Sabrewulf

What I think will qualify: Montenegro (16th) Iceland (5th) Greece (2nd) Latvia (10th) Albania (8th) Romania (1st) Switzerland (17th) Belgium (11th) Finland (9th) Israel (14th) San Marino (15th) Cyprus (6th) Denmark (3rd) Russia (4th) Hungary (13th) Austria (18th) Moldova (12th) Ireland (7th) I think Albania could achieve a Lithuania 2011 style result. I do feel there's about 7 places already sewn up tonight.....and the remaining 3 places could go almost anywhere, it's pretty hard to call. It is a very strong semi overall, there could be a few shockers....things never go as smoothly as you predict. :lol:

Haven't updated this in ages: Amazing 1. Spain 2. Iceland 3. Denmark Great 4. Netherlands 5. Latvia 6. France 7. Sweden 8. Italy 9. Finland 10. Albania Good 11. Bulgaria 12. Cyprus 13. Norway 14. Slovenia 15. Estonia 16. Hungary 17. Slovakia 18. Ireland Passable 19. Belgium 20. Croatia 21. United Kingdom 22. Romania 23. Macedonia 24. Ukraine Guilty as sin 25. Russia 26. San Marino Meh 27. Portugal 28. Bosnia & Herzegovina 29. Switzerland 30. Serbia Poor 31. Turkey 32. Israel 33. Moldova 34. Greece 35. Azerbaijan 36. Germany Rubbish 37. Belarus 38. Lithuania 39. Malta 40. Georgia 41. Montenegro 42. Austria I have gone off Croatia a lot recently, It's still nice but I've gotten a bit bored of it. A lot of movement since my last one, which wouldn't hard considering it was back in March.

I had a dream last night that a different song had to be performed for the Netherlands because Joan Frank was throwing a strop in the green room. :heehee:

Is it just me or is the stage so very small? I half expect some of the singers to fall off the edge come the semi finals.

I have a feeling Ireland is going to fail to qualify on Tuesday. I hope I'm wrong, it's just the recent performances I've seen of Waterline have been pretty poor. :( I can't make full predictions right now, because I'm trying not to watch many rehearsals.

That's awful :( These people sound like such hateful idiots though, they probably are just a bunch of kids in a basement somewhere. I read somewhere that there actually is backups but they'll take a while to get up. They said on their facebook page that esctoday will be coming back stronger than ever though. :) Anyone see this? :lol:

I heard Jedward singing on the late late show on Friday. The backing singers were actually appalling. It's made me question our chances to be honest.

Does anyone feel this season isn't as good as the first two seasons? :( Even with the latest twist to the storyline I just felt a bit "meh" about it. Not to mention Klaus has bee such a boring villain. The last exciting thing he did was when he killed Jenna during the sacrifice, since then he's been going downhill because all he ever does now is threaten to kill everybody Elena loves....talk about broken record. I think I'd enjoy Matt as a villain more than Klaus. Joao, yeah I can definitely see that. For the last few weeks I've been watching episodes of Buffy.....and when you compare the two shows the relationships in Buffy really do mean something and they seem more realistic. TVD is definitely too heavy on the "destined love" and "love will conquer all" nonsense. Some times I end up cringing when they fall into each others arms like the end of a disney movie.

I have to say something.... Rae Morris looks like Emma Watson. (or perhaps more Hermione Granger) The resemblance is uncanny.

I think Montenegro is actually starting to grow on me a little. Those ello ello parts are very memorable and unusual.

It's definitely not just you. During the song confirmation period it was getting to point where I almost felt like groaning when a new ballad appeared. I find it difficult to appreciate some ballads that are in the contest this year....not because they're bad but just because there is so many of them.

