April 7, 20214 yr Author I have this feeling that Albania will do a lot better than we think. It doesn't have any competition in the 'big ballad from a woman' stakes. And they have pumped so much drama into the revamp that, with knock out staging, could connect with more casual Eurovision fans than expected too. Coming after Georgia in the running order doesn't help - second song in a row that takes itself too seriously so voters could be bored/fatigued
April 8, 20214 yr Albania is currently dead last in the odds (according to Eurovisionworld), would it be the first time when something come and win from there? I recall Marie N wasn't a favourite at all in 2002. Edited April 8, 20214 yr by Sour Candy
April 8, 20214 yr Author It won't win. I think it will qualify and be top 15 at best. That's what I mean by ' a lot better' than we think.
May 13, 20214 yr Author Possible televote winners Malta San Marino Lithuania Iceland Italy Finland Cyprus Possible jury winners Malta Switzerland France Iceland Bulgaria
May 13, 20214 yr What do you think how much the order on the Spotify playlist matters here? Because that's BAD for France and especially Finland.
May 13, 20214 yr What do you think how much the order on the Spotify playlist matters here? Not at all? Though I would be THRILLED at a UK 5th place
May 13, 20214 yr I'm predicting an Iceland televote win and a France jury win - where that leads us, I'm not sure. I'd predict something like this based off what I've seen and heard from rehearsals: 1. France 2. Italy 3. Iceland 4. Malta 5. Cyprus
May 13, 20214 yr I hope it doesn't have any effect. But it's the first thing that comes on Spotify when one searches for Eurovision so...
May 13, 20214 yr If Iceland win, do they have the facilities to host? I’m sure they have no arenas The Icelandic government has said it many times we'd host the contest if we were to win. There are some potential venues but I think the most likely one would be Egilshöll (has hosted concerts with 18.000 standing and another one with 15.000 sitting), Kórinn (hosted two 19.000 person concerts in 2016 for Justin Bieber) or possibly Laugardalshöllin Arena (hosted IIRC like 30.000 people in 2019 for Ed Sheeran, but it's an outdoor venue so might have to be transformed). But don't worry, Iceland will 150% take the hosting gig if we win. Icelanders are FAR too patriotic to ever give up the hosting rights.
May 13, 20214 yr Iceland and Malta can host if they win, worst case scenario they might have to spend a year building a roof on an outdoor venue but if Azerbaijan can build a whole arena in 9 months then anything is possible!
May 13, 20214 yr The closer we get the more I'm thinking Italy could very well have it, to me that seems like the most likely one to do very well and both jury and televote, I could see maybe France winning jury, Iceland televote, and Italy wins the whole thing being like top 3, say, on both.
May 13, 20214 yr Maybe I'm just getting ahead of myself because it's my favourite song and I *love* her, but I really see Cyprus killing the televote too. I'm praying she can upset a few of the favourites and pull a top 5.
May 14, 20214 yr Iceland and Malta can host if they win, worst case scenario they might have to spend a year building a roof on an outdoor venue but if Azerbaijan can build a whole arena in 9 months then anything is possible! That's called oil money, corruption and slavery, but yeah
May 14, 20214 yr I can only imagine how long it will take for all people to leave Iceland after the contest is over given the flights are limited and there are no trains or buses, whoops. Same with Malta really, it feels more claustrophobic :’) Edited May 14, 20214 yr by NoBrasNoPanties
May 14, 20214 yr I can only imagine how long it will take for all people to leave Iceland after the contest is over given the flights are limited and there are no trains or buses, whoops. Same with Malta really, it feels more claustrophobic :’) Girl, where the f--k were you when you were in Iceland? We have plenty buses here lmao. In a non-Covid economy there are usually around 400 daily flights in/out of Iceland so I don't think we'll have to have people stuck here any longer than they want to lol.
May 14, 20214 yr I guess it feels like it would be a shortage but I wouldn't mind getting stuck there for a few days if I were someone who just YOLO's it without booking things in advance x
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