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Graham Norton seems fearful of witchcraft, how will this influence the markets?
Never really enjoyed any top Eurovision contenders in the first place, but as a Finnish person I gotta say I'm absolutely dumbfounded as to why Finland is deemed the front-runner this year. What a vapid, industry-funded embarrassment of a song, seemingly meticulously tailored for the kind of people who clap when the plane lands.
"kind of people who clap when the plane lands."
>describes eurovision voters
>guys why finland favored
@dgga it's a pop song. Vapid comes with the territory. Evaluate it on those terms if you want alpha.
@cthor my assessment: Eurovision fans frequently bemoan that countries don't enter songs in their native language. But non-English songs generally don't perform well, so despite this being a frequent criticism, most entrants continue to be in English. The cynical interpretation is that fans are lying and don't really care about this, revealed vs stated preferences and such. My view is they are honest but that there is the obvious tradeoff where people won't vote for a song they don't resonate with, and "I don't understand the lyrics" is a big barrier there, and the most widely understood language for voters is obviously English, so English generally wins for this tradeoff.
However, Finland's entry has achieved the excruciatingly difficult goal of communicating its emotional weight entirely through its visuals and musical structure. On one end you have the forlorn, sensitive, vulnerable, exasperated vocalist, the protagonist. He's trapped behind the frame, at many points reaching out to escape it, reaching out to her for some kind of release, but never getting it. Contrasted to him is the woman staring down at him from her comically elevated boots, chin often tucked, stiffly poised, slowly approaching him like a predator. She plays the violin with none of its typical softness or warmth. The notes are sharp, played as if to pierce his soul and consume him whole.
The narrative arc evoked: a man hopelessly infatuated with a woman who is destroying him. Emotional content that plays well for a pop song, broad appeal. So the average voter will resonate with this, think "Oh, that was a lovely song... And also I really liked that it was in their native language!" and give it their vote.
If you understand Finnish, what has been achieved will be less obvious (because you can understand the emotional content from the lyrics anyway), so that may explain what you're missing.