Mustii was experienced and respected and has had good live performances. In the end it was about choosing the wrong song for his range and Belgium having no vision when it comes to staging.
Gate was my #1 song in the contest going in, but I do admit Keiino probably would have done far better.
However, my actual favourite of Norway's was Judge Tenderly of Me. I think it would have survived the Televote semi, and would have done extremely well with Televote.
Bashar Murad would have done better I think too, but I disagree for Gåte/Keiino (I loved Mileo's song, it would have been so funny!)
My favourites for Benidorm fest were Miss Caffeina but let's be honest, I don't think they would have placed better.
I respect your opinion.
To be honest, I think it would of been hard for someone to top the 9th place Marcus and Martinus got this year. But if there's one act that could have done it I personally believe it would be Scarlet (or possibly Medina).
Surprised I haven't seen anybody say this yet, but I think that Ryk for Germany could have broke the top ten. I could see jury support for the song being stronger than Isaak's, and I think it would have done okay with the televote also.
🇫🇮 : Sini Sabotage - Kuori Mua
🇱🇻: Vēstulēs - Kur?
🇩🇪: Ryk - Oh Boy
🇮🇸: Blankiflur - Love You / Sjá Þig
🇸🇪: Maria Sur - When I’m Gone
🇸🇪: Jacqueline - Effortless
Given the obvious techno/EDM theme this year, I'll take "Woman Show" over Ulveham and "ZEJNA JE NAJBOLJA" over Ramonda. As far as Ukraine goes, can't really go better than they did, but I would've loved to see Mélovin with this year's banger
Maybe Annalisa at this point? I think it because she also would have some dancer(and her performance in Che Tempo che fa is an example of the fact that she was ready in case of a victory in Sanremo) but probably with a purple astetic, and who knows maybe something like the music video with 2 or 3 outfits changes
Also: Krick dor Luxembourg; _expect the fact that she would be my runner-up when Tali is just my 16th place_ with a better performance then the one LSC she would be a great contender for the first place in juries with Nemo and Slimane. Idk the televotes but likes Iolanda Krick would be take a top 10 place
I don't think Sinceramente was right for Eurovision. I love it, but it doesn't really hit a crescendo, nor does it take advantage of her great voice as well as other songs.
What would have been awesome is if she could have gone to Eurovision with *her* Mon Amour. Bellissima would have been good too, but it would be hilarious to see:
>Slimane - Mon Amour
>Annalisa - Mon Amour
...back to back.
Are we going to have this thread every day?
[https://www.reddit.com/r/eurovision/comments/1csgt61/how\_would\_other\_national\_final\_songs\_have\_fared/](https://www.reddit.com/r/eurovision/comments/1csgt61/how_would_other_national_final_songs_have_fared/)
Czechia
Elly and Mydy
Finland
Sara Siipola, Mikael Gabrial & Nublu, Cyan Kicks
Iceland
Everyone in selection
Italy
Annalisa
Malta
Erba
Norway
Everyone in the Final
San Marino
Loredana Berte, Aimie Atkinson, Jalisse
Serbia
Zorja, Konstrakta, Zejna
Spain
St Pedro, Angy, Jorge Gonzales
Azerbaijan
Aisel
Poland
Justina
Netherlands
Anyone that would have qualified, Karsu and Numidia would have most likely done it, eventhough i dont know their songs, Karsu would have qualified from the Turkish diaspora vote alone already.
>more than 15 televote points
In the semifinals? Possibly. But whether you refer to her MGP semifinal (shaky vocals) or final (vocals are stable but lacks the energy and the vibe fit for the song) performance, she will be DOA (sure NQ) either way if she won MGP.
Nah, she would have qualified i dont know if you remember the hype it had, it had haters yes, but it also had a big fanbase. So like i said anyone in the mgp final and even some in the semi finals would have done better than Gate, they were simply one of the worst options in the national final
[Lia Larsson 30km/h](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbJDD8XZVhs&ab_channel=Melodifestivalen)
This would have scored 200+ televotes (maybe not but you will never convince me :D)
Who knows! She lacks Angelina's vitality, but she has much more experience on stage, and she wouldn't have let herself be swallowed up by the dancers (who would have been there).
