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Always got a weakness for some Albanian ethnic wailing!

bless them we love a tryer

Okay I feel like Poland is really needed at this point in the running order.

Former ESC mod Ryan must be writing the script with all these Diana Vickers references!

Belgium understood the mothertucking assignment!

...is it over?

Denmark was insipid. Armenia, however, was glorious *.*

Feel like I'm not going to beat my 8/10 from Tuesday but here goes Definite IN Austria Australia Likely IN Cyprus Armenia Belgium Poland Lithuania Slovenia Borderline IN Either Denmark OR Greece Either Albania OR Georgia Borderline OUT Either Denmark OR Greece Either Albania[ OR Georgia Estonia Likely OUT Iceland Definite OUT Romania San Marino

After my ‘out there’ prediction of Serbia NQing went amazingly, I’m throwing Georgia out there as this year’s shock non qualifier!

Noa, Mae and Alessandra all in the second half is going to leave somebody disappointed. Sweden's bolted on to be singing 13th so they can wheel the box off (I'd imagine)

Sweden, Finland and France all in the first half is going to really stack the opening of the show!

They're doing the first/second half draws on TikTok live at the moment, currently stands at: First Half Spain France Italy Switzerland Finland Portugal Sweden Serbia Second Half Ukraine United Kingdom Germany Croatia Moldova Czechia Israel Norway

Can't really argue with these results, everything essential made it through and I will fully admit that I got it wrong on Switzerland after that performance - they're the ones that probably elevated themselves the most through their performance (good old reliable Sacha Jean Baptiste hey x)

Random last minute twist - could Moldova be a shock non-qualifier?

Poor Azerbaijan suffering from "death by Loreen"

Glittery cameltoe obviously very on trend in Ireland!

Portugal is pure camp!

Serbia going full ARTPOP

Loved Norway, definitely the right choice for the opener.

Okay so here goes ladies, final call from moi on the qualifiers Definite IN Sweden Finland Norway Israel Likely IN Moldova Czechia Croatia Borderline IN Portugal One of Netherlands OR Switzerland One of Malta OR Serbia Borderline OUT One of Switzerland OR Netherlands One of Serbia OR Malta Latvia Definite OUT Azerbaijan Ireland -x- Hedging it on the last two slots as I reckon there's probably room for one slow number to qualify from the second half and one of Malta and Serbia can make it through from the first part of the show but I don't think we'll have both. I'm ready to be VERY wrong but I think Malta has the most televote appeal of the remaining six songs when the other nine have qualified.

Glad that this has rightly been consigned to the dustbin - the results sequence is tense enough without adding more cruelty to the proceedings.

In fairness, it could just be a bad clip in the same way that Sweden's rehearsal clip feels like a weaker run through but I'm really struggling to see that getting the televotes it needs apart from the Greek diaspora (which frustratingly might already be enough).

Had an absolutely chaotic day today so my votes might be late but they will be in.

Greece sounds and looks dire - Victor seems completely out of his depth. Cyprus on the other hand - I think that's got a shot at being their best result post-Fuego!

Didn't think Croatia would have qualified in this crowd so that's a surprise!