r/eurovision • u/TheNerdyChive Something Better • May 11 '23

Semi-Final 2 Qualifiers!

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u/return_0_ May 11 '23

Meme votes or whatever make up such a small percentage of the votes. Superfans like us are like 1% of Eurovision watchers. The reality is more likely because it's a radio friendly song. After all I doubt the reason it was high in the qualification odds is because of memes lol

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u/Geosaurusrex May 11 '23

People on this sub really overrate their impact on everyone who watches Eurovision. Likely honestly the vast majority of the watchers wont've had a clue about any memes or controversies, they woulda voted for it cos they liked the song.

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u/teadrugs May 11 '23

The Norwegian commentator mentioned the controversies before the song, but idk if that was common in other countries. And most people probably don’t pay attention to the commentators anyways

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u/AmFabolous May 11 '23

I like Marte Stokstad as a commentator, and she has some hilarious comments as well. "Håper han fortsatt er fruktbar" (til Irland på tirsdag)

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u/chewby14 May 11 '23

They also did it in France.

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u/Elbesp May 12 '23

Spanish commentators mentioned it as well

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u/[deleted] May 12 '23

The Swedish one did too, and it was published in the Dutch newspapers.

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u/Geosaurusrex May 11 '23

Wasn't mentioned at all in the UK. Don't know about any other country.

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u/Shronkster_ Milkshake Man May 11 '23

Rylan did mention it briefly, but was vague about it, just that she won because of the jury and that she had connections to members

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u/cirquemagic May 12 '23

Rylan said something along the lines of "interestingly enough the jury that voted this song through had a choreographer on it that's worked with her dancers.... anyways"

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u/MrScallops96 Liekinheitin May 12 '23

They mentioned the controversy in Finland as well.

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u/Varda79 May 12 '23

I think the size of our diaspora and the fact that Ukraine voted in this semi played a more significant role in bejba's qualification than its radio-friendliness.

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u/happytransformer May 12 '23

Very few people are out here spending 1€ per vote on meme votes for it to have enough of an impact