May 11, 201411 yr Worked towards the middle here 1 United Kingdom (+16) 2 The Netherlands (BINGO!) 3 Austria (-2) 4 Hungary (+1) 5 Denmark (+4) 6 Sweden (-3) 7 Greece (+13) 8 Armenia (-4) 9 Ukraine (-3) 10 Malta (+13) 11 Spain (-1) 12 Norway (-4) 13 Italy (+8) 14 Azerbaijan (+8) 15 France (+11) 16 Romania (-4) 17 Russia (-10) 18 Montenegro (+1) 19 Poland (-5) 20 Switzerland (-7) 21 Finland (-10) 22 Iceland (-7) 23 Slovenia (+2) 24 Belarus (-8) 25 San Marino (-1) 26 Germany (-8) I couldn't not put the UK first with how much I'm willing it on. Get the general feeling now that Sanna won't be right up there and Austria is the one I think people are getting carried away with, I just can't see her quite managing it. = 154 positions out overall. So much humble pie to eat here. Aside from the UK which everyone got carried away with (even the more pessimistic people thought she'd still finish about 8th!), I really can't believe how badly Greece did. Being followed by Austria couldn't have helped them at all but even in the semi they were 7th from a performance slot right near the end.
May 11, 201411 yr My own predictions: 01. Austria (1) 02. Armenia (4) 03. Sweden (3) 04. The Netherlands (2) 05. Azerbaijan (22) 06. Greece (20) 07. Norway (8) 08. UK (17) 09. Russia (7) 10. Denmark (9) 11. Finland (11) 12. Italy (21) 13. Poland (14) 14. Ukraine (6) 15. Switzerland (13) 16. Hungary (5) 17. Romania (12) 18. Germany (18) 19. Iceland (15) 20. Malta (23) 21. France (26) 22. Montenegro (19) 23. Belarus (16) 24. Slovenia (25) 25. San Marino (24) 26. Spain (10) The UK was actually about as low as I expected but the high bookmakers rankings led me to place it much higher. Also I don't know why on earth I predicted Hungary to do so badly, probably 'cause I couldn't remember the song. When I saw the performance I thought it was gonna smash. Got four positions right and all in all 126 positions off. WOW at some of my predictions though. Greece and Azerbaijan did so badly (for once).
May 11, 201411 yr I've not done one of these before but I'll give it a go: 1. Sweden (3) 2. Hungary (5) 3. The Netherlands (2) 4. United Kingdom (17) 5. Austria (1) 6. Ukraine (6) 7. Denmark (9) 8. Norway (8) 9. Azerbaijan (22) 10. Armenia (4) 11. Greece (20) 12. Malta (23) 13. Romania (12) 14. Russia (7) 15. Spain (10) 16. France (26) 17. Italy (21) 18. Montenegro (19) 19. Poland (14) 20. Iceland (15) 21. Germany (18) 22. Switzerland (13) 23. San Marino (24) 24. Slovenia (25) 25. Belarus (16) 26. Finland (11) Really happy that I got two right !! Like most people I seem to have massively overestimated us, Azerbaijan and Greece. The shock of the night for me was Finland - even during the voting I didn't realize they were doing so well. I assume that they picked up lots of little votes because I can't actually remember them getting any 8s, 10s or 12s. Edited May 11, 201411 yr by O Mie d'Bandit
May 11, 201411 yr 01 UK (+16) 02 Austria (-1) 03 Sweden 04 Netherlands (-2) 05 Hungary 06 Greece (+14) 07 Norway (+1) 08 Spain (+2) 09 Ukraine (-3) 10 Malta(+13) 11 Romania (+1) 12 Switzerland (+1) 13 France (+13) 14 Poland 15 Denmark (-6) 16 Armenia (-12) 17 Italy (+4) 18 Montenegro (+1) 19 Iceland (-4) 20 Slovenia (+5) 21 San Marino (+3) 22 Azerbaijan 23 Finland (-12) 24 Russia (-17) 25 Germany (-7) 26 Belarus (-10) Is my brief final guess before tonight. Might have put Azerbaijan and Armenia a bit low but I can't see either of them living up to expectations right now. 4 positions right, and 5 more one out, but what I'm most proud of with that is calling Azerbaijan exactly right!
May 11, 201411 yr 01 United Kingdom (-16) 02 Sweden (-1) 03 The Netherlands (+1) 04 Hungary (-1) 05 Austria (+4) 06 Greece (-14) 07 Armenia (+3) 08 Denmark (-1) 09 Ukraine (+3) 10 Spain (YAY) 11 Norway (+3) 12 Malta (-11) 13 Azerbaijan (-9) 14 Romania (+2) 15 Russia (+8) 16 Switzerland (+3) 17 Italy (-4) 18 France (-8) 19 Montenegro (YAY) 20 Iceland (+5) 21 Poland (+7) 22 Finland (+11) 23 Slovenia (-2) 24 San Marino (YAY) 25 Belarus (+9) 26 Germany (+8) I do wonder if Russia could be affected by political voting and get little to nothing from the Western countries. Also the fact that Azerbaijan had allegations of 'buying votes' could put people off them, if they still manage to finish top 10 then I can't see it ever not happening. Bit uncertain in the middle but I'm pretty certain on the top 9 and the bottom 3 (allowing for change within that). As great as it would be to see either The Netherlands or Austria win I just can't see them quite doing it, especially with the amount of countries that won't give anything to Conchita. Oh how silly I look now about the UK :( Did manage to get Spain/Montenegro/San Marino right!
