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The Georgian song isn't bad, but she can not sing live at all! She was just screaming the song live and it was very poorly performed. Take into consideration Diana and Sophia were off-key in the national finals, there is a chance this can be turned around and I think if she can deliver on the night, the Georgians will be making their fourth apperance in the finals, but I can see them placing around 14th-19th. If she still sounds screechy, I think 11th in the semis.

My motto should be EVERY singer has to sing live. The only way to weed the ones out from the bona-fide genuine singers to the pretty faces is make it mandatory for them all to sing live and perform with an orchestra/band.

My top 8: 1. Sara Lumholdt 2. Sara Vaarga 3. Sebastian 4. Eric Saade 5. Shirley's Angels 6. Linda Sunblad THE CRAPS: 7. Simon Forsberg 8, The Playtones.

This is a brilliant semi final! I like six out of the eight songs particpating tonight! The only two I dislike are Simon Forsberg and The Playtones. My predictions: Final: Eric and Sebastian 2nd chance: Shirley's Angels and The Playtones (sorry!) 5th Linda Sunblad 6th Sara Vaarga (This will suffer the fate of Anna-Maria Epsinoza one of my faves of last year :() 7th Simon Forsberg 8th Sara Lumholdt (My favourite and they have a habit of being last)

Once again, another great entry from Germany :) This doesn't have the catchiness "Sattelite" had, but nevertheless, it's perhaps one of the most interesting and original songs chosen so far. I can't see Germany and Lena doing two in a row......but it's a shoe-in for the top 5.

A decentish entry from Spain, but as mentioned above it'll be their beloved bottom 10 position in Dusseldorf. I am happy "Eos" made the superfinal, but I think that would have been the best choice.

Valantyo Trifonos has the best song easily in this pre-selection. A very strong ballad and voice which I think could give Greece that elusive second win! I'd happily accept Nikki Ponte as well. It seems Greece know how to play this contest very well ;)

I had quite a few cassette singles, mainly of the Spice Girls, B*Witched etc those sort of bands that were popular in the late 1990s (Yes I am a 90s child!) The first album I ever bought "Whigfield" was on casette too - sadly the tape player ate it :( My sister used to record the charts off the radio long before that waste of space Reggie presented it and it focused on the music. MP3s are fun and hi-tech, but really it's just paying around 79p for a computer file!

A very poor pre-selection indeed from Spain. The only one that could do remotely well is "Eos" by Melissa. It's the most Spanish in the pre-selection and has a "Legenda" sort of vibe to it. I hope "Diamonds" doesn't gets selected. The little video is like something off one of those 900 channels off SKY!!!!

