Allocation draw

[ParadiseES]

You really think will fail in semi? With voting?

They failed last year with and which are more reliable IMO.

 

[Mlyn]

Armenia likely wins the televoting in Belgium, Netherlands, France, Georgia, Greece and maybe Russia.

 

[Trece]

They failed last year with and which are more reliable IMO.

failed to qualify? no, they qualified. last time all ex-ussr except Moldova qualified, so it was hard to vote for them, still got points with weak song (not that weak as russia was, but russia is always more popular)

 

[nunaney]

I was hoping Czech Republic would be in the semi with 16 countries but I suppose they are in the weaker semi so maybe there's still a chance. Too bad about first half though.

 

[revallsay]

I still can't believe this has happened! We have a huge chance of qualifying!

 

[Leydan]

I was hoping Czech Republic would be in the semi with 16 countries but I suppose they are in the weaker semi so maybe there's still a chance. Too bad about first half though.

I don't imagine ORF will purposely sabotage them with a bad place, considering it was probably them who was pushing them to return.

 

[ParadiseES]

This is how I think the draw was for each country:

SEMI 1
Greece: negative
FYR Macedonia: neutral/positive
Estonia: neutral/negative
The Netherlands: neutral/positive
Moldova: very positive
Finland: negative
Belgium: quite positive
Armenia: very positive
Serbia: positive
Denmark: negative
Belarus: very positive
Romania: very positive
Russia: positive
Albania: quite positive
Georgia: positive
Hungary: neutral

SEMI 2
Norway: positive
Ireland: positive
Czech Republic: neutral/positive
Lithuania: quite positive
San Marino: neutral/positive
Malta: quite positive
Portugal: very negative
Montenegro: neutral
Switzerland: positive
Azerbaijan: very negative
Slovenia: neutral
Latvia: very positive
Poland: very positive
Iceland: quite positive
Israel: positive
Cyprus: neutral/negative
Sweden: quite positive

Well, it seems I'm optimistic today since I see more lucky countries than possible qualifiers

In the end, except for Russia and Armenia (and maybe Romania) anyone can easily flop if they don't have a strong enough song and nobody should have big problems to qualify with a great song (maybe Portugal would, but it's still not impossible).

 

[GRE]

failed to qualify? no, they qualified. last time all ex-ussr except Moldova qualified, so it was hard to vote for them, still got points with weak song (not that weak as russia was, but russia is always more popular)

No.
Moldova,Latvia and Estonia were OUT from 1st semi last year.

 

[Trece]

No.
Moldova,Latvia and Estonia were OUT from 1st semi last year.

i don't really count and as ex-USSR, they are baltic-block for me, or part of Nordic

 

[ParadiseES]

failed to qualify? no, they qualified. last time all ex-ussr except Moldova qualified, so it was hard to vote for them, still got points with weak song (not that weak as russia was, but russia is always more popular)

But it was thanks to the juries. This is about televoting and Azerbaijan would've stayed in the semi with this system even if these countries were voting in their semi.

 

[lavieenrose]

Albania: quite positive

Really? My first reaction after seeing the full draw was "Elhaida's [expletive]d."

 

[michael66]

Are you hinting that viewers in France will all televote for Belgium and Netherlands, thereby giving them top marks, and that Belgium and Netherlands (Benelux partners) will give each other 12 points in Semi-Final 1?

I don't think France will give points to The Netherlands other than on the song's own merit, but they might give a little extra to Belgium. And The Netherlands and Belgium always vote for each other, so I'm quite positive on that one! Still needs to have a good song, but having The Netherlands is already good!

 

[FoxOfShadows]

Semi 2 looks really interesting. Maybe it's time for Latvian justice!

 

[ParadiseES]

Really? My first reaction after seeing the full draw was "Elhaida's [expletive]d."

Well, I consider it's quite positive because they are with (their best voting friend), (their second voting friend) and which could help too + they are drawn in the second half. This looks better scenario for Albania than semi-2.

But it's true despite having some friends the first semi looks much harder at the moment and we all know Albanian song is not so strong. We'll see.

 

[lavieenrose]

Well, I consider it's quite positive because they are with (their best voting friend), (their second voting friend) and which could help too + they are drawn in the second half. This looks better scenario for Albania than semi-2.

But it's true despite having some friends the first semi looks much harder at the moment and we all know Albanian song is not so strong. We'll see.

I'll take you to task on "Albanian song is not so strong," but fair enough.

 

[esc87fan]

It's interesting to not that the Big 5+1 allocation hasn't changed from last year: and the host country voting in SF1, voting in SF2

 

[KonstOik]

Poor Cyprus...
Hope Israel,San Marino,Malta & Azerbaijan vote for Cyprus.

 

[Haverdge]

Didn't Armenia give like 1 point to Azerbaijan in 2009?

Also in the semi-final in 2008.

 

[Pawhlen]

You really think will fail in semi? With voting?

Yes, you´re right, how many Points did got from last year? :roll:

Have you forgotten that would not even had qualified last year if it had been 100% televoting

 

[KonstOik]

Yes, you´re right, how many Points did got from last year? :roll:

0000