Harve

I found the tweeness annoying hearing it in isolation but I think I Get It now with the France Gall tribute.

Omg I was in Gruyères where Sissal was just last week

France rly were haunted by Fulenn's 2022 injustice and vowed never to send anything remotely like that ever again.

f*** Georgian Dream

You got another one.

She's only 22 which surprises me a bit. The opposite of Marina Satti who was 37 when she performed last year!

Surely the jury alone takes the UK above Spain and maybe Germany too.

TIL Emmental is Swiss.

Don't rly like how you can send tracks without even needing to sing the chorus's hook now.

Latvia pls qualify.

Ireland's entry is lowkey horrendous.

Out from most certain to least certain: Azerbaijan Croatia Portugal Poland Ukraine Belgium Cyprus Norway Slovenia Albania Iceland Estonia Netherlands San Marino Sweden

Feels like there are too many songs trying to 🌟blow you away🌟 Like is there room in the final for all of Poland, Belgium and Cyprus? I feel like the simpler songs like San Marino will get through much more easily than any of them.

I guess this gets jury votes.

What is this trying to do

French commentator saying that Claude is inspired by Stromae which I guess I can see (beyond Benelux artists with African heritage signing a lot about heritage) but I think is a pale imitation.

WINNER

Sea shanty pop has rly engrained hasn't it? It wasn't just a 2021 fad.

Still the least bad song of the 3 propaganda countries.

Belgium i'll at least say that the outfits/colour scheme is cool.

With one exception - and Norway is not it - the Nordics are rly bringing their A game this year.

Portugal feels like the first DOA.

Worst Ukraine entry of the decade but still good.

This might get last place instead. If Zorra did so unfairly poorly then this does not deserve any better.

UK would have plenty fewer last places under their belt if they were required to quality to avoid situations like this. (I don't think UK would finish last in either semi...could easily in the final tho)