A bit of a silly request but do any of you guys know the rest of the chart that week? I am interested in key names and new entries. Further more here is my 10p worth: 01.U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own - Nah 02.Elvis Presley - Wooden Heart {2005} - That got on my tits! How dare he claim the 1000th number one? 03.Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers - bast*rdised sample of a classic song. 04.Destiny's Child/Ti/Lil Wayne - Soldier - Ewwwww. That whole album is terrible bar "Lose my Breath" and "Girl". Luckily I bought it for about £1.09 used on Amazon in a slipcase with "Survivor". 05.Brian McFadden & Delta Goodrem - Almost Here - Decent ballad. 06.Doves - Black and White Town - Decent. 07.Raghav - Angel Eyes - Ewwwwwww 08.Ashanti - Only U - I quite like this :) 09.The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize - Weird video, but decent tune. 10.Ciara feat. Petey Pablo - Goodies - Otherwise known as the "Car Alarm Song" in my house. 11.The Noise Next Door - Calendar Girl - Busted wannabees with a cheap sounding song. 12.Daniel Bedingfield - Wrap My Words Around You - Drivel. 13.Uniting Nations - Out of Touch - Classic :) 14.Jay-Z & Linkin Park - Numb / Encore - Not too fond of it. 15.Xzibit - Hey Now (Mean Muggin' - Gangsta rap $h!t. 16.Athlete - Wires - Liked it back then, been bored to tears of it now. 17.Lucie Silvas - Breathe In - Great song. Very decent mid-tempo guitar ballad. Where is she now? 18.Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams - No ta. 19.Bloc Party - So Here We Are/Positive Tension - Don't know 20.Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight? {2005} - NO. 21.Good Charlotte - I Just Wanna Live - The guy who I was with (I had a four yr relationship with him) had a sister who was obsessed with these bands, and to be honest I did like this! 22.Freefaller - Do This! Do That! - Crap, but one of them was quite sexy. 23.The Kills - The Good Ones - Don't know 24.Lovefreekz - Shine - Don't know 25.The Duke Spirit - Lion Rip - Don't know 26.One World Project - Grief Never Grows Old - Ewwwww. I know it was for a good cause, but my that was a granny song. 27.Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never {2005} - An Elvis song I can abide. 28.Ashlee Simpson - La La - Where are the Simpsons Sisters now? Are they in a briotherl selling themselves for $40 where they belong? Annoying. 29.Hanson - Penny And Me - This was surpsingly good :) 30.Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous - LOVE!!! 31.Elvis Presley - One Night/I Got Stung {2005} - NO! 32.Elvis Presley - A Fool Such As I/I Need Your Love Tonight {2005} - NO! 33.Duran Duran - What Happens Tomorrow - Meh 34.Rooster - Staring At The Sun - My fav song in this chart. Underrated band and a very meaningful ballad. 35.Lemar - If There's Any Justice - Boring. 36.The Beautiful South - This Will Be Our Year - Don't know. 37.Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock {2005} - Like :) 38.Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds - EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW 39.Dana Rayne - Object Of My Desire - Don't know. 40.Cam'ron Featuring Mona Lisa - Girls - More rap shoite. 42.Stonebridge feat. Therese - Take Me Away - Boring. 45.Kylie Minogue - I Believe In You - I like this :) 48.Ronan Keating feat. Yusuf - Father and Son - Very good cover. 50.The Killers - Somebody Told Me {2005} - CLASSIC! 54.Darius - Live Twice - Very meaningful ballad written about the passing of his father. 62.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast {2005} - My Dad and I each bought a copy to make this the 1000th number 1. 63.Girls Aloud - I'll Stand By You - Love this :) 71.Phixx - Strange Love - Underrated song by a very decent boyband.

Disappointing choice from Malta. Very dated and has nil chances. Shame as he is a good vocalist. I wish they chose these three: Kurt Calleja - "Over and Over" (3rd position) - Mid-tempo rock ballad which was well sung and performed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb0DIAzkZ7Y Wayne Micallef - "Everybody Sing" (8th position) - Another mid-tempo rock number a la The Script: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgQKZoF21ak Kellie Schembri - "Love me like your money" (last with nil points) - Very Kylie/Inna-esque and catchy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZFlRrdCBtQ

Vesela Benova's song "Belive" - A bit Rihanna/Nicole Scherzinger esque:

Milena's song for Bulgaria: Very 80s/90s rock-chick esque with some great rock riffs and a touch of Bulgarian in it. I would love to see this in Eurovision and for once I think Bulgaria could qualify! This is her image btw: http://i.ytimg.com/vi/WNruACM0W4s/0.jpg

