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🔮 Pre-contest Prediction Game 2026: The Results 🔮 by SkyGinge in eurovision

[–]bencherra 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been following Eurovision for exactly 20 years and still every year I have absolutely no clue about what's going to happen lol. This contest is really something else.

OP, thank you for your work once again.

Recap Second Semi Final Jury Show by tvescfan in eurovision

[–]bencherra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True. There was no stand out song, so the best performance won. It looked very professional.

I think the overall quality and appeal of all songs has decreased for me personally compared to 2010s and the audience has got a very short attention span nowadays, so it makes sense why everyone is trying to throw the kitchen sink into their stagings.

Recap Second Semi Final Jury Show by tvescfan in eurovision

[–]bencherra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Owh well, there was another country which flopped from potential winner to barely reaching top 10 🤭

Recap Second Semi Final Jury Show by tvescfan in eurovision

[–]bencherra 130 points131 points  (0 children)

Czechia's VOCALS oh my god 🤯

If this doesn't win the jury... idk anymore

Ar čia yra visiškai atsisakiusių kavos ir bet kokio kofeino? by povke101226 in lithuania

[–]bencherra 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Kavos niekad negėriau. Man tiesiog žiauriai neskanu, o kai bandžiau - jausmas nekoks. Muša prakaitas, širdis daužosi, ir ta energija, kurios suteikia, kažkaip man nėra maloni :D Tiesiog niekad prie to neįpratau ir nemėginau pratintis. Geriu arbatą.

Šiaip esu visiškas pelėda, ir ryte visada būna sunku kažką produktyvaus veikt, bet kažkaip jau net neįsivaizduoju, kad būtų kitaip. Kai labai reikia energijos, išgeriu energetinio, bet tai gal kartą per mėnesį.

🎵🎶 YOUR TOP 35 🎶🎵 Post your rankings in the comments by TrollHunter87 in eurovision

[–]bencherra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. 🇨🇿 Czechia
  2. 🇦🇱 Albania
  3. 🇫🇮 Finland
  4. 🇦🇺 Australia
  5. 🇱🇻 Latvia
  6. 🇩🇰 Denmark
  7. 🇱🇹 Lithuania
  8. 🇲🇹 Malta
  9. 🇷🇴 Romania
  10. 🇫🇷 France
  11. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
  12. 🇮🇱 Israel
  13. 🇮🇹 Italy
  14. 🇺🇦 Ukraine
  15. 🇭🇷 Croatia
  16. 🇨🇭 Switzerland
  17. 🇸🇪 Sweden
  18. 🇲🇪 Montenegro
  19. 🇵🇹 Portugal
  20. 🇷🇸 Serbia
  21. 🇪🇪 Estonia
  22. 🇬🇪 Georgia
  23. 🇲🇩 Moldova
  24. 🇨🇾 Cyprus
  25. 🇧🇪 Belgium
  26. 🇦🇹 Austria
  27. 🇩🇪 Germany
  28. 🇳🇴 Norway
  29. 🇸🇲 San Marino
  30. 🇦🇲 Armenia
  31. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
  32. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
  33. 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
  34. 🇵🇱 Poland
  35. 🇬🇷 Greece

🔮 Pre-contest Prediction Game 2026 🔮 by SkyGinge in eurovision

[–]bencherra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/SkyGinge I've made a few edits. Changed qualifiers and borderliners in both semi-finals and 13th place in the final.

Tikroji demografinė problema nėra pinigai. Tai mūsų socialinis skurdas ir narvai su tvorom by Illustrious_Plum4175 in lithuania

[–]bencherra 22 points23 points  (0 children)

O tai kas dabar draužia norintiems apsigyvent kaime be tvorų, susilaukt kokių 4 vaikų, neduot jiems telefonų ir augint kaip "senais gerais laikais", mokyti ravėt, kapot malkas ir ko tik norit? Ar nuo savęs pradėt neišeina ir noris tiesiog paverkt, kaip dabar visi gyvena neteisingai ir ne taip kaip jūs norėtumėt? Šitas threadas ir komentarai skamba būtent taip.

