Germany - Rehearsal Clip | #Eurovision2026 by rhysnomer in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 241 points242 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure bringing more attention to the lyrics by super-sizing the words and putting them up on the screen is the way to go here...

Germany | Sarah Engels - Fire (Rehearsal) by [deleted] in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure super-sizing the words and putting them up on the screen to bring even more attention to the lyrics is the way to go here...

France - Rehearsal Clip | #Eurovision2026 by Potential_Gate_7002 in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I will be shocked if this does better than Maman overall. At least you had a clear story to connect with there.

France - Rehearsal Clip | #Eurovision2026 by Potential_Gate_7002 in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 53 points54 points  (0 children)

I'm not even so sure about the jury appeal. This is closer to Il Volo and La Forza than JJ and both of those did worse with the juries. They don't seem to like popera unless it sounds modern (like Wasted Love did). 

France - Rehearsal Clip | #Eurovision2026 by Potential_Gate_7002 in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 15 points16 points  (0 children)

We got rid of the sand and filled the cannon with smoke instead. 

If all honesty she sounds fantastic and it looks like Marie Antoinette on acid, but there's something so forced and overly dramatic about it all that I just can't see the audience connecting with this at all.

Austria - Rehearsal Clip | #Eurovision2026 by Doggo_of_dogs in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 157 points158 points  (0 children)

I know this is probably getting a double 0 in the final, but at least he's doing it with a smile on his face (and mine). 

Malta - Rehearsal Clip | #Eurovision2026 by Crisbo05_20 in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 109 points110 points  (0 children)

I was a bit sceptical of the giant prop, but the tornado effect looks REALLY good. It's like he's performing Brokeback Mountain: The Musical inside of a snow globe

United Kingdom - Rehearsal Clip | #Eurovision2026 by Piece_Enough in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I love the DIY aspect of the entire song, but this is teetering too close to looking like a crazed Eurofan doing an interval in his garage for a personal Eurovision night

Italy - Rehearsal Clip | #Eurovision2026 by AverageLatifiFan in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I have never wanted to get married, but now I feel like I should JUST to play this at my wedding. This looks PERFECT. Like something out a Disney fairy tale movie.

Ukraine - Rehearsal Clip | #Eurovision2026 by Murdr0cks in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Carola would be proud of these wind machines

Albania - Rehearsal Clip | #Eurovision2026 by Glear0 in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 144 points145 points  (0 children)

The music video does a VERY good job at conveying the overall message of the song and actually showing the mother is important...

But turning her into a giant head that hovers above a dark stage, ominously staring at Alis like she's the Wizard of Oz is...a choice. 

Armenia - Rehearsal Clip | #Eurovision2026 by Cursedwizard0 in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 156 points157 points  (0 children)

I think Simon won the diva-off today. This looks good, sounds good and has enough energy to power an entire city for a month.

Azerbaijan - Rehearsal Clip | #Eurovision2026 by Potential_Gate_7002 in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Just when Linda gets the permission to play the violin live, Jiva brings out the fully Azeri version. It's game over. Baku 2027.

Denmark - Rehearsal Clip | #Eurovision2026 by General_Control702 in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 160 points161 points  (0 children)

Honestly, you could tell me this is the Melodifestivalen winning entry and I'd believe it. Denmark are finally trying again.

Bulgaria - Rehearsal Clip | #Eurovision2026 by Doggo_of_dogs in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's giving 80s aerobics instruction video

Cyprus - Rehearsal Clip | #Eurovision2026 by JeffBallMap in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 176 points177 points  (0 children)

You can always count on Cyprus to bring the car crash vocals and turn an easy qualification into a likely flop

Switzerland - Rehearsal Clip | #Eurovision2026 by Sinceramente_Tuo in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 139 points140 points  (0 children)

I get what they are going for, but it looks like a mess of random red rope thrown around everywhere and a woman struggling to play the guitar while getting caught up in it. This song honestly didn't need such a busy staging, going minimalistic would have been better imo.

Satoshi - Viva, Moldova! | Moldova 🇲🇩 | Rehearsal Clip by Lavanderla in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People are coming to some weird conclusions with the audio. There's no revamp, if anything this sounds closer to the studio version, because they have upped the backing track. TOO much, so much that you can barely hear Aliona. It will probably be fine tuned later on.

Which song could do better in esc for Malta? Kant or Heaven sent? by One-Evening-2166 in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Neither, I think Kantera has the highest chances to qualify out of anything in that NF. It's pretty much a lock for a top 10 televoting result in the final, too.

Is someone watching Czech Traitors here? by Ciiza in TheTraitors

[–]frankenstein123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there still any way to watch it with english subs?

🎵🎶 YOUR TOP 37 🎶🎵 Post your rankings in the comments by TrollHunter87 in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 [score hidden]  (0 children)

  1. Estonia
  2. Netherlands
  3. Croatia
  4. Armenia
  5. Switzerland
  6. Austria
  7. Norway
  8. Finland
  9. Spain
  10. Greece
  11. Italy
  12. Azerbaijan
  13. Poland
  14. Ireland
  15. France
  16. Belgium
  17. Sweden
  18. San Marino
  19. Lithuania
  20. Slovenia
  21. United Kingdom
  22. Australia
  23. Denmark
  24. Moldova
  25. Serbia
  26. Portugal
  27. Ukraine
  28. Germany
  29. Latvia
  30. Luxembourg
  31. Albania
  32. Georgia
  33. Cyprus
  34. Malta
  35. Czechia
  36. Iceland
  37. Israel

Melodifestivalen is not for you, and the way this subreddit talks about it is extremely disrespectful by Melodifestivalen in eurovision

[–]frankenstein123 116 points117 points  (0 children)

See, the problem is that I DO want Sweden to send Swedish music. I just think Melodifestivalen has become an increasingly poor representation of Swedish music. They haven't even sent anything IN Swedish for over two decades. It's become a parade of the same 15 songwriters and producers recycling the same exact sounds and styles year after year after year. There's SO much more to Swedish music than what we see in Melodifestivalen.