So it's been almost two days since the last time we had one of these and it's now time for Semi final 2. I have no idea how we used to handle having only ONE show per year. Ridiculous times, I know!
So, unlike Semi 1, Semi 2 is generally more consistent with its highs. The Czech Republic through Sweden part is essentially flawless. However, it also contains some of the contest's worst moments. Namely San Marino, Cyprus, Portugal (although I love the latter). There's more or less a clear divide between the potential qualifiers and ones who are likely to miss out, which makes tonight especially exciting because in a situation like this you think you know what's going to happen but really you don't. And Eurovision Gods do not allow two perfect Semi final results in one year. We already had perfect Semi results back in 2007 so it's enough for one decade.
The show is opened by Lithuania who will briefly feature gay kisses on stage during their performance. I could not think of a better way to start the show really. Semi 1 had police and cuffs and Semi 2 will have a public gay kiss. In Russia, it usually happens the other way round~~ Molly comes right after with a soft classy ballad that hopefully doesn't get overlooked due to its unfortunate draw. San Marino and the horror of the year goes on after Molly. Let's hope they can score 0 points this year. It's been a while since we had a null points entrant. Montenegro goes after San Marino with a Zeljko-penned Balkan uptempo-ish ballad. Lack of Balkan countries in this Semi is worrying but it should at least get to the Final. There Knez can get those 12s from the rest of the Balkan bloc and finish in an okay 17th place. Maltese Amber with an inferior Warrior will go on stage after Knez. Unlikely to qualify in such a strong selection but you never know. Norway comes next with a haunting ballad which is very much expected to advance to the Final on Saturday. Supposedly DOA Portugal is performing in 7th slot. It's one of the more certain DNQs of the year so it'll be shocking if Leonor somehow makes it. Although if Suzy couldn't do it then this bitch definitely has no chance. Czech Republic performs their cliched but classy ballad. Hopefully the power of the voices and duo's chemistry will help the song to not finish bottom 5 and get country's best Eurovision result ever. Nadav from Israel performs right in the middle of the show. His ethnic titshaker is one of the fan favourites this year so everyone who can vote in this Semi needs to do it. It's already weird enough to not have Israel in the Final for 4 years in a row. Continuing this run of amazing entries we have Latvia with a modern slowtempo performed by Aminata. Elnur comes back to Eurovision 7 years later as a solo artist and will be performing his song 11th. Iceland with barefoot Maria Olafs got a not very fortunate draw after Azerbaijan and before Sweden, the current favourite to win the whole thing. After winning Melodifestivalen it was obvious Mans would shoot straight to the top of the bookmakers' to-win lists, which he did. Swiss Melanie Rene performs after Sweden therefore sorry but gurl bahh. Cyprus and one of the supposed fan favourite songs of this year that I am really not getting goes on stage next. He's likely to stand out and qualify so we'll probably see Cyprus' return to the Final after 3 years. Slovenia is also expected to qualify which would mark the first time since the introduction of the Semifinal system that they qualified for the final twice in a row. Poland's Monika is closing the Semifinals this year. This one is also quite a mystery for me personally. Can this performance not be a boring sitting in a wheelchair type plz thanx <3
UK is voting in this Semi Final so, Brits, charge your phones and forget about future phone bills.
So yeah tonight is likely to be fabulous so get ready and we'll meet in Vienna in a mere 8 hours *.*
01. Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
02. Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
03. San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
04. Montenegro Knez - Adio
05. Malta Amber - Warrior
06. Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07. Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
08. Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
09. Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
11. Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12. Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
13. Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
14. Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
15. Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
16. Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
17. Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
I THINK
01. Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
02. Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
03. San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
04. Montenegro Knez - Adio
05. Malta Amber - Warrior
06. Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07. Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
08. Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
09. Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
11. Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12. Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
13. Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
14. Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
15. Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
16. Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
17. Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
I WANT
01. Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
02. Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
03. San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
04. Montenegro Knez - Adio
05. Malta Amber - Warrior
06. Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07. Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
08. Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
09. Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
11. Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12. Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
13. Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
14. Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
15. Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
16. Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
17. Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
Work scheduled at the last minute so I'm having to catch up on this on iPlayer. HORRIFYING
Want in bold, think in italic.
01. Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
02. Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
03. San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
04. Montenegro Knez - Adio
05. Malta Amber - Warrior
06. Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07. Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
08. Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
09. Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
11. Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12. Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
13. Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
14. Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
15. Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
16. Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
17. Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
Predict
01. Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
02. Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
03. San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
04. Montenegro Knez - Adio
05. Malta Amber - Warrior
06. Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07. Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
08. Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
09. Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
11. Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12. Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
13. Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
14. Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
15. Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
16. Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
17. Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
Want
01. Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
02. Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
03. San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
04. Montenegro Knez - Adio
05. Malta Amber - Warrior
06. Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07. Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
08. Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
09. Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
11. Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12. Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
13. Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
14. Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
15. Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
16. Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
17. Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
Predict
01. Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
02. Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
03. San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
04. Montenegro Knez - Adio
05. Malta Amber - Warrior
06. Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07. Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
08. Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
09. Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
11. Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12. Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
13. Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
14. Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
15. Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
16. Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
17. Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
Want
01. Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
02. Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
03. San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
04. Montenegro Knez - Adio
05. Malta Amber - Warrior
06. Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07. Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
08. Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
09. Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
11. Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12. Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
13. Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
14. Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
15. Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
16. Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
17. Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
I'm hoping Latvia and Czech Republic get through but I really don't know if they will (think it will be one or the other, not both qualifying). Everything else I've bolded should get through.
Predict:
01. Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
02. Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
03. San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
04. Montenegro Knez - Adio
05. Malta Amber - Warrior
06. Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07. Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
08. Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
09. Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
11. Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12. Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
13. Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
14. Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
15. Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
16. Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
17. Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
The pessimistic set-up (with a hint of optimism with Czech qualifying as I think they will now and don't want to be wrong), aside from that, I don't think this could go any worse conceivably, although now I've said that it probably will. Would far rather Poland got swapped for Ireland but the draw will ensure that won't happen.
Wanting:
01. Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
02. Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
03. San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
04. Montenegro Knez - Adio
05. Malta Amber - Warrior
06. Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07. Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
08. Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
09. Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
11. Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12. Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
13. Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
14. Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
15. Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
16. Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
17. Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
That is a very precarious selection of favourites, I can stand to lose perhaps Switzerland (preferably for Lithuania but it'll probably be for Cyprus, and obviously Sweden will take the place of one of these) but any more and I'll feel very crushed. This is the semi where I really WANTED perfect results. C'mon.
Seriously, I'm not even sure how I'm voting. I am planning currently to vote for Czech Republic definitely a couple of times, and then a vote to Norway and Slovenia to help them along, but I also want to vote for all of Azerbaijan/Ireland/Israel/Iceland/Latvia and if I do then it'll kind of be a bit of a waste. So I'll probably just stick to 3 but may chuck a vote to one of these if they do a great performance.
I'll most likely have to give this a miss damned uni work
I'll refrain from making my official predictions until I've heard the performances but at this point I am saying
IN:
Sweden
Norway
Azerbaijan
Slovenia
Lithuania
Cyprus
Latvia
Israel
Poland
Czech Republic
OUT:
Montenegro
Iceland
Ireland
Malta
Switzerland
Portugal
San Marino
All changeable after the performances tonight but I think that is how it'll go.
Omg. That 9-13 section!! *.*
Surely there will be one casualty from that section?
Hope and pray that Israel can make it through!
I think the following will qualify
Ireland (will be saved by the jury and only just)
Montenegro
Malta
Norway
Latvia (it bloody better, given the ever shortening in the odds is a classic sign of a dark horse)
Azerbaijan
Iceland (a lot thinking this will DNQ, but this will comfortably go through)
Sweden
Cyprus
Slovenia
I think Poland and Israel will narrowly miss out. Israel will probably get ruined by the jury vote.
I think I've only heard two of these songs so far. Latvia's is quite good, Sweden's is quite shit. Hoping this semi is less 'dull ballad ad infinitum' than the first ~ (I will actually be watching all of this, my first ever full ESC semi omg)
Well the first half of this semi is the worst of the four semi halves, but the second half is the best. The first semi was much more consistent whereas just about all the good ones here are found in the second half. So don't get put off straight away!
I hope Ireland and Iceland make it through to the final. I can't see Ireland making it but I think Iceland have a good chance
Just found out I'm missing this as have family round
WANT
01. Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
02. Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
03. San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
04. Montenegro // Knez - Adio
05. Malta // Amber - Warrior
06. Norway // Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07. Portugal // Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
08. Czech Republic // Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
09. Israel // Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia // Aminata - Love Injected
11. Azerbaijan // Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12. Iceland // Maria Olafs - Unbroken
13. Sweden // Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
14. Switzerland // Mélanie René - Time To Shine
15. Cyprus // John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
16. Slovenia // Maraaya - Here For You
17. Poland // Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
Although I'd love Czech Republic as I love their personalities so much and Cyprus would also be cool as he's very likeable and Cyprus deserve qualifications.
PREDICT
01. Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
02. Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
03. San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
04. Montenegro // Knez - Adio
05. Malta // Amber - Warrior
06. Norway // Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07. Portugal // Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
08. Czech Republic // Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
09. Israel // Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia // Aminata - Love Injected
11. Azerbaijan // Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12. Iceland // Maria Olafs - Unbroken
13. Sweden // Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
14. Switzerland // Mélanie René - Time To Shine
15. Cyprus // John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
16. Slovenia // Maraaya - Here For You
17. Poland // Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
WANT
01. Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
02. Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
03. San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
04. Montenegro // Knez - Adio
05. Malta // Amber - Warrior
06. Norway // Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07. Portugal // Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
08. Czech Republic // Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
09. Israel // Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia // Aminata - Love Injected
11. Azerbaijan // Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12. Iceland // Maria Olafs - Unbroken
13. Sweden // Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
14. Switzerland // Mélanie René - Time To Shine
15. Cyprus // John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
16. Slovenia // Maraaya - Here For You
17. Poland // Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
PREDICT
01. Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
02. Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
03. San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
04. Montenegro // Knez - Adio
05. Malta // Amber - Warrior
06. Norway // Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07. Portugal // Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
08. Czech Republic // Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
09. Israel // Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia // Aminata - Love Injected
11. Azerbaijan // Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12. Iceland // Maria Olafs - Unbroken
13. Sweden // Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
14. Switzerland // Mélanie René - Time To Shine
15. Cyprus // John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
16. Slovenia // Maraaya - Here For You
17. Poland // Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
The quality of this semi is much stronger than the other one! It's hard to predict who I think will get through as I think there's 11 that are strong enough to qualify, I think the running order might let Latvia down slightly being sandwiched between two big songs but I hope I can be proved wrong!
Want
01. Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
02. Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
03. San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
04. Montenegro Knez - Adio
05. Malta Amber - Warrior
06. Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07. Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
08. Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
09. Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
11. Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12. Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
13. Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
14. Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
15. Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
16. Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
17. Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
I can change Lithuania for Malta if they don't include the gay kiss tonight!
