May 10, 20223 yr Greece: not convinced by those vocals ngl but it's clearly a big-sounding song Norway: very gimmicky but combined with a banger Ranking: Ukraine > Iceland > Denmark > Greece > Portugal > Norway > Austria > Albania > Moldova > Netherlands > Croatia > Lithuania > Bulgaria > Latvia > Slovenia > Switzerland
May 10, 20223 yr 10.0 | AUSTRIA 09.5 | NORWAY 09.0 | UKRAINE 08.0 | ALBANIA 08.0 | DENMARK 08.0 | NETHERLANDS 07.5 | ICELAND 07.5 | CROATIA 07.5 | LITHUANIA 07.0 | MOLDOVA 07.0 | LATVIA 05.0 | BULGARIA 04.5 | GREECE 04.0 | SLOVENIA 02.0 | SWITZERLAND 01.0 | PORTUGAL
May 10, 20223 yr I wouldn't be mad at Greece taking the whole thing, since I did bet on it several months back.
May 10, 20223 yr Greece - good vocal but not sure what that staging was about Norway - can see the appeal and want it to do well purely for Ben Adams!
May 10, 20223 yr Greece - amazing, Swedish in all but name Norway - atrocious in every way lol I would say the other way round. :D
May 10, 20223 yr If I could do anything before the final, get Ronela to do something more with the stage than just have dancers, and turn down the lighting just a bit for Greece so Amanda doesn't disappear.
May 10, 20223 yr the wolf entry about as fun as I expected although not quite the most bonkers entry of the night surprisingly
May 10, 20223 yr Ultimately I can see Greece landing about the same as Blanche from a few years back though.
May 10, 20223 yr Armenia sounds a lot like a lot of artists/songs I’ve been loving recently (Ben & Tan, Smith & Thell etc)
May 10, 20223 yr Albania \ 10 \ I will admit to being lightly distracted by the staging. I am now a little thirstier than I was. Emm but yeah, the song is a banger and that was a great performance. Absolutely here for it Latvia \ 09 \ I had found their gimmick a bit irritating but f***ing damn that was a fantastic performance. I fully get this now. The song bounces along and takes the arena fully with it. Lithuania \ 08,5 \ Hadn't been getting the hype behind this one in studio form but there is just something so charming funky about this track. Loving it. Switzerland \ 03 \ This feels like a bad parody of a John Lewis ad and while he has a good voice and he is singing this song very well its just so fucking boring. Bring back Luca Hänni asap pls. Slovena \ 08 \ My favourite ESC nation :wub: they're just so criminally underrated. This song is cute and he is performing it well. It is doomed to DNQ because well it is Slovenia but theres certainly worse this year. Ukraine \ 10 \ I am really enjoying the song. It isn't quite as mental as Shum but there is a chaotic energy to it that I am fully behind. Bulgaria \ 09 \ Ok sorry but I absolutely love this. I know its total dad rock but still just rocking away to it. Man I am getting old. The Netherlands \ 08,5 \ Another really great track and it is really well performed as well. I really like her voice. Modolva \ 09 \ I really really really want to hate this but I cant and I am here for it. The German commentator said that if Deutsche Bahn had onboard entertainment like this he wouldnt mind the delays and i actually howled. Portugal \ 08 \ This is growing on me. I have previously written this off as dull, and it is overhyped as hell online, but it is competent Croatia \ 10 \ I have been really loving this in the run up and it is still absolutely cute and twee in a very Tone Damli way (so obviously I am ALL OVER IT). She's performing it excellently too Denmark \ 08 \ Another one I had kinda written off before the show that is actually really working for me on the big stage! Really enjoyable, that kick from Ballad into Banger is excellent. Austria \ 13 \ FUCK YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Absolute fucking BANGER from start to finish. Pia did so well. I am so so SO SO STOKED. Absolutely nailed it. ooooooft am flying. Swear down if this DNQs Iceland \ 04 \ Prepared to trigger an essay, but this is just bland and forgettable. It is well performed but its just a bad song. Greece \ 07 \ To say that I hate the vocoder effect on her vocal in the first verse and chorus would be an understatement. Absolutely rancid. And really irritating, feels like they are in search of a gimmick for a song that absolutely doesn't need it because it has an absolute POWERHOUSE of a chorus that she can completely nail live. Lose that vocoder shite and this is a clear second for me. Norway \ 10 \ Absolutely brilliant. I am so here for this and the full insanity of it. Although the Dominos guy had the audacity to arrive in the middle of it. 0 stars for you Armenia \ 09 \ I have also been absolutely loving this in the run up this year and while it wasn't absolutely note perfect I thought the performance was really good! The song is great and I really enjoy it Rank \\ Austria (13) | Albania (10) | Norway (10) | Ukraine (10) | Croatia (10) | Armenia (09) | Latvia (09) | Bulgaria (09) | Moldova (09) | The Netherlands (08,5) | Lithuania (08,5) | Slovenia (08) | Denmark (08) | Portugal (08) | Greece (07) | Iceland (04) | Switzerland (03)
May 10, 20223 yr Armenia doing pretty well to grow on me this week, absolutely ridiculous stage show though.
May 10, 20223 yr 10 Greece 10 Armenia 10 Austria 09 Iceland 09 Netherlands 09 Denmark 08 Lithuania 08 Portugal 07 Croatia 07 Bulgaria 06 Slovenia 06 Switzerland 06 Albania 03 Latvia 03 Norway 02 Ukraine 00 Moldova An abysmal start ended up being a good semi - a handful of really really good songs and really good performances
May 10, 20223 yr 10.0 | AUSTRIA 09.5 | NORWAY 09.0 | UKRAINE 08.0 | ALBANIA 08.0 | DENMARK 08.0 | NETHERLANDS 07.5 | ICELAND 07.5 | CROATIA 07.5 | LITHUANIA 07.0 | MOLDOVA 07.0 | LATVIA 06.0 | ARMENIA 05.0 | BULGARIA 04.5 | GREECE 04.0 | SLOVENIA 02.0 | SWITZERLAND 01.0 | PORTUGAL Oooft that rip before the final chorus could have went horribly wrong. :lol:
May 10, 20223 yr Armenia: a bit MOR but the staging is pretty effective and it builds into something Ranking: Ukraine > Iceland > Denmark > Greece > Portugal > Norway > Austria > Armenia > Albania > Moldova > Netherlands > Croatia > Lithuania > Bulgaria > Latvia > Slovenia > Switzerland
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