2025 Eurovision Semi 1 - Espresso Macchiato Por Favore

[Ananas Astra]

Comments so far on Belgium:
"Is this a social experiment?"

"MS MATRY THIS IS A CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE." Equally emphatic response from another student: "LOBSTER PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS APPROPRIATE"

"This is Sam Smith's fever dream"

"Japanese kids are having sympathetic spasms."

"Can we go back to the fondue?"

"Ms Matry why can't we watch Moana instead?"

Are you watching this with a class in a Catholic school?

 

[PRlady]

Are you watching this with a class in a Catholic school?

In Louisiana. They’re a little more laissez-les-Bon-temps down there.

 

[Hanna]

I love the snippets of past songs

 

[my little pony]

helium or eunuch?

 

[sus2850]

What an aweful opening wannabe Bee Gees/Mika voice

 

[miffy]

San Marino is kind of catchy.

I haven’t really liked many tonight…

 

[allezfred]

Albania

 

[miffy]

Ooh I spoke too soon, I’m liking Albania ?

 

[Ananas Astra]

San Marino is one of the Eiffel 65 dudes. It used to be my late brother's first favorite band when he was like 8 or 9, so I wanna see them in the finale.

 

[PRlady]

Ok this is interesting.

 

[Garden Kitty]

San Marino is kind of catchy.

I haven’t really liked many tonight…

Were they on right before Albania? I was away from the tv and didn't see who they were, but sort of liked that song.

Albania, not so much

 

[sus2850]

I want to like Albania, but it was lacking something

 

[miffy]

Were they on right before Albania? I was away from the tv and didn't see who they were, but sort of liked that song.

Albania, not so much

Yes they were right before

 

[Matryeshka]

Are you watching this with a class in a Catholic school?

Errr...maybe?

"This is why the Mayflower happened, isn't it?"

 

[sus2850]

I lile Claude‘s positivity. And, I admit, even the simple song. The live voice not so much.

 

[Garden Kitty]

Netherlands more enjoyable than I expected at the start

 

[miffy]

I’m still not over Croatia coming second last year

 

[Ananas Astra]

Nice to see that Jon Snow made his way to Croatia to participate in the ESC for Croatia.

 

[SHARPIE]

Started off great but got a bit bored. As I’m not around Thursday I will leave my “Eurovision Feels” til Saturday. Enjoy all

 

[my little pony]

this is like an outtake from willie Wonka no one wanted

 

[Ananas Astra]

German commentator about Croatia: "The song is called 'Poison Cake', he might've had some of those."

 

[Garden Kitty]

Croatia hurt my ears.

 

[my little pony]

her sound is off

 

[miffy]

The Brit commentators were pushing the point that Switzerland was filmed all in one shot, and then it all went terribly wrong and it cut to an audience shot

 

[Hanna]

Cyprus, my ears

 

[my little pony]

proud FSU Cypriot representative

 

[Ananas Astra]

Cyprus was fun as well in a way.

Quite a good semi-final, I have to say.

 

[tony]

Good God, I was bored by almost all of this. I would hope the other group is stacked because besides Spain, I didn't gravitate towards a single one of these songs. Just so mid-level all the way through, if not weird. I thought I was going to love Estonia, but even for being 1st place of the non-qualified, it was just okay with some good dance moves. That said, here's my rankings:

X Spain
1 Estonia
2 Azerbaijan
3 Sweden
4 San Marino
5 Netherlands
6 Norway
7 Iceland
8 Poland
X Switzerland
9 Portugal
10 Albania
X Italy
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11 Belgium
12 Cyprus
13 Croatia
14 Slovenia
15 Ukraine

 

[my little pony]

that didnt go as planned, I only real care about Iceland and Estonia, I will throw Albania on the pile too

 

[miffy]

I hate to say it but I’m disappointed tonight, I hope there are better songs in SF2

I’m rooting for Albania, San Marino, Iceland and Sweden to go through.