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Israel’s song is quite strong, the performance was fine but it might be easier for all involved if it failed to make the final

Italy is standard Italy - technically good but leaves me COLD

Italy’s obviously raided the bargain bin in Dunelm - it’s all very BUSY

Estonia is obviously absolute crap but if either of the ethno-shouty entires is to make it, it should be the one

Belgium doesn’t quite add up, it did get better towards the end but the first half wasn’t working

Compared with the generic female bops sans box tonight that was a lot stronger (despite a few flubbed notes)

San Marino definitely deserve a place in the final

There’s never a bad time for a game old bird giving it her all. We don’t get enough of it anymore in ESC.

ZORRA ZORRA ZORRA *.*

Armenia is….not for me I can see it doing well though

Sand felt a little too pedestrian sadly, still in my top 3 of the year but the performance probably didn’t do enough to sneak through

Kaleen definitely sounded better in Amsterdam, not sure if they just had the backing track cranked to 11. Still feels like quite a standout, even if it’s quite generic.

I do feel like this might end up being the general feeling with the public come Saturday

France definitely hits the spot, surely the best vocal of the contest this year

Czechia a tad shouty at points but very strong overall, loves the staging at the end

Oh wow, Nemo feels like a winner! First one I’ve been truly wowed by so far this year

This is obviously catering to a certain demographic but considered me STARVED as this is absolute DRECK

This is feeling a bit LIMP and forgettable live

Generic as hell but I am 100% here for this hefty slice of mediocrity making the final *.*

Really hoping Denmark make it this evening, but feel it’ll just miss out

Sad to lose Poland but Luxembourg and Cyprus make up for it

Some true shocks here, Cyprus felt like proper DOA

Serbia slightly surprising

Benjamin seems to have learned how to perform since 2018 at least

08.0 Cyprus 05.5 Serbia 07.5 Lithuania 08.5 Ireland (08.0 United Kingdom) 07.5 Ukraine 08.0 Poland 06.0 Croatia 06.5 Iceland (05.0 Germany) 07.5 Slovenia 05.0 Finland 08.0 Moldova (07.0 Sweden) 06.5 Azerbaijan 07.0 Australia 07.0 Portugal 08.5 Luxembourg