ESC 2014 Semi-Finals Allocation & Running Order

[Terence]

I assume you're one of the 'Left Overs' country.

I know what you meant but it made me think of left-over food

 

[eerik]

Live in 10 minutes: Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Semi-Final Allocation Draw | Web TV | Eurovision Song Contest - Copenhagen 2014

 

[NikkiBoy]

Begging for a good draw for:
Albania
San Marino
Montenegro
Austria
Poland

 

[eerik]

AND IT'S LIVE!!!

 

[Terence]

Best case scenario for us:

Pot 1:
*- Albania
*- FYR Macedonia

Pot 2:
*- Estonia
- Latvia

Pot 3:
*- Azerbaijan
*- Belarus
*- Ukraine

Pot 4:
*- Greece
*- Ireland
*- The Netherlands

Pot 5:
*- Hungary
*- San Marino

Pot 6:
*- Malta
*- Romania

 

[eerik]

Prequlified countries voting:

Denmark SF1
Spain SF1
France SF1
United Kingdom SF2
Italy SF2
Germany SF2

 

[eerik]

16 countries in SF1, 15 in SF2.

Pre-allocated countries
Sweden first half of SF1
Norway and Israel first half of SF2

 

[Terence]

Russia semi 1 again!!!!

 

[Terence]

Poor San Marino, not with Italy!!!

Malta, S2 1st Half again!

 

[Celia]

16 countries in SF1, 15 in SF2.

Pre-allocated countries
Sweden first half of SF1
Norway and Israel first half of SF2

Why is pre-allocated?

 

[Terence]

Semi 1
H1 Albania
H1 Armenia
H1 Azerbaijan
H1 Estonia
H1 Iceland
H1 Latvia
H1 Russia
H1 Sweden
H2 Belgium
H2 Hungary
H2 Moldova
H2 Montenegro
H2 Portugal
H2 San Marino
H2 The Netherlands
H2 Ukraine


Voting:
Spain
France
Denmark

Semi 2
H1 Austria
H1 Georgia
H1 Israel
H1 Lithuania
H1 Malta
H1 Norway
H1 Poland
H2 Belarus
H2 Finland
H2 FYR Macedonia
H2 Greece
H2 Ireland
H2 Romania
H2 Slovenia
H2 Switzerland

Voting:
Italy
UK
Germany

 

[Leydan]

Great draw for Malta and Ireland, with both being in SF2 with UK voting in it. Also Poland and Lithuania should do well with the UK and Ireland voting with them! Austria with germany and Switzerland, and Slovenia

 

[eerik]

 

[Terence]

Based on voting patterns, I'd say we are unlucky to not have Azerbaijan, San Marino, Albania, Hungary, Ukraine and Latvia.
Our voting allies are the UK, Ireland and possibly Greece.

 

[eerik]

Best case scenario for Estonia:
Semi final 1
Albania
Slovenia
Estonia
Finland
Latvia
Belarus
Russia
Ukraine
Ireland
The Netherlands
Hungary
Poland
Moldova
Portugal
Sweden
+
Denmark
France
Spain

Great draw, I guess!

Albania
Slovenia
Estonia
Finland
Latvia
Belarus
Russia
Ukraine
Ireland
The Netherlands
Hungary
Poland
Moldova
Portugal
Sweden
+
Denmark
France
Spain


12 out of 17.

 

[Deleted member 8866]

I'm happy with draw, but kinda sad for not being in the same semi final with I hoped that we would end up in the same semi final beacuse I really wanted to vote for Vale this year 1 Oh well, l guess you can't have everything.

 

[ParadiseES]

Best case scenario for Valentina:

Semi 1
Albania
FYR Macedonia
Montenegro
Finland
Latvia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Armenia
Greece
Hungary
San Marino
Malta
Moldova
Sweden
Belarus or Ukraine
+
France
Italy
Spain

10 out of 17. Not too bad, despite Italy is not here. Performing in the second half is great anyway.

 

[Romeo]

Based on voting patterns, I'd say we are unlucky to not have Azerbaijan, San Marino, Albania, Hungary, Ukraine and Latvia.
Our voting allies are the UK, Ireland and possibly Greece.

I agree, I am not happy with the semi. but on a positive note, the countries in our semi are not well known for making the final (well some of them)
I think it semi 1 is going to be the stronger semi (poor Valentina) but let's just wait and see what song we send.

I am happy in some respects but not in others

 

[Kryptonite]

I know that this is only statistics and that we haven't heard many songs so far, but it's fun anyway. So, the following statistics are based on sucess of each country since 2008 (2 semifinals system).

SEMIFINAL 1
100% (4): Azerbaijan, Iceland, Russia, Ukraine
83% (1): Moldova
80% (2): Sweden, Armenia
67% (2): Albania, Estonia
60% (2): Hungary, Portugal
33% (1): Belgium
17% (2): Latvia, Netherlands
0% (2): Montenegro, San Marino

Average: 60%

SEMIFINAL 2
100% (2): Greece, Romania
80% (2): Georgia, Norway
67% (3): Finland, Ireland, Lithuania
50% (2): Israel, Malta
33% (2): Austria, Belarus
25% (1): Poland
17% (3): Macedonia, Slovenia, Switzerland

Average: 54%​

 

[FilipFromSweden]

Not sure if I should be happy for Sweden.
First semi-final and a starting position between 1-8 just like back in 2009.
The second semi-final has always been the place where Sweden belongs. Since 2008 Sweden has competed in four out of five times in the second semi-final.
We have Denmark and Iceland to lift us up. The Netherlands, Estonia and Belgium will with no doubt help us.
If YOHIO wins Melodifestivalen I think we are going to qualify for sure, in about 8th to 10th place.
If Anton Ewald or an up-tempo song wins I think Sweden is going to win or at least be in the top three in the semi.