WANT
01. Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
02. Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
03. San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
04. Montenegro Knez - Adio
05. Malta Amber - Warrior
06. Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07. Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
08. Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
09. Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
11. Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12. Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
13. Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
14. Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
15. Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
16. Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
17. Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
Cyprus an unfortunate 11th for me With Malta just below them
THINK
01. Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
02. Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
03. San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
04. Montenegro Knez - Adio
05. Malta Amber - Warrior
06. Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07. Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
08. Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
09. Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
11. Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12. Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
13. Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
14. Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
15. Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
16. Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
17. Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
On board the 'Serbia got through, surely Israel have a good chance' train. Still expect Iceland to go through in about 9th, something like Switzerland or Poland just isn't strong enough imo to push it out hopefully! And wishing Ireland all the luck.
If Ireland, Sweden and Slovenia go through to the final it would be wonderful. I believe Sweden are extra safe to qualify, Slovenia likely, but Ireland may struggle. I would hope the jury can pull it over the line as it is a beautiful song.
I have Slovenia through in my predictions but I feel like I need convincing they are safely going through, I'm thinking back to Feminnem in 2010 performing in the penultimate position (I think) and a fan and bookies favourite. I'm not overly convinced by what I'm reading regarding their staging, I feel like we are due a big shock and this is where its most likely to come from.
In other news, here is the official YouTube stream for tonight's show if anyone needs it and the qualifiers press conference (including draw) follows on the same stream around 30 minutes after the end of the show!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGVo3Bdm6Ag
I look forward to reading all your reactions after the show, hope you all enjoy it!
I am able to make it yasss. These will be first listens for me so I am dead excited. Hoping for some Round & Round Slovenia 2014 type of magic <3
I'm going to be watching online tonight and comment.
SO EXCITED
JUSTICE 4 AMINATA
I AM HERE
(from 8-9:15 British Time oops)
I think I know 13 this time round, YAY
SO EXCITED (to see my favourites performing and summarily get crushed)
Heard the following in advance:
09. Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
10. Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
13. Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
Although I can't particularly remember what Nadav sounded like due to only paying half attention but I'm pretty sure it was fab. Looking forward to another night where hopefully the qualifiers are a bit better for me!
Some BOLD outfit choices right there
fingers crossed for cze <3
bon soir
Here for #TeamOtter and Slovenia.
Slovenia had better make it or I will cut a bitch
Oh Conch, what is that hairstyle? It's a no from me.
The presentators are so rubbish...
EDIT; Omy the poor guy left behind with that lil' camera on his own
Conchy looking particularly MASCULINE tonight
Those cheers for Israel *.*
Poland has a face like a smacked arse.
And the whole introduction and dancing is still as cringy as last time.
Latvia,,, she was good looking
I don't know, it just felt cringy even by Eurovision standards!
Vaidas Baumila <3 ooft.
Oh hello Mr Lithuania.
They seem really quiet.
This is still rather shit.
ooh, loving the ACTUAL KISS
Double gay kiss to start the show *.* Take that russia!
This is AMAZING on record but they can't quite bring it live
06.0 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
Is this a fave to go thorough? It;s not good and not even catchy.
They'd make a cute couple tho
Not the best of starts, but the young girl is well fit...
This song is just "there", good enough but yeah they seemed really quiet. Vaidas saves it visually tho ofc <3
01 Vaidas Baumila & Monika Linkyte - This Time 6/10
they are cute but the song is nothing special..
4.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
07.5 | | Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
Lithuania was very Gary Barlow album track post-2013.
17 in SINITTA YEARS
Even when Lithuania send a song I'd be happy for them to qualify with I'm still not fully supporting them. And their vocals aren't dominating hugely.
Think their couples thing is going to see them through but it'll be a close run thing, don't think that's quite the strongest performance they could have given.
7.0/10 Lithuania (This Time)
well this is nice enough, wouldn't mind whether it gets through or not.
Shouldn't the Irish girl be wearing a Vote Yes t-shirt? Where are the rainbow flags?
Lithuania - I actually really quite enjoyed that! Lovely way to open the show! - 8.5
8.5 - Lithuania
01 Lithuania - That wasn't bad but there's something about it that felt very messy and clunky and their harmonies weren't permanently on point. It was quite pleasant though and knowing what made it from Semi 1, it'd make a welcome finalist. It'd be a great entry if things were sort of... tidied up because it did feel a bit amateur but beneath it, there's a very catchy, fun little ditty there. 7/10
7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
01 lithuania. 10/10
AMAZING.
This is just a dreary mess.
Aww I liked Lithuania! Not really their fault that it was quiet!
I wonder how thick that make up is? I'd wager it would be measured in METERES
Wish this had been in Hungary's place on Tuesday, much better ballad!
Also she sounds like she's gargling her vocal chords, not pleasant
Seriously she's singing this really badly.
liking the vocals, gives me Ella Henderson vibe. Good song, a bit boring.
6.0/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
4.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
07.0 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
06.0 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
Ireland
This is quite lovely actually. Very pleasant to listen to, but I'm not sure if it stands out enough to make it through
Oh wow the end is quite anthemic. I can see this qualifying
RTE remain determined not to have to stage next year's contest. That really was very dull.
07.5 | | Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
03.0 | | Ireland | Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
Ireland - No. Sorry Ireland but that was a dull mess - 2.0
8.5 - Lithuania
2.0 - Ireland
I found that a bit of a dronefest.
Yeah, that's not the best performance, she could have made that sound far more alive, like it is on the studio. I think that's her in trouble.
6.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
it didn't live to its expectations imo
7.0/10 Lithuania (This Time)
6.5/10 Ireland (Playing With Numbers)
bleh, doesn't really stand out but I could see it getting through.
02 ireland. 6/10
i would be shocked if this got through now. Tragic
REALLY hope Ireland get through.
Ireland's song is STUNNING. One of my faves in the whole contest <3 She's one of the most talented artists in the whole thing too.
01 Ireland: Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers 10/10
02 Lithuania: Vaidas Baumila & Monika Linkyte - This Time 6/10
02 Ireland - I didn't really enjoy that, it's a decent song but quite forgettable and that will be even more apparent when all 17 songs have been. It also didn't help that she has quite an unpleasant tone which almost sounds like she's permanently about to burst into tears. Not a fan of that, song or vocal wise but not bad as such. 5.5/10
7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
5.5/10 Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
the performance wasn't exactly memorable and it's in the dreaded #2 spot, so it could go either way really
San Marino are definitely resurrecting the ghost of Jemini on this performance.
Bitch be FLAT
Oh no, it's both of them
are they booing?!?
I'll punch someone in the neck if San Marino qualify and we don't.
07.5 | | Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
03.0 | | Ireland | Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
0.05 | | San Marino | Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
From the dizzying heights of the ICONIC song of life, The Social Network Song, to this?
What was Valentina doing that was too important to cancel for Eurovision?
BRING BACK R VAL
Bit of a weird reaction their from the crowd? I thought they were booing too! (are the microphones a bit quiet again or is that just me?)
I'm actually enjoying the level of cringe San Marino is emitting.
Utterly awful musical performance, that should be going nowhere.
07.0 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
06.0 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
04.0 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Their song writer must be out of ideas, lord what is this cringeworthy mess. Can we have Valentina back please?
They get 2 bonus points for their stage cuz I do like that
Compared to last's year San Marino's entry this is awful.
Got distinct Tara Ella teas there. Nearly snorted.
Liking the instrumental, but their presentation is terrible. she had decent voice but he not that much..
6.5/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
6.0/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
4.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
uh what was this?
COMPLETE AND UTTER MESS
San Marino - WORSE THAN FINLAND. Awful. Truly AWFUL
08.5 - Lithuania
02.0 - Ireland
-5.0 - San Marino
03 san marino. 1/10
strange reception from the public at the beginning. lol. they do not work as a duo at all. utterly dreadful. worst song in the competition for a reason.
03 San Marino - I actually couldn't understand anything they were saying. Is it a problem with our audio tonight or are people just singing really quietly? Either way, that was actually amusingly awful. They're both really annoying (especially the woman, she seems like one of those god awful stage school children who actually think they're a Disney princess - nasal to the max), they both have pretty poor vocals and the song itself is just dire. Bring back Valentina, these two are a COMPLETE waste, I actually feel embarassed for them. 1/10
7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
5.5/10 Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
1/10 San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
No. Awful.
01 Ireland: Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers 10/10
02 Lithuania: Vaidas Baumila & Monika Linkyte - This Time 6/10
03 San Marino: Michele Perinola & Anita Simoncini - Chain Of Light 2/10
7.0/10 Lithuania (This Time)
6.5/10 Ireland (Playing With Numbers)
4.0/10 San Marino (Chain Of Lights)
that was bad, such a dated and clichéd song and really the type of thing we could do without in the final.
i'm not doing rankings today but that was TRAGIC dear lord
I'm getting real Serbia 2004 vibes with this song.
6.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
4/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
that was really bad
I don't know if San Marino would qualify even if they closed the semi!
Isn;t this supposed to be the better semi?
I can feel myself slipping into a coma of pure boredom.
I can't see this getting anywhere from Montenegro, awful.
G'won Montenegro.
Poor Ireland still love the song though!
let's be honest if The Social Network Song failed to qualify then NONE of San Marino's songs deserve to. That iconicness will never be topped
a ti kažeš pusti me, živ mi bio <3
Those cheers when they started spinning! *.*
Well, the contrast from San Marino to this is certainly very strong, that's going to help it if nothing else.
Not my favourite of Zeljko's work but he's giving a very good performance for it, that's got to be in with a good shot.
Typical Balkan entry, but I like it, he has strong voice and love the violins!
7.0/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
6.0/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
4.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
07.5 | | Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
03.0 | | Ireland | Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
0.05 | | San Marino | Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
09.0 | | Montenegro | Knez - Adio
Malta next
OH SHIT THE SPIN *.*
This has come alive for me now.
Montengro started off like a funeral and ended up like a slightly boring wedding singer. Not terrible.
07.0 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
06.0 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
05.0 Montenegro Knez - Adio
04.0 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Montenegro:
Utterly embarassing. What are these songs?
Meh.
01 Ireland: Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers 10/10
02 Lithuania: Vaidas Baumila & Monika Linkyte - This Time 6/10
04 Montenegro: Knez - Adio 4/10
03 San Marino: Michele Perinola & Anita Simoncini - Chain Of Light 2/10
Montenegro - Literally went to the iamspamspamamito get a glass of water during this.
