today, Happy Ending and We Are Golden, to say a few). The third host, Alessandro Cattelan, is an actual TV and radio host, quite new in the scene.

germans not care about germany winning cause no german knows the singers we send ... also a huge famous german band applied and wasnt accepted so ... alot people got pissed of by the organisers

Laura Pausini is super famous in Spain and the tall guy is Mika, he made a collab with Ariana Grande way back in 2009, the song is called "Popular Song", that's from where I know him from anyways, the other one I had no idea pre-show and pre-google.

I loved that movie it was so good and just like you i got hooked

Hard to say - so many options. Pizza (some is much better than others), calzones, steak fajitas, Yorkshire pudding, funnel cake, brownies and New York-style cheesecake.

•Voting system: points go 1 to 8 and then 10 & 12, idk why.. that’s just how it works. There’s a Jury Show where every country has a jury there and they give points, that is 50% of the points.. then all at home vote by thelephone, text or app, and that’s like going in a percentage and countries will give points and then that’s 50% too… • the hosts are always from the host country (or hired in(?)) Mika, one of this years hosts has an American passport and had some big hits in (western?) Europe • for Tiny countries… they might host it themself if they can afford. They would probably work the postcards out. For counties who can’t afford hosting Eurovision (or can’t do it for any other reason) the EBU will ask for other countries to hosts, which.. most of the big 5 havent host since like loooong and they have the money… so they can say “we want to help host”. (This will also happen next year, the multiple counties offered to help if Ukrain isn’t able to host in May 2023)

Laura Pausini and Mika basically lived in my iPod in 2007-2012 :D "Primavera in anticipo" and "Happy Ending" or "Grace Kelly" all day long :D

Laura Pausini is not just an italian Star but a global star. Tons of hits

Laura Pausini is an ICON, she is also known outside of Europe. Mika is known as well, he had some hits throughout Europe (not sure if he is known outside of Europe). The other male host I guess is known just in Italy, at least I didnt hear of him so far. I personally love Albania's song. My country's song was meh, she should've sang it fully in Croatian. Also we were 11th for the second time in a row. xD

Eurovision is a Total Cheese Fest. It's awesome!

Every year I forget that Eurovision is a thing, then I see bits and pieces of it and I cannot wait to forget it all again.

I'm a big Eurovision fan and while there are some goofy entries out there to lighten up the show, I think the show has a great musical quality especially in terms of variety and originality. I do admit that many of the pop songs in it are quite bland (Malta and Ireland for example) which might be the reason for many to think it lacks quality. Other notes I would like to make from my perspective: -The politics (neighbour voting) do play a part, you can see it in specific cases (Greece Cyprus) quite well. However, it's not that relevant as you think and most portray it, it doesn't affect the overall result really. -There's no country that actively tries to lose, it's something that started as a saying but has developed into being portrayed as the truth. If you know more about the contest it is quite apparent how some countries just have a bad performance record due to lack of interest (Germany) or just lack of funding to submit a good song, usually a problem for smaller countries (San Marino, North Macedonia)

German here and I L O V E D that film. My favorite scene is of course the song along.

Mika, the host u were talking about is British-Lebanese. He was also a judge on the voice France, but obviously, he also speaks italian

Just for the future reference - it’s not THE Ukraine. It’s Ukraine.

Mika is famous for singing songs like Big Girls and Grace Kelly, the other two hosts I hadn’t seen before

Well... to answer your question about the hosts... Alessandro Catalan is probably only known in Italy (as a TV presenter - X Factor). But Laura Pausini is a very established singer... I think she has around 14 studio albums out, she sings in Italian & Spanish (and has one album in English), won San Remo Festival, Grammy (Best latin pop album 2006) and several Latin Grammy awards... and Golden Globe for best original song in 2021! Mika has an international singing career (he's Lebanese-British and fluently speaks english, french, spanish and italian, as well as a little bit of lebanese arabic) with 5 studio albums and several awards... He also works as TV presenter or jury member in shows like X Factor (Italy) & The Voice (France). Voting is half Televoting & National Jury votes. Malta was one of the most meh songs in competition LOL. Sad for Emma who a very good vocalist. Israel was a good performer but the song was not good. Achille Lauro for San Marino started his carrer in underground post Punk and urban circles. He's not for everyone but he did put on the show. :-)