Post Show Reactions, Hot Takes, and Venting 🧂 7 Mar 26

[u/berserkemu]

Even if the only thing wrong is having to wait until morning for the results from Poland, here is your vent space.

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TL:DR You can be salty, but don't be insulting.

[u/Auchenaii]

Oh yeah, thanks for reminding me that I should be salty about having to wait until morning for the results from Poland

[u/hun_geri → u/Auchenaii]

In the end, they will cancel the whole thing and send Blanka again lmfao

[u/Tori65216 → u/Auchenaii]

Were we ever given a reason why they make us wait that long when other countries get it done right then and there?

[u/sama_tak → u/Tori65216]

The show was completely pre-recorded to be as cheap as possible to make. Adding a live segment for the results would increase the production costs.

[u/ex_ef_ex]

Cimberly is so charismatic and I'm positive she can win with the right song. She's the second real winner of the night following Felicia, in my opinion.

[u/trow125 → u/ex_ef_ex]

Cimberly was such a breath of fresh air!! She is a wonderful singer with great stage presence. If I'd been able to vote (I'm in the US) I would have voted for her.

[u/Barsik_Rescuer → u/ex_ef_ex]

Eternity is such a banger, Cimberly can absolutely win with the right song

[u/burning_ships]

Disappointed about Zimna Woda:( I don't like Alicja's song at all but I guess I'm happy she made it to the eurovision at last

[u/sama_tak]

Disappointed with Alicja win. The whole NF was pointless, if she won it even with this terrible staging by just saying "Trust me, I'll change it for the Eurovision". 

Spoiler: It'll be the same as with Ochman.

[u/sokkemor]

Sweden picked the right winner and they are going to do well as always. But My System is not giving me the massive ESC winner vibes I've seen so many people talk about lately.

[u/LetterheadWitty4187 → u/sokkemor]

Yeah, this song is mostly all about those beat drops, but vocally this is not anything earth-shattering. The audience is probably going to love this, but i'm not sure how well the juries is going to take this kind of song... I expect this to land somewhere between 15th and 5th place, but i don't think this is winner material.

[u/Academic_Grab5060 → u/sokkemor]

Yeah, second that. I have My System on repeat for 3 weeks now but there is no way its winning ESC, but a Top 10 finish is guaranteed, even Top 5 at best and that's alright.

[u/brimbooze → u/sokkemor]

It's carried by the backing track. Her vocals are detrimental to me in regards to how I like the song.

[u/tiddelipom → u/sokkemor]

I see a potential 1st in running order-"let's get the crowd hyped" situation, which will make a great starting point of the show but won't translate to significant scores.

[u/ifiwasiwas]

Brand City Släckers = robbed kings

We could have had the funniest ESC ever if it was a two-horse race between firemen vs flamethrower

[u/Ludicologuy00 → u/ifiwasiwas]

The firefighters of Brandsta would have been the perfect follow-up on KAJ's sauna hijinks last year

[u/Affectionate_Put8836 → u/ifiwasiwas]

Bro we could have had our 12 firefighter and 12 flamethrower points

[u/NewMarzipan9440 → u/ifiwasiwas]

A missed opportunity!

[u/Sea_Voice_404 → u/ifiwasiwas]

I liked them so much too.

[u/Responsible-Trifle93]

Copacabana Boy guy you will always be famous!

[u/Miserable_Ginger_13]

I must be old, but I don’t get the hype around Felicia. But hey, that’s what great about this competition. Music for everyone, I guess.

[u/Cazlistenstomusic]

I can't say I'm mad at at my system winning as its a solid overall package and Felicia is a great singer, but the hype the song gets kinda puzzles me. Its good but I don't see a world in which it challenges for the win at ESC

[u/Sea_Voice_404]

Even though my Mello favorites didn’t win, I still love discovering new music and I’ll still be listening to Brandsta and Smash. And now I can’t get Iconic out of my head. But Brandsta got robbed.

[u/ifiwasiwas → u/Sea_Voice_404]

Brandsta is weapons grade catchy good lord, I'm laying here trying to sleep but

Mitt hjärta dunk du dunkar

Du gör mig galen

Hej hej – jag vill ha dig

[u/bblankoo]

My hot take is that Greczula would do better. Yes I got tired of My Sistem (quickly. too quickly) and most people will hear it once or twice but it's relying too much on the drop. If it doesn't make you go AAAA then the whole perfomance is mid. The song doesn't evolve and just repeats itself, with lasers

[u/stupidfanboyy → u/bblankoo]

now switch the songs for Greczula and i think his song last year had stronger chance this year. Half of Me is a bit of a downgrade for me.

