Eurovision Song Contest 2019

[CrvenaParsa]

Chances of a Hamas rocket landing on the stadium?

[Little Tin Hat]

I was looking to see if there was any movement in the betting - which usually seems to clues to likely winners and came across:-

https://wiwibloggs.com/2019/03/29/edito ... on/235911/

There seem to be a lot more of this than I imagined. Maybe the UK ought to ask Burt Bacharach to knock something up whilst on his teabreak. I think it'd do better than this years ditty which apparently has foreign involvement.

I should imagine a lot of you have some opinions on this?

[Darkmania]

I was looking to see if there was any movement in the betting - which usually seems to clues to likely winners and came across:-

https://wiwibloggs.com/2019/03/29/edito ... on/235911/

There seem to be a lot more of this than I imagined. Maybe the UK ought to ask Burt Bacharach to knock something up whilst on his teabreak. I think it'd do better than this years ditty which apparently has foreign involvement.

I should imagine a lot of you have some opinions on this?

I usually don't care if the song is written by foreigners or not. Though I prefer locally written songs (like written inside the respected participation nations).

Sure, when Swedes write the songs, it can beat the quality for the homegrown entries, but it can be "generic as fuck" type of entries as they can sound the same like the other 643 entries.

I don't have strong opinions on the matter, as i usaly just focus on the song, not the songwriters.

[Darkmania]

And the running orders for the semis are out!

SEMI-FINAL 1

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1. CYPRUS: Tamta - Replay
2. MONTENEGRO: D-Moll - Heaven
3. FINLAND: Darude ft Sebastian Rejman - Look Away
4. POLAND: Tulia - Fire Of Love (Pali Się)
5. SLOVENIA: Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl - Sebi
6. CZECH REPUBLIC: Lake Malawi - Friend of a Friend
7. HUNGARY: Joci Pápai - Az Én Apám
8. SERBIA: Nevena Božović - Kruna
9. BELARUS: ZENA - Like It
10. BELGUIM: Eliot - Wake Up
11. GEORGIA: Oto Nemsadze - Keep On Going
12. AUSTRALIA: Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity
13. ICELAND : Hatari - Hatrið Mun Sigra
14. ESTONIA: Victor Crone - Storm
15. PORTUGAL : Conan Osíris - Telemóveis
16. GREECE: Katerine Duska - Better Love
17. SAN MARINO: Serhat - Say Na Na Na

SEMI-FINAL 2

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1. ARMENIA: Srbuk - Walking Out
2. IRELAND: Sarah McTernan - 22
3. MOLDOVA: Anna Odobsecu - Stay
4. SWITZERLAND: Luca Hänni - She Got Me
5. LATVIA: Carousel - That Night
6. ROMANIA: Ester Peony - On a Sunday
7. DENMARK: Leonora - Love is Forever
8. SWEDEN: John Lundvik - Too Late For Love
9. AUSTRIA: Pænda - Limits
10. CROATIA: Roko - The Dream
11. MALTA: Michela Pace - Chameleon
12. LITHUANIA: Jurijus - Run With the Lions
13. RUSSIA: Sergey Lazarev - Scream
14. ALBANIA: Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju Tokës
15. NORWAY: KEiiNO - Spirit in The Sky
16. THE NETHERLANDS: Duncan Laurence - Arcade
17. NORTH MACEDONIA: Tamara Todevska - Proud
18. AZERBAIJAN: Chingiz - Truth

[Belgaam]

And the running orders for the semis are out!

SEMI-FINAL 1

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1. CYPRUS: Tamta - Replay
2. MONTENEGRO: D-Moll - Heaven
3. FINLAND: Darude ft Sebastian Rejman - Look Away
4. POLAND: Tulia - Fire Of Love (Pali Się)
5. SLOVENIA: Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl - Sebi
6. CZECH REPUBLIC: Lake Malawi - Friend of a Friend
7. HUNGARY: Joci Pápai - Az Én Apám
8. SERBIA: Nevena Božović - Kruna
9. BELARUS: ZENA - Like It
10. BELGUIM: Eliot - Wake Up
11. GEORGIA: Oto Nemsadze - Keep On Going
12. AUSTRALIA: Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity
13. ICELAND : Hatari - Hatrið Mun Sigra
14. ESTONIA: Victor Crone - Storm
15. PORTUGAL : Conan Osíris - Telemóveis
16. GREECE: Katerine Duska - Better Love
17. SAN MARINO: Serhat - Say Na Na Na

