We’re about to enter the penultimate weekend of this national final season. But before we welcome yet more entries to the mix, we can reveal that Italy’s Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro are your favourite Eurovision 2018 act so far.
After counting 21,231, the “Non mi avete fatto niente” duo emerged as clear poll toppers. The pair garnered an impressive 3,796 votes — the highest number received by any act in this current series of polls.
They secured their third consecutive pole position with 17.88% of the vote.
Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro “Non mi avete fatto niente”
The two runner-ups also remain unchanged for the third time running. Spain’s Alfred & Amaia hold steady at two. The “Tu canción” lovebirds picked up 2,206 votes (10.39%).
Spain: Alfred & Amaia “Tu canción”
Meanwhile, France’s Madame Monsieur take bronze with “Mercy”. They attracted 1,803 votes (8.49%).
France: Madame Monsieur “Mercy”
Ukraine’s Mélovin is the highest new entry at four. A total of 1,580 votes (7.44%) went the way of “Under The Ladder”. Greece’s Yianna Terzi rounds out the top five. “Óneiró mou” won over 1,516 voters (7.14% ).
Ukraine: Mélovin “Under The Ladder”
The top ten is completed by Czech Republic, Albania, Belarus, Germany and Denmark.
Montenegro brings up the rear yet again. Vanja Radovanovic and “Inje” received less than 1% of votes cast — 122 votes.
Your Eurovision favourites on 2 March (21 acts)
- Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro “Non mi avete fatto niente” 17.88% (3,796 votes)
- Spain: Alfred & Amaia “Tu canción” 10.39% (2,206 votes)
- France: Madame Monsieur “Mercy” 8.49% (1,803 votes)
- Ukraine: Mélovin “Under The Ladder” 7.44% (1,580 votes)
- Greece: Yianna Terzi “Óneiró mou” 7.14% (1,516 votes)
- Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef “Lie To Me” 5.8% (1,232 votes)
- Albania: Eugent Bushpepa “Mall” 5.54% (1,177 votes)
- Belarus: Alekseev “Forever” 5.29% (1,124 votes)
- Germany: Michael Schulte “You Let Me Walk Alone” 4.47% (949 votes)
- Denmark: Rasmussen “Higher Ground” 3.91% (830 votes)
- Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan “Qami” 3.4% (722 votes)
- Latvia: Laura Rizzotto “Funny Girl” 2.75% (583 votes)
- Romania: The Humans “Goodbye” 2.6% (553 votes)
- Hungary: AWS “Viszlát nyár” 2.51% (532 votes)
- Slovenia: Lea Sirk “Hvala, ne!” 2.45% (520 votes)
- Switzerland: Zibbz “Stones” 2.35% (498 votes)
- United Kingdom: SuRie “Storm” 2.19% (465 votes)
- Serbia: Sanja Ilic & Balkanika “Nova deca” 2.04% (434 votes)
- Malta: Christabelle “Taboo” 1.69% (359 votes)
- Moldova: DoReDos “My Lucky Day” 1.08% (230 votes)
- Montenegro: Vanja Radovanovic “Inje” 0.57% (122 votes)
Total Votes: 21,231
But there’s still time for everything to change
Over the next couple of days, we’re due to get at least ten new entries:
- Today: Cyprus, Netherlands
- Saturday: Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Poland, San Marino
- Sunday: Portugal, Azerbaijan
- Monday: Belgium
The poll will open again once all of the above have been revealed, along with any other surprise confirmations.
What do you think of the current standings? Does Italy deserve to be number one? Can they hold on to the top spot once all the new songs enter the race? Who’s your Eurovision favourite? Let us know below.
