Posted May 4, 200916 yr Predict away. :magic: You can edit them until the day before the respective semi finals, and the winner gets... well nothing but has the honour of getting the most right! Indicate the jury vote as well for a bonus prize. :kink: Semi I Montenegro Czech Republic Belgium Belarus Sweden Armenia Andorra Switzerland Turkey Israel Bulgaria Iceland FYR Macedonia Romania Finland Portugal Malta Bosnia-Herzegovina Semi II Croatia Ireland Latvia Serbia Poland Norway Cyprus Slovakia Denmark Slovenia Hungary Azerbaijan Greece Lithuania Moldova Albania Ukraine Estonia Netherlands
May 4, 200916 yr Author Semi I Montenegro Czech Republic Belgium Belarus Sweden Armenia Andorra Switzerland Turkey Israel Bulgaria Iceland FYR Macedonia Romania Finland Portugal Malta - jury vote Bosnia-Herzegovina Disappointments from Montenegro and Finland here I reckon - Finland could well do a Bulgaria 2008, and I think a poor running order for Montenegro along with a fairly weak stage production could mean that that gem will miss out. Semi II Croatia Ireland Latvia Serbia Poland Norway Cyprus Slovakia Denmark - jury vote Slovenia Hungary Azerbaijan Greece Lithuania Moldova Albania Ukraine Estonia Netherlands A few obvious ones in this one, and I think it'll be Denmark who will just miss out on a place in the final. This semi final is much tougher and if Poland and Slovenia were in the other semi I reckon they'd probably qualify automatically.
May 4, 200916 yr Semi I Montenegro Sweden Armenia Switzerland Turkey Iceland Romania Finland Portugal Malta - JURY Bosnia-Herzegovina I agree Malta will get the jury vote through, but I think it'll then flop in the final to make room for Jade. I really hope Montenegro makes it through, and I think they just might. Semi II Ireland Serbia :( Norway Slovenia Azerbaijan Greece Lithuania Moldova Albania Ukraine Estonia - JURY I'll be sad to lose the Netherlands. I love Estonia, but no-one else seems to so maybe it won't get through, but I'm hoping juries save it if they don't!
May 5, 200916 yr Semi I Montenegro Czech Republic Belgium Belarus Sweden Armenia Andorra Switzerland - JURY Turkey Israel Bulgaria Iceland FYR Macedonia Romania Finland Portugal Malta Bosnia-Herzegovina those are my ten, although I do think Portugal or Israel could be just as likely qualifiers, and I'd expect at the expense of either Sweden, Switzerland, Montenegro, Finland or Malta...Bosnia-Herzegovina, Armenia, Romania, Turkey and I reckon Iceland too, are probably safe as houses! Seeing as others are going for Malta to get the jury, which is quite likely, I'll go for Switzerland...Belgium have GOT to be heading for the first nul in the semi since 2004, surely!?! Semi II Croatia Ireland Latvia Serbia Poland Norway Cyprus Slovakia Denmark - JURY Slovenia Hungary Azerbaijan Greece Lithuania Moldova Albania Ukraine Estonia Netherlands completely disagree with David here, I think this is a much weaker semi with the exception of Norway...Ukraine, Greece, Norway and Azerbaijan are certain qualifiers...I can't see Denmark and Slovenia failing to qualify either...other than that, I expect Estonia, Albania, Serbia (although it's atrocious) and Moldova qualifying here although I would't rule out Lithuania, Poland or Croatia...I reckon the jury will swing towards Denmark who will finish 10th or 11th in the public vote
May 5, 200916 yr Just copying the post from the "Your Top 10 qualifiers" thread as i misunderstood it a little :drama: Semi 1 Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Finland Iceland Israel Malta Montenegro Portugal Sweden Turkey Semi 2 Azerbaijan Croatia Denmark Estonia Greece Latvia Lithuania Moldova Norway Ukraine Juries' choices in italics. Edited May 5, 200916 yr by I'm Not A Robot
May 5, 200916 yr I really cant see Portugal qualifying now that Spain is voting in the 2nd semi-final. We might get some points from Germany if we're lucky, but we have 0 connection with UK.
