Hmm.

50th anniversary of Abba winning & the juries gave their biggest vote to Sweden

Coincidence much?

Jury vote needs to be resigned to the history books. It's not fit for purpose.

I feel vindicated by seeing the high public vote for Norway & even higher for Finland.

Finland should have won. Sweden only got it due to the jury vote.

Jury vote needs to be thrown out.

Not happy that Sweden is still leading from the rigged jury vote

Happy that Finland & Israel are staying in the running.

Belgium & Norway are both being cruelly ignored

Thoughts on the vote so far:

* Sweden sucked. Why are they getting so many votes?
* Why does Norway have no votes yet?!

Time to ditch the judge votes again, methinks.

My top songs are broadly:
- Norway
- Finland
- Belgium

I'd be okay with quite a few others winning. There are only a few that I specifically don't want to win.

Loved the Sam Ryder performance & the very visible representation

* Israel was super powerful. Very dancy & I could see that becoming a queer anthem for the unicorn metaphor.
* Slovenia... showed up I guess? Very also-ran vibes.
* Croatia entry is camp & anti war. I didn't really enjoy the song, but I respected & appreciated it.
* UK entry seems overhyped. It's kinda catchy, but there were better songs.

* Norway has some pipes! & that beat drop is fantastic! Has a techno sea shanty vibe. Amazingly powerful lyrics! I loved it!
* Germany is certainly very heavy rock. Like Graham Norton, not really my cup of tea. Powerful performance though.
* Lithuania entry is nice. Well sung & picked up nicely when the beat dropped, but a bit generic still.

* Mel Giedroyc churning butter in a milkmaid outfit
https://twitter.com/bbceurovision/status/1657485447281491971
* Armenia is a bit meh. Nice hair though.
* Moldova entry is... a song? Beat is kinda catchy, but otherwise no.
* Ukraine entry is catchier than I was expecting. Good staging. Kinda like this.

* Australia has a rock-synth-metal vibe going on. Kinda catchy. So much power in it!!!
* Belgium is so queer & I love it! So full of soul & queer defiance. The voice, the performance & the messaging was on point.

* I really like the mix of powerful vocals & the twinkly piano by Estonia.
* FINLAND EVERY IS SO QUEER, AWFUL & AMAZING IN EQUAL MEASURE!!! I loved it
* Czechia not the strongest song, but great staging & very powerful lyrics / meaning.

* The Swedish entry seems mismatched to me. The music is very trancy, but her voice & the lyrics don't match it. Very hard to hear her lyrics. Not a fan of this.
* Albania is, erm, a song? Weakest entry for me so far.
* Italian entry is very sparkly, has a pretty face, & has a pretty voice. Bit dull song though.

* Cyprus singer's voice Catchy song too.
* Spain sounds like something you'd hear from Morocco. Amazing vocals.

* Serbia entry very queer, amazing staging, & triggered my #frisson. Shame about his voice though.
* France is unexpectedly dancy. Health & safety issue with that dress though. Last Dimitrescu vibes. Amazing pipes.

Thoughts so far.

* High sound quality this year.
* Austria was very catchy.
* Portugal rather fun.
* Switzerland has very emotionally impactful lyrics

We're not even up to the first song yet & it's so very gay

It's gonna be a great evening