You have to feel for them, you really do. They have horrendous luck in the ESC and this year when they finally send a decent song, they are beaten by a meagre three points to a place in the final. If they had more neighbours, they would've made it. :(

I think there were better songs which didnt get through e.g Switzerland and Denmark

It was an ok song but I doubt it would have done that well in the Final had it got through

Poor country, denied top TWENTY with their best song in 2003 :( Deserved top 5 -_-...

yeah wish they made it! Sabrina did a good job ;)

Poor country, denied top TWENTY with their best song in 2003 :( Deserved top 5 -_-...

Hmm yes that song did kinda get overlooked. Saying that, I didn't think it was anything too special and it seemed inevitable it was gonna flop. :(

Portugal is one of my faves from this years semi now, but I didn't like it so much at first listen, which I guess on the night is what counts

Well it was the most successful Western European song this year. I certainly didn't see that one coming.

NELLY WE NEED YOU!!!!!!

I suppose it was yes. :o Here is how all the Western songs did, I've just taken their points, whether they were in the semi or final:

 

Portugal 88

Andorra 80

Iceland 77

Germany 49

Denmark 45

Spain 43

Switzerland 40

Netherlands 38

France 19

United Kingdom 19

Malta 15

Belgium 14

Ireland 5

Austria 4

 

Finalists marked in bold... only the big four and Ireland!

how come portugal got more points than England and yet didnt go through? :wacko:

The UK were already qualified, the bolded ones are the finalists, unbolded ones are results from the semi-final.

^kmt

Sometime I think that even with Nelly in scampy clothes, we wouldn't win