Maaan, we (NL) got robbed from our happy hardcore party (If what is stated by the Dutch broadcaster is true, then the DQ was out of proportion).
I was rooting for Switzerland, France and Ireland, expected Croatia to win and was bummed that Norway got so few points.
Oh yeah I'm so sad for everyone in the NL
I voted for Norway. I expected it to be too niche/challenging to please the crowds, but I was honestly shocked to see the juries disregard the performance. I was expecting them to give at least 1-4 points consistently, but only a few national juries even awarded that much. Maybe the staging was a bit too busy? But I don't think that should've been decisive.
In any case, I don't mind at all that Switzerland ended up winning. The piece started to grow on me, IMO the vocal techniques combined with the athletic balancing were super impressive, and the song had a powerful message of self-discovery that kind of reminded me of Conchita Wurst. Even though I liked Croatia more, I totally understand juries giving their points to Switzerland. And I was very happy to see Ireland's success!
I spent some time yesterday checking out several artists' discographies on Spotify and added many of them to my list. I was sad to see Baby Lasagna only has a few songs so far, I liked them all! The contest piece was definitely inspired by Rammstein, but the other songs are maybe more reminiscent of MÃ¥neskin's style. Both are some of my favourite bands so it's no wonder I like BL a lot! I was also pleasantly surprised by Bambie Thug, I mean I liked 'Doomsday Blues' well enough but it's probably not something I would normally listen to. However, the other songs are actually much more approachable in my opinion. They also did a wonderful Cranberries cover that can be found on the official Eurovision Youtube channel - Zombie is not an easy one to do well but I think it was beautifully arranged and performed. I also added Italia's Angelina Mango to my list, I was not a fan of 'La Noia', but it is very different in style from her other, more mellow songs.
My taste in music is all over the place anyway. There was a time I couldn't have imagined to discover something worth listening to through ESC, ever, but times have changed.