Posted May 8, 201411 yr http://www.eurovision.tv/save-files/resizes/04/ed/e6/89/75/d9/0b/b9/60/12/fd/9e/a6/63/25/97/ESC2014_TV_Graphics.jpg Time for the smallest Eurovision semi-final in quite a few years. And after the SHOCK of San Marino finally making it to the final and the unexpected semi highlight from The Netherlands on Tuesday, anything goes tonight. So gather round the TV, or take your seat in the venue, as half of BuzzJack are this year, and turn your phones off for two hours at 8pm tonight. 10 of these lovely songs/horrors will progress through to the final on Saturday night to join the queens of the Good Delta Hit Parade, Molly and Sanna Nielsen. And Germany, Italy and yes, the UK all have the chance to vote in this semi! So spend your money wisely (on Lithuania). 01 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Malta.png Malta: Firelight - Coming Home 02 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Israel.png Israel: Mei Finegold - Same Heart 03 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Norway.png Norway: Carl Espen - Silent Storm 04 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Georgia.png Georgia: The Shin and Mariko - Three Minutes To Earth 05 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Poland.png Poland: Donatan and Cleo - My Słowianie - We Are Slavic 06 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Austria.png Austria: Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix 07 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Lithuania.png Lithuania: Vilija Matačiūnaitė - Attention 08 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Finland.png Finland: Softengine - Something Better 09 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Ireland.png Ireland: Can-Linn feat Kasey Smith - Heartbeat 10 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Belarus.png Belarus: Teo - Cheesecake 11 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/FYR_Macedonia.png Macedonia: Tijana - To the Sky 12 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Switzerland.png Switzerland: Sebalter - Hunter Of Stars 13 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Greece.png Greece: Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd - Rise Up 14 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Slovenia.png Slovenia: Tinkara Kovač - Round and Round 15 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Romania.png Romania: Paula Seling & Ovi - Miracle Predict away!
May 8, 201411 yr Author My view is that there are seven guaranteed qualifiers, two complete no-hopers and the final three spots could be filled by any of the other six. Predictions: 1. Greece 2. Malta 3. Norway 4. Romania 5. Austria 6. Israel 7. Finland --------------- 8. Switzerland 9. Lithuania 10. Ireland 11. Slovenia 12. Poland 13. FYR Macedonia --------------- 14. Georgia 15. Belarus
May 8, 201411 yr Austria and Poland :puke2: Wish: Switzerland, Ireland, Finland, Malta, Norway, Slovenia, Georgia, Belarus, Israel, Lithuania
May 8, 201411 yr Amazing semi and im so excited. Will be watching in some club or whatever here in copenhagen~ Don't know what to expect from that tho lol. Conchita to slay everyone. She's beyond incredible.
May 8, 201411 yr Amazing semi and im so excited. Will be watching in some club or whatever here in copenhagen Please, don't come back in Russia.
May 8, 201411 yr WANT 01 Malta: Firelight - Coming Home 02 Israel: Mei Finegold - Same Heart 03 Norway: Carl Espen - Silent Storm 04 Georgia: The Shin and Mariko - Three Minutes To Earth 05 Poland: Donatan and Cleo - My Słowianie - We Are Slavic 06 Austria: Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix 07 Lithuania: Vilija Matačiūnaitė - Attention 08 Finland: Softengine - Something Better 09 Ireland: Can-Linn feat Kasey Smith - Heartbeat 10 Belarus: Teo - Cheesecake (yes, really!) 11 F.Y.R. Macedonia: Tijana - To the Sky 12 Switzerland: Sebalter - Hunter Of Stars 13 Greece: Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd - Rise Up 14 Slovenia: Tinkara Kovač - Round and Round 15 Romania: Paula Seling & Ovi - Miracle PREDICT 01 Malta: Firelight - Coming Home 02 Israel: Mei Finegold - Same Heart 03 Norway: Carl Espen - Silent Storm 04 Georgia: The Shin and Mariko - Three Minutes To Earth 05 Poland: Donatan and Cleo - My Słowianie - We Are Slavic 06 Austria: Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix 07 Lithuania: Vilija Matačiūnaitė - Attention 08 Finland: Softengine - Something Better 09 Ireland: Can-Linn feat Kasey Smith - Heartbeat 10 Belarus: Teo - Cheesecake 11 F.Y.R. Macedonia: Tijana - To the Sky 12 Switzerland: Sebalter - Hunter Of Stars 13 Greece: Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd - Rise Up 14 Slovenia: Tinkara Kovač - Round and Round 15 Romania: Paula Seling & Ovi - Miracle Going for the Baltic lockout. :( Not heard good things about the Irish rehearsals but prior to that I was pretty confident so I still think they'll sneak through in 10th since only five are missing out... I kinda think Poland will be in but I ran out of room for it, maybe it'll be instead of Macedonia but I'm really crossing my fingers for Tijana :/
May 8, 201411 yr Oh god six entries absolutely must go through tonight otherwise there no justice in this world. Conchita, Cleo, tijana, tinkara, riskykidd and mei pleaseeeeeeeee
May 8, 201411 yr I'm here for Romania and Romania only (until I've heard the other entries and one inevitably steals my heart).
