8/10As promised my prediction... Trigger warning for our Austrian members with rabies.
Jury Votes
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Got 9/10. Predicted jury love for Belgium, Australia and Azerbaijan. Also bold prediction that Cyprus came 11th and if not a great performance from Romania will would see her in the final.My prediction for tonight -
Wild semifinal. In my eyes, Sweden is a clear favourite in this semi, Poland and Serbia - sure qualifiers, then 6 countries that most likely will go to the final and epic fight for last 10th spot - I put Azerbaijan just because of most likely jury support for him.
8/10 and 7/10 (7,5 because i got one of the alternatives right!!!!)Not changing my predictions from march just because.
Semi 1:
- Alternatives: and
Semi 2:
- Alternatives:
I actually have some changes but I just want to see how well I would do with my first predictions
Well, I got all my favourites and eight out of ten for this semi. I have nothing to complain about, Georgia and San Marino would have been the cherry on top of the icing of the cake. I'm a little surprised that both didn't qualify, but if that tells us anything, then that staging is wildly overestimated as a factor in advancing. People are voting on the song first and foremost, staging is a nice-to-have but not a requirement to do well. And it doesn't save a bad song.The qualifiers from last night weren't so bad for me personally. I got all my favourites and then another four I would have put through if I had to decide all on my own. I just would have swapped Switzerland for Croatia, but I'm completely fine with the results, I think Switzerland is a great entry, just not my personal taste.
So who knows, perhaps my personal favourites aren't so far off of what will actually happen this year.
Qualifiers I need for the second semi: Serbia, Poland, Australia, Czech Republic and Sweden.
Additional qualifiers I would put through if I alone was in charge: Georgia, San Marino, Belgium, Estonia and Finland.
But I have a hunch, the second semi won't go down as easily as the first. I'm confident about the five I need, but I guess, I will lose either San Marino or Georgia, and I'm expecting Cyprus to make it through instead.
why did i wrote Cyprus when I never ever thought it could qualifySEMI 1:
1.Ukraine 2.Greece 3.Norway 4.Portugal 5.The Netherlands 6.Armenia 7.Albania 8.Latvia 9.Lithuania 10.Croatia
11.Austria 12.Iceland 13.Moldova 14.Switzerland 15.Slovenia 16.Bulgaria 17.Denmark
SEMI 2:
1.Sweden 2.Poland 3.Estonia 4.Serbia 5.Czech Republic 6.Australia 7.Finland 8.Cyprus 9.Azerbaijan 10.Romania
11.Belgium 12.San Marino 13.Israel 14.Georgia 15.Malta 16.Montenegro 17.North Macedonia 18.Ireland