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"Is it right" doesn't do anything for me, at least on first listen. It doesn't really go anywhere.

Happy enough with the results I guess. My vote: 12 - ??? 10 - ??? 8 - Linus Svenning 6 - YOHIO 4 - Elisa Lindstrom 2 - ??? 1 - ??? 0 - Sylvester Schlegel That might not be correct, after Linus I don't think I cared enough to remember. Only thing I'm positive on is my top three and my bottom two. Yohio was definitely either a 6 or a 4 though....

Updated ranking: Brilliant 01. Sweden: Sanna Nielson - Undo 02. Hungary: Andras Kiraly Saunders - Running Great 03. Albania: Herciana Matmuja - Zemërimi i një nate 04. United Kingdom: Molly - Children of the Universe 05. Ireland: Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith - Heartbeat Good 06. Israel: Mei Finegold - Same Heart 07. Italy: Emma Marrone - La Mia Citta 08. Macedonia: Tijana Dapcevic - To The Sky 09. Spain: Ruth Lorenzo - Dancing In The Rain 10. Slovenia: Tinkara Kovac - Round & Round 11. Poland: Donatan ft Cleo - My Slowanie Average 12. Switzerland: SeBALter - Hunter Of Stars 13. Estonia: Tanja - Amazing 14. Ukraine: Maria Yaremchuck - Tick Tock 15. Malta: Firelight - Coming Home 16. Lithuania: Vilija - Attention 17. Finland: Softengine - Something Better 18. Denmark: Basin - Cliche Love Song 19. France: Twin Twin - Moustache Poor 20. Romania: Paula Selling & Ovi - Miracle 21. Iceland: Pollaponk - Enga Fordoma 22. Latvia: Aarzemnieki - Cake To Bake Awful 23. Belarus: TEO - Cheesecake

Delighted Sanna won, Undo was my favourite. That said there was a part of me that wanted to see Ace win it. Surprised that my top 4 songs were the top 4 for Melodifestivalen too. Lastly I'm glad to see Anton flop in last place, the song was terrible and he can't sing.

Want: 1. Sanna Nielson 2. Helena Paparizou 3. Ace Wilder 4. Alcazar 5. Ellen Benediktson 6. Linus Svenning 7. Panetoz 8. YOHIO 9. Oscar Zia 10. Anton Ewald Prediction: 1. Ace Wilder 2. Helena Paparizou 3. Sanna Nielson 4. YOHIO 5. Anton Ewald 6. Linus Svenning 7. Alcazar 8. Panetoz 9. Oscar Zia 10. Ellen Benediktson I feel like the juries will be cruel to YOHIO again this year. Even if the song is more jury friendly I think this year the overall quality of the final is better. I think the juries will be all over Helena though.

There's actually been a weird amount of times recently when I discover an awesome song and think to myself maybe Dalisska should return to the contest with it. Then I discover it was already sent and won the contest like 1-3 months prior. (It's happened about 3 times so far) Edit: I guess that's not songs I should have sent....unless I had a time machine.

I think the "winning" hype is mainly because none of the confirmed songs so far seem like winners. Somebody has to win.

Definitely among the best songs confirmed so far. The UK could be dangerous this year.

Brilliant 01. Hungary: Andras Kiraly Saunders - Running Great 02. Albania: Herciana Matmuja - Zemërimi i një nate 03. Ireland: Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith - Heartbeat Good 04. Macedonia: Tijana Dapcevic - To The Sky 05. Spain: Ruth Lorenzo - Dancing In The Rain 06. Italy: Emma Marrone - La Mia Citta 07. Poland: Donatan ft Cleo - My Slowanie Average 08. Switzerland: SeBALter - Hunter Of Stars 09. Estonia: Tanja - Amazing 10. Ukraine: Maria Yaremchuck - Tick Tock 11. Malta: Firelight - Coming Home 12. Finland: Softengine - Something Better 13. Lithuania: Vilija - Attention 14. Romania: Paula Selling & Ovi - Miracle Poor 15. Iceland: Pollaponk - Enga Fordoma 16. Latvia: Aarzemnieki - Cake To Bake Awful 17. Belarus: TEO - Cheesecake It's hard to believe Paula Selling & Ovi are the same ones that gave us "Playing With Fire". Miracle does nothing for me....it's blandness makes it border on offensive. Also the whistling from Hunter of Stars keeps popping into my head, it's annoyingly catchy....

