Amsterdam calling! Last night 28 acts acts competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 had a chance to flaunt what they got at Eurovision in Concert. It’s the largest event of the pre-party season and returned for its eleventh edition this year. Being the first pre-party of the season, it’s considered particularly important. It can set the tone for what’s to come and gives many of the acts a chance to perform live for a braying mob of Eurofans for the very first time.
Switzerland’s Luca Hänni gave an energetic performance with fierce dancing — and an extended reframe after he had finished. Spain’s Mika showed what a natural he is when he unleashed that “La venda” realness. San Marino’s Serhat literally had everyone saying “Na Na Na”. And the Dutch entrant Duncan Laurence closed it out with an incredible live performance that seemed to justify his position as the front-runner. And those were only some of the highlights.
The show also featured several iconic Eurovision alums, including Dana International from Israel performing “Diva”. Germany’s Eurovision winner Nicole sang her winning song “Ein bißchen Frieden”, and served her unique renditions of other Eurovision classics like “Waterloo” or “Euphoria”. Dutch queens Marlayne and Sieneke also performed their songs.
But anyway: Now we want to know who you think gave the best live performance at Eurovision in Concert 2019. Cast your votes based on the performance. You can listen to most of the acts in our playlist below (sadly our camera cut out during Hungary, so we don’t have his performance, and the lights of Belgium’s show made our camera unfocused so we only have half of it as it should look. Sorry ’bout that.)
You can vote for as many acts as you’d like, but you can only vote one time, so make it count.
Playlist: Eurovision in Concert 2019
Eurovision in Concert poll
[polldaddy poll=10287720]So who did you vote for? Do you think the Netherlands’ Duncan Laurence will take it home? Or perhaps you love Mika from Spain? Or did a new act convince you that they’re a major threat to win the whole competition? Sound off in the comments below!
You can also watch interview’s with acts at the playlist below to learn more about them.
Hi guys! Another poll here! For the last weeks you have voted and chosen 26 finalists, it’s now time to find out YOUR winner of this year’s Eurovision! You can find all informations and of course vote by clicking on the link below:
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Hi guys! Another poll here! For the last weeks you have chosen 26 finalists and now it’s time to vote in the Grand Final! I won’t talk about it too much here but you will find all informations and of course you can vote by clicking on yhis link:
https://forms.gle/qaUm8uu5WnJThvoV7
Serbia is dark horse this year…
I would believe you if you weren’t serb ?.
Pathetic comment “komentator” ?
If you are a lowlife that downvotes normal positive comments about other contestants you should legitimately ** yourself.
How can somebody get -16 downvotes for saying they liked germany, hungary and greece?
I got you, you are most probably desperate Greek. WTF, why do you have to mention Jonida in every comment ? Mention a little bit your “sick” Katerina. Don’t get me wrong, I love Greek entry, even though live it sucked. But, only a real jealous hater acts in the the way you are obsessed with Jonida’s song. Get a life, man. Peace.
Give a meaning to your life, plz.
There was a desperate Greek Here who deleted all his comments.
Timos, the previous comments written by me, are not for you. There was a guy, All…………, commenting against Jonida in every comment. And he or she deleted his/her comments. Most probably, he/she is Greek, and all comments supporting Albanian song are getting -30, which is illogical. I think, there are some people ruining the comments.
Dear hater I know that the truth hurts (bye)
Get a life, please. Why, Albania doing well in the poll, is bothering you too much ? Albanian don’t care about Eurovision since in Eurovision politics governs, not real music as it should be. So, no one here is ruining the poll. Jonida slayed live in Amsterdam. And well deserved place in this poll. She was much better than some bookmarkers ( who know nothing about music) favourites. Good luck to Jonida.
And so what ? This year Albanian song is hundred times better than favourites, which will be many flops because of live performances. And why are so patient to analyse the polling results of Albania. It is not same as Georgia or Croatia or Switzerland, which because of fans ruining the polling got high at the beginning, after that, no-one voted for them. Voting for Albania in polls is constant with a rate. So, all of your meaningless opinion fails. Despite the fact that, majority of people like The Netherlands, Dutch people are ruining the polls everywhere, since it is… Read more »
Nobody cares about evidences, it’s all psychological.
i love srbuk to death but sis gotta work on that live vocal
Go Albania????Go Jonida??????Your voice is amazing and we are proud of you ??
