Eurovision Song Contest 2016

wil

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Ok, so here's my predictions to qualify, revised from a couple of weeks ago:

In:
Russia
Armenia
Iceland
Malta
Azerbaijan
Netherlands
Cyprus
Hungary
Czech republic
Croatia

I'm pretty confident of the first seven. Azerbaijan were borderline before tonight but I think the backing singers really pulled Samra over the line. Hungary is a bit risky but they really impressed me tonight. The last two I'm not so confident of, but the Czech Republic should do very well with the juries, whilst I think Croatia will sneak over the line as well due to the juries, despite the fact I think it was a bit of a mess tonight.

Out:
Finland
Moldova
Montenegro
Austria
Estonia
San Marino
Greece
Bosnia-Herzegovina

I'm reasonably confident the first six won't get in. I also think Greece won't get in for the first time ever. I mean, surely not right? It's absolute horsesh*te. Bosnia is borderline, but whilst I think they'll get more of the Balkan vote than Croatia, Croatia will get more support from the juries to pull them over the line and help sink Bosnia. I really can't see any sensible juries voting for the Bosnian song... right?!

Ah well only 9 out of ten.
Perfect ten next time?

Say Your Number

McGregor with the Iceland entry.

allym

Oh Marty

dublinman1990

Malta is in. Hooray for Malta. Well done to them.

Busi_Girl08

Surprised Iceland didn't get through.

Oops69

Looks like sweden have cut the budget for the shows this year , a lot of it looks a bit jaded / cheapish, little original , could be a show from 5 years ago.

yerwanthere123

No Iceland! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Welsh Megaman

Bosnia and Estonia were so dire.

Not that fussed about Cyprus.

Busi_Girl08

When's Nicky on? Did I miss him?










:pac:

Welsh Megaman

Would have swapped Iceland for Cyprus

Capt'n Midnight

ye olde block voting

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Gonna have to tweak my original predictions before it all kicks off tomorrow night.

For Semi-Final 1 I'm now gonna go for Czech Republic and Netherlands qualifying, instead of Azerbaijan and Hungary.
Czech Republic will pick up jury votes where Azerbaijan will lose them; the quality of the vocals.
And Hungary just doesn't have anything particularly memorable about it, whereas the Dutch song gets in your head (even if you don't like it).
I would love to see Estonia and San Marino go through but I fear their entries won't have enough appeal.

7/10. Bah. :mad:
I was wrong to take out Azerbaijan and Hungary; tbf Hungary did do well live and Azerbaijan wasn't as bad as I had been led to believe.
Not overly shocked to see Greece and Bosnia-Herzegovina miss out, but am very shocked that Iceland are gone. On the flipside, I would never in a million years have predicted Austria to qualify.

I kinda knew San Marino wouldn't get through but it's still sad not to see that glorious bastard again. And even worse, the sexy Estonian Nazi is gone. I loved his voice and his creepy yet alluring eyes.

Go Harvey Go

Oops69 wrote: »

jesus spain , HOW ARE THEY ALWAYS SO ****E AT EUROVISION?

Ruth Lorenzo wasn't:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OtuM3Zvkeo

wil

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

When's Nicky on? Did I miss him?










:pac:

No he was on. Got up off his stool and everything.

Say Your Number

Eoin McDevitt dancing in an astronaut costume wasn't enough to get Moldova through

Lunger

I think Iceland was hard done by. Mind you, Sylvia Night didn't get through in 2006 to which I say BOO!

yerwanthere123

wil wrote: »

Ah well only 9 out of ten.
Perfect ten next time?

Haha nope, in all my years I've never got 10/10 from the semi-finals, 9 is always as good as its got.

Obviously shocked Iceland didn't make it, but I did always think it was overrated anyway, and I think the similarities to Sweden last year are probably what cost it.

Absolutely delighted Bosnia and particularly Greece didn't make it, you can't send any old sh*te and just expect to get through every year. Thrilled for the Czech Republic too, hopefully it'll lead to more interest for the competition in the Czech Republic, and maybe encourage Slovakia to come back

Stevecw

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Would have swapped Iceland for Cyprus

Exactly the same. We really sadly always vote on songs as we watch & my top 10 was almost the same except Iceland instead of Cyprus. Thought Malta was best & Armenia was next best.

Lunger

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Absolutely delighted Bosnia and particularly Greece didn't make it, you can't send any old sh*te and just expect to get through every year.

*cough* Royaume Uni *cough*

Go Harvey Go

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

Ruth Lorenzo wasn't:

Ruth's a great singer but that song was a pile of shíte tbh!
I'd like to see her do Eurovision again, she could easily get top five with the right tune.

maude6868

No way in the world will Nicky Byrne qualify

maude6868

maude6868 wrote: »

No way in the world will Nicky Byrne qualify

I don;t think much of the song and can't see him getting through on anything other than his westlife membership but no idea how far that will get him with the eastern countries . It's always more fun to watch if we have an interest in it though so I'd like to see him in the final.

yerwanthere123

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Haha nope, in all my years I've never got 10/10 from the semi-finals, 9 is always as good as its got.

