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AdamAloud
post 8th March 2019, 05:15 PM
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So we've now got all the songs for the first semi final so it's time to get your Björkman hats on and start planning those all important running orders!
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post 8th March 2019, 05:18 PM
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01. Finland // Darude ft. Sebastian Rejman - Look Away
02. Montenegro // D-Moll - Heaven
03. Slovenia // Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl - Sebi
04. Belarus // ZENA - Like It
05. Hungary // Joci Pápai - Az Én Apám
06. Poland // Tulia - Pali Się (Fire Of Love)
07. Czech Republic // Lake Malawi - Friend Of A Friend
08. Serbia // Nevena Božović - Kruna
09. Cyprus // Tamta - Replay
10. Georgia // Oto Nemsadze - Sul Tsin Iare
11. Belgium // Eliot - Wake Up
12. Australia // Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity
13. Iceland // Hatari - Hatriđ Mun Sigra
14. San Marino // Serhat - Say Na Na Na
15. Greece // Katerine Duska - Better Love
16. Portugal // Conan Osíris - Telemóveis
17. Estonia // Victor Crone - Storm

Cyprus is the obvious opener but the fact that there are only 2 females in the second half and the fact it's quite a contender and usually Song 1 in Semi 1 doesn't qualify so I imagine Tamta will be left as late as possible. Iceland and Portugal could very well be closers but Estonia might be more of a safer bet?
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post 8th March 2019, 05:34 PM
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I would die if a song called “Look Away” is chosen to open the live shows
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post 8th March 2019, 09:05 PM
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as long as the biggest shock factors of the semi aka Portugal and Iceland are as far as possible from each other I'm good really. despite a couple of duds semi 1 is really THE SHIT this time around
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post 8th March 2019, 11:47 PM
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I legit think this order would work near perfectly (LexC is a horn tooter confirmed)...

01 Czech Republic: Lake Malawi - Friend of A Friend
02 Montenegro: D Moll - Heaven
03 Belarus: ZENA - Like It
04 Hungary: Joci Papai - Az En Apam
05 Finland: Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman - Look Away
- AD BREAK -
06 Serbia: Nevena - Kruna
07 Poland: Tulia - Pali Sie
08 Slovenia: Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl - Sebi
09 Cyprus: Tamta - Replay
10 Portugal: Conan Osiris - Telemoveis
11 Georgia: Oto Nemsadze - Sul Tsin Lare
12 San Marino: Serhat - Say Na Na Na
13 Estonia: Victor Crone - Storm
- AD BREAK
14 Greece: Katerine Duska - Better Love
15 Iceland: Hatari - Hatriđ Mun Sigra
16 Belgium: Eliot - Wake Up
17 Australia: Kate Miller Heidke - Zero Gravity

- Czech Republic seems like the ideal "get the party started" song to open up the semi with and from their live performances I think they'd really be able to set the energy level for the show. Unintended consequence is they might be a little bit of a sacrificial lamb but
- Montenegro in the death slot because it's what that song deserves
- BLR - HUN - FIN are a good set of "could go either way" potential qualifiers and all have a nice saw-tooth effect. Darude's (kinda) name power merits him being late-ish on but not so much that you'd leave him to the last one in the half so he can go in slot 5 ahead of an ad break which'll be nice following what I'm presuming will be quite an elaborate staging set-up
- From there I worked backwards with Cyprus getting slot 9 and Slovenia being an "interesting" one to slot between two high impact songs with Poland in 7th.
- Serbia's a little buried in 6th but tbh it's got enough friends in this semi that it doesn't really need a good slot.
- Now the 2nd half is...interesting. To me the four "wildcards" are Iceland, Portugal and also San Marino and Australia and I don't think you can run any of those four next to each other or you'll end up with tonal whiplash. So the 2nd half is set up with that in mind. I like the idea of Portugal following Cyprus to signal that the show is "switching gears" and especially the first part of Telemoveis signals that pretty clearly
- Georgia put in between Portugal and San Marino to get memory holed
- After POR - GEO - SAN I think we need something safe but ultimately still poppy and uplifting and Estonia fits that role really well to take us into the 2nd ad break
- The best closer out of what's left is Australia I think, stuff that's usually left-field but still commercial/competitive tends to be the best type of stuff to close on.
- Hatari spaced with a song in between them and the Aussies
- I initially put Greece and Belgium the other way round but in hindsight I think Greece and Australia are a little bit too similar to really work next to each other so Belgium goes in song 16 as a little introspective moment in between the two bits of Euromadness. Greece, like Serbia, is qualifying no matter where it goes so it'll be fine after the ad break.
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post 10th March 2019, 06:45 PM
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SEMI DEUX

