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So it's 5 days until the deadline for submissions and the semis are filling up fast (moreso in the last week or so, damn you Winter Olympics!). This was quite a successful thread last year so I figured we could do some speculatin' again this year (mainly for the semi finals but if you can piece together a better show order in the 5 hours between the qualifiers and the running order being announced on May 9th then go ahead).

 

SEMI ONE

Albania

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Estonia

Iceland

Latvia

Russia

Sweden

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Belgium

Hungary

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

Portugal

San Marino

Ukraine

 

SEMI TWO

Austria

Georgia

Israel

Lithuania

Malta

Norway

Poland

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Belarus

Finland

Greece

Ireland

Macedonia

Romania

Slovenia

Switzerland

 

Who will get the 'death slot' in either semi? Will the Danes be diplomatic and fair or sneaky an underhand? Do San Marino have even the slightest chance of qualifying? Discuss all of these questions and more!

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Here are my initial predictions which are of course subject to change as a few songs are still left to be revealed:

 

Semi Final One

1. Estonia

2. Russia

3. Latvia

4. Azerbaijan

5. Albania

6. Sweden

7. Iceland

8. Armenia

9. Belgium

10. San Marino

11. Montenegro

12. Ukraine

13. Portugal

14. Hungary

15. The Netherlands

16. Moldova

 

Semi Final Two

1. Poland

2. Norway

3. Lithuania

4. Austria

5. Georgia

6. Malta

7. Israel

8. Slovenia

9. Greece

10. Belarus

11. Ireland

12. Finland

13. F.Y.R. Macedonia

14. Switzerland

15. Romania

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Here's what I'm thinking at the moment:

 

SEMI-ONE

01 Estonia

02 Albania

03 Iceland

04 Russia

05 Azerbaijan

06 Latvia

07 Armenia

08 Sweden

09 Ukraine

10 Belgium

11 Portugal

12 San Marino

13 Montenegro

14 Hungary

15 Netherlands

16 Moldova

 

Separating out the uptempos as much as possible, Estonia's the only possible opener in the first half and Albania are aleady sunk without trace so might as well shove them in the death slot. Moldova to close as it's the only ballad with a bit of 'oomph' in the second half

 

SEMI-TWO

01 Israel

02 Georgia

03 Lithuania

04 Norway

05 Poland

06 Austria

07 Malta

08 Greece

09 Belarus

10 Romania

11 Finland

12 Ireland

13 Switzerland

14 Slovenia

15 Macedonia

 

Flipside, semi two seems to be filled with uptempos. I suppose in theory you could swap Romania and Macedonia (they're the only possible closers I think) but I don't think Romania will get given last in the semi two years in a row.

1. Estonia

2. Russia

3. Iceland

4. Albania

5. Azerbaijan

6. Latvia

7. Sweden

8. Armenia

9. San Marino

10. Portugal

11. Belgium

12. Montenegro

13. Ukraine

14. Moldova

15. Netherlands

16. Hungary

 

The first half of this is going to be a CHORE isn't it. Thank goodness for Sanna!

 

1. Lithuania

2. Austria

3. Malta

4. Israel

5. Georgia

6. Poland

7. Norway

8. Belarus

9. Slovenia

10. Romania

11. Switzerland

12. Ireland

13. Finland

14. Macedonia

15. Greece

 

Norway sailing through here, could be the winner of the semi.

We have been really lucky with the semi final 2, Carl Espen is the only outstanding ballad.
It's the only ballad. :lol:
It's the only ballad. :lol:

You're right :o

 

I don't think they will but the Norwegian entry, with the ONLY ballad in the first order. They will probably put it as close to the second part as possible

SEMI ONE

01 Russia

02 Albania

03 Azerbaijan

04 Latvia

05 Sweden

06 Estonia

07 Iceland

08 Armenia

09 Netherlands

10 Portugal

11 Moldova

12 Montenegro

13 Hungary

14 Belgium

15 San Marino

16 Ukraine

 

Let's have a song called 'Shine' open semi 1 two years in a row. We might want to save Estonia for a bit, Armenia as late as possible. Netherlands going after a big contender feels right from the name of the song and Ukraine feels like a good closer to me.

