Ryan.

This song now coming finally four years later as announced on the album track list! Saw it mentioned in her album thread so thought it deserved a bump :lol:

The old Albanian jury is gone and in its place is a 3-member international jury apparently, 1 of which is Dimitris Kontopoulos. Will that work in Elvana’s favour, I hope! Although international juries have become increasingly unpredictable...

My PREDICTION is as follows: 1 Spain 2 Poland 3 Armenia 4 France 5 Kazakhstan 6 Italy 7 Serbia 8 Australia 9 Netherlands 10 Russia 11 North Macedonia 12 Ireland 13 Malta 14 Belarus 15 Ukraine 16 Georgia 17 Albania 18 Wales 19 Portugal

01 Poland 02 France 03 North Macedonia 04 Armenia 05 Kazakhstan 06 Serbia 07 Spain 08 Ukraine 09 The Netherlands 10 Ireland 11 Malta 12 Australia 13 Belarus 14 Russia 15 Wales 16 Georgia 17 Albania 18 Italy 19 Portugal That's the definitive ranking! :cheer: Expect the win to be between Poland and Spain...

And now up to #8!

10. Taylor Swift - The Archer

Quite impressive that Taylor has made it back into the top 10! Whereas a discounted Little Mix is out of the top 40 despite the same release week.

Pixie #1 on music videos chart :twirl:

FINAL Overall - Televote - Jury 01 01 01 The Netherlands 02 02 04 Switzerland 03 05 03 Australia 04 07 02 Sweden 05 03 09 Russia 06 06 08 Azerbaijan 07 14 06 Italy 08 15 07 Greece 09 08 14 Cyprus 10 12 10 Serbia 11 04 22 Norway 12 21 05 Malta 13 10 17 France 14 09 19 Iceland 15 17 11 Albania 16 11 18 Spain 17 13 16 Denmark 18 18 13 North Macedonia 19 20 12 Czech Republic 20 24 15 Slovenia 21 16 25 Estonia 22 19 23 Belarus 23 23 20 United Kingdom 24 25 21 Israel 25 22 24 San Marino 26 26 26 Germany

SEMI 2 Overall - Televote - Jury 01 02 02 The Netherlands 02 05 01 Sweden 03 01 06 Russia 04 03 04 Switzerland 05 04 07 Azerbaijan 06 08 10 Denmark 07 09 09 Albania 08 16 03 Austria 09 14 05 Malta 10 07 12 Lithuania 11 11 08 North Macedonia 12 06 15 Norway 13 12 11 Armenia 14 13 13 Romania 15 10 18 Croatia 16 17 14 Latvia 17 15 17 Moldova 18 18 16 Ireland

SEMI 1 Overall - Televote - Jury 01 01 01 Australia 02 02 02 Greece 03 03 07 Cyprus 04 05 05 Hungary 05 08 06 Serbia 06 13 03 Slovenia 07 12 04 Czech Republic 08 06 10 Belgium 09 04 14 Iceland 10 07 12 Estonia 11 14 09 Georgia 12 09 15 Poland 13 16 08 Finland 14 11 13 Belarus 15 10 16 San Marino 16 15 11 Portugal 17 17 17 Montenegro

Cyprus I'm sure will be perfectly fine, I was hoping Malta would get a much better draw than that though and I am nervous for them. I think Estonia benefit actually, the majority of people will gravitate to that one out of the group of 4 due to it being by far the most accessible. I expect top 5 in televote for Estonia, it's just whether the juries completely sink them a la Verona.

I think Australia's hopes could be completely transformed if they come up with a brand new stage show from scratch. As it stands, it unfortunately comes across like a joke performance that massively distracts from the quality vocals and decent song that there is. Instead all that we have in our minds (if listening) or are seeing is a pastiche of some of the big joke act performances over the years. I know the meaning behind it but it does so much more harm than good. Judging from the videos provided on the Eurovision channel, if people tuned in to them and watched them all for the first time they'd think that this year's joke act is Australia over any other I think and that's not what they should be portraying.

Something like this maybe: SEMI 1 01 Belarus 02 Montenegro 03 Czech Republic 04 Serbia 05 Finland 06 Poland 07 Hungary 08 Cyprus 09 Slovenia 10 San Marino 11 Portugal 12 Greece 13 Georgia 14 Belgium 15 Australia 16 Iceland 17 Estonia SEMI 2 01 Denmark 02 Romania 03 Switzerland 04 Moldova 05 Armenia 06 Latvia 07 Austria 08 Sweden 09 Ireland 10 Croatia 11 Azerbaijan 12 North Macedonia 13 Lithuania 14 Albania 15 Russia 16 Malta 17 The Netherlands 18 Norway

Very initial predictions with the little running order info we have: SEMI 1 Overall - Televote - Jury 01 01 03 Cyprus 02 05 02 Greece 03 02 06 Hungary 04 09 01 Portugal 05 08 05 Belgium 06 03 12 Estonia 07 11 04 Australia 08 06 09 Serbia 09 04 15 Iceland 10 12 07 Slovenia 11 10 10 Belarus 12 07 14 Poland 13 14 08 Finland 14 15 11 Czech Republic 15 13 16 San Marino 16 16 13 Montenegro 17 17 17 Georgia SEMI 2 Overall - Televote - Jury 01 02 01 The Netherlands 02 01 05 Russia 03 05 02 Sweden 04 03 06 Switzerland 05 10 03 Malta 06 08 09 Azerbaijan 07 09 08 Armenia 08 04 14 Norway 09 06 12 Denmark 10 11 07 Albania 11 15 04 Austria 12 07 15 Lithuania 13 12 10 North Macedonia 14 13 13 Romania 15 16 11 Ireland 16 14 16 Croatia 17 17 17 Moldova 18 18 18 Latvia FINAL Overall - Televote - Jury 01 02 01 The Netherlands 02 01 04 Russia 03 07 02 Sweden 04 03 08 Hungary 05 08 03 Italy 06 05 07 Cyprus 07 04 09 Switzerland 08 10 05 Portugal 09 12 11 Greece 10 20 06 Malta 11 11 16 Azerbaijan 12 09 19 Serbia 13 16 12 Albania 14 17 13 Belgium 15 06 25 Norway 16 22 10 Australia 17 15 18 Denmark 18 14 20 Iceland 19 13 22 Spain 20 19 17 Armenia 21 24 14 United Kingdom 22 23 15 Slovenia 23 18 23 France 24 25 21 Israel 25 21 26 Estonia 26 26 24 Germany

