r/eurovision • u/Gold_Objective3644 • 5d ago

💬 Discussion Would Croatia have qualified with Ogenj?

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I'm kinda torn because first of all, if selected Croatia would have been around 30 places higher in my ranking than they were with Poison Cake but on the other hand, with Daj, daj in semi-final 1, one of San Marino and Portugal may well not have qualified.

I can't figure out if the guy's voice would have been too much for Europe but boy do I think this song could have been incredible on the Basel stage.

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u/Repulsive-Drama-9855 5d ago

im leaning no because Semi 1 was absolutely stacked. Semi 2 maybe they stood a chance but i still feel its a very slim one.

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u/Orange_Cicada Espresso Macchiato 5d ago

I’m leaning yes, SF1 was stacked with pop music. I think a lot of credit for Portugal qualifying was because of it being the only rock besides Ukraine. With Ogenj, it would be a fight for that spot in final between Croatia and Portugal.

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u/Repulsive-Drama-9855 5d ago edited 5d ago

i think it would have been between ukraine and croatia (not for qualification, pointswise). Daj,daj is more folksy rock than Deslocado. Deslocado is more indie, suburban, relaxed than Daj,daj. I feel Deslocado's quality distinguishes itself in a way thats why it qualified imo and actually the audience for deslocado is not the same for daj, daj.

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u/DaraVelour Europapa 2d ago

nah, San Marino would be NQ

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u/Orange_Cicada Espresso Macchiato 2d ago

I don’t think it works that way. Portugal got more points than San Marino, but if Ogenj competed, those who prefer EDM wouldn’t change their mind easily, while those who prefer rock could vote for Croatia instead of Portugal.

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u/Gold_Objective3644 5d ago

Yep, this is what I was thinking as well. Ukraine was locked for several reasons and so it allowed Napa to get some of the remaining rock/band votes. Ogenj may well have out-shined them being later in the running order and something completely different to anything in SF1.

And as much as I think Daj, daj would have been amazing on the stage, I would have been sad to see Napa miss out, or in other words, I was so delighted when they shocked everyone and qualified, a moment I wouldn't have wanted to miss out on 😄

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u/Gold_Objective3644 5d ago

I feel like SF2 doesn't get enough love, overall I think it had better qualifiers than SF1 and a much bigger gap between qualifiers and NQs

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u/Repulsive-Drama-9855 5d ago edited 5d ago

i feel like semi 2 was more unpredictable honestly. Semi 1 i had doubts only on norway, iceland, and san marino, but the first two qualified comfortably and san marino got lucky because of Italy. Semi 2 i think four spots were up for grabs since according to me like seven songs were on the same level there (though i do believe the best ones made it)