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Posted by: Styles Bilinski 30th January 2018, 11:53 PM

Amazing
01 Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me

Perfectly fine filler
02 France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
03 Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
04 Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción

France and Spain could've joined Mikolas in the amazing section if "Eva" and "Lo Malo" had been chosen respectively

Posted by: rafik4u 31st January 2018, 09:37 AM

Ranking 31/01/18

01. Amaia & Alfred - Tu Cancion
02. Madame Monsier - Mercy
03. Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
04. Eugent Bushpepa - Mall

Posted by: Midge 31st January 2018, 09:43 AM

Ranking 31/01/2018

1. FRANCE
2. CZECH REPUBLIC
3. SPAIN
4. ALBANIA

Posted by: Cameron 31st January 2018, 11:14 AM

01 Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
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02 France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
03 Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
04 Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall

Posted by: Hide&Seek 31st January 2018, 02:14 PM

01 Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
02 Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción

03 France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy

04 Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me

Posted by: Dart 1st February 2018, 02:03 PM

Is there somewhere I can listen to all the songs? Like Spotify or something?

Posted by: Styles Bilinski 1st February 2018, 02:15 PM

Have you tried searching the artist names or song titles on Spotify? That's where I heard "Tu Canción" before it was officially selected, and I downloaded Mikolas from iTunes a couple of weeks ago.

Also, YouTube. The videos for the selected songs are handily in the first post of their respective threads

Posted by: Ryan. 1st February 2018, 04:28 PM

The only one not on streaming services so far is Albania. The rest are!

Posted by: Iz 2nd February 2018, 04:31 PM

Yes
01. Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
02. Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me (He's obnoxious but that beat's rather undeniable. Not enough to overtake balkan rock yet though)

Good
03. France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy

Not keen
04 Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción

Posted by: AdamAloud 4th February 2018, 09:03 PM

plenty motherf***ers wanna eat my spaghetti
01. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me

Surprisingly decent
02. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
03. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo

Spotify/BJSC hits
04. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy
05. Switzerland // Zibbz - Stones

MIRELA A EUROVISION
06. Spain // Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción

Posted by: jafetsigfinns 5th February 2018, 01:52 PM

NO, MERCI 2 U FRANCE
01. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy

Eastern Fuccboi Charm
02. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me

Painfully Average
03. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo
04. Switzerland // Zibbz - Stones

People actually enjoy this sh!t?
05. Spain // Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
06. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall

Posted by: Cameron 5th February 2018, 02:11 PM

01. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
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02. Switzerland // Zibbz - Stones
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03. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo
04. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy
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05. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
05. Spain // Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción

Posted by: Jerick 5th February 2018, 11:57 PM

QUOTE(jafetsigfinns @ Feb 5 2018, 02:52 PM)

Change the top two, but same headlines!

Posted by: Midge 6th February 2018, 10:52 AM

Ranking 06/02/2018

1. FRANCE
2. CZECH REPUBLIC
3. SPAIN
4. MALTA
5. SWITZERLAND
6. ALBANIA

Albania is the only one I dislike so far.
Spain has been a surprising grower.

Posted by: Midge 8th February 2018, 10:14 AM

Ranking 08/02/2018

1. FRANCE
2. CZECH REPUBLIC
3. SPAIN
4. MALTA
5. SWITZERLAND
6. UNITED KINGDOM
7. ALBANIA

Posted by: jafetsigfinns 8th February 2018, 10:25 AM

UPDATE

Pleasant, but certainly not groundbreaking
01. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy
02. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me

Painfully Average
03. United Kingdom // SuRie - Storm
04. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo
05. Switzerland // Zibbz - Stones

People actually enjoy this sh!t?
06. Spain // Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
07. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall

Posted by: Hide&Seek 8th February 2018, 11:42 AM

1 United Kingdom
2 Albania
3 Spain
4 Malta
5 France
6 Switzerland
7 Czech Republic

Posted by: Iz 8th February 2018, 04:25 PM

Yes
01. Switzerland: Zibbz - Stones
02. Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
03. France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy

Good
04. Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
05. United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm

Nope
06. Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
07. Malta: Christabelle - Taboo

Posted by: Ryan. 8th February 2018, 11:07 PM

Prepare for emojis that only work on select devices (apparently not on any) and a post that's way too long

Amazing
01. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
02. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy

Great
03. Switzerland // Zibbz - Stones
04. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo
05. Spain // Alfred & Amaia - Tu Canción

Good
06. United Kingdom // SuRie - Storm
07. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall

Average
No songs

Poor
No songs

Entries to be revealed
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
F.Y.R. Macedonia
Finland
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Montenegro
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovenia
Sweden
The Netherlands
Ukraine

Did they even do a draw this year or was it just split by alphabet!

Posted by: Liаm 13th February 2018, 10:03 PM

TUNE OF LIFE
01 Czech Republic: Mikolas Joseph - Lie To Me

Solid
02 France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
03 Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground

Good
04 Malta: Christabelle - Taboo
05 Switzerland: Zibbs - Stones

Meh
06 Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu cancion
07 United Kingdom: Surie - Storm

No.
08 Albania: Eugenia Bushpepa - Mall

Robbing c**ts poor Annalisa
09 Italy: Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente

Posted by: Mike Sugafan 14th February 2018, 10:18 AM

1. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo
2. Denmark // Rasmussen - Higher Ground
3. United Kingdom // SuRie - Storm
4. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy
5. Czech Republic // Mikolas Joseph - Lie To Me (Overrated. Debbi should've won that)
6. Switzerland // Zibbs - Stones
7. Albania // Eugenia Bushpepa - Mall
8. Spain // Alfred & Amaia - Tu Cancion
9. Italy // Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente

Posted by: Midge 14th February 2018, 10:35 AM

The only one I love so far of those confirmed is France - though I think Finland will be joining them on 3rd March!!

1. FRANCE
2. CZECH REPUBLIC
3. SPAIN
4. SWITZERLAND
5. DENMARK
6. MALTA
7. ITALY
8. UNITED KINGDOM
9. ALBANIA

I think Italy will grow to be honest. I also expect Denmark to get a makeover which could help it rise up my rankings.

Posted by: AdamAloud 17th February 2018, 10:14 PM

YAAASSSS
01. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
02. Greece // Gianna Terzi - Oneiro mou

Good
03. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
04. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo

Potential
05. Denmark // Rasmussen - Higher Ground
06. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy
07. Belarus // ALEKSEEV - Forever

Meh
08. Switzerland // Zibbz - Stones
09. United Kingdom // SuRie - Storm
10. Spain // Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
11. Italy // Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente
12. Montenegro // Vanja Radovanović - Inje

Posted by: LUKΞ 22nd February 2018, 08:40 PM

~~Armenia // Tamar Kaprelian - Poison (Ari Ari)~~ T_T
~~Romania // Serena - Safari~~ T_T
01. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
02. Greece // Gianna Terzi - Όνειρό μου
03. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo
04. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy
05. Belarus // ALEKSEEV - Forever
06. Serbia // Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Нова деца
07. Italy // Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente
08. Denmark // Rasmussen - Higher Ground
09. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
10. Switzerland // Zibbz - Stones
11. Montenegro // Vanja Radovanović - Inje
12. Spain // Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
13. United Kingdom // SuRie - Storm

Posted by: Hide&Seek 24th February 2018, 01:28 PM

1. UK - SuRie - Storm
2. Albania - Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
3. Germany - Michael Schulte - You Let me Walk Alone
4. Spain - Amaia & Alfred - Tu Cancion
5. Serbia - Sanja Ilic & Balkanika - Nova Deca
6. Denmark - Rasmussen - Higher Ground
7. Malta - Christabelle - Taboo
8. Belarus - Alekseev - Forever
9. Greece - Gianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
10. France - Madame Monsieur - Mercy
11. Switzerland - Zibbz - Stones
12. Italy - Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente
13. Montenegro - Vanja Radovanovic - Inje
14. Czech Republic - Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me

Posted by: Midge 24th February 2018, 10:30 PM

France still miles ahead tbh

1. FRANCE
2. CZECH REPUBLIC
3. HUNGARY
4. SPAIN
5. GERMANY
6. ITALY
7. UKRAINE
8. DENMARK
9. MOLDOVA
10. SWITZERLAND
11. MALTA
12. UNITED KINGDOM
13. SLOVENIA
14. BELARUS
15. LATVIA
16. SERBIA
17. MONTENEGRO
18. GREECE
19. ALBANIA

Posted by: Hide&Seek 25th February 2018, 03:27 PM

1. UK - SuRie - Storm
2. Moldova - DoReDos - My Lucky Day
3. Albania - Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
4. Germany - Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
5. Spain - Amaia & Alfred - Tu Cancion
6. Ukraine - Melovin - Under The Ladder
7. Serbia - Sanja Ilic & Balkanika - Nova Deca
8. Slovenia - Lea Sirk - Hvala, Ne !
9. Denmark - Rasmussen - Higher Ground
10. Malta - Christabelle - Taboo
11. Belarus - ALEKSEEV - Forever
12. Greece - Gianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
13. France - Madame Monsieur - Mercy
14. Latvia - Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
15. Switzerland - Zibbz - Stones
16. Hungary - AWS - Viszlat nyar
17. Italy - Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente
18. Montenegro - Vanja Radovanovic - Inje
19. Czech Republic - Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me

Posted by: Midge 25th February 2018, 10:36 PM

France the only one out of the 21 so far that I'd choose to listen to if it wasn't Eurovision... :/ this feels like another 2011 to me. However we could yet get 20 great entries.

1. FRANCE
2. CZECH REPUBLIC
3. HUNGARY
4. SPAIN
5. GERMANY
6. ITALY
7. UKRAINE
8. DENMARK
9. ARMENIA
10. MOLDOVA
11. SWITZERLAND
12. MALTA
13. UNITED KINGDOM
14. BELARUS
15. SLOVENIA
16. LATVIA
17. ROMANIA
18. SERBIA
19. GREECE
20. MONTENEGRO
21. ALBANIA

Posted by: AdamAloud 26th February 2018, 12:19 PM

Just listened to all 21 entries back to back and come up with this. I have to say, I'm surprised just how many of these songs I actually loved, shaping up to be a great year!

Amazing
01. Ukraine // Mélovin - Under The Ladder
02. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
03. Moldova // DoReDoS - My Lucky Day
04. Greece // Gianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
05. Serbia // Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
06. Slovenia // Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
07. Denmark // Rasmussen - Higher Ground

Very Good
08. Armenia // Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
09. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
10. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy
11. Latvia // Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
12. Belarus // ALEKSEEV - Forever
13. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo

Average
14. Germany // Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
15. Switzerland // Zibbz - Stones
16. Italy // Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente
17. United Kingdom // SuRie - Storm
18. Montenegro // Vanja Radovanović - Inje
19. Spain // Amaia & Alfred - Tu canción

No
20. Romania // The Humans - Goodbye
21. Hungary // AWS - Viszlát nyár

Posted by: Liаm 27th February 2018, 05:12 PM

01 Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
02 Germany: Michael Schultz - You Let Me Walk Alone
03 Slovenia: Lea Siri - Hvala, ne!
04 Ukraine: Melvonin - Under The Ladder

05 France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
06 Moldova: DoReDos - My Lucky Day
07 Switzerland: Zibbs - Stones
08 Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente

09 Latvia: Laura Rizotto - Funny Girl
10 United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm
11 Malta: Christabelle - Taboo
12 Belarus: Alekseev - Forever
13 Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
14 Romania: The Humans - Goodbye
15 Greece: Gianna Terzi - Oneriou Mou
16 Hungary: AWS - Viszlát nyár
17 Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
18 Serbia: Sanja Ilic & Balkanika - Nova deca
19 Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan - Qami

:/
20 Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu Cancione
21 Montenegro: Vanja Radovanovic - Inje

A male top 2 I'm only really taken by the top 2 ATM but Ukraine keeps growing and will join them. Hvala ne is a bop but I'm trying not to get too attached so I'm not gutted when it inevitably comes 16th in the final. Annoying Italy is growing on me so I can't keep holding my grudge that they beat Annalisa There's nothing absolutely awful but the bottom 2 are pretty dull. Just a lot of average but hopefully with revamps a few of those move up!

Posted by: ScottyEm 27th February 2018, 05:52 PM

On the basis that I can’t rate anything beyond a 6/10, I can’t even clobber together a top ten. Czech Republic, France and UK would make up my top three though but after that it’s mostly poor to utter tosh. The second half of announcements must be on point!

Posted by: Cameron 5th March 2018, 09:43 PM

YES YES YES
01 | Finland Saara Aalto - Monsters
02 | Czech Republic Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
03 | Australia Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
04 | Cyprus Eleni Foureira - Fuego

Very Very Good
05 | Switzerland Zibbz - Stones
06 | Germany Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
07 | Ukraine Mélovin - Under The Ladder
08 | Belgium Sennek - A Matter Of Time

Excellent but a grower
09 | Azerbaijan Aisel - X My Heart
10 | Estonia Elina Nechayeva - La Forza

Good but hoping for revamp
11 | Latvia Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
12 | Malta Christabelle - Taboo
13 | Portugal Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
14 | Albania Eugent Bushpepa - Mall

Good enough
15 | United Kingdom SuRie - Storm
16 | Slovenia Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!

