May 24, 201213 yr Bosnia isn't the liveliest, but it's slowly growing on me, so while I normally find them overrated, I'd rather this didn't break their qualification streak. It's far from being in my top 10 of the semi though. Prepared to dislike Lithuania again...
May 24, 201213 yr 01 // Serbia - For a country predicted to do so well, I expected a lot better than that - but it is actually quite good. I like that it borrows most of it's tune from Paradise, and it actually got really good in the last 30/40 seconds or so, when it all sort of built up. Quite good. 7/10 02 // FYR Macedonia - I thought it was just another ballad to be honest, and I was quite enjoying it - but, when it all rocked up, I actually still liked it surprisingly, gave life to what was just another ballad. By the looks of it, doesn't stand a chance of qualifying, but a good rocky song I think. 7/10 03 // Netherlands - Very weird song, that I'm surprised I actually like. There's a real charm about Joan herself, from the way her big eyes glisten at the screen with her cute gestures, to her her squeaky voice. And it was a good fun song - would quite like to see that qualify. 7.5/10 04 // Malta - Quite enjoyed that really, very catchy song, admittedly quite a dated idea of a modern sounding song but it had an enjoyable AY AY AY EEE YEAH bit in it that I liked, catchy stuff. I didn't like the random woman who joined at the end though, and sung like she was trying to cough something from the back of her throat. AND WOO 4 DUBSTEP BREAKDOWN 2K12 EUROVISION ~ 7.5/10 05 // Belarus - In the same way as Malta, it sounded like it was trying to sound modern but still sounded dated. However, much like Malta also, I really liked it. I really liked the instrumental, sounded quite electronic, and a catchy chorus. Five entries in a row I've liked, that was my favourite yet, great semi so far! 8/10 06 // Portugal - That was my least favourite so far. I don't think it was that bad, but it was quite uninteresting. She sung it well, and it wasn't bad by any means, just not very interesting, like I said. 6/10 07 // Ukraine - I really do not understand for the life of me why I enjoyed that. It was just awful, her voice was annoying, but I absolutely love it for some reason. Felt very anthemic, a bit shouty, but the trumpets were ace, and I really don't know, but I loved it. 8.5/10 08 // Bulgaria - What the hell was that? Like, the instrumental sounded really good, and had the potential to be an amazing dance track. But, it had a really weird and boring structure, and just shouted that chorus so painfully it ruined it. I did still quite like it, and I liked her hilarious head dancing. 7/10 09 // Slovenia - Must just be in a good mood today, because I'm not disliking anything. That should've felt so morbid and dull to me going by my usual tastes, but I loved the drama the whole performance and vocal had to it. Another 7/10 ... 10 // Croatia - Nah, wasn't that keen on that. The worst yet, it was like the song before, but with what I thought was exciting about it, taken out. 5/10 11 // Sweden - Obviously I love it, but not to the extent of everyone else, it's far from the best song of all time or of Eurovision ever, it's just like a David Guetta track in the chorus, and her other songs in the verses. But, it's still obviously very good for it's danciness. Don't like her dancing as I never have, but the best song so far in this semi! 9/10 12 // Georgia - Wait, that was supposed to be the worst entry of the whole contest? I actually enjoyed that, it was really weird, and a mish-mash of all sorts, but it was actually enjoyable. 7/10 13 // Turkey - That was just rubbish. I like the generic Turkish instrumental that they have like every year, but the singing was pretty shit. If you're gonna get all LA LA LA LA LA LA on it, at least do it as 10/10 as Ivi Adamou. 4.5/10 14 // Estonia - Background music, meh. 5/10 15 // Slovakia - The lead singer of Dynazty joins Dead By April, and makes an entry that's not as good as either of their MF entries. Not a very good song, this genre can be good, but... well, it wasn't. 4/10 16 // Norway Just as amazing as I remember. It's Norway's Eric Saade, but not QUITE as good. Close though, and my favourite from this semi, and 2nd favourite of the year. He didn't sing that so well, but neither did Ivi with hers, and it didn't stop me adoring that. Won't stop me adoring this. 9.5/10 17 // Bosnia & Herzegovina - Was it sung well? YES. Did I find it at all interesting? NOPE. To be honest, following on from Tooji - that just fell dead for me completely. 4/10
May 24, 201213 yr I want ALL these songs to qualify.., except Turkey, dear God that was awful. And Slovakia. And Lithuania. What a semifinal! Edited May 24, 201213 yr by SKOB
May 24, 201213 yr 01. Serbia: Željko Joksimović - Nije Ljubav Stvar 2/5 meh 02. Macedonia: Kaliopi - Crno I Belo 3.5/5 Good song actually, love that rock sound! 03. The Netherlands: Joan Franka - You and Me 2.5/5 Good melody, but overall boring song. 04. Malta: Kurt Calleja - This Is The Night 4/5 First very good song, very addictive song! 05. Belarus: Litesound - We Are The Heroes 4/5 hmm not as good as studio version but still catchy song. 06. Portugal: Filipa Sousa - Vida Minha 3/5 Good song, not really a fan of it! 07. Ukraine: Gaitana - Be My Guest 4.5/5 This really good, love the dance sound, she looks weird but overall surprisingly nice! 08. Bulgaria: Sofi Marinova - Love Unlimited 5/5 Shock GENERIC but I LOVE it. One of those songs for which I didn't cared before but now I adore it! 09. Slovenia: Eva Boto - Verjamem 2.5/5 Very disappointing entry from Slovenia this year, boring as hell, their last year entry was AMAZING! 10. Croatia: Nina Badric - Nebo 4.5/5 Stunning vocal wise, but they could put more into performance! 11. Sweden: Loreen - Eurphoria 5/5 Not really the best performance but the song is just GREAT! 12. Georgia: Anri Jokhadze - I'm a Joker 1.5/5 MESS. 13. Turkey: Can Bonomo - Love Me Back 3.5/5 Good song, don't remember the performance now 14. Estonia: Ott Lepland - Kuula 1/5 Boring 15. Slovakia: Max Jason Mai - Don't Close Your Eyes 4/5 Love the sound of the song very metal, reminds me on 30 Second To Mars songs. Anyway, would love to see this in finals! 16. Norway: Tooji - Stay 5/5 Not keen on his performance but the song is really great! 17. Bosnia & Herzegovina: Maya Sar - Korake Ti Znam 4/5 Very stunning :o One of the better ballads! 18. Lithuania: Donny Montell - Love Is Blind 4.5/5 Really nice song and love love the melody, very good overall!
