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 Mar 17 2016, 07:26 PM
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So as of now we have a full set of declared songs in semi final one and we should have the last song of the year from Bulgaria on Sunday. In a year as competitive as this year is, simple factors like running order can make a big difference to a country's chances of qualifying/a good result/winning. So, the main purpose of this thread is A) If you were the producer of the show, what order would you put the songs in and B) Once the running order's been confirmed, who do we think are the winners/losers out of it.
Semi-Final One First Half Armenia: Iveta Mukuchyan - LoveWave Croatia: Nina Kraljić - Lighthouse Finland: Sandhja - Sing It Away Greece: Argo - Utopian Land Hungary: Freddie - Pioneer Moldova: Lidia Isac - Falling Stars The Netherlands: Douwe Bob - Slow Down Russia: Sergey Lazarev - You Are The Only One San Marino: Serhat - I Didn't Know Second Half Austria: ZOË - Loin d'ici Azerbaijan: Samra - Miracle Bosnia & Herzegovina: Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala - Ljubav Je Cyprus: Minus One - Alter Ego Czech Republic: Gabriela Gunčíková - I Stand Estonia: Jüri Pootsmann - Play Iceland: Greta Salóme - Hear Them Calling Malta: Ira Losco - Walk On Water Montenegro: Highway - The Real Thing Semi-Final Two First Half Australia: Dami Im - Sound Of Silence Belarus: IVAN - Help You Fly Ireland: Nicky Byrne - Sunlight Israel: Hovi Star - Made Of Stars Latvia: Justs - Heartbeat Lithuania: Donny Montell - I've Been Waiting For This Night Macedonia: Kaliopi - Dona Poland: Michał Szpak - Color Of Your Life Serbia: Sanja Vučić ZAA - Goodbye (Shelter) Switzerland: Rykka - The Last Of Our Kind Second Half Albania: Eneda Tarifa - Fairytale Belgium: Laura Tesoro - What's The Pressure Bulgaria: Poli Genova - If Love Was A Crime Denmark: Lighthouse X - Soldiers Of Love Georgia: Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz - Midnight Gold Norway: Agnete - Icebreaker Romania: Ovidiu Anton - Moment Of Silence Slovenia: ManuElla - Blue And Red Ukraine: Jamala - 1944 Let the speculation commence! |
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Mar 17 2016, 07:33 PM
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I was born 7 million years ago in Sweden, Africa
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Fave thread
 Well for semi 1, this is what I would do 01. Armenia 02. San Marino 03. Hungary 04. Greece 05. The Netherlands 06. Russia 07. Finland 08. Croatia 09. Moldova 10. Estonia 11. Bosnia & Herzegovina 12. Montenegro 13. Azerbaijan 14. Austria 15. Czech Republic 16. Cyprus 17. Malta 18. Iceland |
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Mar 17 2016, 07:47 PM
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I would order semi one like this
01 Finland 02 San Marino 03 Greece 04 Armenia 05 Moldova 06 Hungary 07 Netherlands 08 Russia 09 Croatia 10 Montenegro 11 Estonia 12 Austria 13 Iceland 14 Azerbaijan 15 Bosnia & Herzegovina 16 Cyprus 17 Czech Republic 18 Malta Justifications: - Open with an uptempo that is well performed but probably isn't going anywhere, so either Finland or Moldova fit those choices. I went with the former since I'd err at Moldova opening the show two years running. - San Marino on 2nd obviously - Iceland on after a break (which is usually between 12 and 13) if they're still going with the projections so the crew can nail the set up - Countries I suspect that they want to help get to the final as best they can so as to keep them in next year as late as possible so Croatia as late as possible and Bosnia/Cyprus/Czech Republic all late - Malta closing becuase it sounds the most 'show closey' - Alternate between styles/tempos as much as possible |
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Mar 17 2016, 08:45 PM
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Gosh that second half of semi two is bleak as f***
I can see Iceland and Belgium closing their respective semifinals. Armenia and Lithuania are so opening them tho. Espesh Lithuania and their 1st slot history oops |
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Mar 17 2016, 09:49 PM
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They should open Semi 1 with Russia. It's a good starter and, let's face it, it's qualifying wherever it's slotted. I'm worried they will start with Finland and hinder its chances of qualifying.