08.5 - Lithuania
02.0 - Ireland
-1.0 - Montenegro
-5.0 - San Marino
04 montenegro. 10/10
SLAY BITCH. although ANYTHING will sound utterly fantastic after san marino oops
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01 montenegro 10/10
02 lithuania 10/10
03 ireland 6/10
04 san marino 1/10
04 Montenegro - That was a bit of a mess but one that I enjoyed to a CERTAIN degree. I'm not sure quite what degree but I did like the balkan jig that kicked in half way through and god knows it was much needed. And anything sounds a bit of a masterpiece after that San Marino dirge but still not anything special. GOSH, can we have some wow pls? 6/10
7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6/10 Montenegro // Knez - Adio
5.5/10 Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
1/10 San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
7.0/10 Lithuania (This Time)
6.5/10 Ireland (Playing With Numbers)
4.0/10 San Marino (Chain Of Lights)
6.5/10 Montenegro (Adio)
can't wait until the semi picks up properly, that performance wasn't bad though, definitely a big improvement on San Marino anyway
Is something wrong with the audio? They all sound so quite and flat?
MALTA *.*
Love, you're not trying to pitch a tent. Stick to the key the song was written in.
What is it with the CLONES of Ella Henderson this year. That's 2 in this semi alone.
07.5 | | Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
03.0 | | Ireland | Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
0.05 | | San Marino | Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
09.0 | | Montenegro | Knez - Adio
07.0 | | Malta | Amber - Warrior
This is AMAZING, I will hear nothing against it
07.0 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
06.0 Malta Amber - Warrior
06.0 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
05.0 Montenegro Knez - Adio
04.0 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Yeah, this is decent, but her vocals do not compliment the song
Ooh FESTIVE HAM ALERT
again great instrumental, she sounds little bit off, but overall good one!
6.5/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
7.0/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
6.0/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
4.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
Wow.... that was amazing
Not bad in a Jordin Sparks B-Side way I guess. I can't imagine it qualifying but it'd not be the biggest shock if it did.
01 Ireland: Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers 10/10
02 Malta: Amber - Warrior 6.5/10
03 Lithuania: Vaidas Baumila & Monika Linkyte - This Time 6/10
04 Montengro: Knez - Adio 4/10
05 San Marino: Michele Perinola & Anita Simoncini - Chain Of Light 2/10
Really not one of my favourites, mainly because of her poor diction and weak voice trying to do more than it is but that's a flashy performance at least, I can see that possibly getting through now.
Malta - Bit pitchy in parts but otherwise pleasant and quite nice.
08.5 - Lithuania
08.0 - Malta
02.0 - Ireland
-1.0 - Montenegro
-5.0 - San Marino
8.0/10 Malta (Warrior)
7.0/10 Lithuania (This Time)
6.5/10 Montenegro (Adio)
6.5/10 Ireland (Playing With Numbers)
4.0/10 San Marino (Chain Of Lights)
this is more like it, very strong performance here especially towards the end.
out of all the people Conchita could have talked with
Is Molly drank?
Everyone's so negative tonight! San Marino deserved it but everything else has been decent so far
Conchita's backstage interview banter is making Jools Holland seem almost competent in comparison.
05 malta 10/10
HOLY SHIT. she started rather meh but at the end she was SO FIERCE *.* Was about to give it a 9.5/10 but WHAT THE HELL
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01 montenegro 10/10
02 lithuania 10/10
03 malta 10/10
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04 ireland 6/10
05 san marino 1/10
05 Malta - I feel like this would be so much better on the studio version, there's a great song there that's not being sold to the best of it's ability. I love the production though and it definitely got better as it went along, was a bit flat and dodgy to begin with but it definitely builds to something pretty great. I think she needs a TAD more power in her voice and stage presence to sell what seems like a very powerful song. 7/10
7/10 Malta // Amber - Warrior
7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6/10 Montenegro // Knez - Adio
5.5/10 Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
1/10 San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Norway next!
That Norsk lad has a chin and a f***ing half.
I think Molly was just having a RABBIT IN THE HEADLIGHTS moment
Norway *.*
everyone here is so picky lmao. I've given 10s to more than half of the songs now lol
NORWAY
YESS this is going to be amazing *.*
*.* Norway
HAIR ALERT
Oh right she's trying to be Lorde
Whatever Stylist thought that silver thing threatening to eat her head was a good idea should be banned from the profession for life and then hung for crimes against eyesight.
09.0 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07.0 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
06.0 Malta Amber - Warrior
06.0 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
05.0 Montenegro Knez - Adio
04.0 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Norway:
Yass Norway drag these lessors. Absolutely amazing. Beautiful dark song with great staging.
she sounds amazing, but the song is boring
3.0/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
7.0/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
6.5/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
6.0/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
4.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
They need to turn the microphones up.
I hope everyone in the arena's phones are secure, because it looks like the former editor of The Sun is singing Norway's entry.
07.5 | | Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
03.0 | | Ireland | Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
0.05 | | San Marino | Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
09.0 | | Montenegro | Knez - Adio
07.0 | | Malta | Amber - Warrior
09.5 | | Norway | Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
So well-produced and professional. This is the sort of song that wins awards. <3 Come on Europe, see it safe through.
Morland looks very comfortable, Debrah not so much, hope she doesn't drag it down.
Norwegian's entry is actually pretty good, this could be a dark horse, hope the track makes it into the final
Still can't fully get into the song, I think it's better with the video rather than the performance. Debrah's vocals aren't that good and it's a bit dry for minimal staging, it did come alive in the last part though. Still a very good song though and will likely be through.
01 Ireland: Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers 10/10
02 Norway: Mřrland & Debrah Scarlet - A Monster Like Me 8/10
03 Malta: Amber - Warrior 6.5/10
04 Lithuania: Vaidas Baumila & Monika Linkyte - This Time 6/10
05 Montengro: Knez - Adio 4/10
06 San Marino: Michele Perinola & Anita Simoncini - Chain Of Light 2/10
Norge - Do quite enjoy that actually. Rather charming.
09.0 - Norway
08.5 - Lithuania
08.0 - Malta
02.0 - Ireland
-1.0 - Montenegro
-5.0 - San Marino
8/10 Montenegro Knez – Adio
8/10 Malta Amber – Warrior
8/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
6.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
4/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
06 norway 9/10
really good but lacking special something for me. don't quite like the bitch oops. AND I NEED HIS SHIRT LIKE RIGHT NOW
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01 montenegro 10/10
02 lithuania 10/10
03 malta 10/10
04 norway 9/10
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05 ireland 6/10
06 san marino 1/10
oh brb no.2
06 Norway - I suppose it's one of the most interesting entries so far in that they tried to do something different, but not interesting in the fact that the song is actually doing nothing for me. I see the appeal but that sort of thing is just too stripped back for me to properly enjoy. The last chorus elevated it somewhat but I'm still not sold. 5.5/10
7/10 Malta // Amber - Warrior
7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6/10 Montenegro // Knez - Adio
5.5/10 Norway // Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
5.5/10 Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
1/10 San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
8.5/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
8.0/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
7.0/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6.5/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
4.0/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
wow at the crowd reaction!!! gonna do big things surely, one of the better ballads in this anyway so would get behind that. Was performed very well too
Okay they go from Suzy last year to THIS in 2k15. Tragic
How on earth did she get into those leathers
Surprisingly Portuguese sounding NOT TOO UGLY tonight
She's just mumbling in the verses, can't hear a thing.
09.0 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
08.0 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
06.5 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
06.0 Malta Amber - Warrior
06.0 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
05.0 Montenegro Knez - Adio
04.0 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Portugal:
From Suzy to this. I'm sorry Portugal but no. It's decent, but it's her voice doesn't seem to be able to hit more than 2 notes so she keeps singing those. idk it feels so sloppy
Crowd seem to be getting into this!
No clue what she sings, but love how the song sounds
7.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
7.0/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
6.5/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
6.0/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
4.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
3.0/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
Portugal - Have a feeling this would be a fabulous smash if it was in English and with a more accomplished vocalist.
09.0 - Norway
08.5 - Lithuania
08.0 - Malta
07.0 - Portugal
02.0 - Ireland
-1.0 - Montenegro
-5.0 - San Marino
07.5 | | Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
03.0 | | Ireland | Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
0.05 | | San Marino | Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
09.0 | | Montenegro | Knez - Adio
07.0 | | Malta | Amber - Warrior
09.5 | | Norway | Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
02.0 | | Portugal | Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
That's easily my favourite Porutgal entry since Vida Minha
The song is very bland and nothingy, it'd be ok with more oomph i think as she performed it quite well and her vocals were brilliant.
01 Ireland: Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers 10/10
02 Norway: Mřrland & Debrah Scarlet - A Monster Like Me 8/10
03 Malta: Amber - Warrior 6.5/10
04 Lithuania: Vaidas Baumila & Monika Linkyte - This Time 6/10
05 Portugal: Leonor Andrade - Há um Mar que nos Separa 5/10
05 Montengro: Knez - Adio 4/10
06 San Marino: Michele Perinola & Anita Simoncini - Chain Of Light 2/10
I'm really having to tempt myself not to be shallow here. Ugh, Leonor, why do you have to be so beautiful, because otherwise I'd be able to completely forget about it and concentrate on more pressing faves.
Song would be actually quite good if she had a more powerful voice. Which is a real shame, Portugal are overdue another qualifier but this isn't it.
07 portugal 7.5/10
getting those extra points for facial expressions. sorry but i love the studio version and i didn't really love this.
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01 montenegro 10/10
02 lithuania 10/10
03 malta 10/10
04 norway 9/10
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05 portugal 7.5/10
06 ireland 6/10
07 san marino 1/10
Did not really like that from Portugal
8.5/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
8.0/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
7.0/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6.5/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
4.0/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
it's just there really, didn't expect the crowd to get into it this much - still expecting/hoping for a DNQ for it anyway.
YAY CZECHIA. PLEASE DO WELL.
Vaclav!
Holy shit, have the Czech Republic actually sent a decent entry!?
07 Portugal - Gosh, this is a drag so far, isn't it? Yet another song that waited until the final chorus to try and do anything and unlike Norway, the impact wasn't nearly as impressive. Add Portugal to the list with Greece and Romania of countries who have disappointed me, in a year when we needed the fun they usually deliver, they give that. 5/10
7/10 Malta // Amber - Warrior
7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6/10 Montenegro // Knez - Adio
5.5/10 Norway // Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
5.5/10 Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5/10 Portugal // Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
1/10 San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
The crowd is really f***ing weird tonight. Are they being told when to cheer?
Are those fake cheers? I've heard that three times now.
She looks like she SQUEEZED herself into a dress two sizes too small
Czech Republic should have stayed away, the bloke's voice is a bit croaky
Czech Republic - YES YES YES! At long last! This is what I am here for.
10.0 - Czech Republic
09.0 - Norway
08.5 - Lithuania
08.0 - Malta
07.0 - Portugal
02.0 - Ireland
-1.0 - Montenegro
-5.0 - San Marino
09.0 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
08.0 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
07.0 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
06.5 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
06.0 Malta Amber - Warrior
06.0 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
05.0 Montenegro Knez - Adio
04.0 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Czech Republic
Oh this is rather good. It's not really my thing and I'm not sure if they are singing in English or Czech but go Czech. Will they actually make the final for once
Holy shit those vocals. Absolutely amazing. Even better than Norway's performance.