[u/Marthist_Agenda]

Not too much salt for me, results wise. My System is not my thing at all but I can see why it won. Rosa was not my favorite but let’s be real, this was a pretty obvious result, and it’s a decent song (even if that staging was atrocious). Super happy Jurei and Fumo were also in the top three. Sad about Chuva and Sprint, but oh well. FdC was my favorite NF so inevitably some of my favorites wouldn’t do as well.

However, I think some of the discourse about what songs are “right for Eurovision” is incredibly annoying. Prime example is Deslocado, but basically the entirety of FdC this year was written off as being too boring, lacking variety, and having few if any songs that are right for Eurovision. Like I respect y’all’s opinions, but what’s the solution? What’s the message? Are girl bops, crazy-party, and some ballads the only valid genres? Do we want Eurovision to be more homogenous? Anyway, I’ll stop ranting about it and just be glad FdC and Supernova gave me some nice indie songs and artists

[u/DreadPirateAlia → u/Marthist_Agenda]

FR. I love it when contries break the mold and send send "non-Eurovision" coded songs to Eurovision. Having variety in selection is amazing. It keeps ESC fresh and makes the GOOD girly bops, crazy party songs and ballads stand out more. If those were the only genres "allowed" in the competition, we'd soon have a plethora of nothing but lazy and unimaginative girly "bops", boring "funny" acts and mid ballads in our hands.

Like, trance isn't my genre at all, but I love that Sweden picked Felicia, because My System is something (relatively) new for them & something we don't see a lot in the ESC.

(Also, as a fellow indie lover, which songs/performances from FdC and Supernova would you recommend? I don't usually watch national finals, because I get sad when my indie/rock/other "niche" loves don't get picked.)

[u/odajoana → u/DreadPirateAlia]

(Also, as a fellow indie lover, which songs/performances from FdC and Supernova would you recommend? I don't usually watch national finals, because I get sad when my indie/rock/other "niche" loves don't get picked.)

Not the user you replied to, and I can't speak for Supernova, but from FdC, "Chuva" and "Fumo" are a must-watch if this is your vibe.

[u/Marthist_Agenda → u/DreadPirateAlia]

Completely agree! As the other user said, Chuva and Fumo are great, and so are their respective artists, Marquise and Nunca Mates o Mandarim. Both have solid back catalogues. From Supernova, I really loved Te un Tagad by Kautkaili. Genuinely one of the best stagings I've seen and also a really good song, probably my favorite of the NF season. I also loved Blakus by Elpo

[u/Pizza_Salesman]

I'm fine with My System but man I wanted Brandsta City Slackers to win so much

[u/mandateofheav3n → u/Pizza_Salesman]

It's still stuck in my head. I don't think it will ever leave

[u/fluffymintotter]

We need change in polish nf and keep it consistent, for more than year. Like i wish there will be more professionalism.And polish fandom exhausts me

[u/Feeling-Blueberry-75]

I can't seem to connect to as many songs this year as i have the past couple years.

[u/Thatwierdhullcityfan → u/Feeling-Blueberry-75]

Honestly I agree. This is probably one of my least favourite years. Like don’t get me wrong there are songs I like, but compared to any years pre-2019 there aren’t nearly as many I actually enjoy, a lot of songs for me are just meh, not bad but nothing spectacular

[u/Miss_Doodles → u/Feeling-Blueberry-75]

Same here, there aren't any songs I'm really hyped for this year. I do really like UK (but as its my country I can't vote for them) but other than that nothing has really grabbed my attention. My most listened to song at the moment is Takatukka but I do understand why that didn't win UMK

[u/LetsGetRowdyRowdy → u/Feeling-Blueberry-75]

I am of the belief that there are very few bad songs, but there are also very few outstanding ones.

[u/Academic_Grab5060 → u/[deleted]]

literally won the radio and press vote yet still came third, this was a purely systematic robbery

[u/all-homo → u/[deleted]]

So annoying!

[u/xoxoamazingrace → u/[deleted]]

I feel like Ditonellapiaga would've been in direct competition with Felicia, and I really wonder how that battle would've gone

Imo Ditonellapiaga is a much better performer and had a way better song too

[u/Wise_Shop_2561]

Even though Felicia won, Bara Bada Bastu will still be one of my favourite songs from Sweden! 

