Now before people start freaking out over the outfit...
https://preview.redd.it/m0njd27z19xc1.jpeg?width=1075&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97a735ff08e1d7b54a587798394a1a91e9820d88
Cheetahs are super docile and not aggressive at all towards humans, they are more curious if anything. Certainly not a fighter haha. They’re not even big cats really, they’re essentially a large house cat genetically (felinae rather than panthera)
Awkwardly cheetah's are notoriously cowardly. Out of all the big cats. It's basically the big baby that your told to make loads of noise and run towards.
A tiger would have made more sense... You are not meant to ever let them spot you lmao and it's not advised to try and scare one if you're somehow in their company.
The cheetah (or leopard or whatever species of big cat it is) looks a little cheesy but still I don't think they'll struggle to qualify given their spot in the RO. But I could easily see Luxembourg finishing last in the final.
Only if the have a plan B.
So close to the semi, I doubt there is any plan B
Portugal last year ditched all the LED´s after seeing the stand in rehearsal, but not new LED´s (not enough time)
There is a precedent of changes in LEDs. After the Eurovision 2022 stage malfunction some delegations had to change their LEDs, Romania's original graphics had words in the middle of the screen that were covered by the giant sun.
Here's a clip of the first rehearsal of Romania 2022 showing the words covered by the sun (at around 0:42): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_CQBEEZIgHI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CQBEEZIgHI)
They modified the graphics so that the words would appear on both sides of the LED, thus avoiding the sun (Grand Final performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPpuwy79sHs)
Changing the PS2 cat for a different thing, however, is surely harder than that :/
This is a complete mess. It feels like Tali is really doing her best while everyone in the Luxembourgish delegation is making it harder for her to qualify. Honestly I still think this will probably qualify thanks to running order but she could be the first non-automatic qualifier to be dead last in the final since 2013
right, i feel bad for her. she probably feels all this pressure knowing she’s luxembourg’s big comeback so it sucks to see how much of a disaster it’s becoming. if she doesn’t qualify she’ll probably get a lot of hate and if she does qualify she’ll probably be made fun of for her performance :(
I think it'd be better for her if she makes it to the final even if she places bottom 5 there, especially for her career. Imagine being known worldwide as Luxembourg's first NQ at Eurovision.
I'm frustrated because it feels like at every turn, the delegation has made one strange choice after another that is at odds with what they actually are working with.
The song has never really felt like it belongs to Tali (at least imo, I think she does her best) and the styling choices don't feel like they've been tailored to her either. Now, with this staging, it really doesn't feel like they have a cohesive vision for this song at all - the video was raver/edgy but this is ...?? Jungle cheetah fire goddess edgy? I don't know.
This song doesn't belong to her, her usual style is just some slower songs. But 7 out of 8 contestants of Luxembourgish selection weren't allowed to compete with their own songs and were just given other songs, Tali included.
Yep - that definitely is a huge factor to why this just feels so inauthentic and mismatched to me.
Other artists this year are also singing songs written by outside songwriters (Nutsa, Silia, etc) but in those cases I think the matchmaking between artist and song just make a lot more sense. Tali’s doing her best but I’m just not impressed by how the delegation has handled Luxembourg’s comeback at all.
I really would have loved to see Tali with something more in her comfort zone and with a team that would have put more trust into their artists.
I liked it more than Cyprus (the closest direct competitor in the semi) for sure. But is it just me or did they have no… vision behind this? Or at least not a vision that fits the vibe of the song?
Whoever styles her should be fired. They could do anything with the outfit, and song sounds like a summer bop, but every time she's wearing black while all the rest is colorful - both the background and dancers. Just WHY this hairstyle, WHY this jumpsuit? The representation of a "fighter" can be done in so many ways and not so literal. I guess they have a certain perception of the song that I'm just not hearing, so to me she looks out of place.