Previous Favourites
Your Eurovision favourites on 20 February (12 acts)
- Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro “Non mi avete fatto niente” 24.18% (3,559 votes)
- Spain: Alfred & Amaia “Tu canción” 19.31% (2,842 votes)
- France: Madame Monsieur “Mercy” 11.35% (1,671 votes)
- Albania: Eugent Bushpepa “Mall” 9.61% (1,415 votes)
- Greece: Yianna Terzi “Óneiró mou” 9.18% (1,352 votes)
Total Votes: 14,721
Your Eurovision favourites on 16 February (9 acts)
- Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro “Non mi avete fatto niente” 25.91% (2,922 votes)
- Spain: Alfred & Amaia “Tu canción” 17.74% (2,000 votes)
- France: Madame Monsieur “Mercy” 14.64% (1,651 votes)
- Albania: Eugent Bushpepa “Mall” 10.39% (1,172 votes)
- Denmark: Rasmussen “Higher Ground” 8.81% (993 votes)
Total Votes: 11,277
Your Eurovision favourites on 10 February (7 acts)
- Spain: Alfred & Amaia “Tu canción” 26.43% (1,473 votes)
- France: Madame Monsieur “Mercy” 22.66% (1,263 votes)
- Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef “Lie To Me” 13.2% (736 votes)
- United Kingdom: SuRie “Storm” 11.3% (630 votes)
- Albania: Eugent Bushpepa “Mall” 9.53% (531 votes)
Total Votes: 5,574
Your Eurovision favourites on 7 February (6 acts)
- Albania: Eugent Bushpepa “Mall” 25.26% (1,981 votes)
- Spain: Alfred & Amaia “Tu canción” 24.49% (1,920 votes)
- France: Madame Monsieur “Mercy” 20.46% (1,604 votes)
- Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef “Lie To Me” 11.59% (909 votes)
- Switzerland: Zibbz “Stones” 9.22% (723 votes)
Total Votes: 7,841
Your Eurovision favourites on 3 Februray (4 acts)
- Spain: Alfred & Amaia “Tu canción” 34.34% (3,260 votes)
- Albania: Eugent Bushpepa “Mall” 25.42% (2,413 votes)
- France: Madame Monsieur “Mercy” 24.45% (2,321 votes)
- Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef “Lie To Me” 15.79% (1,500 votes)
Total Votes: 9,494
Your Eurovision favourites on 29 January (2 acts)
- Albania: Eugent Bushpepa “Mall” 52.23% (1,957 votes)
- France: Madame Monsieur “Mercy” 47.77% (1,790 votes)
Total Votes: 3,747
WAYLON IS DIFFERENT. 12 POINTS TO THE NETHERLANDS .. GOOD SONG AND VERY AUTHENTIC COUNTRY ROCK AFTER COMMON LINNETS >> TIME TO ROCK IT!
Poland, Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer “Light me up”!
A real summer hit! Perfect when you’re on the beach in Portugal 😉
It’s gonna take an absolute musical hit off he charts to beat the best melody this year and It’s not even close. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuqlnL8I4J8 This is godsend stuff. I only can remember Nocturne ’95 bringing me these inner feelings. I shed a tear everytime I hear it. This is not a clear number one on the booking rates mainly for three things: it’s pretty much a demo, both performers have been giving shaky performances and staging looks weak at this point. If they get it together, this is a clear favorite to me based on my ESC knowledge. Long time fan… Read more »
My top 10 until today. Greetz from Austria:
1) Netherlands 12 pt (though not my style, but Waylon nails it)
2) Czechia 10pt (fresh)
3) Italy 8pt (authentic, powerful, message)
4) France ( gr8 instruments, good song, thnx 4 message, but too much Mercy)
5) Germany
6) Spain ( I do like this cheesy song)
7) Hungary (not my style, but powerfull and professional)
8) Latvia
9) Slovenia
10) Cyprus (cheap, but compared to the other entries solid)
Anyone knows if the Italian’s guys if they have obtained an official permit of melody and chorus of the song letter that they transcribed?
If they are participating with a song legally I can vote for them. Their music doesn’t need being forced and slow to have emotions. I really feel it and I almost crying when I hear it.
I think they can win the ESC so far.
*listen it
I don’t think Spain will do well in the actual contest. The whole performance looks fake, and because they can’t sing it sounds like they are screaming at each other. Alfred also doesn’t give me the impression of a straight guy, so him singing to a girl looks a little off.
They cant sing? This girl has one of the sweetest voices I ve ever heard!
I think these people are desperate to find an article about the big 5 to jump in and share their negative reviews. Amaia and Alfred’s voices are totally fine. the song is cute, nothing we haven’t heard before but it’s very pleasant to listen to. Top 10/15 at least based on previous ESCs. what about Russia? that country used to get a lot of negative comments as well. Waiting for Julia to suprise us all
People are not desperate, they’re sharing opinions. Amaia’s voice is alright, i dont like her tone though.
