April 4, 20178 yr I think the fact it is so different to the rest of a Eurovision line-up is going to make it a lot of people's favourites, even if a lot of people will hate it. It doesn't stand out so much in the context of a Portuguese semi where so many things are of a similar genre, but in a Eurovision semi with everyone have fireworks here and holograms there I think it might just hit the sweet spot.
April 5, 20178 yr Let's try this again. Here's how I think it might go. [ Pos. | Jury | Telev. | Country | Artist | Song ] Semi Final 1 01 03 01 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Sweden.png Sweden ∙ Robin Bengtsson — I Can't Go On 02 01 03 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Belgium.png Belgium ∙ Blanche — City Lights 03 02 04 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Azerbaijan.png Azerbaijan ∙ Dihaj — Skeletons 04 05 07 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Australia.png Australia ∙ Isaiah — Don't Come Easy 05 06 08 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Latvia.png Latvia ∙ Triana Park — Line 06 18 02 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Moldova.png Moldova ∙ SunStroke Project — Hey, Mamma! 07 10 06 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Poland.png Poland ∙ Kasia Moś — Flashlight 08 08 11 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Iceland.png Iceland ∙ Svala — Paper 09 04 13 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Portugal.png Portugal ∙ Salvador Sobral — Amar Pelos Dois 10 14 05 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Greece.png Greece ∙ Demy — This Is Love 11 11 09 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Armenia.png Armenia ∙ Artsvik — Fly with Me 12 07 16 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Finland.png Finland ∙ Norma John — Blackbird 13 09 15 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Czech_Republic.png Czech Republic ∙ Martina Bárta — My Turn 14 12 12 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Cyprus.png Cyprus ∙ Hovig — Gravity 15 16 10 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Montenegro.png Montenegro ∙ Slavko Kalezić — Space 16 13 14 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Albania.png Albania ∙ Lindita — World 17 15 17 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Georgia.png Georgia ∙ Tamara Gachechiladze — Keep the Faith 18 17 18 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Slovenia.png Slovenia ∙ Omar Naber — On My Way Semi Final 2 01 01 01 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Bulgaria.png Bulgaria ∙ Kristian Kostov — Beautiful Mess 02 02 02 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Hungary.png Hungary ∙ Joci Pápai — Origo 03 03 05 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/FYR_Macedonia.png Macedonia ∙ Jana Burčeska — Dance Alone 04 04 07 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Denmark.png Denmark ∙ Anja Nissen — Where I Am 05 10 04 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Israel.png Israel ∙ Imri — I Feel Alive 06 14 03 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Russia.png Russia ∙ Yulia Samoylova — Flame Is Burning 07 06 09 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Estonia.png Estonia ∙ Koit Toome and Laura — Verona 08 05 12 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Netherlands.png Netherlands ∙ O'G3NE — Lights and Shadows 09 08 10 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Switzerland.png Switzerland ∙ Timebelle — Apollo 10 11 08 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Norway.png Norway ∙ JOWST feat. Aleksander Walmann — Grab the Moment 11 16 06 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Romania.png Romania ∙ Ilinca and Alex Florea — Yodel It! 12 09 11 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Serbia.png Serbia ∙ Tijana Bogićević — In Too Deep 13 07 15 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Belarus.png Belarus ∙ NAVI — Story of My Life 14 13 14 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Ireland.png Ireland ∙ Brendan Murray — Dying to Try 15 15 13 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Austria.png Austria ∙ Nathan Trent — Running on Air 16 12 16 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Croatia.png Croatia ∙ Jacques Houdek — My Friend 17 17 18 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Lithuania.png Lithuania ∙ Fusedmarc — Rain of Revolution 18 18 17 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Malta.png Malta ∙ Claudia Faniello — Breathlessly 19 19 19 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/San_Marino.png San Marino ∙ Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson — Spirit of the Night Edited April 5, 20178 yr by jafetsigfinns