May 24, 201213 yr Author 01 Norway 10/10 - PERFECTION TOOJI!!!!! 02 Estonia - 10/10 - KUULAAAAA <3 sorry Sweden.. 03 Sweden - 10/10 - EUPHOOOOOOOORIA! 04 Serbia - 9/10 - STUNNING performance! Nothing more to say! <3 05 Ukraine - 9/10 - OMG How can you not like this <3 Perfect. 06 Turkey - 9/10 - LOVE IT 07 FYR Macedona - 9/10 - Seems a bit nervous, but the song is SO beautiful! <3 Her voice is so cool! 08 Bulgaria - 8/10 - OMG this is so gay ! love it, and the dancing... really good performance! 09 Slovakia - 8/10 - Epic 10 Slovenia - 8/10 - Beautiful performance. --------- 11 Croatia - 7.5/10 - Great 12 Malta - 7.5/10 - Wow! Amazing performance, really suprised this sounded good! Wish they had changed that girl. 13 The Netherlands - 7/10 - Not bad, she does a great performance. Wish she had changed the indian theme though... Makes no sense. 14 Portugal - 2/10 - Boring 15 Bosnia & Herzegovina - 2/10 - Boring 16 Belarus - 2/10 - MEH. The end was horrible !! 17 Lithuania - 1/10 - Bad 18 Georgia - 0/10 - I'm a hater
May 24, 201213 yr Lithuania, is it me the track sounds like a Diana Ross track, I thought it was a girl singing at the start of it.
May 24, 201213 yr 01 // Serbia - For a country predicted to do so well, I expected a lot better than that - but it is actually quite good. I like that it borrows most of it's tune from Paradise, and it actually got really good in the last 30/40 seconds or so, when it all sort of built up. Quite good. 7/10 02 // FYR Macedonia - I thought it was just another ballad to be honest, and I was quite enjoying it - but, when it all rocked up, I actually still liked it surprisingly, gave life to what was just another ballad. By the looks of it, doesn't stand a chance of qualifying, but a good rocky song I think. 7/10 03 // Netherlands - Very weird song, that I'm surprised I actually like. There's a real charm about Joan herself, from the way her big eyes glisten at the screen with her cute gestures, to her her squeaky voice. And it was a good fun song - would quite like to see that qualify. 7.5/10 04 // Malta - Quite enjoyed that really, very catchy song, admittedly quite a dated idea of a modern sounding song but it had an enjoyable AY AY AY EEE YEAH bit in it that I liked, catchy stuff. I didn't like the random woman who joined at the end though, and sung like she was trying to cough something from the back of her throat. AND WOO 4 DUBSTEP BREAKDOWN 2K12 EUROVISION ~ 7.5/10 05 // Belarus - In the same way as Malta, it sounded like it was trying to sound modern but still sounded dated. However, much like Malta also, I really liked it. I really liked the instrumental, sounded quite electronic, and a catchy chorus. Five entries in a row I've liked, that was my favourite yet, great semi so far! 8/10 06 // Portugal - That was my least favourite so far. I don't think it was that bad, but it was quite uninteresting. She sung it well, and it wasn't bad by any means, just not very interesting, like I said. 6/10 07 // Ukraine - I really do not understand for the life of me why I enjoyed that. It was just awful, her voice was annoying, but I absolutely love it for some reason. Felt very anthemic, a bit shouty, but the trumpets were ace, and I really don't know, but I loved it. 8.5/10 08 // Bulgaria - What the hell was that? Like, the instrumental sounded really good, and had the potential to be an amazing dance track. But, it had a really weird and boring structure, and just shouted that chorus so painfully it ruined it. I did still quite like it, and I liked her hilarious head dancing. 7/10 09 // Slovenia - Must just be in a good mood today, because I'm not disliking anything. That should've felt so morbid and dull to me going by my usual tastes, but I loved the drama the whole performance and vocal had to it. Another 7/10 ... 10 // Croatia - Nah, wasn't that keen on that. The worst yet, it was like the song before, but with what I thought was exciting about it, taken out. 5/10 11 // Sweden - Obviously I love it, but not to the extent of everyone else, it's far from the best song of all time or of Eurovision ever, it's just like a David Guetta track in the chorus, and her other songs in the verses. But, it's still obviously very good for it's danciness. Don't like her dancing as I never have, but the best song so far in this semi! 9/10 12 // Georgia - Wait, that was supposed to be the worst entry of the whole contest? I actually enjoyed that, it was really weird, and a mish-mash of all sorts, but it was actually enjoyable. 