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Well to be fair, not many of the other country's songs so far are putting up much of a fight. If we entered this last year I'd be more worried, the overall quality last year was very high. I suppose we'll have to see what the remaining countries bring to the table.

I wouldn't dare if I was you, I've got Pirate Assassins on call. Seriously though, I don't see anything about "Only Love Survives" that can't be improved upon. I do really like Crashing Down and it was my close second choice (There was a point where I almost voted for it instead of Ryan) but I'm just not convinced it wouldn't get completely lost at Eurovision. I don't think it was that memorable either...lovely in the moment and then it's gone. In another way though I'm just glad Fire didn't win.

I hope so. I think it can be improved upon. There's no saving Fire if it gets through.....

I'm surprised we haven't seen Linda Martin at all tonight.

I wish Ryan had toned it down a bit....it would have been a good performance if his voice hadn't been so high pitched. Plus there were points where I couldn't hear what he was singing. No use crying over spilt milk now though I guess.

I Voted for Only Love Survives. It seems like our best bet. (which admittedly doesn't feel very "best" at all right now) I'm going to hold on to the faith that it'll be better and more explosive at Eurovision. If Fire wins with that performance it's going to be cringe city for the Irish at Eurovision. I wish the sound system had been better, I have a feeling it was at least partially to blame.

Thought this as well, or something was wrong with the sound system. Still looks like our best bet, they can fix things like that.

Thought Zoey would be better, but this is brutal. :(

Son Kez was a bit boring, listenable but aside from the instrumental wasn't up to much. Really liking Aimee's performance but I'm not sure how well it will translate to malmo.

Lordi will be performing during the show. Should be interesting.

Eurovision sure loves it's "Shine" songs. Nice enough, nothing special though.

Paddy Power has Ryan Dolan and Aimee Fitzgerald as the favourites, surprising since Zoe was in second a day or so ago. http://www.paddypower.com/bet/music/eurovi..._grp_ids=601482 You have to wonder how many of those Niall reached will actually vote though, they'll probably have forgotten by the time the national final comes. Plus it is a 50/50 jury split. I doubt the juries will be so enamoured with Niall. :P Anyone know what Zoe is like live?

My first ranking: Brilliant Great 1. Norway: Margaret Berger - I Feed You My Love Good 2. Ukraine: Zlata Ognevich - Gravity 3. Denmark: Emmelie de Forest - Only Teardrops Average 4. Belarus: Alyona Lanskaya - Rhythm of Love 5. Finland: Krista Siegfrids - Marry Me 6. Iceland: Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson[ - Eg a Lif 7. Switzerland: Heilsarmee - You and Me 8. Germany: Cascada - Glorious Poor 9. Albania: Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko - Identitet 10. Malta: Gianluca Bezzina - Tomorrow 11. Belgium: Roberto Bellarose - Love Kills Awful I haven't really sorted any songs into the top or bottom sections yet. It'll happen closer to the contest. Considering what I've heard so far I'm not really that optimistic about the quality. :(

Oh well...no surprise there. Betty :(

I can't help but feel like this is just a desperate attempt to make the voting exciting and then have Cascada swoop in at the last moment like it was always going to.

Is this voting going to be combined into a 12,10,8.....at the end?

:rofl: You couldn't make this up.

Interesting start. :P

Just don't see the appeal of this, it's painfully dull. (Most of the points go for her vocals, which are undeniably strong) 1. Betty Dittrich - Lalala 8/10 2. Ben Ivory - The Righteous Ones 8/10 3. Mia Diekow - Lieblingslied 8/10 4. Blitzkidz - Heart On The Line 7/10 5. Die Priester feat.Mojca Erdmann - Meerstern 6.5/10 6. Mobilee - Little Sister 6/10 7. Sohne Mannheims - One Love 6/10 8. Saint Lu - Craving 6/10 9. Cascada - Glorious 5.5/10 10. LaBrassBanda - Nackert 5.5/10 11. Finn Martin - Change 5/10 12. Nica & Joe - Elevated 3/10

She has an outstanding voice....but beyond that the song doesn't do much for me. Brilliant voice though, it wouldn't be a bad thing to hear it again in Malmo. Betty Dittrich - Lalala 8/10 Ben Ivory - The Righteous Ones 8/10 Mia Diekow - Lieblingslied 8/10 Blitzkidz - Heart On The Line 7/10 Die Priester feat.Mojca Erdmann - Meerstern 6.5/10 Mobilee - Little Sister 6/10 Sohne Mannheims - One Love 6/10 Saint Lu - Craving 6/10 LaBrassBanda - Nackert 5.5/10 Finn Martin - Change 5/10 Nica & Joe - Elevated 3/10

One Love is ok, it's quite repetitive though. Betty Dittrich - Lalala 8/10 Ben Ivory - The Righteous Ones 8/10 Mia Diekow - Lieblingslied 8/10 Blitzkidz - Heart On The Line 7/10 Mobilee - Little Sister 6/10 Sohne Mannheims - One Love 6/10 Saint Lu - Craving 6/10 LaBrassBanda - Nackert 5.5/10 Finn Martin - Change 5/10 Nica & Joe - Elevated 3/10

Finn Martin - Change 5/10 Mobilee - Little Sister 6/10 Blitzkidz - Heart On The Line 7/10 Betty Dittrich - Lalala 8/10 Ben Ivory - The Righteous Ones 8/10 Saint Lu - Craving 6/10 LaBrassBanda - Nackert 5.5/10 Nica & Joe - Elevated 3/10 Mia Diekow - Lieblingslied 8/10 Enjoyed Mia a lot....although I would say Betty and Ben Ivory have the upper hand when it comes to memorability. The song name is quite a mouthful too.

Finn Martin - Change 5/10 Mobilee - Little Sister 6/10 Blitzkidz - Heart On The Line 7/10 Betty Dittrich - Lalala 8/10 Ben Ivory - The Righteous Ones 8/10 Saint Lu - Craving 6/10 LaBrassBanda - Nackert 5.5/10 Nica & Joe - Elevated 3/10 I don't like Elevated, it's so dated and cheesy....and not in a good way.

I quite liked the instruments in that song, but the rest of the song wasn't good. Finn Martin - Change 5/10 Mobilee - Little Sister 6/10 Blitzkidz - Heart On The Line 7/10 Betty Dittrich - Lalala 8/10 Ben Ivory - The Righteous Ones 8/10 Saint Lu - Craving 6/10 LaBrassBanda - Nackert 5.5/10

My scores so far: Finn Martin - Change 5/10 Mobilee - Little Sister 6/10 Blitzkidz - Heart On The Line 7/10 Betty Dittrich - Lalala 8/10 Ben Ivory - The Righteous Ones 8/10 Saint Lu - Craving 6/10