Alfred’s voice is absolutely atrocious, he needs singing lessons and how to pronunciation the words.
“. the song is cute, nothing we haven’t heard before but it’s very pleasant to listen to. ”
You must be new then.
Im sure they dont know who they are, so any similarity is pure quincedence. It’s at least a personal entry with European essence, not a mass made track as many countries propose.
An european essence inspired in an american movie, lalaland? nice joke.
It is really DISGUSTING how much this website hates Greece. You decided to insert in this article ALL the songs comprising the TOP 5 and you left outside the Greek song. So , in essence, you decided to include in video, only the top 4. I have never seen this in my life. You either choose to highlight the top 5 or top 10 or nothing. Not to mention how much liars you are so that you will have good PR with all the contestants. For example, under the official lyric video of this year’s Greek eurovision song, you commented… Read more »
Wiwi_are_you_Liars, Greece is the only song from this top 5 that hasn’t performance live yet. Maybe that is the reason (but not sure). If it helps, I love the greek entry, it’s totally beautiful and mysterious, and I do think it has a chance to get a top 10 spot in the final. kisses
Anti-Greece. Greek people’s reply when they have no arguments. I rather be a citizen of the (Non) Former Yugoslav Republic of MACEDONIA,
They CAN have any opinion they want BUT at the same time they could be less hypocrites. Commenting on the official upload of this year’s Greek entry and stating how great this song is, clearly demonstrates their hypocrisy.
Ps: I don’t particularly like the Greek entry. But i raise the issue of fair treatment here together with the issue of hypocrisy.
They CAN have any opinion they want BUT at the same time they could be less hypocrites. Commenting on the official upload of this year’s Greek entry and stating how great this song is, clearly demonstrates their hypocrisy.
Ps: I don’t particularly like the Greek entry. But i raise the issue of fair treatment here together with the issue of hypocrisy.
I’m not italian, i’m not spanish, but I love both entries. They’re my favorites so far. Please, stop being so rude, disrespectful and annoying!!!
charile44, I am afraid you are NOT allowed to vote for Spain and Italy anymore, because many fans (such as Yerevan is calling) will feel offended if you do so. Sorry, you better vote for Greece, Latva or Malta or any other country. Thanks
If Sevak was chosen internaly Armenian fans would show some masterclass to Italian and Spanish fans who rape the polls 🙂 Just fans of Asmik and Tamar lick their wounds! Greece shoud be the winner here!
Hi Yerevan is calling, I have voted for Spain and Italy (among others, including Armenia and my own country, Germany). Do I have your permission to rape this poll and vote for these countries in the next round?
Hahaha rhere are hundreds of Greeks voting for their oen country too. Guess we all do! So you ALL stop talking non sense and respect what the fans vote! This is not 12 M!
Pfff… Look at that armenian. Your country doesn’t even deserve to be in Eurovision. You are asians, you can win any eurovision poll as much as you want, but you’ll never be able to win Eurovision. Neither financially nor politically your country’s ready for that, hun. Italy, France and Spain have the best songs so far. Go cry somewhere else now.
No need to be harsh, Raoul. If Azerbaijan was able to pay for 1 million sim cards and win the contest, Armenia too. I actually think this year’s armenian song, is my favorite ever, as this is sang in their own language and sounds great. The singer has a great song too. No need to hate. I hope western european countries are invited to Asiavision as well. xoxo
“No need to be harsh”, lol, it’s even more pointless to mention Azerbaijan here. I skip the “buying sim cards and winning esc” part, lol. You’re so fictionary.
@Raol – it looks like you’re in denial my friend. 12 acts, 9 top 10 finishes; 11 out of 12 qualification records later you’re claiming Armenia cannot win Eurovision? I’m pretty sure Armenia can and will win the contest.