Those saying that Katerine is not sick and it is an excuse do you really think she would say that if she knew that she won’t be able to sing neither in Madrid nor in Tel Aviv? Why would she lie if she wasn’t able to prove you all wrong? Why would she go to the pre-parties? And why would she write a song she couldn’t sing in the first place? And what about the making of video in which she nails that high note on the bridge? Did she do this accidentally? Guys, don’t be so unreasonable and just… Read more »
We will see in Madrit. If she repeats then she won’t qualify. If she does well she will qualify. Things are so simple !
Aren’t you the one who said she can’t sing this song live? You jumped to a conclusion just like most people who used to love her and now they are hating her. You should wait for Madrid before spreading negativity
I dont know why but Germany is my fav at the moment. They were 1 of the 3 best live vocals in Amsterdam. I hope they will get some points in tel aviv.
Good Luck to S!sters from Italy
The downvotes were unjustified here. There was only praise in the comment, not any criticism. Discuss if you dare.
ma che cavolo stai a di aoooo
Wow Australia is so underated
Agree. Don’t understand the downvotes lmao
Electric Fields fans are still pissed.
Haters be Haters
Do you guys feel like Albania is going to challenge the favorites for the trophy in Tel Aviv on May ?
Coz I feel like Albania is getting the trophy under the radar!
Pls, let me know what do you think!
Absolutely YES.
Actually she needed more power in those vocals because I can hardly hear her in the videos. You all came in here to hype her but in fact she was barely noticed in Amsterdam.
And you came here to do what exactly ?!
Btw she is 2nd in this Poll, I guess that’s enough to slap your face. DONE!
Because you all came here to vote for her and doctor the poll like you do every year. That is what I am saying. I like her song but somehow I think she has toned it down too much for her own good.
It’s not for you to decide what we come here for!!!
I asked about everybody’s opinion and not orders, try and make the difference next time.
Pandelis, nobody cares about Eurovision in Albania, because Eurovision has never been fair towards Albania. So no-one doctors the poll, be sure. And it is funny to say that Albanian song is hyped, since it is the most underrated song in this year. Keep your vocal advices to your beloved Katerina, who was the worst live performer of the concert. Let’s hope that she is really sick, otherwise, I am sorry about Greece.
Really man? I think that 98% of Albania doesn’t even know who has win the competition because nobody cares for Eurovision. And I see from your name that you are Greek but better judge your performance first because ours was the same powerful vocal as in the video. (All people like you can dislike this)
Pandelis, your Greek mom’s pussy is destroyed. Come on, dislike this comment.
Pandelis, you Bastard, why are you disliking comments against you, and liking your own comments. Such a fucked person. Get a life.
Yes! This is as powerful as 1944, but without political pretension. Jonida slays live. I’d be surprised if this misses on the finals.
The lyrics are touchable ?? She is amazing ??
Pandelis, why are you disliking comments against you. Such a fucked person.
Albania is always the underdog. Last year, Eugent was not even going to qualify was like 39 or 38 with the bookmakers. But he qualified from the semi-final of death over fan faves, and placed 11th. Jonida is in the semi-final of death as well, but she will bring it in May and will be one of the contenders to take the trophy!! While I dislike the Netherlands’ song, they, Albania, Iceland, or Slovenia have the best chances to win given that they bring something completely different to the contest compared to your regular pop.
If you look at “debutants” on the list, things are looking good for Kobi and Tulia, less so for Katerine (but she’s a HUGE favorite, so she’ll recover from this), slightly upgraded for Eliot and more bleak for Paenda (because her song wasn’t a favorite to begin with and fans though that magical live would elevate it).
Duska is a huge favourite to flop you mean. Upstart who pretends she is a singer-songwriter with huge artistic chops like Sennek last year.
Pretends? You’re deaf. Katerine is sick and it is confirmed
If she sings in Madrit like Am’dam then she is for a sure a huge fav NQ. It is so obvious that she can’t sing live this song.
Gosh, she can. She knows her capabilities so she wouldn’t write a song she can’t deliver. She is just sick.
Lol…She will be sick in Madrit and Tel-Aviv maybe ? ”knows her capabilities” ? nice excuse. Excuse me Kkar but the girl is completely incompetent. In my opinion she will deliver the Greece’s worst ever vocals. So bad for the esc reputation of the country.
