One thing is ruining this years Eurovision for me...

[RainyWoods]

How can you NOT cheer at that honestly?

I can't even tell now what cheers are real or not and it leaves me puzzled at some times. I wonder how the public in the hall must feel about that.

I wonder if the public in the hall can even hear them? In fact, I imagine they can. When I watched one of Amber's rehearsals the other day, the screams I could hear then i'm sure were prerecorded.

 

[CaraMia]

I agree that in certain songs it looks like there are artificial screams and sounds included. Even sounds that have nothing to do with the context of the song. I realised this today when I was watching the Czech performance. The audience is in silence since the beginning until 1:35 (where they scream like if they were watching a football match?) and then continue in silence until the end (or more at the end have a little of normal feedback from the audience).

Question: Who would normally scream like that at that part of a song that actually is more capable of putting people waving their flags in silence instead of screaming?

 

[angry]

The more I think about this plastic-fantastic...
I hate it when directors decide what is best for the viewers to see. It is kind of disrespect.
I love the passion, the drama, the real cheering.
I hate being fooled and I hate hosts that don't have passion. Like they don't mind if it is a cooking or travel program is. Work is work

 

[Edwin]

I've tweeted the creative producer about this but I don't expect a reply considering how busy he is. Casual viewers watching in their living rooms probably won't notice but it's pretty obvious if you're wearing headphones. They've clearly offered it to broadcasters as part of the package: stage, screen, lights, camera angles, fake screams. So many things to consider.

 

[lavieenrose]

I think the only scream that is genuine is the one when Loic did that pirouette after the first chorus!

In the first semi, the raven-like screaming cheer midway through the pirouette is me.