I don't get what's happened to Wales. In 2011 they only made 3 finals all year with only 1 top 10 finish (admittedly it was a win), then last year 9 finals including 6 top 6 finishes and 2 wins! And I think they're going to be doing extremely well this time round as well.
I had Wales twice and I could never find anything for them.
I don't get what's happened to Wales. In 2011 they only made 3 finals all year with only 1 top 10 finish (admittedly it was a win), then last year 9 finals including 6 top 6 finishes and 2 wins! And I think they're going to be doing extremely well this time round as well.
I had Wales twice and I could never find anything for them.
It is a bit weird, when I had Isle of Man it was as a Welsh microstate so that was another one, I thought I'd done quite well reaching the final at the time but Wales have done even better since. The most surprising thing was even after all those great results only one person asked for Wales in Jurmala, and that was as a 5th choice. Then they won again!
Romania - I like Raluka, this is good. Good start to the contest, a nice uptempo show opener.
Montenegro - It's OK, not totally my sort of Balkan music, the vocal style in these slow songs can grate with me a bit too.
Armenia - Ah, it's Fnarr Fnarr. Armenia have been pushing their luck a bit recently so this is going to have to be very good. It's not bad.
Monaco - It's a pity we lost Tal and Pokora in some ways because it's an excellent song, definitely was a potential winner. But this is very good too, I don't think I've heard a bad Tal song yet. With this and Trash picked my French options are receding fast...
Tunisia - I expected a song involving people called 'Axel Tony' and 'Tunisiano' to be terrible. Surprisingly it's not, in fact I like it quite a lot.
Azerbaijan - Hmm, a combination of two of the forum's least popular people, this is a risk... I don't mind them as much as others tbf, although if they could stop thieving song titles off Ani Lorak that would be much appreciated. It's ok, lacks a bit of something perhaps.
Wales - This was one I came across when I had Isle of Man, it wasn't totally my sort of song and I had my heart set on sending Jay James Picton at the time but I did definitely think it was nice and I like it more this time around. Could do well. I'll pass on the offer to see her signing it acoustically in a wooden room though if it's ok.
Estonia - It's spot the artist time, I saw Ott Lepland and Sinine, and probably others I should have recognised too. Quite liked the song, decent effort for Estonia.
Liechtenstein - This is decent, good video too. It keeps going pretty well from start to finish, like it. Someone should tell him his back's on fire though, could be painful.
Serbia - It's a bit different, the song maybe isn't really drawing me in enough though.
Greenland - I must have missed this bit during DMGP, not totally Soluna's biggest fan but it's not bad.
Morocco - This is an interesting find for Morocco. Decent, for some reason it's got a bit of a Zombie feel to it.
Italy - Surprised at some of the comments about this, I think it's very good and it's faithful to the Italian style, there's a lot of class about it. I'd put it above the two Italian songs that did well last contest.
Albania - Alban Skenderaj is a very good singer, so it's a smart choice, even if he is looking a bit rough in this one. The live performances can put me off a little bit because they're sometimes not as interesting, but a decent song with good vocals.
England - I like this, it's lively, one of my favourites so far.
Russia - I want to like Nyusha because Choose A Miracle was just so good, but this is another one that doesn't live up to it unfortunately. I don't think she's released anything since that has been anything close to matching it, bring back the clowns.
Northern Ireland - A surprise really that we've gone nearly a year without 2DCC. Definitely a different feel to this song, looks like they're trying to be more grown up, it's not quite as lively, but I still like it, they don't release bad songs.
Iceland - I'm still recovering from Bjork getting 2 measly points in Cardiff... :eek: This took far too long to become interesting for me, it might be a song that grows on people but I'm not sure if it will get the chance in this format.
San Marino - Unusual choice here, not sure it totally works.
Liked the standard overall, my preferred 8 to qualify:
Romania
Monaco
Tunisia
Wales
Liechtenstein
Italy
England
Northern Ireland
Romania - A nice start to the SF, if I am going to make one complaint I would say it's a bit repeatative, but not bad.
Montenegro - Had moments of promise but overall I didn't really enjoy this that much.
Armenia - Bit like Romania a decent song, however this one didn't really get going for me.
Monaco - Strong song, really like it, could be battling for high points in the final.
Tunisia - This was nice but a bit uninspiring, don't mind the rap too much, but not massively keen on it.
Azerbaijan - Despite it having two of the weakest eurovision winners, this was actually quite a nice ballad.
