Posted March 17, 20169 yr So as of now we have a full set of declared songs in semi final one and we should have the last song of the year from Bulgaria on Sunday. In a year as competitive as this year is, simple factors like running order can make a big difference to a country's chances of qualifying/a good result/winning. So, the main purpose of this thread is A) If you were the producer of the show, what order would you put the songs in and B) Once the running order's been confirmed, who do we think are the winners/losers out of it. Semi-Final One First Half Armenia: Iveta Mukuchyan - LoveWave Croatia: Nina Kraljić - Lighthouse Finland: Sandhja - Sing It Away Greece: Argo - Utopian Land Hungary: Freddie - Pioneer Moldova: Lidia Isac - Falling Stars The Netherlands: Douwe Bob - Slow Down Russia: Sergey Lazarev - You Are The Only One San Marino: Serhat - I Didn't Know Second Half Austria: ZOË - Loin d'ici Azerbaijan: Samra - Miracle Bosnia & Herzegovina: Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala - Ljubav Je Cyprus: Minus One - Alter Ego Czech Republic: Gabriela Gunčíková - I Stand Estonia: Jüri Pootsmann - Play Iceland: Greta Salóme - Hear Them Calling Malta: Ira Losco - Walk On Water Montenegro: Highway - The Real Thing Semi-Final Two First Half Australia: Dami Im - Sound Of Silence Belarus: IVAN - Help You Fly Ireland: Nicky Byrne - Sunlight Israel: Hovi Star - Made Of Stars Latvia: Justs - Heartbeat Lithuania: Donny Montell - I've Been Waiting For This Night Macedonia: Kaliopi - Dona Poland: Michał Szpak - Color Of Your Life Serbia: Sanja Vučić ZAA - Goodbye (Shelter) Switzerland: Rykka - The Last Of Our Kind Second Half Albania: Eneda Tarifa - Fairytale Belgium: Laura Tesoro - What's The Pressure Bulgaria: Poli Genova - If Love Was A Crime Denmark: Lighthouse X - Soldiers Of Love Georgia: Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz - Midnight Gold Norway: Agnete - Icebreaker Romania: Ovidiu Anton - Moment Of Silence Slovenia: ManuElla - Blue And Red Ukraine: Jamala - 1944 Let the speculation commence!
March 17, 20169 yr Fave thread :heart: Well for semi 1, this is what I would do 01. Armenia 02. San Marino 03. Hungary 04. Greece 05. The Netherlands 06. Russia 07. Finland 08. Croatia 09. Moldova 10. Estonia 11. Bosnia & Herzegovina 12. Montenegro 13. Azerbaijan 14. Austria 15. Czech Republic 16. Cyprus 17. Malta 18. Iceland
March 17, 20169 yr Author I would order semi one like this 01 Finland 02 San Marino 03 Greece 04 Armenia 05 Moldova 06 Hungary 07 Netherlands 08 Russia 09 Croatia 10 Montenegro 11 Estonia 12 Austria 13 Iceland 14 Azerbaijan 15 Bosnia & Herzegovina 16 Cyprus 17 Czech Republic 18 Malta Justifications: - Open with an uptempo that is well performed but probably isn't going anywhere, so either Finland or Moldova fit those choices. I went with the former since I'd err at Moldova opening the show two years running. - San Marino on 2nd obviously - Iceland on after a break (which is usually between 12 and 13) if they're still going with the projections so the crew can nail the set up - Countries I suspect that they want to help get to the final as best they can so as to keep them in next year as late as possible so Croatia as late as possible and Bosnia/Cyprus/Czech Republic all late - Malta closing becuase it sounds the most 'show closey' - Alternate between styles/tempos as much as possible
March 17, 20169 yr Gosh that second half of semi two is bleak as f*** I can see Iceland and Belgium closing their respective semifinals. Armenia and Lithuania are so opening them tho. Espesh Lithuania and their 1st slot history oops
March 17, 20169 yr They should open Semi 1 with Russia. It's a good starter and, let's face it, it's qualifying wherever it's slotted. I'm worried they will start with Finland and hinder its chances of qualifying.
