but also, here are some predictions of mine:
- poland will do worse with gaja than we did with solo even though everyone and their mother thought it was one of the worst songs known to mankind - those visuals are way too chaotic and the song is unfortunately not the type of memorable that would make you pick up your phone to vote for it. justyna is an icon tho i'll forever be proud that we sent her <3
- louane sweetie i'm so sorry but at no point does that sand-coming-out-of-your-backside staging fit an emotional ballad. france will probably do better than they did with queen la zarra but i don't see them getting higher than they did last year - which i hate to say given slimane's SA allegations
- cyprus is like a temu version of ruzzia 2016 where the staging is just showy with no substance or connection to the song, probably getting a higher televote score than the song itself would but the juries are likely going to tank it unless the guy nails his vocals
- italy will do better than most eurovision stans on the internet think - in a year filled with upbeat songs, this simple, slower song with minimalistic staging should find its audience which would get them a decent place.
- sweden is probably getting their 8th win - unlike with 2024 and 2023 where the jury winners had barely any competition, i genuinely do not believe in an austria jury landslide so unless they tank sweden like they never did, their televote score will be enough to have them win the whole thing
- that azerbaijan song is probably getting 0 points idk it's just... there