Austria AUSTRIA 2023 - Teya & Salena - Who the Hell is Edgar?

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[mauve]

I am keeping my fingers so crossed for the girls tonight! Despite the full show leak, I managed to keep myself watching (except UK), but I hope that Austria have a great staging that fits this special song!

 

[mauve]

Just watched ESCUnited's ranking for Semi 2 .... Austria "only" on 6th place, Matt even ranked it at 9 and says he is worried. Now I am worried as well!

 

[aef]

I‘m also not watching any leaked footage today and I will judge after tonight’s performance. I think the crowd reaction will be very good and we have a very good song that stands out either way do we don’t need to rely on perfect staging.

 

[Jiggler]

Austria's odds to qualify are now at 94 %, that is almost Loreen and Kaarijä levels. Of course as an Austrian you are wary, but i think the song should be really safe. The fans love it, the ordinary people love it. It'll do well.

It won't win of course, but who cares.

 

[Judas]

I mean it is not even a doubt whether Austria will qualify. In such semi final, they basically have the golden ticket.

 

[Lindon]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1656610892530720768

 

[Realest]

Poland will be the obvious "Shock"-Qualifier, while Iceland will be the obvious "Shock"-Nonqualifier if we look at ESC Scoreboard.

 

[MopManMoss]

In what way would Iceland NQing be a shock?

 

[empo21]

The semi is so tragic that it's full of shock Qs tbh.

Out of the 'on the fence' entries, only Lithuania and Australia can be shock NQs, every other country except Austria, Slovenia, Cyprus, Armenia, I can see flop and I wouldn't be surprised.

 

[Sammy]

Just watched ESCUnited's ranking for Semi 2 .... Austria "only" on 6th place, Matt even ranked it at 9 and says he is worried. Now I am worried as well!

Deban is calling Austria a „borderline qualifier at best“, which makes me very confident, that we will win this semi.

 

[empo21]

Let's just have Austria draw 1st half as well, so I can take a nap after the 13th song and wake up for the results.

 

[MopManMoss]

Deban is calling Austria a „borderline qualifier at best“, which makes me very confident, that we will win this semi.

Deban said Bulgaria would qualify last year haha

 

[Wynnter]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1656610892530720768

AAAAAAA bedding odds jumpscare!

 

[Ezio]

According to press poll we will qualify

8th place there

 

[Jiggler]

According to press poll we will qualify

8th place there

Audience Poll has them 1st, Eurojury has them 1st (online vote) or 3rd (jury vote).

Chill and enjoy the show (I can't today, cause work) We'll see them on Saturday

 

[Ezio]

Audience Poll has them 1st, Eurojury has them 1st (online vote) or 3rd (jury vote).

Chill and enjoy the show (I can't today, cause work) We'll see them on Saturday

I have never been more chilled. Last year was terrible, our amazing song, the bullying and the horrible qualifiers from that semi.

 

[Sammy]

Now it’s official. They dropped the iconic dance routine completely

But the good news is, Teya and Salena obviously found a way to put more energy into the performance. I am looking forward.

In this video, Teya says that the dance will in fact be performed on stage…

 

[Lindon]

OK, I was curious. I watched the leaked jury show. All I will say is that Salena's vocals on the final chorus were top notch.

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

Austria will definitely qualify, but it won't go anywhere near the top in the Grand Finale... That's my prediction. I said it from the beginning this song was the most overrated song by the fandom and my opinion never changed, never.

Prediction: 13th to 17th in the Grand Finale.

 

[Datura]

they do the (awkward) dance and especially salena is vocally on point. overall though i don't think the staging does a lot for the song, and the quirkyness of the video kind of gets lost a bit. but it's still an easy qualifier imo, especially in this semi, no doubt about that