May 8, 201411 yr I think it'll go something like this Safe Norway Greece Malta Austria Reasonably Safe Romania Israel Switzerland Borderline Poland Lithuania Finland Macedonia Slovenia Dead Georgia Ireland Belarus 01 Norway 02 Malta 03 Greece 04 Austria 05 Romania 06 Israel 07 Switzerland 08 Poland 09 Slovenia 10 Lithuania 11 Finland 12 Macedonia 13 Ireland 14 Belarus 15 Georgia
May 8, 201411 yr WANT 01 Malta: Firelight - Coming Home 02 Israel: Mei Finegold - Same Heart 03 Norway: Carl Espen - Silent Storm 04 Georgia: The Shin and Mariko - Three Minutes To Earth 05 Poland: Donatan and Cleo - My Słowianie - We Are Slavic 06 Austria: Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix 07 Lithuania: Vilija Matačiūnaitė - Attention 08 Finland: Softengine - Something Better 09 Ireland: Can-Linn feat Kasey Smith - Heartbeat 10 Belarus: Teo - Cheesecake 11 F.Y.R. Macedonia: Tijana - To the Sky 12 Switzerland: Sebalter - Hunter Of Stars 13 Greece: Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd - Rise Up 14 Slovenia: Tinkara Kovač - Round and Round 15 Romania: Paula Seling & Ovi - Miracle To be honest, if any of those ten miss out I'll be unhappy in some way but at least one of them is going to because of Romania, which admittedly is my 11th favourite. Georgia I want to like for zanyness but it's just too weird, Ireland is dull compared to all the rest and Lithuania and Belarus are awful. PREDICT 01 Malta: Firelight - Coming Home 02 Israel: Mei Finegold - Same Heart 03 Norway: Carl Espen - Silent Storm 04 Georgia: The Shin and Mariko - Three Minutes To Earth 05 Poland: Donatan and Cleo - My Słowianie - We Are Slavic 06 Austria: Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix 07 Lithuania: Vilija Matačiūnaitė - Attention 08 Finland: Softengine - Something Better 09 Ireland: Can-Linn feat Kasey Smith - Heartbeat 10 Belarus: Teo - Cheesecake 11 F.Y.R. Macedonia: Tijana - To the Sky 12 Switzerland: Sebalter - Hunter Of Stars 13 Greece: Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd - Rise Up 14 Slovenia: Tinkara Kovač - Round and Round 15 Romania: Paula Seling & Ovi - Miracle I think the late draw will help all of those at the end, and I can see Israel missing out unfortunately. Poland is a bit borderline as well but that NEEDS to make it through so I've gone optimistic there. Cannot wait for Norway, Poland, Switzerland and Greece tonight.
May 8, 201411 yr Safe 1) Norway 2) Ireland 3) Greece 4) Israel 5) Austria 6) Poland 7) Romania Probably also safe but should worry 8) Malta 9) Finland 10) FYR Macedonia (might just miss out) Could make it if lucky 11) Belarus - the ex Russian vote Not a chance 12) Switzerland - whistle might help 13) Slovenia - I like but it wont get voted 14) Lithuania 15) Georgia Edited May 8, 201411 yr by Jack89
May 8, 201411 yr Looking forward to seeing Malta and Romania tonight, I love the Polish entry however I wish they had gone with the English version instead. I really think Ireland will struggle and if they do get through they will have just scraped it.