SEMI-FINAL 2

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1. ARMENIA: Srbuk - Walking Out
2. IRELAND: Sarah McTernan - 22
3. MOLDOVA: Anna Odobsecu - Stay
4. SWITZERLAND: Luca Hänni - She Got Me
5. LATVIA: Carousel - That Night
6. ROMANIA: Ester Peony - On a Sunday
7. DENMARK: Leonora - Love is Forever
8. SWEDEN: John Lundvik - Too Late For Love
9. AUSTRIA: Pænda - Limits
10. CROATIA: Roko - The Dream
11. MALTA: Michela Pace - Chameleon
12. LITHUANIA: Jurijus - Run With the Lions
13. RUSSIA: Sergey Lazarev - Scream
14. ALBANIA: Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju Tokës
15. NORWAY: KEiiNO - Spirit in The Sky
16. THE NETHERLANDS: Duncan Laurence - Arcade
17. NORTH MACEDONIA: Tamara Todevska - Proud
18. AZERBAIJAN: Chingiz - Truth

The transition from Australia to Iceland will be interesting... I hope Australia don't get eliminated because of this...

Also, Cyprus and Armenia are performing first?! Really?!

R.I.P Ireland ... I love their song so much...

I hope Romania and Belarus can be shock qualifiers!

[Little Tin Hat]

Almost time now -19 days or whatever- with The Dutch and Russia the favorites.

Seems like the eurovision bug has started to spread amongst the asian nations-


https://eurovisionasia.tv/

Could be interesting- s'pose it'll be dominated by K-pop?

Although it might only be a one off- in Oz this November.

[Darkmania]

Almost time now -19 days or whatever- with The Dutch and Russia the favorites.

Seems like the eurovision bug has started to spread amongst the asian nations-


https://eurovisionasia.tv/

Could be interesting- s'pose it'll be dominated by K-pop?

Although it might only be a one off- in Oz this November.

It has been known by us fans that Eurovision Asia Song Conest (or what i calls it "Euro-Asia") are an up-coming song contest for the countries in Asia, with Australia being named the host and the former Eurovision-participant Turkey taking part. As (South) Korea are taking part (and not Best Korea, aka the north one), i guess that K-pop will dominate the contest.

Im sure it may be a brand new contest who will ultimately be hosted more.

[Darkmania]

And with the stage being finished and rehearsals are about to start, i want to play a game with you all.

Many might remember that the last Eurovision-thread held a pre-poll conducted by all participants on the thread, to make a prediction toward the 10 qualifying nations from both semifinals. Well, I'm bringing it back and with no fanfare, I have set some rules.

• To vote, you simply just rank your top 10 from the semi using the classical Eurovision points system (12,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1)
• You can vote for your own nation (if it competes in a semi), but try not to do so as its a bit biased.
• The country formerly known as "F.Y.R Macedonia"/Macedonia will be presented as "North Macedonia". I'll accept votes just named as "Macedonia" and "F.Y.R Macedonia", but I recommend that the name should be presented with their new name.
• You can change your votes as much as you like until its 24 hours before the semis. The results will come before the contest on the day of the semi.
• In the event of a tie, the tiebreaking will go in the following order -> [Number of voting nation], Number of 12 points, numbers of 10 points, number of 8 points, 7,6,5,4,3,2,1, [running order number].
• You can vote on both semis, regardless if your nation competes in Eurovision or not.
• Vote on the thread but remember to mark it as such.

[Britonisea]

I am due to redo my ranking and so I will post my ten qualifiers for each of the Semi-Finals...The full ranking on the WV/WHF Discord

[Darkmania]

And the OP posts his top 10 for both semis...

SEMI-FINAL 1

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• ICELAND: Hatari - Hatrið Mun Sigra (12 pts)
• CYPRUS: Tamta - Replay (10 pts)
• SLOVENIA: Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl - Sebi (8 pts)
• PORTUGAL: Conan Osíris - Telemóveis (7 pts)
• SAN MARINO: Serhat - Say Na Na Na[ (6 pts)
• AUSTRALIA: Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity (5 pts)
• CZECH REPUBLIC: Lake Malawi - Friend of a Friend (4 pts)
• HUNGARY: Joci Pápai - Az Én Apám (3 pts)
• POLAND: Tulia - Fire Of Love (Pali Się) (2 pts)
• GREECE: Katerine Duska - Better Love (1 pt)

SEMI-FINAL 2

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• SWITZERLAND: Luca Hänni - She Got Me (12 pts)
• THE NETHERLANDS: Duncan Laurence - Arcade (10 pts)
• DENMARK: Leonora - Love is Forever (8 pts)
• ALBANIA: Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju Tokës (7 pts)
• AZERBAIJAN: Chingiz - Truth (6 pts)
• ARMENIA: Srbuk - Walking Out (5 pts)
• AUSTRIA: Pænda - Limits (4 pts)
• NORWAY: KEiiNO - Spirit in The Sky (3 pts) [Its my home-country BTW]
• SWEDEN: John Lundvik - Too Late For Love (2 pts)
• LATVIA: Carousel - That Night (1 pt)

[Conoga]

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12. Australia
10. San Marino
8. Slovenia
7. Belgium
6. Poland
5. Cyprus
4. Finland
3. Czechia
2. Greece
1. Montenegro

12. Malta
10. Denmark
8. Latvia
7. Austria
6. Azerbaijan
5. Norway
4. Sweden
3. North Macedonia
2. Ireland
1. Albania

[Djeusland]

Here are our the voting results for the First and Second Semifinal.