March 19, 20169 yr Here are my predictions for the running orders: Semi-Final One 01 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Armenia.png Armenia 02 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Greece.png Greece 03 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Moldova.png Moldova 04 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/San_Marino.png San Marino 05 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Finland.png Finland 06 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Netherlands.png The Netherlands 07 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Russia.png Russia 08 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Croatia.png Croatia 09 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Hungary.png Hungary 10 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Austria.png Austria 11 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Montenegro.png Montenegro 12 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Azerbaijan.png Azerbaijan 13 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Bosnia_Herzegovina.png Bosnia & Herzegovina 14 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Iceland.png Iceland 15 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Estonia.png Estonia 16 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Czech_Republic.png Czech Republic 17 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Cyprus.png Cyprus 18 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Malta.png Malta Going with Armenia as the opener with the obvious "Hey, It's Me" opening line, but if they do go with something "safer" then it'll be Finland. Russia and Croatia should get prime positions thanks to their current odds, and I feel like they will try and push The Netherlands again. I couldn't quite fit Hungary in earlier on as I don't think they'll get a purposeful "pimp" slot, but they could end up with an accidental one. I swapped Czech Republic and Austria around at the last minute, but the former could get the extra push with their Swedish penned song - likewise Cyprus and Malta hence their slots at the end. Then again it could be too obvious to have 3 Swedish songs in a row but when has that stopped Christer. Going with the Iceland after the break too here, banking on the break being a little later due to the extended semi-finals. Can't see Christer bothering to push Montenegro, Azerbaijan or B&H so they are sacrificed. Semi-Final Two 01 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Lithuania.png Lithuania 02 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Switzerland.png Switzerland 03 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Belarus.png Belarus 04 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/FYR_Macedonia.png F.Y.R. Macedonia 05 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Poland.png Poland 06 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Serbia.png Serbia 07 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Israel.png Israel 08 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Latvia.png Latvia 09 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/au.png Australia 10 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Ireland.png Ireland 11 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Slovenia.png Slovenia 12 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Belgium.png Belgium 13 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Ukraine.png Ukraine 14 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Georgia.png Georgia 15 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Albania.png Albania 16 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Romania.png Romania 17 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Norway.png Norway 18 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Denmark.png Denmark 19 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Bulgaria.png Bulgaria Lithuania is the other obvious opener, the only reason they wouldn't be is because they opened last year too - Ireland would be my 2nd choice. Switzerland go in second as the most "forgettable" (although I really like it) female ballad, and then I follow a vague male mid to uptempo, female ballad pattern for the rest of the half. Latvia and Australia to get pushed due to current odds and Ireland having a supposed "big name". In the second half I'm grouping Belgium, Norway and Bulgaria together as female commercial power pop and one will get sacrificed at the beginning of the half which is where I'm going for Belgium as Norway have Scandi ties and Bulgaria are returnees and have very apt lyrics to be the closer of the semi-finals. Going with the male/female alternation again with the rest of the running order with Ukraine bringing some publicity power to that underwhelming run (according to the bookies) of Slovenia to Romania. This is subject to change once Bulgaria's song comes out, but basing this on the lyrics and descriptions we have!
March 20, 20169 yr Just a quick reminder of the running order announcement times in previous years: Year: HoD meeting -> Running order reveal 2016: Mon 14 March -> ??? 2015: Mon 16 March -> Mon 23 March 2014: Mon 17 March -> Mon 24 March 2013: Mon 18 March -> Thu 28 March History would suggest we'd get the running order tomorrow, but I'm not sure they'll announce the running order before the Bulgarian reveal even though I know the EBU have had Poli's song since last Monday. We should definitely get it in the next five days, I'm thinking Tuesday may be the most likely day.