Shame about this Miki-guy – so likebale as an artist – and yet there’s no song for him to perform. It is in all honesty a truly dreadful piece of songwriting!
Jonida went on to the stage, slayed and left. No games or anything. It was flawless. I cant see why that song is not even top 20 in the odds. It should finish top 5 at worst.
Also Serbia is growing on me. Great voice. Linda dissapointed on Switzerland and really dissapointed on Greece
By the way, about odds and bookies, are there examples of a bookie favorite getting crashed down or bookie underrates getting gains after their first rehearsals?
Unfortunately, NO.
If I understand your question correctly, yes, last year. Cyprus was placing 15-20 before its first rehearsal and shot up to 2-1 after the first rehearsal.
I think Italy 2017 also lost ranking after the rehearsals, but I’m not as sure.
The Common Linnets in 2014 and also Austria where not among the favorites before the rehearsels.
Y’all are sleeping on KEiiNO and Michael Rice–KEiiNO were pitch-perfect, their harmonies were great, they were full of life, and the entire crowd was dancing, and Michael had undoubtedly one of the best vocal performances of the night.
Netherlands sucked as usual while Serbia and Israel slayed
I smell jealousy
Love Tulia from the first moment – it has been from the beginning in my top 5, along with Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland and Hatari.
So happy for our girls from Poland – they did a great job, even with a language barrier and unusual song structure they were able to deliver a great performance with the same sound as in the music video. Let’s hope that Europe will notice Tulia on 14th of May :)) I also loved Hungary (brothers ;)), Albania and the Netherlands, bien sur. Adding to that I think Lithuanian song is really cute and somehow gives me Tarzan vibes! 🙂
I liked it very much and think Poland is the dark horse this year.
I think Poland is just a horse that won’t finish the race this year
Nevena Bozovic was stunning! How can such a voice come out of this fragile body?
My beautiful Kosovo girl. You deserve to be in the final this time. Make Serbia proud girl.
Omg same
By the way, for what it’s worth (and I can’t think of anywhere better to post it), here are all the artists/songwriters returning in some capacity this year I can think of. Main performers: Serhat (San Marino 2016), Nevena Bozovic (Serbia 2013), Tamara Todevska (North Macedonia 2008, technically we can throw in 2004 and 2014 as well), Sergey Lazarev (Russia 2016), and Joci Papai (Hungary 2017), technically we could also say Jurij Veklenko, who got promoted from two-time backing singer to lead. Backing singers: Stig Rasta (Estonia – represented Estonia in 2015, songwriter in 2016), Sahlene (UK – represented Estonia… Read more »
It’s amazing what my brain will set me off doing when I don’t want to do homework.
Boris Milanov is also behind this year Malta and he did also Fyrom 2017 and Serbia 2017 and Austria 2018
Sasha should be doing also John Lundvik stage, cause she did fo him in Melodifestivalen but i dont know if she will continue for Sweden in ESC …
My goodness Joe, with that knowledge you could take over the ESC Archives department! 😀
(The Greek guy also tried for Lithuania. Forgot to mention. What country HASN’T he tried writing for?)
I’m pretty sure Victor co-wrote for IVAN in 2016.
I was so disappointed by Greece’s performance 🙁 I wanted ‘Better Love’ to do great with all of my heart, but I kinda expected it tbh. I know everybody says she was sick and maybe it’s true and I hope she gets better. But I have watched a lot of her other live performances and covers of other songs on youtube and although she has a special voice, she doesn’t have control when it comes to high notes and her voice gets shaky. Maybe ‘Better Love’ goes beyond her vocal range. I hope to be proven wrong. My favorites last… Read more »
I agree with you and that Better Love is slightly more mainstream than what she normally sings. But also she has cowritten the song etc. so surely she knows her capabilities and can’t imagine she would push herself out of her comfort zone vocally as it would not do her any favour. I am still hopeful she will deliver. And last night she wasn’t terrible, she was just worse than our expectations that were quite high.
I hope you’re right. I just want to remind you that Sennek also wrote her own song, yet she could never deliver it as she struggled with the high notes. All the notes where Katerine’s voice shines are the very low and deep ones, where she sounds very jazzy and edgy. The thing is that ‘Better Love’ strength is at the high notes, especially during the bridge and by the end of the song and that’s where I see her going out of her comfort zone. It’s very risky and I’m still concerned if she will be able to pull… Read more »
I don’t buy the sickness as principal explanation. As has been noted on other clips, she’s struggling in higher ranges. That’s not likely to be fixed in five weeks of practice.
