this weeks changes are due to me downloading the official studio quality versions of all tracks, which as always makes loads of them sound better, and a few sound worse...Sweden pulling massively ahead at the top and a rather impressive climb for Poland...a real grower of a track which of course will fail because ESC is all about being instantly memorable!

 

1. Sweden (1)

2. Iceland (3)

3. Norway (2)

4. Ukraine (5)

5. Switzerland (4)

6. Belgium (6)

7. Armenia (7)

8. Andorra (10)

9. Malta (8)

10. France (12)

11. Greece (15)

12. Germany (9)

13. Poland (25)

14. United Kingdom (22)

15. Bulgaria (13)

16. Serbia (16)

17. Slovenia (19)

18. Bosnia-Herzegovina (17)

19. Portugal (18)

20. Macedonia (20)

21. Latvia (14)

22. Czech Republic (11)

23. Russia (21)

24. Belarus (28)

25. Netherlands (24)

26. Ireland (23)

27. Albania (26)

28. Denmark (29)

29. Georgia (27)

30. Hungary (34)

31. Turkey (31)

32. Romania (35)

33. Cyprus (30)

34. Moldova (32)

35. Lithuania (37)

36. Spain (38)

37. Israel (33)

38. San Marino (36)

39. Finland (39)

40. Montenegro (40)

41. Azerbaijan (41)

42. Croatia (43)

43. Estonia (42)

 

12/5/08 update: it's getting close :cheer: Perrelli stays at No.1 while Maria is back to No.2 and Ukraine storm into my top 3 for the first time...Greece and France continue to grow and some nice adlibbing at the end of the new version of Latvia's track helps them massively and they go back to the top ten!

 

1. Sweden (1)

2. Norway (3)

3. Ukraine (3)

4. Iceland (2)

5. Switzerland (5)

6. Belgium (6)

7. Greece (11)

8. France (10)

9. Armenia (7)

10. Latvia (21)

11. Malta (9)

12. Andorra (8)

13. Germany (12)

14. Bulgaria (15)

15. United Kingdom (14)

16. Serbia (16)

17. Poland (13)

18. Slovenia (18)

19. Bosnia-Herzegovina (18)

20. Macedonia (20)

21. Czech Republic (22)

22. Portugal (19)

23. Russia (23)

24. Belarus (24)

25. Netherlands (25)

26. Ireland (26)

27. Albania (27)

28. Denmark (28)

29. Georgia (29)

30. Hungary (30)

31. Moldova (34)

32. Turkey (31)

33. Romania (32)

34. Cyprus (33)

35. Lithuania (35)

36. Spain (36)

37. Israel (37)

38. San Marino (36)

39. Finland (39)

40. Montenegro (40)

41. Azerbaijan (41)

42. Croatia (42)

43. Estonia (43)

 

my final ranking then 5 days before the main event: big changes with Bulgaria, Serbia and Macedonia soaring upwards...Sweden and Norway stay top 2 though

 

1. Sweden (1)

2. Norway (2)

3. Bulgaria (14)

4. Iceland (4)

5. Ukraine (3)

6. Greece (7)

7. Belgium (6)

8. Serbia (16)

9. Switzerland (5)

10. France (8)

11. Latvia (10)

12. Armenia (9)

13. Macedonia (20)

14. Bosnia-Herzegovina (18)

15. United Kingdom (15)

16. Germany (13)

17. Malta (11)

18. Andorra (12)

19. Slovenia (18)

20. Portugal (22)

21. Poland (17)

22. Czech Republic (21)

23. Russia (23)

24. Ireland (26)

25. Belarus (24)

26. Netherlands (25)

27. Turkey (31)

28. Denmark (28)

29. Albania (27)

30. Moldova (31)

31. Georgia (29)

32. Hungary (30)

33. Spain (36)

34. Romania (33)

35. Cyprus (34)

36. Lithuania (35)

37. Israel (37)

38. Croatia (42)

39. San Marino (38)

40. Finland (39)

41. Montenegro (40)

42. Azerbaijan (41)

43. Estonia (43)

oh my, I totally forgot to update it last time(s) :kink:

 

 

01. Serbia (02)

02. Greece (07)

03. Israel (01)

04. Iceland (04)

05. Bosnia & Herzegovina (05)

06. Turkey (06)

07. Azerbaijan (03)

08. Sweden (10)

09. Norway (09)

10. Bulgaria (20)

11. Ukraine (08)

12. Portugal (17)

13. Belgium (21)

14. The UK (14)

15. Denmark (35)

16. Armenia (15)

17. Germany (27)

18. Russia (23)

19. Albania (11)

20. Malta (12)

21. Poland (24)

22. Latvia (19)

23. FYR Macedonia (13)

24. Georgia (16)

25. San Marino (18)

26. Slovenia (30)

27. Czech Republic (21)

28. Montenegro (22)

29. Hungary (25)

30. Ireland (26)

31. Finland (29)

32. Netherlands (33)

33. Andorra (31)

34. Cyprus (32)

35. Switzerland (34)

36. Moldova (36)

37. Belarus (37)

38. France (38)

39. Lithuania (39)

40. Romania (40)

41. Spain (41)

42. Estonia (42)

43. Croatia (43)

 

