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Absolute runaway jury winner with good support from the home voters. The televote winner was just too far back.
Might not be my bag of chips, but I can absolutely see why "To my mum" won, and won big: a very good song, with an absolutely stellar staging.
Full review in next weekend's Week.
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Because of the way the votes are shared out (0.1% of the online vote gets 1 point), it's very difficult to score less than 35 points, and almost impossible to get 300.
117 for "Esperança" will be the televote winner, but "To my mum" is champion overall.
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Gonna need to see this vote reveal again.
Looks like the jury spokespeople were pre-recorded in their home studios.
Lots of love for "To my mum", which got the first five 12 points; "Hear me now" briefly took the lead, and I wonder how many juries could vote for "Comme ci comme ça",
"To my mum" ends up the jury winner by 180-122 for "Hear me now".
Yeah, what's Tbilisi like at this time of year?
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We also hear that Mark Whitesuit is a decent dancer, and that last year's winning singer Zoe is now in cabaret.
Voting next, and the jury vote goes *very* quickly - the spokespeople are on stage in Madrid.
They're showing the lower points quickly, so all the 1s, all the 2s, and so on. Er, wha..?
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Yeah, very decent dance act.
Abraham Mateo is the special guest performer, with a montage of his hits and other songs.
I voted for "Tänavad", "Comme ci comme ça", and "Music", the songs I think were best performed and fit the singers' voices. Also considered "Como la Lola" and "Esperança".
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Voting is at https://jesc.tv
The interval act involves a girl with a light-up globe... and she may not be alone.
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And finally! "Stilla ċkejkna" from Ramires Sciberras, PBS ("Malta").
The song's about his adoption journey, from Cambodia to Malta. Sung entirely in Maltese
Strong vocal, and the staging gains from Ramires being alone on stage - lots of fireworks in the background.
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"Le chéile", Enya Cox Dempsey for TG4 ("Ireland").
Do they have party songs in Irish? They have party songs in Irish!
I have no clue what she's singing, but it's clear she's having a very good time. Great lower register, somewhat nasal in the higher notes - and most of the song is in the higher notes.
The staging is cheap: just coloured lights on the backdrop and underfloor. I'd love TG4 to win, but not feeling it this year. Sorry.
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"Esperança" from Victoria Nicole, TVP ("Portugal").
Victoria wrote this piano ballad herself, and it tells of her dreams and hopes, while she wears a very nice mint-green dress.
Most songs are in %something% and English, "Esperança" in Portuguese and Spanish. Helps get the crowd on side, and add to her excellent vocal belt.
Wind machine, and there may be a key change in there. Could go very well.
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"Hear me now" sings Artem Kotenko for UA:PBC ("Ukraine").
It's important to have somewhere safe to call home, the message of the song.
Artem wears his white suit, four backing dancers carry miniature window frames and *almost* synchronise their dance moves. Lovely moment when Artem steps through the frames.
Vocal is good, not excellent. Could pick up votes as a late upbeat song.
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"Come noi", Idols SM, welcome back SMRTV ("San Marino").
Compare and contrast: four young women in this band, and it really feels like they got off to a rotten start - was that really the right note?
Electroclash tune, rather like a Paul Farrer telly theme, quite refreshing in this context.
Black jackets on dark stage don't pop out of the camera. Song comes together towards the end; I'll be interested to hear the studio version.
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"Music" from Stay Tuned represents NPO/AVROTROS ("Netherlands")
Four-piece band, three of them wearing blazers like Pacer sweets, one wearing a montage of sweet packets.
It's well-drilled singing and dancing, with a pleasant costume change. Perhaps not the greatest vocal range, but the vibes are great.
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"Save the best for us", Bjarne for KiKA/NDR ("Germany").
It's another "save the planet" song, performed by someone who's dressed like David Attenborough.
Just the wrong side of twee for me, the lad's chest vocal is much better than his throat register.
Not impressed by the postcards, too much cheap digital art.
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It's hosts o'clock! "Como la Lola" from Chloe DeLaRosa represents TVE ("Spain").
So this is what Strawberry Switchblade's granddaughters are doing. Dancing in a white-and-pink-polka-dot room, singing a frenetic song to name check all their favourite musicians: Taylor, Olivia, Lola Flores, and many more.
Chloe's only nine, and conveys the vibrant energy of an enthusiastic youngster. Phew, exhausting just watching that!
