Exactly, whatever she does, she is already our queen and we are proud of her. I expect the best performance of the song so far btw
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Exactly, whatever she does, she is already our queen and we are proud of her. I expect the best performance of the song so far btw
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"Hey you" has almost ruined the song for me. 
It didn't bother me half as much in the semi :O
It didn't bother me half as much in the semi :O
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It was really close between some countries there and unfortunately Kate came 9th with being a few points from 7th
9th place is something to be proud of, but I'm not particularly surprised that the televote wasn't stronger and I thought she would need more points from the juries to be top 5
9th place is something to be proud of, but I'm not particularly surprised that the televote wasn't stronger and I thought she would need more points from the juries to be top 5
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Just about ten points up to Azerbaijan and a 7th place which I'd feel much better about, but anyway Kate achieved a top ten and came ninth with a pretty good score in the end. And reaching top ten with a song like this is still a really good achievement.
Now I'd obviously like to see this a bit higher - I'm happy with the televote but perhaps I'd love to see this doing slightly better with the juries I guess? I mean not getting any points from Norway or Denmark was a bit surprising to me, but bless Romania and Poland for giving Australia 12 points
Although I'm happy with the televote as they avoided the bottom, the fact that Australia's best teleresult still is a 4th place with about 190+ points still bothers me and it's just a fact that they do have a disadvantage in the televote as people don't want to vote for Australia - but Kate coming 7th is still amazing. Can I leave out the thoughts of the fact that if this perhaps represented another country that it could do better? No I can't. Sideclaimer; I don't think you can do well based on the country you're representing but it's definitely a fact that bloc-voting still exists to a certain degree
Anyway thank you for a truly iconic performance, it's really taking Eurovision to the next level and I'm super-impressed by Kate doing this and showing Europe what aussies are made of
And obviously Australia couldn't ask for a better representative than the brilliant Kate Miller-Heidke, she was just fucking amazing in this competition and is so talented. Whoever wins Australia Decides next year definitely has a tough act to follow!
Now I'd obviously like to see this a bit higher - I'm happy with the televote but perhaps I'd love to see this doing slightly better with the juries I guess? I mean not getting any points from Norway or Denmark was a bit surprising to me, but bless Romania and Poland for giving Australia 12 points
Although I'm happy with the televote as they avoided the bottom, the fact that Australia's best teleresult still is a 4th place with about 190+ points still bothers me and it's just a fact that they do have a disadvantage in the televote as people don't want to vote for Australia - but Kate coming 7th is still amazing. Can I leave out the thoughts of the fact that if this perhaps represented another country that it could do better? No I can't. Sideclaimer; I don't think you can do well based on the country you're representing but it's definitely a fact that bloc-voting still exists to a certain degree
Anyway thank you for a truly iconic performance, it's really taking Eurovision to the next level and I'm super-impressed by Kate doing this and showing Europe what aussies are made of
And obviously Australia couldn't ask for a better representative than the brilliant Kate Miller-Heidke, she was just fucking amazing in this competition and is so talented. Whoever wins Australia Decides next year definitely has a tough act to follow!
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i had a feeling she would get a iveta mukuchyan-esque, "the world just wasn't READY for you" result in the end, but i wanted to believe europe would embrace her. oh well. probably up there with iveta herself as my favourite of the decade/ever.
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Happy enough with this result for Kate! 9th is quite respectable - especially since it comes from a more even jury/televote split this time around.
I was hoping for a slightly higher finish given all the hype, but honestly 9th is about what I would've placed Kate at myself, and there was some tough competition in that quite close top 10. Kate and the Aussie delegation should be proud of what was a great performance, and I'm hoping to see the NF continue for 2020
I was hoping for a slightly higher finish given all the hype, but honestly 9th is about what I would've placed Kate at myself, and there was some tough competition in that quite close top 10. Kate and the Aussie delegation should be proud of what was a great performance, and I'm hoping to see the NF continue for 2020
Pop-opera entries definitely struggle to break into the top 5. That's a shame, Kate was absolutely flawless and the whole package screamed winner to me (unlike the Netherlands).
Congratulations nonetheless for your result. 9th place is respectable, although a bit too low to my liking.
I voted for you and we French televoters gave you six points.
