Here are 10 stereotypical Eurofans who we've all encountered before. Which one out of these is the most annoying, and which one deserves a pass for their actions?

1. The raging nationalist --> only watches Eurovision for their country. WILL attack or laugh at you if their country isn't in your top 10 and considers it a personal insult. Thinks their country is peak at Eurovision.

2. The 'my favorite lost so this country will be a non-qualifier/0 in final' crashouts --> Follows and treats national finals like their lives depend on it. Will insult singers and countries if they don't send their favorite entry. Believes a country is a non-qualifier by default the moment it doesn't send the song they wanted. Often caught streaming the song they called a NQ in May once the NF salt has worn off.

3. The prediction genius --> Will tell you whether a country will qualify even without a full line-up, semi final allocations and any idea of what the staging will look like. Can tell just based on their amazing gut feeling which 26 countries we can expect in the final. Will blame anything but themselves when their biased predictions turn false.

4. The conspiracy theorist --> Believes half the national final roster and Eurovision itself is rigged. Will spend hours explaining why national finals rigged their selection against someone without providing the slighest bit of proof.

5. The pre-party maniac --> Bases their entire ranking, predictions and general behavior on pre-parties. Believes any artist who missed a note during a pre-party is an automatic non-qualifier. Can't get it through their thick skull that most esc artists just go to have fun rather than deliver a The Voice worthy performance. Ignores the many instances of Blanka, Vesna, Alessandra, Blanche,... who had bad pre-party performances but still qualified/got high results. Thinks any artist who doesn't go to a pre-party is a coinceited jerk.

6. The rehearsal maniac --> the brother of the pre-party maniac. Judges the vocals of a 30s rehearsal snippet often done in terrible circumstances like it'll decide the final ranking. Believes they can figure out a full staging concept from 5 pictures. Thinks any country that gets a low score from press polls is an automatic non-qualifier.

7. The 'it's gonna be a terrible year' eurofan --> usually says this when we have less than 10 songs. Brother of the 'my favorite lost so this country will be a non-qualifier' guy. Believes a few weaker songs (who often are only weak in their opinion) will automatically decide that the remaining 30 songs will also be weak. Thinks their opinion is the only variable to be considered when judging a year's strength.

8. The 'jury has to go' eurofan --> not really a eurofan to begin with, more like a local who thinks they're part of something. Can't accept that juries are part of Eurovision and will only hate them when their favorite is put higher in the televote. Blatantly ignores the fact that juries have always been part of Eurovision. Magically disappears when their favorite is a jury pleaser. Believes Kaarija and Baby Lasagna were robbed.

9. The edgelord --> Believes originality is more important than quality. Will put anything that is unique or edgy in their top 10. Sweden is automatically bottom 5 for them every year, even without hearing the song. Believes every ballad is a Duncan Laurence copy. Believes every rock song is a Maneskin copy. Believes every female dance track is a Chanel/Eleni copy. Will have every slightly basic song in their bottom 10 even when the song itself is miles above its competition. Ethnic and Native language are a must.Thinks they're superior to eurofans who put bops or ballads as their winner.

10. The plagiarism accusor --> Believes half the line-up is plagiarism. Conveniently will only accuse songs they dislike/beat their nf favorites of plagiarism. Will use this plagiarism excuse as a way to put the song last in their ranking. Has 0 compelling arguments why the song is plagiarism except 'they sound exactly the same!' (spoiler: they don't.)

This isn't meant to be hateful. It's for comedic purposes only.

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You know the drill

the songs of the NF being released

you have your favorite

you are crossing your fingers for your favorite to win

if your favorite won, you are happy in the post

if not, you are posting in the salty Sunday post

But did you ever change your own winner after the NF was finished or even the Eurovision itself, regardless if your previous favorite won (or alternatively: your new favorite is not the winner)? and I'm not talking on changing the personal winner/favorite during the NF itself. but after it was finished

it happened to me this season, twice

the second time was the Eurosong. my favorite was Le Manou. but today, after I watched all of the performance again, I was very underwhelmed, by lm Le Manou's staging and she wend down from number 1 to 5th. and the song that became my favorite from this selection, it was not winner Res Sebastian. It was not Mentissa. It was actually our underdog Leez. for some reason, I was impressed the most. the staging was interesting, she sang very well and everything was so good. not too much and not less much

but the incident that really made me open this post was the first time it happened to me and I'm talking about the Montesong. Nina was my personal winner the entire time. I was super upset when she made it only second for one of my second least favorite from this selection. and then I was super happy when Nina was selected after Neoneon withdraw

but last week I took the time to listen to Baryak's song, watching their performance. and it hit me. I said "f**K! It would have make much good in the Eurovision" and moreover, it would have become my favorite entry from Montenegro since Adio. and you know what, maybe even my personal winner

now I'm super upset Baryak are not going. I'm happy for Nina and I wish her to qualify, she deserve a fixing experience after she (and Who See) was robbed in 2013. But Baryak came with such great rock entry that only now, something like three and a half month later, I'm salty for Barkyak's loss and I hope that the broadcasting will internally select them for 2026

but this is just me. what about you guys?