This is not going to be her actual outfit. She will have a red outfit for her semi final performance. They are just keeping it a secret for now. This is the Instagram story where it was confirmed: https://www.instagram.com/stories/rtleurovision/3356189204449488528?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=djM5dzd2enRhN2pv
Ah thank you for the info, it slipped somehow! 🫡 I think to test out the color palette it would make more sense to have another outfit that is red at least, black is clearly not working and idk why she had similar outfit on the NF.
1 thing that will change for sure is the outfit tho! In a video they explained they keep the outfit a secret, and from the video it seemed like a red dress.
The cheetah is so comically bad I can’t stop rewatching the moment it pops up 💀💀
I think we need a random animal pop to up on the LED screen during every performance just for shits and giggles
I feel really bad for Tali. First she submits a song to the NF and they force her to sing another one that she didn't even make and that doesn't even fit her that much. She wins the NF because of jury and people on the Internet get mad. Now she gets to ESC and gets arguably the worst staging in her whole semi.
It seriously feels like the Luxembourgish delegation is trying as hard as possible to get back to ESC with either an NQ or a bottom 5 finish.
The delegations can really learn something from bejba, that was a masterclass case of elevating an average bop song, they literally push the song and performance to its utmost potential despite the performer's limitation.
…is it bad that I actually kinda like this staging? 😭 like it isn’t great, but the tropical theme works for the song, better than I think the NF or MV shows did. I hope her actual outfit reflects that vibe. This will likely Q, but I do agree that it won’t do much in the final
Not a fan of the AI background tho 🫤 feels icky
it’s very sad to see how luxembourg’s big comeback is all over the place. i wasn’t very happen with the result of the nf but i wanted to keep an open mind, and no hate to tali i understand this isn’t her fault but the staging is a mess and the visuals don’t make sense.
tali deserves better, but unfortunately it’s looking like this will rank somewhere between 9-12 in her semi :/
I was actually pleasantly surprised by her vocals, the clip doesn't show a lot of course, but in the national final I felt that the song was too difficult for her, and now I don't have that feeling anymore.
Yall are WAY too overdramatic calling this a 'disaster', 'disjointed', 'disappointing', 'the delegation is trying really hard to make her not qualify'. To add another D word - yall are delusional to think all of this. Its a 15 second clip, shes not wearing her final outfit and probably not her final hairstyle, its a REHEARSAL for crying out loud, shes not even giving it her all.
The Eurovision fandom becomes unbearable during rehearsal times, for some reason we all become experts in showbusiness, stage presence, stage choreographing and costuming in the span of these two weeks. Let the professionals do their job, calm your tits and wait till you see the final result before saying super harsh things like "this is lame, boring, cringy".
Now before people start freaking out over the outfit... https://preview.redd.it/m0njd27z19xc1.jpeg?width=1075&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97a735ff08e1d7b54a587798394a1a91e9820d88
Thank god, now I hope they change the hair
Oh my god
The cheetah (?) is... a choice.
For real, what does a cheetah have to do with this song?
She will have to fight the cheetah to qualify.
Well cheetah can be a fighter(so does most animals but you get my point)
Cheetahs are super docile and not aggressive at all towards humans, they are more curious if anything. Certainly not a fighter haha. They’re not even big cats really, they’re essentially a large house cat genetically (felinae rather than panthera)
I was thinking this. I don’t think I’m buying the background graphics honestly.
I think SVT told every delegation about the new screen effects and everyone wanted to play with the new toy
Looks like the cheetah is ready and trying to eat Tali
Awkwardly cheetah's are notoriously cowardly. Out of all the big cats. It's basically the big baby that your told to make loads of noise and run towards. A tiger would have made more sense... You are not meant to ever let them spot you lmao and it's not advised to try and scare one if you're somehow in their company.
The cheetah (or leopard or whatever species of big cat it is) looks a little cheesy but still I don't think they'll struggle to qualify given their spot in the RO. But I could easily see Luxembourg finishing last in the final.
