Van het VK's grootste tv entertaiment forum DigitalSpy:
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another fan of The Netherlands here! It's fishing in the same pool of votes as Finland, but I think it blows them out of the water. Will be a big televote hit but can't see it coming top ten among the juries.
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Ooh Netherlands is pure camp nonsense, but unlike the mess that is Finland, it succeeds and is actually fun to listen to.
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Netherlands… Jesus it’s bad this is like trying to actively put us back to the dark ages of joke entries in the early 00’s keep it and bin it.
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The Netherlands’ song is terrible but I’m enjoying it at the same time…if that’s possible
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I'm surprised that I actually like the Netherlands song, it's a fun meme song, not to be taken too seriously. Could go either way, top 5 televote or NQ.
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I've heard the song and I still think it's going to qualify to the final. It's a throwback to the Dutch hyper-techno music that was really popular across Europe in the 90's (think Technohead 'I Wanna Be A Hippy' mixed with Masterboy. The juries will bury this in the final but the televote alone could put the Netherlands in the top 10.
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Joost is going to be this years televote winner - I'm calling it right now, even moreso than Baby Lasagna. Joost is popular in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Estonia so 12 or 10 points are guaranteed from those countries alone. The fact Joost's music video has over 3 million YouTube views in 24 hours is monstrous. I don't think The Netherlands will win but they've got top 5 on lock imo.
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I hate myself for quite liking The Netherlands.
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If both the public and judges buy into the "Europe as one" message I could see it winning.
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Really, we're talking about the Netherlands winning? Not a chance. Top 5 is very, very optimistic. I don't see it being the televote winner at all. The emotional bit at the end will probably feel more jarring to those listening blind, it's in Dutch, so nobody will understand it after the dance break. I was thinking a NQ was more likely than top 5.
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Europapa is just as much of a hook that will get the drunks singing along. It's the equivalent of Mel & Kim's "ta-ta-ta-ta-t-t-t-t-t-ta-ta" or 2 Unlimited's "no no, no no no no, no no no no, no no, there's no limit".
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I see the The Netherlands top 5 with the televote but only around 15th-19th with the juries. Hopefully a bit higher though, as despite the fact it'll be be treated as novelty there's actually a decent song there too. Absolutely no way whatsoever it's a NQ.
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I actually prefer Netherlands to Croatia. I know that's probably an unpopular opinion here but hey ho (let's go!).
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I am totally with you on this! The huge popularity of Croatia is puzzling me as that chorus is rather aggressive and one note. I just don’t see it having broad appeal.