April 11, 20178 yr Author Lex's overthought Semi 1 predictions. Points in brackets are public first, jury second. 01 Belgium 326 (156+170) An effective, catchy, striking pop song that's got the potential to work on an affective level and is being staged by people who know what they're doing. People have raised concerns about Blanche's "shyness" being an issue but that's less of an obstacle to overcome on screen rather than in a club/theater environment. If they can make her look like a vulnerable manic pixie dream girl caught in the city lights then this will fly up both televote and jury scores. 02 Sweden 263 (137+126) Again, an effective pop song that does what it does very well and has proven to be able to score well from the opening slot. I'd put this as a safer qualifier than Belgium actually because Belgium could, in theory, f*** it up and not do as well whereas this is already basically ready to go and has been since February. If that does happen then I'd expect to see them take the win in stead. 03 Armenia 208 (131+77) Has a lot of friends in this semi and, like with Bulgaria, I've really grown to appreciate how much this does actually manage to build to a climax while still staying pretty subtle. Plus they're in the ideal draw position of two from the end and with a good qualification record. 04 Latvia 189 (112+67) Pimp slot and what should be killer staging. They don't have as many/any "friends" in the truest sense but this is the type of thing that the Nordics are going to eat up with a spoon plus they'll probably get lower points from a lot of the countries to (or at least so goes the model I made to coincide with this prediction *.*). Juries won't love it as much but that's mostly because they'll have bigger priorities elsewhere. 05 Australia 169 (55+114) That draw is tough, only an idiot would deny that. That said though, Isaiah is a capable enough performer, the song is good and well structured enough to get Australia enough votes to qualify reasonably comfortably. It's still going to be mostly carried by the juries though, they could potentially be outside of the top 10 on the televote. 06 Greece 141 (93+48) Greece always have a comparative advantage and I don't think this year is going to be any different. For all that it's basic and simplistic, coming after a run of Finland-Azerbaijan-Portugal will be making people itchy for a good and proper uptempo pop song which this will deliver for them. Juries will recognize its limitations but they are just as likely to be swayed in that way too so they won't loathe it as much as not be phased by it. 07 Moldova 130 (90+40) Like Greece but on a slightly smaller scale. This is almost exactly what your viewer tuning in to the semi finals because they want to watch Eurovision will be looking for and will flock to in a big way. 08 Iceland 130 (50+80) (I swear I didn't make that tiebreak on purpose) You don't break a domestic televoting record without a song that is provably able to score well on a televote. I know people will say it was because she's a name but big names have tried in Iceland before and been thwarted/not lived up to the hype, especially with somebody whose biggest hits were reasonably long ago. That said this will get more love from the same juries that really got behind Love Injected (because it's essentially just Love Injected via some 80s synth) will be backing this as well. 09 Albania 116 (48+68) My tip for the "surprise" qualifier (even to me, as I did not think this would be as high as it ended up in the aforementioned model). There's a decent amount of neighbourly support here from Greece, Cyprus, Montenegro, Slovenia, Italy and the caucus states to a lesser extent. Plus nothing says "jury catnip" like those vocals which will be able to make up for any potential lack in the televote from a not so great draw. 10 Montenegro 106 (72+34) I think this, like Greece later on in the show, or like Zoe or Nadav Guedj or Bojana Stamenov is the type of thing that your Eurovision Tuesday night viewer will be wanting to be entertained with. They've hired a stage director who knows how to present a song in a suitably dramatic way and it'll get a good amount of support from the likes of Australia and the west who will be impressed by the camp nature of the whole thing. Juries won't take to it but Montenegro always get more than they deserve from the jury scores thanks to *cough* shenanigans *cough* for which there's Albania, Czechia, Armenia and Azerbaijan here to back them up to the point where they will sneak through. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Poland 105 (45+60) Unlike the Polish songs that have soared up the televote, Kasia isn't really that big a star/had that big a hit in Poland domestically before they arrive so the televote that was really activated for Colour Of Your Life and My Slowanie won't be as strong here (in what's not really a brilliant semi for them anyway). The juries will go for it but Albania will be more appealing to them in the "dramatic ballad" stakes I feel. 12 Portugal 104 (41+63) The thing is with Portugal is that it is both not that different from what's around it in the semi and hugely polarizing at the same time. The general reaction to this song has been a "love it or hate it" reaction and since juries are, in essence, just people watching a music competition, I think it stands to reason that the jury results will be quite polarized for this one. And under the jury ranking that really dulls your jury score down (although not as drastically in a semi where there's less songs so we're talking a slightly smaller scale here). Plus, in the Portuguese final that for all that it was a crock of shit, was at least different flavours of shit (you had your western pop song, your bouncy folksy number, your campy soul pop, your soft rock number ect) and with a big amount of momentum from the youtube views ect, it still only managed to come second on its televote. The transitive property remains therefore that Portugal weren't all that fussed about it. Draw wise it's between what we imagine will be the big stage production of Azerbaijan and what we know will be the big bombastic production of Greece which will lead to it being "memory holed" once the whole semi is done. And while I hear the "it'll stand out for being so different" argument, I think that supposes that this is more left field than it actually is. It is just a calm, male ballad that's got some 50s/60s style orchestral flourishes on it. Hardly an art installation is it? Plus add in the fact that Portugal isn't a country that can count on votes from anywhere other than Spain and maybe Italy at a push in this semi and that people might/will just think he's a bit wierd and my overall conclusion is that this will be another admirable misfire. 13 Finland 101 (33+68) Basically like Portugal only a bit more gloomy and frumpy. 14 Slovenia 84 (38+46) Will do better than expected, especially with quite a good draw but we're talking 14th at an absolute maximum here. 15 Azerbaijan 82 (42+40) Not many people have pegged this but with most of the ex-USSR countries, Malta and San Marino in the other semi they really have only got Georgia and Moldova in this semi to support them. And, based on the Amsterdam performance, Dihaj is a weak performer both vocally and seemingly on the stage presence front which at least Samra was able to manage to overcome. I've got this down as the "accidental" non qualifier at the moment. 16 Czech Republic 73 (20+53) Actually being a competently composed and performed song will stop it coming last through decent jury support but there's too much of a televote handicap to leapfrog over the likes of even Finland and Portugal 17 Georgia 61 (28+33) It's USP is being eaten up by other songs, it's got a horrible draw and it's extremely thin on friends. Unfortunately sinking without trace, but won't be coming last 18 Cyprus 58 (27+31) Will get completely swallowed up and memory holed by Armenia and Latvia at the end of the show and unfortunately just isn't enough of a memorable song to stand out in this bloodbath of a semi.
