Posted March 19, 20223 yr So come Monday we will officially have all of the songs of 2022 released so its time to play producer - what order would you programme all of the songs in both semi finals in order to produce the best/most entertaining show possible? We're not necessarily here to predict what will be placed where (but you can do so if you wish) so much as share your own views on what could/should happen. The songs you have to work with are; Semi One First Half Albania Bulgaria Latvia Lithuania Moldova Netherlands Slovenia Switzerland Ukraine Second Half Armenia Austria Croatia Denmark Greece Iceland Norway Portugal Semi Two First Half Australia Azerbaijan Cyprus Finland Georgia Israel Malta San Marino Serbia Second Half Belgium Czech Republic Estonia Ireland Montenegro North Macedonia Poland Romania Sweden
March 19, 20223 yr Author As far as Semi One goes, my current thinking is something like this 01 Albania: Ronela Hajati - Sekret 02 Bulgaria: Intelligent Music Project - Intention 03 Slovenia: LPS - Disko 04 Netherlands: S10 - De diepte 05 Latvia: Citi Zeni - Eat Your Salad 06 Lithuania: Monika Liu - Sentimentai 07 Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra - Stefania 08 Switzerland: Marius Bear - Switzerland 09 Moldova: Zdob şi Zdub & Fraţii Advahov - Trenuleţul 10 Iceland: Systur - Með Hækkandi Sól 11 Armenia: Rosa Linn - Snap 12 Portugal: MARO - saudade, saudade 13 Norway: Subwoolfer - Give That Wolf A Banana 14 Croatia: Mia Demsic - Guilty Pleasure 15 Austria: LUMIX feat. Pia Maria - Halo 16 Denmark: REDDI - The Show 17 Greece: Amanda Tenfjord - Die Together As tempting as it is to begin the whole contest with Latvia's first line, realistically speaking Albania is the only real choice to kick off the show with a high energy number. The whole show is also a little lacking in the higher energy songs so I tried to space them out as much as possible. The only exception being the closer which I gave to Greece for the high drama rather than Austria which it could also be swapped around for. I also thought about swapping Moldova and Ukraine but though best to put Moldova in 9th in aid of that slower pace section before Norway.
March 19, 20223 yr 01. Ukraine: 'Stefania' by Kalush Orchestra 02. Switzerland: 'Boys Do Cry' by Marius Bear 03. Albania: 'Sekret' by Ronela Hajati 04. Slovenia: 'Disko' by LPS 05. Bulgaria: 'Intention' by Intelligent Music Project 06. Lithuania: 'Sentimentai' by Monika Liu 07. Latvia: 'Eat Your Salad' by Citi Zeni 08. Netherlands: 'De Diepte' by S10 09. Moldova: 'Trenuletul' by Zdob si Zdub & Fratii Advahov 10. Armenia: 'Snap' by Rosa Linn 11. Austria: 'Halo' by LUM!X ft. Pia Maria 12. Portugal: 'saudade, saudade' by Maro 13. Denmark: 'The Show' by Reddi 14. Croatia: 'Guilty Pleasure' by Mia Dimsic 15. Greece: 'Die Together' by Amanda Tenfjord 16. Iceland: 'Med haekkandi sol' by Systur 17. Norway: 'Give That Wolf A Banana' by Subwoolfer I can imagine the opening remarks from the presenters to be, of course, very heavily influenced by peace and how Eurovision brings us together, so it makes sense to start with Ukraine. The first half seems to be all male groups and the second half singer/songwriter indie girls, so I've tried to space those out. Could make a case for any of Austria/Denmark/Greece/Norway closing the semi, I think Norway makes the most impact closing.