Congratulations nonetheless for your result. 9th place is respectable, although a bit too low to my liking.
I voted for you and we French televoters gave you six points.
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The result actually is really disappointing considering the sudden hype behind the entry. I was resting my hopes on Australia being the possible crown snatcher tonight. I thought they would have done so much better with the public, but then I guess I’ve got to remember my very first reaction to the song, and the general opinion surrounding it. It’s polarising for certain. I’m still not crazy for it as a piece of music but I voted for it last night thinking of [MENTION=16089]anaraqueen[/MENTION] (just for you sis). It’s a nice result. Great even but the performance wasn’t enough I guess to elevate the song to the top (even though it was like the most impressive thing ever!). Please take this result well though and don’t go back to the dull radio friendly pop stuff the juries adore and no one else.
wow, i don't even know where to start.
my first ever contact with Kate was with Dance Academy, about seven/six years ago, I suppose, with Abigail's dance solo in season 2. She danced to The Last Day On Earth. Such a lovely song. I wonder why didn't I looked into her discography that time. I should.
When she was announced as a contestant on the NF, I didn't even realize it was her! She had my favorite song from the get-go, yet I didn't even watch the NF that time (it was just... too early here). I remember waking up and opening my scoreboard to see who won, and when I saw her name, I was SO EXCITED! Most people were bashing her performance, but I really liked it. She was placed in my top 10 all the time, around 8th. It took me a few weeks to realize "OH MY GOD SHE IS THE GIRL FROM THAT ABIGAIL SONG!!!!" and after that I just became more and more and more excited about her.
And then... the first rehearsal clip. Guys... my wig. I was impressed! The song is already the over the top popera song that I ADORE to death (see @ me stanning cezar in almost every sing thing). The poles, the witches, the space, her beauty... everything was on point. What about the second rehearsal? Even better. She kept climbing in my ranking. My official turning point was a 20s video from the jury show on semi 1, when it starts the "nothing holding me down part". Guys... I've never cried so much listening to a song. I consider myself an emotional person, but I don't really cry with songs. I've teared up with about three songs from Eurovision. This one wasn't in the tear up level. I cried, I really cried. It was at that moment that she became my winner for good.
If I cried with 20s of a clip, imagine when I saw the performance. One minute in and I was already bursting into tears. I didn't even shed a tear when two of my friends died suddenly, yet this song made me cry the most in years. And I had a class to attend an hour later. How was I psychologically able? It is a mystery.
Anyway, yesterday, for the first time, I hosted a Eurovision live-watching party at home (for three people nn) and the first thing I said was that "I'M TELLING YOU GUYS ALREADY THAT I'LL CRY WHEN AUSTRALIA PERFORMS!!!!!!!". When it started, my friend and I were singing along (my other friend didn't know the lyrics), but them I started hearing something strange and asked my friend to start singing for a second. It's when we could hear the public singing along. This was such an emotional and powerful moment, it was when I started crying again and never stopped until the end of Miki's performance. And somehow it made me so deluded that "she could win after all".
With her results, I am disappointed. Despite being the most balanced result for Australia, as the points from the jury and televote were similar. Despite being a popera entry who actually does well and somewhat avenging Cezar and Malena. I really wanted her to win. I don't remember rooting for someone in Eurovision as much as I rooted for her, and, well, I'm not someone who likes losing. I'm not even Australian and my country doesn't even take part in Eurovision, yet I felt like it did for once.
Well, what is done is done. All I have to do I thank Kate. Thank you for being an amazing artist. Thank you for being an amazing person. Thank you for taking part of Eurovision. Thank you for the best staging I've ever seen. Thank you for turning into my favorite. Just, really, thank you for existing.
Not music first, enjoyment first.
It's almost 3 am, I am crying since I started writing this text and I have yet to wash the dishes nnnn also watch dance academy
this means so much to me. may you be blessed for the rest of your life.
my first ever contact with Kate was with Dance Academy, about seven/six years ago, I suppose, with Abigail's dance solo in season 2. She danced to The Last Day On Earth. Such a lovely song. I wonder why didn't I looked into her discography that time. I should.