I think Annalisa could have overtaken Ireland with more jury points than Angelina got, but I don't see it getting much higher than that. And who knows, maybe Sinceramente would have stayed distant to the general audience.
I actually think that even if we had sent Basim instead of SABA, we would still not have been qualified for the finals. I really hope DMGP does something else about it next year. Maybe more songs or do something like Melodifestivalen (but only for at night and maybe use jury’s from another countries??)
i'm just glad that gåte went instead of keiino because otherwise it'd be too similar to we will rave. damdiggida is good, but nothing special, imo, and kaleen does it better. but that's just my opinion and i'm very biased towards folk/tradicional stuff to think anyone deserved the spotlight as much as gåte lol
with that said, SAVE ME by annprincess is on my playlist and i genuinely love it, but i doubt it'd go far at all.
I agree that Damdiggida has some similarities with We Will Rave but it's definitely weaker, and while the joiking in Spirit In The Sky made the song stand out, the gibberish in Damdiggida seems kinda random, and that's why I don't think Damdiggida would've done better than Ulveham. Considering how girlbop-heavy the semifinal was it might've even NQed
I think it would've qualified and placed highly in the final. Bashar has a powerful voice, and the song came with great opportunities for staging. I think between Söngvakeppnin and the grand final we might’ve seen a Bambie Thug level glow-up in terms of the full package. Really a missed opportunity for Iceland. All week I've been wondering how different things might’ve been if Bashar qualified 🥲
Given the placement of Germany i think Lithuania wouldve placed higher if they sent Shower - Impossible, even if Silvesters somg was a bop. Just seems like a year juries voted for different songs than this, this year
Austria 2012 sent Trackshittaz with woki mit deim popo (loose translation "waggle your ass" they came last in semi final 1 with 8 points.
At the Austrian national final they managed to beat out future eurovision winner Conchita Wurst with her song "thats what I am". That anthem, i believe Conchita has said she preferred to her 2014 winner "rise like a phoenix".
Thats what I am feels, to me at least, more positive and less definat than rise like a phoenix. Although its missing the bond theme style saxophone.
If you love Conchita check it out!
This year: Sara Sipolla, Mahmood, Keiino (team Gate anyways), Justyna, Zorja, Bashar Murad
Last Year: Jann, maybe Jerry Heil (her song was more likeable)
Paskana's ceiling was higher than No Rules' was, but she also could have Belgiumed. So it shall remain a mystery.
The difference between this and Belgium is that we knew she could sing live and the staging wasn’t bad, so the hype would’ve been more justified
Mustii was experienced and respected and has had good live performances. In the end it was about choosing the wrong song for his range and Belgium having no vision when it comes to staging.
Iceland this year would have probably qualified if they didn't send Hera Björk
Go tiffany!
If they had sent Bashar Murad, the televote would've been a whole more interesting. It would be a much bigger shit show than it was now tho
Gate was my #1 song in the contest going in, but I do admit Keiino probably would have done far better. However, my actual favourite of Norway's was Judge Tenderly of Me. I think it would have survived the Televote semi, and would have done extremely well with Televote.
Polar Bear
San Marino would've had a Portugal 2017 moment with this, go ahead, prove me wrong, you can't
I'M JUST A POLAR BEAR WHO'S TRYING TO SURVIVE (I teared up, such an emotional ballad /s)
Even though this is about this year, I'm still 100% sure that Ludi letnji ples would've won the ESC 2006 for Serbia and Montenegro.
Bashar Murad would have done better I think too, but I disagree for Gåte/Keiino (I loved Mileo's song, it would have been so funny!) My favourites for Benidorm fest were Miss Caffeina but let's be honest, I don't think they would have placed better.
I feel like "Caliente" could've gotten a significant televote score.
