Impressions from the 2012 Live Final

Impressions from the 2012 Live Final
The 2012 Final - Live Show Photo: Thomas Hanses (EBU)
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The excitement from last night is still with us on eurovision.tv. Fans may also have been watching the show back again, analysing the results to see which country voted for which, reading articles about the winners and losers, and perhaps listening to the songs again.

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Memories of the 2012 Final

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  • Posted on 1/June 2012 at 00:49
    to eirini cy

    These suggestions should start from our countries too...

    to all readers
    Watch out the ex countries of Yugoslavia what are they doing ever year...
    Watch the ex countrites of СССР...
    or Watch out Turkey - Azerbaijan , Romania - Moldova,
    and sometimes the Baltic countries is not playing fair.

    And the countries who votes are fair in the contest, moslty there are out of the Final
    as Belgium,Swiss,Netherland, Poland, Hungary,

    Anyway this is an issue that EBU should consinder.. because the last years the voting part of the contest is a big mistake...They should find a way to work out. report to the moderator
  • Posted on 31/May 2012 at 12:56
    To be continued:

    I still believe that the system should be improved:
    Suggestions: Show both juries and televoting votes
    I love Eurovision Song Contest but voting shold be improved :) report to the moderator
  • Posted on 31/May 2012 at 12:56
    To be continued:

    Underrated: Spain (Spain always sends wonderful songs and are always underrated.
    Pastora should have placed higher for her powerful voice.)
    Cyprus(lovely and catchy song. Unlucky that she was ill but should've been
    higher.)
    Iceland(such a powerful ballad to place 20th!)
    Norway(such a catchy song especially I love the introduction beat, it was
    (very underrated).

    My favourites in the final: Sweden (I'm so happy, she deserved it), Serbia, Estonia,
    Germany, Spain, Moldova, Romania, Lithuania, Cyprus, Greece,
    Bosnia & Herzegovina, Ireland, Iceland, obviously Malta, France, Norway. report to the moderator
  • Posted on 31/May 2012 at 12:55
    This year, there were lots of wonderful songs but cmon there were some of them that
    were overrated and there were others underrated.
    Overrated: Russia (yeah lovely song and cute grannies but not 2nd!
    Azerbaijan (our country loves you so much and gave you 12pts but I think it
    wasn't special at all to place 4th)
    Albania (extremely talented singer but it's crap song (screaming) to place in
    5th)
    Turkey, Italy (I didn't like these songs) report to the moderator
  • Posted on 30/May 2012 at 23:46
    im really frustrated with the results of ESC this year..Firstly, russia shouldn't be in top 5 at all..im sorry for saying this but it was a very cheap song..the primary purpose of ESC is to demonstrate the best voice and not which country has the most neigbors...i strongly believe that many countries didn't manage to take high places due to political factors and the 'alliances' ofcourse..!! Especially Cyprus, my country, deserved a better place..it was the most catchy song this year and ivi was really amazing..!! wHAT about iceland, norway, romania , greece and denmark???? i cant believeee that those countries aren't in top 10..!!! Ok i admit that Sweden deserved to be number one..it was an exceptional song and performance...well done loreen..we are looking forward for ESC 2013 in sweden..but i would like to ask a big favour from Europe...PLEASE STOP Promoting Politicalvision/neigborvision instead of eurovision..!!!!!! change the way of your voting...!!!! report to the moderator
  • Posted on 30/May 2012 at 23:09
    No offense to you guys in Russia, your grannies were cute but honestly they didn't deserve their place. And so sad to see a geopolitical vote once more this year in the ESC !! report to the moderator
  • Posted on 30/May 2012 at 22:43
    Spain has been my absolute favorite and after pastoras stunnig performance i got goose bumps all over :O))
    She deserved a much better place. report to the moderator
  • Posted on 30/May 2012 at 01:03
    spain, the best voice in contest.... love u spain
    a romanian guy report to the moderator
  • Posted on 28/May 2012 at 22:12
    ..along with UK.They did it for 11 consequent contests from 1988 till 1998!
    My country is in the just 2 from 57 years of contest,which did it!
    CONGRATULATIONS GREECE!
    ELEFTHERIA & IVI WERE THE BEST! report to the moderator
  • Posted on 28/May 2012 at 21:54
    What if a jury would vote "blind" - not knowing which country the performance is representing - that would be fair, no? report to the moderator
  • Posted on 28/May 2012 at 21:52
    The EBU needs to re-think some rules!! Pre-Eurovision marketing is benefiting some countries to the detriment of others, and votes should be cast by professionals of the music branch rather than the likes / dislikes of thousands of people (which are as different as the variety of songs). A song is much more than a pretty face (or any other body part for that matter) and what should primarily be rewarded is the author and composition.Perhaps take the example of the sports competitions and use judges with just a minor contribution of "likes"-driven audience votes. report to the moderator
  • Posted on 28/May 2012 at 21:22
    I see that most people complaining about the results are from countries which did not do well. Apart from Russia (cute but awful) and Turkey (just awful), the remaining 8 songs in the top 10 all gave excellent performances and imo deserved their placings. Yes probably Iceland deserved to be much higher but they came second in 2009 which suggests that their song this year just didn't catch Europe's attention rather than a lack of neighbours. Greece, Cyprus, Ukraine, Romania have all been sending ethno pop for years and maybe just maybe it's time to try something new. My favourite this year was Estonia, such an amazing song and singer, so glad that we gave him 8 points (and no his song is definitely not 'copied' from some Romanian song from 20 years ago) report to the moderator
  • Posted on 28/May 2012 at 20:53
    I would prefer Valentina Monetta and Pernilla Karlsson to the finals.............!!!!!!!!! report to the moderator
  • Posted on 28/May 2012 at 20:50
    Don't forget people!Greece was for 8 consequent contests in the top-10! In 57 years of this contest no other country managed this!And i am proud to be Greek. i am not from the Greeks who believe that the voting was political! OMG! Sweden really deserved this. As in 2006 they sent a marvellous song!
    Thank you Azerbaijan,thank you very much!
    Thank you Turkey and Ukraine(The happy surprizes of the night!They voted us!!)...
    The results were fair! Next year we will be top-10 again!..It's a promise!
    Good night eurovision 2012!
    P.S. (Iceland's 20th place was so unfair!!!) report to the moderator
  • Posted on 28/May 2012 at 19:56
    Really disappointed for the result!! EASTEUROVISION CONTEST I can say! no more quality of music on this ESC!
    Really bad for FRANCE, they should be in TOP 5 with that amazing performance and very talented singer but are they been blocked??
    this contest it should be CLOSED or change the rules if it will continue. no more public votes but they jury only please! don't believe in public votes as I saw the result last saturday, very cheap contest finally. report to the moderator

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