Sweden SWEDEN 2023 - Loreen - Tattoo

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[FilipFromSweden]

Carola winning ESC with a margin of 0 points is insane

 

[DirtyFalcon]

Well at this point, only Czech Republic with Vesna can beat her if she wins thanks to the political message but they will need a very good staging. But no one else can stop her. She could beat Salvador number of points and reach even 800 i think.

 

[FilipFromSweden]

This is the best heat since ?

 

[empo21]

Well at this point, only Czech Republic with Vesna can beat her if she wins thanks to the political message but they will need a very good staging. But no one else can stop her. She could beat Salvador number of points and reach even 800 i think.

Czech Republic is a winner favourite? Why would people vote for their political message while Ukraine is literally there??

 

[Geborgenheit]

Well at this point, only Czech Republic with Vesna can beat her

Je ne crois pas. I doubt many will buy their idea, especially in Eastern Europe.

 

[Stargazer]

A Carola MF medley and she didn't even do the best one... Mitt i Ett Äventyr from 1990!

 

[Geborgenheit]

A Carola MF medley and she didn't even do the best one... Mitt i Ett Äventyr from 1990!

It was a very emotional moment in the end...

 

[Geborgenheit]

Older people love Mariette.

 

[Geborgenheit]

And children love Kiana. I like this ageist voting.

 

[Gwendal]

Smash into Pieces DTF, Kiana and Mariette to SF (Mariette for just one point!), the three others out

 

[ArmpitOfEurope]

I am still in shock by what Loreen did, that was phenomenal. Massive
I refuse to believe that there's even a slim possibility that swedes wont pick this.

 

[TB98]

Sad for "Edelweiss" but this semifinal was quite strong, so it was a predictable outcome. Overall good results tbh.

Now, Loreen pls snatch this. We need u.

 

[theditz83]

This is actually the first full semi final I've watched this year, and I quite enjoy the way they reveal the points for the other 6 acts, but on the other hand, I'd rather they did that for all the acts. Having said that - there was no doubt that Loreen won this semi (and the whole MF).

 

[empo21]

Mariette this close to pulling a W (Wiktoria)

Happy for Kiana. She has a good shot for qualifying next week.

 

[simori95]

If Sweden doesn’t pick Loreen, I will apply for swedish citizenship just so I can revoke it right after.

 

[alca]

A Carola MF medley and she didn't even do the best one... Mitt i Ett Äventyr from 1990!

She did her winning songs.

 

[DirtyFalcon]

Czech Republic is a winner favourite? Why would people vote for their political message while Ukraine is literally there??

why not ?

 

[Fluke]

Kiana doing that well was not something i predicted at all... i thought the performance was really bad, in every way, but obviously people liked something about it.

Smash Into Pieces disappointed me, i hoped for something more Outtrigger-like instead of this stereotypical MF-metal, but i guess it was good enough to DTF.

Then to the big thing, Loreen and her interruption, of course. Is this actually the first time in modern MF history a song has been interrupted? I doubt they would have done it if it was a "lesser artist", whatever the problem was. Anyway, the song isn't all that great and really a bit too mainstream pop for her, it felt like they did an "artsy" staging to compensate for the impersonal and forgettable song.

Mariette said nothing at all to me, it wasn't even lousy, but totally forgettable. I wanted Axel Schylström to make it instead, his song was the best second to Loreen's and the vocals were pretty much the best of the night, he was below Mariette by only one point!

Signe & Hjördis felt like Nordman's untalented daughters, really among the most shoddy and amateurish entries we've heard in years. Emil i kinda liked, just because it was so unashamedly Mello-schlager-kitschy, he did it so wholeheartedly in a way you just can't make fun of, but the vocals really weren't good. In fact that was a common problem for the entries in this heat....

So what do i think now that we've heard all the entries? Loreen can definitely win but i don't think it's all that sure, the strong contenders are M&M and Jon Henrik, who most people seem to leave out for some reason. I think this can really be his chance to win after all his tries. Either of them would be an okay choice i guess, but we're not gonna be anywhere near winning ESC this year, i think we can hope for top 5.

 

[Mainshow]

Jon Henyrk and M&M would be excellent entrants for as well but let us not pretend that Loreen´s performance wasn´t exceptionally great and "outta this world".

 

[empo21]

let us not pretend that Loreen´s performance was exceptionally great and "outta this world".

It was though? If we judge the live performance only, Loreen is ahead by a gap!