March 22, 20169 yr Author Now we have everything from Semi 2 I'd do 01 Ireland 02 Poland 03 Belarus 04 Serbia 05 Lithuania 06 Macedonia 07 Belarus 08 Israel 09 Latvia 10 Australia 11 Denmark 12 Albania 13 Georgia 14 Slovenia 15 Romania 16 Bulgaria 17 Ukraine 18 Belgium 19 Norway I'd initially put Lithuania first but when a lot of the rest of that half has the same kind of mood ant tempo you need them further down to break up songs that are too similar. Norway makes the most sense to me as a closer with a big anthemic feel and Ireland also works as a reasonably uptempo opening.
March 24, 20169 yr As we've yet to receive the running order this is officially the longest wait we've had since the producer running order announcements began, typical Sweden to be annoying yet again - and it is their own record that they've broken! :rolleyes: Hope we get it tomorrow...
March 24, 20169 yr I'd like: I 01 San Marino: Serhat - I Didn't Know 02 The Netherlands: Douwe Bob - Slow Down 03 Finland: Sandhja - Sing It Away 04 Croatia: Nina Kraljić - Lighthouse 05 Greece: Argo - Utopian Land 06 Moldova: Lidia Isac - Falling Stars 07 Hungary: Freddie - Pioneer 08 Armenia: Iveta Mukuchyan - LoveWave 09 Russia: Sergey Lazarev - You Are The Only One 10 Cyprus: Minus One - Alter Ego 11 Austria: ZOË - Loin d'ici 12 Estonia: Jüri Pootsmann - Play 13 Azerbaijan: Samra - Miracle 14 Montenegro: Highway - The Real Thing 15 Czech Republic: Gabriela Gunčíková - I Stand 16 Malta: Ira Losco - Walk On Water 17 Bosnia & Herzegovina: Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner & Jala - Ljubav je 18 Iceland: Greta Salóme - Hear Them Calling II 01 Lithuania: Donny Montell - I've Been Waiting For This Night 02 Switzerland: Rykka - The Last Of Our Kind 03 Poland: Michał Szpak - Color Of Your Life 04 Belarus: IVAN - Help You Fly 05 Serbia: Sanja Vučić ZAA - Goodbye (Shelter) 06 Latvia: Justs - Heartbeat 07 Australia: Dami Im - Sound Of Silence 08 Ireland: Nicky Byrne - Sunlight 09 Israel: Hovi Star - Made Of Stars 10 Macedonia: Kaliopi - Dona 11 Belgium: Laura Tesoro - What's The Pressure 12 Georgia: Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz - Midnight Gold 13 Albania: Eneda Tarifa - Fairytale 14 Romania: Ovidiu Anton - Moment Of Silence 15 Slovenia: ManuElla - Blue And Red 16 Denmark: Lighthouse X - Soldiers Of Love 17 Ukraine: Jamala - 1944 18 Bulgaria: Poli Genova - If Love Was A Crime 19 Norway: Agnete - Icebreaker
March 24, 20169 yr I hadn't even seen Ryan's when I did mine! HOPEFULLY some of these pairings (especially in SF2) will be common sense enough to actually make the cut
March 24, 20169 yr @EBU_HQ @escheart @Eurovision @SVTmelfest The running order for the Semi Finals will be revealed in the next few weeks Well it doesn't sound like they are coming imminently does it!