When i see so much haters vomiting again Spain , means something wonderful , Spain bring one of the most beatiful song in the contest,sooo magic and full feelings and sensibylity,i dont care in what place go to be this year Spain, they was already proving a big talent,Alfred and Amaia,wish you all the best
1 Spain
2 France
3 Greece
People who say Italy fans rigged the poll and who said Spain fans rigged the poll you don’t know how wrong you are. Can you imagine, there are people who is not woting for their country? Can you imagine, there are people who is not Italian or Spanish and woting for their songs? Maybe, there’s no rigging the poll and song can win the poll because it’s great? And this “overrated” thing is totally rubbish. If person woted for the song it means she LIKED it, it’s not about VALUE or RATING. It’s about FAVOURITE SONG. Besides adequate person pay… Read more »
No worries, latin americans who are living in europe will make sure spain reaches top 5
Song like Mikolas Josef’s “Lie To Me” we hear a dozen coming from America, and some parts of Europe. Why not try to do something more original.
Glad to see most of the big 5 in the top 5! Always love Italy and France! Also happy about the greek entry, it’s good to know that you guys like our entry.
Each host has the contest it deserves. Last year Sobral delivered a message against fast food music, and this year The Host Portugal has a lot of boring songs that are only trying to not be fast food. Congratulations Portugal, you have what you wanted = the most boring ESC ever.
“the most boring ESC ever.” – for you maybe. I pretty much enjoy it so far. Good songs. 🙂
i NEVER thought i’d hear a fast food lover calling fast food music boring songs. WOAHHHH show me those boring ballads. We have like, 3, 4?
Well I for one think there are excellent songs among the ones we know and even the worst for me is still better than the worse of last year. And we still have to expect songs from the like of Estonia, Belgium, Bulgaria and the Netherlands. As for your chronic bordem syndrom, I have a perfect remedy for it: Just don’t watch the ESC. It will not miss you.
Boooring? ESC this year? I think it will be great! Great singers and voices, more music as art and less fast food music! That’s an improvement. Hope many others inc. Sweden stop imitating American music
beware of fast food the mcdonald’s nuggets have baby chick eyes
Why do some people take this poll so darn seriously? Whether it’s rigged or not WHO CARES? It doesn’t determine the real end result in May anyways so calm down. Apart from my country (Estonia), my absolute favorites are Italy, France and Greece. I can’t place them since I love all of them equally. I think Italy and France complement each other very well, both bring two real serious issues/events that are happening in Europe. I appreciate their cleverly written lyrics, for example the name Mecry with “merci” and Italy’s overall rhyming (especially I love “canta forte- grida a morte”… Read more »
At home, we are totally eurofans, we’re reading news from wiwibloggs all year long, and by the way, we are part of the wiwiblogg succes because we are reading it, apreciate it and promote it. That’s why it’s time to say to those guys that they need another way to do pools, because they are not reliable! That’s the third year long pools are not even close to reality… For wiwibloggs contributors ans readers… That’s not fair, that’s it !
Me too I am a total Eurovision fan since 2003, I appreciate this blog very much. I agree that the polls may need to be updated into different, a bit more strict one…
I love Italy’s song for those same reasons. The contrast in their vocals is just so darn delicious! <3
Exactly, glad that I’m not the only one feeling it 😉
They’re my top 3 as well!! Love them
Go France, Go Italy, Go Greece 😀
Italy deserves to be top of the poll, love their song and definitely a dark horse for the win in May. However, France and Spain very overrated. Not a chance of either winning or even finishing in the top 10
Really? It’s a matter os taste. I like the Italian song but dont like them live. I like Greece too, I always liked Greek music. But I think is overrated. And I don’t think Spain is overrated. Have a look at the polls: great voices , tender guys, good performer and their song transmits. So…. a matter of tastes
So Italy and Spain (though we don’t have all the songs), are the big favourites to win the contest. Good luck neighbours. Thank you for the 3rd place though it will never happen xD. My favourite for now is Greece. I wish to all the best. :3
In sport they have those banners SAY NO TO RACISM, and SAY NO TO VIOLENCE. Can we have those in Eurovision, so people will calm down, and let the songs be about other topics?
Oh yeah! About a very original topic: Love!
How is it original, we have songs with love topics ever year.
I was being ironic…
Even if don’t know all the songs, it is predictable what other countries will send. Maybe only Bulgaria is a country we know absolutely nothing about yet, but the others are predictable, because we know the names. My guess is that in 2018 the staging will make the difference. No song will stand out.