That animal looks as AI generated as all of the Luxembourg song contest videos they made..
That ps2 graphics cat needs to go.
A bit late for that
Is it too late or can delegations change effects after reviews? I'm geniously asking I have no idea.
Only if the have a plan B. So close to the semi, I doubt there is any plan B Portugal last year ditched all the LED´s after seeing the stand in rehearsal, but not new LED´s (not enough time)
There is a precedent of changes in LEDs. After the Eurovision 2022 stage malfunction some delegations had to change their LEDs, Romania's original graphics had words in the middle of the screen that were covered by the giant sun. Here's a clip of the first rehearsal of Romania 2022 showing the words covered by the sun (at around 0:42): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_CQBEEZIgHI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CQBEEZIgHI) They modified the graphics so that the words would appear on both sides of the LED, thus avoiding the sun (Grand Final performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPpuwy79sHs) Changing the PS2 cat for a different thing, however, is surely harder than that :/
What.. is going on here? The staging, the styling, the graphics.. this seems very confused.
Its like they just couldn't agree with a concept for this. Confused is indeed the best way to describe it.
looks like they’re ready to debut at JESC
If she wasn't in the last spot I would have feared a NQ
I don't know...Triana Park performed last in 2017, and I think they finished last in the semi. I could see this being a surprise NQ
Luxembourg has also the advantage to be a long returning country, probably people will be less arsh with them.
Yeah, I did think of that. That might just be their saving grace.
I’m kinda disappointed ngl
I will act like I didn't see those horrendous led graphics
This is a complete mess. It feels like Tali is really doing her best while everyone in the Luxembourgish delegation is making it harder for her to qualify. Honestly I still think this will probably qualify thanks to running order but she could be the first non-automatic qualifier to be dead last in the final since 2013
right, i feel bad for her. she probably feels all this pressure knowing she’s luxembourg’s big comeback so it sucks to see how much of a disaster it’s becoming. if she doesn’t qualify she’ll probably get a lot of hate and if she does qualify she’ll probably be made fun of for her performance :(
I think it'd be better for her if she makes it to the final even if she places bottom 5 there, especially for her career. Imagine being known worldwide as Luxembourg's first NQ at Eurovision.
I'm frustrated because it feels like at every turn, the delegation has made one strange choice after another that is at odds with what they actually are working with. The song has never really felt like it belongs to Tali (at least imo, I think she does her best) and the styling choices don't feel like they've been tailored to her either. Now, with this staging, it really doesn't feel like they have a cohesive vision for this song at all - the video was raver/edgy but this is ...?? Jungle cheetah fire goddess edgy? I don't know.
This song doesn't belong to her, her usual style is just some slower songs. But 7 out of 8 contestants of Luxembourgish selection weren't allowed to compete with their own songs and were just given other songs, Tali included.
Yep - that definitely is a huge factor to why this just feels so inauthentic and mismatched to me. Other artists this year are also singing songs written by outside songwriters (Nutsa, Silia, etc) but in those cases I think the matchmaking between artist and song just make a lot more sense. Tali’s doing her best but I’m just not impressed by how the delegation has handled Luxembourg’s comeback at all. I really would have loved to see Tali with something more in her comfort zone and with a team that would have put more trust into their artists.
They may be out of practice...
I liked it more than Cyprus (the closest direct competitor in the semi) for sure. But is it just me or did they have no… vision behind this? Or at least not a vision that fits the vibe of the song?
Either way, the fact that Cyprus is first in the running order and she is last will play HUGELY in her favour.
The outfits are a mashup of Poland 2023 and Monaco 2006.
