May 19, 201510 yr Because Eurovision is not for dull straight man rock dirges. A certain someone would not be happy here It's a song contest FOR EVERY FAN, not gay only thing. :)
May 19, 201510 yr Normally I would be sad at the western European nations getting slaughtered like that but when everyone except Belgium (and vaguely the Netherlands) sends a terrible song there's not much you can expect.
May 19, 201510 yr I will read through the thread once the press conference and draw is finished in about an hour's time but initial thoughts are: SO HAPPY FOR ELHAIDA!! Stunning performance! Fantastic performance from Estonia and deservedly through. In absolute shock about Finland, so pleased the voters voted for song quality. Very pleased for Belgium, I thought that last spot was going to Denmark or Finland but it didn't! Serbia was good and deserved to go through but odds dropping to 12/1? It's not going anywhere in the final surely. Incredibly my ten favourites on the night all made it (Armenia, Netherlands, Macedonia and Georgia were all joint 9th but 2 got through so I'm calling a full top ten!) :cheer:
May 19, 201510 yr Belgium is the chanson du choix on iTunes currently according to peeps on the escxtra live stream.
May 19, 201510 yr Romania is on the other hand, the one straight man rock song that did make it through, and is probably going to be the only one in the final bar Austria (which is even more boring). I doubt it'll do anything spectacular in the end anyway. And I would have FAR rather Finland got through ahead of it, at least it would have been a very INTERESTING rock song for Saturday.
May 19, 201510 yr Because Eurovision is not for dull straight man rock dirges. So it's only for gay diva dirges then? Seems so from the results tonight. Lordi obviously getting the big gay vote there.. Or more likely the more enthusiastic gay fans vote in the semis where everyone votes in the final?
May 19, 201510 yr So it's only for gay diva dirges then? Not at all. But chart filler crap like Romania can bugger off.
May 19, 201510 yr A HUGE WTF @ Armenia and Hungary getting through :@ I was expecting another fail for my country (Macedonia) even though they fuc*ed up the song it was still better than most of the sh!t I've seen tonight! Edited May 19, 201510 yr by ♫ Boyan ♫
May 19, 201510 yr The good news - Estonia and Georgia went through The bad news - Armenia got through and Denmark didn't.
May 19, 201510 yr The stand out for me was Serbia so im delighted they went through. Im a bit disappointed Armenia went through as i thought it was terrible, Georgia and Romania going through was a surprise as i thought they were crap, id have preferred Denmark and Belarus to have gone through, i was sure that last place was going to go to Denmark and not Belgium. My own top 5 on from the semi which overall i thought was weak was: 01 Serbia (Clear winner) 02 Greece 03 Estonia 04 Belarus 05 Russia. On a seperate point, Armenia performed second and went though so im hoping Ireland performing second in the next semi will go through. I know in the final a country performing second never won and not that i think Ireland will win i just hope we qualify as i think it a great song. Edited May 19, 201510 yr by Aphrodite
May 19, 201510 yr The halves the countries drew for the final: Albania - 2nd half Armenia - 1st half Russia - 2nd half Romania - 2nd half Hungary - 2nd half Greece - 2nd half Estonia - 1st half Georgia - 2nd half Serbia - 1st half Belgium - 1st half All the ballads picking the second half (0 )
May 19, 201510 yr Serbia MUST be the show opener, nothing else from the AQs or Semi 2 would work as well as that.