April 11, 20178 yr Now for the final [ Pos. | Jury | Telev. | Country | Artist | Song ] Eurovision Final 01 01 02 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Bulgaria.png Bulgaria ∙ Kristian Kostov — Beautiful Mess (287 + 312 = 599) 02 05 01 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Italy.png Italy ∙ Francesco Gabbani — Occidentali's Karma (164+ 376 = 540) 03 02 05 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Hungary.png Hungary ∙ Joci Pápai — Origo (257 + 159 = 416) 04 04 03 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Sweden.png Sweden ∙ Robin Bengtsson — I Can't Go On (182 + 231 = 413) 05 03 04 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Belgium.png Belgium ∙ Blanche — City Lights (192 + 170 = 362) 06 07 06 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Azerbaijan.png Azerbaijan ∙ Dihaj — Skeletons (130 + 129 = 259) 07 06 09 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/FYR_Macedonia.png Macedonia ∙ Jana Burčeska — Dance Alone (149 + 107 = 256) 08 08 13 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/France.png France ∙ Alma — Requiem (125 + 73 = 198) 09 09 12 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Australia.png Australia ∙ Isaiah — Don't Come Easy (112 + 83 = 195) 10 13 10 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Poland.png Poland ∙ Kasia Moś — Flashlight (87 + 94 = 181) 11 18 07 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Israel.png Israel ∙ Imri — I Feel Alive (50 + 124 = 174) 12 11 15 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Latvia.png Latvia ∙ Triana Park — Line (96 + 63 = 159) 13 10 16 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Denmark.png Denmark ∙ Anja Nissen — Where I Am (102 + 56 = 158) 14 24 08 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Russia.png Russia ∙ Yulia Samoylova — Flame Is Burning (11 + 110 = 121) 15 22 11 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Greece.png Greece ∙ Demy — This Is Love (31 + 90 = 121) 16 14 19 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Estonia.png Estonia ∙ Koit Toome and Laura — Verona (77 + 43 = 120) 17 15 20 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Iceland.png Iceland ∙ Svala — Paper (75 + 34 = 109) 18 12 24 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Portugal.png Portugal ∙ Salvador Sobral — Amar Pelos Dois (93 + 13 = 106) 19 20 17 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Norway.png Norway ∙ JOWST feat. Aleksander Walmann — Grab the Moment (42 + 49 = 91) 20 16 22 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/United_Kingdom.png United Kingdom ∙ Lucie Jones — Never Give Up On You (67 + 21 = 88) 21 21 18 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Ukraine.png Ukraine ∙ O.Torvald — Time (33 + 44 = 77) 22 17 23 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Netherlands.png Netherlands ∙ O'G3NE — Lights and Shadows (57 + 15 = 72) 23 19 21 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Switzerland.png Switzerland ∙ Timebelle — Apollo (45 + 26 = 71) 24 26 14 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Moldova.png Moldova ∙ SunStroke Project — Hey, Mamma! (3 + 66 = 69) 25 23 25 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Germany.png Germany ∙ Levina — Perfect Life (22 + 6 = 28) 26 25 26 http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/flags/mini/Spain.png Spain ∙ Manuel Navarro — Do It For Your Lover (5 + 0 = 5)
April 26, 20178 yr Pre-rehearshal weeks prediction Semi 1 01 Sweden 02 Georgia 03 Australia 04 Albania 05 Belgium 06 Montenegro 07 Finland 08 Azerbaijan 09 Portugal 10 Greece 11 Poland 12 Moldova 13 Iceland 14 Czech Republic 15 Cyprus 16 Armenia 17 Slovenia 18 Latvia Semi 2 01 Serbia 02 Austria 03 FYR Macedonia 04 Malta 05 Romania 06 The Netherlands 07 Hungary 08 Denmark 09 Ireland 10 San Marino 11 Croatia 12 Norway 13 Switzerland 14 Belarus 15 Bulgaria 16 Lithuania 17 Estonia 18 Israel Bold = qualifiers Edited April 26, 20178 yr by Jerick
April 27, 20178 yr Final pre-rehearsal predictions: SEMI-FINAL ONE Overall Prediction - Televote Prediction - Jury Prediction Certain Qualifiers 01 01 01 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Sweden_zpsnezpmv8t.png Sweden: Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On 02 02 04 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Portugal_zps7vkbxaog.png Portugal: Salvador Sobral - Amar Pelos Dois 03 06 02 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Belgium_zpsgqlbvvca.png Belgium: Blanche - City Lights 04 04 06 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Armenia_zpsjiyrkjce.png Armenia: Artsvik - Fly With Me Likely Qualifiers 05 12 03 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Australia_zps5o2nr036.png Australia: Isaiah - Don't Come Easy 06 10 07 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Azerbaijan_zpssqath9zp.png Azerbaijan: Dihaj - Skeletons 07 03 15 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Greece_zpsantwlpxn.png Greece: Demy - This Is Love Borderline Qualifiers 08 05 14 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Moldova_zpskrmsiqs0.png Moldova: Sunstroke Project - Hey Mamma 09 11 08 