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The biggest night of the year and the end of this whole shebang is almost upon us. The Final of Eurovision Song Contest 2015 is TONIGHT and if you are not yet excited for it there's something seriously wrong with you girl.

 

Each of the two Semi Finals saw 10 songs advance to the Grand Final where they were joined by the 7 autoqualifiers and now we have 27 songs competing for Conchita's crown.

 

Despite the second half being overflooded with ballads this contest is set to be amazing. Slovenia will open the show and Italy, the current 3rd favourites to win in a 4 horse race, are closing it. Sweden, who are first on that list are performing right next to Conchita's slot from last year. Maybe the organisers/fate are trying to tell us something? ;o Another favourite, Belgium, is performing 13th. Going on after Australia might be a risk but surely being before the host country's 24th-place-at-best entry is a good thing. Russia are performing third to last, i.e. mere minutes before the end of the show and at the exact position of last year's runner ups. So none of the current favourites to win have exactly bad draws, as per usual. It's going to be an exciting event.

 

But before we start getting all overexcited let's remember our fallen friends and particularly

. I will never forgive you for that Europe! A minute of silence now please.

 

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Okay enough of the sad times, show must go on etc. So yeah get yourselves ready and we'll meet back here in 10 hours.

 

 

01 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Slovenia.png Slovenia / Maraaya - Here For You

02 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/France.png France / Lisa Angell - N'oubliez pas

03 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Israel.png Israel / Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy

04 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Estonia.png Estonia / Elina Born & Stig Rästa - Goodbye To Yesterday

05 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/United_Kingdom.png United Kingdom / Electro Velvet - Still In Love With You

06 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Armenia.png Armenia / Genealogy - Face The Shadow

07 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Lithuania.png Lithuania / Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - This Time

08 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Serbia.png Serbia / Bojana Stamenov - Beauty Never Lies

09 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Norway.png Norway / Mørland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me

10 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Sweden.png Sweden / Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes

11 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Cyprus.png Cyprus / John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done

12 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Australia.png Australia / Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again

13 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Belgium.png Belgium / Loïc Nottet - Rhythm Inside

14 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Austria.png Austria / The Makemakes - I'm Yours

15 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Greece.png Greece / Maria Elena Kyriakou - One Last Breath

16 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Montenegro.png Montenegro / Knez - Adio

17 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Germany.png Germany / Ann Sophie - Black Smoke

18 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Poland.png Poland / Monika Kuszyńska - In the Name of Love

19 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Latvia.png Latvia / Aminata - Love Injected

20 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Romania.png Romania / Voltaj - De la capăt

21 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Spain.png Spain / Spain - Amanecer

22 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Hungary.png Hungary / Boggie - Wars for Nothing

23 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Georgia.png Georgia / Nina Sublatti - Warrior

24 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Azerbaijan.png Azerbaijan / Elnur Huseynov - Hour of the Wolf

25 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Russia.png Russia / Polina Gagarina - A Million Voices

26 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Albania.png Albania / Elhaida Dani - I'm Alive

27 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Italy.png Italy / Il Volo - Grande amore

 

 

Belgium to win tho okay <3 Or failing that Russia please. Just because I will be able to afford going next year *.*

I hope Spain finishes at least in the top 10 again. Edurne, the song and the performance should be the winner IMO but it's not going to happen... I'll be happy if Belgium or Italy win anyway :) Russia and Sweden are so overrated.

I'm hoping for a really close run contest tonight, I'm talking 2003 levels of closeness. I realise I'm probably never going to get that but one can dream. I think it's Sweden v. Russia again and both songs are incredibly worthy of the win. I'd like Israel to shock top 10 as well, but I fear the draw will see the end of that.

I hope the top 3 are Georgia, Latvia, and Spain :wub:

Can't waaaiiiiittttt!!

So excited for this, hope Estonia win :heart:

 

:rofl: the best and worst song of this year are next to each other

Do you think Israel is that bad? :o ^_^

I was going to make that joke, Jahcqueline! :angry:

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Edited May 23, 201510 yr by Lee_J11

Can see Serbia doing very well, might put a bet on them to be a shock 5th place.

The voting order has been determined by the results from last night's Jury Final. An algorithm has been created to try and make the voting as exciting as possible.

 

The order is as follows: (Spokespersons in brackets)

 

1) Montenegro (Andrea Demirović)

 

2) Malta (Julia Zahra)

 

3) Finland (Krista Siegfrids)

 

4) Greece (Helena Paparizou)

 

5) Portugal (Suzy)

 

6) Romania (Sonia Argint Ionescu)

 

7) Belarus (Teo)

 

8) Albania (Andria Xhahu)

 

9) Moldova (Olivia Fortuna)

 

10) Azerbaijan (Tural Asadou)

 

11) Latvia (Markus Riva)

 

12) Serbia (Maia Nikolić)

 

13) Estonia (Tania)

 

14) Denmark (Basim)

 

15) Switzerland (Laetitia Guarino)

 

16) Belgium (Walid)

 

17) France (Virginie Guillaume)

 

18) Armenia (Lilit Muradyan)

 

19) Ireland (Nicky Byrne)

 

20) Sweden (Mariette Hanson)

 

21) Germany (Barbara Schöneberger)

 