I'm giving this ALL THE VOTES. Hope better never be dying for the Czechs indeed.
damn they sounds so good and he looks rather good!
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
7.0/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
6.5/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
6.0/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
4.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
3.0/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
07.5 | | Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
03.0 | | Ireland | Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
0.05 | | San Marino | Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
09.0 | | Montenegro | Knez - Adio
07.0 | | Malta | Amber - Warrior
09.5 | | Norway | Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
02.0 | | Portugal | Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
10.0 | | Czech Republic | Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
Ugh, this shit
EH not a huge fan of that song, his voice is too much like Chad Kroger but his face makes up for it.
01 Ireland: Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers 10/10
02 Norway: Mřrland & Debrah Scarlet - A Monster Like Me 8/10
03 Malta: Amber - Warrior 6.5/10
04 Lithuania: Vaidas Baumila & Monika Linkyte - This Time 6/10
05 Czech Republic: Vaclav & Marta _ Hope NEver Dies 6/10
06 Portugal: Leonor Andrade - Há um Mar que nos Separa 5/10
07 Montengro: Knez - Adio 4/10
08 San Marino: Michele Perinola & Anita Simoncini - Chain Of Light 2/10
OH f*** ME THIS WAS INCREDIBLE.
01 czech republic 10/10
02 montenegro 10/10
03 lithuania 10/10
04 malta 10/10
05 norway 9/10
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06 portugal 7.5/10
07 ireland 6/10
08 san marino 1/10
I LOVE THIS SEMI.
oh what a performance go czechs
here comes the golden boy
08 Czech Republic - That song sounded very familiar, not sure what it sounds like. I did enjoy that but it was, like Malta and Lithuania, missing something to give it a push into fantastic territory. But, amongst this current set of entries, one I'd definitely like to see qualify and I think I'd enjoy it more with another listen. 7/10
7/10 Malta // Amber - Warrior
7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
7/10 Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
6/10 Montenegro // Knez - Adio
5.5/10 Norway // Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
5.5/10 Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5/10 Portugal // Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
1/10 San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
8.5/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
8.0/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6.5/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
4.0/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Czech Republic: not huge on the guy's voice, but at least it's more interesting than most of tonight's entries so far.
The dancer in the white shirt (the darker skinned one) would SO GET IT.
Actually all three dancers would.
I'm sorry but he is in NO NORMAL UNIVERSE 16 years of age. He doesn't look a day under 30.
I believe that this performance is what the hip kids would call a "hot mess".
09.0 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
08.0 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
08.0 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
07.0 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
06.5 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
06.0 Malta Amber - Warrior
06.0 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
05.0 Montenegro Knez - Adio
04.0 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Israel
Omg this is so camp but I do love those beats and I found myself bopping along the whole time. Please don;t ever dance again
EDIT: Wait a damn minute, he is 16? Hell no, he looks 35-40 at least
This seems quite cold in live form :/ not so sure on it's chances now, getting Tooji vibes.
Is that Usher's brother
OMG finally some life on that stage, this is crazy! i love it!
8.5/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
7.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
6.5/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
6.0/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
4.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
3.0/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
You see why this semi is giving me so many dilemmas. This is exactly what the final is needing and it's a very infectious bop.
Hope he can, that's certainly a very good effort from him, but I remain unsure.
That song is so irksome. I don't care if we need some uptempo, I don't want shit in the final.
Israel - That's a little bit fab
10.0 - Czech Republic
10.0 - Israel
09.0 - Norway
08.5 - Lithuania
08.0 - Malta
07.0 - Portugal
02.0 - Ireland
-1.0 - Montenegro
-5.0 - San Marino
07.5 | | Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
03.0 | | Ireland | Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
0.05 | | San Marino | Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
09.0 | | Montenegro | Knez - Adio
07.0 | | Malta | Amber - Warrior
09.5 | | Norway | Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
02.0 | | Portugal | Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
10.0 | | Czech Republic | Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
10.0 | | Israel | Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
SMASH. I love the dancing and energy behind it <3 Best song and guy of the semi.
01 Israel: Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy 11/10
02 Ireland: Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers 10/10
03 Norway: Mřrland & Debrah Scarlet - A Monster Like Me 8/10
04 Malta: Amber - Warrior 6.5/10
05 Lithuania: Vaidas Baumila & Monika Linkyte - This Time 6/10
06 Czech Republic: Vaclav & Marta _ Hope NEver Dies 6/10
07 Portugal: Leonor Andrade - Há um Mar que nos Separa 5/10
08 Montengro: Knez - Adio 4/10
09 San Marino: Michele Perinola & Anita Simoncini - Chain Of Light 2/10
LOVING THIS HOT SHIT
AMAZING, as expected.
01 czech republic 10/10
02 israel 10/10
03 montenegro 10/10
04 lithuania 10/10
05 malta 10/10
06 norway 9/10
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07 portugal 7.5/10
08 ireland 6/10
09 san marino 1/10
9.0/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
8.5/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
8.0/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6.5/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
4.0/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Israel: yas a fun song finally! the singing wasn't the best of the night but the song is great
What are these camera angles?!?!
09 Israel - Well, that was some much needed fun! I absolutely love ethno inspired entries and that has REALLY picked up my mood. The whole structure of it is a bit messy from Sing type verses to a Turkey entry in the chorus, so that stops it being OMG AMAZING in my books but that was still a great moment and undoubtedly stands out. 9/10
9/10 Israel // Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
7/10 Malta // Amber - Warrior
7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
7/10 Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
6/10 Montenegro // Knez - Adio
5.5/10 Norway // Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
5.5/10 Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5/10 Portugal // Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
1/10 San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
This staging is a little pretentious for ESC.
LOVE THIS!
This is serving me obscure Aeroche BJSC entry teas
Very good vocals! Think that's getting through now
What was that John?
omg what kind of production! this is amazing, fka twigs who? lol
9.0/10 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
8.5/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
7.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
6.5/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
6.0/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
4.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
3.0/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
Latvia's best entry for a long time, really loving this track, hope she gets into the final.
09.0 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
08.5 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
08.0 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
08.0 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
07.0 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
06.5 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
06.0 Malta Amber - Warrior
06.0 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
05.0 Montenegro Knez - Adio
04.0 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Latvia:
Yassss this is so good. Her vocals, the camerawork, the beat everything works. Slay them
07.5 | | Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
03.0 | | Ireland | Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
00.5 | | San Marino | Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
09.0 | | Montenegro | Knez - Adio
07.0 | | Malta | Amber - Warrior
09.5 | | Norway | Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
02.0 | | Portugal | Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
10.0 | | Czech Republic | Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
10.0 | | Israel | Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
08.0 | | Latvia | Aminata - Love Injected
A-MAY-ZING
I'm glad that Eurovision has opened its doors to the aquatic community by letting a mermaid represent Latvia.
That singing <3 I had kinda let my love for Latvia fall a bit flat but this is really reawakening it.
I hope it isn't TOO indie for Eurovision, because it's a very enjoyable 3 minutes.
10 Latvia - Okay, I've been one of the main haters for that but it actually made a lot more sense that time round. I prefer it with the final chorus which lasts longer than 5 seconds, as I wish it would during the rest of the song. But I actually really enjoyed that quite surprisingly, especially for something so subtle which really isn't my field of interest in the slightest, let's face it. It does stand out though, especially amongst this semi and its quality.
9/10 Israel // Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
7.5/10 Latvia // Animata - Love Injected
7/10 Malta // Amber - Warrior
7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
7/10 Czech Republic // Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
6/10 Montenegro // Knez - Adio
5.5/10 Norway // Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
5.5/10 Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5/10 Portugal // Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
1/10 San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Latvia - Little pretentious staging wise. Love the song tho.
10.0 - Czech Republic
10.0 - Israel
10.0 - Latvia
09.0 - Norway
08.5 - Lithuania
08.0 - Malta
07.0 - Portugal
02.0 - Ireland
-1.0 - Montenegro
-5.0 - San Marino
01 czech republic 10/10
02 latvia 10/10 STILL ADORE THIS. MY INTERNET CUT OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS DURING THAT I WAS ABOUT TO START CUTTING BITCHES UGH
03 israel 10/10
04 montenegro 10/10
05 lithuania 10/10
06 malta 10/10
07 norway 9/10
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08 portugal 7.5/10
09 ireland 6/10
10 san marino 1/10
Hooray for Latvia! Apart from Montenegro and Israel I was thinking semi 2 was as dull as semi 1.
Belguim, then Latvia, UK for the final so far
Loved Aminata's performance - so intense and quirky and vocally flawless. The song is brill too, very FKA Twigs.
01 Israel: Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy 11/10
02 Ireland: Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers 10/10
03 Latvia: Aminata - Love Injected 9/10
04 Norway: Mřrland & Debrah Scarlet - A Monster Like Me 8/10
05 Malta: Amber - Warrior 6.5/10
06 Lithuania: Vaidas Baumila & Monika Linkyte - This Time 6/10
07 Czech Republic: Vaclav & Marta _ Hope NEver Dies 6/10
08 Portugal: Leonor Andrade - Há um Mar que nos Separa 5/10
09 Montengro: Knez - Adio 4/10
10 San Marino: Michele Perinola & Anita Simoncini - Chain Of Light 2/10
9.0/10 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
9.0/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
8.5/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
8.0/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6.5/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
4.0/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Latvia: loving this, very strong voice and the production is fab too. this has gotta qualify right?
07.5 | | Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
03.0 | | Ireland | Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
00.5 | | San Marino | Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
09.0 | | Montenegro | Knez - Adio
07.0 | | Malta | Amber - Warrior
09.5 | | Norway | Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
02.0 | | Portugal | Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
10.0 | | Czech Republic | Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
10.0 | | Israel | Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
08.0 | | Latvia | Aminata - Love Injected
06.5 | | Azerbaijan | Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
Oh god this doesn't deserve to be Azerbaijan's first DNQ by a LONG LONG shot but I can see problems with his vocals here.
hmm, idk basic eurovision entry.
5.5/10 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
9.0/10 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
8.5/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
7.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
6.5/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
6.0/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
4.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
3.0/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
09.0 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
08.5 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
08.0 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
08.0 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
07.0 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
06.5 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
06.0 Malta Amber - Warrior
06.0 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
06.0 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
05.0 Montenegro Knez - Adio
04.0 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Azerbaijan
Good vocally but bored me about 1 minute in
HOT VOX
Love the staging, but the song is yet to click for me. His vocals are very good too.
