So, the first semi-final is just a few hours away. Since we asked #YOU yesterday who is qualifying, we have had hundreds of responses in less than a day. Here’s what #YOU thought about tonight’s qualification chances…
Astonishingly, it seems that every respondent predicted Käärijä to sail through for Finland, with 626 people backing “Cha Cha Cha” to make it to Saturday’s final. Only three respondents didn’t predict Sweden‘s Loreen to follow suit, with “Tattoo” being backed by 623 people (99.52% of the voters).
It gets a little less unanimous then, but five songs seemed to be approved by the vast majority of voters; Norway‘s Alessandra and Israel‘s Noa Kirel in joint third with 96.17% believing they will qualify, then Czechia‘s Vesna in fourth on 90.10%, and Serbia‘s Luke Black in fifth on 94.98%, narrowly ahead of Pasha Parfeny for Moldova on 84.19%.
After this, things get a little more complicated. In eight place, Remo Forrer of Switzerland (69.17%) edges out Portugal‘s Mimicat into ninth (68.05%). The last qualification spot, with only 62.94% of voters agreeing, is Let 3 of Croatia.
This would mean non-qualification for Malta, Latvia, Netherlands, Azerbaijan and Ireland.
The full ranking of the reader and viewer votes can be found below;
- 🇫🇮 Finland (626 votes – 100%)
- 🇸🇪 Sweden (623 votes – 99.52%)
- 🇳🇴 Norway (602 votes – 96.17%)
- 🇮🇱 Israel (602 votes – 96.17%)
- 🇨🇿 Czechia (564 votes – 90.10%)
- 🇷🇸 Serbia (532 votes – 84.98%)
- 🇲🇩 Moldova (527 votes – 84.19%)
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland (433 votes – 69.17%)
- 🇵🇹 Portugal (426 votes – 68.05%)
- 🇭🇷 Croatia (394 votes – 62.94%)
- 🇲🇹 Malta (322 votes – 51.44%)
- 🇱🇻 Latvia (226 votes – 36.10%)
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands (200 votes – 31.95%)
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (93 votes – 14.86%)
- 🇮🇪 Ireland (63 votes – 10.06%)
Now it’s time to find out how our team felt about tonight’s semi-final. If #YOU don’t want spoilers, check out the video below to find out our ranking. But if you simply cannot wait, scroll down…
Okay, since #YOU scrolled down this far, let’s see what our team thought of tonight’s show. Did the team here in Liverpool agree with the readers and viewers of ESC United?
Well, only one country was different for both the readers/viewers and our team; the fans voted in their droves for Serbia as a qualifier, whereas Team United opted for Malta‘s qualification in fifth place. This would instead mean Serbia joins Latvia, Azerbaijan, Netherlands and Ireland in not qualifying.
The full ranking from our team is as follows. Priority has been given to entries predicted by more members of our Liverpool-based team to qualify;
- 🇫🇮 Finland (avg. rank 1.33, predicted by 6)
- 🇸🇪 Sweden (avg. rank 1.67, predicted by 6)
- 🇮🇱 Israel (avg. rank 4, predicted by 6)
- 🇨🇿 Czechia (avg. rank 5.33, predicted by 6)
- 🇲🇹 Malta (avg. rank 6.67, predicted by 6)
- 🇲🇩 Moldova (avg. rank 7, predicted by 6)
- 🇳🇴 Norway (avg. rank 5.6, predicted by 5)
- 🇵🇹 Portugal (avg. rank 7.5, predicted by 4)
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland (avg. rank 7.75, predicted by 4)
- 🇭🇷 Croatia (avg. rank 8, predicted by 4, highest 6th)
- 🇷🇸 Serbia (avg. rank 8, predicted by 4, highest 7th)
- 🇱🇻 Latvia (ranked 3rd by 1 person)
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (ranked 8th by 1 person)
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands (ranked 10th by 1 person)
- 🇮🇪 Ireland (not predicted by any)
Will all of this come to pass this evening? Have the readers, viewers and our team all missed a surprise qualifier? We don’t have long left to find out!
How do #YOU feel about the results of the prediction polls? Share your thoughts with us on our forum HERE or join the discussion below and on social media!