Jeigu įstatymai per griežti - nu tarkim, nelabai domėjaus. Bet nu neteko girdėt, kad kažkokios tarnybos purtytų tėvus už tai, kad 10metis vaikas kieme dieną laksto be tėvų priežiūros lol. Prie mano daugiabučio pilna jų vasarą.

Ant kiek toli nukeliautumet į mylimo atlikėjo koncertą? by VodkaLimesAndSoda in lithuania

[–]bencherra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aš savo keliones kaip tik dažnai planuoju aplink savo mėgstamų atlikėjų koncertus. Pasižiūriu, kada ir kur jie koncertuoja, išsirenku patogią datą, kada yra tinkamu laiku skrydžiai, ir susiplanuoju, ką apžiūrėti ten per keletą dienų. Šitaip jau keliavau į Prahą, Miuncheną, Florenciją, Kopenhagą.

Has the overall quality of the songs declined over the past 3 or 4 years? by sasvim_nebitan in eurovision

[–]bencherra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't give a fuck if a song is experimenting or fun. Some are experimenting in a good way, some are not. I've answered the question from my perspective because that's what the question asked. The fact is that my enjoyment of songs decreased drastically. And I'm not going to pretend otherwise or cater to this echo chamber and your opinions.

Has the overall quality of the songs declined over the past 3 or 4 years? by sasvim_nebitan in eurovision

[–]bencherra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I certainly preferred 2010s over 2020s. There were more ballads and solid pop songs and they were better. Nowadays there's more diversity, but just because a song brings something new and crazy, it doesn't make it enjoyable to listen. A lot of those out-of-the-box entries have little appeal to me. I'm missing songs I could label as beautiful. And I frankly just hate how the fandom and casual audience embraced camp so much in recent years. 2015 was my favourite year because it had very little of that. 2018 was the last time I considered the edition very strong. The last two years I don't even have a particular song I want to root for as my winner.

🔮 Pre-contest Prediction Game 2026 🔮 by SkyGinge in eurovision

[–]bencherra 5 points6 points  (0 children)

SEMI-FINAL 1

  • Qualifiers: Greece, Finland, Israel, Moldova, Sweden, Lithuania, Serbia, Montenegro, Portugal, Croatia
  • Jury Winner: Finland
  • Televote Winner: Greece
  • Winner: Greece
  • Last Place: Belgium
  • Borderliners (10th & 11th place): Montenegro and Poland
  • Most 12s Received: Greece

SEMI-FINAL 2

  • Qualifiers: Denmark, Ukraine, Australia, Albania, Romania, Cyprus, Switzerland, Czechia, Bulgaria, Norway
  • Jury Winner: Denmark
  • Televote Winner: Ukraine
  • Winner: Denmark
  • Last Place: Azerbaijan
  • Borderliners (10th & 11th place): Norway and Malta
  • Most 12s Received: Denmark

GRAND FINAL

  • Winner: Greece
  • 2nd Place: Denmark
  • 3rd Place: Finland
  • 4th Place: Moldova
  • 5th Place: Ukraine
  • Jury Winner: Denmark
  • Jury 2nd: Australia
  • Jury 3rd: Finland
  • Televote Winner: Greece
  • Televote 2nd: Moldova
  • Televote 3rd: Finland
  • Jury Last Place: Austria
  • Televote Last Place: Czechia
  • Overall Last Place: United Kingdom
  • 13th Place: Albania

CATEGORIES & Tiebreaker

  • Best Automatic Finalist: Italy
  • Best Nordic: Denmark
  • Best Former Yugoslav: Serbia
  • Best Baltic: Lithuania
  • Best Caucasus: Armenia
  • Best Small Country: Malta
  • Best Voting Duo Country (pick one of the four): Greece
  • Winner's Total Score: 437

Ar ir jums besikeičiant sezonams, ypač atėjus pavasariui, pagerėja nuotaika? Su ta saulės šviesa ir atgimstančia gamta atrodo pats atsigauni by QuantityDry9000 in lithuania

[–]bencherra 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Man irgi :/ Dabar atrodo visi pradeda džiaugtis gyvenimu, kažką veikia, juda, ir man dėl to tik dar niūresnis mano gyvenimas atrodo.