Their song literally sounds like Aserejé!!!
Sorry guys ! but most of you understands nothing of Music. You only write here to complain and that’s all. The wiwiblogg team make a good job.
I was really raving about the quality of the first 5-10 songs picked, but we’ve reached a point now where there’s quite a lot of duds, as there normally is in Eurovision, the problem is there’s not really anything that’s amazing yet, or competes with the best of other years for me anyway. Nor are there any that feel like they could win the competition, Spain has some of the ingredients, but the song is clearly to divisive and Spain has a bad track record. As much as I like Saara Aalto as one of the favourites, Monsters is a… Read more »
My fellow spaniard countrymen spamming these polls like every year. Nothing new. We are one of the most active fanbases and very hungry to win again. Sorry for the inconveniences, wiwibloggs. :/ Truth is, there’s a lot of work to be made on our entry. It’s just a nice song with a necessary revamp, with two singers quite out of tune and no proper staging. I voted for Denmark and Ukraine because I’m actually seeing what they look like (or very similar) in their performances and they are looking really solid. So many countries that I do not dare to… Read more »
I love this song the most, it´s my number 1 but I haven´t seen it in people´s top lists very often. I would love Eurovision to be in Italy again, but I don´t think that´s gonna happen. After 2 years of more authentic songs I think this year a song like Finland´s or Czechia´s is gonna win, which don´t get me wrong, I love those songs as well and would love them to win as well. Just all in all, guys, appreciate Eurovision more. At least we should stop bashing on other countries´ songs and especially on our own country´s… Read more »
Please, don’t trust eurofans’ tops that much. They always support uptempo entries which does nothing but flop in Eurovision. They are like (only) 10% of the voters in May. Most of the voters are people who listen to all of the songs for the first time during the show (and of course juries) and vote for the most interesting act. For that reason most of eurofans are always unhappy with Eurovision results, because their favorites rarely do well in the real show. Italy has an amazing song this year. I am sure it’s going to do well no matter what… Read more »
———————————————————— I’ve just found this poll from last year. ———————————————————— POLL RESULTS: WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE EUROVISION 2017 ACT SO FAR (MARCH 7) 01. Italy: Francesco Gabbani, “Occidentali’s Karma” — 11.37% (3,073 votes) 02. Romania: Ilinca feat. Alex Florea, “Yodel It!” — 10.95% (2,958 votes) 03. France: Alma, “Requiem” — 8.38% (2,264 votes) 04. Portugal: Salvador Sobral, “Amar Pelos Dois” — 7.65% (2,067 votes) 05. Greece: Demy, “This is Love” — 5.07% (1,370 votes) 06. Estonia: Koit Toome & Laura, “Verona” — 4.51% (1,219 votes) 07. Denmark: Anja Nissen, “Where I Am” — 4.5% (1,215 votes) 08. Moldova: SunStroke Project,… Read more »
Thanks for this post…guys from wiwibloggs, you have to change the way to do your polls… It’s not enought serious… It’s not reality…
Does wiwibloggs have the curiosity too look at the country of voters?
Because aren’t you talking only western countries here? And you’re polls aren’t enought serious, U van vote as many times as you want… So the result is false, U can’t have a serious idea of reality… Last year you where sure about Occidentaly’s karma winner…. No comment! I prefer to look at the youtubers Top’s… It’s more diversity and more fiability…
I think we need to wait for Belgium and Azerbaijan. I can’t wait for the internal selected releases!
I’m predicting Nicosia 2019 – based on absolutely nothing other than a weird gut feel!
Bitter eurofans complaining all over again because their awful songs are low in the results. Big suprise (in the voice of Pearl).
Big 5 this year is amazing, in fact, they are all in my top 7. what’s your problem, guys? why do you want these countries to fail so badly? is it because they are automatic qualifiers? get over it at once. make love not hate. tschüß
Is not about big5, is about the song. All big5 songs are cheesy, but the only bearable ones are Spain and Germany. The other 3, about storms, child born in the sea and look the other way when terrorists hit you…those are unbearable. Sorry.
Spain and Germany are the cheesiest ones among those five actually. Especially Spain, cheesy as cheddar.