May 11, 201411 yr 01 The Netherlands +1 02 Sweden +1 03 Austria -2 04 United Kingdom +13 05 Armenia -1 06 Greece +14 07 Ukraine -1 08 Hungary -3 09 Malta +14 10 Azerbaijan +12 11 Norway -3 12 Denmark -3 13 Spain -3 14 France +12 15 Germany +3 16 Romania -4 17 Russia -10 18 Montenegro +1 19 Italy +2 20 Switzerland -7 21 Finland -10 22 Slovenia +3 23 Iceland -8 24 Poland -10 25 Belarus -9 26 San Marino -2 Nothing spot on but came close with a lot of them. Poland, Finland, Belarus and Russia surprised me with how well they did while I completely overestimated the UK (because of the odds/my love for the song/other general hype), France (I thought it would be a Jessy Matador type situation, did NOT see 2 points coming!), Malta (it sounded like a hit to me), Azerbaijan (past form) and Greece (sounded like a smash + past form!) AND I know it was the wrong order but the top three was right!
May 11, 201411 yr 01 Sweden: Sanna Nielsen - Undo (-2) 02 The Netherlands: The Common Linnets - Calm After The Storm 03 United Kingdom: Molly - Children Of The Universe (+14) 04 Armenia: Aram MP3 - Not Alone 05 Austria: Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix (+4) 06 Greece: Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd - Rise Up (+14) 07 Norway: Carl Espen - Silent Storm (-1) 08 Malta: Firelight - Coming Home (+15) 09 Azerbaijan: Dilara Kazimova - Start A Fire (+13) 10 Italy: Emma Marrone - La mia cittá (+11) 11 Hungary: Andras Kallay-Saunders - Running (+6) 12 Iceland: Pollaponk - No Prejudice (+3) 13 Ukraine: Mariya Yaremchuk - Tick-Tock (+7) 14 Spain: Ruth Lorenzo - Dancing In The Rain (+4) 15 Denmark: Basim - Cliché Love Song (+6) 16 Montenegro: Sergej Ćetković - Moj sjivet (+3) 17 Switzerland: Sebalter - Hunter Of Stars (+4) 18 Poland: Donatan & Cleo - My Slowanie - We Are Slavic (+4) 19 Finland: Softengine - Something Better (+8) 20 Romania: Paula Seling & Ovi - Miracle (+8) 21 Russia: The Tolmachevy Twins - Shine (+14) 22 Slovenia: Tinkara Kovač - Round And Round (+3) 23 Belarus: Teo - Cheesecake (+7) 24 France: TWIN TWIN - Moustache (+2) 25 San Marino: Valentina Monetta - Maybe (Forse) (+1) 26 Germany: Elaiza - Is It Right? (+8) Wow, I did terribly. Half of the songs I predicted top 10 actually came bottom 10 - so, nobody should ever pay attention to my predictions ever clearly. Although, to be fair, I notice Rich predicted four of the same as me, so at least I'm not alone. I totally overestimated Italy aswell, and definitely underestimated Russia. 2 bang on though with The Netherlands and Armenia :D
May 11, 201411 yr Right, here are my predictions: 01 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Austria.png Austria (Correct) 02 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Netherlands.png The Netherlands (Correct) 03 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Greece.png Greece (+17) 04 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Armenia.png Armenia (Correct) 05 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Hungary.png Hungary (Correct) 06 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Denmark.png Denmark (+3) 07 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/United_Kingdom.png United Kingdom (+10) 08 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Ukraine.png Ukraine (-2) 09 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Sweden.png Sweden (-6) 10 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Switzerland.png Switzerland (+3) 11 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Italy.png Italy (+10) 12 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Azerbaijan.png Azerbaijan (+10) 13 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Finland.png Finland (-2) 14 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Spain.png Spain (-4) 15 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Malta.png Malta (+8) 16 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Norway.png Norway (-8) 17 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Poland.png Poland (-3) 18 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Romania.png Romania (-6) 19 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Montenegro.png Montenegro (Correct) 20 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Russia.png Russia (-13) 21 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Iceland.png Iceland (-6) 22 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/France.png France (+4) 23 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Slovenia.png Slovenia (+2) 24 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Germany.png Germany (-6) 25 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Belarus.png Belarus (-9) 26 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/San_Marino.png San Marino (-2) Quite happy with getting 4 of the top 5 in the correct positions! 134 positions out overall so I beat Jáhq but not Atonement. :kink:
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