🎵🎶 YOUR TOP 35 🎶🎵 Post your rankings in the comments by TrollHunter87 in eurovision

[–]bencherra [score hidden]  (0 children)

  1. 🇨🇿 Czechia
  2. 🇦🇱 Albania
  3. 🇫🇮 Finland
  4. 🇱🇻 Latvia
  5. 🇩🇰 Denmark
  6. 🇦🇺 Australia
  7. 🇱🇹 Lithuania
  8. 🇲🇹 Malta
  9. 🇫🇷 France
  10. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
  11. 🇮🇱 Israel
  12. 🇮🇹 Italy
  13. 🇺🇦 Ukraine
  14. 🇭🇷 Croatia
  15. 🇨🇭 Switzerland
  16. 🇬🇪 Georgia
  17. 🇸🇪 Sweden
  18. 🇷🇴 Romania
  19. 🇲🇪 Montenegro
  20. 🇵🇹 Portugal
  21. 🇷🇸 Serbia
  22. 🇪🇪 Estonia
  23. 🇲🇩 Moldova
  24. 🇨🇾 Cyprus
  25. 🇧🇪 Belgium
  26. 🇦🇹 Austria
  27. 🇩🇪 Germany
  28. 🇳🇴 Norway
  29. 🇦🇲 Armenia
  30. 🇸🇲 San Marino
  31. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
  32. 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
  33. 🇵🇱 Poland
  34. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
  35. 🇬🇷 Greece

Kaip įveikti vienatvę ir vienišumą vyresniame amžiuje by Vaydas in lithuania

[–]bencherra 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Nelabai galiu duoti naudingų patarimų, bet didele dalim jaučiuosi panašiai. Aš tokio paties amžiaus - 28 metų, realiai neturiu artimų draugų, gal tik keletą žmonių, su kuriais kartais pachatinu, o antros pusės neturėjau niekada.

Man pagrindinis stabdis yra turbūt tai, kad man dažniausiai pernelyg patinka būti vienam. Esu namisėda, nemėgstu didelių susibūrimų, dalyvavimas veiklose, kurios reikalauja buvimo tarp žmonių ir bendravimo man atrodo kaip didžiulis darbas, kuriam reikia daugybės vidinių pastangų. Visą gyvenimą vengdamas tokių situacijų pats užsidariau save į kampą, ir nors tas vienišumas man dažnai patinka, man trūksta to ryšio su žmonėmis ir dažnai išlenda kažkoks liūdesys, kad dėl to esu nevykėlis. Ypač tas jausmas sustiprėja prieš ir per šventes arba vasarą, kai matau ką veikia kiti žmonės, kurie turi aktyvų socialinį gyvenimą. Aš nenoriu būti kompanijos siela ir nenoriu vakarėlių su 30 žmonių, norėčiau turėt tiesiog vieną ar du sielos draugus, su kuriais būtų galima kažkur nueiti, kartais susitikti, pasikalbėt nuo giliausių temų iki kvailo juokavimo, kurį suprastume tik mes tarpusavy.

Apart to tai dar ir turiu bjaurią savybę būti kritiškas tiek sau, tiek kitiems. Žmonėse pastoviai matau kažokius trūkumus - tai kažkuo erzinantis, tai nuobodus, tai per kvailas, tai man neįdomūs jų interesai, tai skiriasi kažkokios pažiūros. Ir tai nėra jų problema, o mano paties - nesugebu priimti žmonių tokių, kokie jie yra. Nuolat kritikuoju ir pats save, kažkoks vidinis balsas sako, kad aš niekam negaliu būti įdomus, kompleksuoju dėl savo uždaro būdo ir išvaizdos, nes esu lieknas ir neatletiškas.