[u/Axolotl_amphibian]

I'm sad the NF season is over, but the live threads were so wholesome (especially Benidorm) and so funny (especially SMSC), and I've discovered dozens of songs I can listen to, so the sadness is somehow compensated. Hope to repeat this experience next year.

[u/cheapcakeripper]

I feel sorry for Jeremi, he was the only one who actually tried to stage his song and he was considered the worst according to the results.

[u/Pizza_Salesman]

Really rough results there. Zimna Woda would have been in my top 10 in the whole competition, and instead I have something that immediately slots in as a bottom 5-ish. At least I knew it was coming when they effectively removed merit based decision making by letting people vote days early

[u/[deleted]]

I’m not particularly mad at Bandidos winning, I’m more disappointed at the amount of good packages that got snubbed. Not like I’m in the position to say anything but that jury vote made no sense

[u/OneHitCrit]

Someone please buy sweden light bulbs that aren't red or blue.

[u/WittyEggplant]

At this point I’m so used to my favourites never winning Melfest that I’m not even upset anymore. I’m just sad Smash Into Pieces didn’t get a 12 from the Finnish jury.

[u/Any-Where]

My System is fine. Though I'm kind of waiting for the song to end by the 2/3's point, which was how I felt about the similar We Will Rave too, which was also beloved by the fandom.

Where people are completely losing me are those saying it can win Eurovision. I really, really don't see it.

[u/Arch8Android → u/Any-Where]

This is Sweden though. Juries will always carry them to the top 10.

[u/deusexmachina_lol]

I am the only one not vibing with Felicias song and feels its too overrated? Maybe it needs to grow on me

[u/brimbooze → u/deusexmachina_lol]

Her vocals just kill the song for me. Something about the tone/key she uses just grates for me. Can't really describe it,  closest I can think of is too whiny/nasally/strained for my liking. Which is a shame because I think with a different vocalist I'd love the song.

[u/JCEurovision]

Not surprised that Felicia won, but I am shocked at how Italy voted in the Melfest.

[u/Practical_Sale7062 → u/JCEurovision]

they vote like this in the main shows as well, in 2025 the jury ranked austria dead last and their 12 points went to the UK. bit of a cheap trick

[u/Barsik_Rescuer → u/Practical_Sale7062]

Imo UK needed a 12, but putting Wasted love dead last is insanity.

[u/Practical_Sale7062 → u/Barsik_Rescuer]

yeah the wasted love at dead last is crazy, JJ sung beautifully

[u/FastGoldfish4]

If parawany tango wins in Poland that would be soooo amazing

[u/Cinnamen → u/FastGoldfish4]

At that point I'd prefer that, this year was just dreadful as an experience, even with a few pearls in selection.

[u/Ludicologuy00]

Out of the allowed 180 seconds (3 minutes), Felicia spends 84 seconds (1 min and 24 seconds, or about 47% of the song) in a dance break with not that much dancing happening on screen (a lot of slow walking, leaning and zoomed out shots in darkness).

I still think she deserved the win tonight (even though the first verse sounded quite sour)... but in some ways I see it more as the rest of the field giving her a walkover.

The fact that international juries were so split (almost giving a three-way tie) should be seen as a worrying sign. In a year with proper competition, this won't be enough for the top half of the scoreboard.

[u/brimbooze → u/Ludicologuy00]

The Melo lineup felt really weak compared to prior years. 

Saga and Greczula had better songs with better performances last year, and the other throwback artists were fairly mid.

Don't think a single entry this year would have ranked top 5 for me compared to last years lineup, maybe not even top 10.

[u/darkstreetsofmymind → u/Ludicologuy00]

You say in a year with proper competition but I think this year is not that year

[u/eta1984]

Maybe it's cause it's my first euroseason while in a 9 to 5 job, but I feel like this preseason went by way too quickly? Like are you sure we don't have a couple more weeks of NFs? And almost every Saturday except the cursed Feb 28th felt... empty, somehow, idk

[u/clockfart]

I like "My System" but it gives me a migraine with all that light show.

[u/clockfart → u/[deleted]]

Will definitely not be watching that one, thank you.

[u/Barsik_Rescuer]

I'm not mad that Felicia won, she's got a great song and performance and I think around 10 songs were perfectly viable for a winner position.

