Sabrewulf

Turkey to perform after Sweden hopefully.

21 for Estonia I hope. (or maybe 18 would be better.....performing after Sweden) There isn't much it can go without being next to a ballad. :(

Ireland in between Macedonia and Serbia sounds good. They're all quite different in style.

Hope Macedonia get a good position. (maybe 21st)

That's some slow start. :drama:

Absolutely raging that Lithuania, Malta and Turkey got through over the Netherlands. To be fair, Malta were better than I originally thought....but still. The Netherlands really are just forever screwed aren't they? I honestly do wonder if they sent Helena Paparizou would it make a difference... I actually thought Ukraine had a really weak performance tonight.....she seemed very "throaty".

I think people are underestimating Macedonia and Slovakia. I wonder if Turkey really will qualify, I might they didn't last year so there's already a precedence.

In my perfect world these ten countries would all qualify. Netherlands Macedonia Slovenia Bulgaria Ukraine Croatia Sweden Estonia Slovakia Norway Macedonia has been growing on me fiercely in the last few days.

My prediction: 01. Serbia: Željko Joksimović - Nije Ljubav Stvar 02. Macedonia: Macedonia - Kaliopi - Crno I Belo 03. The Netherlands: Joan Franka - You and Me 04. Malta: Kurt Calleja - This Is The Night 05. Belarus: Litesound - We Are The Heroes 06. Portugal: Filipa Sousa - Vida Minha 07. Ukraine: Gaitana - Be My Guest 08. Bulgaria: Sofi Marinova - Love Unlimited 09. Slovenia: Eva Boto - Verjamem 10. Croatia: Nina Badric - Nebo 11. Sweden: Loreen - Euphoria 12. Georgia: Anri Jokhadze - I'm a Joker 13. Turkey: Can Bonomo - Love Me Back 14. Estonia: Ott Lepland - Kuula 15. Slovakia: Max Jason Mai - Don't Close Your Eyes 16. Norway: Tooji - Stay 17. Bosnia & Herzegovina: Maya Sar - Korake Ti Znam 18. Lithuania: Donny Montell - Love Is Blind Tough to call, Macedonia or Portugal could easily make it either.

I wouldn't be that surprised if the juries didn't take to Greece or Cyprus and it was televoting that got them through. It would probably be a little naive to assume the juries didn't like Russia.

Thanks for bringing back some horrid memories I would rather had stayed suppressed. :angry:

Mentioned it in the other thread but I'll say it again. I voted for Iceland, Latvia, Albania and Finland. Didn't intend to vote for Finland but the performance changed my mind. 2 out of 4 isn't too bad I guess....although Iceland was pretty much a given.

Who did everyone vote for? I voted for Iceland, Latvia, Albania and Finland. So 2 out of 4 of my votes made it through. I initially wasn't intending to vote for Finland but the performance changed my mind.

I really enjoyed Albania's performance. Mind I wasn't crazy about the song when I first heard it, but it has grown on me since then.

Happy with the qualifiers, although I would replace Greece and Moldova with Latvia and Finland. Then everything would be perfect.

Is it just me or does Rona seem a little agitated?....

Is there a live streaming of the press release? (picking the numbers)

I'm not the only one who thought the presenters were painfully dull and wooden am I? (and had an awful sense of humour with jokes that seemed like they were thought up five minutes before the show started) It feels like we were spoiled with the Norwegian and German presenters of previous years. :(

That reminds me, I scored the performances while I was listening to them. Montenegro - 1/10 Iceland - 9/10 Greece - 5/10 Latvia - 8.5/10 Albania - 8.5/10 Romania - 7.5/10 Switzerland - 5.5/10 Belgium - 7/10 Finland - 8.5/10 Israel - 6/10 San Marino - 7/10 (Much better than I thought it would be, it was definitely enjoyable) Cyprus - 7/10 Denmark - 8/10 Russia - 7/10 Hungary - 7/10 Austria - 1/10 Moldova - 4/10 Ireland - 8.5/10 Jedward put in a much better performance than I thought they would, their rehearsals didn't exactly blow me away.

While we were watching/listening to Belgium's performance my mum said "That's the winner" Oh dear.

THAT WAS TENSE Bugger for Latvia and Finland though. :( I bet they were clogged up in a group of songs near the qualification spot, it was hard to call. I get the feeling it was tight. On the other hand I'm over the moon for Albania. (also Iceland and Denmark but they were pretty much always going to qualify)

Us too, got a whole bunch of snacks. Having a mini eurovision party. :D Almost 10 minutes to go!

I don't think it's quite that clear cut. There's at least 2 or 3 qualifying place up for grabs that could go almost anywhere. It'll have it's work cut out for it for sure though.

I don't think Latvia is by any means a certain qualification....but I wouldn't be that surprised if it qualified. It's amongst a bunch of songs all scrabbling for 8th, 9th and 10th and I find it really hard to call it. It's so much easier to predict the qualifiers that will walk it.

Zalileh has been growing on me the last few days. So much so it's knocked Belgium off my list of wanted qualifiers. I still don't love it, but it's a happy song. :P