Approaching the only this high because of what is left...
17 | Moldova DoReDoS - My Lucky Day
18 | Romania The Humans - Goodbye
19 | Serbia Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
20 | Greece Gianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
21 | Poland Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
22 | The Netherlands Waylon - Outlaw In Em

I'll give it time to grow
23 | Armenia Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
24 | San Marino Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
25 | Denmark Rasmussen - Higher Ground

Nah
26 | Spain Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
27 | France Madame Monsieur - Mercy
28 | Iceland Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
29 | Italy Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente

God no, let me clense my ears
30 | Belarus ALEKSEEV - Forever
31 | Montenegro Vanja Radovanović - Inje
32 | Hungary AWS - Viszlát nyár

Posted by: Iz 6th March 2018, 06:38 PM

Excellent
01. Romania: The Humans - Goodbye
02. Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
03. Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters
04. Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
05. Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
06. Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - Fuego

Great
07. Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
08. Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente
09. Serbia: Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
10. Hungary: AWS - Viszlát nyár
11. Moldova: DoReDoS - My Lucky Day
12. Switzerland: Zibbz - Stones

Good
13. Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In Em
14. Greece: Gianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
15. Portugal: Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
16. Belarus: ALEKSEEV - Forever
17. Azerbaijan: Aisel - X My Heart
18. Ukraine: Mélovin - Under The Ladder
19. France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
20. United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm
21. Latvia - Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
22. Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me

Average/growers
23.Belgium: Sennek - A Matter Of Time
24. Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
25. Montenegro: Vanja Radovanović - Inje
26. Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
27. Poland: Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up

leave my eurovision you boring f**ks
28. Germany: Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
29. Malta: Christabelle - Taboo
30. San Marino: Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are (I suppose it's endearingly shit?)
31. Iceland: Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice (jesus christ Iceland what did they do to you?)

no one remind me of the last time I put a Romanian entry everyone else thought was meh as my favourite

Posted by: Cody Rippon 6th March 2018, 07:07 PM

GOD TIER
01. Poland | Gromee f/Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
02. Finland | Saara Aalto - Monsters
03. Cyprus | Eleni Foureira - Fuego

Brilliant
04. Czech Republic | Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me (this surprised me!)
05. Switzerland | Zibbz - Stones
06. Greece | Gianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
07. Slovenia | Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
08. Romania | The Humans - Goodbye

Liking this!:
09. Azerbaijan | Aisel - X My Heart
10. United Kingdom | SuRie - Storm
11. Moldova | DoReDoS - My Lucky Day
12. Belarus | ALEKSEEV - Forever
13. France | Madame Monsieur - Mercy

It's okay, give it time
14. San Marino | Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
15. Denmark | Rasmussen - Higher Ground
16. Latvia | Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
17. Italy | Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente (the video is sweet and sends a nice message, the song alone is kinda boring but I'll feel like a jackass if I put this extremely low)
18. Estonia | Elina Nechayeva - La Forza

19. Armenia | Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
20. Malta | Christabelle - Taboo
21. Hungary | AWS - Viszlát nyár
22. Serbia | Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
23. Ukraine | Mélovin - Under The Ladder
24. Belgium | Sennek - A Matter Of Time

25. Netherlands | Waylon - Outlaw In Em
26. Albania | Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
27. Portugal | Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
28. Germany | Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone

29. Spain | Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
30. Iceland | Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
31. Montenegro | Vanja Radovanović - Inje

Okay Poland and Finland may be my favorite Eurovision discoveries since Euphoria

Posted by: Jerick 6th March 2018, 09:14 PM

My first ranking of Eueovision 2018

Great
01. Czech Republic - Mikolas Josef - Lie to Me
02. Cyprus - Eleni Foureira - Fuego
03. Finland - Saara Aalto - Monsters
04. Estonia - Elina Nechayeva - La Forza

Good
05. Denmark - Rasmussen - Higher Ground
06. Greece - Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
07. Germany - Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
08. Poland - Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
09. Ukraine - MÉLOVIN - Under the Ladder
10. Croatia - Franka - Crazy
11. Azerbaijan - Aisel - X My Heart
12. Malta - Christabelle - Taboo
13. Spain - Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
14. Belarus - Alekseev - Forever
15. Australia - Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love

Ok
16. The Netherlands - Waylon - Outlaw in Em
17. France - Madame Monsieur - Mercy
18. Italy - Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
19. Portugal - Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
20. Moldova - DoReDos - My Lucky Day

Average
21. Belgium - Sennek - A Matter of Time
22. United Kingdom - SuRie - Storm
23. Switzerland - Zibbz - Stones
24. Albania - Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
25. Slovenia - Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
26. Iceland - Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
27. Hungary - AWS - Viszlát nyár
28. Serbia - Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
29. Armenia - Sevak Khanagyan - Qami

Bad
30. Latvia - Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
31. Romania - The Humans - Goodbye
32. San Marino - Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
33. Montenegro - Vanja Radovanović - Inje

Posted by: AdamAloud 8th March 2018, 06:30 PM

Amazing
01. Cyprus // Eleni Foureira - Fuego
02. Finland // Saara Aalto - Monsters
03. Ukraine // Mélovin - Under The Ladder
04. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
05. Estonia // Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
06. Moldova // DoReDoS - My Lucky Day
07. Greece // Gianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
08. Serbia // Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
09. Slovenia // Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
10. Denmark // Rasmussen - Higher Ground

Very Good
11. Australia // Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
12. Azerbaijan // Aisel - X My Heart
13. Armenia // Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
14. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
15. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy
16. Latvia // Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
17. Belarus // ALEKSEEV - Forever
18. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo
19. The Netherlands // Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em

Average
20. Germany // Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
21. Spain // Amaia & Alfred - Tu canción
22. Portugal // Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
23. Croatia // Franka - Crazy
24. Belgium // Sennek - A Matter Of Time
25. Switzerland // Zibbz - Stones
26. Italy // Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente
27. Montenegro // Vanja Radovanović - Inje
28. Poland // Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
29. United Kingdom // SuRie - Storm
30. Iceland // Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice

No
31. Romania // The Humans - Goodbye
32. San Marino // Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
33. Hungary // AWS - Viszlát nyár

Posted by: Ryan. 8th March 2018, 11:44 PM

Amazing
01. Cyprus // Eleni Foureira - Fuego
02. Australia // Jessica Mauboy - #We Got Love
03. Finland // Saara Aalto - Monsters
04. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
05. Poland // Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
06. Belgium // Sennek - A Matter Of Time
07. The Netherlands // Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em
08. Ukraine // Mélovin - Under The Ladder
09. Azerbaijan // Aisel - X My Heart
10. Germany // Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
11. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy

Great
12. Portugal // Cláudia Pascoal - O Jardim
13. Spain // Alfred & Amaia - Tu Canción
14. Switzerland // Zibbz - Stones
15. Estonia // Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
16. Latvia // Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
17. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo

Good
18. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
19. Serbia // Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova Deca
20. Croatia // Franka - Crazy
21. Greece // Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
22. United Kingdom // SuRie - Storm
23. Slovenia // Lea Sirk - Hvala, Ne!
24. Denmark // Rasmussen - Higher Ground
25. Belarus // Alekseev - Forever
26. Italy // Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente

Average
27. Moldova // DoReDoS - My Lucky Day
28. San Marino // Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
29. Armenia // Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
30. Iceland // Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
31. Romania // The Humans - Goodbye

Poor
32. Montenegro // Vanja Radovanović - Inje
33. Hungary // AWS - Viszlát Nyár

Entries to be revealed
Austria // César Sampson - Nobody But You
Bulgaria // ???
F.Y.R. Macedonia // Eye Cue - Lost And Found
Georgia // Iriao - Sheni Gulistvis
Ireland // Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
Israel // Netta Barzilai - Toy
Lithuania // ???
Norway // ???
Russia // Yulia Samoylova - ???
Sweden // ???

Posted by: Ryan. 8th March 2018, 11:50 PM

Cyprus coming to top my pre-contest rankings for the fifth time in 11 years!

Posted by: Midge 9th March 2018, 12:23 AM

Updated:

1. FINLAND
2. FRANCE
3. CYPRUS
4. SPAIN
5. CZECH REPUBLIC
6. ITALY
7. AUSTRALIA
8. BELGIUM
9. HUNGARY
10. PORTUGAL
11. AZERBAIJAN
12. UKRAINE
13. GERMANY
14. ESTONIA
15. SWITZERLAND
16. POLAND
17. MALTA
18. DENMARK
19. UNITED KINGDOM
20. ARMENIA
21. MOLDOVA
22. SAN MARINO
23. BELARUS
24. SLOVENIA
25. CROATIA
26. NETHERLANDS
27. LATVIA
28. ICELAND
29. SERBIA
30. ROMANIA
31. GREECE
32. MONTENEGRO
33. ALBANIA

Posted by: Liаm 9th March 2018, 02:33 AM

Just had a proper listen to all the songs in a block, so now's the time to update *.* Odd year for me as I LOVE the top 4, it feels ridic to only have Saara at 4 but they're all 11/10. I reall like the next block, then there's a good few solid songs that just needs to grow a bit more etc, then there's the ones I just don't care anout that much that are fine enough I guess. There's not really much difference between like 8-17 for example

01 Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
02 Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
03 Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - Fuego
04 Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters

05 Germany: Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
06 Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
07 Czech Republic: Mikolas Joseph - Lie To Me

08 Belgium: Sennek - A Matter Of Time
09 Portugal: Claudia Pascoal - O jardim
10 Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
11 Ukraine: MELOVIN - Under The Ladder
12 Switzerland: Zibbs - Stones
13 Azerbaijan: Aisel - X My Cross
14 France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
15 Malta: DoReDos - My Lucky Day
16 Croatia: Franka - Crazy
17 Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em

18 Malta: Christabelle - Taboo
19 Latvia: Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
20 Greece: Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
21 Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
22 Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
23 Poland: Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
24 United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm
25 Belarus - Alekseev - Forever
26 Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu cancion
27 Hungary: AWS - Viszlát nyár
28 Romania: The Humans - Goodbye

:/
29 Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
30 Serbia: Sanja Ilic & Balkanika - Nova deca
31 San Marino: Jessika ft. Jennifer Brening - Who We Are
32 Montenegro: Vanja Radovanovic - Inje
33 Iceland: Ari Olafsson - Our Choice

Posted by: ionderella 11th March 2018, 12:01 PM

might as well attempt to do this. i wanted to wait until all the songs are out but just had a long listening session

CHANGING LIVES ONE AT A TIME

01 Austria: César Sampson - Nobody But You
02 Israel: Netta Barzilai - Toy
03 Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - Fuego

AMAZING

04 Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters
05 Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
06 Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
07 France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
08 Serbia: Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
09 Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
10 Latvia: Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl

REALLY STRAWNG

11 Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
12 Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
13 Ukraine: MELOVIN - Under The Ladder
14 Greece: Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
15 Portugal: Claudia Pascoal - O jardim
16 Czech Republic: Mikolas Joseph - Lie To Me
17 Poland: Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
18 Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
19 Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan - Qami

I LIKE

20 Belgium: Sennek - A Matter Of Time
21 Ireland: Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
22 Malta: DoReDos - My Lucky Day
23 Romania: The Humans - Goodbye
24 Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
25 Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em
26 Belarus - Alekseev - Forever
27 Croatia: Franka - Crazy
28 United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm

NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT

29 Switzerland: Zibbs - Stones
30 Montenegro: Vanja Radovanovic - Inje
31 Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
32 Azerbaijan: Aisel - X My Heart
33 Malta: Christabelle - Taboo
34 Germany: Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
35 Hungary: AWS - Viszlát nyár
36 Iceland: Ari Olafsson - Our Choice
37 San Marino: Jessika ft. Jennifer Brening - Who We Are

CANCELLED

38 Norway: Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write a Song

Posted by: gooddelta 11th March 2018, 06:18 PM

Right now I'd go:

1. Australia
2. Sweden
3. Denmark (this is really atmospheric and stands out a lot, amazed it's so low in the odds but then I guess it's a bit 90s/00s Eurovision!)
4. Portugal
5. Finland
6. Cyprus

They're the clear standouts for me right now. Everything else needs to grow and there are still quite a lot I haven't listened to.

Posted by: Cameron 11th March 2018, 10:20 PM

10/10 bops that have saved Eurovision
01 | Australia Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
02 | Finland Saara Aalto - Monsters
03 | Cyprus Eleni Foureira - Fuego
04 | F.Y.R. Macedonia Eye Cue - Lost & Found
05 | Israel Netta Barzilai - Toy
06 | Czech Republic Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me

Fantastic
07 | Germany Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
08 | Sweden Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
09 | Switzerland Zibbz - Stones
10 | Ukraine Mélovin - Under The Ladder

Very Good
11 | Belgium Sennek - A Matter Of Time
12 | Azerbaijan Aisel - X My Heart
13 | Estonia Elina Nechayeva - La Forza

Good
14 | Malta Christabelle - Taboo
15 | United Kingdom SuRie - Storm
16 | Latvia Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
17 | Portugal Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
18 | Albania Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
19 | Austria Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
20 | Bulgaria EQUINOX - Bones

Plods along nicely
21 | Greece Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
22 | Croatia Franka - Crazy
23 | Russia Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break

Bearable
24 | Moldova DoReDoS - My Lucky Day
25 | Lithuania Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
26 | Slovenia Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!

Couldnt really care less
27 | France Madame Monsieur - Mercy
28 | Romania The Humans - Goodbye
29 | Serbia Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
30 | Poland Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
31 | Denmark Rasmussen - Higher Ground
32 | Armenia Sevak Khanagyan - Qami

Approaching awful
33 | San Marino Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
34 | The Netherlands Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em
35 | Spain Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
36 | Ireland Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
37 | Iceland Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice

Literally can't even find a way to rank these they are so bad
38 | Norway Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song
39 | Belarus ALEKSEEV - Forever
40 | Italy Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente
41 | Georgia Iriao - Sheni gulistvis
42 | Hungary AWS - Viszlát nyár
43 | Montenegro Vanja Radovanović - Inje

Posted by: Midge 12th March 2018, 12:37 AM

Updated - with only 2 more to be revealed?!

41. ALBANIA
40. ROMANIA
39. NORWAY
38. ICELAND
37. GREECE
36. SERBIA
35. LATVIA
34. LITHUANIA
33. SLOVENIA
32. BELARUS
31. SAN MARINO
30. MOLDOVA
29. CROATIA
28. ARMENIA
27. MONTENEGRO
26. UNITED KINGDOM
25. DENMARK
24. SWITZERLAND
23. POLAND
22. NETHERLANDS
21. AUSTRIA
20. GERMANY
19. ESTONIA
18. RUSSIA
17. UKRAINE
16. AZERBAIJAN
15. MALTA
14. MACEDONIA
13. HUNGARY
12. IRELAND
11. BELGIUM
10. AUSTRALIA
9. ITALY
8. SWEDEN
7. CZECH REPUBLIC
6. SPAIN
5. PORTUGAL
4. CYPRUS
3. ISRAEL
2. FINLAND
1. FRANCE

France regaining the top spot from Finland having re-watched the live version, I just *love* it <3 Saara could regain it by the time the contest comes along though Israel also has a chance of taking it from both of them. Georgia and Bulgaria the last hopes The standard has improved somewhat since I went Down Under!!!

Posted by: Midge 12th March 2018, 12:48 AM

QUOTE(gooddelta @ Mar 11 2018, 06:18 PM)

Denmark (this is really atmospheric and stands out a lot, amazed it's so low in the odds but then I guess it's a bit 90s/00s Eurovision!)

But did you not hear how flat it came across on stage? It really needs a revamp to pull the drama out of it. THEN I think it will do well. As it stands it may not even qualify.

Posted by: AdamAloud 12th March 2018, 01:01 PM

Everyone else go home
01. Israel // Netta - TOY

Outstanding
02. Sweden // Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
03. Finland // Saara Aalto - Monsters
04. Cyprus // Eleni Foureira - Fuego
05. Macedonia // Eye Cue - Lost & Found
06. Estonia // Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
07. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
08. Ukraine // Mélovin - Under The Ladder
09. Moldova // DoReDoS - My Lucky Day
10. Serbia // Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
11. Greece // Yianna Terzi - Oneiro mou
12. Denmark // Ramussen - Higher Ground

Very Good
13. Australia // Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
14. Azerbaijan // Aisel - X My Heart
15. Bulgaria // Equinox - Bones
16. Slovenia // Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
17. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
18. Belarus // ALEKSEEV - Forever
19. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo

Cute
20. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy
21. Armenia // Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
22. Portugal // Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
23. Russia // Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break
24. Austria // Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
25. Latvia // Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
26. Croatia // Franka - Crazy
27. Germany // Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
28. Lithuania // Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
29. Spain // Amaia y Alfred - Tu canción

Meh
30. Belgium // Sennek - A Matter Of Time
31. The Netherlands // Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em
32. Poland // Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
33. Montenegro // Vanja Radovanović - Inje
34. Switzerland // Zibbz - Stones
35. Italy // Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente
36. United Kingdom // SuRie - Storm
37. San Marino // Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
38. Romania // The Humans - Goodbye
39. Ireland // Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
40. Iceland // Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice

No
41. Hungary // AWS - Viszlát nyár

how dare you
42. Norway // Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song

Posted by: Cody Rippon 13th March 2018, 08:31 AM

Posted by: Liаm 13th March 2018, 02:32 PM

Now we've got all the songs...