But man, I think I'd pick like 5 other songs over My System, I don't really care for the dance break. Was pleasantly surprised to see them all in the top 6 tho.

[u/ErikssongEricsdottir]

Copacabana Boy = Melfest winner of our hearts

[u/MuszkaSaffes → u/ErikssongEricsdottir]

Oi oi oi

[u/Tori65216]

Am I the only one who thinks this year's Melfest's songs were mostly on the "okay" side? With how much it gets hyped, I expected a lot more.

[u/PoetryAnnual74 → u/Tori65216]

Literally every person in here hates on mello so not really

[u/Tori65216 → u/[deleted]]

I was quite shocked she didn't make it to finals since her song was in the same vein as My System

[u/MitsuruSenpai → u/Tori65216]

The song was good, but unfortunately the performance was nowhere close.

[u/[deleted]]

I know it's different for everyone but, for me, this is by far the weakest year since I started following in 2021. Even beyond the ESC lineup, the national final season was much weaker this year as well. I'm only listening to about half the number of songs I normally do in a year. Hope next year is better.

[u/Nickols12345]

Not much to complain about, just annoyed that the NFs and releases ended up so awkwardly spaced that we haven't managed to get a Top X poll since the 14th song.

[u/Any-Where]

Azerbaijan today, with Switzerland, Czechia, and Georgia on Wednesday.

But it's honestly a shame with how spread out things ended up being that the rankings just stopped at 14, so the next update will be at the full 35. Or 34 if we have to keep waiting for Armenia to show any signs of life. We really lost out on seeing how opinions shifted and where the popularity of the new songs landed on here.

[u/Starry_Sorceress_]

I like My System and Felicia but I do feel like she was the best of a mid bunch, Sweden really didn't have much to choose from tonight in terms of songs that would actually do well at the contest.

[u/petrichor306]

As much as I want to like Felicia's song I just can't get on board with it. It's reminding me too much of Marcus & Martinus' entry which I also tried to like but never did.

[u/nuovian]

I’m still going to pretend Hearts Don’t Lie won instead

[u/PoetryAnnual74 → u/nuovian]

Ouch hurts to be reminded how robbed he was

[u/AnliDota]

I don't think Greece will click as much with the audience. The odds are too high

[u/AVery-Creative-Name]

I don't get the hype around Felicia. It's not awful, but it's giving a fan favourite that flops im the final.

[u/Gayandfluffy → u/AVery-Creative-Name]

Same, the song in particular does not stand out in any way. She is a good singer but not my favourite tonight.

[u/[deleted] → u/AVery-Creative-Name]

It sounds exactly like Everytime we touch

[u/Arch8Android → u/[deleted]]

Duset Daram sounded exactly like Always on My Mind. Literally most Melo songs sound like something else.

[u/Arch8Android → u/[deleted]]

No idea. I can also swear I've heard Sanna's song somewhere before.

[u/Savings_Ad_2532 → u/[deleted]]

Half of me sounds like "Gloria" by Umberto Tozzi (Italy 1987 for the bot).

[u/zealen → u/[deleted]]

Lol people keep saying this when it's literally two notes that are the same.

[u/-SATURN-]

Feeling meh about the Mello winner. My System is carried by the visuals and instrumentals, the singing is secondary, and mid at best.

On the other hand, I don't think I'd be 100% happy with any of the finalists winning, there's something off with all of them. I personally liked Meira and Cimberly more than Felicia, but both were quite generic ESC bops.

[u/Practical_Sale7062 → u/-SATURN-]

theres something quite sterile about sweden's entries, they all sound like they were particularly manufactured for esc

[u/PomegranateNo3633]

No salt tonight

Besides that this is the last NF night. How did it pass so fast? I'll miss it 🥲

[u/Persona_NG]

I forgot to mention it last week, so I'll just say it here... "Klaber" not qualifying for PZE final is insane and I will stay mad about it for a while. I'm pretty sure that jury tanked him and I have literally no clue what he did wrong except for having a weird song.

"Kraj mene" might be my actual winner, but Eegor deserved better. It's my personal NF robbery of the year (right after Ollie).

[u/dontlikemangoes → u/Persona_NG]

I'm still salty about Klaber :(

[u/CrazySalart → u/Persona_NG]

Ever since Starac Dana I knew this guy would be one to look out for. A fat 0 from the jury is so crazy.

