DAMMMMMNNNN, terrible draw for Austria :(

 

Azerbaijan 2nd to last and Greece with the wildcard - they'll need it with that horrendous song to have any sort of chance - I smell fix! Slovakia and Poland are literally insane, why throw away the wildcards? Do we get to find out which of the finalists gets the wildcard there today?

FYROM #11

Israel #12, say no more :)

Slovenia #13, good position :)

Romania #14, not so good :(

Estonia #15, great :cheer:

Belarus #16, I don't love that :(

 

Denmark #18, that's pretty lucky :)

Ireland #19 - oh god, Jedward are going to qualify :snif:

Come on UK, get the wildcard :cheer:

Ireland #19 - oh god, Jedward are going to qualify :snif:

 

Oh dear :drama: Oh well, at least it will massively up the viewing figures in the UK if they do.

No, wildcard is Spain :( Chooses #22, the number that Lena got last year :lol:

SF 2

 

1. Bosnia & Herzegovina

2. Austria

3. The Netherlands

4. Belgium

5. Slovakia

6. Ukraine

7. Moldova

8. Sweden

9. Cyprus

10. Bulgaria

11. FYR Macedonia

12. Israel

13. Slovenia

14. Romania

15. Estonia

16. Belarus

17. Latvia

18. Denmark

19. Ireland

UK gets #14. Not too bad, not too good, but I'm happy enough.

Germany in #16. Again, decent.

 

Will delete some messages later btw :lol:

France gets #11. Not so great, quite close to a commercial break.

SF 1

 

1. Poland

2. Norway

3. Albania

4. Armenia

5. Turkey

6. Serbia

7. Russia

8. Switzerland

9. Georgia

10. Finland

11. Malta

12. San Marino

13. Croatia

14. Iceland

15. Hungary

16. Portugal

17. Lithuania

18. Azerbaijan

19. Greece

 

SF 2

 

1. Bosnia & Herzegovina

2. Austria

3. The Netherlands

4. Belgium

5. Slovakia

6. Ukraine

7. Moldova

8. Sweden

9. Cyprus

10. Bulgaria

11. FYR Macedonia

12. Israel

13. Slovenia

14. Romania

15. Estonia

16. Belarus

17. Latvia

18. Denmark

19. Ireland

 

Final

 

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11. France

12. Italy

13.

14. UK

15.

16. Germany

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22. Spain

23.

24.

25.

Italy well and truly screwed there :lol: :(

Hmm... Norway is drawn for #2.... The best we could have got was 9... So I guess it's better to be in the begining then in the middle? :thinking:

14th...hmm, not amazing but I was half expecting us to get 2nd as usual :drama:

Hmm... Norway is drawn for #2.... The best we could have got was 9... So I guess it's better to be in the begining then in the middle? :thinking:

 

Except 2nd is notorious for being the 'death slot' in ESC. Nobody's ever won a semi or a final (in 50+ years of contests!) from the second slot. The slot lacks the initial impact of performing in 1st and opening the show, or being in the second half and more remembered by televoters. I can't see Haba Haba not qualifying, but it's pretty much the worst slot it could have got :(