March 23, 20223 yr And now for Semi 2: 01. Israel: 'I.M' by Michael Ben David 02. Azerbaijan: 'Fade To Black' by Nadir Rustamli 03. Serbia: 'In corpore sano' by Konstrakta 04. Georgia: 'Lock Me In' by Circus Mircus 05. Malta: 'I Am What I Am' by Emma Muscat 06. San Marino: 'Stripper' by Achille Lauro 07. Cyprus: 'Ela' by Andromache 08. Australia: 'Not The Same' by Sheldon Riley 09. Finland: 'Jezebel' by The Rasmus 10. North Macedonia: 'Circles' by Andrea 11. Romania: 'Llámame' by WRS 12. Sweden: 'Hold Me Closer' by Cornelia Jakobs 13. Estonia: 'Hope' by Stefan 14. Ireland: 'That's Rich' by Brooke 15. Belgium: 'Miss You' by Jérémie Makiese 16. Montenegro: 'Breathe' by Vladana 17. Poland: 'River' by Ochman 18. Czech Republic: 'Lights Off' by We Are Domi
March 25, 20223 yr Author How I'd program Semi 2 01 Finland: The Rasmus - Jezebel 02 Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli - Fade To Black 03 Serbia: Konstrakta - In Corpore Sano 04 Malta: Emma Muscat - I Am What I Am 05 San Marino: Achille Lauro - Stripper 06 Israel: Michael Ben David - I.M 07 Georgia: Circus Mircus - Lock Me In 08 Australia: Sheldon Riley - Not The Same 09 Cyprus: Andromache - Ela 10 Belgium: Jeremie Makiesse - Miss You 11 Romania: WRS - Llamame 12 Poland: Ochman - River 13 Estonia: Stefan - Hope 14 North Macedonia: Andrea - Circles 15 Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer 16 Czech Republic: We Are Domi - Lights Off 17 Montenegro: Vladana - Breathe 18 Ireland: Brooke - That's Rich Finland opening in the same vein as Flo Rida/Rybak opening their semis with the biggest name. I also figured that maybe the EBU would take the charitable approach and try and get last years non qualifiers/participants the better slots rather than give it to Sweden or Poland who don't really need them.
March 25, 20223 yr The Rasmus had two no.1 on the charts many years ago with F-F-F-Falling and Shadows (I've Been Waiting)!!!
March 29, 20223 yr Author Confirmed Semi Final Running Orders Semi-Final One 1. Albania 2. Latvia 3. Lithuania 4. Switzerland 5. Slovenia 6. Ukraine 7. Bulgaria 8. Netherlands 9. Moldova 10. Portugal 11. Croatia 12. Denmark 13. Austria 14. Iceland 15. Greece 16. Norway 17. Armenia Semi-Final Two 1. Finland 2. Israel 3. Serbia 4. Azerbaijan 5. Georgia 6. Malta 7. San Marino 8. Australia 9. Cyprus 10. Ireland 11. North Macedonia 12. Estonia 13. Romania 14. Poland 15. Montenegro 16. Belgium 17. Sweden 18. Czech Republic
March 29, 20223 yr I am PISSED with what they've done to Latvia with all the death slot options that the first half of semi 1 has, but the placement of Israel in the other semi makes up for it.
March 29, 20223 yr Author They seem to have been going less for the constant variation and more for the ramps up and down in tempo. Like in Semi One we start with Albania, ease off the tempo a little bit but staying up high with Latvia, going down to midtempo with Lithuania and then settling on a ballad with Switzerland. Then later they ramp up in the second half going from Portugal - Croatia - Denmark - Austria and then a reset (after a break?) with Iceland - Greece - Norway. Not saying this is good or bad but its clearly a different approach in design ethos - will be interesting to hear it in sequence.
March 29, 20223 yr Iceland much later than Netherlands is interesting. There will be a small overlap of voters. Finishing with We Are Domi brings me back to finishing with Triana Park in 2017.
March 30, 20223 yr my favourites in both semis shoved into the rather unappealing 3rd slot :/ at least Lithuania surrounded by the two worst songs in the contest might show it off a bit ^_^ (and not baiting aside, going straight after a joke entry is probably good for its niche)
May 10, 20223 yr Author So current state of play after Semi One First Half Italy (9) France Spain Germany Switzerland Armenia Portugal Norway Ukraine Netherlands Second Half United Kingdom Iceland Lithuania Greece Moldova
May 10, 20223 yr Author I don't know if they'll have the guts to do it but I'd put Ukraine on first (and death slot Switzerland!)
May 11, 20223 yr Quite pleased with the songs that have joined the UK in the second half after last night (the three I wasn't predicting to qualify (+ Greece))
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