@ Filip
that's my view:
Ukraine ex-sovjet, favourite during the first rehearsal week
Belarus ex-sovjet just Belarus with the "2" dead - slot, in my opinion it's the symbolic "answer" to the Conchita-petition
Azerbaijan ex-sovjet
followed by
4. Iceland with "no prejustice" => you can call this brilliant
Norway
Romania
Armenia exsovjet favourite
Montenegro
Poland
Greece
Austria late position in first half
Germany
Sweden latest position in first half
France big5
Russia early in second half
Italy big5
Slovenia
Finland
Spain big5
Switzerland
Hungary favourite, more EBU-pleasant than one of the ex-sovjets
Malta not without chances
Denmark ... the lovely host
The Netherlands "west" favourite very good slot
San Marino crap
United Kingdom "west" favourite, very EBU-pleasant hymn, good slot with this kind of jury-pleasant song
(edit: and don't forget Arams # 1 in running order of the semi final)
Was this for jury?
we walked around the Press Center and asked two dozen people and here and the vast majority said that The Netherlands had the best rehearsal. After that, Greece, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom received about the same amount of votes.
On the other hand, most people said Armenia had the weakest rehearsal followed by Germany.
I don't really trust what the ESC press thinks about it (Except for the ESC United team of course ). Well, and I think Harel Skaat, Charlotte Perreli or Beth, for example, don't trust them at all either
Out of context though. This is the jury show and Charlotte received the jury wild card and Harel Skaat scored high with the juries.
Beth was 100% televote, there was no jury final really.
I'm not talking about jury finals, just press rankings which are IMO biased
But I was talking about Jury Finals and your response to it was that you don't trust the ESC Press. So I'm confused.
we walked around the Press Center and asked two dozen people and here and the vast majority said that The Netherlands had the best rehearsal. After that, Greece, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom received about the same amount of votes.
On the other hand, most people said Armenia had the weakest rehearsal followed by Germany.
But you were talking about press guys' opinion about the performances in the jury final, right? And I say I don't trust it.... what's the problem?
we walked around the Press Center and asked two dozen people and here and the vast majority said that The Netherlands had the best rehearsal. After that, Greece, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom received about the same amount of votes.
On the other hand, most people said Armenia had the weakest rehearsal followed by Germany.
i don't trust to your sources.