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If anybody here watches Haikyuu!!, KNK could belong to one of the teams in the series. They're so tall! (Particularly for Asian standards)

The battle system tutorial with the Fennec-like creature at the beginning of Final Fantasy XV, I would say. That Carlos K. guy really pulled a Yoko Shimomura with the track. Anyway, I do like the sound, very FLOWER. The promo photo reminds me of Alan's Kuon no Kawa, too. I guess the 7th of July (Shoukoku no Altair's debut episode release) is when we could have a TV size audio of the song. IKR!!! xDDD The only anime with an EXILE-related theme song I've watched is One Piece. Well, sort of. I read the manga, though.

It's remarkable how Cheer Up is a drum&bass song (at least many elements of it), rather than the more abundant trap, dubstep, etc. I think that makes TWICE pioneers in incorporating the genre in Kpop.

Also his bff PSY, who is five years Rain's senior, still dances. I really didn't know (yes, I was that ignorant) dancers peaked until I saw jpop vocal-dance unit EXILE and the dancers "graduate" when they get near the 40yo mark (well, HIRO, the one who conceived the group retired from dancing at age 44) to focus on solo activities or those who do not involve dancing (acting, modeling, etc) in order to keep being in the job market. Also, I like the bit of the news when Rain says that he wants to make a dance routine where he showcases his experience. More veteran dancers don't usually have the wild and visceral energy of the young blood, but they can make up for that lack of energy in terms of technique and general dance construction. Being like a magician, a magician knows how to make people see what the magician wants them to see. If he's gonna make a comeback, I'd really be great if it was on my bday (at the end of November). That would be an amazing present.

For some reason I had created this Criminal Minds episode in my head about an incident in a Kpop concert in the US and the original team gets the help of a young detective prodigy played by EXID's Hani (as she is an it-girl with fluency in English). Never predicted a Korean version of the show, though.

He looks so fun and humble!

A Japanese version of that song would be something cute, methinks

Same! Doesn't help that Mirotic's music is shared with a song by a German lady named like one of the fiercest mother figures in the history of cinema: Sarah Connor.

He dances so good!! <3

I find Germany's victory back in 2010 particularly heartwarming.

In the same way Chinese and Japanese people are gradually becoming members of Kpop groups, will this mean Chinese and Korean people becoming members of a Japanese group? Time will tell.

Yes, indeed, it's positive, warm and affectionate. It's also fine meme material at the same time it is a quite impressive vocal performance. In that sense, he is the Cezar (Romania, 2013) of the second half of the decade. It was the biggest surprise in the contest for me.

So I must be the only bloke here who likes Croatia's song....

Funny how Jacques Houdek (Croatia) could be the human version of that fat leopard from Zootopia.

Ditto

That little man there cried because he though he disappointed his country. Now I want to hug him and tell him everything is okay, that he's done an amazing accomplishment (being the first Eurovision contestant born in the 2000s and landing a 2nd position in the Grand Final) and that he's made an army of fans willing to give him love.

"We live in a world of fast food music blah blah blah I am Groot"

My thoughts on the Portugal thing, I wanted Salvador to win to have the first position in 49 years and the guy is talented (even though the genre of the song isn't my cup of tea), but the arrogant speech was an uncool move from him :(

Updated the first post with the final results! Also, thank you for not voting my country, we craved that last position!

Updated the first post with the official stream!

I interpreted that in the most literal sense, tho

My number one favourite is Italy, as some of you have already noted. Also I really like Moldova and Australia, although the latter needs to have an epic comeback to compensate Tuesday's shortcomings. Although I yet have to check all the songs, I wanted to be surprised in the Saturday finals.

Heeeey, Ruppi <3 Also, happy 300 pages! <3

Hello, guys! This is OP! I'm gotta update the first thread post with the updated results. See you on Saturday!