I have a feeling it was: 1st. Linus 2nd. Helena 3rd. Outtrigger 4th. Martin Hmm.

Did the result really just show up on screen?

I think it'll be Helena winning, but it'll be a struggle.

Crap. My two favourites up against each other. :( Honestly don't care what happens, both deserved to get through.....

Over the moon at the result. :D I figure we'll at least qualify with this once it's given some sprucing up (after all only 5 countries will fall in the semis) but I have no idea what'll happen beyond that.

Voted for Can Linn a bunch of times. Wouldn't mind Laura either.

If nothing else the Irish dancing should get some extra votes. It's exciting watching another country's national final......but when you watch your own country's national final, while it is entertaining....it's a bit like watching someone spinning plates on sticks. Hoping for a Can Linn win.

Adding more to this: 1. Helena 2. Martin 3. Linus 4. Outtrigger 5. J.E.M 6. State of Drama 7. Ellinore 8. Ammotrack Helena vs Outtrigger = Helena Martin vs Linus = Martin Between Martin, Linus, Outrigger, J.E.M and State of Drama it seems like a bloodbath. It feels like an almost impossible call to make. Any justice and Ammotrack & Ellinore will stay down at the bottom.

Want: Helena & Outtriger (Linus as close 3rd) Think: Helena & Martin (Could be JEM instead of Martin but not convinced)

I guess I'll make a ranking before we get too many songs. Brilliant 01. Hungary: Andras Kiraly Saunders - Running Great 02. Albania: Herciana Matmuja - Zemërimi i një nate Good 03. Macedonia: Tijana Dapcevic - To The Sky 04. Spain: Ruth Lorenzo - Dancing In The Rain Average 05. Italy: Emma Marrone - La Mia Citta 06. Ukraine: Maria Yaremchuck - Tick Tock 07. Malta: Firelight - Coming Home 08. Switzerland: SeBALter - Hunter Of Stars 09. Finland: Softengine - Something Better Poor 10. Iceland: Pollaponk - Enga Fordoma 11. Latvia: Aarzemnieki - Cake To Bake Awful 12. Belarus: TEO - Cheesecake

I wasn't sure about it at first, but by the end of the performance it grew on me.

I'm impressed! This is my favourite entry so far, but then that wouldn't be that difficult.

Happy seeing Alcazar go direct to the final. Gutted for Linda, I wasn't crazy about the song but she put so much welly into her performance. She at least deserved andra chansen. Josef surprised me the most tonight, the 1 min preview didn't do it justice. Natural is worse than begging for me. (and I wasn't that crazy about begging) I really hope it doesn't win the whole thing.

Sad to see Fearful Heart and Muud Pole Baja get knocked out. I hope either Sandra Nurmsalu or Wilhelm win it now.

My predictions for tonight: DTF: Alcazar (1st), Linda Bengtzing (2nd) AC: Anton Ewald (3rd), Josef Johannson (4th) 5th: Janet Leon 6th: Ammotrack 7th: Ellinore Holmes 8th: I.D.A Ellinore has the stage presence of a turnip. Also Anton's vocals came across very shaky and exposed in the rehearsal, I wouldn't be shocked to see him go to Andra Chansen. I'd predict either 2nd or 3rd for him. This one is pretty hard to predict between the top 5. It feels like predicting both Alcazar and Linda DTF is naive in some way, but looking at the clips I could actually see it. You could swap Anton and Linda pretty easily though....it's hard to call.

Red by EKO is currently at no. 2 in the Swedish singles charts. (and Shirley Clamp is at no. 7) http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10songs.html and we know how that went down.