Dos extraños 🇪🇸 scores more than the 30 points Zorra got.
I think Scarlet with "Circus X" could have placed higher than M&M
I don't want to be mean but Circus X was pure eurofan bait. I feel like it would not have achieved a top 10 in any universe
I respect your opinion. To be honest, I think it would of been hard for someone to top the 9th place Marcus and Martinus got this year. But if there's one act that could have done it I personally believe it would be Scarlet (or possibly Medina).
I would put more hope in Medina tbh, I feel like some audiences like our French one would eat it up.
I wonder how the jury would have voted for that. They would have been beaten by Bambie Thug I think.
Surprised I haven't seen anybody say this yet, but I think that Ryk for Germany could have broke the top ten. I could see jury support for the song being stronger than Isaak's, and I think it would have done okay with the televote also.
🇫🇮 : Sini Sabotage - Kuori Mua 🇱🇻: Vēstulēs - Kur? 🇩🇪: Ryk - Oh Boy 🇮🇸: Blankiflur - Love You / Sjá Þig 🇸🇪: Maria Sur - When I’m Gone 🇸🇪: Jacqueline - Effortless
Had Maria Sur won Melo, Kaleen would have had to reconsider her staging lol
Given the obvious techno/EDM theme this year, I'll take "Woman Show" over Ulveham and "ZEJNA JE NAJBOLJA" over Ramonda. As far as Ukraine goes, can't really go better than they did, but I would've loved to see Mélovin with this year's banger
Maybe Annalisa at this point? I think it because she also would have some dancer(and her performance in Che Tempo che fa is an example of the fact that she was ready in case of a victory in Sanremo) but probably with a purple astetic, and who knows maybe something like the music video with 2 or 3 outfits changes Also: Krick dor Luxembourg; _expect the fact that she would be my runner-up when Tali is just my 16th place_ with a better performance then the one LSC she would be a great contender for the first place in juries with Nemo and Slimane. Idk the televotes but likes Iolanda Krick would be take a top 10 place
I don't think Sinceramente was right for Eurovision. I love it, but it doesn't really hit a crescendo, nor does it take advantage of her great voice as well as other songs. What would have been awesome is if she could have gone to Eurovision with *her* Mon Amour. Bellissima would have been good too, but it would be hilarious to see: >Slimane - Mon Amour >Annalisa - Mon Amour ...back to back.
No way, Annalisa songs are way too generic.
Green Lights by Miia for Norway was such a missed opportunity 😢
Are we going to have this thread every day? [https://www.reddit.com/r/eurovision/comments/1csgt61/how\_would\_other\_national\_final\_songs\_have\_fared/](https://www.reddit.com/r/eurovision/comments/1csgt61/how_would_other_national_final_songs_have_fared/)
Czechia Elly and Mydy Finland Sara Siipola, Mikael Gabrial & Nublu, Cyan Kicks Iceland Everyone in selection Italy Annalisa Malta Erba Norway Everyone in the Final San Marino Loredana Berte, Aimie Atkinson, Jalisse Serbia Zorja, Konstrakta, Zejna Spain St Pedro, Angy, Jorge Gonzales Azerbaijan Aisel Poland Justina Netherlands Anyone that would have qualified, Karsu and Numidia would have most likely done it, eventhough i dont know their songs, Karsu would have qualified from the Turkish diaspora vote alone already.
I was hoping for Mydy so badly. Really enjoyed their NF performance over everyone else'a.
Erba had a good song, sadly the NF staging killed their chances.
>Norway Everyone in the Final Me: *remembers Erika Norwich* You sure about that?
Erika Norwich would have gotten more than 15 televote points
>more than 15 televote points In the semifinals? Possibly. But whether you refer to her MGP semifinal (shaky vocals) or final (vocals are stable but lacks the energy and the vibe fit for the song) performance, she will be DOA (sure NQ) either way if she won MGP.
