01.
(jury winner)
02.
(televote winner)
03.
(Could win. I fancy betting on them at 31/1 because of a. the singer b. the country c. the song which isn't anywhere near as hopeless as people make out)
04.
(I thought this was the winner before The Netherlands came along. Could still do it perhaps)
05.
(If Fuego couldn't win, I doubt this can. Should do very nicely though)
06.
(Sleeper hit of the final)
07.
(I always felt this would do very poorly but something clicked during the semis. Public will love this)
08.
(I don't think the public will be as crazy for this as predicted)
09.
(Could do better, could do worse. This entry confuses me.
10.
(I still have reoccurring nightmares of my
To The Sky will win Eurovision prediction from years ago, so I'm a bit nervous make bold predictions for her sister, but she's in the final now and this song gives me Suus vibes (though not quite in the same league). I think top 10 is possible.)
11.
(my gut tells me closing the show with such a fun and colourful performance should give Spain a nice position for once)
12.
(Bjorkman did Albania super dirty, but it's their strongest entry since 2012. I still believe they can probably do quite well, now that they're safely in the final.
13.
(Charming performance with potential for both public and jury support, though I doubt neither will go crazy)
14.
(I imagine this will be mainly jury support)
15.
(the people's champion! I wouldn't actually be surprised if he did even better)
16.
(The performance is nice enough but when actually do these songs ever do particularly well at the contest?
Bones vibes from this one)
17.
(Jury will wreck it but some decent public points as she's such a young go-getter)
18.
(I actually predict they'll do something to get themselves disqualified so we won't even get to this point)
19.
(Singer is charismatic and giving it his all. Public will help him out)
20.
(Will be pushed by the jury as usual)
21.
(Feels like the fan fave final flop. Incredibly underwhelming performance when compared to Switzerland)
22.
(Will pick up the old people vote, so long as the old people in question cannot understand a word of English)
23.
(Might do better, might do worse. I'm kind of unsure)
24.
(It made the final so it does have support. I just feel like it won't be able to continue it well in the final)
25.
(The UK exists. You're welcome)
26.
(If there's a god I hope this happens to punish us for what we do each year)
After seeing everything, The Netherlands still feels like the winner but perhaps not the runaway one that we assumed. I actually think that Australia could win the televote with Russia right behind them. It's just that I feel The Netherlands will win the jury vote by an absolute landslide, and that's going to propel them to victory, unless the jury votes are very kind to Australia or Russia too. Only rival I can see for The Netherlands in the jury vote is Italy, but even if Italy did manage to challenge, I doubt it would be able to pick up the public support. It's The Netherlands vs Australia vs Russia I'm gonna say. I hope it's at least an exciting show tonight.