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6.0 Denmark 6.5 Armenia 0.0 Romania 6.5 Estonia 5.0 Belgium 9.0 Cyprus Wonderful vocals until the bridge, but he should be safely throughn. The simple staging fits so well.

He is GORGEOUS

6.0 Denmark 6.5 Armenia 0.0 Romania 6.5 Estonia 5.0 Belgium Belgium is not my cup of tea, but I must admit he delivered it.

6.0 Denmark 6.5 Armenia 0.0 Romania 6.5 Estonia Great vocal performance from Estonia

6.0 Denmark 6.5 Armenia 0.0 Romania 6.5 Estonia Great vocal performance from Estonia

The Romanian entry is actually making me pissed off...

Predict 01. Denmark - Reiley - Breaking My Heart 02. Armenia - Brunette - Future Lover 03. Romania - Theodor Andrei - D.G.T. (Off and On) 04. Estonia - Alika - Bridges 05. Belgium - Gustaph - Because of You 06. Cyprus - Andrew Lambrou - Break a Broken Heart 07. Iceland - Diljá - Power 08. Greece - Victor Vernicos - What They Say 09. Poland - Blanka - Solo 10. Slovenia - Joker Out - Carpe Diem 11. Georgia - Iru - Echo 12. San Marino - Piqued Jacks - Like An Animal 13. Austria - Teya, Salena - Who The Hell Is Edgar? 14. Albania - Albina & Familja Kelmendi - Duje 15. Lithuania - Monika Linkytė - Stay 16. Australia - Voyager - Promise Want 01. Denmark - Reiley - Breaking My Heart 02. Armenia - Brunette - Future Lover 03. Romania - Theodor Andrei - D.G.T. (Off and On) 04. Estonia - Alika - Bridges 05. Belgium - Gustaph - Because of You 06. Cyprus - Andrew Lambrou - Break a Broken Heart 07. Iceland - Diljá - Power 08. Greece - Victor Vernicos - What They Say 09. Poland - Blanka - Solo 10. Slovenia - Joker Out - Carpe Diem 11. Georgia - Iru - Echo 12. San Marino - Piqued Jacks - Like An Animal 13. Austria - Teya, Salena - Who The Hell Is Edgar? 14. Albania - Albina & Familja Kelmendi - Duje 15. Lithuania - Monika Linkytė - Stay 16. Australia - Voyager - Promise I feel like anything can happen tonight, I can only say for safe that Iceland, Romania and San Marino are DNQ's. I would say Austria, Australia, Slovenia and maybe Belgium should easily qualify. Personally I only really care about Denmark, Cyprus, Slovenia, Austria and Australia.

Predict 01. Norway - Alessandra - Queen of Kings 02. Malta - The Busker - Dance (Our Own Party) 03. Serbia - Luke Black - Samo mi se spava 04. Latvia - Sudden Lights - Aijā 05. Portugal - Mimicat - Ai coração 06. Ireland - Wild Youth - We Are One 07. Croatia - Let 3 - Mama ŠČ! 08. Switzerland - Remo Forrer - Watergun 09. Israel - Noa Kirel - Unicorn 10. Moldova - Pasha Parfeni - Soarele și luna 11. Sweden - Loreen - Tattoo 12. Azerbaijan - TuralTuranX - Tell Me More 13. Czechia - Vesna - My Sister's Crown 14. Netherlands - Mia Nicolai, Dion Cooper - Burning Daylight 15. Finland - Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha Want 01. Norway - Alessandra - Queen of Kings 02. Malta - The Busker - Dance (Our Own Party) 03. Serbia - Luke Black - Samo mi se spava 04. Latvia - Sudden Lights - Aijā 05. Portugal - Mimicat - Ai coração 06. Ireland - Wild Youth - We Are One 07. Croatia - Let 3 - Mama ŠČ! 08. Switzerland - Remo Forrer - Watergun 09. Israel - Noa Kirel - Unicorn 10. Moldova - Pasha Parfeni - Soarele și luna 11. Sweden - Loreen - Tattoo 12. Azerbaijan - TuralTuranX - Tell Me More 13. Czechia - Vesna - My Sister's Crown 14. Netherlands - Mia Nicolai, Dion Cooper - Burning Daylight 15. Finland - Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha

Albania: Ronela Hajati - Sekret Armenia: Rosa Linn - Snap Australia: Voyager - Promise Austria: Teya & Selena - Who The Hell Is Edgar? Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli - Fade To Black Belgium: Jérémie Makiese - Miss You Croatia: Let 3 - Mama ŠČ Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou - Break A Broken Heart Czech Republic: We Are Domi - Lights Off Denmark: Reiley - Breaking My Heart Estonia: Stefan - Hope Finland: Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha France: La Zarra - Évidemment Georgia: Circus Mircus - Lock Me In Germany: Lord Of The Lost - Blood & Glitter Greece: Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord - Die Together Iceland: Systur - Með hækkandi sól Ireland: Wild Youth - We Are One Israel: Noa Kirel - Unicorn Italy: Mahmood & BLANCO - Brividi Latvia: Citi Zēni - Eat Your Salad Lithuania: Monika Liu - Sentimentai Malta: The Busker - Dance (Our Own Party) Moldova: Zdob și Zdub & Frații Advahov - Trenulețul Netherlands: S10 - De Diepte Norway: Alessandra Mele - Queen Of Kings Poland: Ochman - River Portugal: Maro - Saudade, saudade Romania: WRS - Llámame San Marino: Achille Lauro - Stripper Serbia: Konstrakta - In corpore sano Slovenia: Joker Out - Carpe Diem Spain: Chanel - SloMo Sweden: Loreen - Tattoo Switzerland: Remo Forrer - Watergun Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra - Stefania United Kingdom: Sam Ryder - Space Man 2022: 22 2023: 15

Is that statement real?

My first ranking, and last before the Eurovision week! Goat 01 Sweden: Loreen - Tattoo LOVE 02 Finland: Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha 03 Norway: Alessandra - Queen of Kings 04 Austria: Teya & Salena - Who the Hell Is Edgar? 05 France: La Zarra - Évidemment Great 06 United Kingdom: Mae Muller - I Wrote A Song 07 Israel: Noa Kirel - Unicorn 08 Czechia: Vesna - My Sister's Crown 09 Netherlands: Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper - Burning Daylight 10 Moldova: Pasha Parfeni - Soarele și luna 11 Australia: Voyager - Promise 12 Slovenia: Joker Out - Carpe Diem 13 Denmark: Reiley - Breaking My Heart 14 Germany: Lord of the Lost - Blood & Glitter 15 Malta: The Busker - Dance (Our Own Party) 16 Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou - Break a Broken Heart 17 Switzerland: Remo Forrer - Watergun 18 Greece: Victor Vernicos - What They Say Good 19 Italy: Marco Mengoni - Due vite 20 Spain: Blanca Paloma - Eaea 21 Serbia: Luke Black - Samo mi se spava 22 Ireland: Wild Youth - We Are One 23 Croatia: Let 3 - Mama ŠČ! 24 Georgia: Iru Khechanovi - Echo 25 Armenia: Brunette - Future Lover Okay 26 Portugal: Mimicat - Ai coração 27 Ukraine: Tvorchi - Heart Of Steel 28 Iceland: Diljá - Power 29 Estonia: Alika - Bridges 30 Latvia: Sudden Lights - Aijā 31 Lithuania: Monika Linkyte - Stay Meh 32 San Marino: Piqued Jacks - Like an Animal 33 Belgium: Gustaph - Because of You 34 Azerbaijan: TuralTuranX - Tell Me More 35 Poland: Blanka - Solo 36 Albania: Albina & Familja Kelmendi - Duje 37 Romania: Theodor Andrei - D.G.T. (Off and On)