Great change for Denmark :o and Greece

Here is my ranking:

 

1st Russia

2nd Sweden

3rd Romania

4th Armenia

5th Ukraine

6th Slovenia

7th Bulgaria

8th Greece

9th Serbia

10th Turkey

11th Ireland

12th Poland

13th Switzerland

14th Denmark

15th Bosnia & Herzegovina

16th Iceland

17th Moldavia

18th Andorra

19th Albania

20th Czech Republic

21st Belarus

22nd Israel

23rd San Marino

24th Norway

25th Finland

26th Latvia

27th Georgia

28th Hungary

29th France

30th Netherlands

31st Lithuania

32nd Portugal

33rd Germany

34th Montenegro

35th Malta

36th Cyprus

37th Macedonia

38th United Kingdom

39th Belgium

40th Estonia

41st Croatia

42nd Spain

43rd Azerbaijan

 

An updated list from me, Greece is now my favourite by quite a distance :o

 

1. (2) Greece

2. (1) Czech Republic

3. (3) Malta

4. (5) Andorra

5. (7) Ukraine

6. (6) United Kingdom

7. (11) Slovenia

8. (4) Armenia

9. (12) Bulgaria

10. (10) Iceland

11. (9) Sweden

12. (8) Norway

13. (13) Turkey

14. (19) France

15. (16) Germany

16. (15) Poland

17. (14) Denmark

18. (20) Hungary

19. (18) Netherlands

20. (26) Israel

21. (17) San Marino

22. (24) Switzerland

23. (21) Georgia

24. (22) Russia

25. (23) Albania

26. (27) Finland

27. (25) Serbia

28. (28) Latvia

29. (29) Cyprus

30. (30) Romania

31. (31) Macedonia

32. (32) Belarus

33. (37) Moldova

34. (33) Azerbaijan

35. (35) Montenegro

36. (34) Lithuania

37. (36) Belgium

38. (38) Portugal

39. (39) Ireland

40. (41) Spain

41. (40) Bosnia & Herzegovina

42. (42) Croatia

43. (43) Estonia

The ESC version of the Czech Republic is beyond ridiculous.

I haven't heard it yet, what have they done with it? :o

Shortened it, rushed it, added some other weird beats to it... not good.

Oh yeah, I may as well do this BTW :smoke:

 

1 - Sweden

2 - Iceland

3 - Greece

4 - Armenia

5 - Germany

6 - Poland

7 - Ukraine

8 - Andorra

9 - Israel

10 - Norway

11 - Serbia

12 - Albania

13 - Belgium

14 - Malta

15 - France

16 - Czech Republic

17 - Slovenia

18 - Portugal

19 - Bulgaria

20 - Ireland

21 - Turkey

22 - Switzerland

23 - Russia

24 - Macedonia

25 - Georgia

26 - Netherlands

27 - Latvia

28 - Romania

29 - Belarus

30 - Spain

31 - Finland

32 - Hungary

33 - Croatia

34 - Bosnia-Herzegovina

35 - Moldova

36 - Azerbaijan

37 - Denmark

38 - United Kingdom

39 - Cyprus

40 - Lithuania

41 - San Marino

42 - Estonia

43 - Montenegro

 

And for the record, I would set myself alight for the top 7 and play with lighters for the top 15. I would pour the petrol on the bottom 3 and set them on fire if I had the chance to as well :smoke:

I'm much more comfortable rating all songs now so lets begin :) I've decided to put in Ireland too

 

1. Iceland (3)

2. Andorra (-)

3. Ukraine (4)

4. Sweden (6)

5. Poland (N) (A new fav)

6. Germany (3)

7. Ireland (N)

8. Armenia (N)

9. Slovenia (N)

10. Netherlands (N) (This is actually quite catchy)

11. Norway (N)

12. Latvia (7)

13. Greece (9)

14. Belgium (5)

15. Portugal (8)

16. Serbia (-)

17. Bosnia & Herzegovina (-)

18. Moldova (N) (Just seen this, it's actually quite nice)

19. Georgia (N)

20. Switzerland (N)

21. Russia (N)

22. Cyprus (11)

23. Azerbaijan (17) (I told myself it would never happen but I'm starting to warm to this....)

24. Malta (N)

25. Hungary (N)

26. Finland (14)

27. Estonia (16) (It's not really that bad, they could do with losing the dodgy suits though :puke2: )

28. Bulgaria (N)

29. Israel (N)

30. Albania (N)

31. Denmark (N)

32. Romania (N)

33. Czech Republic (N)

34. San Marino (N)

35. France (N)

36. Belarus (N)

37. Spain (12)

38. United Kingdom (13)

39. Montenegro (N)

40. Macedonia (N)

41. Lithuania (N)

42. Croatia (N)

43. Turkey (N)

 

So that's how it stands, for now anyway. Wow that took ages :o

 

 

Shortened it, rushed it, added some other weird beats to it... not good.

