A Eurovision story: How Roxen was screwed over by her team

Genuinely convinced Ukraine could have got away with the first jury performance, she’s such a pro and got straight back into it

I understand why Roxen was 9th with the jury. She was definitely better during a jury show then the live show.

So now we realise why Gjon won the jury vote. That vocal performance was next level.

Jendrik’s “much more calm” is anyone else’s going crazy 😂

I know we all like Roxen but this song lives through its vocal power, if you can't control your nervousness and voice, well than you either need a better staging, more background singers or a more upbeat composition. She had neither

as a singer, i can really sense and relate to roxen’s nerves…It makes it hard to breathe when ur nervous and singing so Imagine that while having to do all the things roxen did. I was rooting for them but regardless of what happened then, i was still really proud of them.

I never imaginated there were two shows for both jury and televote! That must be quite exhausting for performers

Moldova got a voice crack in the Jury Finals and Drop the mic at the Televote Final, ICONIC

Not Rafal trying to turn up the crowd then let his back up vocals do most of the singing.

I'm from Poland and when Rafał screamed i was embarrased...

Wow impressive Gjon still managed to finish 1st in the jury SF despite the technical issues Gjon's higher note in the jury final might be him screaming to NOT open the smoke machine

This note by Gjon is amazing

Ever time Rafał shouts to the audience my lifespan is shortened by a year

After 7:16 Switzerland suddenly decides to change country's name into Greece😂

Perhaps many did not notice, but Måneskin's "Zitti e buoni" was also performed in two different versions: they performed with the censored version, which returned to being the original during the post-victory performance

Jendrik out of breath is actually kind of cute tbh

there are 2 types of polish pepole seeing ✨The Ride✨ 1. dying (of laughter) 2. dying (of cringe) we're really sorry about him lmao

Natalia is a living meme, it's amazing. Hopefully she'll return for another year at some point ; I'd love to see her win!

Who will ever reach the same levels of awesomeness as Go_A/Shum?

To me, it looks like Benny was just having fun and living his best experience. Good for him!

Gjon jury High note....OMG ...gave me goosebumps i dont know if its imperfect...but i love....Just...wow i prefer that instead the usual one

I'm not Moldovan but I definitely loved Natalia Gordienko she's such a talented woman she was just living the experience that was the best those singers could do live the moment loooove natalia

I feel bad for Roxen

i loveddd the "europe" note natalia hit

An interesting detail from Israel's semi-final performance is that Eden lost a nail from her pinky finger when she was taking her jacket off (you can see that she's missing one when she holds the mic as well as see it laying on a ground next to a dancer). I wonder if that contributed to her hitting the whistle notes better than in the final 🤣

The alternatives for Finland if they were allowed to show their middle fingers Jury semi-final and jury final: No middle fingers up Televote semi-final and televote final: Middle fingers up

Gordienko is such a messy queen. Beautiful yet hilarious

If Roxen didn't have to move so much in her performance she would have done it better. It was too much movement for that type of song. She could have been just singing with all the theatre to a side. Sad.

"In the final he was much more calm" Shows Jendrik jump around the stage like my little sister would do

Sad that Gjon don't hit this high note in the final, maybe it would give him more public votes which he deserve..

Roxen was completely amazing in her 2nd shot in jury show,she should have been higher than the 9th place for sure...

Benny messed up so hard and its so sad because i loved the song :( Also I instantly noticed the missing glove for greece’s green screen dancers when I was watching it live lol

Manizha "like a boss" ❤ she's my Queen !!! Love from Italy 💕

I have to admit that Polish jury performance wasn't so horrible...

just needed to put out how impressed i am with Ukraine its incredible how fast she recovered i am just in awe

6:37 - 7:39 I love the way Gjon's Tears waves his arms around every time after hitting the high note, it's both dramatic and adorable at the same time 😂

Roxen was screwed over by her team because she was given a routine that was too advanced for her at the time. Honestly, I could say that she had one of the most complicated routines this year

Ok but how can we forget James Newman's "ro-uh-dam!" during the jury final? haha so typically british too

can't help but laugh at spell romamia *"romamia~"* **with italian hand gesture 🤌**

I actually think a smaller amount of smoke would have been good for the end of Switzerland’s song - the lights were way too blaring at the end

just when i thought i was over eurovision 2021 i stumble upon this video 🤧 i miss them all so much.. this was an interesting video, thank u!

