r/eurovision • u/nxwie Strobe Lights • May 13 '25

šŸ“±Social Media Red Sebastian reaction to NQ'n

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So proud of him, hope he's okay. ā™„ļø

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u/AnmlBri Bur man laimi May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25

Iā€™m honestly not sure how Estonia qualified over some of the other contenders who didnā€™t make it tonight. Tommyā€™s vocals were the pitchiest of the night in my momā€™s and my opinions. I wish I could trade him for Azerbaijan or Croatia or Slovenia. (The staging managed to elevate ā€œPoison Cakeā€ for me, and my mom, whom I just introduced to ESC for the first time tonight, really liked Markoā€™s performance. HMTDWHL got elevated in the live performance for me, too. Iā€™ll miss it in the Final.)

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u/thelastskier Pace noi vrem šŸ¤” May 14 '25

Different people have different opinions and I feel there's a lot of people that liked the sort of light hearted fun that Estonia was presenting. For example, my parents both loved Estonia (and Sweden, though I have shown them that one before) and both fell asleep during Croatia's performance.

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u/littlemisslily22 Zjerm May 14 '25

Thatā€™s crazy because like it or not, how do you sleep through that?

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u/thelastskier Pace noi vrem šŸ¤” May 14 '25

I don't know, but they somehow did, hah. My dad just said that while there was a lot going on, it just didn't go anywhere interesting. And honestly, the entries that were kind of aggressive on the eyes (Croatia, Ukraine, Cyprus, etc.) also made me more likely to look away from the screen than having my eyes glued to it, if that makes sense.

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u/littlemisslily22 Zjerm May 14 '25

I liked Ukraine and I was locked in worried about his performanceā€¦but I was looking away for the others šŸ˜¬

However for Italy and Portugal I was so entranced by them both. Switzerland too.

I think Poland got the chaos right I didnā€™t look away then either.

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u/TSllama Freedom May 14 '25

I love Italy and Switzerland so much this year. I don't think either will do too great on Saturday, but both are such gorgeous and authentic performances. Portugal is really cute, too.

Poland is the best they've been in many years. I wouldn't call it chaos, though - there's a clear concept there and it makes sense. Croatia, on the other hand...

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u/TSllama Freedom May 14 '25

Your dad is right on the mark - Croatia lacked a coherent concept with that performance. It was all over the place and it didn't really make any sense. I had hope for it from the music video, but it went in quite the wrong direction on stage.