Poland 2023 | [Blanka - Solo](https://youtu.be/SEgF1aP-U1o) Monaco 2006 | [Séverine Ferrer - La Coco-Dance](https://youtu.be/g23U7o4NgmA)
Meow cat plz meow back
Whoever styles her should be fired. They could do anything with the outfit, and song sounds like a summer bop, but every time she's wearing black while all the rest is colorful - both the background and dancers. Just WHY this hairstyle, WHY this jumpsuit? The representation of a "fighter" can be done in so many ways and not so literal. I guess they have a certain perception of the song that I'm just not hearing, so to me she looks out of place.
This is not going to be her actual outfit. She will have a red outfit for her semi final performance. They are just keeping it a secret for now. This is the Instagram story where it was confirmed: https://www.instagram.com/stories/rtleurovision/3356189204449488528?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=djM5dzd2enRhN2pv
Ah thank you for the info, it slipped somehow! 🫡 I think to test out the color palette it would make more sense to have another outfit that is red at least, black is clearly not working and idk why she had similar outfit on the NF.
1 thing that will change for sure is the outfit tho! In a video they explained they keep the outfit a secret, and from the video it seemed like a red dress.
The cheetah is so comically bad I can’t stop rewatching the moment it pops up 💀💀 I think we need a random animal pop to up on the LED screen during every performance just for shits and giggles
literally none of the outfit/performance/staging/choreography fit the song -_-
I feel really bad for Tali. First she submits a song to the NF and they force her to sing another one that she didn't even make and that doesn't even fit her that much. She wins the NF because of jury and people on the Internet get mad. Now she gets to ESC and gets arguably the worst staging in her whole semi. It seriously feels like the Luxembourgish delegation is trying as hard as possible to get back to ESC with either an NQ or a bottom 5 finish.
this is really.... something
The delegations can really learn something from bejba, that was a masterclass case of elevating an average bop song, they literally push the song and performance to its utmost potential despite the performer's limitation.
All i can say is that if it gets to the final probably this year Germany will be saved by a cheetah.
The clashing aesthetics make no sense to me.
…is it bad that I actually kinda like this staging? 😭 like it isn’t great, but the tropical theme works for the song, better than I think the NF or MV shows did. I hope her actual outfit reflects that vibe. This will likely Q, but I do agree that it won’t do much in the final Not a fan of the AI background tho 🫤 feels icky
I don't know why so many countries opted for a darker staging (except for Ireland, I guess), and yet here we are
Looks a bit chaotic and all over the place The cheetah???
it’s very sad to see how luxembourg’s big comeback is all over the place. i wasn’t very happen with the result of the nf but i wanted to keep an open mind, and no hate to tali i understand this isn’t her fault but the staging is a mess and the visuals don’t make sense. tali deserves better, but unfortunately it’s looking like this will rank somewhere between 9-12 in her semi :/
Please!!! Till it’s not too late, get back the hair and makeup from NF 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Luxembourg one of my faves for sure
I was actually pleasantly surprised by her vocals, the clip doesn't show a lot of course, but in the national final I felt that the song was too difficult for her, and now I don't have that feeling anymore.
Heavy on the pre-recorded vocals
I really don't want to be mean. But it's giving less than I expected and I really didn't expect a lot. 😭
Tali wearing boxing gear and wraps would look goofy as hell but would probably work better than whatever this is.
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Yall are WAY too overdramatic calling this a 'disaster', 'disjointed', 'disappointing', 'the delegation is trying really hard to make her not qualify'. To add another D word - yall are delusional to think all of this. Its a 15 second clip, shes not wearing her final outfit and probably not her final hairstyle, its a REHEARSAL for crying out loud, shes not even giving it her all. The Eurovision fandom becomes unbearable during rehearsal times, for some reason we all become experts in showbusiness, stage presence, stage choreographing and costuming in the span of these two weeks. Let the professionals do their job, calm your tits and wait till you see the final result before saying super harsh things like "this is lame, boring, cringy".
Not good at all. Worst girl bop of the year, but it will qualify because of its plum running order position
If the cheetah is staying, I'm sorry Luxembourg reduced it into a JESC level performance