01 Israel: Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy 11/10
02 Ireland: Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers 10/10
03 Latvia: Aminata - Love Injected 9/10
04 Norway: Mřrland & Debrah Scarlet - A Monster Like Me 8/10
05 Azerbaijan: Elynur Husenyov - Hour Of The Wolf 7.5/10
06 Malta: Amber - Warrior 6.5/10
07 Lithuania: Vaidas Baumila & Monika Linkyte - This Time 6/10
08 Czech Republic: Vaclav & Marta _ Hope NEver Dies 6/10
09 Portugal: Leonor Andrade - Há um Mar que nos Separa 5/10
10 Montengro: Knez - Adio 4/10
11 San Marino: Michele Perinola & Anita Simoncini - Chain Of Light 2/10
Having said that they're doing VERY well with the imagery of wolves and full moons (which I adore), I'm probably just panicking a bit.
Iceland's entry last year was great, hope it can match it this year.
Baku - Eh. Ok but nothing special
10.0 - Czech Republic
10.0 - Israel
10.0 - Latvia
09.0 - Norway
08.5 - Lithuania
08.0 - Malta
07.0 - Portugal
05.0 - Baku
02.0 - Ireland
-1.0 - Montenegro
-5.0 - San Marino
Think Azerbaijan is the most secure qualifier so far! I thought the vocals were great tbh.
I f***ing love that and he sold the LIVING SHIT out of it
01 czech republic 10/10
02 latvia 10/10
03 israel 10/10
04 montenegro 10/10
05 lithuania 10/10
06 malta 10/10
07 norway 9/10
08 azerbaijan 8.5/10 Still good but that's second time in a row I ADORE a studio version of Azeri entry and they kinda disappoint live. oh well, the semi is packed with greats anyway
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09 portugal 7.5/10
10 ireland 6/10
11 san marino 1/10
9.0/10 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
9.0/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
8.5/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
8.0/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6.5/10 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
6.5/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
4.0/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
back to averageness with Azerbaijan then. I imagine they'll qualify whether they buy votes or not though
11 Azerbaijan - I expect better of Azerbaijan because that really didn't do all that much for me. It was a decent attempt at trying to be quite dramatic but it never quite hit the mark it was aiming for in my eyes. Not too bad though. I'd probably be giving this 5.5 if Nadav hadn't lifted my mood which was getting very restless at endless dross. 6.5/10
9/10 Israel // Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
7.5/10 Latvia // Animata - Love Injected
7/10 Malta // Amber - Warrior
7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
7/10 Czech Republic // Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
6.5/10 Azerbaijan // Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
6/10 Montenegro // Knez - Adio
5.5/10 Norway // Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
5.5/10 Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5/10 Portugal // Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
1/10 San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
She sounds so nervous.
HERA THO
Latvia is absolutely STREETS ahead of everything else in both semis (that I've heard thus far). Might actually challenge Spain for my fave overall. Love ~
Motenegro and Czech Republic both pretty GOOD too. Czech Republic reminds me so much of another song I can't think of. Might be a Muse song?
This is dire. Pollaponk will be rolling in their "once-supported Suede" graves.
This is moving towards a DNQ for me :/ especially between Azerbaijan and Sweden!
Rocky vox
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory right here
07.5 | | Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
03.0 | | Ireland | Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
00.5 | | San Marino | Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
09.0 | | Montenegro | Knez - Adio
07.0 | | Malta | Amber - Warrior
09.5 | | Norway | Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
02.0 | | Portugal | Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
10.0 | | Czech Republic | Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
10.0 | | Israel | Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
08.0 | | Latvia | Aminata - Love Injected
06.5 | | Azerbaijan | Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
06.0 | | Iceland | Maria Olafs - Unbroken
Not the best Icelandic entry, expected much better from them, could just get into the final by a whisker
lol this sounds like demi lovato reject, i guess decent for eurovision. (oh she's pretty but her vocals not really)
5.0/10 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
9.0/10 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
8.5/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
7.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
6.5/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
6.0/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5.5/10 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
4.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
3.0/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
09.0 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
08.5 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
08.0 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
08.0 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
07.5 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
07.0 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
06.5 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
06.0 Malta Amber - Warrior
06.0 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
06.0 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
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05.0 Montenegro Knez - Adio
04.0 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Iceland:
this is cute, it;snothing groundbreaking but it's v good vocally and visually.
Uh oh, I'm definitely seeing problems for that (and my sweepstake as well ), should not be heading out, especially when Iceland have had such a good streak going, but that's not going to be a memorable performance.
9.0/10 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
9.0/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
8.5/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
8.0/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
7.5/10 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6.5/10 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
6.5/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
4.0/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Iceland: this sounds very BJSC pop hoe entry. Not bad though, will probably scrape into the final
Iceland - Far away from the dizzying 13/10 heights of Yohanna and Hera but i really enjoyed it.
10.0 - Czech Republic
10.0 - Israel
10.0 - Latvia
09.5 - Iceland
09.0 - Norway
08.5 - Lithuania
08.0 - Malta
07.0 - Portugal
05.0 - Baku
02.0 - Ireland
-1.0 - Montenegro
-5.0 - San Marino
01 czech republic 10/10
02 latvia 10/10
03 israel 10/10
04 montenegro 10/10
05 lithuania 10/10
06 malta 10/10
07 norway 9/10
08 azerbaijan 8.5/10
09 iceland 8/10 cute and nice yay
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10 portugal 7.5/10
11 ireland 6/10
12 san marino 1/10
Oh dear, Maria what are these nox?! Wonderful song but I think it'll DNQ now Hopefully she can do an Elhaida now and make it.....
01 Israel: Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy 11/10
02 Ireland: Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers 10/10
03 Latvia: Aminata - Love Injected 9/10
04 Norway: Mřrland & Debrah Scarlet - A Monster Like Me 8/10
05 Iceland: Maria Olafs - Unbroken 7.5/10 (9 for the song )
06 Azerbaijan: Elynur Husenyov - Hour Of The Wolf 7.5/10
07 Malta: Amber - Warrior 6.5/10
08 Lithuania: Vaidas Baumila & Monika Linkyte - This Time 6/10
09 Czech Republic: Vaclav & Marta _ Hope NEver Dies 6/10
10 Portugal: Leonor Andrade - Há um Mar que nos Separa 5/10
11 Montengro: Knez - Adio 4/10
12 San Marino: Michele Perinola & Anita Simoncini - Chain Of Light 2/10
12 Iceland - Those vocals were so shaky that it kind of spoiled what wasn't such a bad song. I don't like the whole staging of it, she looks way too twee which annoys me. I'd quite like to see it qualify though, a nice enough foot tapper that was ultimately quite enjoyable, her shaky vocals aside. 7/10
9/10 Israel // Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
7.5/10 Latvia // Animata - Love Injected
7/10 Malta // Amber - Warrior
7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
7/10 Iceland // Maria Olafs - Unbroken
7/10 Czech Republic // Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
6.5/10 Azerbaijan // Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
6/10 Montenegro // Knez - Adio
5.5/10 Norway // Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
5.5/10 Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5/10 Portugal // Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
1/10 San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Oh f*** off BBC. Electro Velvet and Dr Eurovision are like Fetch. THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.
okay get your spare panties ready
"I think he looks like a young Jamie Theakston" - Jake calls me that all the time, so if I can say I look a bit like Mans Zelmerlow, then I will take THAT.
HERE WE GO PEOPLE.
IT'S THE SEX GOD HIMSELF.
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
Sounds levels REALLY off for Sweden
What is wrong with the sound tonight, seriously?
Even before I opened this thread I knew y'all would be thirsting like hell
good visuals for sweden, and the best Avicii track since the last Avicii single. Fab though, add it to the top 3 tracks, Belguim, Latvia, Sweden, any of them would be good winners...
Those cheers are really starting to piss me off, hopefully they are GONE by Saturday.
Okay I can admit this is a dazzlingly superb performance, a very clear moment in this semi. Shame the song is very little without it and its graphics.
wow this sounds good, and he is hot.
8.0/10 Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
9.0/10 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
8.5/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
7.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
6.5/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
6.0/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5.5/10 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
5.0/10 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
4.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
3.0/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
Everyone else can just give up now. Our Swedish overlords have got this wrapped up.
10.0/10 Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
9.0/10 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
9.0/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
8.5/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
8.0/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
7.5/10 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6.5/10 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
6.5/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
4.0/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
I think we've found our WINNER. The staging, vocals and song are all 10/10 omg giving those Loreen teas
I mean it does sound like a winner all day long but I just cannot get excited by it
09.0 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
08.5 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
08.5 Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
08.0 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
08.0 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
07.5 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
07.0 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
06.5 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
06.0 Malta Amber - Warrior
06.0 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
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06.0 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
05.0 Montenegro Knez - Adio
04.0 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Sweden:
I can see why this is a favourite this year, but with all 2015's mediocrity that's to be expected.
I like the song and maybe it needs some time, but so far I am not 100% sold on it winning.
Sweden... I'm still on the fence over this track, will probably scrape through
13 Sweden - I mean... really. It's just a country mile when everything is put together ahead of the competition this year, that it shouldn't be close. As a whole package, I'm talking, even though it is definitely my favourite as a track on it's own anyway. He didn't sound at his best, did mess one or two of those moves up, and didn't look like he was giving it quite as much as in Melodifestivalen but small niggles aside, absolutely SUPERB. GET IT MANS <3 9.5/10
9.5/10 Sweden // Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes
9/10 Israel // Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
7.5/10 Latvia // Animata - Love Injected
7/10 Malta // Amber - Warrior
7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
7/10 Iceland // Maria Olafs - Unbroken
7/10 Czech Republic // Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
6.5/10 Azerbaijan // Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
6/10 Montenegro // Knez - Adio
5.5/10 Norway // Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
5.5/10 Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5/10 Portugal // Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
1/10 San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
01 czech republic 10/10
02 latvia 10/10
03 israel 10/10
04 sweden 10/10 WINNING PERFORMANCE. POLINA VS MANS.
05 montenegro 10/10
06 lithuania 10/10
07 malta 10/10
08 norway 9/10
09 azerbaijan 8.5/10
10 iceland 8/10 cute and nice yay
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11 portugal 7.5/10
12 ireland 6/10
13 san marino 1/10
Sverige - FLAWLESS. GOD AMONGST MEN
99999999999999999999999999999999.0 - Sweden
10.0 - Czech Republic
10.0 - Israel
10.0 - Latvia
09.5 - Iceland
09.0 - Norway
08.5 - Lithuania
08.0 - Malta
07.0 - Portugal
05.0 - Baku
02.0 - Ireland
-1.0 - Montenegro
-5.0 - San Marino
Mans looking perfect as ever, still find the song a tad overrated though. Still a safe qualifier obv and probable winner, but far from Sweden's best. Still very good perf, he does always bring it <3
01 Israel: Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy 11/10
02 Ireland: Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers 10/10
03 Latvia: Aminata - Love Injected 9.5/10
04 Sweden: Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes 9/10
05 Norway: Mřrland & Debrah Scarlet - A Monster Like Me 8/10
06 Iceland: Maria Olafs - Unbroken 7.5/10 (9 for the song)
07 Azerbaijan: Elynur Husenyov - Hour Of The Wolf 7.5/10
08 Malta: Amber - Warrior 6.5/10
09 Lithuania: Vaidas Baumila & Monika Linkyte - This Time 6/10
10 Czech Republic: Vaclav & Marta _ Hope NEver Dies 6/10
11 Portugal: Leonor Andrade - Há um Mar que nos Separa 5/10
12 Montengro: Knez - Adio 4/10
13 San Marino: Michele Perinola & Anita Simoncini - Chain Of Light 2/10
"Mucking around" is definitely an underused phrase in music.