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Not trying to complain for the sake of complaining but i know it's probably affecting the click through rate for people who might be unfamiliar with Eurovision (hence reducing the potential new audience who could be exposed to it) because in my opinion unlike previous years it's really not clear at all that it's for Eurovision. If they don't want to redo it my only suggestion would be to change the italic font in the blue square to a non italic font, as it is almost difficult to read at a glance. They could just use the same font as the green box below and it'd look good.

2022 and 2021 are very unique looking but they still look professional, 2023 is a bit weird with the clipping text in the top left but still iconic and eye catching with clear information, i still think 2024 was the best graphics we've gotten for videos and performances. (clearest to see and read at a glance, makes me want to click on it, all information is shown clearly. Broadcaster, country, national final, Eurovision is all very clear on the thumbnail.)

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So Georgia is supposed to participate in ESC2025, and I saw some rumors and some artists that want to participate for the country, but I hadn't seen any announcement yet from the Georgian broadcaster about the contest which is quite weird considering that Georgia tends to announce its plans way earlier (If with other interesting selections like Nutsa, Circus Mircus or Iriao, or in other Years when they do a national selection)

Does someone here have a clue about what's happening with them?

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I don't know if this is a hot take or not, but I saw enough people put Esa Diva low on their personal rankings that I wanted to share this opinion.

Spain will absolutely be in the top half this year. It's my personal favourite song so far but even putting that aside the performance at Benidorm fest alone is enough to achieve this and since they'll have a bigger budget for eurovision they can just repeat it but make their moments even bigger than they already are.

The first five seconds immediately grab your attention and set the perfect vibe for the song. The staging and choreography is amazing throughout. Most importantly however the chorus really is incredible and exactly the kind of thing that does well at Eurovision. I think its easy to compare her to Chanel and say that Melody is trying to do Slomo but worse but I think that this is a different aura to that and exceeds at it too. I hope this doesn't sound rude but Melody as the aura of an uninhibited older woman who is performing an unrestrained celebration - and everything in the song plays into this. Her crazy dancers, her crazy expressions, even her weird as fuck hair slinging is incredibly endearing and plays into it.

And again she has incredible stage presence. Melody pulls off genuinely impressive stunts in her performance that will definitely go over well at eurovision. I think the song will resonate with a lot of people across Europe and Australia and I genuinely would not be surprised if it came in the top 10 (although we still dont know what the other 30 songs are going to be like).

Tepat - Sadzejot ✍️

Very good performance, deserved Q. Could get a top 5 results thanks to Zelts NQ

Citi Zēni - Ramtai 🎉

Very fun, very solid. Good staging if we consider Supernova's standards. I won't mind them winning to avenge their 2022 failure. Jumped into 2nd in my ranking.

Emilija - Heartbeat 💓

Good performance, but it should absolutely not go to Basel if Latvia wants to qualify. Her coming first in the televote is actually worrying.

Bel Tempo x Legzdina - The water 🌊

She was amazing, he was a bit off tune. Still in my top 5, glad they made it to the final.

Palú - Delusional 🎸

BIG surprise, her performance was insanely good and she 100% deserved the final. Welcome in my top 10

The Ludvig - Ligo ☀️

Ok, this one needs a bit more explanation. The song is a banger, I love it. BUT, the staging is so WEIRD. Plus, if you present yourself as a solo singer, then SING. YOUR. CHORUS. He does sing the last 15 secondes, and it works well ! Two solutions : either sing all your choruses from the very beginning, or give more importance to the 3 ladies, Alvan & Ahez style. No camera should be on him if they are the one singing the chorus Both ways, staging needs to be changed drastically.

Chris Noah - Romance isn't dead 💞

Very polished performance, and I like the song. Could actually win if he comes 2nd televote and top 3 with the juries.

Tautumeitas - Bur man laimi 🪄

It's eurovision ready, send them to Basel. Biased opinion because they are my first, and I actually think they would do worse than expected in ESC, but still I need them.

Sinergija - Bound by the light 🎻

Was in my top 5 before the show, but the live felt a bit flat, thought they would actually NQ. Still glad they made it.

Markus Riva - Bigger than this 💪

I actually want him to go at eurovision at least once, but NOT with this song. Chorus is feels empty/unfinished. Probably won't win anyway because of the jury.

Who do I think will win? Probably Chris Noah or Tautumeitas. Emilija and Citi Zēni are serious underdogs.

I just wanted to share my thoughts, especially about The Ludvig, because I love Latvia so much in eurovision. Now feel free to disagree with me, or share your thoughts ! I would love to hear them 🙏

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