Wales - I don't usually like the twee girly speaky singing voice, but it works on this song. Overall a very nice feel to a very nice song.
Estonia - Wasn't too keen at the start but once it kicked in the song grew on me a lot.
Liechtenstein - Well I may be the only one but I don't see what's so great about this song. It's nice but really nothing more than that.
Serbia - It's different but I am just not feeling it at all unfortunately.
Greenland - The fact this is only a 2 minute video makes me feel this is a cut down version of the song. Well it feels like that to me at least, never really grabbed my attention.
Morocco - A nice rock song but I feel it missed it's chance to really kick in and step up a gear.
Italy - Really like this song, a good strong italian ballad. Another one that will be battling for high points come the final.
Albania - A nice surprise for Albania, strong song and strong singer, making a very good package overall.
England - A good uptempo dance song here. One of the better dance songs in this SF.
Russia - This was just too nice and uninspiring for me, never really got going.
Northern Ireland - Better then some of their entries last year, however I was never a big fan of them and this did kind of plod along unoffensively.
Iceland - Now this is exactly the type of twee, talky, singy girly voice I absolutely hate. The song is very dull and to be honest one of the worst I have heard in this contest since I have been taking part.
San Marino - A nice end to the contest, I actually quite like his voice and the song is good too.
So my 8 to qualify from SF 1 are:
Romania
Monaco
Azerbaijan
Wales
Italy
Albania
England
San Marino
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Still 5 more people to vote,
No one has null point (sadly ),
No one has scored points from every voter,
It's still all to play for to qualify,
So far 1094 points have been given out...
Just to point out, but it's impossible to score points from every voter, if you're including yourself. :)
Comments
Sounds vaguely familiar, that's four languages I've heard that song in now...
Italy could have a very good chance this time too.
Albania
England
Estonia
Iceland
Italy
Liechtenstein
Morocco
Romania
Tunisia
Wales
In some angles she has a look of Sarah Ferguson.
I had Wales twice and I could never find anything for them.
hey ho will look at semi 2 on thursday probably
I am the exact same.
Anyway, the 8 songs I'd like to qualify:
Albania
England
Estonia
Liechtenstein
Montenegro
Northern Ireland
Romania
Wales
It is a bit weird, when I had Isle of Man it was as a Welsh microstate so that was another one, I thought I'd done quite well reaching the final at the time but Wales have done even better since. The most surprising thing was even after all those great results only one person asked for Wales in Jurmala, and that was as a 5th choice. Then they won again!
Romania:
This was all right, a decent opening to the playlist.
Montenegro:
Not a fan sorry.
Armenia:
This was bad, just didn't like it at all.
Monaco:
This is OK, I think it will be a grower.
Tunisia:
Not for me.
Azerbaijan:
Two of the worst eurovision winners in one song yay, it was as bad as I imagined
Wales:
I liked this its sweet.
Estonia:
Didn't know Tanja was such a popular name, this is a bit generic I thought but its OK,
Liechtenstein:
I'm liking this, its a good entry.
Serbia:
Not liking this really.
Greenland:
I like it, Soluna is a really nice girl as well.
Morocco:
I couldn't get into this, kudos for being different though.
Italy:
Quite liking this
Albania:
This is ok.
England:
England in non Xfactor act shocker :eek: this is good.
Russia:
Dull
Northern Ireland:
Not for me.
Iceland:
This turning out to be an anti climax at the end.
San Marino:
This is a decent end to the playlist might just be heightened because of the last 3 songs.
was a bit hit and miss.
It's a little bit too esoteric for me to form an opinion on.
Romania - I like Raluka, this is good. Good start to the contest, a nice uptempo show opener.
Montenegro - It's OK, not totally my sort of Balkan music, the vocal style in these slow songs can grate with me a bit too.
Armenia - Ah, it's Fnarr Fnarr. Armenia have been pushing their luck a bit recently so this is going to have to be very good. It's not bad.
Monaco - It's a pity we lost Tal and Pokora in some ways because it's an excellent song, definitely was a potential winner. But this is very good too, I don't think I've heard a bad Tal song yet. With this and Trash picked my French options are receding fast...
Tunisia - I expected a song involving people called 'Axel Tony' and 'Tunisiano' to be terrible. Surprisingly it's not, in fact I like it quite a lot.
Azerbaijan - Hmm, a combination of two of the forum's least popular people, this is a risk... I don't mind them as much as others tbf, although if they could stop thieving song titles off Ani Lorak that would be much appreciated. It's ok, lacks a bit of something perhaps.