Did another, I think this will be the last one I do. (This is with odds and diaspora on) Semi 1 -------- 1. Austria (150) 2. Denmark (134) 3. Russia (125) 4. Ireland (124) 5. Romania (95) 6. Latvia (79) 7. Moldova (69) 8. Finland (64) 9. Hungary (55) 10. Cyprus (53) 11. Albania (50) 12. Switzerland (49) 13. Iceland (43) 14. San Marino (43) 15. Greece (42) 16. Belgium (32) 17. Israel (7) 18. Montenegro (4) Austria 1st :lol: Semi 2 -------- 1. Sweden (153) 2. Serbia (150) 3. Bosnia Herzegovina (121) 4. Norway (100) 5. Estonia (99) 6. Slovenia (85) 7. Ukraine (79) 8. Portugal (73) 9. Lithuania (66) 10. Croatia (64) 11. Georgia (62) 12. Turkey (39) 13. Netherlands (34) 14. Belarus (34) 15. FYR Macedonia (27) 16. Slovakia (26) 17. Malta (3) 18. Bulgaria (3) Final ----- 1. Sweden (241) 2. Russia (189) 3. Denmark (185) 4. Serbia (185) 5. Ireland (139) 6. United Kingdom (129) 7. Estonia (126) 8. Italy (124) 9. Portugal (121) 10. Latvia (119) 11. Austria (95) 12. Azerbaijan (89) 13. Ukraine (83) 14. Finland (83) 15. Romania (75) 16. Cyprus (75) 17. Bosnia Herzegovina (61) 18. Croatia (55) 19. Slovenia (54) 20. Lithuania (50) 21. Norway (49) 22. Moldova (35) 23. Hungary (29) 24. Spain (21) 25. Germany (15) 26. France (9) Sweden and Russia fought it out for a while....but then Sweden jumped ahead in the last few votes while Denmark and Serbia closed the gap on Russia. Poor Spain and France. :(

I just did one myself but I set the chances to what I thought would do well. The only country I put on max was Sweden, and it failed to qualify. I have no clue how Malta managed to make it through, I put it as low as could be. Overall I don't think what happened really reflects what I think will happen. As much as I love Latvia I'm not delusional enough to expect anything above 8th (in the semi) at absolute best. Semi One ----------- 1. Iceland (145) 2. Latvia (134) 3. Denmark (106) 4. Greece (93) 5. Albania (92) 6. Cyprus (88) 7. Russia (81) 8. Finland (72) 9. Ireland (69) 10. Romania (68) 11. Belgium (67) 12. San Marino (60) 13. Hungary (57) 14. Moldova (28) 15. Switzerland (19) 16. Montenegro (18) 17. Israel (17) 18. Austria (4) Semi Two ----------- 1. Norway (136) 2. Malta (108) 3. Serbia (98) 4. Ukraine (97) 5. Bosnia Herzegovina (92) 6. Slovenia (91) 7. Croatia (90) 8. Estonia (73) 9. FYR Macedonia (72) 10. Bulgaria (68) 11. Netherlands (67) 12. Slovakia (52) 13. Belarus (39) 14. Georgia (36) 15. Sweden (32) 16. Portugal (31) 17. Turkey (19) 18. Lithuania (17) Final ------ 1. Iceland (229) 2. Greece (190) 3. Norway (170) 4. Malta (148) 5. Latvia (148) 6. Italy (141) 7. Russia (123) 8. Denmark (119) 9. Finland (101) 10. Cyprus (93) 11. Spain (93) 12. Croatia (90) 13. Serbia (87) 14. Bosnia Herzegovina (82) 15. Romania (75) 16. Azerbaijan (73) 17. Ukraine (72) 18. Ireland (67) 19. Slovenia (63) 20. Albania (62) 21. FYR Macedonia (59) 22. Estonia (48) 23. France (41) 24. Bulgaria (35) 25. United Kingdom (21) 26. Germany (6) I also put France reasonably high on the define your own odds....but it seems the game still had other plans.