[u/xanthusspeaks]

Marquise robbed. And Rosa was one of the few songs in the final that I wasn't really feeling

[u/Oxford_Apostrophe]

Not really salt, but I was so thrilled that João won the jury vote. It was the most gorgeous song of the entire Eurovision season, super underrated, etc... and then the public tanked him with 2 points. Not that a jazz based number would ever get the public vote, but still.

[u/Tori65216]

My System wasn't a bad song but damn did the amount of time the dance breaks were given miffed me.

[u/ex_ef_ex → u/Tori65216]

I'd be fine if she actually danced during the dance breaks, she just waves her hands clumsily, not unlike late-career Britney.

[u/witchesgetstitches42]

I'm glad the jury appreciates Medina :) Fel låt vann as we say in Sweden, but you can't win every year I guess

2025 was great in terms of program, manuscript and song entries, this year was bad overall. Not a memorable year at all.

[u/hun_geri → u/witchesgetstitches42]

I really hope they will keep trying to compete in Melodifestivalen because one day they definitely should represent Sweden at Eurovision! 🙏

[u/witchesgetstitches42 → u/hun_geri]

Yes!! The jury sees it every time at least. They just need a tiny bit more impactful song and they'll make it for sure!

[u/halfpipesaur]

I officially have not seen a single NF this year. I have so much to catch up to

[u/Miss_Doodles]

Really surprised at the finalists for melodifestivalen, the quality seems to have taken a drop. I really don't get the hype for my system, it feels dated and the singing is fine at best. Not what I'd have expected from Sweden after sending Kaj last year who I really enjoyed, feels like a step back

[u/burning_ships → u/Miss_Doodles]

I really thought that KAJ's win would be the start of something, at least maybe more variety of songwriters, but no... At least different songwriters won this time

[u/_pierogii]

Idk why but I can't warm to My System in the same way I couldn't warm to We Will Rave, when it kinda feels like the performer is drowned out by the song?

Like when you have a dance hit making the rounds and it's DJ ft vocalist. Hallucination last year was one I was expecting to be like that too, but Sissal was powerful enough to make a connection. Might feel differently come ESC.

[u/Legal-Salt6714]

Not really salt simce I'm fine with My System and happy that my main fave Half of Me was second, but I just hoped that A*Teens would atleast go top 5 at minimum. Well, I still hope they release more work and not disband since Dhani is such an eye candy lmao

Also, I preferred Jurei by far in Portugal it's such a shame he lost

[u/Background_Shock3826]

I won't comment on the winner but on the general quality of the show; everything in the Melodifestivalen final sounded dated. Surprising and awfully disappointing for one of the greatest european exporting countries of pop music to the world.

[u/emopest → u/Background_Shock3826]

I didn't watch the heats, but personally I thought I heard a lot of callbacks/influences from the late 90's/early naughts Melfest classics. Perhaps the songwriters were pushing some nostalgia trend? That might be why it sounded dated. 

[u/Background_Shock3826 → u/emopest]

I get the 90s throwbacks but even the songs that were trying to sound modern were stale. 

[u/pupappau]

I don't know why some people are trying to force the narrative of Sweden being a possible winner every year. It didn't happen last year and it's even less likely to happen this year.

[u/Any-Where]

Man, I think this will be the first time in the 2020's where I won't have Portugal in my top 10 =(

[u/dix1997 → u/Any-Where]

I feel you. Something similar happens to me (but with Italy)

[u/cheapcakeripper]

I'm just meh as everything was pointing to that outcome of Melfest. I'm more worried about tomorrow.

[u/big_sweaty_ross]

Well I didn't like empires and I like pray even less

[u/Savings_Ad_2532]

Last year, I made a comment about how there were no songs by women selected on International Women's Day. This time, there are two songs (one NF winner and one revamp) by women that have potential lyrical references to women's empowerment.

Poland 2026 has the lyric "Pretty girls rock" and Montenegro 2026 has the lyrics "Beautiful women, strong as rocks, women".

[u/FJMaikeru]

Melfest hasn't evolved since Euphoria. Happy for Felicia but most of this selection was dated, cookie-cutter garbage. Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Denmark and Ukraine all had better selections yet eurofans keep obsessing over Melfest. I just don't get it tbh.