01.U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own 02.Elvis Presley - Wooden Heart {2005} 03.Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers 04.Destiny's Child/Ti/Lil Wayne - Soldier 05.Brian McFadden & Delta Goodrem - Almost Here 06.Doves - Black and White Town 07.Raghav - Angel Eyes 08.Ashanti - Only U 09.The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize 10.Ciara feat. Petey Pablo - Goodies 11.The Noise Next Door - Calendar Girl 12.Daniel Bedingfield - Wrap My Words Around You 13.Uniting Nations - Out of Touch 14.Jay-Z & Linkin Park - Numb / Encore 15.Xzibit - Hey Now (Mean Muggin' 16.Athlete - Wires 17.Lucie Silvas - Breathe In 18.Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams 19.Bloc Party - So Here We Are/Positive Tension 20.Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight? {2005} 21.Good Charlotte - I Just Wanna Live 22.Freefaller - Do This! Do That! 23.The Kills - The Good Ones 24.Lovefreekz - Shine 25.The Duke Spirit - Lion Rip 26.One World Project - Grief Never Grows Old 27.Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never {2005} 28.Ashlee Simpson - La La - 29.Hanson - Penny And Me 30.Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous 31.Elvis Presley - One Night/I Got Stung {2005} 32.Elvis Presley - A Fool Such As I/I Need Your Love Tonight {2005} 33.Duran Duran - What Happens Tomorrow 34.Rooster - Staring At The Sun 35.Lemar - If There's Any Justice 36.The Beautiful South - This Will Be Our Year 37.Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock {2005} 38.Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds 39.Dana Rayne - Object Of My Desire 40.Cam'ron Featuring Mona Lisa - Girls 41.Soul Central feat. Kathy Brown - Strings Of Life (Stronger On My Own) 42.Stonebridge feat. Therese - Take Me Away 43.Ice Cube feat. Mack 10 & Ms Toi - You Can Do It 44.Motiv 8 - Riding On The Wings 45.Kylie Minogue - I Believe In You 46.Mylo - Destroy Rock And Roll 47.Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - Roll Call/What U Gon' Do 48.Ronan Keating feat. Yusuf - Father and Son 49.Feeder - Tumble And Fall 50.The Killers - Somebody Told Me {2005} 51.U2 - All Because Of You {Import} 52.Fierce Girl - What Makes A Girl Fierce 53.Adam Green - Emily 54.Darius - Live Twice 55.Kasabian - Cutt Off 56.Commander Tom - Attention! 57.Eric Prydz - Call On Me 58.Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten 59.Nelly & Christina Aguilera - Tilt Ya Head Back 60.Houston - Ain't Nothing Wrong 61.Ian Brown - Time Is My Everything 62.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast {2005} 63.Girls Aloud - I'll Stand By You 64.Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell - Drop It Like It's Hot 65.22-20s - Such A Fool 66.Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For? 67.Apartment - Everyone Says I'm Paranoid/June July 68.The Wedding Present - I'm From Further North Than You 69.Head Automatica - Beating Heart Baby 70.Erasure - Breathe 71.Phixx - Strange Love 72.Deeyah - Plan Of My Own 73.Michael Gray - The Weekend 74.Baron And Fresh - Supernature 75.House Of Pain - Jump Around {2004}

01. KLF Featuring The Children Of The Revolution - 3AM Eternal - Great #1. Still fresh 20 yrs on imo. 02. Simpsons - Do The Bartman - My Dad bought me this on 7" vinyl!!! I have to admit, this is still a guilty pleasure of mine and is a reflection of the show in it's golden days. 20 yrs on, it's looking tired and is only on as FOX want to break the record. 03. 2 In A Room - Wiggle It - Nah 04. Nomad Featuring MC Mikee Freedom - (I Wanna Give You) Devotion - I quite like this :) 05 Praise - Only You - Meh. 06 EMF - I Believe - Nah. 07. Kylie Minogue - What Do I Have To Do? - Great tune from Kylie. This showed signs of her maturing. 08. Soho - Hippy Chick {1991} - Cool song and great use of The Smiths Sample. 09. Rick Astley - Cry For Help - Nah 10. Vanilla Ice - Play That Funky Music - Double NAH!! 11. Seal - Crazy - Great song, classic 20 yrs on. 12. Queen - Innuendo - Underrated song from the boys of Queen. I really love this, and whenever I listen to this it makes me sad as this was Freddie's final year. 13. Enigma - Sadness Part 1 - Love this!!! 14. C&C Music Factory Featuring Freedom Williams - Gonna Make You Sweat - Nah. 15. Oleta Adams - Get Here - Beautiful ballad. Classic. 16. Robert Palmer - Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You - Nah. 18. A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It? - No you can't :P 22 The Source - You Got The Love - Easily the best version of this song. 29. The Farm - All Together Now - It strikes me more as a football chant than a serious song. 33. Whitney Houston - All The Man That I Need - Has a dirty version in my house as "He fills me up, with his willy wonka!" but aside from that, although it does pop in my head - I like it :) 40. Mariah Carey - Someday - Mariah at her peak. This song really packs a punch and one of her best. 50. Bananarama - Preacher Man - My ex collected all of Bananarama's back catalogue and I may say this was a welcome change from their poppy stuff. 65. Madonna - Justify My Love - This is a sexy song.

