Semi Final 2

[Beanie]

Gimme a sec...

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Ok - running order - only nations taking part can vote...

1 Iceland Eurobandið This is my life - -
2 Sweden Charlotte Perrelli Hero - -
3 Turkey Mor ve Otesi Deli - -
4 Ukraine Ani Lorak Shady lady - -
5 Lithuania Jeronimas Milius Nomads in the night - -
6 Albania Olta Boka Zemren e lame peng - -
7 Switzerland Paolo Meneguzzi Era stupendo - -
8 Czech Republic Tereza Kerndlová Have some fun - -
9 Belarus Ruslan Alekhno Hasta la vista - -
10 Latvia Pirates of the Sea Wolves of the sea - -
11 Croatia Kraljevi Ulice and 75 cents Romanca - -
12 Bulgaria Deep Zone and Balthazar DJ, take me away - -
13 Denmark Simon Mathew All night long - -
14 Georgia Diana Gurtskaya Peace will come - -
15 Hungary Csezy Candlelight - -
16 Malta Morena Vodka - -
17 Cyprus Evdokia Kadi Femme fatale - -
18 FYR Macedonia Tamara, Vrcak and Adrian Gadz Vo ime na ljubovta - -
19 Portugal Vânia Fernandes Senhora do mar - -

France, Serbia and the UK will also vote on this one.

[Beanie]

Tougher semi this...a lot of the strong songs are in the middle, and the weaker ones in the good slots. Can count out Croatia, Czechs, and Lithuania, but that's as far as I've got so far.

[kompressaur]

ah hah dee hah

im away to back the pirates of the sea

[likesadabble]

looking into this already although it clashes with the SPL showdown.. hmm what to do?

[kompressaur]

The internet is the best way Lab. do nothing. Let it come to you

[kompressaur]

2nd Semi - To Qualify for Final
Ukraine 1/40
Sweden 1/14
Turkey 1/8
Bulgaria 1/5
Croatia 1/2
Iceland 1/2
Latvia 8/15
Portugal 4/7
Hungary 8/13
Albania 8/13
FYR Macedonia 4/6
Switzerland 8/11
Georgia 8/11
Belarus 23/20
Malta 6/5
Denmark 6/5
Cyprus 5/2
Lithuania 4/1
Czech Republic 9/2

thats what i will be working off. bet365 it is

[Beanie]

Will have a brief look tonight but I'm a bit scrambled after that first semi - proper stuff tomorrow I think.

[Snodser]

Fcuk me Beanie, have you been mugged?

Down here when you see a head like that you just automatically call the police, even if it is the middle of the day

[kompressaur]

swizerland at 8/11. lets have a listen to that
Switzerland

oh aye. this is just badly produced. according to the betting all these should make it


Ukraine 1/40
Sweden 1/14
Turkey 1/8
Bulgaria 1/5
Croatia 1/2
Iceland 1/2
Latvia 8/15
Portugal 4/7
Hungary 8/13
Albania 8/13

lets look at those just outwith then.

ah beanies belarus. ill go hotlink the other 'favs' for now (id do them all but its me that will have to undo them all one by one later)

[Beanie]

I've gone off the Belarussians now Komp - the updated version of the song was good but he can't pull it off live. Can't be backing it at not far over evens at the moment.

[MickeyPaul]

And there is no danger I'd be going anywhere near those bloody pirates. Gaarrrr me hearties. It'll sink to the bottom of the Eurovision sea. I think I stole that line from Gerry Logan.

[kompressaur]

lets have a look at what could NOT qualify then. Nah i wan to bet teams that can.

Iceland 1/2 nah maybe not. it aint nothing special. sweden is awfull. Here we go. Latvia to qualify. Easy money

[MickeyPaul]

Not so sure about it being 'easy' money, Komp. I'll have a clearer idea after I've heard them all.

[Beanie]

Found it worthwhile to have approach it as realistically as possible - listen to live performances of all the songs in the order that they perform, and therefore get a good idea of how it's all developing as it goes along. Back in a mo to start...

[Beanie]

Ok Let's get this semi underway...

Iceland:

[YOUTUBE]Y6l94MpT8LU[/YOUTUBE]

I think that's a great song to open and will go down a storm - he's a pretty decent singer. The song itself is pretty uninspiring stuff, just a stock dance track, but the presentation is slick and its got everything an opener needs. Got good skando support in this semi - at the moment, have it down as a deffo qualifier.

Sweden:

[YOUTUBE]nFrSP7u_9As[/YOUTUBE]

Almost put in the shade a little given it seems far less energetic than the opener. Its nothing more than usual Eurovision pop but there's plenty support around for this and it'll be a huge surprise if it doesnt make it.

Turkey:

[YOUTUBE]EJLDvp9qumY[/YOUTUBE]

I think this might actually struggle based on its starting slot - it's coming behind 2 foot stompers and this just sounds a bit like after the mayors show. Will need every expat vote going to get through I think - but being a big gun it might just do enough.

Ukraine:

[YOUTUBE]vpCsihKaing[/YOUTUBE]

Yet another strong opener...can all the first 4 qualify? It would be unprecendented but dont count it out, and this looks the most likely of the lot. Another solid song and with plenty friends out there for the Ukrainians then this one should be performing again on Saturday night barring an absolute disaster.

Lithuania:

[YOUTUBE]6Pw-DnYA8n0[/YOUTUBE]

It had to end somewhere, and this bizarre song is just gonna sound even worse after that opening. Will get support from Latvia and that'll be about it...qualification chances are virtually zero.

Continues later...