Having slept on this somewhat surprising result here are my thoughts:
The performances/songs
1. Reviewing the live performances I’m not surprised SuRie won. Her vocal was really good and her previous experience clearly made a difference. She has an arguably average song but delivered it perfectly; it was the most solid package.
2. Asanda winning was always contingent on the live performance working. It’s really frustrating but it didn’t. The studio version is absolutely standout, but the live staging fell short, and her constant movement resulted in breathy vocals - I always thought she would just be centre stage giving it all with her voice and giving some sass, with dancers and lights animating the stage. Her entry was very similar to Margaret’s ‘Cool Me Down’ and it suffered the same fate; perhaps this style of song just doesn’t work so well live?
3. Jaz was fantastic, but the song just wasn’t interesting enough. This isn’t to say this style of song couldn’t do well, but it needed more work and had to offer greater progression.
4. Likewise with Liam. He sang very well and the initial staging gave a good first impression, but the song needed to go further. SuRie had the edge here with more of an anthemic build.
5. Goldstone for me brought great vocals, but the song again needed work. It sounded dated and like well worn Little Mix and Girls Aloud songs had been stitched together; we need to innovate not emulate.
6. Raya for me suffered vocally. Much like Asanda her movement resulted in breathy vocals that distracted too much from the song which, whilst needing some work to differentiate the latter two minutes from the first, had potential.
The show/selection overall
1. The BBC need to rethink how the results are delivered. The lack of transparency is both highly questionable and it is very anti-climatic to just announce the winner. They need a budget for some on-screen graphics, and give us the jury results and then the televote results.
2. There needs to be thoughts about a foreign jury like many other national selections.
3. The format works overall. I just hope the BBC grow this: 10 songs instead of 6, a bigger stage, develop content beyond tours of the host city and throwbacks.
4. This was a good year. The finalists were all better than the first round of acts on Melodifestivalen, every performer was competent (I would be love to see any of them return), and overall the song selection (although entirely sitting within radio-friendly pop) was an improvement on previous years.
The winning entry
1. The UK has played it safe and gone with the best live package at this stage. I understand why, but am not sure if this is the best tactic. I think Asanda had way more potential, especially with a few months to work on the presentation (which is easier to change than a song), but you can’t blame anyone for going with the on-the-night performance.
2. A revamp might draw out the song’s Avicii aspects, giving it its best chance. At the moment it’s not commanding or current enough to really stand out and deliver as a memorable pop offering. The lyrics are also in need of some work, there's a fine line between being understood by non-English speakers and simply being poor.
3. SuRe will own this - she’ll sing well and surely work on the presentation/performance.
The wisdom of the crowd has spoken. Ultimately though, I feel if the UK wanted to contend the top ten a risk should have been taken with Asanda. I just don't see Storm as interesting enough to crack the left side of the scoreboard… but here I am hoping to eat my words, and my final verdict awaits any re-vamp and the final performance!
the song is catchy as hell, anthemic even at some point, and you can easily sing-along but tbh I don't expect this to do very well
Holding out for a NUL POINTS with this Storm thingy tbh!
Oh and those people comparing this to Levina's ''Perfect Life'' please... she only whishes 
Those backing dancers were hardly doing any insane choreography, why couldn't they do backup? It would have made a far stronger impression 
