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I really hope Cascada doesn't win. Glorious is terribly dull. :( Mia or Betty to win please. (Wouldn't mind Blitzkids or Ben Ivory either though)

Not impressed with this at all. The runner up song was so much better.

Live performance of Ryan singing Only Love Survives: B0sJjmUI0ag He seems pretty capable, it's a bit hard to tell when the quality is so bad.

I'm not convinced it will win either. It seems like something that might end up being too marmite across Europe to go the whole way.

Delighted to see Margaret get to Malmo. :D

The whole sombre thing is really weird with this song....

Do you think Annsofi will benefit much from being the only ballad left?

1. I feed you my love 2. Bombo 3. I'm with you 4. I love you te quiero

Great. :D Shame for Fjellfolk though.

I was thinking the same thing, definitely got that vibe. Also, :blink: at those two getting through. If Margaret Berger isn't the fourth one through then Norway deserves those two jokers.

I could see Alone making it to the gold final definitely.

Surprised at "I'm with you" making it. It's such an average song. Maybe it was just voted for because of Alexander Rybak.

I was shocked I thought she had won. She was in my top 4 anyway, so it's good.

For me: 1. I feed you my love --- 2. Ulvetuva 3. Alone 4. Bombo --- 5. I'm with you 6. The Underground 7. Sweet and Heavy 8. Awake 9. Paid my way 10. I love you te quiero Margaret Berger really must win. I also liked the 2-4 songs somewhat but the rest are either blah or total rubbish.

Gee this is....odd.

Fjellfolk are quite nice. Probably not that memorable though.

Thanks! Just in time too, starting in 20 minutes! :o Wasn't going to watch it but I noticed Margaret Berger was going to be in it. :wub:

Does anyone know somewhere this final is being streamed? I haven't watched a national final yet I feel like starting now.

Apparently Melanie Mccabe was going to sing Kiss Me There and she even had the song recorded but she withdrew at the last moment. I wonder if they'll ever release Melanie's version. Well I don't know if there's any proof of this but it wouldn't be that surprising. (I saw someone mention it on digitalspy)

It's definitely hard to know who will actually win this one. It'll be pretty nice going into a national final where it's not already a sure thing.

Inchequin - Son Kez/The Last Time He has a good voice....but I find the song a bit dull overall. I agree with Cal I wish there was more of the celtic instruments and less of the "Son kez" over and over. On first listen I'll give it a 6/10. Ryan Dolan Surprised actually, I was convinced his was going to be some kind of Brian Kennedy ballad. Still I'm not a big fan of this dance music really. I think it's a song that would definitely be better on a stage rather than on a youtube video. 6.5/10 Zoë Alexis Bohorquez - Fire Something doesn't sit right with me on this one. I don't feel like it has a great hook to it. Feel very underwhelmed by this one. That said it's another song that really needs a stage performance to really get a feel for it. 5/10 Aimee Fitzpatrick - Crashing Down I was liking this a lot at the start of the song but I kind of lost interest near the end. I'm sure it'll be a wonderful performance....but I was really counting on Aimee Fitzpatrick being my favourite. (She is...but that's not saying much) 7/10 Kasey - Kiss Me There It's not as bad as I was fearing given what people were saying. I like the "I ain't ever" parts but the rest is pretty poor. It seems like a song that will be totally dependent on the performance because it's not winning any points for the song. She's going to have to be vaulting herself around a pole to qualify. 3.5/10 I can't find a video of this song anywhere, which probably doesn't mean anything good. ?/10 Pretty poor pickings this time around. :( Maybe some of them will grow on me. edit: Kiss Me There can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/escireland

Inchequin is the one I'm most afraid of at the moment. They're supposedly a celtic band, I hope it wouldn't be Dervish all over again. I'm going to guess, purely based on what I've heard that it'll be Inchequin Vs Aimee Fitzpatrick battling it out to win. Maybe Zoe Alexis might be in with a shot depending. I bet Zoe could be one of the better performers. Kasey being a former member of Wonderland sends alarm bells ringing in my head. Since they're usually put in girlbands because they can't deal on their own. Ryan Dolan I haven't a clue, he's a complete unknown quantity right now.

Listening to it now, it sounds nice. Although I feel like it's something that will grow off me instead of on me. It's a little monotonous.

First entry I've had a chance to listen to. It's very meh....there are people raving about it on youtube but it seems incredibly mediocre to me right now.

Aimée has a wonderful voice, I would love if she or somebody like her represented us at eurovision. To be honest one of my main hopes for this year is that our act gets some backing singers that aren't rubbish. Either that or somebody who can do like Nadine Beiler for Austria and perform on their own. Does anyone have any videos of Zoe Bohorquez? I looked her up but she seems to be nowhere. edit: Apparently Shay Healy is mentoring a duo of Rachel Murphy & Donna Taggart (it might be just a rumour though) Fxce2hAD1gk F6cvkheImM4 I like them but it'll all come down to the song. and then there's an unknown solo singer. (who'll probably be from westlife and then run away with the vote.....)