From the first semi-final on, the main favorites of the competition were Ukraine, as well as Norway, Greece, the Netherlands, Moldova and Iceland, which have acquired the status of stable finalists. It was not surprising that Armenia entered the final, but no place was planned for Switzerland, Portugal and Lithuania. The meeting of Lithuanian Monika was especially surprising, because she was predicted to have a place even behind us in the forecasts, so the geographical voting principle was not to blame this time, because the “broļukas” was already voted for Latvia – we will see it only on Sunday when the semi-finals will be announced. Results.
Disappointment and outrage – these two feelings dominated the social networks after the announcement of the results. “I am angry. And I don’t understand anything. “The other boys” deserved to be in the finals, “wrote Lauris Reiniks, emphasizing his point with a bright but not too censored word. “We wanted to give a holiday, hopefully we did it for at least three of them [uzstāšanās] minutes, “wrote the upset” boys, “adding a little later,” We need an extra day to read our teeth off the floor. ” After that, we are ready to start discussions, because we are convinced that there were no mistakes on our part. Everything was decided by taste. ”
Doubts arise as to whether it was really just taste. Of course, it should be noted that “Other Boys” performed with an unfavorable second number, a bit annoyed by their exaggerated pomposity, a bit disturbed by the visualization of the TV and the work of the cameraman (for some reason, drummer Toms Kagainis…), who turned everything on stage. in a hard-to-understand flicker, not to entertain, but to get tired, but the “Other Boys” were no worse than Lithuania and especially Portugal. The boys had a thorough party, the choreography worked effectively, the saxophonist Dagnis Roziņš remembered, but the leader of the group Jānis Pētersons was divine at all, and the audience on social networks was already excited that “we got together”, but – nothing? Did Europe really understand us again? Rather, we did not want to understand Europe, to be more precise, to listen to Europe.
Already when the song “Eat Your Salad” appeared in “Supernova”, the viewer’s colleagues in the United Kingdom expressed surprise that a song with the ambiguous word “pussy” in the first line could circulate with us – it was assumed that Latvia could even be disqualified from the competition. . Although this word is much softer for us than what Saeima deputy Aldis Gobzems was advised to do on social networks by the mayor of Riga, Mārtiņš Staķis, not to mention the name of the famous Russian warship in Europe. The “other boys” were indeed threatened with disqualification, the band made concessions and did not sing the line from the stage. However, with the support and direct encouragement of the musicians, the spectators did so – “Other Boys” was even proud to have entered the Guinness World Record for one line at the same time.
“Re, how you got the tricks off the track for rudeness!” – After the competition, the viewer received such information from the British Isles as early as Wednesday morning. On the other hand, it is accepted that because of this name alone, the jury has deliberately pulled the “boys” down in many countries. “In many places, the text of this pussy is considered to be very rude, but in Latvia for some reason it is very tolerant of rudeness in other languages - English f ** k does not seem terrible either, but Eurovision must not do anything rude,” colleagues said. It is very likely that this version will not receive factual confirmation on Sunday, but it must be acknowledged that it is not unfounded. However, according to the viewer, “Other Boys” did not deserve a higher place in the 12th semifinals, and without all the theories of conspiracy, it will be all the more interesting to see the official results.
For the next. Ten countries have qualified for the Eurovision final from each semi-final, but the “big five” – Germany, France, Spain, the United Kingdom and Italy – are still traditionally in the top five. Neighboring Estonians also joined the already mentioned winners of the first semifinals on Thursday, so only Latvia from the Baltic States will not be asked at the table of the decisive celebrations of Eurovision. Sweden, Finland, Australia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Belgium and Azerbaijan also advanced from the second semi-final. Judging by the results of the second semi-final, it is necessary to admire what the Romanians will do in the final, as well as the fact that Malta and Cyprus, the traditionally strong Mediterranean countries of Eurovision, will be left behind.
For reasons that are currently understandable, the role of undisputed favorites is given to Ukraine – even so indisputable that Toms Grevins, commenting on the semi-finals, rhetorically asked: “What kind of joy can we get from the competition if we can’t win it ?!” Joy for the Ukrainians. For the group “Kalush Orchestra”, it seems that only the phrase “thank you for supporting Ukraine!” At the very end of the performance would suffice for victory, they might not even sing … Sweden, the United Kingdom, Spain, Greece, Norway and Poland. The viewer would also like to say goodbye to the Belgian (for a long time a song did not turn the TV box into a different room when it was played) and the daughter of the Czech hockey legend Dominik Hashek (boiled but dance), courtesy of the Finnish “The Rasmus”, who were able to create the super hit “In The Shadows” in 2003, but this time offered quite a bit of trouble. Let’s see, it will be interesting.
Let’s repeat: The Eurovision final will take place on Saturday, May 14, at 10 pm and – be patient! – lasts until about half past two in the morning. Toms Grēviņš is already commenting on the Eurovision semi-finals and live finals for the eleventh time (and – hat off! – they are doing it at least this year), but Lauris Reiniks will also make his debut as the final commentator.
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