LIFE
01 Israel: Netta Brazilai - Toy
02 Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
03 Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
04 Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters
05 Cyprus: Eleni Foueira - Fuego
06 Macedonia: Eye Cue - Lost And Found
07 Germany: Michael Schultz - You Let Me Walk Alone
08 Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me

Fab
09 Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, Ne!
10 Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
11 Azerbaijan: AIsel - X My Heart
12 Portugal: Claudia Pascoal - O Jardim
13 Switzerland: Zibbs - Stones
14 Russia: Yulia Samoylova - I Won't Break
15 Belgium - Sennek - A Matter Of Time
16 Malta: CHristabelle - Taboo
17 Moldova: DoReDos - My Lucky Day

Great
18 Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
19 France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
20 Ukraine: Melovin - Under The Ladder
21 Austria: Cesar Sampson - Nobody But You
22 Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em'
23 Croatia: Franka - Crazy
24 Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old

Good enough
25 Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
26 Latvia: Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
27 Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
28 Poland: Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
29 Greece: Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
30 Belarus: Alekseev - Forever
31 United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm
32 Ireland: Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together

Eh not for me
33 Bulgaria: EQUINOX - Bones
34 Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu cancion
35 Hungary: AWS - Viszlát nyár
36 Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
37 Romania: The Humans - Goodbye
38 Georgia: Iriao - Sheni gulistvis

Borderline tragic
39 San Marino: Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
40 Srbia: Sanja Ilic & Balkanina - Nova deca

Dull af to the point of being offensively so
41 Montengro: Vanja Radovanovic - Inje
42 Iceland: Ari Olafsson - Our Choice

Absolute tragedy and embarrassment to Eurovision
43 Norway: Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song

Not too bad given there's only just under a quarter I don't like! This year has shaped up better than it looked like it might at certain points, 24 solid songs and then 8 I quite like is really good!

Posted by: jafetsigfinns 13th March 2018, 02:55 PM

SAVIOURS OF ESC 2018
01 Bulgaria — "Bones"
02 Cyprus — "Fuego"
03 Estonia — "La Forza"
04 Israel — "Toy"

ALSO THANKFUL FOR THESE
05 Finland — "Monsters"
06 Czech Republic — "Lie To Me"
07 Greece — "Oneiro Mou"
08 France — "Mercy"
09 Ukraine — "Under the Ladder"
10 Sweden — "Dance You Off"
11 Armenia — "Qami"

PLEASANT
12 Denmark — "Higher Ground"
13 Moldova — "My Lucky Day"
14 Belgium — "A Matter Of Time"
15 Netherlands — "Outlaw In 'Em"
16 Azerbaijan — "X My Heart"
17 Germany — "You Let Me Walk Alone"
18 Australia — "We Got Love"
19 FYR Macedonia — "Lost & Found"

MIGHT GROW ON ME
20 Serbia — "Nova Deca"
21 Latvia — "Funny Girl"
22 Austria — "Nobody But You"
23 Malta — "Taboo"
24 Slovenia — "Hvala, Ne!"
25 Portugal — "O Jardim"

OKAY BUT WHY?
26 Belarus — "Forever"
27 Poland — "Light Me Up"
28 San Marino — "Who We Are"
29 Iceland — "Our Choice"
30 Switzerland — "Stones"
31 Romania — "Goodbye"

WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
32 United Kingdom — "Storm"
33 Ireland — "Together"
34 Russia — "I Won't Break"
35 Spain — "Tu Canción"
36 Lithuania — "When We're Old"

OFFENSIVELY BAD
37 Italy — "Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente"
38 Croatia — "Crazy"
39 Albania — "Mall"
40 Montenegro — "Inje"

PLEASE STOP IMMEDIATELY
41 Norway — "That's How You Write A Song"
42 Hungary — "Viszlát Nyár"

Haven't listened to Georgia yet. Will add it in once I have but I fully expect it to land in one of the bottom 3 categories. My top 7 is all from semi 1 oops.

Posted by: Jerick 13th March 2018, 03:58 PM

Amazing
01. Czech Republic - Mikolas Josef - Lie to Me
02. Cyprus - Eleni Foureira - Fuego
03. Sweden - Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
04. Bulgaria - EQUINOX - Bones

Great
05. Austria - Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
06. Denmark - Rasmussen - Higher Ground
07. Estonia - Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
08. France - Madame Monsieur - Mercy
09. Finland - Saara Aalto - Monsters
10. Greece - Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou

Very good
11. Ukraine - MÉLOVIN - Under the Ladder
12. Israel - Netta Barzilai - Toy
13. Germany - Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
14. Spain - Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
15. Belarus - Alekseev - Forever
16. FYR Macedonia - Eye Cue - Lost and Found
17. Poland - Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
18. Azerbaijan - Aisel - X My Heart
19. Portugal - Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
20. Russia - Yulia Samoylova I Won't Break

Good
21. Australia - Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
22. Croatia - Franka - Crazy
23. The Netherlands - Waylon - Outlaw in Em
24. Italy - Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
25. Slovenia - Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
26. Malta - Christabelle - Taboo
27. Moldova - DoReDos - My Lucky Day
28. Ireland - Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
29. Switzerland - Zibbz - Stones
30. Hungary - AWS - Viszlát nyár
31. Albania - Eugent Bushpepa - Mall

Average
32. Belgium - Sennek - A Matter of Time
33. United Kingdom - SuRie - Storm
34. Georgia - Iriao - For You
35. Serbia - Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
36. Lithuania - Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old

Bad
37. Norway - Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write a Song
38. Iceland - Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
39. Latvia - Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
40. Montenegro - Vanja Radovanović - Inje
41. Armenia - Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
42. Romania - The Humans - Goodbye
43. San Marino - Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are

Posted by: ionderella 13th March 2018, 08:36 PM

THIS IS WHAT I'M HERE FOR

01 Bulgaria: EQUINOX - Bones
02 Austria: César Sampson - Nobody But You
03 Israel: Netta Barzilai - Toy

INCREDIBLE

04 Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - Fuego
05 Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters
06 Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
07 Serbia: Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca

AMAZING

08 Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
09 Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
10 France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
11 Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
12 Ukraine: Mélovin - Under The Ladder

REALLY GOOD

13 Latvia: Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
14 Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
15 Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
16 Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
17 Greece: Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
18 Poland: Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
19 Portugal: Claudia Pascoal - O jardim
20 FYR Macedonia: Eye Cue - Lost and Found
21 Belgium: Sennek - A Matter Of Time

GOOD

22 Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
23 Belarus - Alekseev - Forever
24 Croatia: Franka - Crazy
25 Moldova: DoReDos - My Lucky Day
26 Georgia: Iriao - For You
27 Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
28 Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em
29 Ireland: Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
30 Romania: The Humans - Goodbye
31 United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm
32 Russia: Yulia Samoylova - I Won't Break

MEH

33 Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
34 Switzerland: Zibbs - Stones
35 Montenegro: Vanja Radovanovic - Inje
36 Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
37 Azerbaijan: Aisel - X My Heart
38 Malta: Christabelle - Taboo
39 Germany: Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
40 Hungary: AWS - Viszlát nyár
41 Iceland: Ari Olafsson - Our Choice
42 San Marino: Jessika ft. Jennifer Brening - Who We Are

CANCELLED

43 Norway: Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write a Song

Posted by: Lukuzz 13th March 2018, 08:43 PM

Based off my first impressions (although I’ve been listening to Saara for a while so she’s had a head start)

ESC18
1.Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters
2. Israel: Netta Brazilai - Toy
3. Cyprus: Eleni Foueira - Fuego
4. Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
5. Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
6. Bulgaria: EQUINOX - Bones
7. Azerbaijan: AIsel - X My Heart
8. Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em'
9. Germany: Michael Schultz - You Let Me Walk Alone
10. Switzerland: Zibbs - Stones
11. Moldova: DoReDos - My Lucky Da
12. Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
13. Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, Ne!
14. Belarus: Alekseev - Forever
15. Belgium - Sennek - A Matter Of Time
16. Malta: CHristabelle - Taboo
17. Macedonia: Eye Cue - Lost And Found
18. Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
19. Russia - Yulia Samoylova I Won't Break
20. Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
21. France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
22. Croatia: Franka - Crazy
23. Ukraine: Melovin - Under The Ladder
24. Ireland: Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
25. United Kingdom: Surie - Storm
26. Portugal: Claudia Pascoal - O Jardim
27. Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
28. Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
29. Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
30. Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu cancion
31. Hungary: AWS - Viszlát nyár
32. Latvia: Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
33. Austria: Cesar Sampson - Nobody But You
34. Romania: The Humans - Goodbye
35. Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
36. Serbia: Sanja Ilic & Balkanina - Nova deca
37. Poland: Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
38. Greece: Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
39. San Marino: Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
40. Norway: Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song
41. Iceland: Ari Olafsson - Our Choice
42. Montengro: Vanja Radovanovic - Inje
43. Georgia: Iriao - Sheni gulistvis

Posted by: Cody Rippon 13th March 2018, 08:59 PM

yeah probably should have done this in the morning rather than last night

01. Poland | Gromee f/Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
02. Finland | Saara Aalto - Monsters
03. Sweden | Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
04. Cyprus | Eleni Foureira - Fuego
05. Israel | Netta - TOY

06. Macedonia | Eye Cue - Lost & Found
07. Czech Republic | Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
08. Switzerland | Zibbz - Stones
09. Slovenia | Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
10. Bulgaria | Equinox - Bones

11. Greece | Gianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
12. Australia | Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
13. Azerbaijan | Aisel - X My Heart
14. Romania | The Humans - Goodbye
15. Moldova | DoReDoS - My Lucky Day
16. Belarus | ALEKSEEV - Forever
17. France | Madame Monsieur - Mercy
18. United Kingdom | SuRie - Storm

19. Estonia | Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
20. San Marino | Jessika f/Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
21. Denmark | Rasmussen - Higher Ground
22. Latvia | Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
23. Armenia | Sevak Khanagyan - Qami

24. Malta | Christabelle - Taboo
25. Italy | Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente
26. Hungary | AWS - Viszlát nyár
27. Serbia | Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
29. Belgium | Sennek - A Matter Of Time
30. Russia | Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break
28. Ukraine | Mélovin - Under The Ladder

31. Albania | Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
32. Germany | Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
33. Croatia | Franka - Crazy
34. Georgia | Iriao - Sheni gulistvis
35. Portugal | Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
36. Norway | Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song
37. Lithuania | Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
38. Netherlands | Waylon - Outlaw In Em

39. Ireland | Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
40. Spain | Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
41. Montenegro | Vanja Radovanović - Inje
42. Austria | Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
43. Iceland | Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice

I think I've gotten over the excess vitriol over Rybak but it still sounds like a YouTuber song straight out of 2013

Posted by: Ryan. 15th March 2018, 11:27 PM

First full ranking is here!

Amazing
01. Cyprus // Eleni Foureira - Fuego
02. Israel // Netta - TOY
03. Australia // Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
04. Azerbaijan // Aisel - X My Heart
05. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
06. Finland // Saara Aalto - Monsters
07. Poland // Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
08. Lithuania // Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
09. F.Y.R. Macedonia // Eye Cue - Lost And Found
10. Germany // Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
11. Sweden // Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
12. Ukraine // MELOVIN - Under The Ladder
13. The Netherlands // Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em
14. Ireland // Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
15. Belgium // Sennek - A Matter Of Time

Great
16. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy
17. Norway // Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song
18. Bulgaria // EQUINOX - Bones
19. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo
20. Switzerland // Zibbz - Stones
21. Portugal // Cláudia Pascoal - O Jardim
22. Estonia // Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
23. Austria // Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
24. Spain // Alfred & Amaia - Tu Canción
25. Latvia // Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl

Good
26. Serbia // Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova Deca
27. Greece // Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
28. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
29. Slovenia // Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
30. Croatia // Franka - Crazy
31. Moldova // DoReDos - My Lucky Day
32. Denmark // Rasmussen - Higher Ground
33. Romania // The Humans - Goodbye
34. Belarus // ALEKSEEV - Forever

Average
35. United Kingdom // SuRie - Storm
36. Iceland // Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
37. Italy // Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente
38. Armenia // Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
39. Hungary // AWS - Viszlát Nyár

Poor
40. San Marino // Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
41. Russia // Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break
42. Montenegro // Vanja Radovanović - Inje
43. Georgia // Iriao - For You

Posted by: jafetsigfinns 16th March 2018, 05:21 PM

Some stuff has happened since my last rank like 2 days ago. Listened to all of them in full yesterday and there have been some big jumps and some high falls..

THE HIGHS OF ESC 2018
01 (01) Bulgaria — "Bones"
02 (02) Cyprus — "Fuego"
03 (03) Estonia — "La Forza"
04 (04) Israel — "Toy"
05 (05) Finland — "Monsters"
06 (22) Austria — "Nobody But You"
07 (06) Czech Republic — "Lie To Me"
08 (12) Denmark — "Higher Ground"
09 (08) France — "Mercy"

ALSO VERY GOOD
10 (07) Greece — "Oneiro Mou"
11 (10) Sweden — "Dance You Off"
12 (18) Australia — "We Got Love"
13 (14) Belgium — "A Matter Of Time"
14 (11) Armenia — "Qami"

PLEASANT
15 (09) Ukraine — "Under the Ladder"
16 (13) Moldova — "My Lucky Day"
17 (16) Azerbaijan — "X My Heart"
18 (17) Germany — "You Let Me Walk Alone"
19 (25) Portugal — "O Jardim"
20 (19) FYR Macedonia — "Lost & Found"

AROUND THE AVERAGE MARK
21 (32) United Kingdom — "Storm"
22 (15) Netherlands — "Outlaw In 'Em"
23 (21) Latvia — "Funny Girl"
24 (26) Belarus — "Forever"
25 (28) San Marino — "Who We Are"
26 (34) Russia — "I Won't Break"
27 (29) Iceland — "Our Choice"
28 (33) Ireland — "Together"

OKAY BUT WHY?
29 (23) Malta — "Taboo"
30 (20) Serbia — "Nova Deca"
31 (30) Switzerland — "Stones"
32 (40) Montenegro — "Inje"
33 (24) Slovenia — "Hvala, Ne!"
34 (27) Poland — "Light Me Up"
35 (37) Italy — "Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente"
36 (38) Croatia — "Crazy"

WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
37 (31) Romania — "Goodbye"
38 (35) Spain — "Tu Canción"
39 (36) Lithuania — "When We're Old"
40 (39) Albania — "Mall"
41 (NE) Georgia — "For You"

PLEASE STOP IMMEDIATELY
42 (41) Norway — "That's How You Write A Song"
43 (42) Hungary — "Viszlát Nyár"

BIGGEST JUMPS: Austria (22-6), Denmark (12-8), Australia (18-12), Portugal (25-19), United Kingdom (32-21), Russia (34-26), Montenegro (40-32)
BIGGEST FALLS: Ukraine (9-15), Netherlands (15-22), Malta (23-29), Serbia (20-30), Slovenia (24-33), Poland (27-34), Romania (31-37)
NEW ENTRIES: Georgia (41)

Posted by: Alpha. 16th March 2018, 06:53 PM

I've given each song at least couple of plays now and my current ranking would be something like this:

AMAZING

01. Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters
02. Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - Fuego
03. Greece: Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
04. Ukraine: Mélovin - Under The Ladder
05. Israel: Netta Barzilai - Toy
06. Azerbaijan: Aisel - X My Heart
07. Portugal: Cláudia Pascoal - O Jardim

GREAT

08. Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
09. Bulgaria: Equinox - Bones
10. Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
11. Belgium: Sennek - A Matter Of Time
12. France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
13. Macedonia: Eye Cue - Lost And Found
14. The Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In Em
15. Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
16. Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
17. Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, Ne!