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Mar 19 2016, 05:30 PM
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Here are my predictions for the running orders:
Semi-Final One 01  Armenia02  Greece03  Moldova04  San Marino05  Finland06  The Netherlands07  Russia08  Croatia09  Hungary10  Austria11  Montenegro12  Azerbaijan13  Bosnia & Herzegovina14  Iceland15  Estonia16  Czech Republic17  Cyprus18  MaltaGoing with Armenia as the opener with the obvious "Hey, It's Me" opening line, but if they do go with something "safer" then it'll be Finland. Russia and Croatia should get prime positions thanks to their current odds, and I feel like they will try and push The Netherlands again. I couldn't quite fit Hungary in earlier on as I don't think they'll get a purposeful "pimp" slot, but they could end up with an accidental one. I swapped Czech Republic and Austria around at the last minute, but the former could get the extra push with their Swedish penned song - likewise Cyprus and Malta hence their slots at the end. Then again it could be too obvious to have 3 Swedish songs in a row but when has that stopped Christer. Going with the Iceland after the break too here, banking on the break being a little later due to the extended semi-finals. Can't see Christer bothering to push Montenegro, Azerbaijan or B&H so they are sacrificed. Semi-Final Two 01  Lithuania02  Switzerland03  Belarus04  F.Y.R. Macedonia05  Poland06  Serbia07  Israel08  Latvia09  Australia10  Ireland11  Slovenia12  Belgium13  Ukraine14  Georgia15  Albania16  Romania17  Norway18  Denmark19  BulgariaLithuania is the other obvious opener, the only reason they wouldn't be is because they opened last year too - Ireland would be my 2nd choice. Switzerland go in second as the most "forgettable" (although I really like it) female ballad, and then I follow a vague male mid to uptempo, female ballad pattern for the rest of the half. Latvia and Australia to get pushed due to current odds and Ireland having a supposed "big name". In the second half I'm grouping Belgium, Norway and Bulgaria together as female commercial power pop and one will get sacrificed at the beginning of the half which is where I'm going for Belgium as Norway have Scandi ties and Bulgaria are returnees and have very apt lyrics to be the closer of the semi-finals. Going with the male/female alternation again with the rest of the running order with Ukraine bringing some publicity power to that underwhelming run (according to the bookies) of Slovenia to Romania. This is subject to change once Bulgaria's song comes out, but basing this on the lyrics and descriptions we have! |
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Mar 20 2016, 05:29 PM
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Just a quick reminder of the running order announcement times in previous years:
Year: HoD meeting -> Running order reveal 2016: Mon 14 March -> ??? 2015: Mon 16 March -> Mon 23 March 2014: Mon 17 March -> Mon 24 March 2013: Mon 18 March -> Thu 28 March History would suggest we'd get the running order tomorrow, but I'm not sure they'll announce the running order before the Bulgarian reveal even though I know the EBU have had Poli's song since last Monday. We should definitely get it in the next five days, I'm thinking Tuesday may be the most likely day. |
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Mar 22 2016, 02:34 PM
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Now we have everything from Semi 2 I'd do
01 Ireland 02 Poland 03 Belarus 04 Serbia 05 Lithuania 06 Macedonia 07 Belarus 08 Israel 09 Latvia 10 Australia 11 Denmark 12 Albania 13 Georgia 14 Slovenia 15 Romania 16 Bulgaria 17 Ukraine 18 Belgium 19 Norway I'd initially put Lithuania first but when a lot of the rest of that half has the same kind of mood ant tempo you need them further down to break up songs that are too similar. Norway makes the most sense to me as a closer with a big anthemic feel and Ireland also works as a reasonably uptempo opening. |
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Mar 24 2016, 02:08 PM
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As we've yet to receive the running order this is officially the longest wait we've had since the producer running order announcements began, typical Sweden to be annoying yet again - and it is their own record that they've broken!