Wales - This was one I came across when I had Isle of Man, it wasn't totally my sort of song and I had my heart set on sending Jay James Picton at the time but I did definitely think it was nice and I like it more this time around. Could do well. I'll pass on the offer to see her signing it acoustically in a wooden room though if it's ok.
Estonia - It's spot the artist time, I saw Ott Lepland and Sinine, and probably others I should have recognised too. Quite liked the song, decent effort for Estonia.
Liechtenstein - This is decent, good video too. It keeps going pretty well from start to finish, like it. Someone should tell him his back's on fire though, could be painful.
Serbia - It's a bit different, the song maybe isn't really drawing me in enough though.
Greenland - I must have missed this bit during DMGP, not totally Soluna's biggest fan but it's not bad.
Morocco - This is an interesting find for Morocco. Decent, for some reason it's got a bit of a Zombie feel to it.
Italy - Surprised at some of the comments about this, I think it's very good and it's faithful to the Italian style, there's a lot of class about it. I'd put it above the two Italian songs that did well last contest.
Albania - Alban Skenderaj is a very good singer, so it's a smart choice, even if he is looking a bit rough in this one. The live performances can put me off a little bit because they're sometimes not as interesting, but a decent song with good vocals.
England - I like this, it's lively, one of my favourites so far.
Russia - I want to like Nyusha because Choose A Miracle was just so good, but this is another one that doesn't live up to it unfortunately. I don't think she's released anything since that has been anything close to matching it, bring back the clowns.
Northern Ireland - A surprise really that we've gone nearly a year without 2DCC. Definitely a different feel to this song, looks like they're trying to be more grown up, it's not quite as lively, but I still like it, they don't release bad songs.
Iceland - I'm still recovering from Bjork getting 2 measly points in Cardiff... :eek: This took far too long to become interesting for me, it might be a song that grows on people but I'm not sure if it will get the chance in this format.
San Marino - Unusual choice here, not sure it totally works.
Liked the standard overall, my preferred 8 to qualify:
Romania
Monaco
Tunisia
Wales
Liechtenstein
Italy
England
Northern Ireland
I loved semi final two; had a real problem cutting it down to ten. Semi Final One was a struggle.
Romania - A nice start to the SF, if I am going to make one complaint I would say it's a bit repeatative, but not bad.
Montenegro - Had moments of promise but overall I didn't really enjoy this that much.
Armenia - Bit like Romania a decent song, however this one didn't really get going for me.
Monaco - Strong song, really like it, could be battling for high points in the final.
Tunisia - This was nice but a bit uninspiring, don't mind the rap too much, but not massively keen on it.
Azerbaijan - Despite it having two of the weakest eurovision winners, this was actually quite a nice ballad.
Wales - I don't usually like the twee girly speaky singing voice, but it works on this song. Overall a very nice feel to a very nice song.
Estonia - Wasn't too keen at the start but once it kicked in the song grew on me a lot.
Liechtenstein - Well I may be the only one but I don't see what's so great about this song. It's nice but really nothing more than that.
Serbia - It's different but I am just not feeling it at all unfortunately.
Greenland - The fact this is only a 2 minute video makes me feel this is a cut down version of the song. Well it feels like that to me at least, never really grabbed my attention.
Morocco - A nice rock song but I feel it missed it's chance to really kick in and step up a gear.
Italy - Really like this song, a good strong italian ballad. Another one that will be battling for high points come the final.
Albania - A nice surprise for Albania, strong song and strong singer, making a very good package overall.
England - A good uptempo dance song here. One of the better dance songs in this SF.
Russia - This was just too nice and uninspiring for me, never really got going.
Northern Ireland - Better then some of their entries last year, however I was never a big fan of them and this did kind of plod along unoffensively.
Iceland - Now this is exactly the type of twee, talky, singy girly voice I absolutely hate. The song is very dull and to be honest one of the worst I have heard in this contest since I have been taking part.
San Marino - A nice end to the contest, I actually quite like his voice and the song is good too.
So my 8 to qualify from SF 1 are:
Romania
Monaco
Azerbaijan
Wales
Italy
Albania
England
San Marino
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Noticed there's a proper video for the Greek song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0ZLVV4K00k
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No one has scored points from every voter,
It's still all to play for to qualify,
So far 1094 points have been given out...
Just to point out, but it's impossible to score points from every voter, if you're including yourself.
Excluding from yourself.
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