Thursday, 22 May 2008

Eurovision - Semifinal 2

Ok I was quite happy with tonight and I actually thought most performances were good and this was definitely a better semifinal than the previous one. Ok my favourites of the night generally went though however I was sad to see Switzerland lose out - personally I thought the singer wasn't as good as I hoped but I loved the song anyway! Maybe I'm being biased but I think he deserved another chance. Then Hungary who also didn't go through and was in my top 10. I felt her song was touching though It did lack something unexplainable - maybe it was the accent. My last Top 10 was Malta - Ok hear me out, I just thought she had a great voice and though her song was not so I felt that her voice was enough to push her in! She should have also sung Armenia's song Qele Qele if she did that performance will probably be my favourite. The three who were outside my Top 10 and went in were Croatia - the singer was actually better than I thought but the old guy and the ending were bad, Georgia - I just didn't connect with her! and finally Latvia - though I have to say I liked it more than before but I felt the competition was stronger than them.
Anyhow I felt that this was a strong semifinal and I'm generally happy with all the finalists from this semifinal but I just hope Croatia lose the ending and old guy, Gerogia do something with her performance and Latvia to just get more energetic.
So have you guessed my Top 5 performances! Ok they were...
Iceland... just the right mix of vocals and music
Sweden... I loved her voice but her song wasn't as good as her voice
Portugal... Yet again I loved her voice but her song wasn't up to standard with her voice
Switzerland... Totally opposite, love the song but average voice
Turkey... You always need a change and there performance was good.
Ukraine and Albania also scored highly with me Ukraine for the performance and Albania for the song.
Anyway this final is going to be a good one in my opinion, I've checked the bookies favourites and the 4 seem to be Russia, Armenia, Sweden and Ukraine. If I'm wrong feel free to correct me. Anyway it's sad that Switzerland wasn't as good as I hoped they were quite similar to Romania in my eyes, however the top 10 from the two semifinals seem to be...
Iceland, Sweden, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Albania, Armenia, Norway, Greece
I know 7 are from the second semifinal! I'm also looking to see Poland, Romania, Israel, Russia and Denmark to see if they can break the top 10. Of course there are still the 5 finalists already and Serbia seem quite good, I'll reserve judgement for the others until I have heard the live performance whilst Spain can't do anything to get in my good books, they look horrendous to me.
It's wierd how each semifinal I have picked 7 of the finalists! Anyway I am not looking forward to hearing another Azerbaijan or the dreadful Bosnia. Finland is just a fill in for me. We'll see who tops my chart on Saturday but from the two semifinals my favourite was Iceland! ... and to crown the worst... Bosnia and Herzegovina! Just to say he looks drunk!
If only Netherlands, Andorra, Switzerland,Hungary and Malta were in the final - then the final will probably be the best it has ever been! Sorry to drag on but I really want Dima Bilan to do well but his accent just gets on my nerves, please sing in Russian instead!

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