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My non qualifier votes: 12 - ??? 10 - ??? 8 - ??? 6 - ??? 4 - I.D.A 2 - Ellinore Holmer 1 - Ammotrack 0 - Anton Ewald Great result!

Just did one with diaspora and odds on. Norway won with 233 points. Armenia in 2nd, Italy in 3rd and Sweden in 4th. Those four broke away early on so I knew it would be one of them. Ireland came 16th and the UK came 17th. Malta came last with 11 points. For some bizarre reason Montenegro and Moldova both gave Ireland 12 points. Oh and here's the CORKER. If the final was only based on jury votes Belarus would have won.

My non qualifier votes: 12 - ??? 10 - Outtrigger 8 - ??? 6 - ??? 4 - ??? 2 - State of Drama 1 - CasjaStina 0 - Oscar Zia

EKO better be the last one, I really hope so.....

Tough to call this one outside of Ace Wilder sailing through to the final. CasjaStina is the only one I feel certain will flop. Outrigger too although I'm still hoping they can pull it off.

Someone made a ranking tool: http://gerbear.com/esc2014 Just pick between two choices each time, it should take about 10 minutes. If you answer truthfully and don't pick "I like both" or "no opinion", then it's extremely accurate.

I wouldn't have an issue with Australia competing, the only thing I'd wonder is how long then until the USA wanted to enter, or New Zealand, or Japan? I suppose given Australia's relationship with the contest, a special permission could be given. As for the time difference, couldn't they show the second rehearsals and let the Australian public vote on it a day (or even hours) before the actual live show. It's not impossible to deal with if the desire is there.

Albania // 2014: Hersi Armenia // 2014: Aram MP3 Austria // 2014: Conchita Wurst Azerbaijan // 2014: Dilara Kazimova Belarus // 2013: Alyona Lanskaya Belgium // 2014: Axel Hiroux Denmark // 2013: Emmelie de Forest Estonia // 2014: Tanja Finland // 2013: Krista Siegfrids France // 2014: TWIN TWIN F.Y.R. Macedonia // 2014: Tijana Dapcevic Georgia // 2014: The Shin & Mariko Germany // 2013: Cascada Greece // 2013: Koza Mostro & Agathon Lakovidis Hungary // 2014: András Kállay-Saunders Iceland // 2014: Pollapunk Ireland // 2014: Can-Linn feat Kasey Smith Israel // 2013: Moran Mazor Italy // 2014: Emma Latvia // 2014: Aarzemnieki Lithuania // 2014: Vilija Malta // 2013: Gianluca Moldova // 2014: Christina Scarlat Montenegro // 2013: Who See Norway // 2013: Margaret Berger (Even though Carl Espen is my current fav) Romania // 2013: Cezar Russia // 2013: Dina Garipova San Marino // 2013: Valentina Monetta "Crisalide (Vola)" Slovenia // 2014: Tinkara Kovač Spain // 2013: ESDM Sweden // 2014: Sanna Nielsen Switzerland // 2014: SeBALter The Netherlands // 2013: Anouk Ukraine // 2013: Zlata Ognevich United Kingdom // 2014: Molly 2013: 15 2014: 20 I'm a little surprised, I've been kinda defaulting on "last year was better" but I guess that isn't the case. Although for certain countries like Georgia it could go either way because I don't care for either.

