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These two gems are on her new EP, along with 2 new songs. 'Not Dangerous' is fine but I'm not mad on instrumentals, however 'Nothing Can Compare' is majestic pure pop, she better be gearing up for a new album next year! AARO8m_eIGo

I knew this was going to be difficult but bloody hell looking at the list it seems an impossible task.

Got 8 through, just lost Je Ne Sais Quoi and My Slowianie, but it was a tough semi and can't be mad at the other 2 to go through, both very worthy.

Oh yes for Origo, didn't expect it to make it.

Come on KEiiNO!

Stellar start!

For someone who's day job is acting I thought Vinegar just played herself, she was definitely lucky to be on Baga's team who carried the whole challenge even if it was a bit bog standard over the top British stereotype, but hey that's what RuPaul will lose her shit over so why wouldn't you do that. I find the acting challenge episodes the worst usually but again a really strong episode overall, Crystal's look being the absolute highlight. Missed Alan on the judging panel tonight though, Graham was fine but yeah, Alan set the bar quite high last week with his Gothy read.

Shit this is going to be difficult

Great results for this round, voted for 7 and the other 3 were in my commiserations.

What a greatest hits megamix this is *.* 3LGJDPROk6M

Said boyband tried to represent Spain in and Blas also tried his luck for Junior in so hopefully for someone who's wanted this for a long time we'll have a cracking effort from Spain. Spain are often underrated as a big 5 country I have to say, 'Amanecer' and 'La Venda' in particular deserved better.

Sennek was also announced this early 2 years ago but she was a victim of the most unbalanced semis ever so that's not to say whoever Belgium have for 2020 will suffer the same fate.

On the whole a very solid set of qualifiers, sad for Molly and Chanee and N'evergreen but I didn't lose any of my big hitters from this semi.

Quédate Conmigo > Sound Of Silence I can take the hate!

La La Love > Fuego

I seem to recall an interview a few years ago where Christer said he wouldn't like the top job as its 'boring'. But things change and with his Melfest retirement around the corner who knows.

Jon Ola Sand will be stepping down as Executive Supervisor after Rotterdam.

1dX0vQ9FOR0 After being a little underwhelmed by 'Praying' this 90s camp rave cover of the Swedish hit 'Vill Ha Dig', originally by Drömhus is just what I want from our reigning televote champions. Gearing up for a Melodifestivalen appearance next year perhaps?

J'ai voté.

Full Results 01 | 79 | ??? 02 | 64 | ??? 03 | 63 | ??? 04 | 60 | ??? 05 | 54 | ??? 06 | 52 | ??? 07 | 45 | ??? 08 | 42 | ??? 09 | 36 | ??? 10 | 35 | ??? 11 | 34 | Hungary 2018 // AWS - Viszlát Nyár 12 | 33 | Cyprus 2019 // Tamta - Replay (8 voters) 13 | 33 | Moldova 2013 // Aliona Moon - O Mie (6 voters, 1 x 12 points) 14 | 33 | The Netherlands 2014 // The Common Linnets - Calm After The Storm (6 voters, 1 x 10 points) 15 | 30 | Romania 2010 // Paula Seling & Ovi - Playing With Fire 16 | 27 | Iceland 2016 // Greta Salóme - Hear Them Calling 17 | 25 | Sweden 2017 // Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On 18 | 24 | Norway 2011 // Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba (5 voters) 19 | 24 | Greece 2010 // Giorgos Alkaios & Friends - OPA (3 voters) 20 | 19 | Romania 2012 // Mandinga - Zaleilah 21 | 18 | Bulgaria 2012 // Sofi Marinova - Love Unlimited 22 | 13 | Ukraine 2012 // Gaitana - Be My Guest 23 | 11 | Azerbaijan 2018 // Aisel - X My Heart 24 | 09 | Israel 2017 // IMRI - I Feel Alive 25 | 07 | Portugal 2014 // Suzy - Quero Ser Tua Thank you to the 15 voters, you kept things extremely close all the way through, if you can please stick with us as I hand over to the wonderful Lexi Marinova for the second semi final!

QUALIFIER #10 Moldova 2018 DoReDoS - My Lucky Day 5evrVL1rJPA Let's end this semi final of the best of the 2010s with an exquisite 2000s esque qualifier! After achieving a phenomenal 3rd place in 2017 (although not good enough to qualify for this competition ny2) Moldova managed back to back top 10's with this ESL banger. A mere €20,000 was spent on the staging, proof that you can do success on a budget, take note Malta!

QUALIFIER #9 Switzerland 2019 Luca Hänni - She Got Me 8aUYzqAIdoM Our penultimate qualifying spot tonight goes to Switzerland's Miss Luca Hänni. In a growing trend, Switzerland ditched their cute but ultimately crap national final and went internal and despite his height handicap, Luca Hänni won their ticket to Tel Aviv. An instant fan favourite, the male Fuego-lite validated the Swiss broadcaster's decision to go it alone, qualifying for their first final in 5 years, and achieving 4th place in the final, their best result in 26 years!

QUALIFIER #8 Australia 2019 Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity Eo5H62mCIsg I'm still not 100% sure how it happened (I mean I'm 99% sure it was the $$$) but the 2010s was the decade that Australia entered Eurovision. 4 top 10's out of 5 leaves them a force to be reckoned with, but how do you compete with popera and gymnastics at the Eurovision Song Contest? Well this spectacle only came 9th and in a rare occurance from me, I declare Australia 2019 UNDERMARKED. I probably won't be using that phrase again.

QUALIFIER #7 Azerbaijan 2010 Safura - Drip Drop SOKGZb38e5c And to address political balance, Azerbaijan also make it through to the final, with 'Drip Drop'. Supposedly, the Azeri team spent $1million on the entry that year, Malta could never! And it was money well spent, right up until the random running order draw f***ed it for them, resulting in 5th place. They would have to wait one whole year for that elusive first and to date only victory.

QUALIFIER #6 Armenia 2016 Iveta Mukuchyan - LoveWave nL066Rp7J7k Following on from Aminata's success the year before in Vienna, Armenia decided to take a dip in the avant garde pond for themselves, gifting us with the power of 'LoveWave', a song all about the female orgasm. I feel we need more songs to tackle this very interesting topic at the contest. Perhaps tipped to do better, in the stellar year that was 2016, 7th place was actually a very respectable result for another 'out-there' song.