Absolutely expected Australia to do much better when it came to the points. The song was unique like nothing else, her vocals were stunning and on point (which can't be said for like.. 80% of the performers this year......) and the performance?? they were literally flying and looking amazing doing it like what more can you hope for.
So sad for Norway as well. I saw the post that said they had technical difficulties during their jury performance and they didn't let them redo it, which explains why the jury gave them barely anything and the public vote LOVED them.
Iceland.... love.... amazing.... aesthetic..... everything they stand for.... good yes more pls
aas for some of the other high placing songs..
Russia, dont get me wrong I love him. I just havent found his entry to be the best of the year he was competing in. I think 3rd place was very fitting for the performance and vocals and everything.
Italy... I really just don't like the song. I didnt like his outfit and idk, don't get the hype. So many people say italy was robbed once again, but honestly this has been my least favorite of their entries in the last couple years, so them getting second place was incredibly generous imho. Francesco Gabbani, however, was absolutely robbed.
Switzerland.... eeeh I much preferred the music video. I just feel a big disconnect from the song and the performance on stage. It wasn't bad, just not.... great. impressed they got such a good score though.
Sweden... yea I don't get that one at all. His vocals in the final performance were pretty off, and I also never understood the hype about this one. Just didn't seem like anything special to me.
aand of course, the netherlands.
yall are gonna hate me for this but I really didn't like his performance. I like the song, in the video version, but on stage.. he just didn't do anything? The piano wasn't even on fire but for real tho, it just felt like a lazy entry to me. Even ballads tend to have more things happening on stage, and that's saying something. It really just felt empty to me, and I didn't feel that the song was that amazing at all. So meh. I do like that he's bisexual, though. Eurovision needs more gay always.
All that being said, my personal top 3 were Australia, Iceland and Norway, not necessarily in that order but ye.