Greece probably won’t qualify.
Kobi really deliverd yesterday! Not that I had not expected he would! My mum, however, did not like the song at all before his performance, but now he is one of her favourites
Australia (for me personally) was the best of the night. I was a little anxious if Kate’s performance was gonna translate on stage without the dress, but she fricking nailed it, the whole audience tried to sing along. All my fears of her not qualifying are away now!
Don’t worry, Australia is paying a lot of money to be in ESC. I am not saying this song is bad. The last two years though.
Don’t worry, we don’t forget the fact that the other 40 countries also paid a lot of monet for their participation in ESC.
I agree that our last two years entries were bad, but we also had no say in the songs we sent.
It’s no surprise she can sing… she’s a professional opera singer. The song is basically a vocal warmup for sopranos.
Each time, when William does an interview with my own country’s (Poland) representatives I watch it with a huge smile on my face and can’t resist it even if his other interviews may be too much of William in William for me.
You make me proud of my country’s representatives no matter if I support them, like them or not.
Dziekujemy.
Nevena just Bushpepa’d everything right up.
Kobi was also amazing.
If we’re just talking about vocals…they were the obvious standouts to me.
Edit: How could I forget? How good was Georgia?! Geez!
People are finally starting to see what I saw right off the bat with Poland. Still a big fave with me. And of course, the ones people expected to slay slayed (Netherlands, Australia, Spain, and San Marino in particular). Spain is helpful as a way to show those unsure of the revamp that it can pack the same kind of crowd-energizing excitement as the original. Really not one I’d dismiss.
When will Jurij film a music video for “Run with the Lions”?!?!?
Waiting for the lions to get up. They are just big cats so they sleep 23 hours a day and it’s difficult to find a time to run with them 😐 Seriously, the only lions he will run with are Duncan, Sergey, Luca etc. and they will all eat him… poor Jurijus.
Are you sure? Jurijus said maybe he’ll (Jurijus) film a music video for “Run with the Lions” whenever possible.
For the last time, Jurijus said maybe he’ll film a music video for “Run with the Lions”. 😮 Wait until he has his own Twitter account, and one of his fans can ask when he’ll find time to film a music video for his Eurovision 2019 song. 🙂
Duncan will be like Harel Skaat – Milim in 2010. Favourite to win, ended up on 14th.
Nah, Duncan’s vocals are already better than Harel’s were.
Haha, that’s what you hope is gonna be, but that will not happen darling, Duncan is gonna slay.
Don’t think 14th is likely – but will go with Italy! There’s something so raw about it that the Netherlands lack!
Can we talk about how amazing and flawless Albania and Serbia were?
Very interesting to watch William’s full YouTube review of EiC. He’s on point y’all. He is very observant to the key points for each act, and should probably end up trying out directing these shows one day. 🙂
I love how he didn’t want the audience to sing “Love is forever”; that’s what I thought too, haha! And mostly the same on everything else. I won’t be asking him any “uncomfortable questions” for a while. 😉
Dude is smart. Say what you want about Wiwi in general, but he in particular is a very sharp observer of what works and what doesn’t at Eurovision, areas of improvement, and lets a song grow on him if he initially isn’t feeling it. He’s cool and open-minded and doesn’t pigeonhole himself to one kind of genre the way some fans do.
Honestly? I forgot to mention it before, but if you watch Ester’s performance from Amsterdam, it’s a huge standout. All the stuff that made people a little antsy during the national final is gone. She’s vocally on-point, fantastic with creating a mysterious atmosphere, and a perfect choice. William saw what might not have been obvious at first, but the more I watch, the clearer it is that it was absolutely the right pick and Romania will probably waltz back into the final like they never left. (Semi two is really shaping up to be the comeback semi – Russia, Azerbaijan,… Read more »
Purple and Joe on point (as always lol). William’s strength is his adorable way to see things positive and do critics in an appropriate way 😀 (Although I will never forget his reaction on Scilla Hess’ “Playground” which I adore as y’all know, and I sat there, watching YouTube and thought “William, dear, this is so great, don’t look like this!” 😀 😀 <3 <3)
He’s good at being honest about the songs while also making it clear he isn’t dismissing the artists as people. Unlike some fans, he doesn’t turn criticisms into personal attacks, which I think is what keeps his interviewees from being annoyed at his pleasantries. He doesn’t feel fake talking to ones whose acts he isn’t necessarily vibing with because he treats them like people, and I think his questions are geared in a way that might be his way of trying to gain more insight and appreciate the song if he didn’t already. Much as I love Deban, a bunch… Read more »
my winners of Amsterdam (youtube videos): Iceland, Albania, Australia, Netherlands
I hope that Katerine Duska was ill – otherwise I would be very disappointed of her vocals.