01. Denmark // Leonora - Love Is Forever
02. Moldova // Anna Odobescu - Stay
03. Sweden // John Lundvik - Too Late For Love
04. Romania // Ester Peony - On A Sunday
05. Austria // Pćnda - Limits
06. Switzerland // Luca Hänni - She Got Me
07. Latvia // Carousel - That Night
08. Armenia // Srbuk - Walking Out
09. Ireland // Sarah McTernan - 22
10. Croatia // Roko - The Dream
11. Azerbaijan // Chingiz - Truth
12. North Macedonia // Tamara Todevska - Proud
13. Lithuania // Jurijus - Run With The Lions
14. Malta // Michela - Chameleon
15. Russia // Sergey Lazarev - Scream
16. Albania // Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju Tokës
17. The Netherlands // Duncan Laurence - Arcade
18. Norway // KEiiNO - Spirit In The Sky

Not really many openers in the first half, Luca perhaps but they'll need to space out the peen so gone with Denmark's little shitty ditty. Was difficult to choose between Norway and Malta for the closer but plumped for the former, Malta I think will benefit more from being surrounded by mediocre male ballads than closing the show imo.
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post 11th March 2019, 10:30 AM
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Israel will perform 14th in the grand final.
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post 11th March 2019, 10:46 AM
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Semi 1
- I think Czechia will open
- Cyprus will be last before the second half
- Australia will open the second half
- Iceland will finish the show
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post 15th March 2019, 03:18 PM
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Oops realised I hadn't done the 2nd semi yet

01 Sweden: John Lundvik - Too Late For Love
02 Latvia: Carousel - That Night
03 Romania: Ester Peony - On A Sunday
04 Denmark: Leonora - Love Is Forever
05 Moldova: Anna Odobescu - Stay
- AD BREAK -
06 Austria: Paenda - Limit
07 Ireland: Sarah McTernan - 22
08 Armenia: Srbuk - Walking Out
09 Switzerland: Luca Hanni - She Got Me
10 Croatia: Roko - The Dream
11 Lithuania: Jurijus - Run With The Lions
12 Albania: Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju Tokës
13 Russia: Sergay Lazarev - Scream
- AD BREAK
14 Azerbaijan: Chingiz - Truth
15 North Macedonia: Tamara Todevska - Proud
16 Malta: Michela Pace - Chameleon
17 Netherlands: Duncan Laurence - Arcade
18 Norway: KEiiNO - Spirit In The Sky
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post 15th March 2019, 03:41 PM
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Malta-Netherlands-Norway would be a perfect way to end the show with 2-5 being a long ass toilet break.

