Posted March 8, 20196 yr So we've now got all the songs for the first semi final so it's time to get your Björkman hats on and start planning those all important running orders!
March 8, 20196 yr Author 01. Finland // Darude ft. Sebastian Rejman - Look Away 02. Montenegro // D-Moll - Heaven 03. Slovenia // Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl - Sebi 04. Belarus // ZENA - Like It 05. Hungary // Joci Pápai - Az Én Apám 06. Poland // Tulia - Pali Się (Fire Of Love) 07. Czech Republic // Lake Malawi - Friend Of A Friend 08. Serbia // Nevena Božović - Kruna 09. Cyprus // Tamta - Replay 10. Georgia // Oto Nemsadze - Sul Tsin Iare 11. Belgium // Eliot - Wake Up 12. Australia // Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity 13. Iceland // Hatari - Hatrið Mun Sigra 14. San Marino // Serhat - Say Na Na Na 15. Greece // Katerine Duska - Better Love 16. Portugal // Conan Osíris - Telemóveis 17. Estonia // Victor Crone - Storm Cyprus is the obvious opener but the fact that there are only 2 females in the second half and the fact it's quite a contender and usually Song 1 in Semi 1 doesn't qualify so I imagine Tamta will be left as late as possible. Iceland and Portugal could very well be closers but Estonia might be more of a safer bet?
March 8, 20196 yr as long as the biggest shock factors of the semi aka Portugal and Iceland are as far as possible from each other I'm good really. despite a couple of duds semi 1 is really THE SHIT this time around
March 8, 20196 yr I legit think this order would work near perfectly (LexC is a horn tooter confirmed)... 01 Czech Republic: Lake Malawi - Friend of A Friend 02 Montenegro: D Moll - Heaven 03 Belarus: ZENA - Like It 04 Hungary: Joci Papai - Az En Apam 05 Finland: Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman - Look Away - AD BREAK - 06 Serbia: Nevena - Kruna 07 Poland: Tulia - Pali Sie 08 Slovenia: Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl - Sebi 09 Cyprus: Tamta - Replay 10 Portugal: Conan Osiris - Telemoveis 11 Georgia: Oto Nemsadze - Sul Tsin Lare 12 San Marino: Serhat - Say Na Na Na 13 Estonia: Victor Crone - Storm - AD BREAK 14 Greece: Katerine Duska - Better Love 15 Iceland: Hatari - Hatrið Mun Sigra 16 Belgium: Eliot - Wake Up 17 Australia: Kate Miller Heidke - Zero Gravity - Czech Republic seems like the ideal "get the party started" song to open up the semi with and from their live performances I think they'd really be able to set the energy level for the show. Unintended consequence is they might be a little bit of a sacrificial lamb but - Montenegro in the death slot because it's what that song deserves - BLR - HUN - FIN are a good set of "could go either way" potential qualifiers and all have a nice saw-tooth effect. Darude's (kinda) name power merits him being late-ish on but not so much that you'd leave him to the last one in the half so he can go in slot 5 ahead of an ad break which'll be nice following what I'm presuming will be quite an elaborate staging set-up - From there I worked backwards with Cyprus getting slot 9 and Slovenia being an "interesting" one to slot between two high impact songs with Poland in 7th. - Serbia's a little buried in 6th but tbh it's got enough friends in this semi that it doesn't really need a good slot. - Now the 2nd half is...interesting. To me the four "wildcards" are Iceland, Portugal and also San Marino and Australia and I don't think you can run any of those four next to each other or you'll end up with tonal whiplash. So the 2nd half is set up with that in mind. I like the idea of Portugal following Cyprus to signal that the show is "switching gears" and especially the first part of Telemoveis signals that pretty clearly - Georgia put in between Portugal and San Marino to get memory holed - After POR - GEO - SAN I think we need something safe but ultimately still poppy and uplifting and Estonia fits that role really well to take us into the 2nd ad break - The best closer out of what's left is Australia I think, stuff that's usually left-field but still commercial/competitive tends to be the best type of stuff to close on. - Hatari spaced with a song in between them and the Aussies - I initially put Greece and Belgium the other way round but in hindsight I think Greece and Australia are a little bit too similar to really work next to each other so Belgium goes in song 16 as a little introspective moment in between the two bits of Euromadness. Greece, like Serbia, is qualifying no matter where it goes so it'll be fine after the ad break.
March 10, 20196 yr Author SEMI DEUX 01. Denmark // Leonora - Love Is Forever 02. Moldova // Anna Odobescu - Stay 03. Sweden // John Lundvik - Too Late For Love 04. Romania // Ester Peony - On A Sunday 05. Austria // Pænda - Limits 06. Switzerland // Luca Hänni - She Got Me 07. Latvia // Carousel - That Night 08. Armenia // Srbuk - Walking Out 09. Ireland // Sarah McTernan - 22 10. Croatia // Roko - The Dream 11. Azerbaijan // Chingiz - Truth 12. North Macedonia // Tamara Todevska - Proud 13. Lithuania // Jurijus - Run With The Lions 14. Malta // Michela - Chameleon 15. Russia // Sergey Lazarev - Scream 16. Albania // Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju Tokës 17. The Netherlands // Duncan Laurence - Arcade 18. Norway // KEiiNO - Spirit In The Sky Not really many openers in the first half, Luca perhaps but they'll need to space out the peen so gone with Denmark's little shitty ditty. Was difficult to choose between Norway and Malta for the closer but plumped for the former, Malta I think will benefit more from being surrounded by mediocre male ballads than closing the show imo.