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Albania_zpsdptvyrbq.png Albania: Lindita - World 10 17 05 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Finland_zpsarga4ohv.png Finland: Norma John - Blackbird 11 09 13 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Latvia_zpslxnj1hdo.png Latvia: Triana Park - Line 12 07 16 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Poland_zpsjexo9jyj.png Poland: Kasia Moś - Flashlight 13 13 10 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Cyprus_zpswtpv5guj.png Cyprus: Hovig - Gravity Unlikely Qualifiers 14 16 09 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Iceland_zpsg8alb0bx.png Iceland: Svala - Paper 15 08 18 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Montenegro_zps0neryit0.png Montenegro: Slavko Kalezić - Space 16 14 12 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Georgia_zpsz2krdsa5.png Georgia: Tamara Gachechiladze - Keep The Faith Certain Non-Qualifiers 17 18 11 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Czech%20Republic_zpstrlogfyw.png Czech Republic: Martina Bárta - My Turn 18 15 17 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Slovenia_zpsdiaeju0y.png Slovenia: Omar Naber - On My Way SEMI-FINAL TWO Overall Prediction - Televote Prediction - Jury Prediction Certain Qualifiers 01 01 01 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Bulgaria_zpsk1esazjf.png Bulgaria: Kristian Kostov - Beautiful Mess 02 04 06 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Israel_zpsyievgvoi.png Israel: IMRI - I Feel Alive 03 03 09 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Estonia_zps3ufzgkx8.png Estonia: Koit Toome and Laura - Verona Likely Qualifiers 04 11 02 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Denmark_zps6s4bn5ae.png Denmark: Anja - Where I Am 05 08 05 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Serbia_zpsatium691.png Serbia: Tijana Bogićević - In Too Deep 06 12 03 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/The%20Netherlands_zpswvdcz8wq.png The Netherlands: OG3NE - Lights And Shadows 07 02 15 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Romania_zpsltozjcj6.png Romania: Ilinca ft. Alex Florea - Yodel It! Borderline Qualifiers 08 13 04 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Norway_zpsgrplia4j.png Norway: JOWST - Grab The Moment 09 06 12 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Belarus_zps0zigzyi1.png Belarus: Naviband - Story Of My Life 10 07 11 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Austria_zpscoqaobgf.png Austria: Nathan Trent - Running On Air 11 05 14 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Hungary_zpsecmt8vsa.png Hungary: Joci Pápai - Origo 12 14 07 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Switzerland_zpspu8xjwlq.png Switzerland: Timebelle - Apollo 13 09 13 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/F.Y.R.%20Macedonia_zpsyp4hiqjd.png F.Y.R. Macedonia: Jana Burčeska - Dance Alone Unlikely Qualifiers 14 16 08 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Ireland_zpswircvipr.png Ireland: Brendan Murray - Dying To Try 15 10 16 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Croatia_zpsdc9ptlqf.png Croatia: Jacques Houdek - My Friend 16 18 10 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Malta_zpsgggu5dck.png Malta: Claudia Faniello - Breathlessly Certain Non-Qualifiers 17 15 18 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Lithuania_zpsiib7l7s3.png Lithuania: Fusedmarc - Rain Of Revolution 18 17 17 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/San%20Marino_zpsx3s6g8dc.png San Marino: Valentina Monetta & Jimmie Wilson - Spirit Of The Night I can't wait for rehearsals to hopefully make things clearer, there's so much up in the air!
April 27, 20178 yr 01 Greece 02 Sweden 03 Armenia 04 Belgium 05 Moldova 06 Latvia 07 Finland 08 Australia 09 Iceland 10 Albania -- 11 Azerbaijan 12 Slovenia 13 Portugal 14 Cyprus 15 Poland 16 Montenegro 17 Georgia 18 Czech Republic 01 Bulgaria 02 Romania 03 Israel 04 Belarus 05 Estonia 06 The Netherlands 07 Denmark 08 Serbia 09 Switzerland 10 Macedonia --- 11 Croatia 12 Hungary 13 Norway 14 Lithuania 15 Austria 16 Ireland 17 San Marino 18 Malta Seeing as I haven't done any pre-rehearsal full predictions, here's my takes that I've been working on. Main point of interest that I haven't seen put forward yet is that Slovenia will do better than expected and I wouldn't even rule them out given they're the closest semi 1 has to a big dramatic finisher. I'm with Lex on Portugal too.