01.Mariah Carey - Without You - I think this is a good cover :) 02.D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better {1994} - The anthem of New Labour, but nothing special. 03.Toni Braxton - Breathe Again - Beautiful soul ballad. 04.Enigma - Return To Innocence - Great ethnic/chillout tune. 05.Celine Dion - The Power Of Love - The Jennifer Rush version is 100000 times better, but Celine did an OK job on it. 06.Aretha Franklin - A Deeper Love - I don't remember this. 07.Cappella - Move On Baby - Great dance tune, but check out the live performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g27_buTv7Fw 08.Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart And Sting - All For Love - Meh. 09.2 Unlimited - Let The Beat Control Your Body - Meh. 10.Reel 2 Real Featuring The Mad Stuntman - I Like To Move It - Eww......why do I picture Jedward doing this? 11.Wendy Moten - Come In Out Of The Rain - Very decent Mariah-esque ballad :) 14.The Cranberries - Linger {1994} - They were the band of 1994. Love this song. 16.Meat Loaf - Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through - Another great release from the Bat out of Hell II album. 27.New Kids On The Block - Dirty Dawg - Ewwww. Showed their time was up. Makes their 2008/9 comeback look like Take That's! 46.Eternal - Save Our Love - Loved this group!!! 47.Texas - So In Love With You - Gorgeous ballad.

01.Mariah Carey - Without You 02.D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better {1994} 03.Toni Braxton - Breathe Again 04.Enigma - Return To Innocence 05.Celine Dion - The Power Of Love 06.Aretha Franklin - A Deeper Love 07.Cappella - Move On Baby 08.Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart And Sting - All For Love 09.2 Unlimited - Let The Beat Control Your Body 10.Reel 2 Real Featuring The Mad Stuntman - I Like To Move It 11.Wendy Moten - Come In Out Of The Rain 12.Crowded House - Locked Out 13.K7 - Come Baby Come 14.The Cranberries - Linger {1994} 15.Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby 16.Meat Loaf - Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through 17.Haddaway - I Miss You 18.Urban Cookie Collective - Sail Away 19.Sasha - Higher Ground 20.Shara Nelson - Uptight 21.The Proclaimers - Let's Get Married 22.Atlantic Ocean - Waterfall 23.Culture Beat - Anything 24.Richard Marx - Now And Forever 25.Chaka Demus And Pliers Featuring Jack Radics And Taxi Gang - Twist And Shout 26.Joe Roberts - Lover 27.New Kids On The Block - Dirty Dawg 28.Saint Etienne - Pale Movie 29.DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince - Can't Wait To Be With You 30.Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy 31.The Wildhearts - Caffeine Bomb 32.Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away 33.The Orb - Perpetual Dawn {1994} 34.Rozalla - I Love Music 35.D Mob Featuring Cathy Dennis - Why? 36.Carleen Anderson - Nervous Breakdown 37.Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl 38.East 17 - It's Alright 39.Urban Species - Spiritual Love 40.Bill Tarmey - Wind Beneath My Wings 41.Honky - The Whistler 42.Sinead O'Connor - You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart 43.Elastica - Line Up 44.Fog - Been A Long Time 45.Captain Hollywood Project - Impossible 46.Eternal - Save Our Love 47.Texas - So In Love With You 48.The Bee Gees - For Whom The Bell Tolls 49.Sub Sub - Respect 50.Sultans Of Ping FC - Wake Up And Scratch Me 51.Ruby Turner - Stay With Me Baby 52.Diddy - Give Me Love 53.Manic Street Preachers - Life Becoming A Landslide 54.Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gin And Juice 55.Garth Brooks - The Red Strokes/Ain't Going Down 56.Peabo Bryson And Regina Belle - A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) 57.Bitty McLean - Here I Stand 58.2wo Third3 - Hear Me Calling 59.Dina Carroll - The Perfect Year 60.Cud - Neurotica 61.The Charlatans - Can't Get Out Of Bed 62.POV Featuring Jade - All Thru The Nite 63.Bass Bumpers - The Music's Got Me 64.David Lee Roth - She's My Machine 65.Nilsson - Without You {1994} 66.Slo-Moshun - Bells Of NY 67.Therapy? - Nowhere 68.Mr Blobby - Mr Blobby 69.Take That - Babe 70.House Of Zekkariyas - Secret Star 71.The Boo Radleys - Barney (... And Me) 72.Paul Rodgers - Muddy Water Blues 73.Blessing - Soul Love 74.Bobby Brown And Whitney Houston - Something In Common 75.Joan Jett And The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N' Roll {1994}