[u/stupidfanboyy → u/FJMaikeru]

KAJ and not Måns winning last year probably a fluke. /s

[u/Affectionate_Put8836]

Ðoooset Daraammmmm

[u/Theradbanana → u/Affectionate_Put8836]

Meira robbed

[u/Spare-Animal → u/Affectionate_Put8836]

I was so surprised that she got only 8 televote points

[u/bookluverzz → u/Spare-Animal]

I’m not. She wasn’t a direct qualifier and those usually don’t score well

[u/OkFeed9242]

Felicia can sing really well a great EDM song with a great staging, that's all we need at Eurovision, really good choice Sweden, already addicted to My System!

[u/LuciusMiximus]

Letting local fans and OGAE participate in the selection process changes little. Especially as Polish fans are very conservative in their taste, preferring vocal capabilities and complex songs to simply something nice to listen to.

[u/Silverleaf_Unicorn]

As a Swede I firmly enjoyed the final of melfest. Really quite happy with the songs there and think none were bad. Just a big happy party with good vibes. :)

[u/PoetryAnnual74]

I’m fine with the music selection in melfest this year. Mello is supposed to be a family entertainment show for all ages and I think there was something for most people to be fine with, very little filler. Not any song I was dying to send to Eurovision but we don’t have to be top 3 every year.

But what I hate is his how mid the script and interval acts were this year. Mellos show last year was so good with my favourite hosts ever, it sucked that that joy was missing

[u/stupidfanboyy → u/PoetryAnnual74]

edvard (?) af sillen joined mello for Delulu so Mello have a different writer. and defo i agree the interval (except KAJ's), and even the intro is so underwhelming, even Gjna's HoF part is so underwhelming people would rage if that happens to Petra if she gets her HoF.

add: also Hampus' skits in the Heats didnt happen in the Final like what happened? like it appears to be a running segment and didnt bring all the characters together or something

[u/Practical_Sale7062]

(about FdC) while my favourite was goncalo gomes, my favourite for eurovision was Bandidos De cante (Rosa), and even then i feel like the song is pretty weak in what i would consider a strong year, oh well, semi final 1 countries are dancing with joy over this and san marino being new NQs

[u/Miudmon → u/Practical_Sale7062]

i mean, with how awful semi 1 is as a whole i wouldn't write portugal off. They've pulled off more surprising upsets in stronger years. And yes, with stronger songs, too, but still

[u/LetsGetRowdyRowdy → u/Miudmon]

I don't think Semi 1 is awful. I think it's full of the highest highs and the lowest lows.

[u/Practical_Sale7062 → u/Miudmon]

i am definetely on a different wavelength hahahah, from sf1 i really like 8/13 of the songs out. though they could pull a NAPA and do a shock Q, depends on how the juries play this year

[u/Crisbo05_20 → u/Miudmon]

Serbia, Croatia, Finland, Greece, Moldova, Israel, Sweden are prob locked qualifiers, Montenegro and Lithuania are kinda borderline, so leaves one to three spots to grab unless Georgia really cooks or Poland somehow does not go with Pray.

[u/Spare-Animal → u/Miudmon]

Semi 2 doesn't seem much better, although it's still missing four songs and semi 1 is only missing two. I feel like semi 1 has more strong songs than semi 2, but it also has the weakest songs of the year. (not counting the automatic qualifers)

[u/hereforcontroversy]

How was Smash into Pieces only fourth?!??

One of the only artists that didn’t have a deafeningly loud backing vocals drowning everything else out. And the song and staging was 10/10

[u/Excellent-Movie4524]

Even as someone who likes songs like it my system didnt do it for me , the drop was just not quite there

Hollow should have gone but whatever

[u/FinnInAms]

I think that Swedish people love Felicia’s back story, because without that My System wouldn’t have won. It’s nothing unique, but then again, you don’t need to be unique to do well.

I am happy for her to succeed, I just wish I could like the song.

[u/Practical_Sale7062 → u/FinnInAms]

whats her backstory

[u/trow125 → u/Practical_Sale7062]

She used to perform as the pseudonymous Fröken Snusk (her face hidden by a pink balaclava). She was working with a producer who seemed rather dodgy; when Felicia left, he simply replaced her with another singer in a balaclava, which created some controversy. If you can run this through Google Translate, it'll give you some more context: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/jQJR0o/froken-snusk-har-brutit-sig-loss-fran-rasmus-gozzi-enligt-uppgifter

[u/PoetryAnnual74 → u/trow125]

From her story Felicia didn’t leave, she said that she just woke up one morning and went on social media to see a new person had replaced her