GOOD

18. Montenegro: Vanja Radovanović - Inje
19. Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
20. Switzerland: Zibbz - Stones
21. Moldova: DoReDos - My Lucky Day
22. Latvia: Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
23. Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente
24. Croatia: Franka - Crazy
25. Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
26. Austria: Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You

ON THE FENCE

27. Belarus: Alekseev - Forever
28. Serbia: Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova Deca
29. Malta: Christabelle - Taboo
30. Germany: Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
31. San Marino: Jessika & Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
32. Norway: Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song
33. Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
34. Russia: Yulia Samoylova - I Won't Break
35. Poland: Gromee & Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up

PROBABLY NOT FOR ME

36. Hungary: AWS - Viszlát Nyár
37. Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
38. Ireland: Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
39. United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm
40. Romania: The Humans - Goodbye
41. Georgia: Iriao - For You
42. Iceland: Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
43. Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu Canción

Posted by: Midge 16th March 2018, 07:03 PM

Can we be almost unanimous (excluding Icelandic fans) and say Iceland is last?
(I'm VERY SAD to say this is the case, as Iceland is one of my favourite countries, and I'm DYING for you guys to win but FML your song this year is ABYSMAL, and in fact, beyond that)

Posted by: ionderella 16th March 2018, 09:57 PM

QUOTE(jafetsigfinns @ Mar 16 2018, 08:21 PM)

YASSS go Austria *.* so underrated

Posted by: jafetsigfinns 16th March 2018, 10:17 PM

QUOTE(Midge @ Mar 16 2018, 07:03 PM)

Pretty much the only reason why Iceland isn’t last for me is because it’s played so much on the radio here that it’s grown on me a bit 😂 I can still fully agree though that it’s one of our worst entries lmao and I’m really hoping it’s placing last in the semi final to show us that choosing entries like these is not acceptable

Posted by: AdamAloud 17th March 2018, 08:05 PM

Curing that first post national final season Saturday by listening to all the entries back to back and rating them from 1 to 5 stars, et voilà:

*****
01. Israel // Netta - TOY
02. Sweden // Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
03. Macedonia // Eye Cue - Lost & Found
04. Finland // Saara Aalto - Monsters
05. Cyprus // Eleni Foureira - Fuego
06. Estonia // Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
07. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
08. Ukraine // MELOVIN - Under The Ladder
09. Serbia // Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova Deca
10. Australia // Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
11. Moldova // DoReDos - My Lucky Day
12. Greece // Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
13. Denmark // Rasmussen - Higher Ground

****
14. Slovenia // Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
15. Azerbaijan // Aisel - X My Heart
16. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy
17. Belarus // ALEKSEEV - FOREVER
18. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo
19. Bulgaria // EQUINOX - Bones
20. Portugal // Cláudia Pascoal - O Jardim

***
21. Armenia // Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
22. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
23. Montenegro // Vanja Radovanović - Inje
24. The Netherlands // Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em
25. Poland // Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
26. Latvia // Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
27. Lithuania // Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
28. Russia // Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break
29. Germany // Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
30. Switzerland // ZiBBZ - Stones
31. Austria // Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You

**
32. Belgium // Sennek - A Matter Of Time
33. Croatia // Franka - Crazy
34. Ireland // Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
35. United Kingdom // SuRie - Storm
36. Spain // Amaia y Alfred - Tu Canción
37. Italy // Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non Mi Avente Fatto Niente
38. Georgia // Iriao - For You
39. San Marino // Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are

*
40. Romania // The Humans - Goodbye
41. Hungary // AWS - Viszlát Nyár
42. Iceland // Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
43. Norway // Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song

Posted by: Iz 18th March 2018, 12:57 PM

I need to do an all-song ranking:

Excellent
01. Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
02. Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
03. Romania: The Humans - Goodbye
04. Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters
05. Israel: Netta - TOY
06. Austria: Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
07. Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - Fuego
08. Macedonia: Eye Cue - Lost And Found

Great
09. Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
10. Switzerland: Zibbz - Stones
11. Hungary: AWS - Viszlát nyár
12. Portugal: Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
13. Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
14. Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In Em
15. Bulgaria: EQUINOX - Bones
16. Serbia: Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
17. Moldova: DoReDoS - My Lucky Day

Good
18. Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente
19. Russia: Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break
20. Greece: Gianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
21. Belarus: ALEKSEEV - Forever
22. Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
23. Ukraine: Mélovin - Under The Ladder
24. Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
25. France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
26. Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
27. United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm
28. Georgia: Iriao - For You

Average
29. Croatia: Franka - Crazy
30. Azerbaijan: Aisel - X My Heart
31. Lithuania // Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
32. Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
33. Belgium: Sennek - A Matter Of Time
34. Latvia - Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
35. Montenegro: Vanja Radovanović - Inje
36. Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
37. Norway // Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song
38. Poland: Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up

get out
39. Germany: Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
40. Malta: Christabelle - Taboo
41. Ireland // Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
42. San Marino: Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
43. Iceland: Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice

Estonia/Slovenia/Romania are a pretty great top 3 although two of them seem doomed. Par for the course I guess.

Posted by: gooddelta 18th March 2018, 10:29 PM

QUOTE(gooddelta @ Mar 11 2018, 06:18 PM)

I've heard all but about five of the entries now and these are the ones that currently stand out to me (as in I've added them into my main weekly top 50 playlist):

1. Australia
2. Sweden
3. Denmark
4. Ireland (oops, apparently)
5. Portugal
6. Finland
7. France
8. Cyprus
9. The Netherlands
10. Israel
11. Germany
12. Lithuania

Storm is growing on me too and I can't decide whether I love or hate Estonia...it's no La Voix for me but I'm sure the live performance will sway me (I've not watched the national final performance of it). Macedonia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Azerbaijan, Belgium and Poland are all decent too.

Posted by: Shia LeMuffQueef 18th March 2018, 10:41 PM

I think people are sleeping on the UK's chances

Having heard the songs, I think it will go like this:

1. Israel
2. Bulgaria
3. UK, with an outside shot at winning
4. Greece
5. Violin man

Posted by: Cody Rippon 19th March 2018, 07:09 PM

QUOTE(Iz @ Mar 18 2018, 05:57 AM)

Estonia/Slovenia/Romania are a pretty great top 3 although two of them seem doomed. Par for the course I guess.

I'm surprised you like Slovenia bc I thought it would be everything you hate about pop music

Posted by: ionderella 19th March 2018, 08:59 PM

lolol UK winning with that nothing-y song

Posted by: Iz 19th March 2018, 09:52 PM

QUOTE(Cody Rippon @ Mar 19 2018, 07:09 PM)

I'm surprised you like Slovenia bc I thought it would be everything you hate about pop music

Based on the breakdowns? Normally, yes, that sort of thing is in songs devoid of energy, but she's very charismatic as a performer and the song is so interesting that it really works for once.

Posted by: Shia LeMuffQueef 20th March 2018, 11:21 AM

QUOTE(ionderella @ Mar 19 2018, 08:59 PM)

lolol UK winning with that nothing-y song

Hem hem

Posted by: jafetsigfinns 20th March 2018, 11:46 AM

QUOTE(Shia LeMuffQueef @ Mar 20 2018, 11:21 AM)

Hem hem

Hem Hem x2

Posted by: ionderella 20th March 2018, 12:56 PM

QUOTE(jafetsigfinns @ Mar 20 2018, 02:46 PM)

Hem Hem x2

bitch ADEUS

it's anything but nothing-y

Posted by: RobBob 20th March 2018, 03:14 PM

SO, in a row moment for me, I decided to listen to a load of these on a train journey home on Sunday, so instead of my usual 7/8 at this stage, I've heard 25 songs so far! Will get round to listening to the rest when I have a day off and do another ranking but for now!

01 Israel: Netta - TOY
02 Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - Fuego
03 Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
04 Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
05 Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
06 Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters
07 Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
08 Azerbaijan: Aisel - X My Heart
09 Russia: Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break
10 France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy

11 Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
12 Ukraine: Mélovin - Under The Ladder
13 Belarus: ALEKSEEV - Forever
14 Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
15 Switzerland: Zibbz - Stones
16 United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm
17 Croatia: Franka - Crazy
18 Greece: Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
19 Belgium: Sennek - A Matter Of Time
20 San Marino: Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are

21 Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
22 Iceland: Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
23 Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente
24 Norway: Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song
25 The Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em

Posted by: jafetsigfinns 20th March 2018, 04:07 PM

QUOTE(ionderella @ Mar 20 2018, 12:56 PM)

bitch ADEUS

it's anything but nothing-y

It's the EPITOME of nothingness.

Worst winner of the century and YES that's including Estonia's 2001 shtick.

Posted by: Shia LeMuffQueef 20th March 2018, 07:44 PM

QUOTE(jafetsigfinns @ Mar 20 2018, 04:07 PM)

It's the EPITOME of nothingness.

Worst winner of the century and YES that's including Estonia's 2001 shtick.

Omg THIS!!!

It's so nothing-y that I FORGOT about it!!

And now, thanks to bad taste, we have a Portuguese hipster douche with hipster hair running around thinking he's God's gift to music!!!

Posted by: ionderella 20th March 2018, 08:57 PM

sure jans

Posted by: Cameron 23rd March 2018, 07:36 PM

Posted by: Midge 24th March 2018, 02:47 AM

Update - Macedonia, Bulgaria, Poland, Austria, Netherlands and Albania making significant leaps. Belgium, Russia, Armenia sliding down the rankings. I'm not sure I've ever ranked Iceland as my bottom before.

1. FRANCE
2. FINLAND
3. ISRAEL
4. CYPRUS
5. IRELAND
6. PORTUGAL
7. SPAIN
8. FYR MACEDONIA
9. CZECH REPUBLIC
10. BULGARIA

11. AUSTRALIA
12. ITALY
13. POLAND
14. SWEDEN
15. AZERBAIJAN
16. HUNGARY
17. AUSTRIA
18. MALTA
19. UKRAINE
20. NETHERLANDS

21. ESTONIA
22. GERMANY
23. BELGIUM
24. SWITZERLAND
25. DENMARK
26. UNITED KINGDOM
27. ALBANIA
28. RUSSIA
29. MONTENEGRO
30. ARMENIA

31. CROATIA
32. MOLDOVA
33. BELARUS
34. GREECE
35. SAN MARINO
36. SLOVENIA
37. LITHUANIA
38. LATVIA
39. GEORGIA
40. SERBIA

41. NORWAY
42. ROMANIA
43. ICELAND

Posted by: RobBob 28th March 2018, 12:32 AM

I've finally heard them all tonight and here I provide my full rankings, which giant paragraphs of commentary that I don't expect anyone to read to allow me to have my say on them all without having to comment on each individual national thread:

01 | Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - Fuego
02 | Israel: Netta Barzillai - Toy
03 | Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
04 | Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters
05 | Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
06 | Azerbaijan: AISEL - X My Heart
07 | Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
08 | Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaité - When We're Old
09 | Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
10 | Belarus: Alekseev - Forever

Partly due to overplay of Toy and partly due to how much I've been hammering Fuego, the whisker that seperates my top 2 places Cyprus at the top of my ranking. It's pretty much Rob my numbers, catchy pop with a really strong hook, a drop, fun European ethnic elements, sex appeal in abundance. It's great to have them back to the top 6 years after my favourite Eurovision entry ever in La La Love. Israel are a close second, the song is still the most fun track of the year, so unbelievably instant and fresh for Eurovision, it's going to be so exciting to see what they bring staging wise. And completing my runaway top 3 is Estonia, which is likely only down to the fact it doesn't have the replay factor of the former two - as a stand alone entry, however, it's absolutely stunning, her vocals are incredible, it really moves me for a genre I'm not always 100% on and the staging really elevates that. Finland is another undeniable huge pop track fronted by the hugely likeable Saara Aalto, I can't see this breaking past any of the top 3 but it does what it intends to at a very high standard. Sweden then round off the top 5 with a song I've also known for a lot longer than most of these tracks but I can't see the slick nature of this whole package suffering much come May, my favourite entry of theirs since Mans Zelmerlow for sure and I really like Benjamin as a personality too, very likeable.

Further into my top 10, I have Azerbaijan which is growing on me quickly. It's not too dissimilar to Saara's Monsters and I can see it potentially overtaking it in my rankings in time. I love the energy it brings, with a sense of euphoria towards the end and it oozes a real positive nature to me - another hugely strong female pop song in a year where the girls are really bringing it! Czech Republic was the 2018 track I heard and it's comfortably their best ever. It lacks a little bit of polish compared to the songs above it just slightly with the tinny trumpet breakdown and it pales EVER SO SLIGHTLY in comparison to Benjamin for me in how slick it all feels as I think Benjamin does it a bit better. But they've both delivered 9/10 pop tracks so I can't complain. Lithuania is one that may well have benefitted from me knowing it for a month longer than most of these but it's a really beautiful ballad for me in a very understated manner. The message it conveys is really lovely and her tone helps to round off a rousing track for me. Australia is another strong female uptempo, one of which I feel I may like even more if it wasn't for the previous tracks like Saara's and Aisel's which I do feel are stronger and provoke more of a reaction from me. Jessica's voice doesn't stand out as much for me but it's hard not to like this track, much like Azerbaijan, there's a real positive pop stamp on this which always strikes a chord with me musically. Finally, one I feel breaks the mould for me somewhat, outside of these typical pop bops, is Belarus at #10 - there's a real feel of Harry Styles in this for me and I find it dramatic in all of the right ways. Bearing in mind, I've only heard a lot of these songs once or twice, this is definitely one that's stuck in my head. The chorus and the drama of it was quite fantastic to me and I'd like to see it beat the predictions I've seen for it where it's perhaps expected to not qualify.

