2026 Eurovision - Oh Vienna

[my little pony]

Belgium's' entry is Dancing on the Ice, begging to be a rhythm dance

 

[Ananas Astra]

Unfortunately, we won't be hosting our annual legendary Eurovision party this year because we are going to bury my bf's mother at sea in a different city on the 17th, so it will be a smaller group of us (the bf, his aunt, my mom and yours truly), but we will make the best of it anyway.

 

[Finnice]

Sorry for your loss, @Ananas Astra . Do you have any favourites among the candidates?

 

[Ananas Astra]

Sorry for your loss, @Ananas Astra . Do you have any favourites among the candidates?

Haven't been really paying attention, to be honest. But Mama Astra is coming tomorrow and I guess we will watch the semi-finals together.

 

[Finnice]

I just watched Semi 2 and the big 5. France has a good song, but it may divide people. I am not shamed of Finland at all.

 

[Matryeshka]

This year, the AP exam for World History was early. In celebration of being done, my students have to create a Eurovision performance as if they were an historical figure. So welcome to 2026 Historical Eurovision! The finalists are: Genghis Khan, Mansa Musa, Trung Sisters, Catherine the Great, and Louis XIV.

 

[PRlady]

This year, the AP exam for World History was early. In celebration of being done, my students have to create a Eurovision performance as if they were an historical figure. So welcome to 2026 Historical Eurovision! The finalists are: Genghis Khan, Mansa Musa, Trung Sisters, Catherine the Great, and Louis XIV.

I would much rather see your finals than the real one!

 

[miffy]

Who’s watching?

 

[SHARPIE]

Who’s watching?

Not me, too unwell to care. Sorry.

 

[Finnice]

I am here, suffering Croatia's lack of hitting the harmony.

 

[miffy]

I am here, suffering Croatia's lack of hitting the harmony.

That was a shame! Other than that I thought the first 4 performances have been really good in very different ways… I am already in pain thinking of the boring songs that will no doubt qualify over the voidy ones

 

[my little pony]

this was all sort of ok, I remember Poland most then Greece so those would be my votes I could be bothered

 

[my little pony]

also is Victoria Swarovski a drag name?

 

[miffy]

this was all sort of ok, I remember Poland most then Greece so those would be my votes I could be bothered

I thought no one was bad except that Portugal and Lithuania were very off key in places. There aren’t 5 songs I think deserve to not make it.

 

[miffy]

That was the least boring interval act in my recent memory

 

[my little pony]

I really didnt like Italy both the song and the dancers. the lady seemed like a real dancer and the man was tossing her like a sandbag.

 

[my little pony]

I think Moldova was better than I remembered because they went first

 

[miffy]

I think Moldova was better than I remembered because they went first

I enjoyed Moldova too!

 

[Finnice]

Quite a few off-key singers.

 

[miffy]

Aww, San Marino and Estonia were two of my favourites tonight, so that’s a shame, but I’m really glad some of the more fun/voidy songs went through, Moldova and Greece in particular.

I think Lithuania was lucky because the last minute of his vocals was shocking

 

[Ananas Astra]

also is Victoria Swarovski a drag name?

She is the heiress of the Swarovski empire and has actually been the host of the German version of "Dancing with the Stars" for ages by now after winning the whole thing.

Mama Astra and I liked Poland, Croatia and Moldova.

We also made our Top 10 and were 80% correct. San Marino and Estonia in the Finals would've been cool instead of Belgium and Sweden.

If the Deutsche Bahn does their job well on Thursday, we might even make it in time to watch the second semi-finals on the island of Usedom in our AirBnB, so fingers crossed!

 

[Ananas Astra]

I enjoyed Moldova too!

They always bring the voids.

 

[tony]

I have a school interview on Friday so I have been studying but just went through this quickly and wow, I really, really didn't like most of the entries. I thought the camera editing choices were poor, especially with Moldova, and it looked like even the production slipped up a few times getting into place. I thought the in-between fluff stuff was super lame too, and it all got topped off with the presenters having to wait a good minute to read the six countries still vying for the final spot. And as I say every year, the music to vocals volume ratio always seems off.

Finland was my favorite but nothing makes me want to go back and listen on repeat.

 

[4rkidz]

Who’s watching?

Audit time at work, so have the semi's on in the background and trying to catch up.

 

[my little pony]

I hope the segments between the acts are less cringe than yesterday. that Australia vs Austria thing was maybe the worst time filler ever.

 

[Finnice]

The opening was horrrrble... Hi you, who are watching!

 

[miffy]

The opening was horrrrble... Hi you, who are watching!

Yeah, I’d rather see the giant kangaroo again than whatever that was!

 

[tony]

The producers need fired for every single side feature they've had so far. This is terrible. The whole thing seems so low-budget and thrown together.

 

[my little pony]

how is night 1 better so far?
the one I can remember is the one with the gibberish, was it Bulgaria? the French girl was cute

 

[miffy]

Just because you can do a long wail with your voice doesn’t mean you should

She isn’t the only one who has gone off key tonight, there have been a few.

I thought Australia was a very strong performance and I can see the jury vote going with it, and she probably still has a decent fanbase. It’s not really my type of song but I can see her doing very well.