Obviously shocked Iceland didn't make it, but I did always think it was overrated anyway, and I think the similarities to Sweden last year are probably what cost it.

Absolutely delighted Bosnia and particularly Greece didn't make it, you can't send any old sh*te and just expect to get through every year. Thrilled for the Czech Republic too, hopefully it'll lead to more interest for the competition in the Czech Republic, and maybe encourage Slovakia to come back

If Bosnia-Herzegovina had taken out the rap bit, I think it would have snuck through. Some parts of that song were quite nice; the cello is a very underused instrument on the Eurovision stage. The rap was what killed it for me.
And I even warmed a little towards Greece tonight; yeah, the rapping was terrible and the English lyrics were dodgy, but the tune itself was quite pleasant and they staged it about as well as they could.

If I had the power, I'd send Azerbaijan, Austria and Russia home in place of Iceland, Estonia and San Marino (not that Russia was necessarily bad, just underwhelming). I actually don't think there were any outright car crash performances tonight; Finland probably had the dodgiest vocals while Moldova had the most questionable staging but there were no real trainwrecks.

I do agree with you on Czech Republic though, very nice to see them in the final. And Gabriela was one of the better singers on the night, even if the song itself is a little bland, so she deserves it. I'm one of the few people on earth who enjoyed the Czech entries in both 2007 and 2009 (albeit the latter in a strictly tongue-in-cheek way! :pac: ) so it's well overdue.
And Slovakia should've qualified in both 2010 and 2012 imo, so it would be nice to see them back.

(It's times like this I realise I take Eurovision a lot more seriously than I like to think that I do. )

yerwanthere123

Deleted User wrote: »

And Slovakia should've qualified in both 2010 and 2012 imo, so it would be nice to see them back.

(It's times like this I realise I take Eurovision a lot more seriously than I like to think that I do. )

I've never really been that keen on Slovakia's entries, but I really enjoyed their 2011 song and was disappointed when it didn't get through.

And of course you take Eurovision seriously, it's serious business!

dublinman1990

This affects the UK more than us. But ouch how embarrassing from Malta's envoy.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160509/local/joe-grima-says-new-london-mayor-was-voted-in-by-cockroaches.611537

Snoopy1

I cant understand everybody saying Iceland were robbed. I thought it was an awful song, glad it didnt get through

Go Harvey Go

Meanwhile... TG4 are entering the Junior Eurovision again this year.

http://www.tg4.ie/en/programmes/junior-eurovision/

They were obviously happy with Aimee Banks' 12th-place finish in Sofia last year. And as one might expect, the song they will send to Valletta will, like "Réalta na Mara", be as Gaeilge.

Imagine if they won it, though. I wonder what the folks at Montrose would think?

dogcat

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

They were obviously happy with Aimee Banks' 12th-place finish in Sofia last year.

Imagine if they won it, though. I wonder what the folks at Montrose would think?

While I think Aimee was underrated, I don't think TG4 or Aimee would be too pleased with being twelfth out of seventeen songs. Still, I think she did good!

I could imagine us hosting it, I'd be rather pleased with that.

Welsh Megaman

Dare I say it, but it ain't looking good for Nicky...

http://eurovisionworld.com/?odds=eurovision-semi-final-2

4068ac1elhodqr

In order of the bookie's current rankings for SF2 only ten to go through:

Ukraine: Jamala - 1944
Slightly deranged, far from cheery lyrics. Unsure why this favourite, a quantum fabric entanglement error perhaps, caused by Cern.

Australia: Dami Im - Sound of Silence
Hottie poppie!

Serbia Sanja Vučič - Goodbye (Shelter)
Less deranged than UKR, this lady actually read my tea leaves in a caravan once.

Belgium Laura Tesoro - What's the Pressure
Good fun tune but several copyright infringement lawsuits are now pending, inc. impersonating KatyB

Latvia Justs - Heartbeat
Electronica, done well. There might even be a ring modulator effect in there somewhere (your Casio keyboard can't do this stuff).

Bulgaria Poli Genova - If Love Was a Crime
Like this tune, you’ll be singing “О, Day mi lyubovta, Day mi lyubovta” all week, and next also.

Israel Hovi Star - Made of Stars
Very eurovision, tad boring piano intro, but nice drum kit rolls at 2:20 no doubt they'll get some votes.

Poland Michał Szpak - Color of Your Life
very eurovision ballad-ish again, some controversy in Polska, as Margaret had a much better tune there.

Lithuania Donny Montell - I've Been Waiting…
Justin Bieber-ish with very noisy overselling, pass.

Norway Agnete - Icebreaker
This icebreaker lacks musical buoyancy, votes may be correlated directly to her outfit choice on the night.