22) Australia (Lee Lin Chin)

 

23) Czech Republic (Daniela Písařovicová)

 

24) Spain (Lara Siscar)

 

25) Austria (Kati Bellowitsch)

 

26) F.Y.R. Macedonia (Marko Mark)

 

27) Slovenia (Tinkara Kovač)

 

28) Hungary (Csilla Tatár)

 

29) United Kingdom (Nigella Lawson)

 

30) Georgia (Natia Bunturi)

 

31) Lithuania (Ugnė Galadauskaitė)

 

32) Netherlands (Edsilia Rombley)

 

33) Poland (Cleo)

 

34) Israel (Ofer Nachshom)

 

35) Russia (Dmitry Shepelev)

 

36) San Marino (Valentina Monetta)

 

37) Italy (Federico Russo)

 

38) Iceland (Sigridur Halldorsdottir)

 

39) Cyprus (Loukas Hamatsos)

 

40) Norway (Margrethe Røed)

 

 

 

Former participants

Among the spokespersons there is Helena Paparizou who won the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest for Greece, and other artists include, Teo (Belarus 2014), Basim (Denmark 2014), Tanja (Estonia 2014), Krista Siegfrids (Finland 2013), Julia Zahra (Malta 2004), Andrea Demirović (Montenegro 2009), Cleo (Poland 2014), Suzy (Portugal 2014), Valentina Monetta (San Marino 2012 to 2014), Tinkara Kovač (Slovenia 2014), Edsilia Rombley (Netherlands 1998 and 2007).

 

National selections

A couple of others have competed in their national selections; Markus Riva (Latvia 2014) and Mariette Hansson (Sweden 2015). Whilst we also find some national final presenters in the list; Loukas Hamatsos (Cyprus), Barbara Schöneberger (Germany), Csilla Tatár (Hungary), Margrethe Røed (Norway) and Maja Nikolić (Serbia).

 

There are also some other names who have been spokespersons before; Kati Bellowitsch (Austria), Nicky Byrne (Ireland) and Sonia Argint Ionescu (Romania), whilst Dmitry Shepelev (Russia) was the Green Room host in 2009, and Virginie Guilhaume (France) commentated on the recent BBC production Eurovision Song Contest Greatest Hits for France 2. The spokesperson for F.Y.R. Macedonia Marko Mark has for years prepared several Eurovision related programmes.

 

Anyone see any patterns that could indicate a jury win for someone?

I have no ideas other than Iceland and Norway being in the last three voters to possibly seal the Swedish victory. :lol:

 

But I wouldn't read too much into it this year because if Australia are going to be up there, they're too much of a wildcard as in I wouldn't know where their highest points are coming from.

I have no ideas other than Iceland and Norway being in the last three voters to possibly seal the Swedish victory. :lol:

 

That was my first thought as well after seeing that. Could have possibly been an Italy jury win, meaning a close contest with Italy leading before they vote and then Sweden pipping them to the post?

Sweden would appear to be the winners based on that, Cyprus are quite favourable to them as well.

Sweden is hugely overrated this year so I'm hoping it doesn't win,Serbia for a shock win,but I'm going with Russia will sneak the win,I think Italy won't do as well as expected,I am getting more and more if a sense that ye guys over in the uk will do OK if performed well with a good vocal. I'm rooting for Serbia to finish at least top 5 and I rewatched some of the semis last night and the 2nd half of the monengro song is so catchy,I put a bet on it for it to make the top 10,great odds so if they make the top 10 I'm quids in.

 

Belgium I can't make my mind up on,Estonia nothing special for me and Israel is catchy,have doubt's if its catchy enough to go top 10 but iI put a bet on that it will and likewise with Georgia.

Montenegro, Malta, Greece, Portugal, Romania and Albania all being on near the start suggests an early lead for Italy before Sweden overtake them towards the end. The last three plus Israel, Lithuania, Netherlands and the UK are all quite likely to favour Sweden.

But before we start getting all overexcited let's remember our fallen friends and particularly

. I will never forgive you for that Europe! A minute of silence now please.

 

Best performance of the semis :snif:

 

Going to be very much behind Norway (and as they won't win, then Italy or Spain or Russia or literally ANYONE other than Sweden winning) tonight, but if that running order does favour Sweden I should probably really start preparing to accept it.

 

Don't think Serbia will do that well at all, actually, it'll do okay but this hype does feel a bit hollow.

Sweden will win this, I'm not that bothered, however still think the song's a bit lazy. Måns on the other hand is :wub:

 

Wish Latvia will surprise us all.

Kristen and Helena revealing votes :heart:

 

Nigella Lawson though :rofl: Gosh when it seemed like things couldn't get worse for us this week, we had that ukelele embarrassment on Thursday and now Nigella revealing results :rofl:

Nigella Lawson though :rofl: Gosh when it seemed like things couldn't get worse for us this week, we had that ukelele embarrassment on Thursday and now Nigella revealing results :rofl:

 

You can bash our song.

 

You can bash our ukelele.

 

But you leave Nigella QoL Lawson OUT OF THIS

 

Imagine what a hot mess it would be if Nigella was on coke whilst revealing the results though !!! :rofl:

 

of course our actual performance will be enough of a hot mess, hopefully we get some sympathy votes