Now comes my favourite entry, I do think Malta have got this. It be well deserved

 

Thoughts on the first half:

 

Lithuania is groovy.

Russia song has pretty weird moments, but is a good one.

Sweden sounds like a minor chart hit I would hear in 2010.

Australia is a bop.

Ireland performance... WOW!

Surprised to see Hooverphonic perform. I've been aware of their name for many years, but only now decided to listen to bits and pieces of their work (after hearing they put out a new album). According to Zobbel.de, they nearly nabbed a charting entry in the UK with "Mad About You" (#104) in 2001. Don't know if anyone has told that fact already

I'm enjoying the instrumental during the chorus in Azerbaijan's song very much!

Ukraine did really well. The song is better than I first heard.

Rachel Crowe grew up fast

This one's a wee bit "Problem".

WHAT is this anthem?

MLT \ I am getting major Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor vibes from this. Absolutely and completely f***ing here for this.

 

 

 

Final Ranking: MLT (10) \ CRO (10) \ SVN (10) \ LTU (9) \ ISR (9) \ CYP (8) \ UKR (8) \ RUS (8) \ AZE (7.5) \ IRL (7) \ BEL (7) \ MKD (6.5) \ SWE (6) \ AUS (5) \ NOR (5) \ ROU (4)

ooh we love a sassy bop! a big step up from her efforts last year.

I “get” this but don’t Like it that much. There’s many, many better songs in the semi.

9.5/10 Cyprus

9/10 Malta

8/10 Sweden

8/10 Ukraine

7/10 Israel

6.5/10 Lithuania

6/10 Azerbaijan

6/10 Croatia

5/10 Norway

4/10 Ireland

3/10 Australia

3/10 Romania

3/10 Russia

2/10 Belgium

2/10 Slovenia

1/10 North Macedonia

 

I was wrong, this is a bop :frankie:

 

Not the best in the semi but still a bit of a bop

Malta are sailing through (although I still prefer her song from last year)

Cyprus 10/10

Croatia 9/10

Israel 9/10

Sweden 9/10

Azerbaijan 8.5/10

Russia 8.5/10

Malta 8/10

Lithuania 8/10

Belgium 7/10

Ukraine 6/10

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Australia 5/10

Ireland 5/10

Norway 4/10

Romania 4/10

Slovenia 3/10

Macedonia 1/10

 

This was Netta on steroids, I love it :clap:

Malta will win this by such a huge margin.

Destiny nailed it!

Destiny really sells that song live

the song does remind me of Toy so I suppose it winning wouldn’t be a surprise. i do prefer it anyhow.

Malta > That was better than the rehearsal clips suggested it would be! I'm still not AS sold on it as the winner as so many others seem to be. That sound shoulda stayed in 2017. But it was a v good performance. A great vocal! <

I still think Italy have it in the bag