I'm not convinced Italy will do as strongly this year as they did last year. Though I imagine they'll still make the top ten. I just can't help but feel a lot of votes for Italy came from people who were like "OMIGAD ITALY IS BAAAAACK" people. Not to mention the fact that when I feel Italy is better this year than last year that alone is bound to cause them to do worse. :manson:

I wanted to do this since I saw it the other day. The following one was done with odds and neighbour/diaspora voting on. Semi One ----------- 1. Denmark (188) 2. Greece (111) 3. Cyprus (108) 4. Iceland (100) 5. Ireland (99) 6. Finland (79) 7. Romania (78) 8. Belgium (77) 9. Albania (65) 10. Moldova (57) 11. Russia (48) 12. Latvia (47) 13. Hungary (37) 14. San Marino (35) 15. Switzerland (34) 16. Montenegro (29) 17. Israel (16) 18. Austria (10) Semi Two ------------ 1. Sweden (162) 2. Georgia (137) 3. Croatia (131) 4. Turkey (113) 5. Estonia (104) 6. Bosnia Herzegovina (96) 7. Ukraine (90) 8. Lithuania (72) 9. Norway (71) 10. Serbia (62) 11. Slovenia (61) 12. Belarus (38) 13. Netherlands (28) 14. Portugal (24) 15. Slovakia (14) 16. FYR Macedonia (12) 17. Bulgaria (3) 18. Malta (0) Final ----- 1. Sweden (189) 2. Denmark (170) 3. Croatia (156) 4. Azerbaijan (152) 5. Georgia (148) 6. Italy (135) 7. Ireland (134) 8. Iceland (125) 9. Turkey (124) 10. Germany (124) 11. Lithuania (105) 12. Finland (103) 13. Belgium (83) 14. Spain (77) 15. Cyprus (76) 16. United Kingdom (69) 17. Bosnia Herzegovina (69) 18. Norway (64) 19. Romania (60) 20. Estonia (56) 21. Greece (52) 22. Albania (43) 23. Ukraine (38) 24. Serbia (32) 25. France (26) 26. Moldova (26) Might do a random one with diaspora on later.

I'm watching Avatar: The last airbender at the moment. It's really good...and the artstyle is really nice. :) In terms of older cartoons my absolute favourite would have to be The Rugrats. :wub: In terms of newer cartoons I really like Regular Show. I'm not sure if anyone ever watched a cartoon on cartoon network called Xiaolin Showdown? That was another of my all time favourites.

I'm the same, any game that involves timed presses (especially on a keyboard) I'm rubbish at. I got Moldova to 22nd place in the final. (Ahead of Ireland but behind Cyprus) Which is funny because that's what place they got in real life too. Although I'm pretty sure they played the sax better than I did. Direct link for anyone who wants to play: http://www.pippinbarr.com/games/epicsaxgame/EpicSaxGame.html I like the games this pippinbar person makes, he also made that flight disaster game I posted in the lounge a while back, where to save yourself you had to type out the air flight safety instructions to follow them.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/29...-hero-epic-sax/ Thought it was interesting enough to post here. Although I was divided on if I should post it here or in the gaming section. (figured over here would get more of a reaction) It's obviously based on the Moldova 2010 entry. I think the sax guy became a bit of a meme on the internet.

Enjoyed the finale a lot. Being Human is turning into the tv show version of the Sugababes though. :P

Dalisska is thinking of entering this contest. I won't confirm yet though, I have something in mind but I'm fairly sure it won't be picked up by anyone else.

I want these countries to qualify: Semi 1 Iceland Latvia Denmark Hungary Ireland Finland Albania Cyprus Russia (or San Marino) Belgium Semi 2 Netherlands Bulgaria Ukraine Slovenia Croatia Sweden Estonia Norway Slovakia Bosnia & Herzegovina

I don't think so. I mean what are the chances of two nul pointers in one semi? (Montenegro) Novelty voting will probably result in it getting some low points from countries here and there. (even if the juries don't like it much) It won't qualify though, not a hope.

I prefer it in icelandic.....but I still love this version. I don't think it'll move much in my rankings.

I was hoping Englebert would give us another taste of dancing lasha tumbai. :(

The name of this song sounds SO SO cheesy. I'm going to listen to it now. Edit: The song sounds nice....but I wouldn't get too carried away. There are quite a few strong ballads this year.