Eurovision 2018

Mr.Nice Guy

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

My predictions having heard the songs:

Norway
Denmark
Russia
Moldova
Netherlands
Australia
Poland
Romania
Sweden
Ukraine

I replaced Malta with Romania. Will stick with the rest.

Only called 7/10.

Surprised Russia, Poland and Romania missed out. Not because I liked them as I didn't, but I thought they'd get the support.

captbarnacles

RobertKK wrote: »

RobertKK wrote: »

Norway
Serbia
Denmark
Hungary
Australia
The Netherlands
Moldova
Sweden
Ukraine
Slovenia

My guess at who qualifies.

9/9

Come on The Netherlands...

Impressive

Mahony0509

I think Denmark will do well.

SleetAndSnow

Ireland has some competition now, don't think we have a chance really. Top 12 maybe

jojofizzio

If Australia win will all of Europe have to schlep off down unda next year??

alchemist33

I'm ashamed to say the Swedish song is growing on me

Lord TSC

jojofizzio wrote: »

If Australia win will all of Europe have to schlep off down unda next year??

No, they said on BBC if Australia wins, then someone else hosts it next year, likely one of the Big Five.

SleetAndSnow

jojofizzio wrote: »

If Australia win will all of Europe have to schlep off down unda next year??

Nope they said earlier on BBC that it will be a European country with Australian support if Australia win.

jojofizzio

Marty REALLY needs to get out more...

gmisk

Slovenia!?!

I thought Poland would make it, glad Russia out

murpho999

RobertKK wrote: »

9/9

Come on The Netherlands...

CFlat wrote: »

Delighted for the Netherlands. They deserved that.

sonic85 wrote: »

The Netherlands - YES!

Don't get the love for Dutch Country & Western rubbish at all.

AndyBoBandy

Russia didn’t make the final!!

Someone is getting invaded tomorrow!!

wil

So we've got Justin Timberlake, GunsNRoses, Therapy?, ...... Help me out here
Oh yeah Jethro Tull...

Welsh Megaman

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Russia didn’t make the final!!

Someone is getting invaded tomorrow!!

*moves couch to bunker*

jojofizzio

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Nope they said earlier on BBC that it will be a European country with Australian support if Australia win.

That will be our best chance of having it next year then:)

AndyBoBandy

jojofizzio wrote: »

That will be our best chance of having it next year then:)

If Australia win it, I’d be about 1,000,000,000% certain they’d hold in in the U.K.

dublinman1990

The countries through to Saturday's grand finale are.....

Serbia
Moldova
Hungary
Ukraine
Sweden
Australia
Norway
Denmark
Slovenia
The Netherlands

Not too bad I thought; I'm shocked that Sweden got in with that Bieber entry. The lucky feckers. I thought it would have been dumped.

Rybak in for Norway is no surprise there.

Although Russia being out is a big shock considering their own Eurovision status.

I'm happy that Hungary & Australia got through for Saturday though.

I also heard about China being banned from Eurovision Song Contest. Very good decision there from the EBU.

yerwanthere123

RobertKK wrote: »

Am I good or am I good?

Fair play! I've never got 10/10, 9 is the best I've ever predicted.

Welsh Megaman

Alexander Rybak going after Johnny Logan’s crown to win Eurovision twice.

AndyBoBandy

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Alexander Rybak going after Johnny Logan’s crown to win Eurovision twice.

Johnny won it 3 times.

Once as a singer
Once as singer/songwriter
Once as songwriter

Welsh Megaman

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Johnny won it 3 times.

Once as a singer
Once as singer/songwriter
Once as songwriter

Twice as a performer

yerwanthere123

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Alexander Rybak going after Johnny Logan’s crown to win Eurovision twice.

Looks like it's not going to happen, they've fallen down the odds since their performance. Not entirely surprised, it felt a little flat to me, missing the energy of their NF performance.

Some surprises tonight! Biggest surprise was probably Poland going out, though I can't say I'm too sorry to see it go as I was never keen on it. I had thought Russia would potentially still make it but as well as the vocal being rough the whole performance was disengaged; it was like she didn't want to be there at all. Feel bad for Georgia, as I quite liked their entry. Also felt weirdly sad for Malta; I never liked the song but they put a lot of effort into it and I thought it would actually sneak through in the end.