07.5 | | Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
03.0 | | Ireland | Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
00.5 | | San Marino | Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
09.0 | | Montenegro | Knez - Adio
07.0 | | Malta | Amber - Warrior
09.5 | | Norway | Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
02.0 | | Portugal | Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
10.0 | | Czech Republic | Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
10.0 | | Israel | Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
08.0 | | Latvia | Aminata - Love Injected
06.5 | | Azerbaijan | Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
06.0 | | Iceland | Maria Olafs - Unbroken
09.0 | | Sweden | Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
10.0 Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
09.0 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
08.5 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
08.5 Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
08.0 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
08.0 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
07.5 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
07.0 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
06.5 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
06.0 Malta Amber - Warrior
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06.0 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
06.0 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
05.0 Montenegro Knez - Adio
04.0 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Switzerland
Okay boys and gays, this is the ACTUAL winner.
The vocals, the song the everything lord. FLAWLESS
This is the moment I've been waiting for. Zurich 2016
07.5 | | Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
03.0 | | Ireland | Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
00.5 | | San Marino | Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
09.0 | | Montenegro | Knez - Adio
07.0 | | Malta | Amber - Warrior
09.5 | | Norway | Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
02.0 | | Portugal | Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
10.0 | | Czech Republic | Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
10.0 | | Israel | Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
08.0 | | Latvia | Aminata - Love Injected
06.5 | | Azerbaijan | Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
06.0 | | Iceland | Maria Olafs - Unbroken
09.0 | | Sweden | Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
05.0 | | Switzerland | Mélanie René - Time To Shine
this is good too, nice pop song! semi 2 is much stronger than s1!
8.5/10 Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
9.0/10 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
8.5/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
8.0/10 Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
7.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
6.5/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
6.0/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5.5/10 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
5.0/10 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
4.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
3.0/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
yas *.*
Switzerland - f*** yes! This is fabulous!
13.0 - Sweden
11.0 - Switzerland
10.0 - Czech Republic
10.0 - Israel
10.0 - Latvia
09.5 - Iceland
09.0 - Norway
08.5 - Lithuania
08.0 - Malta
07.0 - Portugal
05.0 - Baku
02.0 - Ireland
-1.0 - Montenegro
-5.0 - San Marino
Sweden is visually impressive but the song itself is absolute shite (I get why it'll obviously win but I seriously hope it doesn't).
14 Switzerland - I really enjoyed that! Great stage performance, hits the mark on exactly what it's trying to do, dramatic, interesting, good chorus. Definitely one of the more polished and professional entries of the semi. 8/10
9.5/10 Sweden // Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes
9/10 Israel // Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
8/10 Switzerland // Mélanie René - Time To Shine
7.5/10 Latvia // Animata - Love Injected
7/10 Malta // Amber - Warrior
7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
7/10 Iceland // Maria Olafs - Unbroken
7/10 Czech Republic // Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
6.5/10 Azerbaijan // Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
6/10 Montenegro // Knez - Adio
5.5/10 Norway // Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
5.5/10 Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5/10 Portugal // Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
1/10 San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Better than I had expected for Switzerland's performance, Melanie is adorably cute too
Would love if it can sneak through but I'm not holding out hope. It'd probably knock out another fave of mine if it did that.
10.0/10 Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
9.0/10 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
9.0/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
8.5/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
8.0/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
7.5/10 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
7.0/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6.5/10 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
6.5/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
4.0/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Switzerland sounding good tonight, think they've secured their qualification with that perf!
One of the more underrated entries for me - so fierce <3 This is SO not qualifying though.
01 Israel: Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy 11/10
02 Ireland: Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers 10/10
03 Latvia: Aminata - Love Injected 9.5/10
04 Sweden: Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes 9/10
05 Switzerland: Melanie Rene - Time To Shine 9/10
06 Norway: Mřrland & Debrah Scarlet - A Monster Like Me 8/10
07 Iceland: Maria Olafs - Unbroken 7.5/10 (9 for the song)
08 Azerbaijan: Elynur Husenyov - Hour Of The Wolf 7.5/10
09 Malta: Amber - Warrior 6.5/10
10 Lithuania: Vaidas Baumila & Monika Linkyte - This Time 6/10
11 Czech Republic: Vaclav & Marta _ Hope NEver Dies 6/10
12 Portugal: Leonor Andrade - Há um Mar que nos Separa 5/10
13 Montengro: Knez - Adio 4/10
14 San Marino: Michele Perinola & Anita Simoncini - Chain Of Light 2/10
The Swiss entry was a breath of fresh air, loving that.
01 czech republic 10/10
02 latvia 10/10
03 israel 10/10
04 sweden 10/10
05 montenegro 10/10
06 lithuania 10/10
07 malta 10/10
08 switzerland 9/10 OOH SHE BE GREAT. I knew it'd work well live <3
09 norway 9/10
10 azerbaijan 8.5/10
11 iceland 8/10 cute and nice yay
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12 portugal 7.5/10
13 ireland 6/10
14 san marino 1/10
azerbaijan TENTH so far. WOT WHO KNEW
Yawn
Mĺns haters can exit stage left. That man is physical perfection and the song is flawless.
"yawn"
07.5 | | Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
03.0 | | Ireland | Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
00.5 | | San Marino | Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
09.0 | | Montenegro | Knez - Adio
07.0 | | Malta | Amber - Warrior
09.5 | | Norway | Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
02.0 | | Portugal | Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
10.0 | | Czech Republic | Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
10.0 | | Israel | Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
08.0 | | Latvia | Aminata - Love Injected
06.5 | | Azerbaijan | Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
06.0 | | Iceland | Maria Olafs - Unbroken
09.0 | | Sweden | Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
05.0 | | Switzerland | Mélanie René - Time To Shine
08.0 | | Cyprus | John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
Bring on Slovenia
not feeling it..
4.0/10 Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
9.0/10 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
8.5/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
8.5/10 Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
8.0/10 Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
7.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
6.5/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
6.0/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5.5/10 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
5.0/10 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
4.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
3.0/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
10.0/10 Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
9.0/10 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
9.0/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
8.5/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
8.0/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
7.5/10 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
7.0/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6.5/10 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
6.5/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
4.0/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
2.0/10 Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
oh yay it's time for the Cyprus Sam Smith equivalent so so boring
I'm sorry that was boring as f***
10.0 Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
09.0 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
08.5 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
08.5 Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
08.0 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
08.0 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
07.5 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
07.0 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
07.0 Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
06.5 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
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06.0 Malta Amber - Warrior
06.0 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
06.0 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
05.0 Montenegro Knez - Adio
04.0 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Cyprus
This reminds me of some Backstreet Boys song I think, especially the chorus. (Or maybe that Meat Loaf song idk)
Quite like this!
Cyprus - DULL
13.0 - Sweden
11.0 - Switzerland
10.0 - Czech Republic
10.0 - Israel
10.0 - Latvia
09.5 - Iceland
09.0 - Norway
08.5 - Lithuania
08.0 - Malta
07.0 - Portugal
05.0 - Baku
03.0 - Cyprus
02.0 - Ireland
-1.0 - Montenegro
-5.0 - San Marino
Nice, but completely boring. It's probably going through but I'm really hoping that something will turn against it and it'll be a shock out.
01 czech republic 10/10
02 latvia 10/10
03 israel 10/10
04 sweden 10/10
05 montenegro 10/10
06 lithuania 10/10
07 malta 10/10
08 switzerland 9/10
09 norway 9/10
10 azerbaijan 8.5/10
11 iceland 8/10
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12 portugal 7.5/10
13 ireland 6/10
14 cyprus 5.5/10 YEAH BUT NO
15 san marino 1/10
Still find the song a tad boring but it's so going to do well. He is GORGEOUS though and sang it very well!
01 Israel: Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy 11/10
02 Ireland: Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers 10/10
03 Latvia: Aminata - Love Injected 9.5/10
04 Sweden: Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes 9/10
05 Switzerland: Melanie Rene - Time To Shine 9/10
06 Norway: Mřrland & Debrah Scarlet - A Monster Like Me 8/10
07 Iceland: Maria Olafs - Unbroken 7.5/10 (9 for the song)
08 Azerbaijan: Elynur Husenyov - Hour Of The Wolf 7.5/10
09 Malta: Amber - Warrior 6.5/10
10 Cyprus: John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done 6.5/10
11 Lithuania: Vaidas Baumila & Monika Linkyte - This Time 6/10
12 Czech Republic: Vaclav & Marta _ Hope NEver Dies 6/10
13 Portugal: Leonor Andrade - Há um Mar que nos Separa 5/10
14 Montengro: Knez - Adio 4/10
15 San Marino: Michele Perinola & Anita Simoncini - Chain Of Light 2/10
15 Cyprus - I can't work out how I feel about that. It was actually very different as far as ballads go, because it was very understated. No need for the big power ballad vocals that more often than not seem to fail to make the mark, while that was quite sweet and loveable, from the song to the vocals to the person singing it. It actually really worked. I'm not wowed but I'm a fan! 7.5/10
9.5/10 Sweden // Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes
9/10 Israel // Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
8/10 Switzerland // Mélanie René - Time To Shine
7.5/10 Latvia // Animata - Love Injected
7.5/10 Cyprus // John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
7/10 Malta // Amber - Warrior
7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
7/10 Iceland // Maria Olafs - Unbroken
7/10 Czech Republic // Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
6.5/10 Azerbaijan // Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
6/10 Montenegro // Knez - Adio
5.5/10 Norway // Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
5.5/10 Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5/10 Portugal // Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
1/10 San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
This is no Round & Round is it?
I'm definitely getting some Super Sonico vibes from her on-stage attire.
#Obscureanimereference
Her voice is so objectionable but the song is also undeniable
Yet another one where I can barely hear the vocals, what's going on tonight, it's very strange.