Spain and Germany have normal topics, about their own lives. The other ones (UK, France and Italy) are pretending they sing about humanity, the whole human race, how we should live, and what we should do.
France and Italy are not telling us what we should do, or how we should live. You don’t like, that’s all, as I don’t like very much Spain’s entry. I won’t vote for them but I won’t tell anything bad about this entry neither.
I don’t know if you realize how ridiculous your comments are, guys. What they should talk about? Tattoos? Black birds? Stones? UK song is about storms… so Norway and Netherlands 2014 were. Of course it is a Big 5 issue. For me, you all read bitter and jealous. I can’t understand why you spend time, energy and electricity from your laptops to spread so much negativity. Life is too short for hate
@friedenau
In your opinion, one must like all Big 5, or none. A person can’t like just one, two or three of Big 5? It must be all five or nothing, right?
First of all, the Italian song is not about looking the other way. Is about resistance and refusal to be threatned. Second of all, we need more songs with these messages. We cannot just pretend nothing is happening around us. But with your atitude it would be better to censor the lyrics if they talk about unconfomfartable situations. This has a name: dictatorship. But these songs come from well-established Democracies. If you can’t cope with it, I suggest you should migrate to North Korea, where everthing is rosy. But of course you can’t because being immigrant is possibilly the lowest… Read more »
… lowest form of life for you.
What are you talking about? Countries full of migrants and no-go zones are not established democracies, they are just slaves.
I don’t want to talk about this matter, but you are way off. Stay in your country, and go in no-go zones if you dare.
Where are these no-go zones of which you speak?
QUOTE
Merkel said she favours a zero-tolerance policy on crime that includes preventing no-go areas, which she called ”areas where nobody dares to go”
”There are such areas and one has to call them by their name and do something about them” she said.
Of course, for you Imigrants = Crime. Because of this mentality we need songs like the one from France and Italy. Europe is place of tolerance and Eurovision has to reflect that. If you don’t like that, disconnect from it.
Bart = L’oiseau = Charles
Slaves you are = Crazy
I am an immigrant and i dont think we need songs like this. Come fight me.
My parents were and I think we need songs like these.
And… Slaves you are = jeremy = coward, because uses always different nicknames = looser
Those top 3 will do just like Say Yay did. I see Denmark going far.
I don’t like Denenarks entry at all. Already heard sound. Nothing there moves me to vote for it. Other songs you mention awaken more emtions then DK
I dont Think this polls are rigged at all per se but of course italy tend to do well with them because unlike many other countries italy send established singers with a massive fan support nationally and often internationally. Having said that I dont see Meta and Moro as contenders for the win but definitely as top 10 material. That being said I guess now there are no winning song
But all of them are very good, so all in all Im happy that the quality has risen
Italy’s song is awful , worst of the big 5 for me, France so far is my winner #Paris2019
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So far it looks like it’s going to be 2011 all over again. Of course we’re only half way through but that’s just a feeling I got about this year. I expect totally unexpected country to win the contest like Azerbaijan 2011. Perhaps it’s going to be Azerbaijan once again considering the fact that Russia, Georgia, Armenia and other ex-Soviet countries don’t seem like strong contenders this year, Azerbaijan may grab those ex soviets points.
That’s actually a good point about Azerbaijan. But let’s wait for their song. On the other hand Belgium may also surprise us this year.
In Armenia we sleep and wake up for the day to vote for Azerbaijan :)))) Seing Armenia in that sentence is really funy!
As usual Politics on the way! Please no winner with political issues!
Top 3 on this top will not do well at Eurovision…
Overrated once again and will flop once again
For once, Time to vote for them if they bring good songs instead of voting to our neighbouring countries, dont you think? They have been many times underrated.
YAY! My favourite has won. Go Italy!! 😀 Overall it’s a good top 3. I love Italy, France and Spain.
Aw Italy. You’re gonna get a few votes for that pitiful song, but not a lot. Most europeans are fed up with that cliche message. I can see the ‘immigrants’ and ‘outsiders’ voting for it though. Smart move.
Oh i knew i’d get a butthurt reply.
I have never said that the song was about immigrants, some interpretation lessons would be quite good for ya.