As for the qualifiers: I knew Hungary, Sweden, Norway and Ukraine were safe but it was any other six after that; at one point I even thought San Marino stood a chance! I had a sneaky feeling about Slovenia (fake technical difficulties aside) but I thought Serbia would have proven a bit too strange to get through so was a bit surprised about that. I was also actually surprised at Denmark, because I thought it was very flat on the night. I must also admit that I do not get the appeal of Moldova whatsoever, but it seems to be really popular for some reason.

Ah well, roll on Saturday.

upandcumming

Deleted User wrote: »

Some surprises tonight! Biggest surprise was probably Poland going out, though I can't say I'm too sorry to see it go as I was never keen on it. I had thought Russia would potentially still make it but as well as the vocal being rough the whole performance was disengaged; it was like she didn't want to be there at all. Feel bad for Georgia, as I quite liked their entry. Also felt weirdly sad for Malta; I never liked the song but they put a lot of effort into it and I thought it would actually sneak through in the end.

As for the qualifiers: I knew Hungary, Sweden, Norway and Ukraine were safe but it was any other six after that; at one point I even thought San Marino stood a chance! I had a sneaky feeling about Slovenia (fake technical difficulties aside) but I thought Serbia would have proven a bit too strange to get through so was a bit surprised about that. I was also actually surprised at Denmark, because I thought it was very flat on the night. I must also admit that I do not get the appeal of Moldova whatsoever, but it seems to be really popular for some reason.

Ah well, roll on Saturday.

I stuck a few pound on San Marino after their performance!

exaisle

If we all(everybody who posted on this thread) went to San marino on Saturday and voted for Ireland we'd probably get 12 points from them..😂😂😂

yerwanthere123

exaisle wrote: »

If we all(everybody who posted on this thread) went to San marino on Saturday and voted for Ireland we'd probably get 12 points from them..������

San Marino is too small to have a televote, they use only a jury

M.Cribben

Great mix of genres gone through to the final.

Ireland now 11th on Oddschecker! :eek: Currently beating former favourites Bulgaria and Czech Republic. I'd be very happy with an 11th place finish on Saturday; tbh I'd be happy with anything above last place as it would make it our most successful entry since 2012! :pac:

Cyprus, Israel, Lithuania, France and Sweden make up the top five.
Norway and Moldova are starting to drift a little, while Germany is moving the opposite direction and has worked its way up to 7th having been under the radar previously.
UK is joint last with Albania.

And here's the running order! We're 24th of 26, before Cyprus (again) and after The Netherlands. Poor Spain got the dreaded 2nd spot; makes sense now that Lithuania has stolen their thunder!

France is looking like a decent shout now; they're performing after a run of unfancied songs in the end of the first half, while the big favourites in the second half are largely all stuck together.

https://eurovision.tv/story/exclusive-running-order-eurovision-2018-grand-final

01. Ukraine
02. Spain
03. Slovenia
04. Lithuania
05. Austria
06. Estonia
07. Norway
08. Portugal
— break position
09. United Kingdom
10. Serbia
11. Germany
12. Albania
13. France
14. Czech Republic
15. Denmark
16. Australia
— break position
17. Finland
18. Bulgaria
19. Moldova
20. Sweden
21. Hungary
22. Israel
23. The Netherlands
24. Ireland
25. Cyprus
26. Italy

yerwanthere123

Deleted User wrote: »

Ireland now 11th on Oddschecker! :eek: Currently beating former favourites Bulgaria and Czech Republic. I'd be very happy with an 11th place finish on Saturday; tbh I'd be happy with anything above last place as it would make it our most successful entry since 2012! :pac:

Cyprus, Israel, Lithuania, France and Sweden make up the top five.
Norway and Moldova are starting to drift a little, while Germany is moving the opposite direction and has worked its way up to 7th having been under the radar previously.
UK is joint last with Albania.

