Colm

Youtube views of last night's performances Croatia 1,286,000 Israel 1,081,000 Finland 1,009,000 Sweden 898,000 Norway 568,000 Serbia 499,000 Czechia 476,000 Portugal 398,000 Moldova 374,000 Switzerland 229,000 Ireland 188,000 Netherlands 181,000 Latvia 125,000 Azerbaijan 119,000 Malta 116,000

Sweden needs to be first half otherwise it's a one horse race

Ireland was very trebly.

Croatia song was always going to qualify.

:(

You dont feel that any song is a 14? :o

If his vocals are like tonight's the jury might punish him.

You need to listen to this away from the visuals.

Sometimes I dont know if it's worth the effort of spelling Azerbaijan out in full if this is what I get in return.

Undeniable 10.0 Twice the song Eurphoria was.

ah...old manky nails is on,

I don't want to see you dance.

I detest the way her voice inflects at the end of each line.

9.0 Norway 6.5 Malta 8.5 Serbia 10.0 Latvia 6.0 Portugal 7.0 Ireland 10.0 Croatia

Too good for Eurovision

Nah, it's 10/10

Best so far. That was class!

Been listening to it for months. :wub:

There was something off about that performance.

Excellent start!

If Croatia doesn't get through I will be very disappointed.

It's been scrapped. Back to the old way. Yay! EBU. BBC. “After trying a new system of presenting the qualifying countries in Dress Rehearsal 1 of the First Semi-Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 it was decided by the production team to revert back to the previous reveal sequence used in recent years with artists learning whether they will progress to the Grand Final together with their delegations in the Green Room. Whilst this change will not now be implemented this year there are other innovations in the show for viewers to look forward to.”

The law of diminishing returns strikes the Empire. As Dandy says, the audio quality may have hampered its impact. I didn't think it would underperform Magnetic Fields.

Live Forever is all time great. I could never stand Parklife and would remove it from the album if I could.