 Hope we get it tomorrow... |
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Mar 24 2016, 03:03 PM
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I'd like:
I 01 San Marino: Serhat - I Didn't Know 02 The Netherlands: Douwe Bob - Slow Down 03 Finland: Sandhja - Sing It Away 04 Croatia: Nina Kraljić - Lighthouse 05 Greece: Argo - Utopian Land 06 Moldova: Lidia Isac - Falling Stars 07 Hungary: Freddie - Pioneer 08 Armenia: Iveta Mukuchyan - LoveWave 09 Russia: Sergey Lazarev - You Are The Only One 10 Cyprus: Minus One - Alter Ego 11 Austria: ZOË - Loin d'ici 12 Estonia: Jüri Pootsmann - Play 13 Azerbaijan: Samra - Miracle 14 Montenegro: Highway - The Real Thing 15 Czech Republic: Gabriela Gunčíková - I Stand 16 Malta: Ira Losco - Walk On Water 17 Bosnia & Herzegovina: Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner & Jala - Ljubav je 18 Iceland: Greta Salóme - Hear Them Calling II 01 Lithuania: Donny Montell - I've Been Waiting For This Night 02 Switzerland: Rykka - The Last Of Our Kind 03 Poland: Michał Szpak - Color Of Your Life 04 Belarus: IVAN - Help You Fly 05 Serbia: Sanja Vučić ZAA - Goodbye (Shelter) 06 Latvia: Justs - Heartbeat 07 Australia: Dami Im - Sound Of Silence 08 Ireland: Nicky Byrne - Sunlight 09 Israel: Hovi Star - Made Of Stars 10 Macedonia: Kaliopi - Dona 11 Belgium: Laura Tesoro - What's The Pressure 12 Georgia: Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz - Midnight Gold 13 Albania: Eneda Tarifa - Fairytale 14 Romania: Ovidiu Anton - Moment Of Silence 15 Slovenia: ManuElla - Blue And Red 16 Denmark: Lighthouse X - Soldiers Of Love 17 Ukraine: Jamala - 1944 18 Bulgaria: Poli Genova - If Love Was A Crime 19 Norway: Agnete - Icebreaker |
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Mar 24 2016, 03:06 PM
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DROTTNING!
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I hadn't even seen Ryan's when I did mine! HOPEFULLY some of these pairings (especially in SF2) will be common sense enough to actually make the cut
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Mar 24 2016, 03:49 PM
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@EBU_HQ
@escheart @Eurovision @SVTmelfest The running order for the Semi Finals will be revealed in the next few weeks Well it doesn't sound like they are coming imminently does it! |
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Mar 28 2016, 04:12 PM
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I was born 7 million years ago in Sweden, Africa
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Semi 1
01. ARMENIA // Iveta Mukuchyan - LoveWave 02. SAN MARINO // Serhat - I Didn't Know 03. THE NETHERLANDS // Douwe Bob - Slow Down 04. GREECE // Argo - Utopian Land 05. CROATIA // Nina Kraljic - Lighthouse 06. FINLAND // Sandhja - Sing It Away 07. RUSSIA // Sergey Lazarev - You Are The Only One 08. HUNGARY // Freddie - Pioneer 09. MOLDOVA // Lidia Isac - Falling Stars 10. ESTONIA // Jüri Pootsmann - Play 11. AZERBAIJAN // Samra - Miracle 12. MONTENEGRO // Highway - The Real Thing 13. AUSTRIA // Zoë - Loin d'ici 14. CZECH REPUBLIC // Gabriela Guncikova - I Stand 15. MALTA // Ira Losco - Walk On Water 16. CYPRUS // Minus One - Alter Ego 17. BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA // Dalal & Deen ft. Ana Rucner & Jala - Ljubav je 18. ICELAND // Greta Salome - Hear Them Calling Semi 2 01. LITHUANIA // Donny Montell - I've Been Waiting For This Night 02. POLAND // Michal Szpak - Color Of Your Life 03. SWITZERLAND // Rykka - The Last Of Our Kind 04. ISRAEL // Hovi Star - Made Of Stars 05. SERBIA // Sanja Vucic ZAA - Goodbye (Shelter) 06. LATVIA // Justs - Heartbeat 07. BELARUS // IVAN - Help You Fly 08. AUSTRALIA // Dami Im - Sound Of Silence 09. IRELAND // Nicky Byrne - Sunlight 10. MACEDONIA // Kaliopi - Dona 11. ROMANIA // Ovidiu Anton - Moment Of Silence 12. ALBANIA // Eneda Tarifa - Fairtyale 13. DENMARK // Lighthouse X - Soldiers Of Love 14. SLOVENIA // ManuElla - Blue & Red 15. NORWAY // Agnete - Icebreaker 16. GEORGIA // Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz - Midnight Gold 17. BULGARIA // Poli Genova - If Love Was A Crime 18. UKRAINE // Jamala - 1944 19. BELGIUM // Laura Tesoro - What's The Pressure These work well for me after having all the songs for a week. |
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Mar 31 2016, 11:15 PM
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BuzzJack Platinum Member
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Esctoday have revelead the running order!!