I'm giving myself an element of suprise to listen to the Andra Chansen and Finalists songs until the Andra Chansen heat, but WHY WHY WHY was "Elektrisk" by Anniela voted out?!?!?!?!?!?! This was catchy, well performed and OK she was a bit nervy with her vocals, but she is a young performer with plenty of time to work on it and it's a very contemporary song. A total injustice that she missed out. Easily the best song of MF11 so far. My other favourites are "Oh My God" by Le Kid, very Alphabeat esque and would have worked wonders in ESC. "Like Suicide" by Christian Walz, which would have been a contemporary approach for Sweden and scored big with the juries. My guilty pleasure is Babsan!

Tommorow is not only Valentine's Day but the day Poland choose their Eurovision entry for 2011 in Dusseldorf. Ten songs are vying for the public vote, and these are the three that stand out: Magdelna Tul - "Jestem" (I am) - A Christina-esque up-tempo song. Has the best chances to do well for Poland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HunRWlgr2yw Ada Fijal - "Hot Like Fire" - A very 40s/50s esque song a la "Candyman". I can see this with a brilliant performance. The Trash -"Thing's Go Better With Rock" - 80s stadium rock a la Bon Jovi/KISS. The UK is in the same semi as Poland so this will get a decent mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt2p5JrrUNU Recap here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxCnTegGTkk...feature=related

http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?week=19910824 Joint 21st with "Insanity" with Oceanic. I do wonder, are joint positions common in the 100-250 region?

I have to admit, I was scared this was going to represent us in Helsinki that year. I don't even think Ireland or Malta would have been stupid to vote for him! He'd have made the woman out of Dervish sound like Maria Callas......yet again Albania gave 5 to her raping of a celtic song, so maybe Brian would have got 6 or 7...............

The song title has conjured up images of Brian Harvey's of the same name from 2007! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWSAc-Fyc1I

Out of the songs that have made it to the final, it's between the two H's and Stella. All three have huge chances in ESC and would give Norway a very worthy result. Norra Noor was robbed last night, and I hope she gets a wildcard to the siste shansen round. It reminded me of "Tears Dry On Their Own" mixed with Erika Badu. Easily my overall fave of this pre-selection.

Filipa Ruas it's the best choice for Portugal even though I fear a "Canta por mim" style result in the pre-selection :( It's something Portugal need to send to get back in the top 10 and it's very catchy which will help a lot. I also like Wanda Stuart's song which is a very powerful ballad, but I can see her emulating their 2010 result or even worse non-qualification. Rui Anderade has a very strong song too, and what will help his cause is the fact is very handsome and it is a very Enrique styled ballad. The internet vote winner Homens da Luta ISN'T THAT BAD! It's traditional, but I think it will only appeal to Spain and France :( It would be a HUGE risk to send that to ESC. I can see it finishing 3rd or 4th in the final. The last place Woodoo deserved way better - I wouldn't have minded that in the final and it would have been a modern approach for Portugal in ESC. Carla Ribeiro was underrated too - soulful ballad, even if it would have been dated for ESC - A nice bit of 90s retro.

It'll flop because he's a crim. The UK doesn't take kindly to criminials in the charts. T.I. has had flops here due to his revolving door prison stays and Chris Brown is not popular either.