As isn't tradition, I bring you the predictions thread with this paragraph copied from last year (which was copied from the year before) with the required edits. I just need somewhere to write my thoughts! • Feel free to go into as much or as little depth and detail as you wish, from ‘I think the UK will come last’ to full predictions of everyone’s positions with points and justifications essays. • You will make some predictions that turn out to be wrong, that's the name of the game. The challenge will be to see if you can end up with comparatively less egg on your face than everyone else, just make sure you've thought through your bold assertions before you make them. • New information comes to light all the time between now and the live show so you can revise your predictions as often as you like (within reason though, obviously). • If you're Ryan and you say something completely correct despite Lex saying such a prediction is laughable like "Salvador will win the semi 1 televote" as early as April 4th 2017 then prepare to brag about this forevermore. BuzzJack, start predicting NOW!

Amazing 01. Cyprus // Tamta - Replay 02. Switzerland // Luca Hänni - She Got Me 03. Malta // Michela - Chameleon 04. Ireland // Sarah McTernan - 22 05. The Netherlands // Duncan Laurence - Arcade 06. Greece // Katerine Duska - Better Love 07. Belarus // ZENA - Like It 08. Azerbaijan // Chingiz - Truth 09. Sweden // John Lundvik - Too Late For Love 10. Czech Republic // Lake Malawi - Friend Of A Friend 11. Estonia // Victor Crone - Storm 12. Spain // Miki - La Venda 13. Italy // Mahmood - Soldi 14. Norway // KEiiNO - Spirit In The Sky Great 15. Russia // Sergey Lazarev - Scream 16. Austria // PAENDA - Limits 17. Romania // Ester Peony - On A Sunday 18. United Kingdom // Michael Rice - Bigger Than Us 19. Armenia // Srbuk - Walking Out 20. North Macedonia // Tamara Todevska - Proud 21. Portugal // Conan Osíris - Telemóveis 22. Hungary // Joci Pápai - Az én apám 23. Albania // Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju Tokës Good 24. Finland // Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman - Look Away 25. Slovenia // Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl - Sebi 26. Denmark // Leonora - Love Is Forever 27. Belgium // Eliot - Wake Up 28. Poland // Tulia - Fire of Love (Pali się) 29. Germany // S!sters - Sister 30. Australia // Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity 31. Serbia // Nevena Božović - Kruna Average 32. Montenegro // D-Moll - Heaven 33. Lithuania // Jurijus - Run With The Lions 34. Israel // Kobi Marimi - Home 35. Iceland // Hatari - Hatrið mun sigra 36. France // Bilal Hassani - Roi 37. Moldova // Anna Odobescu - Stay 38. Latvia // Carousel - That Night Poor 39. San Marino // Serhat - Say Na Na Na 40. Croatia // Roko - The Dream 41. Georgia // Oto Nemsadze - Sul tsin iare Edited after a full listen through!

There's a Dua Lipa quality to her voice which I hadn't heard before, this is absolutely fantastic from Malta!

I present to you this live performance from tonight (using playback so gives you full effect of the BANGING studio version): AeLBjy1QxgY

This Eurovision season is so back-loaded even more so than normal, literally all of my top 20 will have been released this week at this rate! (Slight exaggeration but point stands)

Amazing 01. Cyprus // Tamta - Replay 02. Switzerland // Luca Hänni - She Got Me 03. Greece // Katerine Duska - Better Love 04. Spain // Miki - La Venda 05. Estonia // Victor Crone - Storm 06. The Netherlands // Duncan Laurence - Arcade 07. Czech Republic // Lake Malawi - Friend Of A Friend 08. Norway // KEiiNO - Spirit In The Sky 09. Italy // Mahmood - Soldi Great 10. Finland // Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman - Look Away 11. Romania // Ester Peony - On A Sunday 12. Slovenia // Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl - Sebi 13. Belgium // Eliot - Wake Up 14. Denmark // Leonora - Love Is Forever 15. United Kingdom // Michael Rice - Bigger Than Us Good 16. Albania // Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju Tokës 17. Serbia // Nevena Božović - Kruna 18. Portugal // Conan Osíris - Telemóveis 19. Germany // S!sters - Sister 20. Lithuania // Jurijus - Run With The Lions 21. Australia // Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity Average 22. Moldova // Anna Odobescu - Stay 23. Iceland // Hatari - Hatrið Mun Sigra 24. Hungary // Joci Pápai - Az Én Apám 25. France // Bilal Hassani - Roi 26. Latvia // Carousel - That Night Poor 27. Croatia // Roko - The Dream 28. Montenegro // D-Moll - Heaven 29. San Marino // Serhat - Say Na Na Na 30. Georgia // Oto Nemsadze - Sul Tsin Iare

This has seemingly leaked and is the male Fuego!

Greece joining Cyprus in my top 2, a comparison to BETSY I read seems spot on!

Utterly sensational yet again from the best country in the Contest. That’s Cyprus sorted as my pre-contest #1 for the 6th time in 12 years