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ParadiseES

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This thread is to post how you would vote if you were a member of your national jury.

This is not to post your personal top of the semifinal(s)/final. There are other threads for that. It's to share how you would vote in a professional way, considering what the juries are supposed to value (production, vocal qualities, overall performance, originality....etc.). Objetivity doesn't even exist and we are not music professionals, but we can try it.
 

ParadiseES

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OK This is how I would've voted in SF1 (the real semifinal, since we are not able to watch the jury show):

1- PORTUGAL
2- ARMENIA
3- SWEDEN
4- AZERBAIJAN
5- FINLAND
6- LATVIA
7- CYPRUS
8- CZECH REPUBLIC
9- POLAND
10- GREECE
11- MOLDOVA
12- SLOVENIA
13- GEORGIA
14- ALBANIA
15- ICELAND
16- AUSTRALIA
17- BELGIUM
18- MONTENEGRO

(Again, it's not exactly my personal taste, but a professional approach)
 

JSSArcos

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18- MONTENEGRO
17-SLOVENIA
16-LATVIA
15-ICELAND
14-CZECH REPUBLIC
13-CYPRUS
12-MOLDOVA
11-AUSTRALIA
10-GREECE
9-BELGIUM
8-GEORGIA
7-ALBANIA
6-AZERBAIJAN
5-SWEDEN
4-POLAND
3-ARMENIA
2-FINLAND
1-PORTUGAL


(Again, it's not exactly my personal taste, but a professional approach)
 

LoveHate

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1. Portugal
2. Armenia
3. Azerbaijan
4. Cyprus
5. Sweden
6. Czech Republic
7. Poland
8. Latvia
9. Georgia
10. Belgium
11. Moldova
12. Australia
13. Iceland
14. Albania
15. Greece
16. Slovenia
17. Montenegro

Excluded Finland. A bit hard to do in retrospect since I didn't watch to show through the glasses of a juror. I'll be better prepared after semi 2.
 

EscUKFan

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1. Finland
2. Portugal
3. Armenia
4. Azerbaijan
5. Belgium
6. Georgia
7. Sweden
8. Cyprus
9. Australia
10. Poland
11. Latvia
12. Albania
13. Moldova
14. Czech Republic
15. Slovenia
16. Montenegro
17. Iceland
18. Greece
 

SwissKung

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1. Finland
2. Portugal
3. Armenia
4. Azerbaijan
5. Belgium
6. Cyprus
7. Czech Republic
8. Sweden
9. Iceland
10. Latvia

11. Moldova
12. Poland
13. Georgia
14. Albania
15. Greece
16. Australia
17. Montenegro
18. Slovenia
 

RainyWoods

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1. Portugal
2. Finland
3. Albania
<- I would be rebellious and place Montenegro here
4. Iceland
5. Australia
6. Slovenia
7. Czech Republic
8. Georgia
9. Azerbaijan
10. Armenia

11. Moldova
12. Poland
13. Latvia
14. Montenegro
15. Sweden
16. Cyprus
17. Greece
18. Belgium



But actually, if I was a juror i'd be thinking "stuff these rules" and i'd place Montenegro 4th, behind only Portugal, Finland and Albania because that's how much I enjoyed it, and i've placed the only three songs I consider high quality above it, so time for a treatxqueenbitch
 

Klonoa

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1. Azerbaijan :az:
2. Portugal :pt:
3. Greece :gr:
4. Cyprus :cy:
5. Sweden :se:
6. Belgium :be:
7. Armenia :am:
8. Moldova :md:
9. Poland :pl:
10. Australia :au:

11. Finland :fi:
12. Iceland :is:
13. Georgia :ge:
14. Albania :al:
15. Latvia :lv:
16. Czech Republic :cz:
17. Montenegro :me:
18. Slovenia :sl:

(It's not my personal top.)
 

