Esmerelda

Norway about to become favourite to win on Betfair. If he does win, I'm literally never watching any second of Eurovision ever again.

Not too bad a set of results. Sad to see Belgium out, but I was expecting it- on too early, average vocals, poor staging, too much competition from other female singers. Wish Switzerland had made it instead of Ireland. Delighted Armenia didn't make it.

This has to be the most unbalanced set of semi finals ever. I enjoy practically everything in SF1. Meanwhile I don't really like anything in SF2- I may even give it a miss.

I remember the press poll had Blanche on 0 points last year in the semi.

I think it's definitely time for Ed to retire graciously and not release any more music that might tarnish his legacy. The glory days will never return so best to go breed horses or make cheese or something.

If Ariana wanted number 1 , she realistically would have had to have some sort of male feature on the record. I think the song works better with just her.

I've tried to get into this song, but I've come to the conclusion that I just don't like it at all. Great video though.

I'd totally welcome some more baffling Jess Glynne domination :cheer:

OMG, I'm an idiot. I've been listening to this for weeks thinking it was MØ of Lean On fame. :kink: ,

These Days by default as I can actually stand to listen to it for more than 30 seconds. :cheer: I was quite disappointed to discover that Freaky Friday was not a cover of the Aqua song. :nocheer:

Went for I Have A Dream. I don't hate it like much of the ABBA fan community seems to to, but it is still the weakest on Gold.

Apparently one of the other 3 was written by G:Son of Euphoria fame.

The song is "okay" but highly unlikely to be troubling the top 10 of any televote or jury in May. Maybe a great revamp and good staging could help lift it though.

Everything Jess Glynne touches turns to vanilla scented Gold. :cheer:

Females definitely struggle on streaming services. Out of the top 100 most streamed songs, there are only about 7 female only songs and only 3 in the top 50 (Hello, Chandelier and Cheap Thrills)

I remember hearing Linger and Dreams on the radio a lot back in the 90s. Oddly, I had zero knowledge of "Zombie" until I scrolled through the most watched music videos on Youtube and saw it right up there.

Grew up playing Final Fantasy 7,8, 9 and 10-love them all! Tried to get into 12 and 13 but just didn't enjoy them and haven't bothered with any of the others. Intrigued by the FF7 remake though.

I like that Miss G has too much musical integrity to pay Spotify to appear on their playlists. I can see it smashing regardless though.

Ed Sheerhan will win everything including the female and group categories and celebrate by rereleasing Shape of You with an assortment of big names.

Ed Sheeran will continue to release Perfect with different duet partners every few weeks and remain number 1 all year.

Depends how many "remixes" and duet partners he has lined up. Rumour has it Taylor Swift, Adele, Justin Bieber, Michelle McManus and Ariana Grande are all next in line to be shoehorned into "Perfect", so a good few months yet.

Not surprised at X Factor. Having only 5 live shows before the final and a whopping 16 finalists was a big mistake. Hardly anybody cares about the contestants. Not much room for a "journey" when it's only a 2 minute sprint to the local corner shop. I feel like I know the Just Eat "chefs" better than most of the finalists.

Rak-Su's backing track will no doubt be at maximum volume tomorrow, complete with 500 dancers, celebrity endorsements and a close up of Simon crying euphoric tears. They will be dusting off the Big Bird costume for Grace again. I expect she will still win though-really don't think the "older generation" vote that is out in force on final night will be going for Rak-Su no matter how much Simon wants it. They only won the prize fight once despite maximum hype and closing the show every week after all.

I'm guessing that Nicole won't be imploring the UK to "vote for their own" this year like she did at last year's final...

Likely duet partners Rak Su- Ed Sheeran, Adele and Taylor Swift Grace-Michelle McManus or Honey G Kevin-Matt Terry or Nicole