Brilliant 01. Norway: Carl Espen - Silent Storm 02. Sweden: Sanna Nielson - Undo 03. Hungary: Andras Kiraly Saunders - Running Great 04. United Kingdom: Molly - Children of the Universe 05. Ireland: Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith - Heartbeat Good 06. Italy: Emma Marrone - La Mia Citta 07. Israel: Mei Finegold - Same Heart 08. Macedonia: Tijana Dapcevic - To The Sky 09. Slovenia: Tinkara Kovac - Round & Round 10. Armenia: Aram MP3 - Not Alone 11. Albania: Herciana Matmuja - One Night's Anger 12. Switzerland: SeBALter - Hunter Of Stars 13. Spain: Ruth Lorenzo - Dancing In The Rain 14. Moldova: Christina Scarlat - Wild Soul (The live performance is crap though) 15. Montenegro: Sergej Ćetković - Moj svijet 16. Poland: Donatan ft Cleo - My Slowanie Pleasant 17. Iceland: Pollaponk - No Prejudice 18. The Netherlands: The Common Linnets - Calm After The Storm 19. Belgium: Axel Hiroux - Mother 20. Estonia: Tanja - Amazing 21. Lithuania: Vilija - Attention 22. France: Twin Twin - Moustache 23. Greece: Freaky Fortune Feat. Riskykidd - Rise Up 24. Austria: Conchita Wurst - Rise Like a Phoenix Average 25. Azerbaijan: Dilara Kazimova - Start a Fire 26. Portugal: Suzy - Quero ser tua 27. Germany: Elaiza - Is It Right 28. San Marino: Valentina Monetta - Maybe 29. Ukraine: Maria Yaremchuck - Tick Tock 30. Malta: Firelight - Coming Home 31. Finland: Softengine - Something Better 32. Russia: The Tolmachevy Sisters - Shine 33. Denmark: Basin - Cliche Love Song Poor 34. Latvia: Aarzemnieki - Cake To Bake 35. Georgia: The Shin & Marino - Three Minutes to Earth 36. Romania: Paula Selling & Ovi - Miracle Awful 37. Belarus: TEO - Cheesecake The change to English for Albania doesn't sit right with me, especially when it barely sounds like English at all. It's jarring.

I'm rooting for Silent Storm tonight. I love it a little more each time I listen to it. It's got that special "something".

Brilliant 01. Sweden: Sanna Nielson - Undo 02. Hungary: Andras Kiraly Saunders - Running Great 03. Albania: Herciana Matmuja - Zemërimi i një nate 04. United Kingdom: Molly - Children of the Universe 05. Ireland: Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith - Heartbeat Good 06. Italy: Emma Marrone - La Mia Citta 07. Israel: Mei Finegold - Same Heart 08. Macedonia: Tijana Dapcevic - To The Sky 09. Slovenia: Tinkara Kovac - Round & Round 10. Spain: Ruth Lorenzo - Dancing In The Rain 11. Switzerland: SeBALter - Hunter Of Stars 12. Montenegro: Sergej Ćetković - Moj svijet 13. The Netherlands: The Common Linnets - Calm After The Storm 14. Poland: Donatan ft Cleo - My Slowanie Average 15. Estonia: Tanja - Amazing 16. Ukraine: Maria Yaremchuck - Tick Tock 17. Malta: Firelight - Coming Home 18. Lithuania: Vilija - Attention 19. France: Twin Twin - Moustache 20. Finland: Softengine - Something Better 21. Greece: Freaky Fortune Feat. Riskykidd - Rise Up 22. Germany: Elaiza - Is It Right 23. Denmark: Basin - Cliche Love Song Poor 24. Iceland: Pollaponk - Enga Fordoma 25. Latvia: Aarzemnieki - Cake To Bake 26. Romania: Paula Selling & Ovi - Miracle Awful 27. Belarus: TEO - Cheesecake Miracle is starting to grate on me on further listening, the song just irritates me for some reason.

"Is it right" doesn't do anything for me, at least on first listen. It doesn't really go anywhere.

Happy enough with the results I guess. My vote: 12 - ??? 10 - ??? 8 - Linus Svenning 6 - YOHIO 4 - Elisa Lindstrom 2 - ??? 1 - ??? 0 - Sylvester Schlegel That might not be correct, after Linus I don't think I cared enough to remember. Only thing I'm positive on is my top three and my bottom two. Yohio was definitely either a 6 or a 4 though....