Was just coming here to post the exact same thing. We're now up to 10th, now ahead of Australia in addition to Bulgaria and the Czech Republic. I know it could so easily go the other way, but I've a feeling we could pull of a surprise top ten finish. A lot of earlier favourites are losing steam but we've seemingly come from nowhere. Germany and Italy are gaining momentum too, and Norway have slid to 8th favourite after briefly becoming the favourite to win at one point this week!

exaisle

24th is a great draw...makes a top 10 finish a more realistic prospect all the time...

Welsh Megaman

In case you haven’t heard, the EBU have now barred Mango TV from airing the contest...good call.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-44078305

Try_harder

The hype train around Cyprus continues a plenty here in Lisbon

exaisle

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

In case you haven’t heard, the EBU have now barred Mango TV from airing the contest...good call.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-44078305

...the publicity surrounding this can only help Ireland's chances...9th favourite now...

Mahony0509

We are now 9th in the betting. Slowly moving upwards.

Galwayguy35

Have to admit I had Ireland written off before the Semi Final.

Jesus the Eastern Europeans take it very serious, they are tearing strips off each other over on Instagram, at the end of the day it's just a song contest.

Great draw for us, would be amazing if we could make the Top 10.

Does anyone else just not get Cyprus? I wouldn't begrudge them their first win but I just don't see what's so great about that song. I think it's the first year ever that I don't know who I want to win.

Galwayguy35

gmisk wrote: »

Slovenia!?!

I thought Poland would make it, glad Russia out

I thought Slovenia were quite good and the Polish one was sh1te.

Welsh Megaman

Flying Fox wrote: »

Does anyone else just not get Cyprus? I wouldn't begrudge them their first win but I just don't see what's so great about that song.

Cyprus have a song?

AndyBoBandy

I'm quietly confident Ireland will do quite well on Saturday.

The song itself is decent enough (by far our best effort in many years). Its simple but catchy, and the message it carries will go a long way with Eurovision fans (just not so much in Russia and some other Eastern states).

I'd be confident of a top 10 finish, and optimistic of a top 5 placing, and who knows, maybe even win it (long shot I now, but could be done).

Other songs I like are Slovenia, and the Bulgaria song (I think it's Bulgaria, Lady Gaga, and 2 white & 2 black lads?)

Israeli song is a throwback to the horrible few years of Kitsch Eurotrash Eurovision, but I'll admit that there is a huge market for that type of crap around Europe, but hopefully they don't win.

exaisle

Ireland now 8th favourite....g'wan ya good thing!

Checkmate19

Anyone listen to the german song. Its a total ripoff of a well known song. Just can't think of the one. It will come to me tough. Quite like the french song but probably not good enough to win. Taught the Norway song had a chance but probably not good enough as well. As eurovisions go its a stronger year than normal.

Mokuba

We are being backed off the boards.

Huge drop in prices. Into 16/1 with Boyles and 20/1 with Paddy's from three figure odds before semi final.

I think we have a great chance to win. Gutted I didn't back them when they were at 50s straight after semi

Checkmate19

Shocked if we win. Only reason we made final is over the controversy. Song is ok. Hope we do well but song is pretty average imo.

Mokuba

Checkmate19 wrote: »

Shocked if we win. Only reason we made final is over the controversy. Song is ok. Hope we do well but song is pretty average imo.

Diversity vote, decent song, headlines/controversy being generated by us and fantastic order position.

Think it's a cocktail that will see us go close.

mailburner

ireland 4th in the betting market with one firm :eek:

Galwayguy35

There was talk that Israel was leaving the Eurovision, if this years song is anything to go by I think they should have.

Checkmate19

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

There was talk that Israel was leaving the Eurovision, if this years song is anything to go by I think they should have.

Shocked its second fav. But stuff like this has gone well in the past.

Checkmate19

The German song is growing on me. Probably due to the fact i'm convinced it's a take on a well known recent song. I remember the linnets song one year was a total take on every breath you take.

TomSweeney

Israel have it won.

She lists some of the PC "progressive" points ..
Fat CHECK
Ugly CHECK
#MeToo spokesperson !! CHECK

I heard some of her song ... "Don't use me as a toy...."


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