Posted March 24, 201411 yr First Semi Final 01 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Armenia.png Armenia 02 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Latvia.png Latvia 03 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Estonia.png Estonia 04 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Sweden.png Sweden 05 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Iceland.png Iceland 06 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Albania.png Albania 07 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Russia.png Russia 08 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Azerbaijan.png Azerbaijan 09 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Ukraine.png Ukraine 10 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Belgium.png Belgium 11 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Moldova.png Moldova 12 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/San_Marino.png San Marino 13 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Portugal.png Portugal 14 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Netherlands.png The Netherlands 15 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Montenegro.png Montenegro 16 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Hungary.png Hungary Second Semi Final 01 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Malta.png Malta 02 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Israel.png Israel 03 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Norway.png Norway 04 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Georgia.png Georgia 05 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Poland.png Poland 06 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Austria.png Austria 07 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Lithuania.png Lithuania 08 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Finland.png Finland 09 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Ireland.png Ireland 10 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Belarus.png Belarus 11 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/FYR_Macedonia.png F.Y.R. Macedonia 12 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Switzerland.png Switzerland 13 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Greece.png Greece 14 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Slovenia.png Slovenia 15 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Romania.png Romania Advertising breaks are set to be after the 5th and 12th songs in each semi final. (Subject to change) Eurovision.tv
March 24, 201411 yr Two supposed contenders opening both semi-finals?! That seems strange. I knew Israel would get lumped into second. :(
March 24, 201411 yr Say what you will but that's a great slot for Portugal. I would've swapped Romania with Greece tho.
March 24, 201411 yr Israel :( Interesting that Armenia is opening semi 1, only Moldova in 2010 has qualified from that spot.
March 24, 201411 yr Say what you will but that's a great slot for Portugal. I was thinking that but then I thought it's after the ad break, people might miss it :( Imagine the shitstorm in Portugal if Suzy qualifies though :lol:
March 24, 201411 yr Imagine the shitstorm in Portugal if Suzy qualifies though :lol: I really don't see why Suzy qualifying for the Final is such an utopic result for everyone. I've got it down as a certain qualifier. It's a catchy party track with a pretty face singing it. They're currently reworking the track and judging by our 2007 entry's upgrade, Emanuel knows exactly what to do on the Eurovision stage. I'd be surprised if it DOESN'T qualify, which could be down to the juries really. Edited March 24, 201411 yr by Vülker
March 24, 201411 yr Israel :( Interesting that Armenia is opening semi 1, only Moldova in 2010 has qualified from that spot. To be fair though, half the time that slot was taken up by Montenegro's latest 'experiment'. I'm sure Armenia will add a second song to that statistic.
March 24, 201411 yr If Armenia don't qualify I'll be absolutely astonished! Israel will be getting another totally undeserved DNQ to join Rak Bishvilo and Ding Dong then :(
March 24, 201411 yr I think Israel will be fine, it's stronger than most other songs in that semi and there are only 5 DNQs there. Going between Malta and Norway looks a bit risky though.
March 24, 201411 yr Author I hope Malta will still qualify despite being chosen to go first, I think they will be fine!
March 24, 201411 yr I wonder if some sneaky work to try and make the favourite not qualify is going on here! I hope that Armenia doesn't get to the final - that'd be great. Re Australia - the ebu needs to find a way to bend the rules to let them take part. Maybe if a country pays a HUGE amount of money they don't have to be a member and can just take part?
March 24, 201411 yr Re Australia - the ebu needs to find a way to bend the rules to let them take part. Maybe if a country pays a HUGE amount of money they don't have to be a member and can just take part? Not countries, but broadcasters are part of the EBU. SBS, the Australian TV channel which broadcasts Eurovision down under already pays a fee to the EBU to be an associate member. Only full members can take part in the Eurovision Song Contest. I take it SBS doesn't take part because it's outside the European Broadcasting Area, and also probably because the show would be on the air around 5 or 6am and that wouldn't justify the costs of sending an act to the contest considering viewership, even if high at that hour, is not enough.
March 24, 201411 yr Yeah, there'd not really be any point trying to get Australia on board. You may as well just start adding in anyone at that point anyway.
March 24, 201411 yr Not countries, but broadcasters are part of the EBU. SBS, the Australian TV channel which broadcasts Eurovision down under already pays a fee to the EBU to be an associate member. Only full members can take part in the Eurovision Song Contest. I take it SBS doesn't take part because it's outside the European Broadcasting Area, and also probably because the show would be on the air around 5 or 6am and that wouldn't justify the costs of sending an act to the contest considering viewership, even if high at that hour, is not enough. Maybe country was a bad choice of word to use ;p Yep I agree that because they aren't in the broadcasting area is the reason why they can't take part and also something to do with not being in the council of Europe if I remember rightly? But what I was implying was that it'd be good if the ebu could bend the rules to allow countries to not have to be within this area/group or full member if they are willing to pay a big one off fee each year to take part. Not that it'll ever be allowed but just an idea around it. I'm sure they could work out a way around the time zone - maybe only jury votes being counted for Australia or those cast from the the public at the semi-finals.
March 24, 201411 yr Yeah, there'd not really be any point trying to get Australia on board. You may as well just start adding in anyone at that point anyway. I guess but Australians do have a lot of European heritage/ancestry and are more culturally similar than say Morocco who have taken part or the other North African places allowed to participate.
March 24, 201411 yr Maybe country was a bad choice of word to use ;p Yep I agree that because they aren't in the broadcasting area is the reason why they can't take part and also something to do with not being in the council of Europe if I remember rightly? But what I was implying was that it'd be good if the ebu could bend the rules to allow countries to not have to be within this area/group or full member if they are willing to pay a big one off fee each year to take part. Not that it'll ever be allowed but just an idea around it. I'm sure they could work out a way around the time zone - maybe only jury votes being counted for Australia or those cast from the the public at the semi-finals. That doesn't sound fair in any account. Why would Australia only use jury votes? Certainly if they went ahead with it they'd have to let their 5am viewers vote. And votes cast from the public at the semis? The semis are broadcast at the same hour as the final so I really can't see your point there. I rather have Australia as we have them now: enthusiasts. It shows you don't need to have a song in the contest to enjoy it. A few European countries should learn from them... *cof* Turkey *cof* Slovakia *cof* Czech Republic *cof* Luxembourg *cof*
March 24, 201411 yr I guess but Australians do have a lot of European heritage/ancestry and are more culturally similar than say Morocco who have taken part or the other North African places allowed to participate. The Mediterranean nations are allowed to participate because they are part of the European Broadcasting Area.
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