May 19, 201510 yr :D Finland and Denmark :huh: Scandanavia must be crying. Although Sweden are a front runner I kinda hope they don't win this year. Props to Estonia, Serbia, and Belgium (Although I think he got through on popularity - on Tumblr he's big for being a Lorde / indie alternative male) Maybe the UK has a *slight* chance of making a dent in the Top 15 purely because it's not boring :D
May 19, 201510 yr So HERE I AMMMMM (properly this time) First, exclusively from my home-made scorecard, here are my scores for tonight's performances (I always save my special 10s for the final): 09.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Estonia.png Estonia // Elina Born & Stig Rästa - Goodbye To Yesterday QUALIFIED 09.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Albania.png Albania // Elhaida Dani - I'm Alive QUALIFIED 09.0 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Belgium.png Belgium // Loïc Nottet - Rhythm Inside QUALIFIED 08.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Greece.png Greece // Maria Elena Kyriakou - One Last Breath QUALIFIED 08.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Hungary.png Hungary // Boggie - Wars For Nothing QUALIFIED 08.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Russia.png Russia // Polina Gagarina - A Million Voices QUALIFIED 07.0 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Serbia.png Serbia // Bojana Stamenov - Beauty Never Lies QUALIFIED 07.0 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Romania.png Romania // Voltaj - De La Capăt / All Over Again QUALIFIED 06.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Armenia.png Armenia // Genealogy - Face The Shadow QUALIFIED 06.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Netherlands.png The Netherlands // Trijntje Oosterhuis - Walk Along 06.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Georgia.png Georgia // Nina Sublatti - Warrior QUALIFIED 06.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/FYR_Macedonia.png F.Y.R. Macedonia // Daniel Kajmakoski - Autumn Leaves 06.0 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Belarus.png Belarus // Uzari & Maimuna - Time 05.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Moldova.png Moldova // Eduard Romanyuta - I Want Your Love 05.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Denmark.png Denmark // Anti Social Media - The Way You Are 01.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Finland.png Finland // Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät - Aina Mun Pitää Seeing as Trijntje and Nina both had the same score anyway, my favourite 10 qualified! Incredible results, so so pleased. I've read through the whole topic, I feel the comparisons between Elina & Stig and The Common Linnets staging-wise are very lazy. The Common Linnets were stood in the same place staring straight at each other while the camera walked round them for the whole song. Elina & Stig didn't look directly at each other, matching the theme of the song, and the staging was much more elaborate with the shadow effect and the incredible camera shots that switched focus from Stig to Elina when she was standing behind him on stage. It's completely the opposite of The Common Linnets. I felt the magic of Boggie's live performance again tonight, it reminded me of the initial wow moment I had when I saw the A Dal performance and she deserved her perhaps surprise qualification. I'm surprised at the comments on Elhaida's vocals, she sounded the same as she always does for me and she totally pulled out the vocal she needed. Maybe it's her vocal tone that can give the impression that she's completely out of key but she sounded fine to me and so pleased she hit the big note. I do feel Nina is being massively overrated on here, there's something missing for me and the lyrics are very poor and repetitive. The staging was impressive but not impressive enough for me to counteract the fact she stays on the spot. As I said before I'm shocked at Finland's failure to qualify, I was convinced it would get plenty of support from televoters and jury. I'm interested to find out whether it completely disconnected with everyone and finished last or could have been a victim of an unlucky jury/televote combination causing it to miss out. I still thought Denmark would qualify but I'm very glad it didn't, I thought it (or more likely Finland) was going to knock out Belgium at the end there! The only bad thing about tonight was the draw with Estonia and Belgium getting first half draws, ruining the former's outside chance of a victory. However, very glad Elhaida got a second half draw and Polina's draw definitely puts her the best placed for victory out of tonight's qualifiers!
May 19, 201510 yr 01. Moldova // Eduard Romanyuta - I Want Your Love 02. Armenia // Genealogy - Face The Shadow 03. Belgium // Loïc Nottet - Rhythm Inside 04. The Netherlands // Trijntje Oosterhuis - Walk Along 05. Finland // Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät - Aina Mun Pitää 06. Greece // Maria Elena Kyriakou - One Last Breath 07. Estonia // Elina Born & Stig Rästa - Goodbye To Yesterday 08. Macedonia // Daniel Kajmakoski - Autumn Leaves 09. Serbia // Bojana Stamenov - Beauty Never Lies 10. Hungary // Boggie - Wars For Nothing 11. Belarus // Uzari & Maimuna - Time 12. Russia // Polina Gagarina - A Million Voices 13. Denmark // Anti Social Media - The Way You Are 14. Albania // Elhaida Dani - I'm Alive 15. Romania // Voltaj - De La Capăt/All Over Again 16. Georgia // Nina Sublatti - Warrior 6/10 I guess is ok in a semi where everything could've happened. Gutted for Macedonia/Belarus :( Yay @ Denmark and Finland dnq
May 20, 201510 yr Just been rewatching a few of my favourites, I saw Elina's watery eyes in her performance but I didn't notice there was an actual tear at the end. Stunning emotion from Elina! Also Russia really is screaming winner at me, with their second half draw top 3 is certain. The bassline in Belgium's performance through headphones is incredible, these 3 performances along with Albania really were outstanding with Greece and Hungary not far behind. Also in the winner's press conference Polina was amazing. She answered a question on LGBT rights by saying all people should be treated the same, and then she got all emotional when everyone in the press conference started chanting Polina. Russia are very lucky to have such a fantastic ambassador! She also spoke English in the conference and was pretty good, she should have more confidence in her skills!
May 20, 201510 yr Oh and according to esctracker.com, Russia, Belgium and Estonia are all doing the best on iTunes with the rest barely doing anything. A clear top 3 of this semi perhaps?
May 20, 201510 yr Author AMAZING results. And I actually loved that they did them so fast haha But full commentary later~
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