April 27, 20178 yr IN 01 Sweden 02 Latvia 03 Moldova 04 Greece 05 Australia 06 Finland 07 Belgium 08 Portugal 09 Azerbaijan 10 Albania OUT 11 Poland 12 Montenegro 13 Armenia 14 Iceland 15 Cyprus 16 Georgia 17 Czech Republic 18 Slovenia --- IN 01 Bulgaria 02 Romania 03 The Netherlands 04 Estonia 05 Israel 06 Macedonia 07 Belarus 08 Serbia 09 Hungary 10 Ireland OUT 11 Austria 12 Switzerland 13 Norway 14 Croatia 15 Denmark 16 San Marino 17 Malta 18 Lithuania Semi 1 felt easier to predict than Semi 2, going to be an exciting couple of weeks!
April 27, 20178 yr Main point of interest that I haven't seen put forward yet is that Slovenia will do better than expected and I wouldn't even rule them out given they're the closest semi 1 has to a big dramatic finisher. Same thought here, that's why I have them as a qualifier in my pre-rehearshal prediction yesterday.
April 27, 20178 yr Author My tentative pre-rehearsal predictions Semi One 01 Sweden 02 Armenia 03 Belgium 04 Greece 05 Australia 06 Latvia 07 Azerbaijan 08 Moldova 09 Iceland 10 Albania 11 Poland 12 Portugal 13 Finland 14 Slovenia 15 Montenegro 16 Georgia 17 Czech Republic 18 Cyprus Semi 2 01 Bulgaria 02 Netherlands 03 Romania 04 Israel 05 Denmark 06 Belarus 07 Estonia 08 Norway 09 Serbia 10 Austria 11 Macedonia 12 Croatia 13 Hungary 14 San Marino 15 Switzerland 16 Lithuania 17 Malta 18 Ireland
April 27, 20178 yr Albania suddenly getting in everyone's top 10s, you've started off a hype train Lex
April 27, 20178 yr Author Albania suddenly getting in everyone's top 10s, you've started off a hype train Lex What can I say, I have that kind of power over people!
April 27, 20178 yr IN 01 Sweden 02 Latvia 03 Moldova 04 Greece 05 Australia 06 Finland 07 Belgium 08 Portugal 09 Azerbaijan 10 Albania OUT 11 Poland 12 Montenegro 13 Armenia 14 Iceland 15 Cyprus 16 Georgia 17 Czech Republic 18 Slovenia --- IN 01 Bulgaria 02 Romania 03 The Netherlands 04 Estonia 05 Israel 06 Macedonia 07 Belarus 08 Serbia 09 Hungary 10 Ireland OUT 11 Austria 12 Switzerland 13 Norway 14 Croatia 15 Denmark 16 San Marino 17 Malta 18 Lithuania Semi 1 felt easier to predict than Semi 2, going to be an exciting couple of weeks! Swap Austria with Ireland and I agree!
May 2, 20178 yr Gonna take a stab in the dark, I'm awful at predictiing Eurovision but we'll see how I do :kink: Semi 1 01 Armenia: Artsvik - Fly With Me 02 Sweden: Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On 03 Greece: Demy - This Is Love 04 Finland: Finland - Norma John - Blackbird 05 Belgium: Blanche - City Lights 06 Azerbaijan: DiHaj - Skeletons 07 Latvia: Triana Park - Line 08 Australia: Isaiah - Don't Come Easy 09 Moldova: Sunstroke Project - Hey Mamma 10 Portugal: Salvador Sobral - Amar Pelos Dois 11 Poland: Kasia Mos - Flashlight 12 Albania: Lindita - World 13 Iceland: Svala - Paper 14 Cyprus - Hovig - Gravity 15 Montengro: Slavko Kalezic - Space 16 Czech Republic: Martina Barta - My Turn 17Georgia: Tamara Gachechiladze - Keep The Faith 18 Slovenia: Omar Naber - On My Way Bit of a curveball with Armenia winning the semi, but not TOO far out of the realms of possibility that I'm being ridiculous I hope :lol: Semi 2 01 Bulgaria: Kristian Kostov - Beautiful Mess 02 Netherlands: OG3NE - Lights And Shadows 03 Romania: Ilinca ft. Alex Florea - Yodel It 04 Denmark: Anja - Where I Am 05 Israel: IMRI - I Feel Alive 06 Estonia: Koit Toome & Laura - Verona 07 Macedonia: Jana Burčeska - Dance Alone 08 Belarus: Naviband - Story Of My Life 09 Serbia: Tijana Bogcevic - In Too Deep 10 Norway: JOWST - Grab The Moment 11 Switzerland: Timebelle - Apollo 12 Austria: Nathan Trent - Running On Air 13 Hungary: Joci Papai - Origo 14 Croatia: Jacques Houdek - My Friend 15 