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"To my mum", Andrea Putkaradze, GPB ("Georgia").
A two-wall room, with desk and table. Andrea steps away and sings his touching song to his mother, while another young lad - dressed the same as him - performs an elaborate dance routine in the back stage.
This goes down brilliantly in the hall, cheering throughout. Tremendous vocal, too. Hmm: what's Tbilisi like at this time of year?
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"All together" from Dominik Arim, TVP "Poland".
He's joined by four balletic young ladies on stage. Sings a power ballad in the Céline style, the backing wall shows pictures of a lion, the sky, and a riverbank.
Very decent vocals, best in his lower register. Key change of joy for the final lines.
Think I'll need to watch this back to appreciate everything that happened.
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Ooh, crash out of the postcard of "Marathon" - Ana & Aleksej - MKRTV ("North Macedonia").
and that rather spoils the minor-key quiet opening before the omm-pum beat kicks in.
Ana's got a pink jacket, Aleksei a black cape. Sounds like he's straining to reach his notes in the chorus.
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After the ad break, "Comme ci comme ça", Titouan for France Télé.
A piano ballad, reaching out to the camera like Slimane...
then the backing dancers come in to dance and (literally) blow their trumpets.
Great vocal, a catchy song. Even if you don't know a word of French, you'll get the joy he conveys.
Three wins in a row? Looks very possible.
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"Crystal waters" is sung by Maria Passarides, representing CyBC ("Cyprus").
Closest we have to a .gb entry, Maria's studying at a performing arts school. White dress, intricate body and ruffed skirt with a silver headpiece.
The wind machine puts in an appearance, and there's a huge gap in the middle just before a dance break.
Maria has a fragile vocal, this song doesn't bring out her best. The shout-out at the end is louder than the contest song.
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"Cosmic friend" from Leo represents AMPTV ("Armenia").
Young lad in a sparkly white Elvis suit, lots of backing dancers in silver space suits. They're performing on an arrangement of concentric circles.
Very much a toe-tapper. Song seems to be about Leo finding something in common with a space alien. Good to hear that Buchanan & Goodman's "The flying saucer" lives on.
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"Vallezoj" from Nikol Çabeli, RTSH ("Albania").
If you've got "save the planet" on your bingo card, cross it off now. Nikol wears an intricate dress with flowers down the sleeves.
The song's in waltz time, and allows her to show her powerful vocals. Rather think I'd heard it all after a couple of minutes.
Lots of daisies on the stage floor, perhaps they show them a little more than is strictly necessary. Could go places.
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"Tänavad" from Annabelle represents EER ("Estonia").
One of the oldest competitors tonight, Annabelle's in a bright pink outfit, with a very modern song about how Ver Kids have lots of potential. Left Kid will be quite out of breath by the end.
This stage has one massive video wall at the back, with coloured lights down the sides. Here, the wall is a cityscape with cars travelling - and the road is up-projected onto the semi-transparent stage floor.
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"Pigiama party" performed by Simone Grande represents RAI ("Italy").
The lad's got a circular bed with nets around it, three backing dancers in silver outfits - one of whom bounces on the bed like it's a trampoline.
Great use of the bed as a video wall. Shame his vocals are not great: it's an upbeat and confident opening.
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Massive cheer for the local entry, of course.
All the competitors join the singers for a chorus of "Let's bloom", which is nice.
Ruth Lorenzo, Melanie Garcia, and Marc Blokeinawhitesuit are the hosts. Ruth is a great singer from Senior Eurovision, Melanie from Junior, and Marc has a white suit.
A moment to cheer for everyone affected by the recent floods: not too cloying.
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The opening sequence features lots of flowers blooming on city streets, then some sort of flower opening on stage to reveal - shock! - a singer.
"Let's bloom" is the big song, lots of singers, lots of dancers.
We're introduced to the performers through the traditional flag parade.
If you want to watch internationally, it's on https://junioreurovision.tv/how-to-watch
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This year's contest is taking place in Madrid. Last year, France Télévisions won - their third win in four years - but decided not to stage the contest.
Seventeen songs compete, performed by youngsters aged 9-14, and mostly in their local languages.
No BBC entry this year, but we can cheer for TG4 ("Ireland", on screen) and the mighty SMRTV ("San Marino").
Pre-match faves might be AMPTV ("Armenia"), who won in 2021, and have been in the hunt ever since.
