Yeah, I wish Norway got more points too.
Switzerland is a good deserved winner. But with the after taste The Netherlands could have won too. I hope for an automatic final place next year.
After ESC I always listen to some songs on Youtube for a while. Watching the original videos.

I also liked the interval acts Benjamin Ingrosso and Alcazar. Only to realize there are a lot more Swedish acts I would have loved to see. Like Army of Lovers. But they have a song called Israelism so it must have been a choice not to ask them. So Ace of Base, Neneh Cherry or Leila K would have been good too.

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 Måneskin'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.

I recently found my old collection of g3's and am on the hunt for g1's. Can't wait to see your sales posts and i hope you enjoy the arena

Congrats!

A1-Yes! My pony is a G1