May 9, 20178 yr Yeah after Hear Them Calling I'm wary. With Unbroken I was gutted too but she just wasn't really good enough live. I wouldn't be bowled over with shock if Paper made it but I can totally see it 11th or 12th becasue it's a tough semi, it doesn't seem to have much buzz and it's not exactly the most Eurovision-y song ever. It's in my top 5 of the whole contest EASILY so I'm hoping you are right Pav as it's be a more gutting DNQ than Hear Them Calling for me, if not as much of a shock. The technical difficulties meaning she didn't backing vocallists to sing the high notes for her x !!!!
May 9, 20178 yr Also anyone fancy Rabbiting this? Me and Ultraviolence/Sam are keen so I'll probably set it up closer to the time.
May 9, 20178 yr Beyond hyped for the commencement of the MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR! My final predictions/takes are ~Azerbaijan will be the "shock" non qualifier because it'll get crowded out in the first half and the stage presentation will just be read as too "wtf" - plus Dihaj ain't all that! ~Because of that, Iceland will sneak through in 10th and then bomb in the final ~Okay, Portugal are probably qualifying but I still don't think it's coming 2nd behind Italy like some people are saying. ~Belgium are actually back on track for a good result since Blanche seems to be peaking at just the right time In a very rough order of how they'll finish: Sweden Armenia Belgium Portugal Australia Latvia Finland Greece Moldova Iceland --- Azerbaijan Poland Cyprus Albania Montenegro Georgia Slovenia Czech Republic
May 9, 20178 yr Excitement for the semis! Just need the four main essentials Sweden/Armenia/Finland/Belgium advancing and we're good (got a slightly-biased optimism Blackbird will soar through but I am a tad bit worried for Blanche) Oh and Cyprus too please, I actually reckon it's got a better chance than most are expecting
May 9, 20178 yr these are my first and last predictions having watched 30 seconds of just a few of the rehearsals 01 Armenia: Artsvik - Fly With Me 02 Finland: Norma John - Blackbird 03 Sweden: Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On 04 Portugal: Salvador Sobral - Amar Pelos Dois 05 Latvia: Triana Park - Line 06 Iceland: Svala - Paper 07 Australia: Isaiah - Don't Come Easy 08 Montenegro: Slavko Kalezić - Space 09 Moldova: Sunstroke Project - Hey Mamma 10 Greece: Demy - This Is Love --- 11 Azerbaijan: Dihaj - Skeletons 12 Belgium: Blanche - City Lights 13 Georgia: Tamara Gachechiladze - Keep The Faith 14 Cyprus: Hovig - Gravity 15 Slovenia: Omar Naber - On My Way 16 Czech Republic: Martina Bárta - My Turn 17 Poland: Kasia Moś - Flashlight 18 Albania: Lindita - World I too believe Azerbaijan might not make it although it's a stunning song. Iceland and Finland will sail through this time but will most likely bomb in the final indeed, 'Senhora do mar' style. Seriously cannot think of any possible outcome where any of the songs below 13th place inclusive qualify.
May 9, 20178 yr I predict: Sweden Australia Belgium Azerbaijan Finland Portugal Moldova Cyprus Armenia Latvia
May 9, 20178 yr I'm starting to really worry about Latvia, it's far too good and avant-garde to miss out. Might have to put that up into my 'must vote for' list.
May 9, 20178 yr My prediction 1 Sweden 2 Portugal 3 Armenia 4 Azerbaijan 5 Australia 6 Belgium 7 Poland 8 Greece 9 Cyprus 10 Moldova
May 9, 20178 yr Author I think Finland will be quite safely through, in fact I wouldn't be surprised to learn they won the jury vote!
May 9, 20178 yr Anyone have a non geo-locked stream? I'm in Hamburg and have no idea if it's on the basic few hotel TV channels but can hopefully watch online somewhere!
May 9, 20178 yr Finland will hopefully come top five in the semi, or higher! So striking - really does still sound like a lost Sarah McLachlan classic!
May 9, 20178 yr Author Anyone have a non geo-locked stream? I'm in Hamburg and have no idea if it's on the basic few hotel TV channels but can hopefully watch online somewhere! It's on YouTube and I would imagine it's not blocked in Germany! r3cvGkiAPaE
May 9, 20178 yr It's on YouTube and I would imagine it's not blocked in Germany! r3cvGkiAPaE Brill, thank you!
May 9, 20178 yr Oh LORD if Azerbaijan and Latvia DNQ, as well as Iceland :/ At least Blanche looks ok now, otherwise that'd be 4 of my top 10 gone.
May 9, 20178 yr Doesn't Eurovision.tv usually live stream without commentary too? I watched in 2009 via that way when I was in Australia.
May 9, 20178 yr Can't wait for tonight! I usually never watch the semis and only listen to the qualified song, so this time is a big change :lol: I hope my fav will go through to the finale!
May 9, 20178 yr Just a silly question, but the Big 5 aren't performing during the semis right? I thought they didn't but at the same time it would make sense for them to perform at one of the semis in terms of equal exposure so I don't know?!
May 9, 20178 yr WANT in bold, PREDICT in italics 01 Sweden: Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On 02 Georgia: Tamara Gachechiladze - Keep The Faith 03 Australia: Isaiah - Don't Come Easy 04 Albania: Lindita - World 05 Belgium: Blanche - City Lights 06 Montenegro: Slavko Kalezić - Space 07 Finland: Norma John - Blackbird 08 Azerbaijan: Dihaj - Skeletons 09 Portugal: Salvador Sobral - Amar Pelos Dois 10 Greece: Demy - This Is Love 11 Poland: Kasia Moś - Flashlight 12 Moldova: Sunstroke Project - Hey Mamma 13 Iceland: Svala - Paper 14 Czech Republic: Martina Bárta - My Turn 15 Cyprus: Hovig - Gravity 16 Armenia: Artsvik - Fly With Me 17 Slovenia: Omar Naber - On My Way 18 Latvia: Triana Park - Line It's going to be an actual fucking hate crime if Montenegro doesn't qualify but I FEAR THE WORST.
May 9, 20178 yr The Eurovision stream is blocked in the US! Hopefully I can get around it before the show starts...
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