May 5, 200916 yr Vania came 2nd in the semi last year despite their lack of connections and this year's Portugese song is pleasant so could at least make the final
May 5, 200916 yr Vania was incredibly powerful and the song was brilliant, this year's one is a lot more subtle, and a lot nicer...I don't know if it has that vote pulling power, I wouldn't be surprised either way if it qualified or DNQ'd
May 5, 200916 yr I really cant see Portugal qualifying now that Spain is voting in the 2nd semi-final. We might get some points from Germany if we're lucky, but we have 0 connection with UK. You mean like how Portugal qualified last year with only France helping you? Plus, we gave you 7 in the SF last year. (Then 0 in the Final. <_<)
May 5, 200916 yr Vania was a very strong contender, I expected her to get points all around basically. And the UK gave us 0 in the finals, which kinda proves my point. We dont exchange votes at all, at least not regularly. I just think if we had either Spain or France, things would be easier :P We'll see :)
May 5, 200916 yr Semi I Montenegro Sweden Armenia Turkey Bulgaria Iceland FYR Macedonia Romania Finland Bosnia-Herzegovina Semi II Croatia Serbia Norway Denmark Slovenia Azerbaijan Greece Moldova Albania Ukraine
May 5, 200916 yr You mean like how Portugal qualified last year with only France helping you? Plus, we gave you 7 in the SF last year. (Then 0 in the Final. <_<) you can always see the difference in the way the UK votes in the semis and the final as the ESC fans and few others all watch and vote in the semis we voted for Portugal and Sweden (fan favourites) and then as soon as the casual TV watcher has some input we end up giving 10 points to 'hilarious' stuff like 'We Are The Winners' and 'Wolves Of The Sea' instead of the actually good songs -_-
May 5, 200916 yr Semi I Montenegro Sweden Armenia Switzerland Turkey Iceland Finland Romania Malta Bosnia-Herzegovina Semi II Croatia Latvia Serbia Norway Azerbaijan Greece Lithuania Albania Ukraine Estonia Here's what I think :D
May 5, 200916 yr Semi I Montenegro Czech Republic Belgium Belarus Sweden Armenia Andorra Switzerland Turkey Israel Bulgaria Iceland FYR Macedonia Romania Finland Portugal Malta Bosnia-Herzegovina Semi II Croatia Ireland Latvia Serbia Poland Norway Cyprus Slovakia Denmark Slovenia Hungary Azerbaijan Greece Lithuania Moldova Albania Ukraine Estonia Netherlands
May 5, 200916 yr Semi 1: Sweden Armenia Switzerland Turkey Israel Iceland Romania Finland Malta Bosnia-Herzegovina Semi II Serbia Poland Norway Denmark Slovenia Hungary Azerbaijan Greece Ukraine Estonia And these are what I expect to get through, certainly not what I want to get through (escept for Switzerland which might be wishful thinking from me big time but I really would like to see it qualify and didn't wanna leave out from the list). For semi 1 I think Malta will get the jury vote and Israel will qualify only thanks to diaspora or instead it will be FYR Macedonia thanks to diaspora. For semi 2 I think it will be either Estonia or Poland which will get the jury vote and the other will really struggle to get into final. Estonia is way more likely to get the jury vote and Poland will be a very close call. Edited May 5, 200916 yr by JackJones
May 6, 200916 yr you can always see the difference in the way the UK votes in the semis and the final as the ESC fans and few others all watch and vote in the semis we voted for Portugal and Sweden (fan favourites) and then as soon as the casual TV watcher has some input we end up giving 10 points to 'hilarious' stuff like 'We Are The Winners' and 'Wolves Of The Sea' instead of the actually good songs -_- Then explain how, in 2006, we gave our 10 to Lithuania in the Semifinal as well as the Final.
May 6, 200916 yr Don't worry Xylem, AKOE are pretty certain Portugal will qualify... ...what I can't for the life of me understand is why anyone thinks Belarus/Macedonia/Latvia have the remotest chance in hell of doing so though :/
May 6, 200916 yr These 3 are awful (Latvia has gone massively DOOOOOWN in my rankings lately :o ). Only Russia are able to give Belarus a 12 -_- Thanks God they're Semi 2. I reckon our votes will go something like: 12, 10, 8: Ukraine, Latvia, Azerbaijan (or Norway instead). So $h!t FTW! :rolleyes:
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