07.5 | | Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
03.0 | | Ireland | Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
00.5 | | San Marino | Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
09.0 | | Montenegro | Knez - Adio
07.0 | | Malta | Amber - Warrior
09.5 | | Norway | Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
02.0 | | Portugal | Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
10.0 | | Czech Republic | Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
10.0 | | Israel | Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
08.0 | | Latvia | Aminata - Love Injected
06.5 | | Azerbaijan | Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
06.0 | | Iceland | Maria Olafs - Unbroken
09.0 | | Sweden | Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
05.0 | | Switzerland | Mélanie René - Time To Shine
08.0 | | Cyprus | John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
09.5 | | Slovenia | Maraaya - Here For You
I hereby Christen this genre of music "Drum & Bach".
10.0 Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
09.0 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
08.5 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
08.5 Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
08.0 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
08.0 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
08.0 Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
07.5 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
07.0 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
07.0 Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
06.5 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
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06.0 Malta Amber - Warrior
06.0 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
06.0 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
05.0 Montenegro Knez - Adio
04.0 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Israel
Catchy and great vocally. it does NOT touch Round & Round in the slightest, but it's v good.
Slovenia slaying ur basic faves 2 years in a row
yass Slovenia:D liking this!
8.0/10 Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
9.0/10 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
8.5/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
8.5/10 Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
8.0/10 Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
7.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
6.5/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
6.0/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5.5/10 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
5.0/10 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
4.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
4.0/10 Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
3.0/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
This Slovenian one is fairly good. The second half tonight has been a lot better than the first.
Maybe the air violinist will save them.
Can hardly hear her, that's not going to help matters. Great song and should get through though.
10.0/10 Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
9.0/10 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
9.0/10 Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
9.0/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
8.5/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
8.0/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
7.5/10 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
7.0/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
6.5/10 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
6.5/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
4.0/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
2.0/10 Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
another great uptempo pop song is great to hear! very catchy and sounds like a hit
TUNE. Love it, probably the one that would easily be a hit in the UK too.
01 Israel: Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy 11/10
02 Slovenia: Maraaya - Here For You 10/10
03 Ireland: Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers 10/10
04 Latvia: Aminata - Love Injected 9.5/10
05 Sweden: Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes 9/10
06 Switzerland: Melanie Rene - Time To Shine 9/10
07 Norway: Mřrland & Debrah Scarlet - A Monster Like Me 8/10
08 Iceland: Maria Olafs - Unbroken 7.5/10 (9 for the song)
09 Azerbaijan: Elynur Husenyov - Hour Of The Wolf 7.5/10
10 Malta: Amber - Warrior 6.5/10
11 Cyprus: John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done 6.5/10
12 Lithuania: Vaidas Baumila & Monika Linkyte - This Time 6/10
13 Czech Republic: Vaclav & Marta _ Hope NEver Dies 6/10
14 Portugal: Leonor Andrade - Há um Mar que nos Separa 5/10
15 Montengro: Knez - Adio 4/10
16 San Marino: Michele Perinola & Anita Simoncini - Chain Of Light 2/10
01 czech republic 10/10
02 latvia 10/10
03 israel 10/10
04 sweden 10/10
05 montenegro 10/10
06 lithuania 10/10
07 malta 10/10
08 slovenia 9.5/10 OKAY I LOVE THIS NOW
09 switzerland 9/10
10 norway 9/10
11 azerbaijan 8.5/10
12 iceland 8/10
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13 portugal 7.5/10
14 ireland 6/10
15 cyprus 5.5/10 YEAH BUT NO
16 san marino 1/10
16 Slovenia - I've actually heard that before and forgot and it definitely sounded better on studio version than live, but it didn't help that the production was much louder than her vocals. One of the more credible entries but the staging was pretty awful and her headphone wearing was just bizarre and really distracted from a song that didn't match her attire at all. Rather jarring. A well crafted song though and would've sounded better with better sound mixing. 7.5/10
9.5/10 Sweden // Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes
9/10 Israel // Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
8/10 Switzerland // Mélanie René - Time To Shine
7.5/10 Slovenia // Maraaya - Here For You
7.5/10 Latvia // Animata - Love Injected
7.5/10 Cyprus // John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
7/10 Malta // Amber - Warrior
7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
7/10 Iceland // Maria Olafs - Unbroken
7/10 Czech Republic // Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
6.5/10 Azerbaijan // Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
6/10 Montenegro // Knez - Adio
5.5/10 Norway // Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
5.5/10 Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5/10 Portugal // Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
1/10 San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Slovenia;s entry is just beautiful, loved it, hope it does well
Slovenia - I've been watching this since 2009 and Slovenia are the only nation to have sent something utterly FLAWLESS every single year. This is no exception. Utterly magnificent. I swear to god if this does not qualify....
*googles management accounting jobs in Ljubljana*
13.0 - Sweden
13.0 - Slovenia
11.0 - Switzerland
10.0 - Czech Republic
10.0 - Israel
10.0 - Latvia
09.5 - Iceland
09.0 - Norway
08.5 - Lithuania
08.0 - Malta
07.0 - Portugal
05.0 - Baku
03.0 - Cyprus
02.0 - Ireland
-1.0 - Montenegro
-5.0 - San Marino
Did Israel slay?
Snatch those sympathy votes Monika!
10.0 Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
09.0 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
08.5 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
08.5 Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
08.0 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
08.0 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
08.0 Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
07.5 Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
07.5 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
07.0 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
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07.0 Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
06.5 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
06.0 Malta Amber - Warrior
06.0 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
06.0 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
05.0 Montenegro Knez - Adio
04.0 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Poland:
Oh I rather like this. It's no Slavic Girls but that was impossible to beat.
I love the little touch of her old performances on the sidescreens. Is she actually in a wheelchair or is that part of the performance?
1. Sweden
2. Latvia
3. Slovenia
4. Montenegro
5. Israel
6. Switzerland
7. Norway
8. Azerbaijan
9. Malta
10. Cyprus or Poland
I will accept no other result as in any way valid...
oh this makes me sad , it's a nice song tbh!
6.5/10 Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
9.0/10 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
8.5/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
8.5/10 Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
8.0/10 Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
8.0/10 Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
7.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
6.5/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
6.5/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
6.0/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5.5/10 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
5.0/10 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
4.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
4.0/10 Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
3.0/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
10.0 | | Czech Republic | Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
10.0 | | Israel | Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
09.5 | | Norway | Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
09.5 | | Slovenia | Maraaya - Here For You
09.0 | | Montenegro | Knez - Adio
09.0 | | Sweden | Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
08.0 | | Latvia | Aminata - Love Injected
08.0 | | Cyprus | John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
07.5 | | Lithuania | Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
07.0 | | Malta | Amber - Warrior
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06.5 | | Azerbaijan | Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
06.0 | | Iceland | Maria Olafs - Unbroken
05.0 | | Switzerland | Mélanie René - Time To Shine
04.0 | | Poland | Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
03.0 | | Ireland | Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
02.0 | | Portugal | Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
00.5 | | San Marino | Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Poland - Lovely, very lovely.
13.0 - Sweden
13.0 - Slovenia
11.0 - Switzerland
10.0 - Czech Republic
10.0 - Israel
10.0 - Latvia
09.5 - Iceland
09.0 - Norway
08.5 - Lithuania
08.0 - Poland
08.0 - Malta
07.0 - Portugal
05.0 - Baku
03.0 - Cyprus
02.0 - Ireland
-1.0 - Montenegro
-5.0 - San Marino
10.0/10 Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw - Heroes
9.0/10 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
9.0/10 Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
9.0/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
8.5/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
8.0/10 Malta Amber - Warrior
7.5/10 Iceland Maria Olafs - Unbroken
7.0/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
7.0/10 Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
7.0/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
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6.5/10 Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
6.5/10 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
6.5/10 Montenegro Knez - Adio
6.5/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
5.5/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
4.0/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
2.0/10 Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
Poland: well this is nice enough, Slovenia would've been a much better way to close the semi though.
I'm sorry, that's just so boring. All sympathy to her in a wheelchair and it'll probably get her through but it's very dull song. Performed better than Ireland though.
Time to spend a fortune voting for Slovenia and Sweden.
01 czech republic 10/10
02 latvia 10/10
03 israel 10/10
04 sweden 10/10
05 montenegro 10/10
06 lithuania 10/10
07 malta 10/10
08 slovenia 9.5/10
09 switzerland 9/10
10 poland 9/10 got to love this recently <3
11 norway 9/10
12 azerbaijan 8.5/10
13 iceland 8/10
14 portugal 7.5/10
15 ireland 6/10
16 cyprus 5.5/10 YEAH BUT NO
17 san marino 1/10
WHAT A GREAT SEMI FINAL OMFG
Loved that Polish entry, hope it gets through, should do well in the final.
10/10 Czech Republic Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
10/10 Israel Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
9/10 Latvia Aminata - Love Injected
9/10 Sweden Mĺns Zelmerlöw – Heroes
8.5/10 Slovenia Maraaya - Here For You
8/10 Montenegro Knez – Adio
8/10 Malta Amber – Warrior
7/10 Switzerland Mélanie René - Time To Shine
7/10 Norway Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
7/10 Azerbaijan Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
6.5/10 Lithuania Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila – This Time
6.5/10 Iceland Maria Olafs – Unbroken
6/10 Poland Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
6/10 Ireland Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
4/10 San Marino Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
4/10 Portugal Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
4/10 Cyprus John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
Time to spend some money on Latvia, Malta and Slovenia
There's a fantastic Enya song in Ireland's entry just waiting to break in.
The song is very nice, her vocals were amazing though and it came across very well live.
01 Israel: Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy 11/10
02 Slovenia: Maraaya - Here For You 10/10
03 Ireland: Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers 10/10
04 Latvia: Aminata - Love Injected 9.5/10
05 Sweden: Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes 9/10
06 Switzerland: Melanie Rene - Time To Shine 9/10
07 Norway: Mřrland & Debrah Scarlet - A Monster Like Me 8/10
08 Iceland: Maria Olafs - Unbroken 7.5/10 (9 for the song)
09 Poland: Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love 7.5/10
10 Azerbaijan: Elynur Husenyov - Hour Of The Wolf 7.5/10
11 Malta: Amber - Warrior 6.5/10
12 Cyprus: John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done 6.5/10
13 Lithuania: Vaidas Baumila & Monika Linkyte - This Time 6/10
14 Czech Republic: Vaclav & Marta _ Hope NEver Dies 6/10
15 Portugal: Leonor Andrade - Há um Mar que nos Separa 5/10
16 Montengro: Knez - Adio 4/10
17 San Marino: Michele Perinola & Anita Simoncini - Chain Of Light 2/10
17 Poland - I mean, if it does get through, really it does smell of sympathy because it was just disgustingly "oh how nice". A very poor finisher, not really sure why it was picked to close at all because it left the semi on a really dour note. 3/10
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FINAL RANKINGS
01 9.5/10 Sweden // Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes
02 9/10 Israel // Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
03 8/10 Switzerland // Mélanie René - Time To Shine
04 7.5/10 Slovenia // Maraaya - Here For You
05 7.5/10 Latvia // Animata - Love Injected
06 7.5/10 Cyprus // John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
07 7/10 Malta // Amber - Warrior
08 7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
09 7/10 Iceland // Maria Olafs - Unbroken
10 7/10 Czech Republic // Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
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11 6.5/10 Azerbaijan // Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12 6/10 Montenegro // Knez - Adio
13 5.5/10 Norway // Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
14 5.5/10 Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
15 5/10 Portugal // Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
16 3/10 Poland // Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
17 1/10 San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
Voted for Sweden x2 and Slovenia x4!
ranking, combination of my love for the entry and their performance tonight:
01 Czech Republic
02 Norway
03 Latvia
04 Switzerland
05 Israel
06 Slovenia
07 Azerbaijan
08 Montenegro
09 Iceland
10 Ireland
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11 Sweden
12 Lithuania
13 Poland
14 Malta
15 Portugal
16 Cyprus
17 San Marino
Voting for the Czechs and Norway now. May add a couple of others if I feel like it.
voted for Israel, might vote for Latvia, still not sure
Voted 3x for Israel and 1 each for Slovenia, Ireland, Latvia and Iceland. My mum voted twice for Israel too!