6:16 SHOUT OUT TO STEFANIA FOR SINGING THAT ENTIRE PART WO LETTING HER HAIR BOTHER HER

I was a bit hesitant about Natalia of Moldova but my gosh that song is catchy, she's funny and talented I can't help but love 😭😂

This is proof that Juries should vote on the same night as the public. Giving them a separate night just defeats the purpose as no two performances are exactly the same

All of Roxen's versions are pitchy as hell though 😬 the last one was definitely the best from a technical standpoint

One of the Greek backupdancers also lost a glove during the performance and you can see his bare hand while on the stairs

I just love Jendrik more and more! He deserves more votes!!

Natalia was just enjoying the moment! I think I would do the same If I had the chance to perform on the esc stage LOL

Natalia - Europeeee moment is iconic!

I would also highlight how there was a moment when the Russian singer exaggerated the movement as if she were a doll or a robot in the performance of the final, which she almost did not do in the semifinal. Right before she got out of the rolling dress 😄

Gjon also came in a beat too early (at the very beginning) in the jury final. And his prop moved.

8:44 would have gotten my vote

Jendrik's semi final performance could've meant something had he gotten covid in the meantime, but I'm glad it all went ok

hood lord, what were they thinking with that green screen

Jendrik + calm = impossible

7:15 I was watching the Wiwibloggs livestream when it happened and as soon as he hit that note I knew Switzerland was winning the jury vote

Hi. I come from Poland and I must admit that I laughed when you commented on our representative's performance. I can't believe that they chose him to represent Poland haha. Love ❤

Manizha is AMAZING

Roxen is not always nervous while performing: When she performed Money Money at the Artist Awards, she was very confident it was clear that her delegation who was telling her that she had no chance to win or reach top 10 made her nervous

This year was 🔥

8:02 I can't OMG😂. EurOAaApe💀💀💀

That husky "yeahhh" from Benny kills me everytime! 💀

You can hear ROxen's frustration in her 1st jury performance especially at 0:31. I feel so bad for her

God that high note Gjon gives me... still goosebumps every time

I feel like gjon should have kept the ultra high note from the jury final. It could have got him more votes and he just hit it amazingly

,,where he tried to do eden alene“ ha ha.. everyone’s laughing..

My opinions on each: *Romania:* So there was a delay in her 1st jury performance... In her 2nd JP she sounds more stable, but somehow stilm a little weak. I didn't notice the lower tone difference. *Ukraine:* How she quickly dealt with the delay in her 1st JP! I'm impressed! The other performances were equally right! *Czech Republic:* I agree with your logic that he must have added intensity to the "omaga"s in the public performance. And the "what's up," in the Jury show was useless, should have been in his SF. Sad for the line confusion. I enjoyed his performance nevertheless. F. *Poland:* Following your logic from CZ, he was right to shout and hype the public up in the TELEVOTE performance, since there was public, so I don't see nothing wrong, just normal differences. *Russia:* Awww how she closed the dress' door calmly!!! And the spoken speech is indeed a big difference, with/without public, +/- intensity. *Greece:* Maybe I'm too [un]biased with this one since it's my Last Place but the problem with the green screen in the Jury show was more visible. I think in all the performances it went wrong. Vocals are fine, but to me, not enough to enjoy the song. *Switzerland:* I didn't notice the smoke effect!!!! Sad that it went wrong, it was such a good effect. And I already knew about the high note. Amazing!!! *Moldova:* I enjoyed the "Europe! Woo!" part and was expecting it in the final. Besides the voice crack, she was stable. Still imoressed how despite that she managed to place 13th overall. Icon! *Germany:* The song was already (and sadly) unpopular among the public. Yeah, the final performance was better but it gave him 0 points despite sounding more stable (and to me, entertaining). He got very few in the jury performance, totally justified because he seemed tired and breathless there. Anyways this is in my top 10 and it's one of my personal robberies.