Georgia Nika Kocharov And… - Midnight Gold
Rock yeah! Blur’s cover band entered the wrong contest.

FYR Macedonia Kaliopi - Dona
Zzzzzz.

Denmark Lighthouse X - Soldiers of Love
Unfortunately it's catchy like a bad rash, from Denmark’s Boyzone.

Ireland Nicky Byrne - Sunlight
Has potential to do well, but will depend largely on staging and audience interaction. They've kindly spelt out all the lyrics in the video help to persuade the euro-lingual.

Belarus Ivan - Help You Fly
No idea what’s going on here, something about his pet wolf’s unpaid veterinary bills I guess.

Slovenia ManuElla - Blue and Red
Very awkward musical composition, the trio would do well in a lovely legs competition, but that's not on 'till next week.

Albania Eneda Tarifa - Fairytale
Unpredictable as this may just be saved by the Bloc. Hopefully a miss.

Switzerland Rykka - The Last of Our Kind
Maybe next year folks, available now at 500/1 for anyone with cash to burn.

Go Harvey Go

dogcat wrote: »

While I think Aimee was underrated, I don't think TG4 or Aimee would be too pleased with being twelfth out of seventeen songs. Still, I think she did good!

Well, I wouldn't say they seriously expected to win. After all, Malta and Armenia were streets ahead of everyone else...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Sxw9asfX0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBVCpJ6CPWM

Claire_72

I hope nicky can do us proud tonight

6dia6hal6

Visited Mr. Power this morning, have gone for:

Russia win @ 6/5

Armenia e/w win @ 14/1 (4 places paid 1/4 odds)

Hungary top ten finish @11/4

yerwanthere123

Claire_72 wrote: »

I hope nicky can do us proud tonight

It'd be nice if he could make it but it ain't happening. The song doesn't deserve it imo.

yerwanthere123

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

It'd be nice if he could make it but it ain't happening. The song doesn't deserve it imo.

Yeah, same. As cool as it would be to see Ireland back in the final, I wouldn't want to see it qualify over a more deserving entry.

This is my (potentially hopelessly wrong) prediction for how it will go out tonight:

1. Ukraine
2. Australia
3. Bulgaria
4. Latvia
5. Belgium
6. Israel
7. Serbia
8. Norway
9. Belarus
10. Poland

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11. Macedonia
12. Georgia
13. Ireland
14. Lithuania
15. Switzerland
16. Denmark
17. Albania
18. Slovenia

Though if I was to pick the ten most deserving (imo) entries, I'd put Macedonia and Georgia through instead of Israel and Serbia.

Baggy Trousers

I am getting nervous and I don't know why.

Welsh Megaman

https://twitter.com/KenSweeney/status/730711398829961216

:O

4068ac1elhodqr

T-10mins notifier.

Get practicing your: “♪ О, Day mi ♬ lyubovta, ♩ Day ♫ mi ♬ lyubovta”
- it might come in handy when out on the lash on Sunny Beach, Black Sea.

Good enough idea for NB to hand out 400 souvenir silver pins to all the folks taking part, sure won't do any harm.

Busi_Girl08

Ariya Sharp Warship wrote: »

T-10mins notifier.

Get practicing your: “♪ О, Day mi ♬ lyubovta, ♩ Day ♫ mi ♬ lyubovta”
- it might come in handy when out on the lash on Sunny Beach, Black Sea.

Good enough idea for NB to hand out 400 souvenir silver pins to all the folks taking part, sure won't do any harm.

I'll be in Sveti Vlas next month. I'm going to hear nothing but if love was a crime and only one the entire time

Welsh Megaman

Bonsoir

Ireland are on 7th. tonight, after Serbia.

Lunger

...And

Here

We

Go!

mansize

Come on Ireland... Really not really

Mr.Nice Guy

Much better songs on this one tonight. :cool:

(And Ireland)

Storm 10

Feck sake modern Ireland, knacks on horses

Welsh Megaman

Got a new bathroom mirror fitted.

SHOWTIME

Busi_Girl08

Ah I see Mans has gone for a more casual look.

Welsh Megaman

Storm 10 wrote: »

Feck sake modern Ireland, knacks on horses

Alan Partridge: I think the Irish are going through a major image change. I mean, the old image of Leprechauns, shamrocks, Guinness, horses running through council estates, toothless simpletons, people with eyebrows on their cheeks, badly tarmacced drives in this country, men in platform shoes being arrested for bombings, lots of rocks, and Beamish. I think people are saying yes, there's more to Ireland than this. A good slogan for the tourist board -Der's more to Oireland...dan dis.

Lunger

The best description I've ever heard about the ESC is "The Eurovision is what you get when black people don't happen to music".

Itssoeasy

This could an Italia 90 type of night or a south korea/japan 2002.

Welsh Megaman

Too tired to dive behind the couch.