This was SUCH a tough semi (I mean like 8 of my top 10 are all from this semi) I was bound to lose a favourite, was expecting it to be Belarus rather than Estonia though! :o

 

Croatia qualifying is a bit annoying but otherwise those 9 were all deserving and I'd have liked another 3 or 4 through as well! Switzerland in particular did enough to challenge for the televote top 10 so the jury performance must have been as bad as was reported after all unfortunately :(

 

Lucie's very lucky that most of the female ballads have been disposed of and the three that slipped through the net (Poland, Denmark, Netherlands) are all in the first half.

This was SUCH a tough semi (I mean like 8 of my top 10 are all from this semi) I was bound to lose a favourite, was expecting it to be Belarus rather than Estonia though! :o

 

We may have lost our Verona but at least we can HEY HEY HAYAYAYAO together.

 

In general I find this year a bad year as there are few songs I really love. Not bad results considering but I wanted Macedonia to go through. Hungary,Austria and probably Croatia and Denmark are the 3 I wouldn't have put through. This is the first time in years I havnt liked the Danish entry.

 

Portugal,Romania,Belgium,the Netherlands and Greece would be my top 5.

Edit: Wrong thread

Edited May 11, 20178 yr by Jerick

What absolutely abhorrent results.

 

Macedonia, Estonia, Switzerland and Serbia ROBBED

LeeLo those were the same 4 I'd say were robbed! That's more than Tuesday (just Finland and Iceland) - Norway and Austria I'm shocked at (and Croatia and Belarus if I had to pick another 2 to go out).

 

Macedonia sounded great on studio but on stage didn't do much for me - but neither did Belgium on Tuesday and that was my 1st until the rehearsals when Salvador took over the top spot and Bulgaria 2nd.

 

Serbia was always borderline but I can't put my finger on why.

 

I wouldn't be shocked to see Macedonia withdraw, and even Serbia at this rate - they aren't the guaranteed qualifiers they used to be. I remember in 2013 it being big news that none of the former Yugoslavia qualified for the final - we almost had a repeat. I guess Jacques Houdek is big enough to represent the entire former region though.

Lucie's very lucky that most of the female ballads have been disposed of and the three that slipped through the net (Poland, Denmark, Netherlands) are all in the first half.

Either that or female ballads are really not 'in' this year... :/

That's true, jurors are real people and they could be fed up of them just as lots of Eurofans are!

I'm a huge fan of Estonia's this year, would be proper gutted if that didn't make it through, but it seems quite popular so would have to be a shock for it not to.

 

Oh bollocks. My flight to Kiev is in two hours and was looking forward to woah-oh-ohing along in the arena :

 

Can't complain too much as my other mega fave of Belgium got through at least, plus Netherlands, Romania, Moldova etc!

Surely nobody can be shocked that Norway qualified? That's the most current song we have this year (not a great one but very current)

 

Ireland was so bad. It was painful to watch and listen

Edited May 12, 20178 yr by SKOB

I heard switzerlands jury performance and it was the 'give me time and we will growwww' bit that was awful 😭 She nailed her vocal run thiugh

I heard switzerlands jury performance and it was the 'give me time and we will growwww' bit that was awful 😭 She nailed her vocal run thiugh

Where'd you hear that?

Where'd you hear that?

There was a guys live stream on YouTube which was legit him sitting in silence in the press room so we can hear the jury final. I'm not home so can't link it but I am sure if you YouTube Eurovision semi 2 jury final it will come up

Just properly catching up as missed the first 40 minutes last night. O'G3NE were otherworldly, those harmonies are easily the best I can remember for years. Best girl group the contest has probably seen, I hope they can sneak a place in the top ten.

Edited May 12, 20178 yr by gooddelta

Macedonia, the best in the semi and failed,very disappointing for them. Semi Final 2 was much weaker than semi 1.

Surely nobody can be shocked that Norway qualified? That's the most current song we have this year (not a great one but very current)

 

Ireland was so bad. It was painful to watch and listen

 

 

I can't say his performance was painful, but I thought that was girl`s voice before I raised my eyes on TV.

What did you think of the rap yodelling from Romania?

 

Catching up this morning ahead of the main event this evening! I've managed to stay spoiler free so far somehow!

 

1 - Serbia - 5/10

 

Eh. My Sky Box wasn't a fan as the recording messed up a bit. Bit bland. (oh edit, it was a BBC sound issue and not just the sky box! Yay!!)

 

 

2 - Austria - 7/10

 

Quite enjoyable!

 

 

3 - Macedonia - 7.5/10

 

Spent far too long trying to work out if that was her actual voice or if some effects were being applied. Feel like this'd be a right BANGER in studio form.

 

 

4 - Malta - 7.5/10

 

More attempts than Queen Sanna. Pleasant but not as good as Undo was obv.

 

 

5 - Romania - 9/10

 

Why the f*** is there canons on the stage?!?! What the f*** Romania/Eurovision???? This is of course utterly fabulous.

 

 

6 - The Netherlands - 13/10

 

Ok that harmony at the start caught my attention. How have I never heard of this lot before???? I AM SO f***ING HERE FOR THE DUTCH SUGABABES!!! What a f***ing flawless bop. Stunning harmonies, great live Vox and a wonderful track. Eurovision 2017 has just redeemed itself.

 

 

**This BBC interlude? Is this something that they did last year when I was in Sweden escaping the BBC?**

 

7 - Hungary - 4/10

 

Nah fam.

 

 

8 - Denmark - 9/10

 

Well this is perfectly pleasant isn't it!!

 

 

9 - Ireland - 0/10

 

Lord Jesus no. This is abysmal.

 

 

10 - San Marino - 99999999999/10

 

VALENTINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Flawless QUEEN she can do no wrong. #SanMarino2018

 

 

11 - Croatia - 2/10

 

So BBC have described it as being pop Jacques and opera Jacques in like a BOGOF. So we're in for a piss poor La Voix? Yup. It's poor. Bring back La Voix.

 

 

12 - Norway - 9/10

 

They like to sing Ed Sheeran songs before they go on stage? Nope. FLUSH. - Ok so this actually turned out to be pretty decent but they've half-inched the mic stand from their compatriot Gabrielle

 

 

13 - Switzerland - 8.5/10

 

Very enjoyable

 

 

14 - Belarus - 7/10

 

No I love Belarus but another enjoyable mess from the loony dictatorship.

 

 

15 - Bulgaria - 6.5/10

 

Alright but such a let down after Poli

 

 

16 - Lithuania - 10/10

 

Bloody good!!

 

 

17 - Estonia - 7/10

 

Yeah, alright. Nothing that special but not awful.

 

 

18 - Israel - 10/10

 

Oh HELLO. This one is a f***ing looker aint he. Song and singer 10/10

 

 

Still disappointed that we've not had a Verka performance. I am enjoying this bit with Mel and the artists! Great to see the acts really playing along and getting into the swing of it.

 

SCOTT MILLS VERKA RING TONE IS EVERYTHING

 

 

My faves all made it through bar Lithuania. Never expected San Marino to make it which is a shame and I feel for Switzerland as that was lovely. Croatia and Hungary qualifying was disappointing though.

Someone else is with me on Lithuania! Hallelujah.