Katerine is ill she confirmed it on post in her Instagram account!!
Serbia, Isreal and the Netherlands best vocalists, flawless.
Switzerland and San Marino best performances..
Of close, They had the privilege of extra time for their performance
I am very chilled with the odds: Duncan is not my personal winner, BUT if he wins in a democratic vote, I’ll be happy for him 🙂
To analyse the anger of some fans, being an early fanfavorite a) creates pressure for Duncan (so be strong hun!) and b) could be boring to some people. If everyone says 2 months before the contest, Duncan will win, some people think “okay it’s done, we know the fave already, boring”. So I am always in for suspense, surprise and drama in May. Let’s see what will happen 😀
Nevena is singer with incredible vocal possibilities in live performance, “Kruna” is ballad with high quality, i think she is underrated especially on bookmakers…
P.S. Duncan and Katarine are not my favorites, but i congratulations on perfect vocals especially in live performance…???
Seems a lot of people didn’t understand the goal of this poll… I love Luca Hanni’s song but it just can’t finish 5th of this poll! He completely failed. Hopefully he will rehearse a lot until May.
For me the best were Tulia and Nevena Bozovic. Still my favorite is Duncan.
Moral story of the night- be careful when you make prediction on internally chosen songs if you haven’t heard it live.
My opinion after this concert- some fan favourites will most definitely flop while there will be dark horses among underrated songs.
I pick Nevena and Paenda as the dark horses
I love you all guys – but Lithuania is the part of the heart. So be angry or jealous, but Life is just one. Good luck everyone. Lithuania is different from everyone and this is just like that. See you.
Yes! Lithuania is so much underrated and deserves more credit!
And okay,, he is cute too !
I don’t quite get why people are suddenly impressed by Poland when they haven’t been before. They were just as good on the studio recording. People are weird.
Exactly what I thought. Poland is on my Top 10 since the song has been revealed.
So many haters in this eurovision bubble!!!!!
What do you mean by “hater” though? Surely one doesn’t have to be a fan of all the songs. In fact, it’s quite plausible that any given person would dislike several out of 41 different songs.
Aroncido!!! Just read escterrace‘s comment! Could not said it better!
Sure, they are exactly right that that kind of behaviour is childish and stupid. And if you meant that as “so many haters” then you are, of course, right. But I haven’t noticed that to be overly loud, or perhaps I am actively not paying attention to those comments, because really we can’t argue with stupidity. I encourage you to do the same, and then maybe it will be more enjoyable for you as well to participate in discussions.
Unfortunately! that s why i don t like to read the comments anymore….too many people hating for no reason.
I am sure everyone can understand what you mean by “haters”.I dont like practically most of the songs but i dont go online insulting artists, spreading comments of hate without any kind of justification,being happy that a country didn t perform well, openly wishing that they will crash and burn just beacause i dont like them.
Totally agree with you escterrace! Just awful! Eurovision should bring people together and celebrate music. But some of the hardcore fans are the worst!!! Awful!
paenda have one of the best vocals and live Performance last night she nailed the high notes perfect ?????????
I don’t know. She was good, but I had an impression that she wasn’t comfortable with the high notes. But I’m sure she’s gonna slay in May.
OK. luca was not good. And yet many have voted for him .. how many vote then esc for him, if he is good?
luca gave a great show. vocally it wasn’t his best day (he wasn’t hat bad though) – but who cares, as long as he makes you jump and dance and screem. He will do great in Eurovision.
Kobi Marimi – Israel !!!
KOBI fram Israel have a great voice. STUNNING
Switzerland in the final in 2019!!!! Last year robbed ZiBBZ. In the year final!!!
Kobi was flawless live <3
Well I’m surprised Switzerland is still 2nd on the betting odds and Russia didn’t go back in there.
Agree with Poland being the dark horse!