Eurovision 2021: The Rehearsals

[dmlaw]

No cage for SAM TEEN - performance pretty much unchanged.

I mean, how can you possibly improve on PERFECTION?

Presumably the cage is keep her confined when she crashes out in 17th place.

 

[ButterTart]

For a song which is just bellowing, she really isn’t projecting at all in that snippet.
Staging wise it’s like she was sent a list of options to select from and just responded with ‘yes’ written across it in eyeliner.

 

[ButterTart]

Presumably the cage is keep her confined when she crashes out in 17th place.

I don’t think she’ll mind. I have a very real sense that she has no idea where she is in the first place.

 

[Apoca]

Presumably the cage is keep her confined when she crashes out in 17th place.

 

[Dark Carnival]

WHAT A WOMAN! SLAY ME SAM TEEN!

 

[Kevin]

That is not going to win.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

That is not going to win.

Don't get my hopes up like this!

 

[GinAg (39)]

That is not going to win.

Christ, that's rubbish.

 

[Alla]

That is not going to win.

GOOD NEWS!

 

[Samanta TinAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAaaaA]

That is not going to win.

Whew...I thought this looked quite strong on the first rehearsal clip but this on screen clip is a total, mildly terrifying MESS!
I'd be gagged if that finishes top 10, that short clip alone felt like a MILLENNIUM.

I haven't even mentioned the silver metallic ANUS that's present at one point on screen behind him

 

[Samanta TinAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAaaaA]

Bulgaria are giving me Lithuania's 'When We're Old' but on Instagram & with more budget vibes.
Not for me AT ALL, but deffo not counting this out as a contender

 

[Samanta TinAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAaaaA]

This is some very effective staging from Portugal

 

[ButterTart]

That is not going to win.

I actually quite liked that song but this is fucking GARBAGE. What’s wrong with his voice? Why is he dressed like his own grandmother? What the fuck are those close ups about?

FLUSH

 

[Raining on Me]

I hope Switzerland aren't going to win now thanks to moopy

Someone let me know when the odds drop substantially and I might chuck a bet on

 

[Raining on Me]

I'm aware those two sentences contradict each other. I of course hope he does not win

 

[Kevin]

I really like the song but he is just a bit too much for me in this.

 

[Samanta TinAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAaaaA]

I'd love Denmark to qualify, but the entire package feels very niche appeal to me.

 

[ButterTart]

I really like the song but he is just a bit too much for me in this.

Oh for God’s sake nobody’s told Cyril Sneer to sort his singing face out. Also, that prancing around just looks MESSY.

 

[ButterTart]

This is some very effective staging from Portugal

The staging is nice and it’s definitely Portugal’s best entry since 2015, although that just means it’s only the 5th worst Eurovision song of the last five years.

 

[win_the_game]

The staging is nice and it’s definitely Portugal’s best entry since 2015, although that just means it’s only the 5th worst Eurovision song of the last five years.

Is it hell better than O Jardim and Telemóveis.

 

[win_the_game]

Never understood the love for Denmark. Still don’t based on that rehearsal clip.

 

[Will]

Every time I see Samanta Tina, I think it's Caroline Stanbury. I'm not entirely convinced it's not Stanbury following a popstar dream she's always had, later in life. A great deal later in life.

 

[Raining on Me]

Okay Switzerland do look terrible but I'm not convinced it writes him off completely based on that. It probably should though

Denmark is a bit wretched to watch, throwback joy or not. If they didn't have such a cushy slot they'd be out, and still might

Bulgarian breathy piss dribble clearly going to gobble up votes in its dreary vortex. When We're Old (which was MUCH better) had memorable staging and only came 12th so there is hope. Bring back the bangers, Bulgaria

Even more worrying is that rancid entry from Portugal. Who allows these terrible songs a good chance with decent imagery?!

Finland I don't care for, and Albania and Georgia too really which leaves..

QUEEN TEEN. Who gave us all you can expect with her noise art. I think she looks SPLENDID and I love that floor shot. She deserves to finish above all this lot today. Which of course she knows

 

[Raining on Me]

Do we get press polls again?! What would Samanta think about being ranked below that miserable lot?

 

[Raining on Me]

Well.

 

[Raining on Me]

Excuse me, just off to BE SICK IN A GUTTER

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Well.

Well what the fuck do they know? Honestly, the lack of taste should be disqualifying for all press members.

 

[Lucille]

Do we get press polls again?! What would Samanta think about being ranked below that miserable lot?

 

[Raining on Me]

Does that mean Portugal is qualifying then or does it mean nothing.

 

[ButterTart]

Is it hell better than O Jardim and Telemóveis.

I mean, they're two of the lowest bars for quality it's possible to set, this one really didn't have that much of a mountain to climb to surpass them.

 

[VoR]

Does that mean Portugal is qualifying then or does it mean nothing.

Blackbird (Finland 2017) won a press centre poll and utterly tanked. It means nothing.

 

[Samanta TinAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAaaaA]

I feel the Portuguese staging is CHEATING somewhat?
Would they be able to get away with the projected walkway if the stage was surrounded by the bubbling cesspit of Euroloons of a normal year?

THAT SAID, it is very effective, and from the short clip alone probably the most memorable staging gimmick that I've seen this year so far...

 

[GinAg (39)]

I was amazed Portugal had been ruled out so quickly BY EVERYONE to be honest.

 

[VoR]

There is a tiny sliver of me that can't resent Portugal a qualifier, as they could use a break - if you take away their win in 2017, the last time they made the finals was 2010

But over SAM TEEN/DANISH PAUNCH KING/MOLDOVA/VERY LIKELY ALL OF THE ABOVE? I can't forgive that.

 

[ButterTart]

Are people still talking about Denmark and Switzerland as qualifiers? On the evidence I’ve seen I think we may be in for an upset.

 

[Madíson]

Did people ever talk of Denmark qualifying?

We just loved it, that’s all.

 

[win_the_game]

The NEFERTITI look is a choice.

 

[Soldi]

I’d be CRUSHED if the Danes didn’t qualify

 

[D5K]

I'd prefer it if a never previously won Island took it

That's entirely my thinking this year.

 

[D5K]

Why is he dressed like his own grandmother?

He's clearly been in Paparizou's Survivor dress-up box.