Malta: Clauda Faniello - Breathlessly 16 Ireland: Brendan Murray - Dying To Try 17 Lithuania: Fusedmarc - Rain Of Revolution 18 San Marino: Valentina Monetta & Jimmie Wilson - Spirit Of The Night I am probably being optimistic in the cases of OG3NE and Anja, they both have that 90s sound but they're both fab and sure to be performed well so eh, I thought I'd think a bit outside the box as you can never take the obvious with Eurovision :lol: I hope I'm wrong about Apollo and Paper, the former has a better chance imo but it's in the more competitive semi so I'm just unsure it will quite make it :(
May 9, 20178 yr Final predictions: SEMI-FINAL ONE Overall Prediction - Televote Prediction - Jury Prediction Certain Qualifiers 01 01 01 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Sweden_zpsnezpmv8t.png Sweden: Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On 02 02 05 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Portugal_zps7vkbxaog.png Portugal: Salvador Sobral - Amar Pelos Dois 03 04 06 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Armenia_zpsjiyrkjce.png Armenia: Artsvik - Fly With Me Likely Qualifiers 04 11 02 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Belgium_zpsgqlbvvca.png Belgium: Blanche - City Lights 05 06 08 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Cyprus_zpswtpv5guj.png Cyprus: Hovig - Gravity 06 07 07 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Azerbaijan_zpssqath9zp.png Azerbaijan: Dihaj - Skeletons 07 03 13 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Moldova_zpskrmsiqs0.png Moldova: Sunstroke Project - Hey Mamma Borderline Qualifiers 08 14 03 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Australia_zps5o2nr036.png Australia: Isaiah - Don't Come Easy 09 15 04 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Finland_zpsarga4ohv.png Finland: Norma John - Blackbird 10 05 15 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Greece_zpsantwlpxn.png Greece: Demy - This Is Love 11 09 11 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Latvia_zpslxnj1hdo.png Latvia: Triana Park - Line Unlikely Qualifiers 12 10 12 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Albania_zpsdptvyrbq.png Albania: Lindita - World 13 12 10 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Georgia_zpsz2krdsa5.png Georgia: Tamara Gachechiladze - Keep The Faith 14 08 16 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Poland_zpsjexo9jyj.png Poland: Kasia Moś - Flashlight 15 17 09 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Iceland_zpsg8alb0bx.png Iceland: Svala - Paper 16 13 17 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Slovenia_zpsdiaeju0y.png Slovenia: Omar Naber - On My Way Certain Non-Qualifiers 17 18 14 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Czech%20Republic_zpstrlogfyw.png Czech Republic: Martina Bárta - My Turn 18 16 18 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Montenegro_zps0neryit0.png Montenegro: Slavko Kalezić - Space
May 9, 20178 yr Some semi predictions ~ Semi 1 01 Sweden: Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On 02 Portugal: Salvador Sobral - Amar Pelos Dois 03 Armenia: Artsvik - Fly With Me 04 Finland: Norma John - Blackbird 05 Australia: Isaiah - Don't Come Easy 06 Cyprus: Hovig - Gravity 07 Azerbaijan: Dihaj - Skeletons 08 Moldova: Sunstroke Project - Hey Mamma 09 Belgium: Blanche - City Lights 10 Greece: Demy - This Is Love -x- 11 Poland: Kasia Moś - Flashlight 12 Latvia: Triana Park - Line 13 Albania: Lindita - World 14 Iceland: Svala - Paper 15 Georgia: Tamara Gachechiladze - Keep The Faith 16 Czech Republic: Martina Bárta - My Turn 17 Montenegro: Slavko Kalezić - Space 18 Slovenia: Omar Naber - On