nickthenoodle

Do we have to choose two Beyonce albums?! That'll be a slog!

Can I go with Igranka for Montenegro! Thanks

Can I enter Igranka for Montenegro hehe

I wanna play!!!

I agree! The fact they managed fifth on the televote from that draw makes me think they would've been 4th overall with a better draw

I know Rita is probably the most basic popstar ever but this is actually SO good

Yes the Eastern bloc of Australia, Sweden, Belgium and Italy proved yet again that western countrues can't do well.

Yes! Even running scared won the televote by two points ! Very odd that Sweden didn't

I think that's just gonna be a fact of life every year! Both came 26th on the other's televote as well so it's not like they were depriving eachother of any points.

Montenegro and Macedonia had their juries disqualified :o second year in a row that a country's had their 'expert' panel discounted!

Semis are out! (on wiki at least :P) Sweden and Russia won and Finland and Switzerland last!

Yeah I know I just mean the way in which Russia went from constant 10/12s to 0 - it was clear from about 10 votes in that Sweden were gonna win. Would've been more exciting with an organic voting order cos then you really wouldn't have known!

And can't believe despite only scoring 5 points we're fourth from last - gotta take the small victories I guess :lol:

Pretty underwhelming final, very amatureish hosting compared with the previous two years and it was just too obvious that the voting order had been fixed. A bit sad Estonia and Slovenia didn't do better but delighted to see Israel in the top 10!

Me and my friend were totally pro Iceland but watching that live performance we both felt she didn't deserve to get through - it was a bit of a trainwreck vocally :(, which is a shame because it was a great song.

The first half is gonna be amazing - although a bit gutted Estonia got such an early draw, was thinking they could challenge for second behind Sweden.

Eugh it's looking like PRetty Girls has probably already peaked, isn't it?

yeah I agree, the backing tracks were way too loud tonight, particularly for the first half of the final!

If they'd had Poland or Cyprus's slot I think they'd have made it

I'm hoping Czech Rep will carry on - the fact that Latvia and Israel got through should prove that with the right song it's possible - their song just got lost in a sea of ballads :(!

soooo happy for Israel. Echo everybody else with the draw tho - my goodness that's a bit of a nightmare having Belgium, Estonia, Sweden, Slovenia and Israel all in one half :o!

Hope and pray that Israel can make it through!

Pretty World would not be ideal :o something like WeaveSnatcher would be more apt <3

Very impressed Armenia managed to make it come across well on stage, always risky with six random singers but it was very simple yet effective - very glad they made it through!

It's a shame Macedonia didn't get through, it was a good song but it just didn't come across particularly well on stage. Either way, hope they don't pull out - perhaps a return by Bosnia/Croatia could convince them to carry on?