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(DIR) Post #B6Go46Opa7IziFMFaC by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-13T23:59:53Z
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Watched #ESC2026 semifinal 1 last night.Surprised that Sweden went to final. It's a banger of a song, but the performance was unstable.This morning I went back and listened to the performance in Melodifestivalen. If she performs like that in the ESC final, she might win.
(DIR) Post #B6Go49fxOtmrsEOTC4 by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-14T00:01:10Z
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Even more surprised that Montenegro didn't go to final. Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, all three former Yugoslavs this semifinal had great submissions, but Montenegro was my favorite of all 15 songs last night.At least Croatia got in. Amazing performers, very cool song, but probably a bit slow for the EDM-heavy field this year. It's a real K-pop Eurodance field, and I think that's great.
(DIR) Post #B6GrGwa5hHOUt9RJgm by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-14T00:37:44Z
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The funny little man who looked a bit lost and wandered on stage and mumbled at the end of San Marino's song was Boy George??!?
(DIR) Post #B6GrdV3WCZbIBFxYeG by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-14T00:41:19Z
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Honest Vocal Coach: "Shock qualifier! Semi Final 1 Recap Eurovision 2026"Excellent recap, says it all better than I could, no disagreement.youtube.com/watch?v=jkwuJmlqRO…
(DIR) Post #B6Gte2ADJ5dgltTQWm by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-14T01:04:10Z
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Overall, pretty good year ... but I'll be listening to some old ESC and ESC-adjacent on my commute. 😄
(DIR) Post #B6HZ8YoMaJUGpmvbhg by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-14T08:48:24Z
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(DIR) Post #B6KKwwpUdz2FxyuAd6 by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-15T16:54:13Z
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Wow, so many exceptional singers in Semifinal 2 compared to Semifinal 1.
(DIR) Post #B6MLO4c68ZKvH48rjc by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-16T16:03:49Z
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Kid: "Why are all of Sweden's neighbors so much better than Sweden?"Good question, kid.
(DIR) Post #B6MNHeoZLMu1Qo2lHM by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-16T16:29:44Z
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Kid: "Why is this song so much better than the one he won with?"Somehow that's always how it works. 😅
(DIR) Post #B6MWzmPXMSttJtRuF6 by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-16T18:17:38Z
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Ok, so apparently I've been a bit unfair to the Swedish song.When I first heard it, I thought "this should be a banger, but why did they send someone who can't quite hold a note and is consistently the slightest bit flat the whole song?". It ruined the song for me.The singer, Felicia, had a cold and a fever while performing. Two days ago she fainted during rehearsals, and in yesterday's grand rehearsal she reduced her participation to strictly her performance of the song. Even in the Melodifestivalen final back in February something was a bit off.If you listen to her first performance, her high notes have better support and the whole song is much better.Felicia: "My System" (live, Gothenburg, Melodifestivalen Heat 2)youtube.com/watch?v=-7AB53ZNXp…
(DIR) Post #B6MXcKXeuZUeBBd8iW by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-16T18:25:30Z
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When she sings it in all head voice, it's clear that she's an excellent vocalist. Maybe singing in high chest notes is new for her?But she's previously known as an "EPA-dunk" singer, that's modern Swedish working-class party music, surely that must involve some coarser vocal qualities too? I'll check out her earlier works.Felicia: "My System" (acoustic studio version)youtube.com/watch?v=fIy0ixNHZY…
(DIR) Post #B6MXlAhAtEiWFOITdA by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-16T18:27:11Z
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This version is absolutely awesome.Tommy Johansson: "My System" (metal cover)youtube.com/watch?v=AvwI4PqeNT…
(DIR) Post #B6MY7WpbGmzfGstmBk by Jason_Dodd@mastodon.social
2026-05-16T18:31:15Z
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@clacke Is this a ripoff of Aron Nimzowitsch?
(DIR) Post #B6MbLeit1cEvfDBcO0 by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-16T19:07:36Z
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@Jason_Dodd Hahaa, I looked up who that is and I was not prepared for the answer. Thank you, Jason.
(DIR) Post #B6MdUIXv301XOjIz4K by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-16T19:30:49Z
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With her Fröken Snusk ("Miss Smut", her previous persona) music, it's all highly processed vocals without much need for range. You can't really tell if somebody is a good vocalist or not.But she was on Masked Singer Sweden, and did an incredible job singing Zara Larsson, Adele and Whitney Houston, really challenging stuff, and she showed off great dynamism, range and precision, whether in chest, head or mix.She's having a really unlucky couple of months, that's what's going on, her instrument fighting other stuff when she needs it the most.
