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I am hyped tae feck!

Love this - very "Edith Piaf meets Dua Lipa"

TWIST! Monika Linkyte takes the win. RA5k7UJvXAc

Jornalists who have heard the song are comparing it to a mix of Barbara Pravi and Indilla. Consider me hyped!

Can’t really argue with those results. Not long now until we se if Loreen’s brought the goods!

I would count myself amongst the moody Alison Moyet vocals of #TeamRuta

I must say this heat has turned out a lot better than I was told it would!

Air is a rare piece of twinkpop that I endorse!

Heat 3 always throws up a surprise somewhere - I’m wondering if it’ll be Casanovas going through when they’re not expected to.

Think this is my post-Super Saturday ranking: LOVE 01 Czech Republic: Vesna - My Sister's Crown 02 Norway: Alessandra - Queen of Kings 03 Malta: The Busker - Dance (Our Own Party) 04 Belgium: Gustaph - Because of You 05 Spain: Blanca Paloma - Eaea LIKE 06 Slovenia: Joker Out - Carpe Diem 07 Estonia: Alika - Bridges 08 Denmark: Reiley - Breaking My Heart 09 Italy: Marco Mengoni - Due Vite DECENT 10 Ukraine: TVORCHI - Heart of Steel 11 Albania: Albina & Familja Kalmedi - Duje 12 Croatia: Let 4 - Mama ŠČ! MEH 13 Ireland: Wild Youth - We Are One 14 Latvia: Sudden Lights - Aijā FLUSH 15 Romania: Theodor Andrei - D.G.T. (Off and On)

This bop is currently leading the YT viewcount iIplXjRafno

Oh this is brilliant - thought the Maltese riggory would give Brooke the win here but I'm total trash for a sax-lead bop!

Let 3 have won by a total landslide! q1-hSh10PB4

Reiley gets the ticket to Liverpool with 'Breaking My Heart'

Alika gets the victory.

Alika, Ollie and Bedwetters have made the superfinal.

Disappointed for Wiktoria and I'm surprised that Theoz didn't have it in him to go DTF in this heat but in a way going to AC is a good way to build up a big hit on streaming so it'll work out better for him in the long run. I'd like to think the Swedes will get their game face on come the final and leave Maria Sur but maybe that narrative really is catnip to televoters even in Sweden?

Babe there BETTER have been a video!

My two cents worth: Prediction: Estonia - Alika 'Bridges' Romania - Theodor Andrei 'D.G.T (Off and On)' Denmark - Reiley 'Breaking My Heart' Latvia - Sudden Lights 'Aija' Croatia - Harmonija Dissonance 'Nevera' Italy - Marco Mengoni 'Due Vite' Malta - Brooke 'Checkmate' Want: Estonia - Sissi 'Lighthouse' Romania - Aledaida 'Bla Bla Bla' Denmark - EYJAA 'I Was Gonna Marry Him' Latvia - lol who cares Croatia - Harmonija Dissonance 'Nevera' Italy - Marco Mengoni 'Due Vite' Malta - The Busker 'Dance (Our Own Party)' - as if this isn't rigged for Brooke

This weekend a whopping seven national selection shows* are picking their entries for Liverpool 2023, which will more or less double the number of confirmed entries by Sunday morning. *okay Sanremo is more sort of its own unique thing and MESC is technically just picking the artist that will DNQ with a Melfest reject in May but still. So the following countries are picking their song this weekend - what do we predict? what would be the ideal haul from this year's Super Saturday? Estonia Romania Denmark Latvia Croatia Italy Malta

Managing to get my first one of the year in before the madness of Super Saturday tomorrow Love it 01 Czech Republic: Vesna - My Sister's Crown 02 Norway: Alessandra - Queen of Kings Strong Showings 03 Slovenia: Joker Out - Carpe Diem 04 Belgium: Gustaph - Because of You 05 Spain: Blanca Paloma - Eaea Not too fussed 06 Albania: Albina & Familja Kelmendi - Duje 07 Ukraine: TVORCHI - Heart of Steel Been there, done that, ripped my T-Shirt 08 Ireland: Wild Youth - We Are One

Definitely the most competitive entry of the eight confirmed so far - will be interesting to see how this goes!

Blanca Paloma gets the trophy, recieving 169 points out of a possible maximum of 176.

Blanca Paloma has gone big in the hall - I think she’s taking this!

Strong performance and a smart choice for a televote only semi which, in retrospect, I could see Honestly getting lost in. I do wonder what the vocals will sound like in Liverpool without autotune though?