Sweden SWEDEN 2019 - John Lundvik - Too Late for Love

[LalehForWD]

None of them are real indicators because the vast majority of people watching on Saturday will be hearing the songs for the first times and are a different audience to those watching the YouTube videos. Spotify if misleading because entries like Soldi and Arcade have had months of streaming momentum behind them.

Indeed, Too Late for Love is not a charter, it is a song made for Melodifestivalen/esc. We tried a charting pop song with a big staging last year and it didn't turn out well with the public. Soul/gospel responds well and broad in Scandinavia and he looks and really is a nice guy, that's it. The winner needs to reach out to the viewers and convince them to vote and it have often little to do with results on Spotify or Youtube. The Mamas convinced me to vote for him.

 

[wtf]

Indeed, Too Late for Love is not a charter, it is a song made for Melodifestivalen/esc. We tried a charting pop song with a big staging last year and it didn't turn out well with the public. Soul/gospel responds well and broad in Scandinavia and he looks and really is a nice guy, that's it. The winner needs to reach out to the viewers and convince them to vote and it have often little to do with results on Spotify or Youtube. The Mamas convinced me to vote for him.

Yes! They brought all the energy. This song captivates you in a magical way. I'd say the arena was the loudest during his performance as well.

Sweden was the most popular act on social media as the voting was closing up. And it's been picking up on YouTube as well. For the first few hours, it was even behind Denmark. The ones watching the performances at night are hardcore eurofans anyway, this is why Sweden was so low - it did not change much from MF so there was no "new" element for them. Makes sense.

 

[LakZaNokte]

Sorry but this is terrible.

Gospel in Sweden?
It’s like Azerbaijan yodeling or smth.

 

[Swedenvision]

Yes! They brought all the energy. This song captivates you in a magical way. I'd say the arena was the loudest during his performance as well.

Sweden was the most popular act on social media as the voting was closing up. And it's been picking up on YouTube as well. For the first few hours, it was even behind Denmark. The ones watching the performances at night are hardcore eurofans anyway, this is why Sweden was so low - it did not change much from MF so there was no "new" element for them. Makes sense.

Yeah the support in the arena during Johns performance was amazing!
Based of how it sounded on the TV I would say John got the loudest applause from the audience after the performance.

Seems to do quite well on Itunes as well.
I still think we are in the race.

 

[MalagaToledo]

I heard first time Swedens entry yesterday and it was meh. Too much close ups on his face freak me out. And I had feeling his song lasted for 23 mins and not 3 mins. Lol

 

[simonPL]

I heard first time Swedens entry yesterday and it was meh. Too much close ups on his face freak me out. And I had feeling his song lasted for 23 mins and not 3 mins. Lol

Yup, that's true. It's not going to change, Swedish singers love themselves af.

 

[Pawhlen]

Indeed, Too Late for Love is not a charter, it is a song made for Melodifestivalen/esc. We tried a charting pop song with a big staging last year and it didn't turn out well with the public. Soul/gospel responds well and broad in Scandinavia and he looks and really is a nice guy, that's it. The winner needs to reach out to the viewers and convince them to vote and it have often little to do with results on Spotify or Youtube. The Mamas convinced me to vote for him.

Interesting point actually, we just have to wait and see

 

[tararaaam]

You know when a venue is problematic, when the staging looks better and more spacious in Melodifestivalen...

 

[94ayd]

Well well, If he manages top 10 in the televote, I would be more than happy.

Considering he's only the 9th most watched act on YouTube from yesterday, I would even consider a jury-only qualification...

 

[wtf]

Considering he's only the 9th most watched act on YouTube from yesterday, I would even consider a jury-only qualification...

https://www.communit360.com/eurovision

And Sweden was leading the charts when the voting was about to close. Of course social media does not mean much but YouTube depends heavily on views coming from their own country /population as well so it's never too reliable. Cyprus should be easily winning televote if that was the case.

Guess we'll see tomorrow.

 

[94ayd]

https://www.communit360.com/eurovision

And Sweden was leading the charts when the voting was about to close. Of course social media does not mean much but YouTube depends heavily on views coming from their own country /population as well so it's never too reliable. Cyprus should be easily winning televote if that was the case.

Guess we'll see tomorrow.

The fact that smaller countries like & , where Eurovision is not that popular and even have more views, considering their total population equals 's, sounds like a really bad indicator for 's televoting success. Even has more views.

 

[wtf]

The fact that smaller countries like & , where Eurovision is not that popular and even have more views, considering their total population equals 's, sounds like a really bad indicator for 's televoting success. Even has more views.

1. North Macedonia qualified after like.. what.. 6 years? Of course lots of locals are watching the performance now, even if they didn't tune in for the actual show
2. Albania and Norway also rarely do well, makes sense again
3. Sweden qualifies every year and though Eurovision is very popular over there, they definitely don't make such a huge deal out of qualifying alone.
4. Isn't Srbuk a local superstar with a wide following?

 

[musicfan]

John did good, not as good as in MF though, but still it was so refreshing to see a good live singer coming after some pretty bad vocals prior... I still think we have one of the better songs this year, but something felt off in the performance (although technically it's identical from MF), something with the lightning maybe? camera angles? The Mamas didn't just "appear" like they did in MF, that effect didn't work here for some reason or the camera didn't capture the moment properly... they need to fix this for the final.

The song is very very average, doesn't stand out for me at all. If it's now an idol contest and just about the vocals I'd say his vocals are alright but with a song like this he doesn't really have to do very much, it's very unambitious.

 

[LalehForWD]

Winners on Unibet 2019-05-17. They think it's a runaway winner, I highly doubt it. It's going to be close

 

[Pawhlen]

Considering he's only the 9th most watched act on YouTube from yesterday, I would even consider a jury-only qualification...

Strange, when I wrote about that regarding some countries success after semi 1, I was replied with "YT doesn´t tell all" but now when our song is not doing good on YT, it´s suddenly means a lot.

But no, it´s not any hate towards our entry

I really love the large double-standard fans have

 

[wtf]

Strange, when I wrote about that regarding some countries success after semi 1, I was replied with "YT doesn´t tell all" but now when our song is not doing good on YT, it´s suddenly means a lot.

But no, it´s not any hate towards our entry

I really love the large double-standard fans have

I love how Cyprus gaining 2 million views and clearly being the most popular performance from semi 1 does not mean anything at all but Sweden gaining views slowlier than some other acts means it's a guaranteed flop.

 

[Pawhlen]

I love how Cyprus gaining 2 million views and clearly being the most popular performance from semi 1 does not mean anything at all but Sweden gaining views slowlier than some other acts means it's a guaranteed flop.

Exactly

 

[Preuss]

That’s because Tamta’s really popular though all her rehearsal clips get views really fast

 

[Mrm]

I really, really liked the performance...
Vocals and visuals are brilliant..
But it seems it did bad with audience again, based on views and likes on yt!

 

[Alaska49]

oh so we are going to pretend the greek/cypriot fanbase isn't cuckoo banana pants crazy just to appease the fragile swedish psyche? fine

(ps: the swedish fanbase is ALSO pretty nutty and john's views are still tanking, sooooooooo...)