11 | FYR Macedonia: Eye Cue - Lost and Found
12 | Malta: Christabelle - Taboo
13 | France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
14 | Moldova: DoReDos - My Lucky Day
15 | Poland: Gromee (feat. Lukas Meijer) - Light Me Up
16 | Austria: Cesár Sampson - Nobody but You
17 | Switzerland: Zibbz - Stones
18 | Bulgaria: EQUINOX - Bones
19 | Germany: Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
20 | Belgium: Sennek - A Matter of Time

As we hit #11, we reach a range of 7.5/10 for me, a rating which denotes that it's on the brink of being fantastic but just missing that something. And that's most notably the case with my #11 and #12 which I'm itching to love more than I actually do. Macedonia's track is really frustrating to me, I love love LOVE the chorus, it's giving me Freemasons, with definite feels of Heartbreak Make Me A Dancer mixed with a touch of Xenomania. But it feels really mismatched with the reggae verses which aren't as strong for me and the track as a whole doesn't fully work which is really annoying when I find it's got such potential in certain areas to give me something amazing. Malta isn't mismatched but it frustratingly never feels like it's allowed to have its moment until the last chorus. The chorus is melodically strong but because it casually phases itself in from the verse, it loses impact. It's still a good pop song and as a package, I feel like it could work at Eurovision. France definitely isn't in the same boat, it's a fully realised track, very pleasant and minimalist in a lot of ways. I actually wouldn't expect to like the song as much as I do but it's got a lot of charm to it and while I don't love it, it's definitely giving me something and I enjoy it. Moldova is an odd one. On paper, I feel like I should love this and I would be expected to. I adore the brass instrumental that it's in it, which is a feature of many Eurovision songs I like over the years, like Opa and Zaleilah. It's the sort of thing I love being brought to Eurovision and I can't wait to see it performed so I'm delighted it's been entered, I'm just not sure how actually strong it is as it's taken a couple of listens to remember any particular hook, it just left me with the memory of "oh, I really like the instrumental". I can see it growing hugely and being a highlight of Eurovision live though. Poland are bringing the Spotify 'Grab The Moment' of the year but I feel it's lacking a real hook to grab onto which is what made Norway's track work better than this does. Even given that though, I think it's going to be a really fun song to have at Eurovision, it stands alone in what it's trying to achieve as there's nothing else like this, it's very feel good and I can see it growing, it just doesn't impact HUGELY on first listen.

Austria's track is very professional and could work in or outside of this contest which I imagine will work its advantage, particularly with jurors. It leaves me feeling the same way I feel with John Legend or Rag N Bone Man tracks in that they're very undeniably well done but it's a tad too MOR for my personal tastes to really grow to like much more than I do now. Switzerland also feels professional and actually I feel similarly towards it as I do with Austria. I don't think there's anything I'd say is "lacking" or sounds unprofessional, it's fully realised and is a good track, it just simply doesn't do more than a 7/10 for me. I do think it's good though and it's a shame they won't qualify with another impressive effort from them that doesn't just sound like it was created for Eurovision, which I always respect. Bulgaria is another case of "I think this could grow" but potentially it was my expectations given the hype, as well as their least two entries on top of that, that led to me feeling a bit underwhelmed. It's got all the ingredients of something that could be massive but I never feel like it reaches that and the vocals doesn't really do a great deal for me, I'm not sure how well they mesh. I like the production and the general tone of it but while I think it's got strong elements to it, there's still something that levels me feeling not totally complete with it and it feels a little like it's still in demo stage before becoming something really huge. Germany is another case of doing what it's trying to do with ease, it's classy, it's really quite lovely but it doesn't leave me feeling like something I'd necessarily want to return to with excitement which is all that's holding it back but I certainly can't fault it on an emotional level and this is a vast improvement on their last few years and something they can be proud of. Lovely song that may rise for me. Belgium is all chorus for me, the rest I can give or take, but the chorus has been stuck in my head for the past few years so beyond something that is a bit TOO minimal for me, it does have a strong hook which I'll always appreciate.

21 | Slovenia: Lea Sirk- Hvala, ne!
22 | Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
23 | Ukraine: MÉLOVIN - Under The Ladder
24 | Russia - Yulia Samoylova - I Won't Break
25 | Greece: Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
26 | Latvia: Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
27 | United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm
28 | Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
29 | Hungary: AWS - Viszlát nyár
30 | Serbia: Sanja Ilic & Balkanika - Nova deca

Slovenia is sonically very interesting and has definite potential to rise but I don't enjoy it as much as I want to. I like that it does something different and it's unique but ultimately I do find it a bit messy. Rather that than dull though! Denmark is another that falls under the category of "nearly but not quite" but not quite as convincingly as the likes of Montenegro and Malta. It has the markings of something that could be epic but leaves me feeling a bit like how I felt with Roger Pontare's "Himmel Och Hav". I like the tribal kind of feel to it but it's not as anthemic as it wants to be and never builds to anything remarkable so it leaves me hanging at a feeling of underwhelmed. There's plenty they could do with this though that would elevate it so it's got definite potential. Ukraine have definitely brought a good and competitive track with Under The Ladder but I don't think the problem with this for me is mostly the song, but more his vocal. There's something about his tone, delivery and pronunciation that makes me find this track quite annoying along with the "oh oh oh" hook which could be more than it is in my eyes. But I don't think it's so much "lacking" like other tracks, there's just things about it that put me off wanting to listen more. Russia has fallen significantly for me, it was initially high for similar reasons to Belgium in that I had the chorus stuck in my head but after hearing the song as a whole again, it is just the chorus that works for me and there's more wrong with it than Belgium. I feel harsh criticising someone's English when it's not their first language because I can't speak a word of Russian but her pronunciation really really bothers me and doesn't make anything about this feel natural. It's a lot stronger than her 2017 song though and it does boast a strong chorus hook. Greece is an interesting one, there's elements to it that I like and it's ethnic vibe is something I enjoy, but the vocal effect on it is a bit odd and I don't get the lift in the chorus that I want. For some, I imagine this will massively strike a chord but it's a tad flat for me even though it's sonically quite interesting. I'm not sure how it'll work at Eurovision.

Latvia is another that I want to like more than I do, I always enjoy songs that have that Bond touch to them and I do somewhat enjoy this, it just doesn't really go anywhere to particularly excite me. United Kingdom is another nice enough song, it just lacks even more than it did at its national final. The chorus now has even less power and while I think it's nice and quite catchy, it is only skipping being "forgettable" for me because I was invested in the UK national selection. I enjoy the progression of Armenia and I think it leads itself well to a moment at Eurovision but I don't think it really lends itself to a riveting studio listen for me. Now, Hungary, I actually enjoy when rock is brought to Eurovision a lot of the time, it stands out well when it's done well. I think, to an extent, this is at its best when they're going hell for leather in the final minute and I like it most at that stage, but as an entire package, it's not wowing me or smashing it for its genre in my opinion. Serbia's pro's and cons are kinda similar - I like that it seems like something that could've been sent in 2005 in a "ah, this is what I like about Eurovision" kind of way but then that's also why I don't enjoy it, because it's got a bit of a dated nature and for me, it doesn't really go anywhere very enthralling that grabs me.

31 | San Marino: Jessika (feat. Jenifer Brening) - Who We Are
32 | Portugal: Cláudia Pascoal - O Jardim
33 | Ireland: Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
34 | Romania: The Humans - Goodbye
35 | Albania: Eugest Bushpepa - Mall
36 | Norway: Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song
37 | Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
38 | Montenegro: Vanja Radovanovic - Inje
39 | Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
40 | Croatia: Franka - Crazy

I'm a bit tired of writing now, so San Marino, somewhat catchy and I do like the chorus, but as often with them, it sounds very demo-ish and even though there's 12 songs I like less than this, this is probably sounds the cheapest and weakest of all. Portugal's track is sweet and definitely has something to it in a London Grammar sense that I like but in terms of being instant, which is what Eurovision is ultimately about, it didn't grab me with its beauty in a way even close to Lithuania for comparisons sake. Ireland, for yet another year, is nice but I'm tired of nice. Romania... disappointing for a country that so often brings something exciting. There's a good 30 seconds of this when it brings elements of a 90s rock power ballad but it's so disjointed that I can't even properly appreciate it. Albania, I've played several times and I'm struggling to think of anything memorable about it so that says a fair amount but I know I find it "okay" when I hear it.

Norway is irritating me on many levels. One of them is that I'm thinking "I've got a feeling I'm going to end up really liking this" because for all of its faults, of which there are MANY of them, it's catchy as hell, particularly the instrumental sections which are ingrained in my head already. But, god, I hate him even more than I did when performing Fairytale, smug as f***. And the lyrics don't do anything to change that feel, infact they make it worse. Horribly patronising and childish and on the one hand I loathe it, but in the same sense, I can't deny it's made more of an impression on me than many so... fair play, I guess. Italy and Montenegro can both fall under a similar category of being okay but again, I don't really remember anything about it when it's over. Spain is way too f***ing twee for me, I just want the two of them to break up. PDA makes me slightly uncomfortable anyway but this is done in such a "rammed down your throat" way, it's hard not to even want to like this even though I don't outright hate it. Croatia, I may be being slightly harsh on, but when I'm stanning for so many big female pop songs, this feels even more piss weak and uninteresting than it probably is but right now, I'm just finding it boring and I can't imagine it doing encouraging anything exciting on a stage.

41 | Georgia: Iriao - For You
42 | Iceland: Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
43 | Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw in 'Em

Georgia, another case of forgettable which could fall into the same category as Montenegro & Italy, only it makes even less of an impression on me. And then finally, the only two songs I outright dislike and thankfully, I don't think either will be providing me a Jamala moment. Least of all Iceland, which should rightfully finish rock bottom of its semi, the lyrics are just ridiculous and I think even X Factor would be ashamed to let this touch their winners single songbook. It's so cliché in a way that even a Westlife fan can't enjoy, it's just so far from moving or well done or even well produced. Finally, Netherlands, well if this is your sort of thing it's not bad, but it's so far removed from my sort of thing that I hate it and I can't see anything changing that. It's just... a million miles away from my cup of tea, from the twang, to the style, to the genre, to the fact it doesn't belong in Europe or this decade.

Posted by: Midge 28th March 2018, 04:36 AM

Rob, I read the entirety of your review, so there's one of us at least

Posted by: LexC 28th March 2018, 10:56 AM

Yaaass Rob (I knew we'd break you down into a fully fledged euroqueen eventually!)

Posted by: Jerick 30th March 2018, 03:55 PM

Amazing
01. Czech Republic - Mikolas Josef - Lie to Me
02. Bulgaria - EQUINOX - Bones
03. France - Madame Monsieur - Mercy
04. Estonia - Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
05. Cyprus - Eleni Foureira - Fuego
06. Israel - Netta Barzilai - Toy
07. Sweden - Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
08. Denmark - Rasmussen - Higher Ground
09. Greece - Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
10. Austria - Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You

Great
11. Belarus - Alekseev - Forever
12. Finland - Saara Aalto - Monsters
13. Germany - Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
14. Ukraine - MÉLOVIN - Under the Ladder
15. Spain - Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
16. Poland - Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
17. Azerbaijan - Aisel - X My Heart
18. Portugal - Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
19. Italy - Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
20. The Netherlands - Waylon - Outlaw in Em

Good
21. Malta - Christabelle - Taboo
22. Slovenia - Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
23. Switzerland - Zibbz - Stones
24. Hungary - AWS - Viszlát nyár
25. FYR Macedonia - Eye Cue - Lost and Found
26. Ireland - Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
27. Croatia - Franka - Crazy
28. Australia - Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
29. Russia - Yulia Samoylova I Won't Break
30. United Kingdom - SuRie - Storm

Average
31. Moldova - DoReDos - My Lucky Day
32. Albania - Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
33. Georgia - Iriao - For You
34. Belgium - Sennek - A Matter of Time
35. Lithuania - Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
36. Norway - Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write a Song
37. Montenegro - Vanja Radovanović - Inje
38. Serbia - Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
39. Iceland - Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
40. Armenia - Sevak Khanagyan - Qami

Bad
41. Latvia - Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
42. Romania - The Humans - Goodbye
43. San Marino - Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are

10 in every category is actually a coincident

Posted by: cantthinkofaname 30th March 2018, 04:05 PM

Omg Iceland 39th and not last, we'll take it

Posted by: Ryan. 3rd April 2018, 10:06 PM

Amazing
01. Cyprus // Eleni Foureira - Fuego
02. Israel // Netta - TOY
03. Australia // Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
04. Azerbaijan // Aisel - X My Heart
05. Finland // Saara Aalto - Monsters
06. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
07. Lithuania // Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
08. F.Y.R. Macedonia // Eye Cue - Lost And Found
09. Poland // Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
10. Sweden // Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
11. Germany // Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
12. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy
13. Ukraine // MELOVIN - Under The Ladder
14. Ireland // Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
15. The Netherlands // Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em

Great
16. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
17. Bulgaria // EQUINOX - Bones
18. Belgium // Sennek - A Matter Of Time
19. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo
20. Norway // Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song
21. Portugal // Cláudia Pascoal - O Jardim
22. Greece // Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
23. Switzerland // Zibbz - Stones
24. Austria // Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
25. Spain // Alfred & Amaia - Tu Canción
26. Estonia // Elina Nechayeva - La Forza

Good
27. Denmark // Rasmussen - Higher Ground
28. Serbia // Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova Deca
29. Moldova // DoReDos - My Lucky Day
30. Latvia // Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
31. Croatia // Franka - Crazy
32. Slovenia // Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
33. Romania // The Humans - Goodbye
34. Italy // Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente

Average
35. Belarus // ALEKSEEV - Forever
36. United Kingdom // SuRie - Storm
37. Iceland // Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
38. Armenia // Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
39. Hungary // AWS - Viszlát Nyár

Poor
40. San Marino // Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
41. Russia // Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break
42. Montenegro // Vanja Radovanović - Inje
43. Georgia // Iriao - For You

Posted by: Jerick 7th April 2018, 12:43 PM

Amazing
01 France - Madame Monsieur - Mercy
02 Czech Republic - Mikolas Josef - Lie to Me
03 Bulgaria - EQUINOX - Bones
04 Cyprus - Eleni Foureira - Fuego
05 Austria - Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
06 Estonia - Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
07 Greece - Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
08 Denmark - Rasmussen - Higher Ground
09 Belarus - Alekseev - Forever
10 Sweden - Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
11 Germany - Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
12 Portugal - Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
13 Italy - Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
14 Israel - Netta Barzilai - Toy
15 Spain - Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción

The first time I heard France's entry, I thought it was boring and monotomous. I thought it was a step down after many years of great songs from France. But as the weeks have passed, this song has grown alot on me, and the message in the song has come more and more to me and now I love this song. I have goosebumps every time I hear it and my eyes gets a little watery. Czech Republic is the most instant song for me this year, it's really catchy and I love the trumpet part. It doesn't hurt that he is really handsome and have a cool voice. Bulgaria have done it again, and I am really happy they are letting the same team make the song for them this year too. The song is really dark and mysterious which I love. If I were betting for someone to win, it would be this song.

