Fun Thread Eurovision Song Contest: Top Ten Game Eurovision 2023 [Countdown: Grand-Final]

[Riku]

Top Ten Game: Eurovision 2023

Interim Round 89: Top 10 Eurovision 2023

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Hello Europe! And rest of the world! This year Top Ten Game Eurovision 2023 edition will be played here in the Eurovision thread to avoid double trouble confusion in the main game thread. Here are some rules, in case someone new to the game stumbles in here, but also some notes our veterans, as the points go bit different here than in the main game.

Rules:

• Send your list of Top 10 Songs from Eurovision 2023 to @Riku in PM
• The songs will be given points according to the ranking. 1st pick 12 pts, 2nd 10 pts, 3rd 8, 4th 7pts, ... , 10th 1 pts.
  • You can use nation names in the list. For example 1. Finland (12pts) 2. Sweden (10pts), and so on. But you can also include artist or song name. Just start with the nation, makes it faster for me <3
• Unlike in actual Eurovision, you can vote for your own country. I'm not going have anyone sending me photocopies of their passports.
• In the end, all the participants points are tallied, and will be revealed starting from lowest to highest rank.
• Deadline monday 8.5.2023 3PM UTC
  • Countdown

Official Full Playlist of 2023 Songs:

Too busy? You can also just check the 20-minute roundup on top of the playlist and proceed with your picks/chosen listens from there.

Spoiler: Participants (11)

@Riku
@Linali
@Organizized
@Erinyes
@Evil3ye
@Hermit
@Faust
@Tatsumaki
@Totinona
@Juviii
@Unikonna

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Spoiler: The Ranking

37th-32rd
32nd-28th

 

[Marmalade]

Måneskin is the new ABBA.

In the sense, that they will totally outgrow ESC and be a global phenomenon. Really like the band.

Same actually.

Oh! Mika is performing too Thats cool

 

[Riku]

The hosting was kinda cringe, but must agree that Mika is a great artist.

 

[Marmalade]

To be fair, I find the hosting cringe every year Its very eurovision

 

[Riku]

We voted for Serbia, Ukraine and Norway.

 

[Organizized]

Norway got most votes here bc they were my son's fav as well.

 

[Copy Panda]

who do u think will lose tho

 

[Marmalade]

Germany

 

[Evil3ye]

The Spanish crowed here did not really like Portugal, Serbia got mixed to medium, Sweden was positive but not euphoric, same for Ukraine.

--- Double Post Merged, May 14, 2022, Original Post Date: May 14, 2022 ---

who do u think will lose tho

Germany, Switzerland and Iceland.

 

[Organizized]

Germany, Switzerland and Iceland.

The Gen Xers on my mom's Facebook thread love Switzerland...

 

[Riku]

Wow, the juries really like Spain

 

[Evil3ye]

This party is on fire here right now

 

[Organizized]

Greece doing really well with the juries, I'm glad!

 

[Evil3ye]

Congratulations Ukraine! Think is more of a solidarity win than best song, but since last was my favourite i am more than happy for UA.

 

[Riku]

Congratulations Ukraine! Slava Ukraini.

 

[Organizized]

Congrats Ukraine. The televote score was crazy, great to see such solidarity for them, whatever you thought of the song. Sometimes sending a message is more important.

 

[Riku]

I must say that I really like the fact that public showed love to Spain, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine. Basically, the people want:

- To shake their booties
- To have fun while travelling ecologically
- Universally equal and better healthcare
- Peace and freedom

 

[Riku]

For once I think we have a potential Top 5 Eurovision song in our qualification contest. Don't f*ck up this please finnish juries and voters. This is a true banger.

 

[Evil3ye]

Most songs seems to be up already. Time to start the first impression listens / ratings ))

https://www.youtube.com/@EurovisionSongContest/videos

 

[Riku]

Listened already a good junk this year's entries, and there are some pretty good ones. I like Finland, Serbia, Czechnia, Sweden and France quite a bit. Also Germany, Australia, Moldova and Slovenia are pretty nice.

--- Double Post Merged, Mar 15, 2023, Original Post Date: Mar 15, 2023 ---

CHA CHA CHA!!!

Käärijä is my winner though, even if it our own entry. I really love the song and the artist. I'm going to see him actually next Saturday! The venue better stock on coconut milk and pineapples.

 

[Organizized]

I didn't love the last part of Käärijä's song (the melodic second chorus part) but after reading the translated lyrics it makes a lot of sense and actually brings a bit more to the song (whereas before I thought it detracted from it). Always liked the verses and the "cha cha cha" choruses, super catchy and now that I know the lyrics, also very relatable. Hope it scores well.

Also said this to Riku already, but this is the second year in a row I genuinely really like Sweden's entry, whereas I'm usually really critical of what we send. Loreen is just otherworldly in her performances, and while I didn't think the song was Euphoria-level on first listen, it's really grown on me! To the point where I could have it in regular rotation.

Besides those two I've only heard Norway's song as well and it's a cool entry from them but not really for me. It sounds a lot like a song that was in Melodifestivalen last year (Run to the Hills by Klara Hammarström) which in turn already sounded like Thunder by Lumix, and both of those songs have been played to death by my son and the radio here... and even though Alessandra has a cooler style to her song and the way she sings, it's still to similar for me to get into it..