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

It's gonna be a great evening

Thoughts so far.

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

* 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.

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

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

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

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.

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.