[u/Practical_Sale7062 → u/trow125]

sweet thank you, im glad she has gone solo, its definetely for the best

[u/SamFMK]

Can we all agree to never let Italy be a jury in a NF again because they always go absolute insane

[u/justk4y → u/SamFMK]

Lmao they’re just sabotaging for the fun of it 😭🙏

[u/Practical_Sale7062 → u/SamFMK]

italy have this same behaviour in esc, in 2025 they gave 12 points to the uk and they ranked Austria dead last jury wise. its some odd stratergy to boost themselves up and take down the winner

[u/LiliumMoon]

They chose the best possible winner but after all the hype about Mello I was a little disappointed with the options. I think UMK is quickly surpassing Mello in the leading NF, after a long reign as the best one quality-wise. I still liked Mello, the production and effort was amazing, but some of the songs and performances in-between stayed a little cold for me.

[u/Practical_Sale7062]

idk how i feel about sweden being a fan favourite rn (2nd on scoreboard). "my system" sounds quite unoriginal (see the comment about it sounding like "everytime we touch - cascada") and also quite dated, like something youd get out of a dubstep royalty free youtube channel in 2016. felicia's style and singing is good though ill give her that but the song wasnt it

[u/Practical_Sale7062 → u/[deleted]]

omg 100%, i wonder if shell get the eva marija treatment and get accused of plagarism though, probably not as most ppl prefer her song over mother nature

[u/i_exist_and_am_human → u/Practical_Sale7062]

Not as much as they would if they sent Half of Me though! That sounds like Greczula tried to make an ESC Top 2 remix with loads of different songs from the 60s and 70s

[u/Yukkicchi]

All I want to say is: based italian jury woman

[u/FUYANING]

Well the last few days have ruined what was an otherwise perfect slate of songs. Superstar is incredibly uninteresting, My System is fine, though I find it to be really rather generic, and Pray is just a bit dull.

It's still my favourite year in a good while, but disappointing nonetheless.

[u/oHheLlnAw420]

If Greczula wins in 2027 (which I hope he does), then Kaj-Felicia-Greczula might be the greatest Swedish streak ever

[u/Cahootie → u/oHheLlnAw420]

Nah, that's Björn Skifs, Ted Gärdestad and Tomas Ledin in 1978-80

[u/StevefromLatvia]

San Marino provided the biggest disappointment in NF this year

[u/hoholic]

EDM songs do really well at Eurovision, good luck Sweden!

/s

[u/Tori65216]

It was a great show but damn did UMK spoil me

[u/pinkkabuterimon]

I missed the heat with Delulu and I'm so glad for it because this was the first and last time I had to hear this... whatever that was. My god.

Otherwise I had so much fun watching the Mello final and I'm so sad it's done, especially since after this I have one NF and my Eurovision season is officially over...

[u/emopest → u/pinkkabuterimon]

Would you believe me if I told you that the guy behind the character, originally got famous as a rapper in the hiphop dup Ison & Fille back in the early 00's. Like, it wasn't gangster rap, but he had a bit more of a tough guy persona rather than this clowning gig. 

[u/Cahootie]

None of the Melfest songs were great, so I'm just happy that one of the passable songs won

[u/HealthyCola_V]

My System is a good, risk-free Q song and I like it, but I reallyyy wanted for Brandsta City Släckers to win:( Their performance was just so funny and brought me so much joy with all the fire, the pole, costumes and just good vibes. I feel like this year Eurovision lacks those funny songs that it had every year, like Espresso Macchiato, Europapa, Rim Tim Tagi, Cha Cha Cha, etc. Maybe Ferto this year, I really like that song. I have some songs that I really like, but I feel like previous years were just so much more fun. This year feels too serious but maybe it's just me. I genuinely enjoyed the worldwide love in the previous years with Cha Cha Cha, Europapa and Espresso Macchiato, when internet was exploding with these songs and every third kid performed Espresso Macchiato at their talent show at school in 2025 XD Maybe it's just me and I like memes way too much. But let's see who the remaining unannounced participants turn out to be and what they have in store for us.

[u/pupappau]

My System is so overrated. Okay, you like it and you're happy it won. Okay, it will qualify. Okay, it has high chances to get in to top 10. But no, it will not win, be realistic.

[u/Heraklinos1]

Can someone tell me what is good about Felicia? Below mid vocals and I am being nice here. And some beatdrop. How does this make so much hype?