GermanBango

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Hmmm I was thinking about this quite a lot ... it's actually a very good question. I guess my ranking as a juror would've looked like this:
1:pt:
2 :am:
3 :fi:
4 :al:
5 :az:
6 :be:
7 :se:
8 :lv:
9 :ge:
10 :au:

11 :sl:
12 :is:
13 :cz:
14 :pl:
15 :md:
16 :cy:
17 :gr:
18 :me:

 

JamieBrown

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I cannot do a whole ranking, but here are all the songs, I, as a juror, would vote higher in my ranking

:se::pt::fi::cy::az::at::ro::nl::hu::ie::sm::hr::no::bg::il::it::de::uk:

Not sure about :fr::ua::md::au::be::cz::rs: and :lt:
 

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1. Azerbaijan
2. Moldova
3. Belgium
4. Sweden
5. Iceland
6. Finland
7. Albania
8. Armenia
9. Australia
10. Cyprus

Yes, no Portugal. Why? Only because it's sung in its own language it still doesn't mean it's good. The melody itself is not really outstanding and I never understand why boring songs should be rewarded because they're considered rarified. I would've voted for Czech Republic or Georgia then too. But no. I was thinking about voting for Georgia for a moment because she has a great voice and nice dress, but it's too much politics and too little performance. To me, voice, melody, lyrics, overall performance, staging (colours, outfits) matter.
 

ayzelto

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1st PORTUGAL
2nd ICELAND
3rd AZERBAIJAN
4th ALBANIA
5th SWEDEN
6th BELGIUM
7th CYPRUS
8th MOLDOVA
9th POLAND
10th FINLAND
11th GEORGIA
12th GREECE
13th CZECH REPUBLIC
14th ARMENIA
15th SLOVENIA
16th LATVIA
17th AUSTRALIA
18th MONTENEGRO
 

LoveHate

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1. Hungary* (original, soulful, great performance, made rap sound good)
2. The Netherlands (vocally superior)
3. Bulgaria (all-around good)
4. Belarus*
5. Romania*
6. FYR Macedonia
7. Norway
8. Denmark
9. Israel
10. Ireland
11. Austria
12. Croatia
13. Switzerland
14. Serbia
15. Malta
16. Estonia
17. Lithuania
18. San Marino

*=my personal top-3
 
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Out of the songs in the final tomorrow:

1. Belarus
2. Hungary
3. Italy
4. Norway
5. Armenia
6. Israel
7. The Netherlands
8. Cyprus
9. Portugal
10. Moldova / Greece / UK

The rest is just meh… :lol:
 

ag89

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1st SF:

1 Portugal
2 Belgium
3 Armenia
4 Azerbaijan
5 Finland
6 Sweden
7 Czech Republic
8 Poland
9 Moldova
10 Cyprus
11 Georgia
12 Australia
13 Iceland
14 Greece
15 Latvia
16 Slovenia
17 Albania
18 Montenegro

SF2:

1 Hungary
2 Bulgaria
3 Belarus
4 The Netherlands
5 Croatia
6 Norway
7 Israel
8 Romania
9 Macedonia
10 Austria
11 Denmark
12 Malta
13 Serbia
14 Ireland
15 Lithuania
16 San Marino
17 Estonia
18 Switzerland.
 

Kaz

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SEMI 1

1. Armenia
2. Finland
3. Albania
4. Portugal
5. Azerbaijan
6. Latvia
7. Georgia
8. Moldova
9. Sweden
10. Iceland
11. Poland
12. Belgium
13. Slovenia
14. Australia
15. Czechia
16. Greece
17. Montenegro
18. Cyprus (nothing will EVER make me rank this song higher than last in any situation)

SEMI 2

1. Netherlands
2. Bulgaria
3. Macedonia
4. Denmark
5. Belarus
6. Serbia
7. Hungary
8. Romania
9. San Marino
10. Austria
11. Switzerland
12. Norway
13. Ireland
14. Lithuania
15. Estonia
16. Malta
17. Croatia
18. Israel (same as Cyprus)
 

Klonoa

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Semi Final 2:
:12: :bg: Bulgaria
:10: :rs: Serbia
:8: :dk: Denmark
:7: :hu: Hungary
:6: :hr: Croatia
:5: :ch: Switzerland
:4: :ee: Estonia
:3: :mk: Macedonia
:2: :ro: Romania
:1: :il: Israel
:0: :nl: The Netherlands
:0: :by: Belarus
:0: :at: Austria
:0: :ie: Ireland
:0: :no: Norway
:0: :lt: Lithuania
:0: :sm: San Marino
:0: :mt: Malta

Not my personal top.
 

SwissKung

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Semi-final 2

01. Bulgaria
02. Hungary
03. Norway
04. The Netherlands
05. Austria
06. Belarus
07. Romania
08. Ireland
09. FYR Macedonia
10. Israel

11. Danemark
12. Lithuania
13. Serbia
14. Croatia
15. San Marino
16. Malta
17. Estonia

Not counting Switzerland
 
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