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Eurovision fans have called Love Island star Antigoni Buxton’s performance for Cyprus a ‘huge disappointment’.
The 30-year-old Greek-English Cypriot performed her dancefloor song Jalla in tonight’s second semi-final in the 2026 song contest.
However, reacting to the reality star’s performance online, fans have claimed that the singer was
Writing on X, Kerem said: ‘I‘m sorry Cyprus but what the heck were these vocals?’
Patty also commented: ‘Cyprus everything about this was perfect except the obvious, the vocals,’ as George pointed out how there were ‘vocal struggles’ and ‘playback delay’.
Devon, meanwhile, added: ‘Cyprus the vocals are a mess and not enough energy on stage,’ as Charlie similarly argued: ‘LOVED the cyprus song but her vocals were lacking unfortunately.’
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Echoing the previous sentiment, Jamie called it a ‘trainwreck’ as Gabby claimed Antigoni had ‘terrible vocals’.
Despite the backlash to her performance, not all fans were as negative about Antigoni’s performance, with many citing how it was extremely catchy.
Also writing on X, John commented: ‘Bravo young lady great performance!’ as Elle added: ‘Yes Antigoni, smashed it.’
Ellena, meanwhile, said that ‘she was amazing’ as Edward wrote: ‘This song is so fun, but her vocals aren’t the best. I love it, but I think it might be the surprise NQ.’
Previously, Antigoni – who who appeared in series eight of the reality show in 2022 – told BBC Newsbeat that people shouldn’t be shocked she is competing in Eurovision.
‘If anything doing Love Island was random,’ she said.
‘I’ve been wanting to be a singer, that has been my dream since I was as young as I can remember.
‘And I had an obsession with Eurovision ever since I saw Helena Paparizou win for Greece [in 2005].
‘Love Island was a great moment because it gave me the chance to introduce myself to a lot of people and now I’m on that path I always wanted to be on.’
The Eurovision Grand Final will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 8pm on Saturday.
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