7/10 13 // Turkey - That was just rubbish. I like the generic Turkish instrumental that they have like every year, but the singing was pretty shit. If you're gonna get all LA LA LA LA LA LA on it, at least do it as 10/10 as Ivi Adamou. 4.5/10 14 // Estonia - Background music, meh. 5/10 15 // Slovakia - The lead singer of Dynazty joins Dead By April, and makes an entry that's not as good as either of their MF entries. Not a very good song, this genre can be good, but... well, it wasn't. 4/10 16 // Norway Just as amazing as I remember. It's Norway's Eric Saade, but not QUITE as good. Close though, and my favourite from this semi, and 2nd favourite of the year. He didn't sing that so well, but neither did Ivi with hers, and it didn't stop me adoring that. Won't stop me adoring this. 9.5/10 17 // Bosnia & Herzegovina - Was it sung well? YES. Did I find it at all interesting? NOPE. To be honest, following on from Tooji - that just fell dead for me completely. 4/10 18 // Lithuania - That was absolutely awful. It had the Andy Abraham-esque awful 'disco' instrumental, with the Andy Abraham-esque awful song on top. Only this seemed to drag on a LOT more. The verses seemed to go on forever, and then it came to this really limp chorus. Meh meh meh. 2/10
May 24, 201213 yr Blah, Lithuania. Serbia, Macedonia, Netherlands, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Sweden, Estonia, Slovakia and Norway to qualify and I will be very happy. Bosnia and Turkey can also get in and I won't mind.
May 24, 201213 yr 01. Sweden: Loreen – Euphoria :wub: 02. Estonia: Ott Lepland - Kuula :wub: 03. Macedonia: Kaliopi - Crno I Belo 04. The Netherlands: Joan Franka - You and Me 05. Serbia: Željko Joksimović - Nije Ljubav Stvar 06. Croatia: Nina Badrić - Nebo 07. Slovenia: Eva Boto – Verjamem 08. Slovakia: Max Jason Mai - Don't Close Your Eyes 09. Bulgaria: Sofi Marinova - Love Unlimited 10. Turkey: Can Bonomo - Love Me Back - 11. Bosnia & Herzegovina: Maya Sar - Korake Ti Znam 12. Portugal: Filipa Sousa - Vida Minha 13. Norway: Tooji - Stay 14. Belarus: Litesound - We Are The Heroes 15. Malta: Kurt Calleja - This Is The Night 16. Ukraine: Gaitana - Be My Guest 17. Georgia: Anri Jokhadze - I'm a Joker 18. Lithuania: Donny Montell - Love Is Blind
May 24, 201213 yr 01 Serbia - 8/10 - I havnt heard this before tonight but i sense its definitly a grower and i do like it, will definitely qualify and do well. 02 FYR Macedonia - 7/10 Started of quiet weird for me but improved along the way and was catchy. 03 The Netherlands - 5/10 not quiet sure to make of this, if it qualifies i think it would be 10th and just scrape through. 04 Malta, 7/10 very catchy chorus that stays in my head. 05 Balarus 5/10 catchy in places but not sure if the voice suits the song. 06 Portugal 3/10 bland and dated and il be shocked if this qualifies. 07 Ukraine 3/10 voice doesn't suit the song and it doesn't really go anywhere for me. 08 Bulgaria 3/10 boring enough and again went nowhere for me. 09 Slovenia 6.5/10 engaging enough and the 2nd half of the song is much stronger. 10 Croatia 2/10 dull 11 Sweden, 6/10 i dont dislike this but dont get all the hype either 12 Georgia 2/10 messy and boring meh 13 Turkey 3/10 dont hate or love but it goes nowhere and is forgettable. 14 Estonia 6/10 i do like it but wouldnt purchase it. 15 Slovakia 5/10 i like it but its nothing special, take it or leave type song. 16 Norway 7/10 catchy and energetic but some very dodgy high notes. 17 Bosnia, 6.5/10 something sweet about it in parts 18 Lithiania 5.5/10 very middle of the road
May 24, 201213 yr Overall a fairly weak semi final and nothing in it that i was overly excited about, much prefered semi final 1 but overall there is only about 5 songs i really really like this year. Overall its a very dancey year which makes so many songs sound a like. Englebert could do well among all the dance songs and its a strong ballad so in my opinion the UK deserve to do well this year.
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