I hope Slovenia, Malta, Latvia, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland make the final
Right, voted three times for the Czech Republic (COME ON), once for Norway, once for Slovenia, once for Latvia and once for Azerbaijan.
The last one was accidental, I actually meant that to be a Latvia call. Not that I mind as Hour Of The Wolf is one of my favourites in this semi anyway, I just didn't think Azerbaijan would need my votes.
The Schrödinger joke. HA
Voted for Czech Republic and Montenegro because they might need it.
My official rankings <3
01 czech republic
02 latvia
03 israel
04 sweden
05 montenegro
06 lithuania
07 malta
08 slovenia
09 switzerland
10 poland
11 norway
12 azerbaijan
13 iceland
14 portugal
15 ireland
16 cyprus
17 san marino
My predictions
01 czech republic
02 latvia
03 israel
04 sweden
05 montenegro
06 lithuania
07 malta
08 slovenia
09 switzerland
10 poland
11 norway
12 azerbaijan
13 iceland
14 portugal
15 ireland
16 cyprus
17 san marino
i'm SO scared for Czech Republic :'(
I'm not voting for anyone tonight, nobody I like needs it really or if they do they are a lost cause
Voted for Ireland, because I couldn't help myself.
also voted for Latvia
Here at last and watching
Are Norway, Ireland, Iceland and Israel set to go through and did they perform well?
It's changed so much over the years!
f*** OFF YOU ODIOUS TITS
What is that c**t doing with that shitty little guitar thing?
Oh LORD we're going to do so badly on Saturday.
The guy should really stop smiling
Embarrass us more please Electro Velvet.
UKELELE'S TO BE BANNED
OH MY GOD NO. MAKE IT STOP.
Can electro velvet f*ck off in the nicest words EWWW
I found it pretty shocking and saddening when I learned that that Bianca has cystic fibrosis
Ukeleles
Although not in that garish shade of blue.
As if it couldn't get ANY worse. Dr Eurovision is back.
Why won't this c**t just crawl under a rock and die already.
Electro Velvet getting 2 minutes of screentime *_*
Alex Electro embarrassing the UK two days early.
Alex Electro embarrassing the UK two days early.
What a ROARING SUCCESS this interview is
ugh those teenage bitches/gays
Ireland aren't reigning Eurovision champions. That's not how words work, "Doctor" Eurovision.
Omg Nina barely knows anything Mel is saying
LMAO MEL
"Yeah... yeah, I know FKA Twigs."
Austria's entry is very Coldplay, isn't it.
lol does anyone here actually like Dr Eurovision find all the comments on here about him hilarious, although I don't find him that offensive myself
Gosh, the AQs getting like THRICE more suspense and coverage than the results will. Mess
My sister loves our entry.
I can't believe that Dr f***wit got is PhD from Glasgow. That's a real university ffs.
such ANGER for a pleasant pop song. Obviously they deserve such vitriol for trying to win a song competition for the UK. How very dare they!
Frankly it's better than half the dire ones that got through Tuesday, and it at least tries to be different, which is more than can be said for the vast majority of Eurovision entrants this year.
dr eurovision i don't know her but he seems like he's a total and utter ARSE from all the comments here <3
does Dr Eurovision actually have a PhD then? I thought that was just his nickname.
They're gonna be speeding through those results at lightning speed again, aren't they?
I still love our entry! Although it's probably gonna be a hot mess live
Will be devastated if Czech Repubic don't make it.
Good start
YYYYAAAAAAYY
2/2 so far
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh fuck off.
Announcing the two best songs together!
It was going so well until Montenegro and Cyprus
YESSS!!!! Cyprus
Oh this is horrible so far.
Slovenia was my fave tonight.
Latvia
Pretty pleased with the results, though I would have loved Czech Republic to have made it too
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
czech republic
NADAV THROUGH YESSSS
Why leave him to last ffs was getting so nervous! GUTTED for Molly though
LITERALLY swap Poland with Czech Republic and I would have been delighted.
Ireland and Iceland out what NO
Same with Switzerland and Portugal but were expecting both out
Thank gosh Slovenia, Norway, Israel and Sweden are through *.*
Gutted for Switzerland and Malta.
I actually liked everything in this semi so I guess I was always going to be happy, Malta is a bit of a loss but it was always going to be missing out
13.0 - Sweden
13.0 - Slovenia
11.0 - Switzerland
10.0 - Czech Republic
10.0 - Israel
10.0 - Latvia
09.5 - Iceland
09.0 - Norway
08.5 - Lithuania
08.0 - Poland
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08.0 - Malta
07.0 - Portugal
05.0 - Baku
03.0 - Cyprus
02.0 - Ireland
-1.0 - Montenegro
-5.0 - San Marino
Same as SF1 then with 3 shite songs through. Two HUGE losses in the form of Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
Well, my four favourites - Sweden, Slovenia, Latvia and Israel - all got through.
No big surprises there! Glad Israel and Latvia got through despite the doubts! Bit disappointed Czech Republic and Iceland aren't in the final, but then again I can understand why they didn't make it in the stronger semi!
CZE SUI
Latvia going through is amaze too <3 Montengro can f*** off but that's the only bad one who made it really.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BBC 3 just made my night by cutting Dr Twat off there!
Oh c**t it's back.
f*** NO Czech Republic are an utterly horrible loss
I'm actually happy with the results otherwise, particularly for Israel and Latvia for breaking their DNQ streaks but so so sad for Vaclav and Marta and their amazing song that I'm not sure how to feel happy.
Thank you ''Dr'' Eurovision for putting your neck on the line with that SHOCKING PREDICTION. f*** OFF.
Ireland and Iceland out. I'm so done
01 9.5/10 Sweden // Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes
02 9/10 Israel // Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
03 8/10 Switzerland // Mélanie René - Time To Shine
04 7.5/10 Slovenia // Maraaya - Here For You
05 7.5/10 Latvia // Animata - Love Injected
06 7.5/10 Cyprus // John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
07 7/10 Malta // Amber - Warrior
08 7/10 Lithuania // Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time
09 7/10 Iceland // Maria Olafs - Unbroken
10 7/10 Czech Republic // Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
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11 6.5/10 Azerbaijan // Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf
12 6/10 Montenegro // Knez - Adio
13 5.5/10 Norway // Mřrland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
14 5.5/10 Ireland // Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
15 5/10 Portugal // Leonor Andrade - Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa
16 3/10 Poland // Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
17 1/10 San Marino // Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain Of Lights
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6/10 AGAIN ZZZZ. But, 5 of my top 6 through so I'm pretty happy on the whole.
Iceland is a gutting DNQ song wise too, but totally expected given her vocal
boo at Switzerland not going in finals
but yaay for Latvia, Israel, Montenegro, Sweden, Poland, Slovenia
omg Switzerland missed out? wtf?
LET ME SHOW YOU TEL AVIV *.*
God I was SHITTING IT at the end there waiting for Israel but YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
sad about Switzerland, Iceland and Czech Rep. :/ could've gone through instead of Poland, Cyprus and Lithuania :@
Anyway...much much better semifinal than the firs one!
Genuinely upset that Czech Republic didn't make it.
At least Czech Republic can finally be really proud of ONE entry
10.0 - Malta
10.0 - Azerbaijan
10.0 - Latvia
09.5 - Norway
09.0 - Lithuania
09.0 - Iceland
08.5 - Czech Republic
08.5 - Portugal
08.5 - Slovenia
08.0 - Sweden
08.0 - Switzerland
06.5 - Montenegro
06.0 - Israel
06.0 - Poland
05.0 - Ireland
05.0 - San Marino
04.0 - Cyprus
Probably the least surprising results we've had since I've been following the semis! I would've preferred Czech Republic over Poland but that was never going to happen. Think I might be the sole Cyprus fan on here, I'd much rather have a simple ballad like that than Hungary's 'simple ballad'.
I PREDICTED 10/10 (on my twitter - @LexDANCE_ pls follow for proof) QUALIFIERS CORRECTLY THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE!
Switzerland and Czech Republic both gave pretty show-stopping performances, they must have been unlucky to have missed out. The rest are pretty deserved based on tonight's show but for those missing out it must feel terrible. Would certainly say they put in stronger efforts than Lithuania, which is a bit questionable based just on that performance to have qualified.
watch azerbaijan, cyprus and norway get 2nd half now israel to draw 2nd half and stand the FUCK out of that slow drab <333
This final is going to be AMAZING.
I think the Czechs just got let down by context, comig as the latest in a long line of all those ballads meant I think people didn't give them a chance. If they'd sent that song in another year I think they'd have qualified.
Now I'm over my initial *.* over Israel qualifying I can reflect on the rest. Another set of results that have gone SO WELL Really pleased Montenegro made it, Zeljko remains sans DNQ. So happy for Latvia as well, it was a great perf from Aminata. Sweden actually fell a little flat compared to the MF version but I still love it of course.
It's Sweden v Russia on Saturday as far as I'm concerned.
Devastated at Iceland not qualifying. But her verses were sung poorly.
It's not that Cyprus is SHIT. It's just so TERMINALLY DULL. I get Da Da Dam, I get Me & My Guitar but I still cannot for the love of god understand what's so appealling about this snoozefest?!
GUYS HELP ME OUT HERE
The Czech song reminds me SO MUCH of some song or other that I can't put my finger on. I feel like it might be by Muse or someone that sounds like Muse. Any ideas? This is majorly bugging me ~
(disappointed it didn't qualify tho, second best song in the semi / across both semis though at least Latvia made it)
is it me or Swedish entry sounds like emm Heaven by Emeli Sande?
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