March 28, 20169 yr Semi 1 01. ARMENIA // Iveta Mukuchyan - LoveWave 02. SAN MARINO // Serhat - I Didn't Know 03. THE NETHERLANDS // Douwe Bob - Slow Down 04. GREECE // Argo - Utopian Land 05. CROATIA // Nina Kraljic - Lighthouse 06. FINLAND // Sandhja - Sing It Away 07. RUSSIA // Sergey Lazarev - You Are The Only One 08. HUNGARY // Freddie - Pioneer 09. MOLDOVA // Lidia Isac - Falling Stars 10. ESTONIA // Jüri Pootsmann - Play 11. AZERBAIJAN // Samra - Miracle 12. MONTENEGRO // Highway - The Real Thing 13. AUSTRIA // Zoë - Loin d'ici 14. CZECH REPUBLIC // Gabriela Guncikova - I Stand 15. MALTA // Ira Losco - Walk On Water 16. CYPRUS // Minus One - Alter Ego 17. BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA // Dalal & Deen ft. Ana Rucner & Jala - Ljubav je 18. ICELAND // Greta Salome - Hear Them Calling Semi 2 01. LITHUANIA // Donny Montell - I've Been Waiting For This Night 02. POLAND // Michal Szpak - Color Of Your Life 03. SWITZERLAND // Rykka - The Last Of Our Kind 04. ISRAEL // Hovi Star - Made Of Stars 05. SERBIA // Sanja Vucic ZAA - Goodbye (Shelter) 06. LATVIA // Justs - Heartbeat 07. BELARUS // IVAN - Help You Fly 08. AUSTRALIA // Dami Im - Sound Of Silence 09. IRELAND // Nicky Byrne - Sunlight 10. MACEDONIA // Kaliopi - Dona 11. ROMANIA // Ovidiu Anton - Moment Of Silence 12. ALBANIA // Eneda Tarifa - Fairtyale 13. DENMARK // Lighthouse X - Soldiers Of Love 14. SLOVENIA // ManuElla - Blue & Red 15. NORWAY // Agnete - Icebreaker 16. GEORGIA // Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz - Midnight Gold 17. BULGARIA // Poli Genova - If Love Was A Crime 18. UKRAINE // Jamala - 1944 19. BELGIUM // Laura Tesoro - What's The Pressure These work well for me after having all the songs for a week.
March 31, 20169 yr Esctoday have revelead the running order!! :cheer: Too bad it's an april fools joke Edited March 31, 20169 yr by Jerick
March 31, 20169 yr If Eurovision.tv pulled the same joke the fanbase would be livid! :lol: I can sort of see it being announced tomorrow though with it being the final day of the two to three week period they gave themselves at the delegations meeting, but I presume they'll wait till after midday if so!
April 1, 20169 yr Finally! Running order of Semi-Finals revealed Stockholm, Sweden - Today, the running order of the songs taking part in the Semi-Finals of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest has been revealed. As the previous three years, it was up to the producers of the shows to come up with a running order for the Semi-Finals. It was approved by the EBU Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand and the Chairman of the Reference Group, Dr. Frank Dieter Freiling. After the producers reviewed all entries, the following running order was decided on for the Semi-Finals: Semi-Final 1 Armenia Greece Moldova San Marino Finland The Netherlands Russia Croatia Hungary Austria Montenegro Azerbaijan Bosnia & Herzegovina Iceland Estonia Czech Republic Cyprus Malta For this show, the advertising breaks are set to be after the 5th and 13th song. Their positions may still change. Semi-Final 2 Lithuania Switzerland Belarus F.Y.R. Macedonia Poland Serbia Israel Latvia Australia Ireland Slovenia Belgium Ukraine Georgia Albania Romania Norway Denmark Bulgaria For this show, the advertising breaks are set to be after the 5th and 13th song as well. As with the first Semi-Final, their positions may still change. The way to the running order In January, all the Semi-Finalists were drawn into two halves of the two Semi-Finals during the Semi-Final Allocation Draw. All the already qualified finalists will vote in the following Semi-Finals: First Semi-Final France Spain Sweden Second Semi-Final Germany Italy United Kingdom After all the songs were submitted to the organisers at the Heads of Delegations Meeting a few weeks ago, the producers decided upon the running order which was then approved by the Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand and the Chairman of the Reference Group, Dr Frank Dieter Freiling. During the Heads of Delegations meeting it was also drawn that the host country of Sweden will perform at position no 9 in the Final. The running order for the Grand Final will be decided after the second Semi-Final. The first Semi-Final will be held on the 10th of May and it has 18 participants while the second one with 19 contestants takes place on the 12th of May. The big Final of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest is on the 14th of May.
April 1, 20169 yr lmao at first I didn't even bother to open the link ryan posted with that :lol: Edited April 1, 20169 yr by jafetsigfinns
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