 

SEMI TWO

01 Lithuania

02 Israel

03 Austria

04 Poland

05 Georgia

06 Malta

07 Norway

08 Greece

09 Switzerland

10 Slovenia

11 Belarus

12 Ireland

13 Macedonia

14 Finland

15 Romania

 

Romania, being a hit returning duo feel like they could close while I'd pick Lithuania as the perfect opener.

Given how off most of the predictions were last year (and choices - L'enfer et moi as the opener? Jesus Christer) I'm of the opinion predicting the running order is essentially a mug's game when it comes to Eurovision

 

Speculating on IDEAL running orders on the other hand *.*

He did put 'Here We Go' to open the second semi, and that was the clear logical choice, so there's that.

 

Honestly, if on mine you swapped Belgium and Moldova, Albania and Azerbaijan, Switzerland and Belarus, and moving Georgia into second whilst showing the next three down a slot that's as about an ideal a running order as I think it could get for me.

Apparently Denmark has already been drawn for the final and will be 23rd? That's probably going to be the latest one of the automatically qualified countries will get to perform in? I hope they don't stick molly at the start or in 16th!

 

Edited by Jack89

I've just worked out how close my predictions for this were! :kink:

 

Semi Final One

1. Estonia (2 places)

2. Russia (5 places)

3. Latvia (1 place)

4. Azerbaijan (4 places)

5. Albania (1 place)

6. Sweden (2 places)

7. Iceland (2 places)

8. Armenia (7 places)

9. Belgium (1 place)

10. San Marino (2 places)

11. Montenegro (4 places)

12. Ukraine (3 places)

13. Portugal (Correct)

14. Hungary (2 places)

15. The Netherlands (1 place)

16. Moldova (5 places)

 

Correct: 1

Within 2 places: 10

Overall number of places out: 42

 

Semi Final Two

1. Poland (4 places)

2. Norway (1 place)

3. Lithuania (4 places)

4. Austria (2 places)

5. Georgia (1 place)

6. Malta (5 places)

7. Israel (5 places)

8. Slovenia (6 places)

9. Greece (4 places)

10. Belarus (Correct)

11. Ireland (2 places)

12. Finland (4 places)

13. F.Y.R. Macedonia (2 places)

14. Switzerland (2 places)

15. Romania (Correct)

 

Correct: 2

Within 2 places: 8

Overall number of places out: 42

 

I didn't do very well at all! :lol:

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Just for fun either post your prediction for the running order or what you'd like to see.

 

First Half

Germany

Azerbaijan

Montenegro

Armenia

Ukraine

Sweden

Iceland

Poland

Romania

Norway

Greece

Belarus

Austria

 

Second Half

Denmark (23)

United Kingdom

France

Italy

Spain

Hungary

Russia

San Marino

The Netherlands

Switzerland

Slovenia

Malta

Finland

1. Greece

2. Germany

3. Sweden

4. Poland

5. Montenegro

6. Norway

7. Belarus

8. Austria

9. Iceland

10. Azerbaijan

11. Romania

12. Armenia

13. Ukraine

14. San Marino

15. Finland

16. Russia

17. Italy

18. United Kingdom

19. Switzerland

20. Spain

21. Malta

22. The Netherlands

23. Denmark

24. Slovenia

25. Hungary

26. France

 

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If it was up to me...

 

01 Greece

02 Azerbaijan

03 Montenegro

04 Belarus

05 Armenia

06 Ukraine

07 Norway

08 Iceland

09 Austria

10 Germany

11 Romania

12 Sweden

13 Poland

14 San Marino

15 Finland

16 Russia

17 Switzerland

18 Slovenia

19 Italy

20 United Kingdom

21 France

22 Netherlands

23 Denmark

24 Spain

25 Hungary

26 Malta

Edited by LexC

FINAL RUNNING ORDER

 

01 Germany

02 Belarus

03 Norway

04 Iceland

05 Poland

06 Montenegro

07 Azerbaijan

08 Ukraine

09 Sweden

10 Romania

11 Armenia

12 Greece

13 Austria

14 Switzerland

15 France

16 San Marino

17 United Kingdom

18 Finland

19 Italy

20 Russia

21 Hungary

22 Spain

23 Denmark

24 The Netherlands

25 Slovenia

26 Malta

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