 

I agree its beyond dire and has no chance of qualifying....it's like they've tried to make it sound more Eastern...have they learnt nothing from Javine!?!

my ranking now of the 34 songs left:

 

Excellent

 

1. Sweden (1)

2. Norway (2)

3. Bulgaria (3)

4. Iceland (4)

5. Greece (6)

6. Ukraine (5)

7. Poland (21)

8. Serbia (8)

9. Switzerland (9)

10. France (10)

11. Bosnia-Herzegovina (14)

12. Armenia (12)

 

Very Good

 

13. Macedonia (13)

14. Latvia (11)

15. Germany (16)

16. United Kingdom (15)

17. Malta (17)

18. Portugal (20)

 

Good

 

19. Turkey (27)

20. Russia (23)

21. Belarus (25)

 

OK

 

22. Romania (34)

23. Czech Republic (22)

24. Denmark (28)

25. Israel (37)

26. Hungary (32)

27. Albania (29)

 

Awful

 

28. Azerbaijan (42)

29. Georgia (31)

30. Spain (33)

31. Croatia (38)

32. Cyprus (35)

33. Finland (40)

34. Lithuania (36)

So this is how the 1st semifinal influenced on my rankings:

 

 

01. Israel (03)

02. Bosnia & Herzegovina (05)

03. Greece (02)

04. Serbia (01)

05. Belgium (13)

06. Iceland (04)

07. Norway (09)

08. Turkey (06)

09. The UK (14)

10. Armenia (16)

11. Bulgaria (10)

12. Sweden (08)

13. Azerbaijan (07)

14. Poland (21)

15. Ukraine (11)

16. Portugal (12)

17. Denmark (15)

18. San Marino (25)

19. Germany (17)

20. Moldova (36)

21. Netherlands (32)

22. Latvia (22)

23. Albania (19)

24. Russia (18)

25. Malta (20)

26. France (38)

27. FYR Macedonia (23)

28. Georgia (24)

29. Montenegro (28)

30. Slovenia (26)

31. Czech Republic (27)

32. Hungary (29)

33. Ireland (30)

34. Cyprus (34)

35. Finland (31)

36. Andorra (33)

37. Switzerland (35)

38. Spain (41)

39. Romania (40)

40. Belarus (37)

41. Lithuania (39)

42. Croatia (43) :lol:

43. Estonia (42)

 

:lol: I don't know why Spain, Frnace and UK came up

Ordering after semi #1:

 

1 - Sweden

2 - Iceland

3= Israel

3= Norway

5 - Armenia

6 - Greece

7 - Poland

8 - Ukraine

9 - Germany

10 - Andorra

11 - Serbia

12 - Albania

13 - Azerbaijan

14 - Malta

15 - France

16 - Czech Republic

17 - Slovenia

18 - Finland

19 - Portugal

20 - Bulgaria

21 - Romania

22 - Bosnia-Herzegovina

23 - Moldova

24 - Turkey

25 - Netherlands

26 - Switzerland

27 - Russia

28 - Macedonia

29 - Georgia

30 - Belgium

31 - Ireland

32 - Latvia

33 - Belarus

34 - Spain

35 - Hungary

36 - Croatia

37 - Denmark

38 - United Kingdom

39 - Cyprus

40 - Lithuania

41 - San Marino

42 - Estonia

43 - Montenegro

Israel made a good jump into top 3 :naughty:

I'm a bit undecided on who's my favourite now. :o Iceland or Norway... hmm. Both excellent. :heart:

if I was to popularity bar-ise my top 10 right now, it would look like this:

 

lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 1. Sweden

llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 2. Norway

lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 3. Bulgaria

llllllllllllllllllll 4. Iceland

lllllllllllllllllll 5. Greece

llllllllllllll 6. Ukraine

llllllllllll 7. Poland

llllllll 8. Serbia

lllllll 9. Switzerland

llll 10. France

 

closeness of the top 2!!!

 

Hmm my top two would be like this...

 

|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 1. Norway

||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 2. Iceland

 

Norway just edging it currently. :o

I do want to use the bars aswell :lol:

 

|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 01. Israel (03)

|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 02. Bosnia & Herzegovina (05)

||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 03. Greece (02)

||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 04. Serbia (01)

|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 05. Belgium (13)

||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 06. Iceland (04)

||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 07. Norway (09)

||||||||||||||||||||||||| 08. Turkey (06)

|||||||||||||||||||||||| 09. The UK (14)

|||||||||||||||||||| 10. Armenia (16)