Specials
1. Finland: Sing It Away sung by Sandhja
2. Greece: Utopian Land sung by Argo
3. Moldova: Falling Stars sung by Lidia Isac
4. Hungary: Pioneer sung by Freddie
5. Croatia: Lighthouse sung by Nina Kraljić
6. Netherlands: Slow Down sung by Douwe Bob
7. Armenia: LoveWave sung by Iveta Mukuchyan
8. San Marino: I Didn't Know sung by Serhat
9. Russia: You Are The Only One sung by Sergey Lazarev
10. Czech Republic: I Stand sung by Gabriela Gunčíková
11. Cyprus: Alter Ego sung by Minus One
12. Austria: Loin d'ici sung by ZOË
13. Estonia: Play sung by Jüri Pootsmann
14. Azerbaijan: Miracle sung by Samra
15. Montenegro: The Real Thing sung by Highway
16. Iceland: Hear Them Calling sung by Greta Salóme
17. Bosnia & Herzegovina: Ljubav Je sung by Dalal, Deen, Ana & Jala
18. Malta: Walk on Water sung by Ira Losco
Good luck to all.
May 10, 2016 -- 10:06PM, George Bailey wrote:
Thought they would suspend semi when votes closed
they never do that regarding semi Q. suspention when all 10 finalists are known
Hasn't started yet.
May 10, 2016 -- 10:22PM, brassneck wrote:
over 10,000 screaming fans outside the arena waiting to get a look at the ex westlife singer.And he is not singing until Thursday.
and those are all teenage girls
Why did Estonia send that awful ****ing dirge when they had the amazing I Wear* Experiment
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Baffles me mate. Top tune is that...but too classy for ESC IMO. Supersonic by Laura on the other hand I thought was perfect for this comp. After all the love Eesti Laul got recently and now they don't even qualify. Madness.
Still, as long my pattern of one losing semi and winning semi every single time since 2010 carries on then I guess Thursday is where I make my money this year!
May 10, 2016 -- 10:25PM, honestcl wrote:
five leaves leftWhy did Estonia send that awful ****ing dirge when they had the amazing I Wear* Experiment_______Baffles me mate. Top tune is that...but too classy for ESC IMO. Supersonic by Laura on the other hand I thought was perfect for this comp. After all the love Eesti Laul got recently and now they don't even qualify. Madness.
I wasn't a fan of Laura but I'm sure it would have qualified in that poor semi. As would 3 or 4 others. Patience, Sally and Sies for sure
May 10, 2016 -- 10:27PM, Corbyguy wrote:
Esctracker, Russia 10, France 10
Shows the advantage of not automatically qualifying
May 10, 2016 -- 10:33PM, five leaves left wrote:
Very poor response all round on esctracker
Like I say a shyte year...this is empirical proof imo
Hungary
Croatia
Netherlands
Armenia
Russia
Czech Rep.
Cyprus
Austria
Azerbaijan
Malta
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Agreed. I was initially a fan of the songs that came out in early Feb given the big guns were still to come. But nothing great ever materialised after the encouraging start. Still enough to keep me interested as an ESC fan but this is the worst year of the last 7 for sure.
May 10, 2016 -- 10:38PM, George Bailey wrote:
May 10, 2016 -- 10:33PM, five leaves left wrote:Very poor response all round on esctrackerLike I say a shyte year...this is empirical proof imo
Hard to argue with that. I love quite a few songs this year but maybe not iTunes friendly songs.
Unless something comes out of the 2nd semi esctracker could be useless this year
May 10, 2016 -- 10:49PM, five leaves left wrote:
Netherlands sunk
drifted out
France staging lets down a good song
Ukraine has got the power to WOW but it's controversial nature might mean a lot of people don't approve or even get that emotion
Australia - dull
Malta - dull (boobs are fantastic though
)Sweden - song OK but poor draw
Spain - can a giant country not find decent backing singers??
Good job I got on board the Zoe train late - about the only plus I had all night!
May 10, 2016 -- 11:07PM, honestcl wrote:
It's probably the biggest indictment of this year's comp that while I was underwhelmed by Russia I'm finding it increasingly hard to make a case for anything else to come along and beat it.France staging lets down a good songUkraine has got the power to WOW but it's controversial nature might mean a lot of people don't approve or even get that emotionAustralia - dullMalta - dull (boobs are fantastic though )Sweden - song OK but poor drawSpain - can a giant country not find decent backing singers??
I've heard people saying that Ukraine won't win because of what the lyrics are about etc. and people won't vote for that etc. Well in my opinion in 2007 people voted for Serbia a song that was sung in Serbian without knowing to what she was singing about. Serbia won because it was a great performance that people who didn't understand Serbian voted for it. There are millions of people in Europe who don't speak or understand English and if Jamala pulls off a great performance then those people who don't speak or understand English will vote for her because of the performance despite not knowing what she is singing about because they don't speak or understand English just like the people who voted in 2007 for Serbia despite not knowing what she was singing about because they didn't speak or understand Serbian.