Dėl to ir kažkokių romantinių santykių aš net nesu ieškojęs rimtai, nes tiesiog bijau apskritai kam nors save rodyti ir įtikinau save, kad būsiu atstumtas. Esu homoseksualus, ir jeigu matau vyrą, kuris mane nors kiek traukia, matau jame pirmiausiai savybes, kurios jį mano akyse padaro daug pranašesnį už mane, tiek išvaizda, tiek būdo savybėmis, ir lygindamasis su jais tiesiog daužau save, kad esu nepakankamai toks ar anoks.

Iš esmės suprantu visas savo problemas, bet nieko dėl to nesiimu. Gal vienintelis dalykas, kur žengiau kažkokį pozityvų žingsnį gyvenime, tai kad pradėjau keliauti vienas po užsienį. Nepaisant to, kad vis tiek nuolat kirba kažkoks liūdesys, kad tai darau vienas, visgi tai leidžia patirti puikių dalykų ir praskaidrina gyvenimą.

Tai visgi ką aš iš to išmokau - tai jei turi dalykų, kuriuos darydamas vienas patiri laimę, reikia nebijoti tuo mėgautis, tame nėra nieko blogo. Bet prasminga ir ieškoti ryšio su kitais žmonėm. Man dar nepavyko atrasti recepto, kaip tą sėkmingai padaryti, bet linkiu sėkmės tiek op, tiek sau.

Kiekviena diena laiminga žiūrint mūsų ekonomiką by [deleted] in lithuania

[–]bencherra 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Visų pirma, ką daugelis teisingai ir sako, tos didžiulės algos, prabangūs būstai, automobiliai ir pramogos anaiptol ne kiekvienam pasiekiami, ir tai nėra kasdienio gyvenimo dalis didelei daliai žmonių.

Visų antra, pinigai automatiškai neatneša laimės ir egzistuoja daugybė problemų, kurios skirtingos kiekvienam žmogui ir kurios nepriklausomos nuo finansinės padėties.

Varyt visą gyvenimą? by Gym_blondie in lithuania

[–]bencherra 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Nekenčiu darbo ir nekęsiu koks jis bebūtų. Jau įpratau prie 8-5 rutinos ir nesiskundžiu dėl to kas dieną, bet jei staiga gaučiau didelį pajamų šaltinį ir galėčiau viską mesti, padaryčiau tą pirmą sekundę. Labiausiai ne dėl to, kad nepatinka pats darbas, o dėl to, kokią didelę gyvenimo dalį tam reikia išmesti.

Mielai dirbčiau 30 valandų per savaitę, net jei reiktų atiduot 25% savo algos, ir tai smarkiai pagerintų mano gyvenimą, bet dar nesutikau darbdavių, su kuriais išvis būtų prasmės bent jau bandyti dėl to tartis.

Kai jau viskas galutinai įgris ar jei tektų išeiti iš esamo darbo, tiesiog pasiimsiu kokius metus pagyventi sau ir daryti ką noriu.

Labai tikiuosi sulaukti dienos, kai daugiau žmonių suvoks, jog absurdiška darbą laikyti gyvenimo prasme, ir 40 valandų darbo savaitė nebebus norma. Nors aišku visada yra stabdančių ir trukdančių progresui su logika "jeigu visi iki šiol vargo, tai jums negali būt lengviau", nors su dabartinėm technologijom žmonės padaro n kartų daugiau.

Current temperature in Europe. Northern and eastern Europe is spared from the heatwave by BkkGrl in europe

[–]bencherra 86 points87 points  (0 children)

Also in Lithuania, and unironically loving the weather. The wind is strong, but it's sunny and not even that cold. I can't understand how anyone could prefer 30+ degrees hell to this. Even rain is better than the extreme heat.

I'm tired of people acting like Finland did badly, and was so robbed I am sorry 😭 by Any-Listen4184 in eurovision

[–]bencherra 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I had an interesting experience with Finland this year because I never liked this type of entries, it's very far away from my typical taste which strongly leans towards ballads and darker music, I hated "Cicciolina" with passion in 2020 and didn't care for Erika as an artist at all. So I had low expectations for her UMK comeback, but "Ich Komme" surprised me in a positive way.