 Too bad it's an april fools joke This post has been edited by Jerick: Mar 31 2016, 11:16 PM |
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Mar 31 2016, 11:34 PM
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If Eurovision.tv pulled the same joke the fanbase would be livid!
 I can sort of see it being announced tomorrow though with it being the final day of the two to three week period they gave themselves at the delegations meeting, but I presume they'll wait till after midday if so!
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Apr 1 2016, 08:01 AM
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Finally!
http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=runn...finals_revealed QUOTE Running order of Semi-Finals revealed
Stockholm, Sweden - Today, the running order of the songs taking part in the Semi-Finals of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest has been revealed. As the previous three years, it was up to the producers of the shows to come up with a running order for the Semi-Finals. It was approved by the EBU Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand and the Chairman of the Reference Group, Dr. Frank Dieter Freiling. After the producers reviewed all entries, the following running order was decided on for the Semi-Finals: Semi-Final 1 Armenia Greece Moldova San Marino Finland The Netherlands Russia Croatia Hungary Austria Montenegro Azerbaijan Bosnia & Herzegovina Iceland Estonia Czech Republic Cyprus Malta For this show, the advertising breaks are set to be after the 5th and 13th song. Their positions may still change. Semi-Final 2 Lithuania Switzerland Belarus F.Y.R. Macedonia Poland Serbia Israel Latvia Australia Ireland Slovenia Belgium Ukraine Georgia Albania Romania Norway Denmark Bulgaria For this show, the advertising breaks are set to be after the 5th and 13th song as well. As with the first Semi-Final, their positions may still change. The way to the running order In January, all the Semi-Finalists were drawn into two halves of the two Semi-Finals during the Semi-Final Allocation Draw. All the already qualified finalists will vote in the following Semi-Finals: First Semi-Final France Spain Sweden Second Semi-Final Germany Italy United Kingdom After all the songs were submitted to the organisers at the Heads of Delegations Meeting a few weeks ago, the producers decided upon the running order which was then approved by the Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand and the Chairman of the Reference Group, Dr Frank Dieter Freiling. During the Heads of Delegations meeting it was also drawn that the host country of Sweden will perform at position no 9 in the Final. The running order for the Grand Final will be decided after the second Semi-Final. The first Semi-Final will be held on the 10th of May and it has 18 participants while the second one with 19 contestants takes place on the 12th of May. The big Final of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest is on the 14th of May. |
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Apr 1 2016, 08:02 AM
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So glad for Bulgaria, I'll post more thoughts when I'm not on my phone later!
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Apr 1 2016, 08:18 AM
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Yay at those pimp slots for Malta and Bulgaria, perfect <3
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Apr 1 2016, 09:27 AM
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thanks for being a sarcy lil bitch
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ryan to be demoted asap plz
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Apr 1 2016, 09:44 AM
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lmao at first I didn't even bother to open the link ryan posted with that
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