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Network uh oh oh sounds better.

It looks like they rejected Facebook uh, oh, oh :( http://www.eurovision.tv/page/baku-2012/ab...irst-semi-final "San Marino - Valentina Monetta - To be announced"

Not entirely relevant either though.

Russian jury != Other European juries

How can people put Russia in the top two/three? Isn't it obvious the juries will rate it poorly? This isn't just the public vote we're talking about (I'm sure it'll be top two/three in the public vote) Russia did poorly with the juries in the semi last year (16th), and it was only because Russia came 4th in the public vote that they were able to get 9th place and scrape through.. If anything the grannies this year could do even worse or just scrape through. I don't see Russia as being above dnq. Greece on the other hand.... Especially now that San Marino and Montenegro are in the second half along with them. There's so many things counting against them already.

Semi 1 1. Greece 2. Iceland 3. Romania 4. Denmark 5. Moldova 6. Cyprus 7. Hungary 8. Ireland 9. Latvia 10. Belgium 11. Russia 12. Israel 13. Albania 14. Finland 15. Austria 16. San Marino 17. Switzerland 18. Montenegro I know people love to say "ah Russia will get through anyway" but I'm coming round to the idea that they might just miss out on account of the juries ripping it apart and having to share novelty votes with San Marino and Montenegro. I'm fairly sure we'll again see Greece run away with this semi for goodness knows why. Moldova is quickly rooting itself as that annoying country that always does 10 times better than I expect it to....so I'm covering my bases this time around. Just to have both semis in the one post: Semi 2 1. Sweden 2. Serbia 3. Norway 4. Ukraine 5. Slovenia 6. Turkey 7. Bosnia & Herzegovina 8. Bulgaria 9. Netherlands 10. Estonia 11. Portugal 12. Croatia 13. Lithuania 14. Malta 15. Macedonia 16. Slovakia 17. Georgia 18. Belarus Only change is making Estonia and qualifier and Croatia a DNQ

Given the amount of dross in semi one, it would hardly be that surprising a qualifier. There's already so many songs in semi one the juries are possibly going to have a field day ripping apart. (not saying I agree with all of those songs being bad....but there's definitely that perception there)

Belgium have confirmed they will be sending. wm1MkdsSHls

Amazing 1. Spain 2. France 3. Iceland Great 4. Latvia 5. Netherlands 6. Sweden 7. Italy 8. Croatia 9. Finland Good 10. Denmark 11. Hungary 12. Ireland 13. Bulgaria 14. Cyprus 15. Norway Passable 16. Slovakia 17. Estonia 18. Albania 19. Belgium 20. Slovenia 21. Bosnia & Herzegovina 22. Ukraine Guilty as sin 23. San Marino 24. Russia Meh 25. Macedonia 26. Serbia 27. Switzerland 28. Portugal Poor 29. Romania 30. Moldova 31. Greece 32. Israel 33. Azerbaijan 34. Germany Rubbish 35. Turkey 36. Belarus 37. Lithuania 38. Malta 39. Georgia 40. Austria GET OUT OF TOWN 41. Montenegro Updated to add Azerbaijan and Belgium. Also changed because I didn't realize Italy weren't sending Per Sempre.

If Euphoria doesn't have a winning sound to it then certainly nothing else in the contest has a winning sound to it.

I like the video. The song has been growing on me a little along with Estonia's song Kuula. Needs more time to grow I think.

It would be handy if we could enroll the whole of Europe in Albanian language classes before Eurovision. :lol:

Was just listening to Iris on youtube. She kind of reminds me of Taylor Swift. Hopefully Belgium will go for Country Pop instead of a plain old ballad. (Country Pop and Ballads are her thing apparently) Wouldn't mind something like Switzerland last year.

Agreed. So many ballads already and a lot of them are more interesting to listen to. I'm really hoping now Belgium has something uptempo. Since the UK will be ANOTHER ballad most likely. :( It's a shame, I was expected more when I saw the song title.

Thanks :) I was just thinking, Facebook Uh, oh, oh could work against the grannies since they're both in the second half of semi one. What do you think? If San Marino sends this song in it's current form I could see it stealing a lot of novelty votes from Russia.

I would kind of hope they translated the song to english. Only because it seems like the kind of song that relies so heavily on it's lyrics being understood. I like the song a lot more after I went looking for the english translation of it. I'd be afraid those that just tune in on the night will just see a woman oversinging the chorus for no reason.

Where did you get those artist models in your sig? :o

I can imagine the public vote being very good to San Marino if this doesn't get disqualified. The juries would have a field day ripping it apart though. Then again, the same could be said for quite a few songs in Semi 1 now.....

Amazing 1. Spain 2. France 3. Iceland Great 4. Italy 5. Latvia 6. Netherlands 7. Sweden 8. Croatia 9. Finland Good 10. Denmark 11. Ireland 12. Hungary Passable 13. Cyprus 14. Russia 15. Bulgaria 16. Bosnia & Herzegovina 17. Slovenia 18. Norway 19. Ukraine 20. Slovakia 21. Albania 22. Estonia Guilty as sin 23. San Marino Meh 24. Macedonia 25. Serbia 26. Switzerland 27. Portugal Poor 28. Romania 29. Moldova 30. Greece 31. Israel 32. Germany Rubbish 33. Turkey 34. Belarus 35. Lithuania 36. Malta 37. Georgia 38. Austria GET OUT OF TOWN 39. Montenegro Shame, but I quite like San Marino. In an "oh god it's so amazingly awful" way. :kink:

They should change it from Facebook to Myspace. Myspace probably desperately needs the help anyway. At least I can laugh at this, those entries just make me want to cry.

I kind of hope this doesn't get disqualified. Although I don't know what the chance of that is. I mean if they have to pick a new song what's to bet they'll pick ANOTHER ballad. I'd rather this than ANOTHER ballad.

Listening to this now, I feel like I've been transported back to the 90's. Maybe they could just mix around the lyrics a bit instead of just thrashing it?

The bad english is almost endearing though.

I don't see a big issue with these. As I said before they're not life changing but when the melody is so good I don't mind. I can get an overall meaning and vibe from the song. That's good enough for me. Most of the time, as long as the lyrics of a song aren't like "baby shake ma thang on da dancefloh" I can look past them to get to the melody.

There are plenty of instances of weak lyrics in this years ESC though. I doubt Greece or Cyprus will be winning any awards for their lyrics. I don't personally have a problem with the lyrics, they're not deep and life changing but they're still pleasant. It's lighthearted and fun. It doesn't mean I'm ashamed of adoring it.