I want whatever Germany was on

My own opinions 0:28 I have to say that Roxen deserved better this her song was beautiful and she tried everything to be in final i fell bad for her 1:48 I noticed her fear and anxiety in her eyes she had problems w her in-ear and she din't went in time w the song 5:05 THAT KICK SLAYED That's all :D Cheers from Italy

No ... the Romanian girl stepped on the voice in both shows, I remember the face of my Romanian friends when they heard her singing in the semifinals, they were so disappointed, they didn't even give her a vote, even though they are, from my living room guests at least, the first to vote for their country. When the finalists were announced, they weren't even surprised, they were terribly disappointed by her performance, one of them even said that many people in the Romanian music world said that she will not be able to do it because she does not have the experience of the stage.

Stefania from Greece was at the Junior Song Festival on Malta for The Netherlands (my country, she is Dutch and Greek))

Just saying, they didn't lower the pitch for Romania at any point

8:30 this is for myself to be able to see the adorableness on loop Wiggle wiggle you ❤ Vigl vigle vigle you 🥰 I'm sorry it's so goddamn cute, even when dancing with a middle finger he just has to be that adorable 🤧

8:55 'In the jury and televote finals he was much more calm' *jumps in the air*

To her the music trought the Earmic is tricky in a big stadium with so much hall. To find Greenscreen Settings to cover every shadow is tricky, but possible how we all saw in the grand final. To drop the mic can always happen. And Jendrik just had such so much fun. He loved it, don't care about the 0 points xD

Im sorry, but "Romamia" really made my day

“I don’t feel hate” was the best song of the contest (especially due to the kinda year we had) and no I do not accept criticism of any kind, thank you very much.

Oh my God how much I love this Eurovision😭😭❤️‍🩹❤️‍🔥

Nice so Switzerland is now officially Greece xD

I am Greek and I liked the idea of the Green Screen but oh god at the jury semifinal it was really bad 😞

So i am from czech republic. Lot of people were ashamed of Ben. He is only popular amongst really young girls. Once you are out of your 15th year, you wont listen to him. Another problem with him, is that this song is exact same vibe as every single of his songs. Same love trope, same "chill" behaviour. Same performance as always.

Moldova is funny but at the same time I can’t even hit a “high note” like that

You should make this for 2019 too! Hatari's semi-final was so much better than their final, with Matthias being an entire beat off in the final, but it wasn't exactly supposed to be melodic so I don't think anyone noticed

I watch Roxen's performance in the jury semifinal so far 💓

With Switzerland the bit when he did 🙅‍♂️🙆‍♂️💁‍♂️🙋‍♂️🤷‍♂️🙅‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙋‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙅‍♂️ i really felt that

Please please please tell where did you take jury show performances. I wanna watch the whole gjon's performance with that ultra high note and Romanian entry with lower tone (at least)

Wow! You put pretty much efforts in it watching all these several times. Thank you, that was interesting 👍

I was at the semi final 1 jury show! It was so nice to see 3 songs again (Ukraine, Romania and Malta)!! And we also got 3 extras as The Netherlands, Germany and Italy also performed at the jury show, it was so great.

Roxanne was terrible. Not sorry, love her song and wish her the best, but I am annoyed watching videos where everyone tries to explain what happened. ESC was a number to big for her.

6:50 You can see it from his face :D

They do it better in televote performance because they get the power from audience

I think they're asked to do too many performances in too short a time. Quite often the semi final or last rehearsals are much better performances than the actual night, because their voices are just too tired to hit the notes on the night

tbh I think that when roxen was singing in the nervous and "angry" thing it actually sounded better

to be fair, jury semi 1 is the first big show of the year

i love how it's Maneskin for the intro :)

Give me some sugar :)

7:19 wow that is impressive

Omg I never knew they did this. It makes sense. I was always wondering where the Jury voting came from. I always thought it was like the same time as the live show. Now I understand why some went through eventho they sounded a bit meh during the live performance. They could have sounded perfect during just the jury show. I can understand the difference as well. Jury is where the professionals are so I would also play it more save during those times and go all out in the live shows but you can also be more nervous during the live show since millions of people are watching you and well if you f up you f up for millions of people compared to just a few hundred to a few thousand of people on the jury. Then again that would also be really bad. I applaud them all for just being there in general.

Also, in Switzerland’s jury final, you can visibly how his piece was extremely misplaced.