[East Gondwana]

(I'm assuming this is our personal preferences not our realistic predictions)

SEMIFINAL 1:
12. Portugal
10. San Marino
8. Cyprus
7. Belarus
6. Greece
5. Iceland
4. Hungary
3. Estonia
2. Slovenia
1. Australia (my country)

SEMIFINAL 2:
12. Norway
10. Romania
8. Malta
7. The Netherlands
6. Armenia
5. Azerbaijan
4. Latvia
3. Sweden
2. Switzerland
1. Albania

[Britonisea]

I did a full ranking but here are my qualifiers from that...

Semi Final 1
12 - Iceland
10 - Portugal
8 - Belgium
7 - Georgia
6 - Cyprus
5 - Belarus
4 - Slovenia
3 - Greece
2 - San Marino
1 - Australia

Semi Final 2
12 - Romania
10 - Latvia
8 - Denmark
7 - Malta
6 - Azerbaijan
5 - Croatia
4 - Sweden
3 - The Netherlands
2 - Norway
1 - Lithuania

[Djeusland]

Any thoughts or changes in your ranking after the first batch of rehearsals?

[Darkmania]

With the first bunch of rehearsals being now known, ill remind that you are allowed to change your ranking. You can do it until Monday 13th May 21:00 CEST for the first Semi and until Wednesday 15th May 21:00 CEST for the second semi. The results will be published here on this thread on the day of the semi.


Due to RL events here in the days leading up to the final (17th May are BTW the Norwegian national day), Ill not being able to do a ranking for the final. But I know someone who can do. Djeusland, the OP of last year`s thread, has been gently asked by me via telegram if he can do the ranking and he`ll respond if he can.

[Mister X]

Semi Final 1:

12 Estonia
10 Cyprus
8 San Marino
7 Czech Republic
6 Finland
5 Iceland
4 Belgium
3 Belarus
2 Georgia
1 Montenegro

Semi Final 2:

12 Norway
10 Switzerland
8 Sweden
7 Azerbaijan
6 Ireland
5 Denmark
4 Lithuania
3 Croatia
2 Moldova
1 Latvia

[Belgaam]

My votes.

Semi-Final 1:

12 points - Australia
10 points - Belarus
8 points - Cyprus
7 points - Poland
6 points - Slovenia
5 points - Greece
4 points - San Marino
3 points - Serbia
2 points - Belgium
1 point - Czech Republic

Semi-Final 2:

12 points - Romania
10 points - Ireland
8 points - Norway
7 points - Denmark
6 points - Albania
5 points - Malta
4 points - Armenia
3 points - Austria
2 points - Sweden
1 point - Moldova

[Djeusland]

[Purpelia]

Is it just me or does the "music" get worse and worse from year to year? Like, I know I am not supposed to expect any sort of quality from Eurovision. That's like trying to find fast food that tastes good and is healthy. But even though in the last 30 year there have been maybe 2-3 worthwhile songs it just feels to me that each year only gets worse.

[Djeusland]

Remember you can still do it until Monday, 13th May 21:00H CEST for the First Semifinal and Wednesday, 15th May 21:00H CEST for the Second Semifinal.

[Conoga]

Is it just me or does the "music" get worse and worse from year to year? Like, I know I am not supposed to expect any sort of quality from Eurovision. That's like trying to find fast food that tastes good and is healthy. But even though in the last 30 year there have been maybe 2-3 worthwhile songs it just feels to me that each year only gets worse.

You sound really rockist.

[Djeusland]

It's all about how you see things...

[Nekoni]

SEMIFINAL A
12 - Iceland
10 - Finland
08 - Czech Republic
07 - Portugal
06 - Poland
05 - Belgium
04 - San Marino
03 - Serbia
02 - Georgia
01 - Cyprus

SEMIFINAL B
12 - Norway
10 - Austria
08 - Armenia
07 - Switzerland
06 - Azerbaijan
05 - Sweden
04 - Romania
03 - Albania
02 - Netherlands
01 - Malta

[Darkmania]

And with there only being 24 hours left before the 1st semi airs, THE VOTING FOR THE FIRST SEMI ARE NOW CLOSED. The results will come as quickly as i can, hopefully soon.