Great
16 Finland - Saara Aalto - Monsters
17 Ukraine - MÉLOVIN - Under the Ladder
18 Azerbaijan - Aisel - X My Heart
19 Malta - Christabelle - Taboo
20 The Netherlands - Waylon - Outlaw in Em
21 Australia - Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
22 Poland - Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
23 Slovenia - Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
24 Hungary - AWS - Viszlát nyár

Good
25 Ireland - Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
26 Moldova - DoReDos - My Lucky Day
27 FYR Macedonia - Eye Cue - Lost and Found
28 Croatia - Franka - Crazy
29 Russia - Yulia Samoylova I Won't Break
30 United Kingdom - SuRie - Storm
31 Switzerland - Zibbz - Stones
32 Albania - Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
33 Belgium - Sennek - A Matter of Time

Average
34 Georgia - Iriao - For You
35 Lithuania - Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
36 Norway - Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write a Song
37 Montenegro - Vanja Radovanović - Inje
38 Serbia - Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
39 Iceland - Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
40 Armenia - Sevak Khanagyan - Qami

Bad
41 Romania - The Humans - Goodbye
42 Latvia - Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
43 San Marino - Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are

Posted by: Cameron 12th April 2018, 03:37 PM

One month until the final:

01 | F.Y.R. Macedonia Eye Cue - Lost & Found
02 | Australia Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
03 | Finland Saara Aalto - Monsters
04 | Israel Netta Barzilai - Toy
05 | Azerbaijan Aisel - X My Heart
06 | Czech Republic Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
07 | Cyprus Eleni Foureira - Fuego
08 | Bulgaria EQUINOX - Bones
09 | Sweden Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
10 | Germany Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone

11 | Ukraine Mélovin - Under The Ladder
12 | Estonia Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
13 | Switzerland Zibbz - Stones
14 | Malta Christabelle - Taboo
15 | Latvia Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
16 | Slovenia Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
17 | United Kingdom SuRie - Storm
18 | Portugal Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
19 | Austria Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
20 | Albania Eugent Bushpepa - Mall

21 | Belgium Sennek - A Matter Of Time
22 | Armenia Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
23 | Greece Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
24 | Croatia Franka - Crazy
25 | Moldova DoReDoS - My Lucky Day
26 | Russia Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break
27 | Lithuania Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
28 | France Madame Monsieur - Mercy
29 | San Marino Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
30 | Romania The Humans - Goodbye

31 | Spain Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
32 | Denmark Rasmussen - Higher Ground
33 | Serbia Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
34 | Poland Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
35 | The Netherlands Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em
36 | Ireland Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
37 | Iceland Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
38 | Montenegro Vanja Radovanović - Inje
39 | Norway Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song
40 | Belarus ALEKSEEV - Forever

41 | Italy Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente
42 | Georgia Iriao - Sheni gulistvis
43 | Hungary AWS - Viszlát nyár

Posted by: Liаm 12th April 2018, 06:24 PM

01 Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
02 Israel: Netta - Toy
03 Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
04 Macedonia: Eye Cue - Lost and Found
05 Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters
06 Germany: Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
07 Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - Fuego
08 Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
09 Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
10 France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy

11 Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne
12 Switzerland: Zibbz - Stones
13 Portugal: Claudia Pascoal - O jardim
14 Malta: Christabelle - Taboo
15 Azerbaijan: AISEL - X My Heart
16 Ukraine: MELOVIN - Under The Ladder
17 Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
18 Moldova: DoReDos - My Lucky Day
19 Belgium: Sennek - A Matter Of Time
20 Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em

21 Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
22 Austria: Cesar Sampson - Nobody But You
23 Croatia: Franka - Crazy
24 Russia: Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break
25 Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
26 Poland: Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
27 Bulgaria: EQUINOX - Bones
28 Latvia: Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
29 United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm
30 Hungary: AWS - Viszlát nyár

31 Belarus: Alekseev - Forever
32 Ireland: Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
33 Greece: Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
34 Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
35 Armenia: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
36 Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu cancion
37 San Marino: Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
38 Romania: The Humans - Goodbye
39 Georgia: Iriao - For You
40 Montenegro: Vanja Radovanović - Inje

41 Serbia: Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
42 Iceland: Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
43 Norway: Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song

Posted by: NocheLuna 15th April 2018, 05:56 PM

Amazing:
01. France
02. Portugal
03. Macedonia
04. Italy
05. Bulgaria
06. Latvia
07. Greece
08. Hungary
09. Estonia
10. Czech Republic

Excellent:
11. Israel
12. Lithuania
13. Belarus
14. Spain
15. Germany
16. Switzerland
17. Cyprus
18. Sweden

Good:
19. Ukraine
20. Croatia
21. Slovenia
22. Ireland
23. Belgium
24. Norway
25. Armenia
26. Romania
27. Serbia
28. Russia

:
29. Azerbaijan
30. Moldova
31. Albania
32. Poland
33. The Netherlands
34. Denmark
35. Australia

Nope, not for me:
36. Finland
37. Austria
38. Montenegro
39. Iceland
40. Malta
41. Georgia
42. United Kingdom
43. San Marino

Posted by: Jerick 16th April 2018, 05:08 PM

Amazing
01 France - Madame Monsieur - Mercy
02 Czech Republic - Mikolas Josef - Lie to Me
03 Cyprus - Eleni Foureira - Fuego
04 Bulgaria - EQUINOX - Bones
05 Austria - Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
05 Denmark - Rasmussen - Higher Ground
06 Estonia - Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
08 Italy - Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
09 Greece - Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
10 Belarus - Alekseev - Forever
11 Israel - Netta Barzilai - Toy
12 Finland - Saara Aalto - Monsters
13 Sweden - Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
14 Germany - Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
15 Spain - Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
16 Portugal - Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim

Great
17 FYR Macedonia - Eye Cue - Lost and Found
18 Azerbaijan - Aisel - X My Heart
19 Malta - Christabelle - Taboo
20 United Kingdom - SuRie - Storm
21 Ukraine - MÉLOVIN - Under the Ladder
22 Hungary - AWS - Viszlát nyár
23 Ireland - Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
24 The Netherlands - Waylon - Outlaw in Em
25 Australia - Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love

Good
26 Poland - Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
27 Moldova - DoReDos - My Lucky Day
28 Albania - Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
29 Belgium - Sennek - A Matter of Time
30 Slovenia - Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
31 Switzerland - Zibbz - Stones

Average
32 Croatia - Franka - Crazy
33 Montenegro - Vanja Radovanović - Inje
34 Norway - Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write a Song
35 Serbia - Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
36 Lithuania - Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
37 Russia - Yulia Samoylova I Won't Break
38 Armenia - Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
39 Iceland - Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice

Bad
40 Latvia - Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
41 San Marino - Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
42 Georgia - Iriao - For You
43 Romania - The Humans - Goodbye

Posted by: LUKΞ 16th April 2018, 06:03 PM

1 Israel - Netta Barzilai - Toy
2 FYR Macedonia - Eye Cue - Lost and Found
3 Czech Republic - Mikolas Josef - Lie to Me
4 Bulgaria - EQUINOX - Bones
5 Cyprus - Eleni Foureira - Fuego
6 France - Madame Monsieur - Mercy
7 Finland - Saara Aalto - Monsters
8 Denmark - Rasmussen - Higher Ground

9 Estonia - Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
10 Hungary - AWS -Viszlát nyár
11 Greece - Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
12 Malta - Christabelle - Taboo
13 Italy - Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
14 Belarus - Alekseev - Forever
15 Australia - Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
16 Belgium - Sennek - A Matter of Time
17 Armenia - Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
18 Albania - Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
19 Austria - Cesár Sampson - Nobody but You

20 Spain - Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
21 Lithuania - Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
22 Latvia - Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
23 Ukraine - MÉLOVIN - Under the Ladder
24 Portugal - Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
25 Poland - Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
26 Sweden - Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
27 Russia - Yulia Samoylova - I Won't Break
28 Germany - Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
29 Serbia - Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
30 Montenegro - Vanja Radovanović - Inje

31 Ireland - Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
32 Switzerland -Zibbz - Stones
33 Azerbaijan - AISEL - X My Heart
34 Georgia - Iriao - For You
35 Croatia - Franka - Crazy

36 Romania - The Humans - Goodbye
37 San Marino - Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
38 Slovenia - Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
39 United Kingdom - SuRie - Storm
40 Moldova -DoReDos - My Lucky Day
41 Netherlands - Waylon - Outlaw in 'Em
42 Iceland - Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice

43 Norway- Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song

Posted by: gooddelta 22nd April 2018, 10:44 AM

FINALLY, here is my first ranking:

Great

1. Australia // Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
2. Sweden // Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off

Very good

3. Ireland // Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
4. Denmark // Rasmussen - Higher Ground
5. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy
6. The Netherlands // Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em
7. Finland // Saara Aalto - Monsters
8. Israel // Netta - TOY
9. Bulgaria // EQUINOX - Bones
10. Cyprus // Eleni Foureira - Fuego
11. Portugal // Cláudia Pascoal & Isaura - O Jardim
12. Poland // Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up

Good

13. Lithuania // Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
14. United Kingdom // SuRie - Storm
15. Germany // Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
16. Estonia // Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
17. F.Y.R. Macedonia // Eye Cue - Lost And Found
18. Azerbaijan // Aisel - X My Heart

OK

19. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
20. Belgium // Sennek - A Matter Of Time
21. Spain // Alfred & Amaia - Tu Canción
22. Hungary // AWS - Viszlát Nyár
23. Romania // The Humans - Goodbye
24. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo
25. Moldova // DoReDos - My Lucky Day
26. Ukraine // MELOVIN - Under The Ladder
27. Switzerland // Zibbz - Stones
28. Austria // Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
29. Greece // Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
30. Georgia // Iriao - For You
31. San Marino // Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
32. Italy // Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente
33. Serbia // Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova Deca
34. Latvia // Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
35. Croatia // Franka - Crazy
36. Slovenia // Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
37. Belarus // ALEKSEEV - Forever
38. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
39. Armenia // Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
40. Montenegro // Vanja Radovanović - Inje

Crap

41. Russia // Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break
42. Norway // Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song
43. Iceland // Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice

I hope the live performances bring some of these to life because there's an awful lot that I just don't care about right now. I'm only spinning the songs in my great and very good categories regularly, and disappointed to have an empty 'amazing' category this year, I can't see any of this line-up joining my all-time Eurovision favourites.

Posted by: Jason 22nd April 2018, 07:26 PM

Sorry, just top 10 because I'm too busy to do a top 43. Also there are so many crap songs this year - more than last year - oh my God!

01 | Israel Netta Barzilai - Toy (unbeatable imo)
02 | Hungary AWS - Viszlát nyár (amazing rock song)
03 | Poland Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up (I think this is the best polish entry ever)
04 | Spain Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción (A Disney-esque song like that can make me happy)
05 | Belgium Sennek - A Matter Of Time (2nd year in a row that Belgium sends an Indie pop song. Congrats)
06 | Czech Republic Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
07 | Belarus // ALEKSEEV - Forever (So underrated here, charasmatic singer, I love him)
08 |Denmark Rasmussen - Higher Ground
09 | Sweden Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off (this is a big disappointment for Sweden standards)
10.| Moldova // DoReDos - My Lucky Day (My guilty pleasure)

Posted by: Cal 22nd April 2018, 08:26 PM

I'll try get around to this some time next week but so far it's France/Belgium/Greece/Estonia/Ireland >>>>>>>>>> everything else.

Posted by: Conderella 22nd April 2018, 10:14 PM

I must admit Georgia has really grown on me lately <3

Next week I will be starting to blast all of the entries on repeat to prepare for Eurovision

Posted by: Hayzayy 25th April 2018, 12:41 PM

Sooo this is my ranking after listening to the official recap video !
It's the first time I hear the song so surely things will change a lot when I get to listen to them more!

01 Belgium
02 Belarus
03 France

04 Bulgaria
05 Cyprus
06 Australia
07 FYR Macedonia
08 Sweden
09 Malta
10 Slovenia

11 Austria
12 Lithuania
13 Germany
14 Ireland
15 Russia
16 UK
17 Czech Republic
18 Azerbaijan
19 Switerland
20 Portugal

21 Latvia
22 Norway
23 Croatia
24 Moldova
25 San Marino
26 Ukraine
27 Finland
28 Poland
29 The Netherlands
30 Romania

31 Armenia
32 Albania
33 Israël
34 Spain
35 Iceland
36 Estonia
37 Italia
38 Greece
39 Denmark
40 Serbia

41 Hungary
42 Montenegro
43 Georgia

To be honest, I'm quite disappointed after that first listen, there is no HUGE song that I'm really into and there si no clear winner for me.
Hopefully it's just a matter of listening to too many songs in a row and the songs will grow on me eventually.

Posted by: Hayzayy 26th April 2018, 08:38 AM

OK so I've listened to all songs IN FULL, and that makes quite a few changes in my ranking!

01 Lithuania +11
02 Belarus =
02 Spain +32

04 Cyprus +1
05 France -2
06 FYR Macedonia +1
07 Belgium -6
08 Sweden =
09 Bulgaria -5
10 Australia -4

11 Malta -2
12 Germany +1
13 UK +3
14 Austria -3
15 Slovenia -5
16 Azerbaijan +2
17 Russia -2
18 Czech Republic -1
19 Ireland -5
20 Portugal =

21 Norway +1
22 Latvia -1
23 Moldova +1
24 Croatia -1
25 Romania +5
26 Poland +2
27 Switerland -8
28 Finland -1
29 The Netherlands =
30 Israël +3

31 Ukraine -5
32 Iceland +3
33 Estonia +3
34 San Marino -9
35 Greece +3
36 Armenia -5
37 Italia =
38 Denmark +1
39 Albania -7
40 Serbia =

41 Hungary =
42 Montenegro =
43 Georgia =

Posted by: Cameron 27th April 2018, 10:01 AM

Final top 40 before the Live Shows and rehearsals begin

01 | F.Y.R. Macedonia Eye Cue - Lost & Found
02 | Australia Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
03 | Finland Saara Aalto - Monsters
04 | Azerbaijan Aisel - X My Heart
05 | Israel Netta Barzilai - Toy
06 | Czech Republic Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
07 | Cyprus Eleni Foureira - Fuego
08 | Sweden Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
09 | Estonia Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
10 | Germany Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone

11 | Bulgaria EQUINOX - Bones
12 | Malta Christabelle - Taboo
13 | Switzerland Zibbz - Stones
14 | Slovenia Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
15 | Ukraine Mélovin - Under The Ladder
16 | United Kingdom SuRie - Storm
17 | Latvia Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
18 | Portugal Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
19 | Spain Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
20 | Greece Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou

21 | Albania Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
22 | France Madame Monsieur - Mercy
23 | Lithuania Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
24 | Belgium Sennek - A Matter Of Time
25 | Austria Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
26 | Moldova DoReDoS - My Lucky Day
27 | Armenia Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
28 | Denmark Rasmussen - Higher Ground
29 | Russia Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break
30 | San Marino Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are

31 | Romania The Humans - Goodbye
32 | Croatia Franka - Crazy
33 | Poland Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
34 | Ireland Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
35 | Montenegro Vanja Radovanović - Inje
36 | Serbia Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
37 | Iceland Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
38 | The Netherlands Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em
39 | Italy Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente
40 | Hungary AWS - Viszlát nyár

41 | Georgia Iriao - Sheni gulistvis
42 | Belarus ALEKSEEV - Forever
43 | Norway Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song

Posted by: AdamAloud 28th April 2018, 05:32 PM

Outstanding - One of you MUST WIN

01. Israel // Netta - TOY
02. Macedonia // Eye Cue - Lost & Found
03. Cyprus // Eleni Foureira - Fuego
04. Finland // Saara Aalto - Monsters
05. Sweden // Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
06. Australia // Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
07. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
08. Ukraine // MÉLOVIN - Under The Ladder
09. Serbia // Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova Deca
10. Bulgaria // EQUINOX - Bones
11. Estonia // Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
12. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy

v enjoyable eurobops

13. Moldova // DoReDos - My Lucky Day
14. Denmark // Rasmussen - Higher Ground
15. Azerbaijan // Aisel - X My Heart
16. Greece // Yianna Terzi - Oniro Mou
17. Portugal // Cláudia Pascoal - O Jardim
18. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo
19. Slovenia // Lea Sirk - Hvala, Ne!