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post 17th March 2019, 04:01 PM
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Something like this maybe:

SEMI 1

01 Belarus
02 Montenegro
03 Czech Republic
04 Serbia
05 Finland
06 Poland
07 Hungary
08 Cyprus
09 Slovenia
10 San Marino
11 Portugal
12 Greece
13 Georgia
14 Belgium
15 Australia
16 Iceland
17 Estonia

SEMI 2

01 Denmark
02 Romania
03 Switzerland
04 Moldova
05 Armenia
06 Latvia
07 Austria
08 Sweden
09 Ireland
10 Croatia
11 Azerbaijan
12 North Macedonia
13 Lithuania
14 Albania
15 Russia
16 Malta
17 The Netherlands
18 Norway
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post 30th March 2019, 01:10 AM
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01 Czech Republic: Lake Malawi - Friend of a Friend
02 Montenegro: D Mol - Heaven
03 Belarus: ZENA - Like It
04 Slovenia: Zala Kralj & Gasper Santi - Sebi
05 Finland: Darude (feat. Sebastian Rejman) - Look Away
06 Serbia: Nevena Bozovic - Kruna
07 Poland: Tulia - Fire of Love (Pali sie)
08 Hungary: Joci Papai - Az én apám
09 Cyprus: Tamta - Replay
10 San Marino: Serhat - Say Na Na Na
11 Belgum: Eliot - Wake Up
12 Australia: Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity
13 Georgia: Oto Nemsadze - Sul tsin iare
14 Portugal: Conan Osiris - Telemoveis
15 Greece: Katerine Duska - Better Love
16 Iceland: Hatari - Hatrio mun sigra
17 Estonia: Victor Crone - Storm

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01 Denmark: Leonora - Love Is Forever
02 Latvia: Carousel - That Night
03 Ireland: Sarah McTernan - 22
04 Sweden: John Lundvik - Too Late For Love
05 Moldova: Anna Odobescu - Stay
06 Armenia: Srbuk - Walking Out
07 Austria: Paenda - Limits
08 Switzerland: Luca Hanni - She Got Me
09 Romania: Ester Peony - On a Sunday
10 Croatia: Roko - The Dream
11 Albania: Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju tokes
12 Azerbaijan: Chingiz - Truth
13 Russia: SergeY Lazarev - Scream
14 Lithunia: Jurij Veklenko - Run with the Lions
15 North Macedonia: Tamara Todevska - Proud
16 Norway: KEiiNO - Spirit In The Sky
17 Netherlands: Duncan Laurence - Arcade
18 Malta: Michela - Chameleon
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post 2nd April 2019, 02:13 PM
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Official Running Order:

Semi One

Cyprus
Montenegro
Finland
Poland
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Hungary
Belarus
Serbia
Belgium
Georgia
Australia
Iceland
Estonia
Portugal
Greece
San Marino

Semi Two

Armenia
Ireland
Moldova
Switzerland
Latvia
Romania
Denmark
Sweden
Austria
Croatia
Malta
Lithuania
Russia
Albania
Norway
The Netherlands
North Macedonia
Azerbaijan
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post 2nd April 2019, 02:14 PM
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San Marino the Semi One show closer asdfghjk!
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post 2nd April 2019, 02:16 PM
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That Kate/Hatari sequence will be quite something *.*

Ha at Serhat. Poor Sarah McTernan.
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post 2nd April 2019, 02:18 PM
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Well North Macedonia are well and truly sunk now.

San Marino closing is iconic *.*
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post 2nd April 2019, 02:19 PM
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SAN MARINO closing?! How fun.

On the other hand... dear god at that section from Latvia through to Denmark. At least they separated Ireland. I also like how North Macedonia is nearly at the end.

First thoughts on chances is that this really hurts Finland.
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post 2nd April 2019, 02:31 PM
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QUOTE(gooddelta @ Apr 2 2019, 03:16 PM) *
That Kate/Hatari sequence will be quite something *.*

Ha at Serhat. Poor Sarah McTernan.


Annoyingly, between 12 and 13 looks like the place where they're putting the ad breaks so that'll dull the tonal whiplash somewhat!
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post 2nd April 2019, 03:17 PM
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I swear to god if Cyprus is a shock DNQ...
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post 2nd April 2019, 03:39 PM
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CALM IT. Alexander Rybak opened a semi last year and still managed to win that semi.


Poor Ireland sad.gif Was really hoping that slot would be given to Moldova or Latvia (Romania would've been too unfair I guess as they had it last year)
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