May 8, 201411 yr I'm here for Romania and Romania only (until I've heard the other entries and one inevitably steals my heart).Get ready for Malta :wub: (Although obviously it depends on what they do with their performance. The song is good <3) WANT: 01 Malta: Firelight - Coming Home 02 Israel: Mei Finegold - Same Heart 03 Norway: Carl Espen - Silent Storm 04 Georgia: The Shin and Mariko - Three Minutes To Earth 05 Poland: Donatan and Cleo - My Słowianie - We Are Slavic 06 Austria: Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix 07 Lithuania: Vilija Matačiūnaitė - Attention 08 Finland: Softengine - Something Better 09 Ireland: Can-Linn feat Kasey Smith - Heartbeat 10 Belarus: Teo - Cheesecake 11 Macedonia: Tijana - To the Sky 12 Switzerland: Sebalter - Hunter Of Stars 13 Greece: Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd - Rise Up 14 Slovenia: Tinkara Kovač - Round and Round 15 Romania: Paula Seling & Ovi - Miracle Not even gonna guess at who will go through or not :lol: I just hope 'Miracle' doesn't become this years 'Je T'Adore' for me :snif:
May 8, 201411 yr Predict 1. Greece 2. Norway 3. Malta 4. Romania 5. Austria 6. Finland 7. Lithuania 8. Poland 9. Ireland 10. Israel ----------------- 11. Switzerland 12. Belarus 13. Slovenia 14. Macedonia 15. Georgia I'd say the top 5 here are all definite and after that, who knows! Not even gonna say Georgia is a certain DNQ after San Marino on Tuesday, anything can happen! Want 1. Poland 2. Israel 3. Greece 4. Norway 5. Austria 6. Malta 7. Macedonia 8. Romania 9. Slovenia 10. Ireland ---------------- 11. Lithuania 12. Finland 13. Switzerland 14. Belarus 15. Georgia
May 8, 201411 yr WANT 01 Malta: Firelight - Coming Home 02 Israel: Mei Finegold - Same Heart 03 Norway: Carl Espen - Silent Storm 04 Georgia: The Shin and Mariko - Three Minutes To Earth 05 Poland: Donatan and Cleo - My Słowianie - We Are Slavic 06 Austria: Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix 07 Lithuania: Vilija Matačiūnaitė - Attention 08 Finland: Softengine - Something Better 09 Ireland: Can-Linn feat Kasey Smith - Heartbeat 10 Belarus: Teo - Cheesecake 11 Macedonia: Tijana - To the Sky 12 Switzerland: Sebalter - Hunter Of Stars 13 Greece: Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd - Rise Up 14 Slovenia: Tinkara Kovač - Round and Round 15 Romania: Paula Seling & Ovi - Miracle PREDICT Certain 01 Greece 02 Malta 03 Norway 04 Romania 05 Austria Probably 06 Switzerland 07 Israel 08 Poland Borderline 09 Finland 10 Macedonia - 11 Ireland Struggling 12 Slovenia 13 Belarus Dead on arrival 14 Lithuania 15 Georgia Greece, Malta, Norway, Romania and Austria speak for themselves. On the song I wouldn't ordinarily have Romania as a cert but they're going all out on the performance (and they do have that pesky 100% record to contend with, even if they don't have any neighbours or France/Spain/Portugal to help them in this semi). Switzerland have absolutely aced the rehearsals and SeBALter is a terrific performer by all accounts, so I'm fairly confident Switzerland will qualify from the semis for only the third time since they began. Israel has the fan vote on lock here, which always gets through the gay faves before getting drowned out in the final - I actually have Israel down as Certain, but I'm also certain it'll qualify in the lower half so it doesn't really fall neatly into the number ordering. Poland should make it through but there's always the chance the spectre of Igranka (FOURTH ON TELEVOTES!) could loom again given the decrepit average age of the jury members. Past that it gets a bit difficult. Finland have a bit of radio friendly (well, in 2005) pop rock, but it could end up being shown the door by Switzerland taking that vote - I'd go as far as saying that I can't see both qualifying at the same time, but that one of them definitely will. Macedonia's reductive P!nk pop could totally go either way, depending on whether it catches the attention of anyone (or will the four to the floor EDM beats vote be all taken by Romania?) or whether it just comes off tired, but Tijana should be putting on a good show at least. Ireland's a very hard one to call. By all rights it