Okay, Here we go

 

Russia: Grew on me hugely over the last few days. Completely digging the Qele Qele intro. 9/10

Israel: GODana. 10/10

Armenia: Again, this grew on me quite a bit over the last week, now i am finding it very decent! 7.5/10

Hungary: Not completely in love with it like an average rubbishgai on this site and everywhere (considering how much hype it gets) but adore it too. I'm so mainstream! 9.5/10

Serbia: Good song but seeing/hearing that the reharsals went bad it kinda puts me off it :lol: 8/10

Albania: THIS BITCH ROCKS. 9.5/10

The Netherlands: My very first favourites. Still finding the song decent and even great but already bored a bit. 9/10

Latvia: Same as above essentually. 8.5/10

Portugal: I DON'T GET THE HATE. Catchy and f***ing amazing. 9.5/10

Croatia: Ooh the faux-dubstep part is utter gorgeousness :wub: Loved from the very beginning, still do. 2nd favourite contestant as of 09/05/11! 10/10

Estonia: Just like Kati Wolf, don't really feel that strong about this song, but it is great, catchy, modern and pretty memorable. Accent is horrid though. 9/10

Romania: Ooh happy-clappy-change-the-world-together-we-are-one tiresomeness. A pretty good though despite that. 8/10

Georgia: This is growing on me like a motherf***er! I'm feeling the same about this country's entry as last year and look where Georgia 2010 got to in my rankings after the final performance? Numero uno. 8.5/10

 

Leaving the awfully strong bunch of songs til the end are we?

Russia: Well, it's not exactly RedOne's finest hour lets face it, it's almost a self parody - and that intro is ridiculous! I can't say that I like his voice much either BUT, at times the production is great, the melody is nice enough and it's a marked improvement on last years dirge - so it will be top ten in the final. 8/10

 

Israel: This really is limp and completely average, Dana is FAR better than this song, Diva looks like the best song of all time next to this diet schlager. 5/10

 

Armenia: Their worst entry to date I think, childish dated rubbish. Like I said in a thread yesterday - Preeya Kalidas channelling Lolly is NOT good, I hope it misses the final. 3/10

 

Hungary: It's comfortably in my top ten but there's a tiny spark missing for me that everybody else seems to see in it. That said, I think it deserves to finish inside the top ten BUT I preferred the likes of Hero/Je Ne Sais Quoi in the fan favourite schlager anthem destined to flop stakes. But I still can't bring myself to give it less than 9/10

 

Serbia: I quite like this but it would have been better had it been sent in 2008, and may well have been a favourite that year. This style is a little three years ago now and it's not revolutionary enough to persuade anybody otherwise. Might scrape the final. 7.5/10

 

Albania: This is decent enough but not something I'd rush to listen to out of choice. 7/10

 

The Netherlands: I do think this is their best entry in years, but even so - it's far from amazing and they really NEED to pull something special out of the bag next year *cough* Caro Emerald. 8.5/10

 

Latvia: I feel like I should love this, as it's a little bit different, but something isn't quite clicking here - I wouldn't turn it off though. 7/10

 

Portugal: An abomination. 0/10

 

Croatia: This could have been special, the production and melody are pretty decent but the generic party lyrics and of course the title remind me of Switzerland 2004, and that is NEVER a good thing :( Not mad keen on her voice either. 7.5/10

 

Estonia: The verses on this and the production within them is absolutely fantastic, but it really loses it on the chorus which sounds cut and pasted in from another song, from a kids album or something. Nonetheless, it is AMAZING but not amazing. 9/10

 

Romania: I've always sort of liked but never loved this, it's catchy but the production is unspectacular, they should send one of their great dance stars to the contest - Inna, Edward Maya, Alexandra Stan :D 8/10

 

Georgia: This does absolutely nothing for me, it's just 'there' 5/10

Russia: Nowhere near as bad as the 2010 atrocity, but lacking the sheer amusmant factor of Mamo - 5/10

Israel: Oh My, this is geniunely awful - Dana's reputation is dead. 3/10

Armenia: First time since 2007 that Armenia aren't in my top 2 countries (along with Azerbaijan usually :kink:) 0/10 just for destroying the legacy of 3 amazing entries in a row.

Hungary: LOVING THIS 4 LYF. 10/10 Go get that 2nd place! (Behind Estonia).

Serbia: Sometimes I love it, sometimes I hate it 5/10

Albania: SO much better than whatever that was last year, but no Carry Me With You In Your Dreams (hoping for the return of the gimp though?) 9/10The Netherlands: Not a patch on Ik Bin Verliefd but not quiteas terrible as Belgium 4/10

Latvia: So indifferent to this it hurts... 5/10

Portugal: Oh dear Portugal, what is this? 2/10

Croatia: GO AVENGE LAKO JE SVE 7/10

Estonia: AHH BEST SONG EVER, Go Drip Drop yourself to 5th 10/10

Romania: Yay for the world! 7/10

Georgia: If the performance contains a sexual wink, expcet this to change to a 10. 7/10

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Russia - A little disappointing considering it's a RedOne song, but if it gets drawn around 20th in the final, it's a serious contender for the win. 7/10

Israel - I love this now, but I much prefer the version on the compilation to the new mix. 9/10