Ruined by the revamp(s)

20. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
21. Belarus // ALEKSEEV - Forever

Not bad but not amazing

22. Poland // Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
23. Armenia // Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
24. Austria // Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
25. Switzerland // ZiBBZ - Stones
26. United Kingdom // SuRie - Storm

If I'm in the mood

27. The Netherlands // Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em
28. Latvia // Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
29. Lithuania // Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
30. Russia // Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break
31. Montenegro // Vanja Radovanović - Inje
32. Germany // Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
33. Spain // Amaia y Alfred - Tu Canción
34. Ireland // Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together

No

35. Italy // Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non Mi Avente Fatto Niente
36. Belgium // Sennek - A Matter Of Time
37. Croatia // Franka - Crazy
38. Hungary // AWS - Viszlát Nyár
39. Romania // The Humans - Goodbye
40. Georgia // Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao - For You
41. San Marino // Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
42. Iceland // Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice

I can't believe this is going to finish top 5

43. Norway // Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song

Posted by: Alpha. 29th April 2018, 03:03 PM

Here's my updated rankings as of the start of rehearsals:

AMAZING

(02) 01 Cyprus: Elena Foureira - Fuego
(01) 02 Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters
(07) 03 Portugal: Cláudia Pascoal - O Jardim
(05) 04 Israel: Netta - Toy
(06) 05 Azerbaijan: Aisel - X My Heart
(12) 06 France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
(03) 07 Greece: Yianna Terzi - Oniro Mou
(13) 08 Macedonia: Eye Cue - Lost And Found
(04) 09 Ukraine: Mélovin - Under The Ladder

GREAT

(16) 10 Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
(11) 11 Belgium: Sennek - A Matter Of Time
(09) 12 Bulgaria: Equinox - Bones
(33) 13 Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We’re Old
(08) 14 Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
(10) 15 Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
(14) 16 Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In ‘Em
(20) 17 Switzerland: ZiBBZ - Stones

GUILTY PLEASURE

(21) 18 Moldova: DoReDoS - My Lucky Day
(32) 19 Norway: Alexander Rybak - That’s How You Write A Song

GOOD

(18) 20 Montenegro: Vanja Radovanović - Inje
(15) 21 Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
(25) 22 Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
(26) 23 Austria: César Sampson - Nobody But You
(24) 24 Croatia: Franka - Crazy
(23) 25 Italy: Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro - Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente
(22) 26 Latvia: Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
(17) 27 Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala Ne
(27) 28 Belarus: Alekseev - Forever
(19) 29 Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
(30) 30 Germany: Michael Schultz - You Let Me Walk Alone

ICONIC SAN MARINO REALNESS

(31) 31 San Marino: Jessika and Jenifer Brening - Who We Are

NOT REALLY FEELING THESE

(29) 32 Malta: Christabelle - Taboo
(28) 33 Serbia: Sanja Ilić and Balkanika - Nova Deca
(35) 34 Poland: Gromee and Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
(37) 35 Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
(34) 36 Russia: Julia Samoylova - I Won’t Break
(38) 37 Ireland: Ryan O’Shaughnessy - Together
(40) 38 Romania: The Humans - Goodbye
(41) 39 Georgia: Iriao - For You

REALLY NOT FEELING THESE

(36) 40 Hungary: Aws - Viszlát nyár
(39) 41 United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm
(43) 42 Spain: Amaia and Alfred - Tu Canción
(42) 43 Iceland: Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice

Lithuania has been the big grower for me over the past few weeks ~~(and embarrassingly Norway too)~~

Posted by: UltraReputation 30th April 2018, 05:35 PM

Amazing/Faves:
01. Finland // Saara Aalto - Monsters
02. Australia // Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
03. Macedonia // Eye Cue - Lost & Found
04. Estonia // Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
05. United Kingdom // SuRie - Storm
06. Israel // Netta - TOY
07. Malta // Christabelle - Taboo

Very Good:
08. Lithuania // Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
09. San Marino // Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
10. Switzerland // ZiBBZ - Stones
11. Cyprus // Eleni Foureira - Fuego
12. Spain // Amaia y Alfred - Tu Canción
13. Latvia // Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
14. Portugal // Cláudia Pascoal - O Jardim
15. Germany // Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone

Good:
16. Croatia // Franka - Crazy
17. Azerbaijan // Aisel - X My Heart
18. Austria // Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
19. Ukraine // MÉLOVIN - Under The Ladder
20. Sweden // Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
21. Slovenia // Lea Sirk - Hvala, Ne!
22. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy

Average:
23. Italy // Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non Mi Avente Fatto Niente
24. Greece // Yianna Terzi - Oniro Mou
25. Romania // The Humans - Goodbye
26. Belgium // Sennek - A Matter Of Time

Bad:
27. Russia // Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break
28. The Netherlands // Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em
29. Moldova // DoReDos - My Lucky Day
30. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
31. Montenegro // Vanja Radovanović - Inje
32. Poland // Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up

Worse Than Bad:
33. Armenia // Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
34. Denmark // Rasmussen - Higher Ground
35. Bulgaria // EQUINOX - Bones
36. Serbia // Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova Deca
37. Ireland // Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
38. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
39. Belarus // ALEKSEEV - Forever

I'm gonna cut my ears off:
40. Georgia // Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao - For You
41. Iceland // Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
42. Norway // Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song

Do something even more drastic than the above:
43. Hungary // AWS - Viszlát Nyár

Posted by: Liаm 2nd May 2018, 02:46 AM

Faves/points
01 Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
02 Israel: Netta Barzilai - Toy
03 Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La forza
04 FYR Maedconia: Eye Cue - Lost and Found
05 Eleni Foureira - Fuego
06 Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters
07 France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
08 Germany: Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
09 Switzerland: Zibbz - Stones
10 Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me

Still fab
11 Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne
12 Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
13 Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
14 Ukraine: Melovin - Under The Ladder

Great
15 Malta: Christabelle - Taboo
16 Azerbaijan: AISEL - X My Heart
17 Portugal: Claudia Pascoal - O jardim
18 Moldova: DoReDos - My Lucky Day
19 Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente

Good
20 Croatia: Franka - Crazy
21 Belgium: Sennek - A Matter Of Time
22 Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em
23 Austria: Cesar Sampson - Nobody But You
24 Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
25 San Marino: Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
26 Hungary: AWS - Viszlát nyár
27 Greece: Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
28 Latvia: Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl

Meh
29 Poland: Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
30 Russia: Yulia Samoylova - I Won't Break
31 Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu cancion
32 United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm
33 Romania: The Humans - Goodbye
34 Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
35 Belarus: Alekseev - Forever
36 Ireland: Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
37 Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
38 Georgia: Iriao - For You
39 Montengro Vanja Radovanović - Inje

No
40 Bulgaria: Equinox - Bones
41 Serbia: Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
42 Iceland: Ari Olafsson - Our Choice

Burn it/kill it with fire/stop it at any cost
43 Norway: Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song

Lithuania has random really hit me

Posted by: Jerick 3rd May 2018, 08:16 PM

Amazing
01 France - Madame Monsieur - Mercy
02 Cyprus - Eleni Foureira - Fuego
03 Bulgaria - EQUINOX - Bones
04 Austria - Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
05 Czech Republic - Mikolas Josef - Lie to Me
06 Denmark - Rasmussen - Higher Ground
07 Estonia - Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
08 Italy - Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
09 Israel - Netta Barzilai - Toy
10 Greece - Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
11 Finland - Saara Aalto - Monsters
12 Spain - Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
13 Portugal - Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
14 Germany - Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone

Great
15 Hungary - AWS - Viszlát nyár
16 Ukraine - MÉLOVIN - Under the Ladder
17 Belarus - Alekseev - Forever
18 Sweden - Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
19 Azerbaijan - Aisel - X My Heart

Good
20 Ireland - Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
21 FYR Macedonia - Eye Cue - Lost and Found
22 Moldova - DoReDos - My Lucky Day
23 The Netherlands - Waylon - Outlaw in Em
24 United Kingdom - SuRie - Storm
25 Malta - Christabelle - Taboo
26 Australia - Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
27 Lithuania - Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
28 Poland - Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up

Meh
29 Switzerland - Zibbz - Stones
30 Belgium - Sennek - A Matter of Time
31 Croatia - Franka - Crazy
32 Norway - Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write a Song
33 Armenia - Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
34 Albania - Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
35 Montenegro - Vanja Radovanović - Inje
36 Slovenia - Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
37 Serbia - Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca

Bad
38 Georgia - Iriao - For You
39 Iceland - Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
40 Romania - The Humans - Goodbye

Awful
41 Latvia - Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
42 Russia - Yulia Samoylova I Won't Break
43 San Marino - Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are

Posted by: Midge 3rd May 2018, 10:30 PM

My final order before Eurovision week starts, not seen any rehearsals for it to affect my opinion... with last update from March 24th in brackets:

1 (1) FRANCE
2 (4) CYPRUS
3 (3) ISRAEL
4 (2) FINLAND
5 (5) IRELAND
6 (8) FYR MACEDONIA
7 (13) POLAND
8 (9) CZECH REPUBLIC
9 (10) BULGARIA
10 (6) PORTUGAL

11 (7) SPAIN
12 (11) AUSTRALIA
13 (16) HUNGARY
14 (12) ITALY
15 (14) SWEDEN
16 (16) AZERBAIJAN
17 (17) AUSTRIA
18 (25) DENMARK
19 (29) MONTENEGRO
20 (27) ALBANIA

21 (24) SWITZERLAND
22 (32) MOLDOVA
23 (18) MALTA
24 (19) UKRAINE
25 (20) NETHERLANDS
26 (21) ESTONIA
27 (22) GERMANY
28 (23) BELGIUM
29 (41) NORWAY
30 (26) UNITED KINGDOM

31 (28) RUSSIA
32 (31) CROATIA
33 (33) BELARUS
34 (34) GREECE
35 (35) SAN MARINO
36 (30) ARMENIA
37 (42) ROMANIA
38 (36) SLOVENIA
39 (37) LITHUANIA
40 (43) ICELAND

41 (39) GEORGIA
42 (38) LATVIA
43 (40) SERBIA

Posted by: cantthinkofaname 4th May 2018, 09:23 AM

Ok so first update since March 16th and final update before ESC:

IF THESE DON'T QUALIFY I WILL RIOT
01 (02) Cyprus — "Fuego"
02 (01) Bulgaria — "Bones"
03 (04) Israel — "Toy"
04 (06) Austria — "Nobody But You"
05 (11) Sweden — "Dance You Off"
06 (12) Australia — "We Got Love"
07 (03) Estonia — "La Forza"
08 (14) Armenia — "Qami"
09 (05) Finland — "Monsters"
10 (08) Denmark — "Higher Ground"

GOOD BUT NOT SPOTIFY PLAYLIST GOOD
11 (09) France — "Mercy"
12 (13) Belgium — "A Matter Of Time"
13 (07) Czech Republic — "Lie To Me"
14 (10) Greece — "Oneiro Mou"

SOMEWHAT CHARMING BUT STILL
15 (15) Ukraine — "Under the Ladder"
16 (19) Portugal — "O Jardim"
17 (16) Moldova — "My Lucky Day"
18 (31) Switzerland — "Stones"
19 (17) Azerbaijan — "X My Heart"
20 (22) Netherlands — "Outlaw In 'Em"
21 (20) FYR Macedonia — "Lost & Found"

OKAY IS ALL YOU'LL EVER BE
22 (21) United Kingdom — "Storm"
23 (18) Germany — "You Let Me Walk Alone"
24 (23) Latvia — "Funny Girl"
25 (28) Ireland — "Together"
26 (24) Belarus — "Forever"
27 (39) Lithuania — "When We're Old"
28 (25) San Marino — "Who We Are"
29 (35) Italy — "Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente"

PAINFULLY AVERAGE
30 (29) Malta — "Taboo"
31 (26) Russia — "I Won't Break"
32 (32) Montenegro — "Inje"
33 (38) Spain — "Tu Canción"
34 (33) Slovenia — "Hvala, Ne!"
35 (30) Serbia — "Nova Deca"

NOT QUALIFYING IS A CHOICE
36 (27) Iceland — "Our Choice"
37 (34) Poland — "Light Me Up"
38 (36) Croatia — "Crazy"
39 (37) Romania — "Goodbye"
40 (41) Georgia — "For You"

BOOSTED BY INEXPLICABLE POPULARITY
41 (42) Norway — "That's How You Write A Song"
42 (40) Albania — "Mall"
43 (43) Hungary — "Viszlát Nyár"

3 new entries to the Top 10. <3

Posted by: Odaisul 4th May 2018, 10:40 PM

QUOTE(Jason @ Apr 22 2018, 08:26 PM)

Sorry, just top 10 because I'm too busy to do a top 43. Also there are so many crap songs this year - more than last year - oh my God!

01 | Israel Netta Barzilai - Toy (unbeatable imo)
02 | Hungary AWS - Viszlát nyár (amazing rock song)
03 | Poland Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up (I think this is the best polish entry ever)
04 | Spain Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción (A Disney-esque song like that can make me happy)

05 | Belgium Sennek - A Matter Of Time (2nd year in a row that Belgium sends an Indie pop song. Congrats)
06 | Czech Republic Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
07 | Belarus // ALEKSEEV - Forever (So underrated here, charasmatic singer, I love him)
08 |Denmark Rasmussen - Higher Ground
09 | Sweden Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off (this is a big disappointment for Sweden standards)
10.| Moldova // DoReDos - My Lucky Day (My guilty pleasure)

How I understand you by looking at your top

Posted by: Iz 7th May 2018, 12:53 PM

Eve of the semi update:

Excellent
01. Romania: The Humans - Goodbye
02. Macedonia: Eye Cue - Lost And Found
03. Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
04. Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters
05. Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
06. Israel: Netta - TOY
07. Hungary: AWS - Viszlát nyár
08. Bulgaria: EQUINOX - Bones
09. Austria: Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
10. Moldova: DoReDoS - My Lucky Day

Great
11. Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
12. Switzerland: Zibbz - Stones
13. Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - Fuego
14. Portugal: Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
15. Montenegro: Vanja Radovanović - Inje
16. Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
17. Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In Em
18. Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
19. Serbia: Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
20. Greece: Gianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou

Good
21. Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente
22. France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
23. Russia: Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break
24. Belarus: ALEKSEEV - Forever
25. Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
26. Ukraine: Mélovin - Under The Ladder
27. Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
28. Croatia: Franka - Crazy
29. Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción

Average
30. Azerbaijan: Aisel - X My Heart
31. Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
32. United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm
33. Georgia: Iriao - For You
34. Belgium: Sennek - A Matter Of Time
35. Poland: Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
36. Ireland: Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
37. Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan - Qami

worst
38. Norway: Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song
39. Germany: Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
40. Latvia - Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
41. Malta: Christabelle - Taboo
42. San Marino: Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
43. Iceland: Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice

biggest risers, Montenegro, biggest fallers, Latvia

Posted by: Jason 8th May 2018, 01:46 AM

Jason's Final Top 43

01. Israel: Netta - TOY
02. Hungary: AWS - Viszlát nyár
03. Belarus: ALEKSEEV - Forever
04. Moldova: DoReDoS - My Lucky Day
05. Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - Fuego
06. Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
07. Poland: Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
08. Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
09. Belgium: Sennek - A Matter Of Time
10. Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
11. Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
12. Norway: Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song
13. Azerbaijan: Aisel - X My Heart
14. Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
15. Portugal: Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
16. Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avente fatto niente
17. France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
18. Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
19. Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
20. Montenegro: Vanja Radovanović - Inje
21. Romania: The Humans - Goodbye
22. Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In Em
23. Macedonia: Eye Cue - Lost And Found
24. Greece: Gianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
25. Ireland: Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
26. Germany: Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
27. United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm
28. Malta: Christabelle - Taboo
29. Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters
30. Switzerland: Zibbz - Stones
31. Ukraine: Mélovin - Under The Ladder
32. Russia: Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break
33. Bulgaria: EQUINOX - Bones
34. Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
35. Latvia - Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
36. Iceland: Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice
37. San Marino: Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are
38. Georgia: Iriao - For You
39. Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
40. Croatia: Franka - Crazy
41. Serbia: Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
42. Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
43. Austria: Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You

I really really hate my 'adult contemporary' bottom 2.
The former USSR Republics and The Balkans are definitely not amazing this year apart from Belarus and Moldova.
I can see my whole top 20 on Saturday night apart from Montenegro of course. Montenegro's entry is the male version of Estonia entry imo. Both beautiful songs but 100% forgettable on Sunday morning.
I can see Israel x Cyprus battle on Saturday with Israel winning. We will have a surprise third place like Moldova or Hungary. Let's wait and see. Signed Psychic Jason.
EDIT: Sorry, Moldova is not considered a Balkan country, my mistake.

