38. Sara Siipola
39. Nutsa
40. Aiko
41. iolanda
42. Mabel
43. Megara
44. Rachel Chinouriri
45. Saba
46. Sigga Ózk
47. Bebe Rexha
48. Caroline Polachek
49. Gåte
50. Nebulossa

18. Ava Max
19. Zara Larsson
20. Dasha
21. Kaleen
22. Tyla
23. Alessandra
24. Addison Rae
25. Marina Satti
26. Olivia Rodrigo
27. Alyona Alyona
28. Loreen
29. Nemo
30. Sarah Bonnici
31. Angy
32. Margaret Berger
33. Sini Sabotage
34. Sofía Coll
35. Erica-Cody
36. KEiiNO
37. Raylee

Like they only really have Wednesday now that doesn’t have an end in sight and if it ends up having Squid Game’s drop in quality, it won’t last either. The characters were certainly stronger in S2 I will say and Hyun-joo and Geum-ja are iconssss.

I think either of these entries were going to be a positive step for Albania and for FiK and either were gonna be my new winner. At the very least, I’m expecting Albania back in the top 20, but we’ll have a revamp too and that staging needs as much as energy as she has.

I’d say Spain are looking at a 15th-26th place finish in the final still without seeing the stage potential of these entries and depending on what they choose but I also can see them push higher.

I do still have criticisms though: there is way too much of a focus on the Spanish market once again which is important but we’ve seen with Eaea and Zorra that Europe has a different taste and also, we need more variety than dance pop, flamenco and feel-good radio pop.

For me, the quality is better than 2022 and 2024 but 2023 is far above them all still. Staging is gonna be key to winning bc there’s no standout and I could see J Kbello even being in the conversation too. My guess is that it will be Carla v Lachispa though.