(DIR) Post #B6MdrUMdH5Qii95H7Y by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-16T19:35:29Z
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@gemlog Don't feel bad, but yeah, the visuals are fantastic, and the drop hits hard.Thank you for letting me know about that tragedy (among the well known larger tragedy and all the less published individual tragedies, of course). I will learn more about it.
(DIR) Post #B6MeiyKqZaJL0rkfiK by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-16T19:45:18Z
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Masked Singer Sweden: Chameleon, all songsyoutube.com/playlist?list=PL21…
(DIR) Post #B6OYkdsBPZbeijg3pQ by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-17T17:47:15Z
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We watched the grand final vote tonight. As per usual, there was a lot of shouting "what's wrong with people" at the TV. 🤣I didn't expect Sweden to be in the top 10 – I maintain that the song itself is a banger, while the song was flat and didn't improve in the final – but I was still surprised how low it got. Felicia, we have seen what you can do when you're at full strength. I hope your system will have a chance to recover now.
(DIR) Post #B6OZ8FBwpLhn7hB0Fc by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-17T17:51:47Z
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Always happy to see an oddball song win! This song is a rollercoaster and all over the place, but they are all good places. 😄 Congratulations to Bulgaria and Dara!Of the top 10, I would have placed 6 of them there. I'm the most surprised that France didn't make it. The song is more interesting than several that made the cut, and the vocal performance is just jaw-dropping, even before you consider how early in her career the singer is.A big thank you to the popular vote for getting Greece's song into the top 10. I don't know why the juries didn't like it.This year's second biggest mystery after Israel: Why didn't Armenia's song even get to the final? It belonged in the top 10.
(DIR) Post #B6OZmnCDophQAYdii0 by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-17T17:58:45Z
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Israel keeps sending forgettable songs and ending up second place. Is it European guilt and sympathy voting, is it the ad campaigns people are talking about, or is it the pay-to-win public vote system? A little of all of the above?I'm not even going to ask why the ESC can't exclude Israel for illegal wars and war crimes, when excluding Russia was easy. The politics are easy to explain, the popular vote is not.
(DIR) Post #B6OcEz5PPAxJ3w1W8O by Arpie4Math@mathstodon.xyz
2026-05-17T18:20:43Z
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@clacke The song was a banger but the singing was flat?
(DIR) Post #B6OmCAbj70CTT4R8WO by BenjaminKlein@mastodon.nu
2026-05-17T20:17:30Z
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@clacke I don't think it's that hard,1. People who cared sat this one out, or at least didn't vote.2. The group who voted for the music, vote a limited amount per person and spread their vote over multiple artists, diluting it.3. Israel supporters where asked to vote multiple times using multiple devices, multiplying the effect.So thinking about numbers, say half sit out, and the dilution affect is x10 and the amplifying x10, Israeli supporters have a 200:1 advantage in that case.
(DIR) Post #B6PKjOrAYHqResg0kC by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-18T02:43:36Z
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@Arpie4Math The singing was flat. Yes. Thank you for helping clarify my ambiguous choice of words.
(DIR) Post #B6Pa3xsJYvuHN1TbG4 by Arpie4Math@mathstodon.xyz
2026-05-18T05:36:18Z
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@clacke Thanks for not reacting to my actual name. :)
(DIR) Post #B6SeDm9iyIE9D7QvBo by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-19T16:46:33Z
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@Arpie4Math Something wrong with your name?
(DIR) Post #B6SeEsdWMWSxbDtg4e by Arpie4Math@mathstodon.xyz
2026-05-19T17:01:49Z
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@clacke So I have been informed.https://translate.google.com/?sl=de&tl=en&text=ein%20Penner&op=translate
(DIR) Post #B6UfHRUeDzXEYVS5wG by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-20T16:28:18Z
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@Arpie4Math Ah. Haha. My German is not good enough to pick that up. 😁
(DIR) Post #B6bkiWNM2WoJOUUY7M by clacke@libranet.de
2026-05-24T02:33:11Z
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I have listened to the Gothenburg performance again, and while it is better than the later ones, it still isn't great. For some reason, SVT never released a studio version either; The official music video is just one of the live performances.The lyric video from Felicia's own channel is better than any other recording. It's autotuned.youtube.com/watch?v=JXLRzNLoOb…