Posted by: Jerick 8th May 2018, 10:03 PM

Amazing
01 Cyprus - Eleni Foureira - Fuego
02 France - Madame Monsieur - Mercy
03 Austria - Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
04 Bulgaria - EQUINOX - Bones
05 Czech Republic - Mikolas Josef - Lie to Me
06 Estonia - Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
07 Denmark - Rasmussen - Higher Ground
08 Italy - Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
09 Spain - Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
10 Finland - Saara Aalto - Monsters
11 Israel - Netta Barzilai - Toy
12 Ireland - Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together

Great
13 Germany - Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
14 Portugal - Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
15 Hungary - AWS - Viszlát nyár
16 Ukraine - MÉLOVIN - Under the Ladder
17 Sweden - Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off

Good
18 Moldova - DoReDos - My Lucky Day
19 The Netherlands - Waylon - Outlaw in Em
20 Malta - Christabelle - Taboo
21 Australia - Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
22 United Kingdom - SuRie - Storm
23 Lithuania - Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
24 Poland - Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up

Average
25 Norway - Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write a Song
26 Montenegro - Vanja Radovanović - Inje
27 Albania - Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
28 Slovenia - Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
29 Serbia - Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca

Bad
30 Georgia - Iriao - For You
31 Romania - The Humans - Goodbye
32 Latvia - Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
33 Russia - Yulia Samoylova - I Won't Break
34 San Marino - Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are

Posted by: Hayzayy 9th May 2018, 07:39 AM

After the 1st semi-finale :

01 Cyprus +4
02 Lithuania -1
03 Czech Republic +15

04 Spain -1
05 France =
06 Estonia +27
07 Sweden +1
08 Israël +22
09 Australia +1
10 UK +3

11 Austria +3
12 Malta -1
13 Ireland +6
14 Slovenia +1
15 Portugal +5
16 Finland +12
17 Germany -5
18 Russia -1
19 Bulgaria -10
20 Norway +1

21 Latvia +1
22 Moldova +1
23 Romania +2
24 Poland +2
25 The Netherlands +4
26 Ukraine +5
27 San Marino +7
28 Italia +9
29 Denmark +9
30 Albania +9

31 Serbia +9
32 Hungary +9
33 Montenegro +9
34 Georgia +9

Posted by: Midge 9th May 2018, 09:35 AM

Update after SF1:

1 (1) FRANCE
2 (2) CYPRUS (+0)
3 (3) ISRAEL (+0)
4 (5) IRELAND (+1)
5 (4) FINLAND (-1)
6 (7) POLAND
7 (10) PORTUGAL
8 (11) SPAIN
9 (12) AUSTRALIA
10 (21) SWITZERLAND (+21: biggest climb)

11 (8) CZECH REPUBLIC (-3)
12 (13) HUNGARY
13 (14) ITALY
14 (15) SWEDEN
15 (20) ALBANIA (+5)
16 (17) AUSTRIA (+1)
17 (16) AZERBAIJAN (-1)
18 (9) BULGARIA (-9)
19 (18) DENMARK
20 (6) FYR MACEDONIA (-14: biggest drop)

21 (19) MONTENEGRO
22 (22) MOLDOVA
23 (23) MALTA
24 (24) UKRAINE
25 (25) NETHERLANDS
26 (26) ESTONIA (+0)
27 (27) GERMANY
28 (29) NORWAY
29 (30) UNITED KINGDOM
30 (28) BELGIUM (-2)

31 (31) RUSSIA
32 (39) LITHUANIA (+7)
33 (32) CROATIA (-1)
34 (34) GREECE (+0)
35 (36) ARMENIA (+1)
36 (35) SAN MARINO
37 (33) BELARUS (-4)
38 (37) ROMANIA
39 (38) SLOVENIA
40 (41) GEORGIA

41 (42) LATVIA
42 (40) ICELAND (-2)
43 (43) SERBIA

Macedonia's flop performance has dropped it somewhat down the order. It may recover a bit as I listen to the studio version again. Bulgaria also moving down the pecking order; wasn't too keen on it live to be honest. Switzerland however did really impress me and shoot up to top 10, just about. The top 5 holding very strong with Ireland making more of an impression than Finland. Cyprus so close to France at the top now!

Posted by: Liаm 10th May 2018, 09:38 PM

Post-semis:

FAVES
01 Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - Fuego
02 Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
03 Israel: Netta - Toy
04 Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La forza
05 Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters
06 Germany: Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
07 Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
08 France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy

09 Sweden: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
10 Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You off
11 Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
12 Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
13 Ukraine: Melovin - Under The Ladder
14 Moldova: DoReDos - My Lucky Day
15 Portugal: Claudia Pascoal - O jardim

16 Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em
17 Austria: Cesar Sampson - Nobody But You
18 Hungary: AWS - Viszlat nyar
19 Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
20 Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu cancion
21 Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
22 United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm
23 Ireland: Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together

:/
24 Bulgaria: Equinox - Bones
25 Serbia: Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
666 Norway: Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song

Not bad in that I only hate 3 (Together is pretty bland but inoffensive enough)! My top 8 certainly stand above the rest, particularly the top 4. I do still really like Lie To Me and Dance You Off though, only disliking three is good although Tu Cancion downward are a bit bland.

Posted by: Iz 10th May 2018, 09:46 PM

Excellent, win please
01. Bulgaria: Equinox - Bones
02. Hungary: AWS - Viszlat nyar
03. Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
04. Moldova: DoReDos - My Lucky Day
05. Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - Fuego
06. Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters
07. Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
08. Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
09. Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La forza

Great
10. Ukraine: Melovin - Under The Ladder
11. Israel: Netta - Toy
12. Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em
13. France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy
14. Austria: Cesar Sampson - Nobody But You
15. Portugal: Claudia Pascoal - O jardim
16. Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente

Good
17. Ireland: Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
18. Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
19. Serbia: Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
20. Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
21. Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
22. Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu cancion

Nein
23. United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm
24. Germany: Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
25. Norway: Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song
26. Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old

Mostly a good final, a lot of the right choices in the semis despite a couple of faves being lost, I feel FAIRLY confident we'll get a good winner out of this lot.

Posted by: Jerick 10th May 2018, 10:00 PM

Love
01 Cyprus - Eleni Foureira - Fuego
02 France - Madame Monsieur - Mercy

Amazing
03 Austria - Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You
04 Bulgaria - EQUINOX - Bones
05 Czech Republic - Mikolas Josef - Lie to Me
06 Estonia - Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
07 Ireland - Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
08 Denmark - Rasmussen - Higher Ground
09 Hungary - AWS - Viszlát nyár
10 Italy - Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
11 Spain - Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción
12 Finland - Saara Aalto - Monsters
13 Israel - Netta Barzilai - Toy
14 Germany - Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone

Great
15 Portugal - Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim
16 Ukraine - MÉLOVIN - Under the Ladder
17 Sweden - Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off

Good
18 Moldova - DoReDos - My Lucky Day
19 The Netherlands - Waylon - Outlaw in Em
20 Australia - Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
21 United Kingdom - SuRie - Storm
22 Lithuania - Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old

Average
23 Norway - Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write a Song
24 Albania - Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
25 Slovenia - Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
26 Serbia - Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca

Got rid of everyone in my bad category!

Posted by: Midge 10th May 2018, 10:01 PM

Ranking after SF2... I can't call it between France and Cyprus! :/ They're practically joint top. "Fuego" may end up my song of the summer. 24 of the finalists are in my top 30!!

1 (1) FRANCE [1]
2 (2) CYPRUS [2]
3 (3) ISRAEL [3]
4 (4) IRELAND [4]
5 (5) FINLAND [5]
6 (12) HUNGARY [6] (+6)
7 (9) AUSTRALIA [7] (+2)
8 (7) PORTUGAL [8]
9 (8) SPAIN [9]
10 (10) SWITZERLAND

11 (6) POLAND (-5: biggest faller from SF)
12 (11) CZECH REPUBLIC [10]
13 (13) ITALY [11]
14 (14) SWEDEN [12] (+0)
15 (15) ALBANIA [13]
16 (22) MOLDOVA [14] (+6)
17 (16) AUSTRIA [15]
18 (17) AZERBAIJAN
19 (18) BULGARIA [16]
20 (19) DENMARK [17] (-1)

21 (21) MONTENEGRO (+0)
22 (20) FYR MACEDONIA
23 (23) MALTA (+0)
24 (32) LITHUANIA [18]
25 (27) GERMANY [19]
26 (25) NETHERLANDS [20] (-1)
27 (24) UKRAINE [21] (-3)
28 (26) ESTONIA [22]
29 (29) UNITED KINGDOM [23]
30 (28) NORWAY [24] (-2)

31 (30) BELGIUM
32 (39) SLOVENIA [25] (+7: biggest climber from SF)
33 (34) GREECE
34 (38) ROMANIA (+4)
35 (31) RUSSIA (-4)
36 (33) CROATIA
37 (35) ARMENIA
38 (36) SAN MARINO (-2)
39 (37) BELARUS
40 (41) LATVIA (+1)

41 (43) SERBIA [26] (+2)
42 (42) ICELAND
43 (40) GEORGIA (-3)

Posted by: Jason 10th May 2018, 10:12 PM

One of them must win:
01. Hungary: AWS - Viszlat nyar
02. Moldova: DoReDos - My Lucky Day
03. Israel: Netta - Toy
04. Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
05. Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - Fuego

Great
06. Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
07. Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu cancion
08. Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
09. Norway: Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song
10. France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy

Good
11. Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
12. Portugal: Claudia Pascoal - O jardim
13. Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
14. Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
15. Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La forza

Average
16. Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters
17. Ireland: Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
18. Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em

Why are they here?
19. Ukraine: Melovin - Under The Ladder
20. United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm
21. Germany: Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone
22. Bulgaria: Equinox - Bones

BAN IT FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH:
23. Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
24. Serbia: Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca
25. Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
26. Austria: Cesar Sampson - Nobody But You

Posted by: AdamAloud 10th May 2018, 10:13 PM

The Holy Trinity
01. Israel // Netta - Toy
02. Cyprus // Eleni Foureira - Fuego
03. Sweden // Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off

Amazing
04. Finland // Saara Aalto - Monsters
05. Moldova // DoReDos - My Lucky Day
06. Ukraine // MÉLOVIN - Under The Ladder
07. Czech Republic // Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
08. Estonia // Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
09. Serbia // Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova Deca
10. Albania // Eugent Bushpepa - Mall
11. Bulgaria // EQUINOX - Bones
12. France // Madame Monsieur - Mercy

Very Good
13. Australia // Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
14. Hungary // AWS - Viszlát Nyár
15. Denmark // Rasmussen - Higher Ground
16. Slovenia // Lea Sirk - Hvala, Ne!
17. Lithuania // Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old
18. Portugal // Cláudia Pascoal - O Jardim
19. Austria // Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You

Good
20. Ireland // Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
21. Germany // Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone

Average
22. United Kingdom // SuRie - Storm
23. Spain // Alfred & Amaia - Tu Canción

Shit
24. The Netherlands // Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em
25. Italy // Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non Mi Avente Fatto Niente
26. Norway // Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song

Posted by: Hayzayy 11th May 2018, 12:27 PM

FINAL RANKING AFTER BOTH SEMI FINALES !!

GREAT
01 Lithuania
02 Cyprus
03 France
04 Spain

VERY GOOD
05 Czech Republic
06 Israël
07 Sweden

GOOD
08 Australia
09 Slovenia
10 UK
11 Estonia
12 Ireland
13 Portugal
14 Austria
15 Germany
16 Finland

AVERAGE
17 Norway
18 Bulgaria
19 The Netherlands
20 Denmark

AWFUL
21 Italia
22 Ukraine
23 Moldova
24 Albania
25 Serbia
26 Hungary

Posted by: Lukuzz 12th May 2018, 08:25 AM

I would now rank them like this after the semis -

LOVE:
1. Cyprus
2. Finland
3. Isreal
4. Estonia
5. Australia
6. Netherlands

Really good:
7. Hungary
8. Sweden
9. Bulgaria
10. Czech

Good:
11. Albania
12. Denmark
13. Austria
14. Ireland
15. Slovenia
16. France
17. Lithuania
18. Ukraine

Average:
19. Italy
20. Moldova
21. Norway

Not feeling:
22. Germany
23. Serbia
24. United Kingdom
25. Spain
26. Portugal

There’s no abysmal ones through this year, think I’d actually be happy with any of my top 10 winning.

Posted by: Atonement 12th May 2018, 09:25 AM

How does voting through the app work? ~~Do you have to pay for it?~~

oops posted in the wrong thread don't lynch me.

Posted by: gooddelta 12th May 2018, 10:45 AM

After the semis:

Amazing

1. Australia (so not ready for Jess to come 19th after the chaotic performance Love the song so much)
2. Cyprus (this has grown so much, what a bloody performance!)
3. Sweden
4. Ireland (I have always loved this and I'm glad it actually looks set for a decent result <3)
5. Denmark (I just wish he had a more powerful voice and this could be my favourite)
6. France

Great

7. Hungary (what a storming performance of actually a very melodic track)
8. Lithuania
9. Finland
10. Moldova (huge grower, a fantastic performance)
11. Israel (I'm not as big on this as everyone else but I can't deny it's a catchy and unique standout, and Netta is great)

Very Good

12. Estonia
13. Portugal (still lovely, but it's bound to be bottom five)
14. Netherlands
15. Bulgaria
16. Germany
17. Czech Republic

Good

18. Slovenia
19. United Kingdom (it's catchy enough and SuRie is brilliant, but this song has very little going for it to suggest it will do anything and sounds amateurish in this field)
20. Spain
21. Austria (he gives me Danyl Johnson vibes, which isn't a good thing, but the song is decent enough)

Average

22. Ukraine (hasn't clicked with me yet...)
23. Italy (the performance could bring this to life yet)
24. Serbia

Crap

25. Albania
26. Norway (just horrible, would be so perfect if Norway could get nul points)