When she was announced as a contestant on the NF, I didn't even realize it was her! She had my favorite song from the get-go, yet I didn't even watch the NF that time (it was just... too early here). I remember waking up and opening my scoreboard to see who won, and when I saw her name, I was SO EXCITED! Most people were bashing her performance, but I really liked it. She was placed in my top 10 all the time, around 8th. It took me a few weeks to realize "OH MY GOD SHE IS THE GIRL FROM THAT ABIGAIL SONG!!!!" and after that I just became more and more and more excited about her.
And then... the first rehearsal clip. Guys... my wig. I was impressed! The song is already the over the top popera song that I ADORE to death (see @ me stanning cezar in almost every sing thing). The poles, the witches, the space, her beauty... everything was on point. What about the second rehearsal? Even better. She kept climbing in my ranking. My official turning point was a 20s video from the jury show on semi 1, when it starts the "nothing holding me down part". Guys... I've never cried so much listening to a song. I consider myself an emotional person, but I don't really cry with songs. I've teared up with about three songs from Eurovision. This one wasn't in the tear up level. I cried, I really cried. It was at that moment that she became my winner for good.
If I cried with 20s of a clip, imagine when I saw the performance. One minute in and I was already bursting into tears. I didn't even shed a tear when two of my friends died suddenly, yet this song made me cry the most in years. And I had a class to attend an hour later. How was I psychologically able? It is a mystery.
Anyway, yesterday, for the first time, I hosted a Eurovision live-watching party at home (for three people nn) and the first thing I said was that "I'M TELLING YOU GUYS ALREADY THAT I'LL CRY WHEN AUSTRALIA PERFORMS!!!!!!!". When it started, my friend and I were singing along (my other friend didn't know the lyrics), but them I started hearing something strange and asked my friend to start singing for a second. It's when we could hear the public singing along. This was such an emotional and powerful moment, it was when I started crying again and never stopped until the end of Miki's performance. And somehow it made me so deluded that "she could win after all".
With her results, I am disappointed. Despite being the most balanced result for Australia, as the points from the jury and televote were similar. Despite being a popera entry who actually does well and somewhat avenging Cezar and Malena. I really wanted her to win. I don't remember rooting for someone in Eurovision as much as I rooted for her, and, well, I'm not someone who likes losing. I'm not even Australian and my country doesn't even take part in Eurovision, yet I felt like it did for once.
Well, what is done is done. All I have to do I thank Kate. Thank you for being an amazing artist. Thank you for being an amazing person. Thank you for taking part of Eurovision. Thank you for the best staging I've ever seen. Thank you for turning into my favorite. Just, really, thank you for existing.
Not music first, enjoyment first.
It's almost 3 am, I am crying since I started writing this text and I have yet to wash the dishes nnnn also watch dance academy
this means so much to me. may you be blessed for the rest of your life.
A fun fact: my aunt is here and said that my eyes are red and she thought it was because I was playing video games. Poor her.
This is waaay too low tbh. Yes, it's a great result no doubt, but she deserved so much more. She delivered it perfectly last night. Everything was done right.
I am super proud of her nonetheless and she deserved all 20 of these votes. Regardless of this result, she is a true queen of both Europe and Australia
Really looking forward to her next projects, she now has the support of her international fans as well and that is her biggest victory here.
I am super proud of her nonetheless and she deserved all 20 of these votes. Regardless of this result, she is a true queen of both Europe and Australia
Really looking forward to her next projects, she now has the support of her international fans as well and that is her biggest victory here.
Don't get how Australia could win the Semi but then skip 8 positions in the Final. Australia is my winner
. Norway isn't a winner in any point. Their result sounds like an error. At the same time jury's voting was too political this year. I suppose their aim isn't evaluate professional skills of entries. Their aim mainly is to give "Correct" votes to the neighbors or friendly countries. Their aim is to kill chances of some entry to win. However I prefer Netherlands as a winner vs Norway and I like unpredictable voting process. So I guess jury should be saved but should be really professional unlike this year's "jury".
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Winning the semi-final but ending up 9th where Kate was beaten by Italy and only 2nd semi-final entries tells something about the 1st semi-final perhaps
Similar to Rybak winning the 2nd semi last year but then doing bad in the actual final
Similar to Rybak winning the 2nd semi last year but then doing bad in the actual final