Updated ranking: Brilliant 01. Sweden: Sanna Nielson - Undo 02. Hungary: Andras Kiraly Saunders - Running Great 03. Albania: Herciana Matmuja - Zemërimi i një nate 04. United Kingdom: Molly - Children of the Universe 05. Ireland: Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith - Heartbeat Good 06. Israel: Mei Finegold - Same Heart 07. Italy: Emma Marrone - La Mia Citta 08. Macedonia: Tijana Dapcevic - To The Sky 09. Spain: Ruth Lorenzo - Dancing In The Rain 10. Slovenia: Tinkara Kovac - Round & Round 11. Poland: Donatan ft Cleo - My Slowanie Average 12. Switzerland: SeBALter - Hunter Of Stars 13. Estonia: Tanja - Amazing 14. Ukraine: Maria Yaremchuck - Tick Tock 15. Malta: Firelight - Coming Home 16. Lithuania: Vilija - Attention 17. Finland: Softengine - Something Better 18. Denmark: Basin - Cliche Love Song 19. France: Twin Twin - Moustache Poor 20. Romania: Paula Selling & Ovi - Miracle 21. Iceland: Pollaponk - Enga Fordoma 22. Latvia: Aarzemnieki - Cake To Bake Awful 23. Belarus: TEO - Cheesecake

Delighted Sanna won, Undo was my favourite. That said there was a part of me that wanted to see Ace win it. Surprised that my top 4 songs were the top 4 for Melodifestivalen too. Lastly I'm glad to see Anton flop in last place, the song was terrible and he can't sing.

Want: 1. Sanna Nielson 2. Helena Paparizou 3. Ace Wilder 4. Alcazar 5. Ellen Benediktson 6. Linus Svenning 7. Panetoz 8. YOHIO 9. Oscar Zia 10. Anton Ewald Prediction: 1. Ace Wilder 2. Helena Paparizou 3. Sanna Nielson 4. YOHIO 5. Anton Ewald 6. Linus Svenning 7. Alcazar 8. Panetoz 9. Oscar Zia 10. Ellen Benediktson I feel like the juries will be cruel to YOHIO again this year. Even if the song is more jury friendly I think this year the overall quality of the final is better. I think the juries will be all over Helena though.

There's actually been a weird amount of times recently when I discover an awesome song and think to myself maybe Dalisska should return to the contest with it. Then I discover it was already sent and won the contest like 1-3 months prior. (It's happened about 3 times so far) Edit: I guess that's not songs I should have sent....unless I had a time machine.

I think the "winning" hype is mainly because none of the confirmed songs so far seem like winners. Somebody has to win.

Definitely among the best songs confirmed so far. The UK could be dangerous this year.

Brilliant 01. Hungary: Andras Kiraly Saunders - Running Great 02. Albania: Herciana Matmuja - Zemërimi i një nate 03. Ireland: Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith - Heartbeat Good 04. Macedonia: Tijana Dapcevic - To The Sky 05. Spain: Ruth Lorenzo - Dancing In The Rain 06. Italy: Emma Marrone - La Mia Citta 07. Poland: Donatan ft Cleo - My Slowanie Average 08. Switzerland: SeBALter - Hunter Of Stars 09. Estonia: Tanja - Amazing 10. Ukraine: Maria Yaremchuck - Tick Tock 11. Malta: Firelight - Coming Home 12. Finland: Softengine - Something Better 13. Lithuania: Vilija - Attention 14. Romania: Paula Selling & Ovi - Miracle Poor 15. Iceland: Pollaponk - Enga Fordoma 16. Latvia: Aarzemnieki - Cake To Bake Awful 17. Belarus: TEO - Cheesecake It's hard to believe Paula Selling & Ovi are the same ones that gave us "Playing With Fire". Miracle does nothing for me....it's blandness makes it border on offensive. Also the whistling from Hunter of Stars keeps popping into my head, it's annoyingly catchy....

I have a feeling it was: 1st. Linus 2nd. Helena 3rd. Outtrigger 4th. Martin Hmm.

Did the result really just show up on screen?

I think it'll be Helena winning, but it'll be a struggle.

Crap. My two favourites up against each other. :( Honestly don't care what happens, both deserved to get through.....

Over the moon at the result. :D I figure we'll at least qualify with this once it's given some sprucing up (after all only 5 countries will fall in the semis) but I have no idea what'll happen beyond that.