May 10, 20169 yr this was a very good semifinal. My ranking: 01 Armenia 02 Hungary 03 Croatia 04 Montenegro 05 Russia 06 Czech Republic 07 Netherlands 08 Iceland 09 Malta 10 Bosnia 11 Azerbaijan 12 Austria 13 Moldova 14 Cyprus 15 Finland 16 Greece 17 Estonia 18 San Marino
May 10, 20169 yr Author What the UTTER FUCK at ICELAND OUT under that HUNGARIAN TOSS I'm FURIOUS! (OMG YAY AUSTRIA) THISSSSSSSSSSS so fucking much But also gutted for Bosnia & Greece, both fabulous and totally undeserving of being their first DNQs. SLAY QUEEN IVETA THO *.*
May 10, 20169 yr Oops sorry these are late, Got caught up but these would have been my predicts :lol: 01 The Netherlands: Douwe Bob - Slow Down 11/10 02 Hungary: Freddie - Pioneer 10/10 03 Russia: Sergey Lazarev - You Are The Only One 10/10 04 Armenia: Iveta Mukuchyan - LoveWave 09/10 05 Montenegro: Highway - The Real Thing 08/10 06 Iceland: Greta Salome - Hear Them Calling /07/10 07 Austria: ZOE - Loin d'ici 7/10 08 Estonia: Jüri Pootsmann – Play 7/10 09 Cyprus: Minus One - Alter Ego 6.5/10 10 Malta: Ira Losco - Walk On Water 6.5/10 --------------- What I would have liked to see DNQ 11 Czech Republic: Gabriela Gunčíková - I Stand 06/10 12 Finland: Sandhja - Sing It Away 6/10 13 Greece: Argo - Utopian Land 6/10 14 Bosnia & Herzegovina: Dalal & Deen ft. Ana Rucner & Jala - Ljubav je 5.5/10 15 Croatia: Nina Kraljic - Lighthouse 5/10 16 Azerbaijan: Samra - Miracle 04/10 17 San Marino: Serhat - I Didn't Know 2/10 Poor Iceland :( :( :(
May 10, 20169 yr I really believe the 6th-11th place region was sooooo close. Won't even surprise me if there was a tie with Iceland in 11th. Can't imagine anyone else being 11th tbh. Whereas semi two should be very top heavy and the dnq point will probably be very scarce.
May 10, 20169 yr Guys, sorry to be a bit dense here... What would happen if Australia won? My assumption is they wouldn't host it in Aus. So, would they like... choose a country to host it in? Or would it fall to the runner up? :ph34r:
May 10, 20169 yr Guys, sorry to be a bit dense here... What would happen if Australia won? My assumption is they wouldn't host it in Aus. So, would they like... choose a country to host it in? Or would it fall to the runner up? :ph34r: They choose a country to host it in, but the Australian broadcaster hosts it there.
May 10, 20169 yr They choose a country to host it in, but the Australian broadcaster hosts it there. Ahh, I thought it was that. Thank you. ^_^
May 10, 20169 yr First things first, here are the results from my scorecard tonight: 09.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Iceland.png Iceland: Greta Salóme - Hear Them Calling 09.0 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Russia.png Russia: Sergey Lazarev - You Are The Only One 08.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Armenia.png Armenia: Iveta Mukuchyan - LoveWave 08.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Czech_Republic.png Czech Republic: Gabriela Gunčíková - I Stand 08.0 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Netherlands.png The Netherlands: Douwe Bob - Slow Down 08.0 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Hungary.png Hungary: Freddie - Pioneer 08.0 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Cyprus.png Cyprus: Minus One - Alter Ego 08.0 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Azerbaijan.png Azerbaijan: Samra - Miracle 08.0 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Bosnia_Herzegovina.png Bosnia & Herzegovina: Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala - Ljubav Je 07.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Malta.png Malta: Ira Losco - Walk On Water 07.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Croatia.png Croatia: Nina Kraljić - Lighthouse 07.0 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Austria.png Austria: ZOË - Loin d'ici 07.0 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Estonia.png Estonia: Jüri Pootsmann - Play 06.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Moldova.png Moldova: Lidia Isac - Falling Stars 06.0 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Finland.png Finland: Sandhja - Sing It Away 05.0 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Greece.png Greece: Argo - Utopian Land 04.5 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Montenegro.png Montenegro: Highway - The Real Thing 02.0 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/San_Marino.png San Marino: Serhat - I Didn't Know So of course the massive shock was Iceland, I can't quite work out how they didn't make it. My only theory is that juries heavily marked her down for lack of originality with the screens, and if so that could put Sergey in a spot of bother on Saturday, and the dark staging preventing a connection between Greta and the audience as I've worried about all Eurovision season. Aside from that, I have to be pleased with the