Sweden SWEDEN 2025 - KAJ - Bara bada bastu

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[Jupiter]

this is a massive mistake. no way this will make it to the finals

This is honestly the weirdest prediction I have read all Eurovision season. And that is a hard fought for title.

BBB will qualify so easily, KAJ could split the votes among them and all make it individually lol

 

[aef]

So no more Lundvik songs at MF? And this really bad news to anyone? It’s more a relief tbh.

And no John, it’s no singing competition, it’s a song competition, with the song presentation aka staging playing a very big role.

 

[ArmpitOfEurope]

Down to #2.

that was going to happen even if Mans was selected, it was a matter of hours even before the melfest final

 

[SpiritofKeiino]

So no more Lundvik songs at MF? And this really bad news to anyone? It’s more a relief tbh.

And no John, it’s no singing competition, it’s a song competition, with the song presentation aka staging playing a very big role.

I couldn't understand the hype around Lundvik's song in 2019. And the song he wrote for Tom Leeb was shit.

 

[ArmpitOfEurope]

The right song won for once and I can have a year where I don't actively dislike our entry (last times were in 2022, 2012 and 2007)

how can a swedish fan actively dislike Tattoo

 

[ArmpitOfEurope]

Why is Mans fighting the juries while he lost coz of the televote?
Also John Ludwig being sore while he wasnt even top 5 on the odds is hilarious

 

[freerider]

For you who didnt like Revclution what was is that you didnt like? Perhaps the slow beginning with no real intro?

The howling crescendo chorus was quit impactful.

 

[ArmpitOfEurope]

For you who didnt like Revclution what was is that you didnt like? Perhaps the slow beginning with no real intro?

The howling crescendo was quit impactful.

Its mostly that the expectations werent met.
In 2015, Mans delivered something innovative, he practically changed the way of thinking behind eurovision stagings.
I thought that he returned coz they had come up with something equally impressive.
Instead, I saw the staging of Unforgettable, with Lesley Roy elements and pieces of paper in the air.
As for the song itself, its musically mid, and the lyrical theme a cliche.
It was so baffling to me that everyone was calling it a certain eurovision winner, but I guess that had something to do with the fact Loreen managed it recently.
It was still a solid entry overall, just not strong enough to overcome the pure fun BBB is, and of course it wouldnt have won eurovision, at best he would have placed 3rd-5th.

 

[Stargazer]

For you who didnt like Revclution what was is that you didnt like? Perhaps the slow beginning with no real intro?

The howling crescendo was quit impactful.

Forgettable/bland melody with no real hook to the chorus. The fact that the lyrics felt hollow, corporate and soulless only made it worse.

 

[freerider]

Ireland was responsible for 5 of the 7 point difference you are welcome

And if they had put KAJ a step lower to make place for Revolution it would have been even more points. Do you think they did it because they saw Måns as a threat to the irish record or was it just because it was their taste?

 

[Iker]

I'm sorry but I had to ...

Måns lost. We're spared.

 

[ViVillRejv]

/.../ KAJ have impressive staging, and they can sing.

Look up KAJ member Jakob Norrgård's Nessun Dorma parody. He can pull off operatic vocals!

 

[Smudy]

Back to #1 in the odds.

 

[jatojo]

I agree with Swedish newspaper Expressen here:

"Since then [Jill Johnson who sang in Swedish in 1998], Sweden has established itself as a serious Eurovision power. We've stopped taking risks, and instead put all our efforts into sharpening our form, as anything below the top ten would be considered a national disgrace. As a result, Europe sees us as rather boring friends to invite to the party.

The battle between KAJ and Måns therefore echoes that between Käärijä and Loreen in Eurovision 2023, where the jury eventually decided in Loreen's favour.

The fact that we are now sending KAJ can be seen as compensation for that. But also as proof that we are now actually entering the crazy Eurovision bubble where plain English is often rejected in favour of more exciting native languages, and where the twisted show is everything."

 

[Loindici]

I mean he clearly put his whole Mansussy into the whole thing, it was delivered with a lot of passion, he clearly wanted this.
If he only had a better song, though...

Such a good description since all I see from that stage props of his is "monochromatic vulva".

 

[Kruto]

Finally a swedish entry that i like. No sweden-bashing for me this year Sweden bringing the fun makes me miss moldova less.

 

[b4ld3r]

But he was 3rd with the jury. Did he really expect to be higher than that?

Yeah, he says he has "unresolved business" in ESC after the split screen in 2019 lolol. I think he genuinely expected the juries to help him finish at least top 3.

I think it's really stupid having a freakout over "the decline of REAL MUSIC" in Melodifestivalen after one novelty song wins. Why didn't these people have such a freakout last year when the final was 90% garbage? This is one of the best finals we've had in years songwise, and one of the most exciting voting sequences.

 

[lasse braun]

joined the sauna(s) club!
normally only a but steaming saunapoints extra.

 

[Vondenburg]

this is a massive mistake. no way this will make it to the finals

Ah. Please don't go full German. The song is awesome and it will go straight in the Top5 in Basel.

 

[b4ld3r]

I think this guarantees we will never see Hooja compete, considering how much of Bara bada bastu's aesthetic is reminiscent of Hooja. If I KAJ could win, Hooja could have easily won as well, especially considering the budget they probably would have had. I wonder if they see it as a missed opportunity to launch their careers in the rest of the Nordics lol

Tobbe Ek is reporting that Dolly Style and KAJ are the only ones properly celebrating at the after party, the mood is "off". Weird to have some artists whose careers mainly are fuelled by Melodifestivalen appearences act superior over KAJ.