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Paddy Power has Ryan Dolan and Aimee Fitzgerald as the favourites, surprising since Zoe was in second a day or so ago. http://www.paddypower.com/bet/music/eurovi..._grp_ids=601482 You have to wonder how many of those Niall reached will actually vote though, they'll probably have forgotten by the time the national final comes. Plus it is a 50/50 jury split. I doubt the juries will be so enamoured with Niall. :P Anyone know what Zoe is like live?

My first ranking: Brilliant Great 1. Norway: Margaret Berger - I Feed You My Love Good 2. Ukraine: Zlata Ognevich - Gravity 3. Denmark: Emmelie de Forest - Only Teardrops Average 4. Belarus: Alyona Lanskaya - Rhythm of Love 5. Finland: Krista Siegfrids - Marry Me 6. Iceland: Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson[ - Eg a Lif 7. Switzerland: Heilsarmee - You and Me 8. Germany: Cascada - Glorious Poor 9. Albania: Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko - Identitet 10. Malta: Gianluca Bezzina - Tomorrow 11. Belgium: Roberto Bellarose - Love Kills Awful I haven't really sorted any songs into the top or bottom sections yet. It'll happen closer to the contest. Considering what I've heard so far I'm not really that optimistic about the quality. :(

Oh well...no surprise there. Betty :(

I can't help but feel like this is just a desperate attempt to make the voting exciting and then have Cascada swoop in at the last moment like it was always going to.

Is this voting going to be combined into a 12,10,8.....at the end?

:rofl: You couldn't make this up.

Interesting start. :P

Just don't see the appeal of this, it's painfully dull. (Most of the points go for her vocals, which are undeniably strong) 1. Betty Dittrich - Lalala 8/10 2. Ben Ivory - The Righteous Ones 8/10 3. Mia Diekow - Lieblingslied 8/10 4. Blitzkidz - Heart On The Line 7/10 5. Die Priester feat.Mojca Erdmann - Meerstern 6.5/10 6. Mobilee - Little Sister 6/10 7. Sohne Mannheims - One Love 6/10 8. Saint Lu - Craving 6/10 9. Cascada - Glorious 5.5/10 10. LaBrassBanda - Nackert 5.5/10 11. Finn Martin - Change 5/10 12. Nica & Joe - Elevated 3/10

She has an outstanding voice....but beyond that the song doesn't do much for me. Brilliant voice though, it wouldn't be a bad thing to hear it again in Malmo. Betty Dittrich - Lalala 8/10 Ben Ivory - The Righteous Ones 8/10 Mia Diekow - Lieblingslied 8/10 Blitzkidz - Heart On The Line 7/10 Die Priester feat.Mojca Erdmann - Meerstern 6.5/10 Mobilee - Little Sister 6/10 Sohne Mannheims - One Love 6/10 Saint Lu - Craving 6/10 LaBrassBanda - Nackert 5.5/10 Finn Martin - Change 5/10 Nica & Joe - Elevated 3/10

One Love is ok, it's quite repetitive though. Betty Dittrich - Lalala 8/10 Ben Ivory - The Righteous Ones 8/10 Mia Diekow - Lieblingslied 8/10 Blitzkidz - Heart On The Line 7/10 Mobilee - Little Sister 6/10 Sohne Mannheims - One Love 6/10 Saint Lu - Craving 6/10 LaBrassBanda - Nackert 5.5/10 Finn Martin - Change 5/10 Nica & Joe - Elevated 3/10

Finn Martin - Change 5/10 Mobilee - Little Sister 6/10 Blitzkidz - Heart On The Line 7/10 Betty Dittrich - Lalala 8/10 Ben Ivory - The Righteous Ones 8/10 Saint Lu - Craving 6/10 LaBrassBanda - Nackert 5.5/10 Nica & Joe - Elevated 3/10 Mia Diekow - Lieblingslied 8/10 Enjoyed Mia a lot....although I would say Betty and Ben Ivory have the upper hand when it comes to memorability. The song name is quite a mouthful too.

Finn Martin - Change 5/10 Mobilee - Little Sister 6/10 Blitzkidz - Heart On The Line 7/10 Betty Dittrich - Lalala 8/10 Ben Ivory - The Righteous Ones 8/10 Saint Lu - Craving 6/10 LaBrassBanda - Nackert 5.5/10 Nica & Joe - Elevated 3/10 I don't like Elevated, it's so dated and cheesy....and not in a good way.

I quite liked the instruments in that song, but the rest of the song wasn't good. Finn Martin - Change 5/10 Mobilee - Little Sister 6/10 Blitzkidz - Heart On The Line 7/10 Betty Dittrich - Lalala 8/10 Ben Ivory - The Righteous Ones 8/10 Saint Lu - Craving 6/10 LaBrassBanda - Nackert 5.5/10

My scores so far: Finn Martin - Change 5/10 Mobilee - Little Sister 6/10 Blitzkidz - Heart On The Line 7/10 Betty Dittrich - Lalala 8/10 Ben Ivory - The Righteous Ones 8/10 Saint Lu - Craving 6/10

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?

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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.