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Sadly, the Kingdom of Waldia had to withdraw from BJSC5, as King James will be paying a 'state visit' to Thailand next week. (Sorry about that, but I will not be here next week - the other half's company is sending him to a business expo in Bangkok for a week, and I've decided to join him. So I won't be able to vote).

There were 2 very good Japanese songs (Ayumi & Ryuichi) in BJSC3, and neither of them did very well. :( Here's the recap: N0yIuJ2ApFw

:heart: Tajci - Hajde Da Ludujemo (Yugoslavia 1990) :heart: And it's still one of THE greatest ESC performances EVER!

ESC-related: Zeljko's Ledj O Ledja from his fabby Platinum album.

Of course, we won't turn it into a political war. But seriously, I think the Greeks should rename their little province to Our Precious Region of Macedonia and just let the Macedonian country BE! What's next? The U.S. insisting Georgia changes its name to Former Soviet Republic of Georgia? :P

At the moment "Vukovi Umiru Sami".

True, the line "Love can catch you off-guard like bad crimes" reeks of classiness. ;) And, once "Era Stupendo"'s (rather weak) 'beat' kicks in, it (like the true class Croat entry) takes moi back a couple of years. Your reviews have made an interesting read, tho' I disagree on most. :)

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Erm... she ALSO predicted that the song "will be performed by a sexy singer", which the Croat artists are NOT! :heehee:

Israel is SO going to qualify. It's the best song of the whole contest this year!

Semifinal #1: 01. Armenia 02. Israel 03. Russia 04. Romania 05. Greece 06. Bosnia-Herzegovina 07. Azerbaijan 08. Belgium 09. Norway 10. Montenegro 11. Moldova 12. Poland 13. Slovenia 14. Netherlands 15. San Marino 16. Estonia 17. Finland 18. Andorra 19. Ireland Semifinal #2: 01. Bulgaria 02. Ukraine 03. Croatia 04. Sweden 05. Turkey 06. Belarus 07. Iceland 08. Georgia 09. Switzerland 10. Macedonia 11. Portugal 12. Albania 13. Hungary 14. Czech Republic 15. Latvia 16. Malta 17. Denmark 18. Cyprus 19. Lithuania

This IS interesting. I'd read elsewhere that another famous fortune-teller (who had also been correct before) predicted that the song performed 7th in the Final will win. Oh, I'm a tiger too, btw.

I voted earlier today, when B|H was leading by a MILE. The Bosnian broadcaster site actually has a link to the escnation-poll asking visitors to vote :heehee: - I see they're still Top 3.

First post updated.

Earlier today King James announced that Hayley Westenra will represent our Kingdom in BJSC5, and said he is certain that Hayley will do Waldia proud. :) Hayley's will perform "Who Painted The Moon Black?" in Rontvia. Hayley Westenra - Who Painted The Moon Black 1Lgtod-et24

Oh COME ON! Ask ANY other non-Greek European, North American, Asian, or African where and what Macedonia is, and the answer will be "a country in Europe", NOT a damn Greek province! So, what do you want the topic to be corrected to: "Vote for the Fyromenesian entry please"!? (Oh, and I'm Dutch/Russi btw, not Slavic. So this is not just another reply from a Macedonian).

True. :nocheer: Come back Martin Vučić, ALL is FORGIVEN!

01 (23) Lasse Lindh - Du Behöver Aldrig Mer Vara Rädd (1 week No. 1) 02 (02) Basshunter - Dota 03 (06) Mariah Carey - Touch My Body 04 (11) MIA - Paper Planes 05 (01) Duffy - Mercy (3 weeks No. 1) 06 (20) Boaz Mauda - Ke'ilo Kan (As If Here) 07 (03) Johnson & Häggkvist - Lucky Star 08 (NE) BK - Don't Break My Heart 09 (NE) AKA The Junkies - Konijntje 10 (05) 3 Sud-Est - Vorbe Care Dor (4 weeks No. 1) 11 (09) Sandrine - I Feel The Same Way 12 (NE) Sergey Lazarev - Flyer 13 (NE) James Yuill - No Surprise 14 (07) Chris Brown - With You (6 weeks No. 1) 15 (08) David Ford - I'm Alright Now 16 (04) Nico & Vlad Mirita - Pe-o Margine De Lume 17 (NE) Usher feat. Young Jeezy - Love In This Club 18 (10) Amy Mcdonald - Run 19 (NE) Andy Abraham - Even If 20 (NE) Leona Lewis - Better In Time

The guy in my siggy is going to beat Dima in Belgrade! :heehee:

LOL there's nothing 'gay' about Sergey's performance (apart maybe from his delicious leather pants!) :whip: I've always been a huge SMASH! fan, and believe me, Sergey WILL be back! presenting... :cheer: THE REAL WINNER! :cheer: TPShiuy2-54

Wot, with Dima, NO WE DON'T! (Yes Paul, I agree the results were SO fixed, 27-27, 26-26, 25-25, 24-24... it SERIOUSLY was a joke! You would think Russia have moved on in the last 20 years! :rolleyes: ) And, There's a HUGE surprise waiting for Dima fans in May, the queen isn't even going to come close to winning (Dima's song is not INSTANT enough, and Western Europe couldn't care less if he's "popular" elsewhere). LOL - a cliché you say?! Dima is the mother of clichés in Russia at the moment!

I'm still FURIOUS and shocked about Russia's outcome - in fact, I'm pretty sure I was near traumatised last night when I saw Sergey's result! Dima's song is DULL and nothing but a horrendous heap of GARBAGE - anyone can hear there is hardly a structure in the song. Dear Lord, and WAS Dima off-key during the performance. Now here's something I NEVER thought I would say about ANY ESC entry, but "I do hope FROM THE HEART Dima falls flat on his face in Belgrade!" LOL, and then our Dima-boy CRIED live on national television like the big old sissy-boy that he is (oh, and I'm just as big a poof, but I won't humiliate myself like that)! I'm SO foxing sure the Russian result was fixed - Sergey is just TOO popular in Russia not to have walked away with the public vote! :???:

If a songwriter can't write a good song in 3 minutes he's not worth a penny. Fact!

Dima's "Number One Fan" was also produced by Timbaland, and it wasn't ALL THAT. I'm still convined that Sergey Lazarev will be the one to beat in Russia - he is immensly popular, AND he has a good song.

I was nearly TRAUMATISED when I heard "Vorbe Care Dor" had withdrawn - for me it was going to be THE one to beat in 2008. But then the rumor circulated (which appears to be true) that 3SE were approached by the San Marino broadcaster (one of the 3SE guys has Samarinian roots) to submit the song to them (which was why they withdrew the song). It has apparently been recorded in Italian/English as "Words Can Hurt". Can't wait for the weekend when San Marino announces their entry to find out if it's true!