results and even though Croatia and Austria weren't in my top 10 I do really like both studio versions so I'm very happy they have made it. A little surprised at the Azerbaijan vocals hate in here, that was so so so many leagues ahead of any other vocals Samra has put in over the last two weeks and of course the backing vocals helped but I was so pleasantly surprised, of course many of you won't have been aware of the low bar set but still! Ira underwhelmed a little for me, you can tell that scrapping their original hi-tech concept left the performance a little empty. Overjoyed for Czech Republic, Gabriela put in a stunner of a vocal as always! And Sergey is surely going to landslide this, unless my lack of originality theory as mentioned above will hurt his jury score heavily, my whole family were very impressed despite not wanting to be due to the aforementioned lack of originality with screens. Cyprus really deserved their qualification too, absolutely fantastic camerawork and probably the best in the whole semi-final. Not sure if anyone saw it but there was political chaos in the press conference between Armenia and Azerbaijan as Iveta was waving a Nagorno-Karabakh flag in the green room during the recaps, something that had mysteriously disappeared by the time we returned to the green room to see her qualify - something tells me the EBU were on their case. Both of them got asked about it by the press and I imagine sanctions are coming Armenia's way any minute now! But overall a very good night, just a shame for Iceland and that Russia have probably wrapped the victory up with their draw when it was looking like we could've had a close contest.
May 10, 20169 yr Oh and another "in your face" moment for the "political voting" moaners with 2 more countries losing 100% records, proof that if your song isn't good enough you aren't getting the votes! :)
May 10, 20169 yr Lol the icelandic commentator just posted on snapchat earlier today that when he entered his commenting booth (lol idk what it's called) he had a gift package from Russia lmao. Also, this: The EBU announced on 10 May 2016 that they were investigating reports of possible rule violations after Russian professional jury member Anastasia Stotskaya livestreamed footage through the live-streaming social media site Periscope, showing the Russian jury's deliberation during the jury rehearsal of the first semi-final on 9 May.[93] The video showed a jury member not paying attention to the Dutch performance, as well as a glimpse of Stotskaya's jury voting form showing notes evaluating performances. Another jury member states during the Armenian performance that she will support Armenia "because [her] husband is Armenian".[19] The video also shows jury members on their phones during other performances. The rules of the contest stipulate that all jury members are to evaluate performances individually, without discussing the results with other jury members, a stipulation that was clearly violated by the Russian jury.[94] (taken from Wikipedia)
May 10, 20169 yr Yeah the EBU chucked out that Russian juror and a replacement one will be ready for the final. I assume they took the jury result from the remaining 4 jurors, I'm not sure if it has been fully explained what they did but we'll know on Saturday!
May 11, 20169 yr Was late watching I'm so surprised Iceland didn't make it. For me Netherlands,Cyprus,Austria and Russia were the stand outs,I love the Russian song and staging and i still think they will be the ones to beat on Saturday night. I really want Ireland to qualify in semi 2,the final is much more exciting when your own country is in.
May 11, 20169 yr Author iTunes update: 92. Joe & Jake - You're Not Alone (United Kingdom) 413. Sergey Lazarev - You Are The Only One (Russia) 592. Frans - If I Were Sorry (Sweden) 596. Douwe Bob - Slow Down (The Netherlands) 845. Amir - J'ai cherché (France) 1224. Zoë - Loin d'ici (Austria) 1226. Freddie - Pioneer (Hungary) 1447. Minus One - Alter Ego (Cyprus) Sergey & Douwe doing much better than I thought on iTunes. I'm disappointed there's no sign of Iveta though :(
May 11, 20169 yr I still don't get why is Russia so hyped up. Yes he peformed well but I found that special effects annoying - it is like Russia is just showing off, the effects have nothing to do with the song - Mans had special effects last year but they at least made some sense and went well with the song. Anyway, I am so happy Nina went through, quite a few Croatians are not very supportive of her so I'm glad she shut all those haters down. However, I think that designer of the dress should be fired... And I also want Nicky to qualify because he is such a nice guy and is so proud and excited to do this. He had 2 very good performances at Irish and Israeli parties so hopefully he will be able to do the same on semi tomorrow.
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