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

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[aef]

Underwhelmed by the staging for this one, but as many have said, it is admittedly hard to stage. Still gave it some votes, however.

They should have leaned harder into the message (throw some kind of nod to Spotify to draw the 0.003 message home), and gone for a stageplay-type setting where she’s sitting at a desk with a typewriter

A music video style for the staging like you describe it would have made it way too silly in my opinion. Everyone would have seen it as a pure joke entry then.

 

[Judas]

If Teya and Salena had just stood there like statues, ditched the dancers, and not used a single light on the LED screen, it would still stand out and come first in such dreadful semi final.

 

[pjelacki]

feels nice to be back in the final

prayer circle for that 2nd half draw

 

[Fluke]

I didn't like them dressing up as "modern pop stars". They should have gone with something similar to the old fashioned suits from the video, it gives them more character and is more suited to the song. Vocals weren't great either. I think this will be quite low in the final.

 

[Sammy]

Such a deserved qualification! The girls can ve very proud of themselves!

 

[NeoTen]

Loreen is going to win. But this could be the next Snap. Remember nonsense like "What does the Fox say" went double platinum. This actually has very clever lyrical lines.

 

[ESC94]

So happy for them, my favourite tonight after and .

 

[Ezio]

https://twitter.com/wthissalena/status/1656437802932764672?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1656437802932764672|twgr^225a2646cb4b7da6c091b1ad15a5943aae30de21|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https://esc-kompakt.de/vor-dem-zweiten-halbfinale-2023-esc-kompakt-wuenscht-teya-salena-aus-oesterreich-viel-glueck/


Salena crying in the green room due to the positive audience response. Sweet girl

 

[marty]

I think it was a good idea to stage it cooler as the video. Juries will appreciate it. There could have been more close ups of Teya and Salena. Maybe it is difficult to connect with them for the tv viewers. The last chorus was sung really good. But the staging really could have been more creative. I still dont know what to expect from the juries. Musically I think they wont like it but they might vote for Austria because of the message. I expect a result somewhere like 2016 and 2017 for Austria hoping for top 10.

 

[marty]

And now lets pray for second half!

 

[aef]

Why always first half why hahaha

 

[Lindon]

Just listened to the clip of the performance on the Eurovision site with Overear headphones. So Salena in the last chorus is absolute madness. Wow.
I think it's a pity that the sound control room dampens the acoustic reaction of the audience so much. Awesome.

 

[pjelacki]

first half

 

[Ezio]

Why always first half why hahaha

Let’s pack France Spain Austria Sweden Finland together from 9 to 13 and then take a nap until the voting

 

[Judas]

A part of my soul will die if they open the grand final.

 

[Ezio]

8th in the odds and tied with some bookies with Norway. Probably gonna Stall now with the draw

 

[Soul]

I don't think the starting number really matters for Austria this year. People will remember it either way.

 

[Ezio]

A part of my soul will die if they open the grand final.

Not sure if this is such a great opener but we were thrown under the bus 2017 and 2018 so maybe this year again

 

[Smudy]

First half was NOT what this needed lol

 

[Ezio]

i think Poland or Portugal will open