Secondly, i never said that there was a song like this in ESC, i said europeans were fed up.
Ah! My fascist comment, nice try, but im not even an ‘ethnic’ european and i also support refugees and immigration.
Is that all, hun? Ik, it’s a risk to assume other peoples ideologies online. Better luck next time.
LOL Spain. Sure.
This is rigged
Literally only Spanish people are feeling Tu Cancion this much. I don’t judge, they watched show – had they favorites, it’s okay. But this song ain’t going far. It’s extremely slow and boring with nothing that leaves you breathless or wowed. Even their vocals are just okay. I don’t see this song placing anywhere higher than 20th. Will stay there along with Belarus which is horrible. I don’t understand how he won. But France rocks this year! Ukraine pretty good, Germany and Greece too. 🙂 Might be top 10 for them this year! I lay my hopes in Croatia amd… Read more »
I dont find the French entry rocks at all! Loke it but quite a normal song. I don’t like Ukraine nor Croacia’s entries… Greece is ok but cant see it winning. Whatever, even if Europe votes for their neighbours (all Eastern and ex soviet blocks for sure!) Spaniards will be happy with whatever result. They have no expectations of good results whatever they send as they dont belong to any block.But there is a huge consense in Spain about the quality of their entry so they wont give a damn.
The polls are cool, of course, but remember that the last year Spain was in 5th place, for example 😀
Last year? 2017? Hell, no. Spaniards hated their song with everything they got!
It was in 6th place actually. If it’s not Spaniards, and we know people across Europe didn’t vote for it in the actual contest, then who voted for Spain in that poll?
Spain 5th last year in the polls? You are wrong. Even Spaniards detested their entry. Two years ago with Say Yeah you probably mean and this entry was obviously underrated in the final voting
There is no way Moldova will be so low. Only Czech Republic and Moldova have songs that make people dance. Special mention : Alekseev, hate him as much as you want, but his song is good. The winner will still be a politically correct song, but I wonder who really listen PC songs in their headphones privately.
Moldova is so low, because apart from the song’s funny and dance-y vibe, it sounds dated and a bit soulless, like a song from the early 2000s like Estonia’s winning song. Plus, the PC songs aren’t that up with the bookies, the winner will probably be one of the internally selected songs.
Or you hope that the winner will be from internally selected songs. I believe this year will have 43 perfectly equal songs. Which is fun. Anybody can win, is an interesting experience for us. It will be like 2011 when Running Scared won.
Now Italian fans are the same as Spanish fans to me. Patriotc mess.
Amen
Spanish fans are silent this year. They dont give a damn about our comments. They like their song for once with full consense so they dont care about the usual haters on this blog nor about the final result.
We give 🙂 But it’s a mixed feeling. When you come from three straight very bad results and the last one was basically a “white flag” from the get go, this year first thought has to be “we’re going for another bad result” Truth is Spain’s entry this year may be decent? good? great? (whatever you want to call it) and that “lost hope” comes back a little bit, but not too much, tbh. We will need a top 15 result at some point in time to start believing again. Spain seems to me like a newbie unable to adapt… Read more »
My top 3 on top 3 here. Amazing.
Italy could send a fart on loop for 3 minutes and you all would still make it your number one…
Lol! I hope they test your theory next year. 🙂
They test it this year.
So true. Now this cointry is much more overrated than Sweden and Russia in Eurovision.
“country”
Because they actually send good music. Instead of generic stuff like Sergey.
So you volunteer to judge the fart?
LOL Point taken!…
Btw, what would you guys consider the best Eurovision year ever? The candidates I can think of are:
1. 1996
2. 2015
3. 2010
4. 1997
5. 1972
2014 was pretty great too although I don’t think that great, and 2016 had the best organization ever and the songs were not that bad at all. What did 2010 excel at?
2016 was definitely a highlight of recent years….great musical numbers (Peace, Peace, Love, Love…), the best host (Petra), political tension (Ukraine/Russia) and the excitement of the new voting system which really built suspense, and of course the amazing spectacle of Sergey’s stage show. The only thing that let it down for me was the decision to have Justin Timberlake as the interval act.
