Always appreciate a The Amazing Race reference, especially one from (what feels like/probably is) EONS ago

@dudepoints.fun

this is such a good representation of American Christianity

To be fair, LotL couldn't "leave their song in German" because it was never in German

I feel like (at least in my group) people responded positively to the silliness and comedy of those two, whereas they felt RM was kinda twee and cringe, and I wonder how much of that is staging, performance, or song

Anecdotal, but at the party I was at, there WAS a bit of "oh I know this from Tiktok" recognition, but that didn't translate into actually liking the performance 😬

Yeah it seems RM did pretty much what I guess the BBC hoped they would do which is play well for the juries (not quite OG3NE heights but Lucie Jones levels), but their gamble that the song (and its funky structure) would grab televoters didn't quite get there.

I know it's a tough comparison but I also wonder if RM could've done even better (at least with the juries) if there weren't another act featuring all-female harmonies

Anyway because of flight delays I'm actually kind of early as opposed to barely on time. I will learn nothing from this.