Posted March 13, 201411 yr 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 ------------------ Belgium Hungary Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Portugal San Marino Ukraine SEMI TWO Austria Georgia Israel Lithuania Malta Norway Poland ------------------ 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!
March 13, 201411 yr 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
March 19, 201411 yr Author 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.
March 19, 201411 yr 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.
March 19, 201411 yr We have been really lucky with the semi final 2, Carl Espen is the only outstanding ballad.
March 19, 201411 yr 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
March 19, 201411 yr 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.
March 19, 201411 yr 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 *.*
March 19, 201411 yr 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.
March 20, 201411 yr 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 March 20, 201411 yr by Jack89
March 25, 201411 yr 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:
May 8, 201411 yr 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
May 8, 201411 yr 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
May 8, 201411 yr Author 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 May 8, 201411 yr by LexC
May 8, 201411 yr 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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