Exactly for that reason, having 2016 so nearby, I can’t see why some people rank 2015 above 2016, even in terms of songs I believe 2016 beats 2015. 2016 had Ukraine, Australia, Russia, Bulgaria, France, Armenia, Lithuania, Malta, Israel, Italy, Hungary, Cyprus, Spain, Croatia, Czech Republic and even Germany. Even non-qualifiers like Switzerland, Iceland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, and even Ireland (without vocals).
All solid. To counter that, I’ll also add that 2015 had Italy, Sweden, Norway, Israel, Ireland, Belgium, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Russia, Romania, Hungary, Australia, and Montenegro all sending some of their best-ever entries (poor Ireland). I’d even argue it had the two best nul-pointers of all time, especially Germany’s (I honestly have no idea how that one did so badly).
I never got the hype for Norway, Estonia, Romania and Hungary. But I guess in the end, it’s personal taste. Greetings.
And yes, having JT was a let down. But I really enjoyed “Can’t Stop this Feeling” Damn, catchy music.
Very catchy song, I agree. I just thought that other, lesser known artists could have really benefitted from having that spotlight. It’s not like Sweden is short on talent.
I agree, last year Ukraine acted wisely by showing of its local stars in the interval acts, Monatik and Onuka were great. For me, 2017 was the year with the best set of interval acts ever.
YES! Monatik and Onuka were amazing! I’m still listening to their music on a regular basis. And I loved the hosts’ version of Eurovision hits, played Ukrainian style. People didn’t seem to like the hosts much last year, but 2017 was still a great Eurovision year for me.
I dunno, just a lot of really solid entries (Germany, Denmark, Moldova, Israel, Ireland, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Portugal, Turkey, Romania, Cyprus, Belgium, Armenia, France…all golden. I’d even make a case for some guilty pleasures that didn’t make it past the semis, like Finland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and – guiltiest of all the guilty pleasures – Lithuania).
My favorite years are 1985, 1997 and 2012.
Good choices! 1997 has one of my favorite winners (and probably the UK’s best entry), and there’s a lot of solid stuff from ’85 (Finland and Israel are my faves from that year, and of course Norway). The standouts from 2012 really stand out (such as Sweden, obviously) but I thought there was also a lot of stuff that just kinda mushed together. It was a very strong top, though.
I agree on Finland ’85, one of their best entries ever! I have so many favorites from that year.. (like Germany, UK, Italy, Spain, Norway, Israel). In ’97 in addition to the UK there were classics like Dinle, Fiumi di parole and Primadonna.
My favorite years are 2010, 2013, 2016.
1995 is a personal favorite of mine. People give the 90s a rough time, but there were some pretty classy songs this year – Croatia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Greece, and of course my all time favorite Spain, to name but a few.
I love the dark staging too, and Mary Kennedy was a great host.
Disclaimer : this viewpoint is based at a large remove, perhaps it felt totally different at the time what with Ireland winning year after year, I wouldn’t know as it falls just outside of my living memory!
I love ‘em all! Soooo ready for Cyprus and Netherlands! This is the best first Eurovision a guy could ask for. Only one weak song in the whole bunch so far.
My first was Kyiv 2017. But this is my first Eurovision season. Let have a toast!
It would be nice to know what “we” were voting for a year ago, to see how it related to the actual result.
Ukraine and France painfully overrated
Ukraine maybe, but France not at all. The other one who I think maybe overrated is Greece.
Ukraine and France painfully overrated
I’m worryingly obsessed with Italy’s song. I’d be embarrassed to learn the number of times I’ve listened to it. That said, I think they’ve probably only topped the poll because of Ermal Meta’s fans. I suspect France would come top if it were just regular WIWI readers voting.
I can´t tell you how much I relate to that. I know it by heart, and I don´t even speak Italian. There is something about it that makes me obsessed with it, so thank you Italians for that! I think in terms of success at Eurovision The Kolors would have given Italy a better result, but I´m really glad that MetaMoro won and Europe´s gonna hear this beautiful song as well.
OMG! Same! I only know a few phrases in Italian, but I know the lyrics of this by heart now. I also really enjoyed “Frida” and “Il mundo prima di te” at Sanremo, and am still listening to them, but this song just gives me serious feels….even after listening to it waaaaaaaay too many times.