March 11, 20196 yr Semi 1 - I think Czechia will open - Cyprus will be last before the second half - Australia will open the second half - Iceland will finish the show
March 15, 20196 yr Oops realised I hadn't done the 2nd semi yet 01 Sweden: John Lundvik - Too Late For Love 02 Latvia: Carousel - That Night 03 Romania: Ester Peony - On A Sunday 04 Denmark: Leonora - Love Is Forever 05 Moldova: Anna Odobescu - Stay - AD BREAK - 06 Austria: Paenda - Limit 07 Ireland: Sarah McTernan - 22 08 Armenia: Srbuk - Walking Out 09 Switzerland: Luca Hanni - She Got Me 10 Croatia: Roko - The Dream 11 Lithuania: Jurijus - Run With The Lions 12 Albania: Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju Tokës 13 Russia: Sergay Lazarev - Scream - AD BREAK 14 Azerbaijan: Chingiz - Truth 15 North Macedonia: Tamara Todevska - Proud 16 Malta: Michela Pace - Chameleon 17 Netherlands: Duncan Laurence - Arcade 18 Norway: KEiiNO - Spirit In The Sky
March 15, 20196 yr Malta-Netherlands-Norway would be a perfect way to end the show with 2-5 being a long ass toilet break. Edited March 15, 20196 yr by Conanderella
March 17, 20196 yr Something like this maybe: SEMI 1 01 Belarus 02 Montenegro 03 Czech Republic 04 Serbia 05 Finland 06 Poland 07 Hungary 08 Cyprus 09 Slovenia 10 San Marino 11 Portugal 12 Greece 13 Georgia 14 Belgium 15 Australia 16 Iceland 17 Estonia SEMI 2 01 Denmark 02 Romania 03 Switzerland 04 Moldova 05 Armenia 06 Latvia 07 Austria 08 Sweden 09 Ireland 10 Croatia 11 Azerbaijan 12 North Macedonia 13 Lithuania 14 Albania 15 Russia 16 Malta 17 The Netherlands 18 Norway
March 30, 20196 yr 01 Czech Republic: Lake Malawi - Friend of a Friend 02 Montenegro: D Mol - Heaven 03 Belarus: ZENA - Like It 04 Slovenia: Zala Kralj & Gasper Santi - Sebi 05 Finland: Darude (feat. Sebastian Rejman) - Look Away 06 Serbia: Nevena Bozovic - Kruna 07 Poland: Tulia - Fire of Love (Pali sie) 08 Hungary: Joci Papai - Az én apám 09 Cyprus: Tamta - Replay 10 San Marino: Serhat - Say Na Na Na 11 Belgum: Eliot - Wake Up 12 Australia: Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity 13 Georgia: Oto Nemsadze - Sul tsin iare 14 Portugal: Conan Osiris - Telemoveis 15 Greece: Katerine Duska - Better Love 16 Iceland: Hatari - Hatrio mun sigra 17 Estonia: Victor Crone - Storm --- 01 Denmark: Leonora - Love Is Forever 02 Latvia: Carousel - That Night 03 Ireland: Sarah McTernan - 22 04 Sweden: John Lundvik - Too Late For Love 05 Moldova: Anna Odobescu - Stay 06 Armenia: Srbuk - Walking Out 07 Austria: Paenda - Limits 08 Switzerland: Luca Hanni - She Got Me 09 Romania: Ester Peony - On a Sunday 10 Croatia: Roko - The Dream 11 Albania: Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju tokes 12 Azerbaijan: Chingiz - Truth 13 Russia: SergeY Lazarev - Scream 14 Lithunia: Jurij Veklenko - Run with the Lions 15 North Macedonia: Tamara Todevska - Proud 16 Norway: KEiiNO - Spirit In The Sky 17 Netherlands: Duncan Laurence - Arcade 18 Malta: Michela - Chameleon
April 2, 20196 yr Official Running Order: Semi One Cyprus Montenegro Finland Poland Slovenia Czech Republic Hungary Belarus Serbia Belgium Georgia Australia Iceland Estonia Portugal Greece San Marino Semi Two Armenia Ireland Moldova Switzerland Latvia Romania Denmark Sweden Austria Croatia Malta Lithuania Russia Albania Norway The Netherlands North Macedonia Azerbaijan
April 2, 20196 yr That Kate/Hatari sequence will be quite something *.* Ha at Serhat. Poor Sarah McTernan.
April 2, 20196 yr Author Well North Macedonia are well and truly sunk now. San Marino closing is iconic *.*
April 2, 20196 yr SAN MARINO closing?! How fun. On the other hand... dear god at that section from Latvia through to Denmark. At least they separated Ireland. I also like how North Macedonia is nearly at the end. First thoughts on chances is that this really hurts Finland.
April 2, 20196 yr That Kate/Hatari sequence will be quite something *.* Ha at Serhat. Poor Sarah McTernan. Annoyingly, between 12 and 13 looks like the place where they're putting the ad breaks so that'll dull the tonal whiplash somewhat!
April 2, 20196 yr CALM IT. Alexander Rybak opened a semi last year and still managed to win that semi. Poor Ireland :( Was really hoping that slot would be given to Moldova or Latvia (Romania would've been too unfair I guess as they had it last year)
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