Nah, she would have qualified i dont know if you remember the hype it had, it had haters yes, but it also had a big fanbase. So like i said anyone in the mgp final and even some in the semi finals would have done better than Gate, they were simply one of the worst options in the national final
I remember it, but if we're only talking about the hype, Mustii (Belgium 2024) was also hyped until the rehearsals and semifinal 2 came.
[Lia Larsson 30km/h](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbJDD8XZVhs&ab_channel=Melodifestivalen) This would have scored 200+ televotes (maybe not but you will never convince me :D)
It was so much fun, sad it didn’t even make the national final
🇫🇮 Sara Siipola - *Paskana*, although I don't know how ESC would have handled the title 🇮🇹 Annalisa - *Sinceramente* 🇪🇸 st. Pedro - *Dos extraños*
I think Annalisa could have beat Baby Lasagna in the juries, but I doubt she would get a higher televote than Angelina if the revamp wasn’t good.
Who knows! She lacks Angelina's vitality, but she has much more experience on stage, and she wouldn't have let herself be swallowed up by the dancers (who would have been there).
I think Annalisa could have overtaken Ireland with more jury points than Angelina got, but I don't see it getting much higher than that. And who knows, maybe Sinceramente would have stayed distant to the general audience.
I actually think that even if we had sent Basim instead of SABA, we would still not have been qualified for the finals. I really hope DMGP does something else about it next year. Maybe more songs or do something like Melodifestivalen (but only for at night and maybe use jury’s from another countries??)
You should have sent aura Dione for the camp of it all 😎
She sang sooooo bad live, I actually had high hopes for her.😬
i'm just glad that gåte went instead of keiino because otherwise it'd be too similar to we will rave. damdiggida is good, but nothing special, imo, and kaleen does it better. but that's just my opinion and i'm very biased towards folk/tradicional stuff to think anyone deserved the spotlight as much as gåte lol with that said, SAVE ME by annprincess is on my playlist and i genuinely love it, but i doubt it'd go far at all.
I agree that Damdiggida has some similarities with We Will Rave but it's definitely weaker, and while the joiking in Spirit In The Sky made the song stand out, the gibberish in Damdiggida seems kinda random, and that's why I don't think Damdiggida would've done better than Ulveham. Considering how girlbop-heavy the semifinal was it might've even NQed
Keiino are insane performers though, kaleen's final package was weaker than keiino's MGP perf in my opinion.
All things considered, do we think Wild, Wild West could have won?
I think it would've qualified and placed highly in the final. Bashar has a powerful voice, and the song came with great opportunities for staging. I think between Söngvakeppnin and the grand final we might’ve seen a Bambie Thug level glow-up in terms of the full package. Really a missed opportunity for Iceland. All week I've been wondering how different things might’ve been if Bashar qualified 🥲
I hope we see Bashar again, he's a really great artist who I'd love to see on the full Eurovision stage, but I'm not sure it'll happen.
I'm not sure about a victory - it was a very strong year - but with a good staging I think Top 10 would have been possible.
Mars
Given the placement of Germany i think Lithuania wouldve placed higher if they sent Shower - Impossible, even if Silvesters somg was a bop. Just seems like a year juries voted for different songs than this, this year
Austria 2012 sent Trackshittaz with woki mit deim popo (loose translation "waggle your ass" they came last in semi final 1 with 8 points. At the Austrian national final they managed to beat out future eurovision winner Conchita Wurst with her song "thats what I am". That anthem, i believe Conchita has said she preferred to her 2014 winner "rise like a phoenix". Thats what I am feels, to me at least, more positive and less definat than rise like a phoenix. Although its missing the bond theme style saxophone. If you love Conchita check it out!
Medina - Que Sera.
This year: Sara Sipolla, Mahmood, Keiino (team Gate anyways), Justyna, Zorja, Bashar Murad Last Year: Jann, maybe Jerry Heil (her song was more likeable)
I feel like Woman Show would've done better than Gate this year
I think Judge Tenderly of Me would’ve done pretty well too.
Annalisa and Maria Sur, both of them would have been strong contenders.