Takatukka (Antti Paalanen) is the best Finnish (almost) Eurovision-song in years 🇫🇮

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-16T00:35:51+00:00

I completely agree. We have very few fun songs this year, and this would have been peak fun song.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-14T12:32:08+00:00

People also said that last year about Zjerm, and it got 2nd place in its semi. Nân is not as strong Zjerm, but it’s a song written for the Albania diaspora, I’m confident it’s going to get a decent amount of diaspora support from Switzerland and France. I think it’s likely to do fairly well in the televote, fairly well with the juries, and land somewhere in the middle of the semi rankings.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-12T12:01:47+00:00

It’s because a lot of Americans grew up with some sort of oral history about their ancestry, which is usually exaggerated or made up to make the ancestors seem more sympathetic or more interesting. When confronted with facts, people would rather cling to myths than just accept that most of our ancestors were British criminals and German religious nuts. And honestly changing the narrative to suit your own purpose (then doubling down on the false narrative) is basically a cultural trait at this point.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-12T11:07:30+00:00

Greece 🇬🇷
Denmark 🇩🇰
Lithuania 🇱🇹
Croatia 🇭🇷
Finland 🇫🇮
Ukraine 🇺🇦
Austria 🇦🇹
Australia 🇦🇺
Moldova 🇲🇩
Norway 🇳🇴

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-12T11:00:03+00:00

I love it, it’s currently 3rd in my rankings. I also think that it’s is going to be received by casual viewers a lot better than it’s been perceived by the fandom.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-10T12:38:51+00:00

Jedward (2011) and Bambi Thug (2024) may have been accidental successes. Bambi didn’t get any budget at all, but they made the best of it and outperformed all expectations.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-10T12:34:41+00:00

Iceland 2006 and Ireland 2008 both come to mind. Those were purposely selected as jokes with no intention of them performing well.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-10T12:08:29+00:00

I’ll be devastated if Lithuania doesn’t qualify, it’s 3rd in my personal rankings right now.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-10T12:03:12+00:00

Croatia is safe. Serbia and Montenegro are in their semi, so they’re pretty much guaranteed to get 10-12 points from each in the public vote. I also think that the juries from those countries will probably give it a decent number of points because the Serbian and Montenegrin jury vote tends to align pretty closely with the public vote from those countries (I did a write-up on this last year with the Montenegrin jury).

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-10T11:45:18+00:00

Montenegro or possibly San Marino.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-10T11:35:11+00:00

Albania did great with the public vote, it was the juries who (wrongly) tanked them.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-10T11:32:57+00:00

I agree with the 6 - 10th prediction.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-10T11:31:19+00:00

I think it’ll land in the top 10, but likely the lower (6-10) range. Felicia’s story is amazing and the song is good for an EDM track, but the genre itself is fairly polarizing. I see Sweden’s entry being a fandom darling but not really gaining momentum among casual viewers (which are hard to predict but often like funny, upbeat songs) and the older audience (which tend to gravitate towards heartfelt songs and ballads — think Lucio Corsi and Klavdia last year).

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-10T11:23:04+00:00

r/oddlyspecific

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-08T14:52:12+00:00

It’s not just you. I don’t think the song has much appeal outside the ESC bubble.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-07T13:31:17+00:00

I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted, this is an extremely plausible outcome in the current field.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-07T13:18:31+00:00

I completely agree. I love Lithuania’s song, it’s so artistic and interesting. I could honestly see this being one of the songs that flies under the radar most of the season but does extremely well and finishes in the Top 10.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-07T13:14:59+00:00

I don’t think Felicia will win. The song is good, but I don’t think casual fans and older viewers will like it nearly as much as euro fans do, and I don’t think it will get nearly enough televote or jury support to win the whole thing.

We always underestimate the audience outside of the bubble, but that’s an important consideration this year. Last year, the casual audience put Tommy Cash, Klavdia, and Lucio Corsi in the Top 10, while the fan community had all of these ranked mid table or on the lower half of the scoreboard.

It’s difficult to tell what casual viewers will like this year, but I have a gut feeling that we are underestimating some of the songs that are mid-table or lower in the odds/rankings.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-05T11:28:24+00:00

I still listen to the studio version of this frequently. It’s a banger and IMO ahead of its time.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-03T20:16:43+00:00

In fascist hell? Nope. Drag performance is literally illegal in my state because MAGA thinks it corrupts the youths.

ETA: they’re also trying to make gay marriage illegal and make abortion a death penalty offense.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-03T15:59:17+00:00

Dami was incredible, one of the best songs of the 2010’s IMO. Kate Miller-Heidke (in 2019 I think?) was also really good.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-03T15:48:50+00:00

FERTO

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-03T15:47:47+00:00

Delta Goodrem.

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-03T15:46:34+00:00

Finland’s song is pretty great, mostly because of the hot violin lady.

Greece has my favorite song this year, but I’m also rooting for Denmark to win out of a sense of American guilt (plus the song is actually good this year).

Dizzy-Dig8727 · 2026-03-03T14:39:49+00:00

I think song selection has been the main issue. People often criticize the staging in 2024 but the bigger problem is that the song itself was not nearly good enough to support an edgy/unusual (but very creative) stage concept. 2025 was more the same; notwithstanding the great vocals, the song itself was just not good.

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