Armenia - Colour by numbers pop tune. I quite like the verses, but the chorus is weak. It reminds me a lot of the Turkish entry from 2006 actually. 6/10

Hungary - My favourite this year, but it's not a patch on previous uptempo pop entries from the likes of Hera, Euroband, Selma etc. Never the less, it still gets 10/10

Serbia - So boring. 4/10

Albania - Disappointing considering she is such a big star (in Albania at least...) I wanted something along the lines of Origjinale. 5/10

Netherlands - Quite good. Nothing more, nothing less. 6/10

Latvia - Something about the duo really annoys me, and the song is pretty plain too. 5/10

Portugal - If the jury played no roll in selecting qualifiers, then this would almost certainly be in the final. It's catchy, but it's not great 5/10

Croatia - I'd be happy for this to make the final, in fact I dreamt that it did last night, but in reality I can't see it happening :( 9/10

Estonia - Marvellous little pop tune, a good draw could see it contend for victory 9/10

Romania - A bit too happy clappy, but it's alright 6/10

Georgia - I quite like this! It's like a cross between Lacuna Coil and Linkin Park, but obviously not quite a good as either of those acts. Still, I like the concept. 7/10

Russia: meh, i guess it's fine. miles better than last year. simple pop song, cute boy. did he step in some radioactive material on the way to arena? it will qualify fo sho, if last year monstrosity did. 7/10

Israel: loved her winning song years ago, but this one... nothing special. it will most likely ride into the finals on her name and some diaspora voting... 5/10

Armenia: the refrain is golden, but the rest of the song is bad. 5/10 boom-boom, chaka-chaka!

Hungary: very "i drove all night" by Celine Dion. it's a nice disco-pop song. she has some pipes in her too! 8.5/10

Serbia: they are about 50 years too late :lol: i like the 60s feel and she is adorable, but nothing special much. 6/10

Albania: i liked it at first, but then got over it. 5/10

The Netherlands: i like it a lot. would have loved it even more if it wasn't a "painting by numbers" of that style. any other style i'd dump that kind of approach to around 1 or 2 but i like this style too much... 8/10

Latvia: i can get over wrong stress in words or sentence to fit music... once, maybe twice... and if i really like the song... but angEl in disguise, tendernEss, crossIng mah mind... and i don;t really like the song to begin with. fail! 0/10

Portugal: as was said before, earrape. in a in a particularly perverse form http://community.breastcancer.org/javascripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-yell.gif MINUS 10 out of 10... or in real world 0/10

Croatia: why is Celine Dion singing BSB song? :lol: :huh: it starts just like "Incomplete" i guess it's ok for an ultimate pop marriage of style lol 7/10

Estonia: i've grown to like it. not love it.. 7/10

Romania: i can hear a little bit of "Sweet escape" by Gwen Stefani in refrain, but not too much. like the song a lot. hope it does well. 8.5/10

Georgia: i'm confused. and i don't like to be confused... can they please pick one song out of that mix of genres and sing it? 4/10

 

 

Russia: Really like the song and he's a very good singer too. 8/10

Israel: Definitely prefer the new version and very catchy. 7/10

Armenia: Really like this too, it's just very fun! 7/10

Hungary: One of my favorites, hope it goes well tomorrow. 9/10

Serbia: Love the retro feel and very happy song. 7/10

Albania: Grown to liking this very much with the English version. 7/10

The Netherlands: Just don't really like this. 5/10

Latvia: Another grower and good vocals too. 7/10

Portugal: Can see the message but it's too novelty. 3/10

Croatia: I like the electro feel of this. 7/10

Estonia: This is exceptional, I absolutely love it! One of my favorite songs ever! Go Getter :) 10/10

Romania: Decent but heard it all before. 6/10

Georgia: Like the female vocals, but not the rapping. 6/10

Final scoreboard!

 

01 United Kingdom - 9.4

=01 Hungary - 9.4

03 Estonia - 9.0

04 Azerbaijan - 8.9

05 Slovenia - 8.7

06 Denmark - 8.5

=06 Austria - 8.5

08 Germany - 8.3

09 Bosnia & Herzegovina - 8.1

10 Norway - 8.0

=10 Sweden - 8.0

=10 Belarus - 8.0

13 Finland - 7.6

14 Croatia - 7.5

15 Romania - 7.3

=15 Switzerland - 7.3

17 Russia - 7.2

18 France - 7.0

=18 Spain - 7.0

20 San Marino - 6.9

21 Israel - 6.8

22 Netherlands - 6.7

=22 Bulgaria - 6.7

24 Poland - 6.4

25 Turkey - 6.3

26 Albania - 6.1

27 Georgia - 6.0

=27 Serbia - 6.0

=27 Slovakia - 6.0

30 Latvia - 5.6

31 Cyprus 5.3

=31 Iceland - 5.3

33 Italy - 5.0

34 Armenia - 4.6

=34 Ukraine - 4.6

36 Greece - 4.4

=36 Lithuania - 4.4

38 Ireland - 4.3

39 Malta - 4.0

40 Belgium - 3.6

41 Portugal 2.7

42 Moldova - 2.6

43 FYR Macedonia - 1.0