Thank you for pointing this out, so I don't have to! 😅 01. Which country is your favourite going into the contest? Sweden 02. Which country is your least favourite going into the contest? Romania 03. Who do you think will win the jury vote? Final: Sweden 04. Who do you think will win the public vote? SF1: Finland SF2: Austria Final: Finland 05. What song is your most listened to so far this year? (Not necessarily your favourite) Norway (I guess time and exposure is a factor here) 06. Which entry hasn't had much hype, but you would like to see qualify? Denmark 07. Which of the 6 auto-qualifiers is your favourite? France 08. Which entry is overhyped to you? One which you're struggling to get why it's as loved as it is? Spain 09. Will we be heading back to Scandanavia next year? Yes 10. Which entry do you think will be the surprise hit of this year? Netherlands 11. Who will be the surprise Non-Qualifier? Moldova 12. On a scale of 1-10 (1 being not so hyped and 10 being as hyped as you can be), how hyped are you for Eurovision this year? 11!! 13. On a scale of 1-10 (1 being not strong and 10 being extremely strong), how strong are the songs in this years contest? 7 14. Do you think the UK will finish in the top half (1-13)? Yes 15. Who do you *think* will win? Sweden

Agree, but on first listen I think 24 countries were better in 2022 and 13 are better in 2023. I think there are a lot of growers and not showers this year though, might be more balanced after a few more listens.

If Loreen doesn't win this tomorrow, I don't know what I'll do. I might start a war against the swedes, and if M&M are the one's who will be in the way of her, I will do everything in my power to never let them set a foot on their home land again. 'Tattoo' is the best song to ever come out of Melodifestivalen and soon also Eurovision.

Just learned that Mae is the little girl in Mika's 'Grace Kelly' music video, that's cool. Especially since Mika was the host of last year's contest!

Was the stop really necessary?

Omg drama

One Day sounded like it was made for Laleh

This heat was boring, nothing stands out. I liked Theoz the most though, but I enjoyed Tennessee Tears and Wiktoria.

My winners 01 01 🇳🇱 Netherlands: S10 - De Diepte 02 08 🇺🇦 Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra - Stefania 03 02 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Sam Ryder - Space Man 04 03 🇮🇹 Italy: Mahmood & BLANCO - Brividi 05 06 🇳🇴 Norway: Subwoolfer - Give That Wolf A Banana 06 07 🇫🇷 France: Alven & Ahaz - Fulenn I love this 07 16 🇷🇸 Serbia: Konstrakta - In corpore sano 08 09 🇪🇸 Spain: Chanel - SloMo 09 04 🇬🇷 Greece: Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord - Die Together 10 14 🇲🇩 Moldova: Zdob și Zdub & Frații Advahov - Trenulețul 11 05 🇵🇱 Poland: Ochman - River 12 22 🇪🇪 Estonia: Stefan - Hope Good feelings 13 10 🇸🇪 Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer 14 12 🇵🇹 Portugal: MARO - Saudade, Saudade 15 17 🇬🇪 Georgia: Circus Mircus - Lock Me In 16 19 🇦🇺 Australia: Sheldon Riley - Not The Same 17 21 🇸🇲 San Marino: Achille Lauro - Stripper 18 13 🇨🇿 Czech Republic: We Are Domi - Lights Off 19 20 🇱🇻 Latvia: Citi Zēni - Eat Your Salad 20 18 🇮🇸 Iceland: Systur - Með hækkandi sól Good 21 24 🇦🇲 Armenia: Rosa Linn - Snap 22 11 🇨🇾 Cyprus: Andromache - Ela 23 15 🇦🇱 Albania: Ronela Hajati - Sekret 24 27 🇲🇹 Malta: Emma Muscat - I Am What I Am 25 23 🇮🇪 Ireland: Brooke - That's Rich 26 38 🇲🇪 Montenegro: Vladana - Breathe You're allowed 27 28 🇩🇰 Denmark: REDDI - The Show 28 25 🇦🇹 Austria: LUM!X ft. Pia Maria - Halo 29 26 🇩🇪 Germany: Malik Harris - Rockstars 30 40 🇱🇹 Lithuania: Monika Liu - Sentimentai 31 36 🇷🇴 Romania: WRS - Llámame Room for big improvements 32 29 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli - Fade To Black 33 31 🇭🇷 Croatia: Mia Dimšić - Guilty Pleasure 34 30 🇸🇮 Slovenia: LPS - Disko 35 35 🇨🇭 Switzerland: Marius Baer - Boys Do Cry 36 32 🇧🇪 Belgium: Jérémie Makiese - Miss You 37 33 🇲🇰 North Macedonia: Andrea - Circles Bye 38 34 🇮🇱 Israel: Michael Ben David - I.M 39 39 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: Intelligent Music Project - Intention 40 37 🇫🇮 Finland: The Rasmus - Jezebel My biggest losses are Georgia, San Marino and Latvia. What a fun final we would have with them. I would happily switch them out with Belgium, Switzerland and Azerbaijan. Though I really dislike 'Jezebel' I don't mind it in the final, just because it is up-tempo (thank god it won't open the show again, cause it took time for me to recover after that) 😅 The biggest improvements for me from studio versions to the live performances are Lithuania, Estonia and Serbia & Montenegro. My biggest disappointments are Albania and Cyprus.

