France FRANCE 2019 - Bilal Hassani - Roi
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Etanna
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that's funny because I feel the exact opposite way. Tamara's song and message do nothing for me (and I'm a female & feminist so it should, shouldn't it). It's just too cliché, too calculated with no real message behind it whereas Bilal's story is more tangible - he really had to (and has to) struggle and fight against prejudice etc. and he has become the roi in the sense that he is now a successful, confident artist and role model despite the hardships. And to me, he managed to portray this in his song and performance.
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5th in the odds??? wtf?! this doesn't even deserve to place in the top 10. but it probably will with this staging, oh well
It's going to be in the Top3 in the televote, I am confident about that. It all depends on the jury how well this performs. This has the winning combo of emotional impact + memorable gimmick that almost nobody else has this year.
It's a very different song and performance, but this situation reminds me of Azerbaijan in 2011. If everybody flops (which might happen, because the rehearsal videos are all lackluster), the ESC audience and the jury can just go with some cheesy, familiar performance and song that at least leaves an impact on the live stage.
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I knew it that Bilal is going to do well. It seems like he has a massive support from the delegation this year. I can't wait to see the performance.
Why people are criticizing him for the message he feels very strongly about but people are OK or in love with Hatari with their also in-your-face message about capitalism?
Double standards.
Bilal has been subjected to bullying, it feels most close and home to him to drive a message about acceptance. I am glad that they managed to do something with the staging to elevate the song and reinforce the message.
Why people are criticizing him for the message he feels very strongly about but people are OK or in love with Hatari with their also in-your-face message about capitalism?
Double standards.
Bilal has been subjected to bullying, it feels most close and home to him to drive a message about acceptance. I am glad that they managed to do something with the staging to elevate the song and reinforce the message.
He does only manage to draw the attention of everyone towards him because of the message, which his entry conveys. Facts are facts. Put this core message aside and we end up with Bilal singing a bland entry ending up in the bottom 5.
He does only manage to draw the attention of everyone towards him because of the message, which his entry conveys. Facts are facts. Put this core message aside and we end up with Bilal singing a bland entry ending up in the bottom 5.
I agree.
Despite how polished the staging seems to be (which is unusual for us), I fail to see people voting like crazy for "Roi" tbh. If anything, I'd rather believe we might have a chance to be overrated by juries due to the message (kinda the contrary of what happened in Destination Eurovision) and pull an Israel 2016 overall at best.
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He does only manage to draw the attention of everyone towards him because of the message, which his entry conveys. Facts are facts. Put this core message aside and we end up with Bilal singing a bland entry ending up in the bottom 5.
I can say the same about Hatari's song isn't it? If strips away the message, it's just a bunch of weirdos scream/shout singing doing BDSM with no relevance.
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I'm really not sure that he will do well in televote because France usually struggle with televote and has better results with juries. In my personnal top it's a 10-15th but that year there's no clear winner and a lot of songs that are "same level" so it could reach 5th or 15th at the end (and I've exactly the same mood about 10 or 15 entries that year).
(I'm not the biggest fan of the song but I'm happy that he's representing France because my little sister and my nephews -who are teenagers- love him/his song so much, and also so many people. In France people are always criticizing our entries years after years, ofc there are also critics this year, but having so many fans of our entry that year here is really pleasant)
And I think that the climbing in odds is just due to two facts : most of the rehearsals seem not so good AND a lot of ppl used to think that France was going to have a bad staging because we are not really known for good staging.
(I'm not the biggest fan of the song but I'm happy that he's representing France because my little sister and my nephews -who are teenagers- love him/his song so much, and also so many people. In France people are always criticizing our entries years after years, ofc there are also critics this year, but having so many fans of our entry that year here is really pleasant)
And I think that the climbing in odds is just due to two facts : most of the rehearsals seem not so good AND a lot of ppl used to think that France was going to have a bad staging because we are not really known for good staging.
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what are y'all drinking
This. However, I still genuinely believe that he'll do much better than MM last year (this staging didn't help tho
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We were expecting so much from Amir, when he ended up 6th we were kinda disappointed even if this is a good rank and nobody expected something from Bilal and he's maybe going to beat Amir's final ranking.
And if Roi has a better result, just mean that we're so all out of the loop lmao, "you know nothing eurofans"
And if Roi has a better result, just mean that we're so all out of the loop lmao, "you know nothing eurofans"
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I don't think Bilal will outdo Amir in terms of final ranking. This will end in the lower half of top 10 (ie. 8-10). I would be very surprised if he does better than that.
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Context first: I'm not a huge Bilal fan (don't hate him, don't love him; he's around 25th in my ranking and I didn't really care about Seemone either). And I haven't been predicting him to do all that well; maybe 15th-20th or so.
But after seeing some videos of that staging... yeah, I think I've been underrating him. The revamp of the song works well too, from what I can hear amid the crappy audio quality. I'm still backing Sweden as the most likely winner but I think France could now be in the mix as well (though he's certainly not the only one. This feels like a very open year).
But after seeing some videos of that staging... yeah, I think I've been underrating him. The revamp of the song works well too, from what I can hear amid the crappy audio quality. I'm still backing Sweden as the most likely winner but I think France could now be in the mix as well (though he's certainly not the only one. This feels like a very open year).
Crappy audio but at least we got the whole staging.
Bilal's going to perform in the 2nd half with Spain and Israel.
Bilal's going to perform in the 2nd half with Spain and Israel.
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Sounds much better! Staging not bad either.
The message is VERY in-your-face, and it's cringey - but still, it's a message, even though I think North Macedonia is better in the 'be proud of who you are' department this year. Unfortunately, North Macedonia is North Macedonia while France is automatic-qualifier France.