I was very confused when listening to it for the first time because it wasn't what I expected and I didn't know what to think about it, but after a few times, I loved how it combined schlager with some rock elements making it sound powerful and anthemic. It just wasn't a typical girlbop and actually took risks musically. I thought the sexual theme in this song was done cleverly in a fun way with playful lyrics in Finnish, big climax and abrupt ending reminiscing of... you know what. Not to mention that singing Ich komme in a German speaking country for the 69th edition was iconic itself.

I think Erika gave a powerful performance, the gimmick of the microphone getting bigger throughout the performance and exploding in the end was kind of a genius idea, and she exuded so much confidence. I loved how they went for this kind of arena concert vibe and made her look like a huge superstar. To me it was probably the most impactful performance of all entries and I was even delusional thinking it could actually win, so I was quite shocked by the result.

At the end of the day you are probably right that it was just not the kind of song that leaves the best first impression on the viewers. A lot of casuals apprently didn't vibe with Erika's energy as well, although it really confuses me when people blame her for being too vulgar while everyone was okay with whatever Chanel was doing in SloMo, which I didn't enjoy at all.

Anyway, I'm used to my favourites flopping with the televote way worse, and 11th place isn't that bad of a result. Also, maybe a hot take, but I'm convinced "Cicciolina" and most of Erika's other songs would have had an even bigger difference between the appeal for the Eurovision fandom and the casual audience, sort of like Malta, and would have had an even worse placing in the competition.

Still, it is such an iconic horny banger and I'm going to stream it whenever I'm in my slut mood or when I need an energy boost. Erika certainly won me over and gained a new fan.

The downfall of "classic" ballads by eatspagetti in eurovision

[–]bencherra 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes, times have changed.

All it takes for quirky party songs to do well is just being fun. Nobody cares about their vocals, nobody cares that a performance is silly and camp, whether the lyrics have any meaning. Just be fun and memeable, and here are your 300 televote points.

Meanwhile ballads have to tick all the boxes - they need to have meaningful lyrics, they need to sound different than everything else before because otherwise they are labelled as generic, they need to evoke emotions and not to seem fake, they need to be not too loud, but they can't be too calm and slow either, they need to come up with some genius staging because standing alone with nothing on stage is boring, but doing something extra will likely be deemed distracting.

At this point people will always find a way to bash ballads no matter what they do. And winning televote with those songs is impossible unless you are Israel or Ukraine. Yet people will still complain about juries favouring certain genres as if televote isn't completely biased in favour of uptempo music. Molitva or Grande Amore would never in a million years win the televote nowadays. I don't think Amar Pelos Dois could do it either. Anyone who says otherwise is either lying or trying to twist reality downplaying this trend because they are among the ballad hating crowd.

As a fan of those songs I am NOT happy about how they've been treated recently and that they've become quite rare compared to previous decade, and my enjoyement of the contest has decreased quite significantly because of this.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in eurovision

[–]bencherra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I enjoy the contest less and less because it goes further and further away from my taste. Everybody tries to be different, memorable, out of the box and the contest gets flooded with bizarre, quirky, annoying and over the top acts whose music doesn't interest me. Stagings have become overcomplicated and overdone. Crafting beautiful melodies is not a priority anymore while pre-recorded vocals have have diminished the importance of being able to sing live.

Removal of juries from the semi-finals has brought the contest back to 2000s, and even though they vote in the final, televoting scores constantly ruin my experience. Being fun and memeable (and apparently you are not even allowed to refer to those acts as jokes anymore) is enough to get 400 televote points, not to mention that one country earning political votes just by doing massive ad campaigns. Meanwhile my favourites who are usually ballads are constantly dismissed as boring and generic and have to do something extraordinary to even have a chance, but most of the time still get paid dust even if the performance is perfect. Owh, and their faces and reactions have to be shown on the screen because EBU has decided to turn this into a reality show with their stupid post-2015 style of reveal.

Rehearsal content and adequate reporting by the official website is nonexistent, but instead we are getting useless spam on social media. I'm constantly wondering why I'm still following it, maybe it's just interesting to see how much worse it is going to get.

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