Ranking tonight 1. Serbia 2. Poland 3. Estonia 4. Sweden 5. Georgia 6. Australia 7. Czech Republic 8. San Marino 9. Ireland 10. Cyprus -------------------------- 11. Malta 12. Montenegro 13. Romania 14. Azerbaijan 15. Belgium 16. North Macedonia 17. Israel 18. Finland

I have a feeling Montenegro might be the surprise qualifier tonight.

Predict 01. Finland: 'Jezebel' by The Rasmus 02. Israel: 'I.M' by Michael Ben David 03. Serbia: 'In corpore sano' by Konstrakta 04. Azerbaijan: 'Fade To Black' by Nadir Rustamli 05. Georgia: 'Lock Me In' by Circus Mircus 06. Malta: 'I Am What I Am' by Emma Muscat 07. San Marino: 'Stripper' by Achille Lauro 08. Australia: 'Not The Same' by Sheldon Riley 09. Cyprus: 'Ela' by Andromache 10. Ireland: 'That's Rich' by Brooke 11. North Macedonia: 'Circles' by Andrea 12. Estonia: 'Hope' by Stefan 13. Romania: 'Llámame' by WRS 14. Poland: 'River' by Ochman 15. Montenegro: 'Breathe' by Vladana 16. Belgium: 'Miss You' by Jérémie Makiese 17. Sweden: 'Hold Me Closer' by Cornelia Jakobs 18. Czech Republic: 'Lights Off' by We Are Domi Want 01. Finland: 'Jezebel' by The Rasmus 02. Israel: 'I.M' by Michael Ben David 03. Serbia: 'In corpore sano' by Konstrakta 04. Azerbaijan: 'Fade To Black' by Nadir Rustamli 05. Georgia: 'Lock Me In' by Circus Mircus 06. Malta: 'I Am What I Am' by Emma Muscat 07. San Marino: 'Stripper' by Achille Lauro 08. Australia: 'Not The Same' by Sheldon Riley 09. Cyprus: 'Ela' by Andromache 10. Ireland: 'That's Rich' by Brooke 11. North Macedonia: 'Circles' by Andrea 12. Estonia: 'Hope' by Stefan 13. Romania: 'Llámame' by WRS 14. Poland: 'River' by Ochman 15. Montenegro: 'Breathe' by Vladana 16. Belgium: 'Miss You' by Jérémie Makiese 17. Sweden: 'Hold Me Closer' by Cornelia Jakobs 18. Czech Republic: 'Lights Off' by We Are Domi

The problem for me with Switzerland is not the song, but the artist. I don't believe in him, he dosn't come across as genuine. The song is okay I guess. It didn't help him how he acted after he qualified too, during the press conference he gave me bad vibes... like he was acting happy, but was really annoyed and couldn't keep it in.

The astronaut in subwoolfer is TIX, he revealed himself taking of the helmet while NRK was filming him outside the arena. Looked kinda staged though😅