Live EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2022 FINAL DISCUSSION

[Sean]

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[mauve]

Ferrero Rocher

Do you have a glass sphere or anything? That's exactly what a friend gave me as a present at Easter.

 

[RainyWoods]

Do you have a glass sphere or anything? That's exactly what a friend gave me as a present at Easter.

Perhaps I do but then there's also never a time I'm not thinking about Ferrero Rocher.

 

[Miss Antartica]

It seems the entrance of the artists on stage will be like in San Remo festival.
The presenters will call each artist on the stage by his/her name before the postcard of the country.

 

[Serena00]

However, I do care that S10's photos are suggesting that she got a rather poor staging.

Black outfit, alone on the stage, with some lights on the artist. That's both Switzerland and Netherlands. I think Netherlands have a better song, but she also needs to nail vocals
I would be shocked if Switzerland qualifies. The song is boring, the staging looks boring, it's pretty early in the running order. I don't see public vote for it, only jurors

 

[MopManMoss]

What is with the key change for this De Diepte performance? Sounds odd to me

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

I'm really worried about the Netherlands staging too... The song and S10 are really good, but the stage looks really empty. Hope to be wrong because I really like the song.

 

[dannytr24]

I'm really worried about the Netherlands staging too... The song and S10 are really good, but the stage looks really empty. Hope to be wrong because I really like the song.

Disagree. A song like this doesn't need fuss., the focus has to be on her.

 

[Looren]

Okay I absolutely LOVE Moldova's staging, best one so far with Bulgaria and Swiss

The Neds staging looks nice, with some nice lights and all it could look beautiful

 

[PollyWantsACracker]

Ronela's stage outfit is awful and doesn't fit the song in any way. From a strong female warrior to a Nicki Minaj. Whatever.

 

[Deleted member 12761]

Moldova had the worst staging imo and I think they won't qualify. Bulgaria was a surprise. The song sounds like an anime opening. I don't have them in my Top 10 and still don't think they will qualify but I think they could become a dark horse. I like what we saw from Ronela. Super excited to see the full performance from Albania.

 

[mauve]

What I can see from the photos, I would say that Bulgaria's staging is definitely an upgrade. If they can deliver it live well, I could actually see them qualifying.
I am really looking forward to the semis to see who REALLY worked on their performance.

 

[crashworld]

Am I the only one who thinks the sun/arch thingy looks like it's blocking the entire LED backdrop? It makes the whole performance look utterly jarring and it stood out really awkwardly, especially seeing Latvia's performance. You can see the vegetables backdrop is sort of being blocked by the big-ass sun/arch thingy.

And it's so weird that Ukraine's staging colour scheme is orange, I would have expected them to go yellow and blue. I really wonder if that is what they have said that EBU wants their performance to be non-political? But it's just flag colour. Plus, you have Bulgaria coming next with orange or at least similar warm color tones.

I didn't expect Albania to go neon blue/pink for this song and the outfit. I would have expected her going in a more traditional/ethnic-looking costume she wore in the NF performance. Now it looks way too modern for the song. Not sure if it looks mis-match.

I think we can expect pretty good camera angles for Switzerland, likely could elevate the song.
Bulgaria's one looks like it could potentially has pretty good staging.

The Netherlands' one looks like we are getting Belgium 2021. I mean, sort of expected, to match the mood, but was hoping it will go another direction. Hopefully, the camera angles will help it. Too bad they didn't use the laser-lights one we saw in her first TV performance. That one was so awesome.

Moldova's performance potentially look like a train-wreck in the making.

Nothing much to say about Lithuania, Slovenia and Latvia. Looks pretty standard to me and what I have expected from them.

 

[Nicholas123]

I didn't expect Albania to go neon blue/pink for this song and the outfit. I would have expected her going in a more traditional/ethnic-looking costume she wore in the NF performance. Now it looks way too modern for the song. Not sure if it looks mis-match.

I agree. I expected a dominatrix ethno look, but we got this instead...

Definitely a choice.

 

[crashworld]

OK. Just caught up with all the photo galleries on ESC page, some things I have noted:

• So Ukraine did use blue + yellow for some parts of the performance. I guess they did switch it up.
  
  

  Ukraine First Rehearsal 2022

  Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine rehearsed their song Stefania for the first time at the PalaOlimpico

  eurovision.tv
• Why am I getting France 2021 vibes for Switzerland's performance?
  
  

  Switzerland First Rehearsal 2022

  Marius Bear from Switzerland rehearsed his song Boys Do Cry for the first time at the PalaOlimpico in Turin.

  eurovision.tv
• Bulgaria seems like it's going all out. That pyro shot? Almost reminded me of Italy 2021.
  
  

  Bulgaria First Rehearsal 2022

  Intelligent Music Project from Bulgaria rehearsed their song Intention for the first time at the PalaOlimpico in Turin.

  eurovision.tv
• The Netherlands' staging is looking really similar to Switzerland's.
  
  

  Netherlands First Rehearsal 2022

  S10 from Netherlands rehearsed her song De Diepte for the first time at the PalaOlimpico in Turin.

  eurovision.tv
• I think Moldova's one looks really busy. I like it being colourful and bright to match the mood of the song. But the overall outfits and seems like they are moving around the stage could potentially make it look messy. Hopefully, it's not the case.
  
  

  Moldova First Rehearsal 2022

  Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers from Moldova rehearsed their song Trenuleţul for the first time at the PalaOlimpico in Turin.

  eurovision.tv

Lithuania's and Slovenia's ones are here:

Lithuania First Rehearsal 2022

Monika Liu from Lithuania rehearsed her song Sentimentai for the first time at the PalaOlimpico in Turin.

eurovision.tv

Slovenia First Rehearsal 2022

LPS from Slovenia rehearsed their song Disko for the first time at the PalaOlimpico in Turin.

eurovision.tv

 

[dannytr24]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1520487851581915140

Another one.

 

[Zeus]

Disagree. A song like this doesn't need fuss., the focus has to be on her.

That's what everyone said with Sennek as well. Sometimes minimalistic can be effective and fitting, but sometimes it can also be stiff, bland or boring.

S10 isn't the greatest vocalist either, so what is really going to stand out now? Camera angles? Backing track or vocals with the chorus?

 

[Nicholas123]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1520487851581915140

Another one.

Very classy! I hope it will appeal to the televoters too, cause i am sure the juries will luv it.

 

[Miss Antartica]

But is it true that the stage has been broken?

 

[crashworld]

Apparently the arches have LED's on one side, and lights on the other. The arches got stuck and the LED part is facing the LED wall while the lights part is the one facing the cameras, which is effing up even more the staging plans for everyone because a huge part of center stage will just be black now.
Hopefully they'll be able to fix it somewhat, or at least just be able to turn the arches around.

So the pictures in this tweet demonstrated this issue:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1520359699002150912

Now I know why the delegations who are supposed to use the arches are so unhappy, because the LED screen part is no longer shown. No wonder now the arches look so awkward there, because instead of being aligned with the backdrop in the LED screen behind, it's just showing lights. This definitely has an impact on the overall look of the performance.

 

[GermanBango]

Oh lord… I hope they’ll be able to fix it at least to some extent. Otherwise (although I don’t think it looks all that bad) it would be a failure of epic proportions. I already had fears that this stage concept might end up being too ambitious…would hate to be right as I think it has the potential to be the best design seen in Eurovision.