My Way Semi 2 01 Bulgaria: Kristian Kostov - Beautiful Mess 02 Romania: Ilinca ft. Alex Florea - Yodel It 03 Israel: IMRI - I Feel Alive 04 Estonia: Koit Toome & Laura - Verona 05 Belarus: Naviband - Story Of My Life 06 Netherlands: OG3NE - Lights And Shadows 07 Denmark: Anja - Where I Am 08 Hungary: Joci Papai - Origo 09 Austria: Nathan Trent - Running On Air 10 Serbia: Tijana Bogcevic - In Too Deep -x- 11 Norway: JOWST - Grab The Moment 12 Switzerland: Timebelle - Apollo 13 Macedonia: Jana Burčeska - Dance Alone 14 Croatia: Jacques Houdek - My Friend 15 Malta: Clauda Faniello - Breathlessly 16 Lithuania: Fusedmarc - Rain Of Revolution 17 Ireland: Brendan Murray - Dying To Try 18 San Marino: Valentina Monetta & Jimmie Wilson - Spirit Of The Night
May 11, 20178 yr Final predictions: SEMI-FINAL TWO Overall Prediction - Televote Prediction - Jury Prediction Certain Qualifiers 01 01 01 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Bulgaria_zpsk1esazjf.png Bulgaria: Kristian Kostov - Beautiful Mess 02 03 07 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Israel_zpsyievgvoi.png Israel: IMRI - I Feel Alive 03 06 05 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Estonia_zps3ufzgkx8.png Estonia: Koit Toome and Laura - Verona Likely Qualifiers 04 11 02 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Denmark_zps6s4bn5ae.png Denmark: Anja - Where I Am 05 04 10 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Austria_zpscoqaobgf.png Austria: Nathan Trent - Running On Air 06 05 09 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Hungary_zpsecmt8vsa.png Hungary: Joci Pápai - Origo Borderline Qualifiers 07 12 03 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/The%20Netherlands_zpswvdcz8wq.png The Netherlands: OG3NE - Lights And Shadows 08 08 08 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Serbia_zpsatium691.png Serbia: Tijana Bogićević - In Too Deep 09 02 16 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Romania_zpsltozjcj6.png Romania: Ilinca ft. Alex Florea - Yodel It! 10 07 11 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Belarus_zps0zigzyi1.png Belarus: Naviband - Story Of My Life 11 17 04 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Norway_zpsgrplia4j.png Norway: JOWST - Grab The Moment 12 09 12 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/F.Y.R.%20Macedonia_zpsyp4hiqjd.png F.Y.R. Macedonia: Jana Burčeska - Dance Alone Unlikely Qualifiers 13 18 06 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Malta_zpsgggu5dck.png Malta: Claudia Faniello - Breathlessly 14 10 17 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Croatia_zpsdc9ptlqf.png Croatia: Jacques Houdek - My Friend 15 13 14 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Switzerland_zpspu8xjwlq.png Switzerland: Timebelle - Apollo Certain Non-Qualifiers 16 15 13 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/San%20Marino_zpsx3s6g8dc.png San Marino: Valentina Monetta & Jimmie Wilson - Spirit Of The Night 17 16 15 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Ireland_zpswircvipr.png Ireland: Brendan Murray - Dying To Try 18 14 18 http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/RC741/Flag%20Icons/Lithuania_zpsiib7l7s3.png Lithuania: Fusedmarc - Rain Of Revolution Haven't seen a full run through unlike with semi one so I'm going off reports for Switzerland here. I've seen some of Austria's jury performance too which sounded quite off key for the money note but seems to have gone under the radar so I'm presuming it wasn't a big deal in the context of the whole performance, nevertheless I've marked his jury score lower than I would've done.
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