should crash and burn - the thing's practically identical to Only Teardrops, and not just in the 'oh they're a bit Celtic way'. You can sing the chorus over it. I can't think of any recent examples of copies of previous winners doing well, and Estonia crashing out should definitely be a warning signal to anyone who thinks this is a cert. Chuck in a pair of Riverdance dancers who make the whole thing look disgustingly clichéd and an utterly incompetent performer who seems unused to performing for cameras (actively turning her BACK on them at various points in the performance), put it on top the sort of song which most people will like but which I imagine very few people would have as their favourite, and you've got an entry which really looks like it'll be in danger. At the same time as that though, mediocre could well be enough in a semi with just 15 entrants, and the jury system means that being well liked but not being anyone's favourite isn't fatal anymore. We'll see, but I can't see it happening. What I would be delighted with however would be for Slovenia to PLUNGE THE FLUTE OF JUSTICE through Can Linn's shuddering corpse. It's the same thing though - lacking in friendly neighbours outside of Austria (and it's dubious whether Austria have much connection with the Slovenes) and with a song that isn't especially memorable, it's all on paper for the Ugly Duckling of the Balkans to remain so. It'll be depending on the juries to get through if it does. I'd love to totally rule out Belarus for all the obvious reasons, but I just can't. If we get a totally WTF qualifier, MY WATERS sense it'll be this - although hopefully it'll go down about as well as Loca did for Moldova all those eons ago. A woman shouting and shrieking utterly defunct and annoying hooks over the worst produced dubstep track I've heard in a long time whilst being molested by her backing dancer isn't a formula for success and I will stand by this until proven wrong. Every single one of Lithuania's qualifiers until now has been easily explicable. This would not be. Also, add free-form yodelling and folk-jazz to that. At least Val had JURY APPEAL.
May 8, 201411 yr A woman shouting and shrieking utterly defunct and annoying hooks over the worst produced dubstep track I've heard in a long time whilst being molested by her backing dancer isn't a formula for success and I will stand by this until proven wrong. Every single one of Lithuania's qualifiers until now has been easily explicable. This would not be. Well with Ireland, UK, Poland and Georgia voting there's at least 30-35 points I'd say.
May 8, 201411 yr Well with Ireland, UK, Poland and Georgia voting there's at least 30-35 points I'd say. That's assuming that the juries will like it too. Let's not forget how much the new system really penalises that - Ireland got just a single point from us last year, and it's even managed to filter Greece entirely from our votes a few times in the last couple of years.
May 8, 201411 yr Qualifiers: Malta Israel Norway Poland Austria Finland Ireland Belarus Greece Romania
May 8, 201411 yr 01 Malta: Firelight - Coming Home 02 Israel: Mei Finegold - Same Heart 03 Norway: Carl Espen - Silent Storm 04 Georgia: The Shin and Mariko - Three Minutes To Earth 05 Poland: Donatan and Cleo - My Słowianie - We Are Slavic 06 Austria: Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix 07 Lithuania: Vilija Matačiūnaitė - Attention 08 Finland: Softengine - Something Better 09 Ireland: Can-Linn feat Kasey Smith - Heartbeat 10 Belarus: Teo - Cheesecake 11 Macedonia: Tijana - To the Sky 12 Switzerland: Sebalter - Hunter Of Stars 13 Greece: Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd - Rise Up 14 Slovenia: Tinkara Kovač - Round and Round 15 Romania: Paula Seling & Ovi - Miracle I'm not sure about Poland. Maybe Switzerland will have a place in the final instead of Polish song. Finland and Slovenia deserve to be in the final but i'm not sure if these countries of Semi Final 2 will give them many points..If Cheesake gets through instead of "Round and Round", i will Scream and Shout!!! :whip: Edited May 8, 201411 yr by Insomnio
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