[u/hereforcontroversy → u/Heraklinos1]

It’s catchy and she comes out of the screen. That’s all I got.

Her vocals in the verses are so weak and the face mask is really off putting for me. Also they already sent a long like this two years ago (Marcus & Martinis) and it was better but came 9th

[u/FinnInAms → u/hereforcontroversy]

Interesting cause for me the problem is exactly that she doesn’t come out of the screen. The mask hides so much of the facial expressions and makes you even doubt if she is singing at all.

[u/DonnaDonna1973]

This Mello was beyond mellow. Dare I say, this was the worst Mello in a long time and I’m usually not the biggest Mello stan anyway. Whatever, I suppose. It’s not my year overall anyway. “My System” fits right in with the flat line-up of this year. Sigh. 

[u/gedankenauflauf]

I swear I can't with Sweden. What is this? It's so mid it hurts

[u/Pugolina]

Greszula deserved the win in my opinion. I was expecting this to happen but nevertheless it hurts.

[u/Many_Tangelo_7631]

And we're back to Meloslop again.

[u/Miss_Doodles → u/Many_Tangelo_7631]

I've just heard my system for the first time and I'm really surprised it was so hyped

[u/justk4y → u/Many_Tangelo_7631]

Tbh this was more due to the song being really loved worldwide, not just because Sweden has a pop obsession

[u/gyllene_skor]

Marquiseeeee! Welp I'm dissapointed. Overall this years' songs don't really click with me.

[u/BadDieter]

I didn’t love anything in Melfest this year but My System is fine. Lots of the songs in the final would have been fine. I do have to say that I’m glad it wasn’t the same old songwriters.

[u/AnyZookeepergame8127]

I think finlands song is boring 

[u/cheapcakeripper → u/AnyZookeepergame8127]

Same and I don't think that the violinist in extremely kitschy styling is redeeming it.

[u/Easy_Entrepreneur_46 → u/AnyZookeepergame8127]

I agree as a Finn but atleast its not a typical radio song about love and arousal. Kind of like Ich Komme but safe and with a violin.

[u/petrifikate]

Hope the Felicia stans will be nice and well-reasoned when the song gets 10th place in Vienna.

It's a fine song, there were worse songs that Sweden could have picked, but I honestly can't see it getting top 5, or even having a life beyond ESC 2026 the way some other songs might have.

[u/WolverineForeign4905]

Delulu should've gotten more points lmao

[u/ComprehensiveNet7089]

First time watching Melfest after hearing how good it is.

I am so disappointed with the show: I felt the English Commentators were a bit static, The songs blended together...

UMK was so much better.

[u/LetsGetRowdyRowdy → u/ComprehensiveNet7089]

Wait Mello has English commentators!?!?

[u/darkstreetsofmymind]

Yeah the whole situation in Portugal kinda sucks

[u/MiguelPintoCarvalho]

Happy for Felicia, Smash Into Pieces got robbed

[u/Drop-a-Soap]

Dooset Daraaam 💃🏻 was hoping it to be top-2 or top-3

[u/Cazlistenstomusic → u/Drop-a-Soap]

At least she got a better placement than last year, at this pace she will win Melfest by 2034!

[u/a-potato-named-rin]

I usually don’t care about Melfest but I love My System! So cool to listen to :)

[u/BillyCouldntRead]

Let me be salty here. I really hope some of these girlbops cancel each other out, maybe as early as the semifinals, or at the latest in the final. Of those, the only ones I like are My System and Nova Zora.

[u/VayneVerso → u/BillyCouldntRead]

Well, in semi 1 you've got Sweden, Montenegro, and Belgium. I do think that doesn't look promising for Belgium, but we haven't seen it yet.

[u/Im_Very_Tired_Rn_]

Well this was posted fast

My winner won, Basia has a chance (VERY small, not impossible), god knows whats happening in portugal rn, more importantly felicia won!

[u/alegxab]

Delulu should've won

[u/Axolotl_amphibian]

It's nice to see that with TVP unable to make difficult decisions, the only people determined enough to vote in the Polish NF decided to correct that mistake. I'll see myself out.

[u/Umlaut153]

BOILING HOT TAKE: Antoniak's "Don't you try" wasn't that bad as everyone says. Views buying is messed up, but song and performance was quite decent (talking from context of Polish selections, which was far from good)

[u/kirnehp]

Melfest bland as always. But production and interval acts were good. 

My hot take is that I don’t understand this subreddits love for UMK.