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Voted for Can Linn a bunch of times. Wouldn't mind Laura either.

If nothing else the Irish dancing should get some extra votes. It's exciting watching another country's national final......but when you watch your own country's national final, while it is entertaining....it's a bit like watching someone spinning plates on sticks. Hoping for a Can Linn win.

Adding more to this: 1. Helena 2. Martin 3. Linus 4. Outtrigger 5. J.E.M 6. State of Drama 7. Ellinore 8. Ammotrack Helena vs Outtrigger = Helena Martin vs Linus = Martin Between Martin, Linus, Outrigger, J.E.M and State of Drama it seems like a bloodbath. It feels like an almost impossible call to make. Any justice and Ammotrack & Ellinore will stay down at the bottom.

Want: Helena & Outtriger (Linus as close 3rd) Think: Helena & Martin (Could be JEM instead of Martin but not convinced)

I guess I'll make a ranking before we get too many songs. Brilliant 01. Hungary: Andras Kiraly Saunders - Running Great 02. Albania: Herciana Matmuja - Zemërimi i një nate Good 03. Macedonia: Tijana Dapcevic - To The Sky 04. Spain: Ruth Lorenzo - Dancing In The Rain Average 05. Italy: Emma Marrone - La Mia Citta 06. Ukraine: Maria Yaremchuck - Tick Tock 07. Malta: Firelight - Coming Home 08. Switzerland: SeBALter - Hunter Of Stars 09. Finland: Softengine - Something Better Poor 10. Iceland: Pollaponk - Enga Fordoma 11. Latvia: Aarzemnieki - Cake To Bake Awful 12. Belarus: TEO - Cheesecake

I wasn't sure about it at first, but by the end of the performance it grew on me.

I'm impressed! This is my favourite entry so far, but then that wouldn't be that difficult.

Happy seeing Alcazar go direct to the final. Gutted for Linda, I wasn't crazy about the song but she put so much welly into her performance. She at least deserved andra chansen. Josef surprised me the most tonight, the 1 min preview didn't do it justice. Natural is worse than begging for me. (and I wasn't that crazy about begging) I really hope it doesn't win the whole thing.

Sad to see Fearful Heart and Muud Pole Baja get knocked out. I hope either Sandra Nurmsalu or Wilhelm win it now.

My predictions for tonight: DTF: Alcazar (1st), Linda Bengtzing (2nd) AC: Anton Ewald (3rd), Josef Johannson (4th) 5th: Janet Leon 6th: Ammotrack 7th: Ellinore Holmes 8th: I.D.A Ellinore has the stage presence of a turnip. Also Anton's vocals came across very shaky and exposed in the rehearsal, I wouldn't be shocked to see him go to Andra Chansen. I'd predict either 2nd or 3rd for him. This one is pretty hard to predict between the top 5. It feels like predicting both Alcazar and Linda DTF is naive in some way, but looking at the clips I could actually see it. You could swap Anton and Linda pretty easily though....it's hard to call.

Red by EKO is currently at no. 2 in the Swedish singles charts. (and Shirley Clamp is at no. 7) http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10songs.html and we know how that went down.

Two of the songs I wanted got through (Ace Wilder and Outrigger) and two of them didn't. (EKO, Shirley Clamp) so I guess that's alright. Although it was the weakest semi so far. Pleasantly surprised with Ace Wilder, at the end I was hoping she'd make it direct but against Jessica Volcker I wasn't keeping much hope. Can't stand that Oscar Zia song, bleh.

My prediction for tomorrow: DTF: State of Drama, CatjaStina Akerstrom AC: Dr Alban & Jessica Volcker, Ace Wilder 5th: Outtrigger 6th: Oscar Zia 7th: Shirley Clamp 8th: Eko :( To be honest I have bugger all idea, this lot don't really stand out to me. The only one that seems like a dtf is State of Drama, clueless on the rest. I suppose Eko could cause an upset and squeeze into Andra Chansen.... The only one I kinda like on hearing the preview is Red.

I haven't really listened to any of the songs besides Saule Riet but I like that song, you don't really see much of that Balkan traditional dancing these days in Eurovision. I'd like to see Latvia send it to Eurovision.

Probably a poor prediction based on 1 minute but here we go anyway: DTF: Sanna Nielson, The Refreshments AC: Martin Stenmarck, J.E.M 5th: Panetoz 6th: Little Great Things 7th: Pink Pistols 8th: Manda I have no clue how to predict The Refreshments, but apparently they're a big deal in Sweden so I'll be lazy and just put them in the final.

Heartbeat is my favourite of the five songs. The movie song isn't too bad but I doubt I'd be able to get behind it the same way as with Heartbeat.

Eoghan Quigg entering with a song called "The Movie Song" fills me with despair.

I'm happy with who got through overall. Songbird, Survivor and Brother were the main three that I liked and they all made it in some form. Was really not expecting Songbird to go DTF. :o Chuffed to see it do so well though!

Now we just have to make sure not to send Dustin the Turkey. :P

I would love to see Ruth Lorenzo at Eurovision. Easily my favourite x factor contestant ever. With the right song she could really rock it. Funny to see Little Boots showing interest. It seems like the BBC are allergic to modern artists.

Probably the best case scenario all around. Luke coming third means he won't have to worry about the winners "curse" for males but making the final should assure him some deals. He won't have as much pressure too. I think the only thing at stake now is how successful a career Sam will get from this. As for Nicholas, I really can't see him doing any better than Leon Jackson and Joe Mcelderry. Anyone in Ireland tried voting? Got the numbers from the tv3 website. Decided I'd start with the final but I kept getting a "You are restricted from calling this number" message.

I've never watched: Avatar Any Lord of The Rings movie Inception Silence of the Lambs Fast and Furious The Avengers I'm pretty sure I saw at least one star wars film at some point.... To name just a few. My mum has never watched Titanic despite getting two videos of it in the past.

Dalisska dnq votes: 12 - Zechonia 10 - Botanikka 1 - Cadelicia

Dalisska entry for BJSC 55: CUt3Z-Yp0RQ Been quite a while since I looked at the Dalisska thread.

Dalisska has sent in our confirmation. I think the song will appeal more to the pop/dance orientated countries than the indie countries...but we'll see.