MyHeartIsYours
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Honestly don't see either cracking the top-10. Juries will butcher Finland, televoters will do the same with France.
DutchESC
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Oh and 
for sure!
for sure!
lilka
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Four are striking me as being dark horses at the moment. In no particular order, I've got:
- Daniel's not doing well on the poll here but I still think he and his song have real potential. It's got a powerful melody, Daniel's voice is good, and a rework could add a lot to it if done well. It appears to attract high votes from some countries depending on musical taste, too - in the Australian fan poll I'm running it's sitting at a convincing 3rd place out of 20, below only Estonia and Italy. I think it's the most underrated song this year.
- Certainly not a dark horse when compared to rankings on this forum, but it sure seems like one when you look at the odds. I think its likely end place is between those two groups' predictions, and that it'll end around the mid teens, but it's certainly a hard one to predict, being somewhat different from a lot of what we tend to see in ESC. This could be top 5 or a non-qualifier and wouldn't particularly surprise me either way.
- It's the strongest French song in a while (though you could certainly argue they were underrated in 2013) and Lisa's live vocals are perfect. Give this some good staging, inject some life into Lisa and this'll be jury bait ready to crack the top 10, despite currently sitting third last in the top-10 odds market.
- This is very much something we've heard many times before, which could work both for and against Iceland this year. Yes, the song's repetitive, but it's got a catchy, mainstream hook, and we can see from 2009 that Iceland is entirely capable of changing their female, blonde, overlooked soloists with generic but catchy melodies into real contenders.
- Daniel's not doing well on the poll here but I still think he and his song have real potential. It's got a powerful melody, Daniel's voice is good, and a rework could add a lot to it if done well. It appears to attract high votes from some countries depending on musical taste, too - in the Australian fan poll I'm running it's sitting at a convincing 3rd place out of 20, below only Estonia and Italy. I think it's the most underrated song this year. - Certainly not a dark horse when compared to rankings on this forum, but it sure seems like one when you look at the odds. I think its likely end place is between those two groups' predictions, and that it'll end around the mid teens, but it's certainly a hard one to predict, being somewhat different from a lot of what we tend to see in ESC. This could be top 5 or a non-qualifier and wouldn't particularly surprise me either way. - It's the strongest French song in a while (though you could certainly argue they were underrated in 2013) and Lisa's live vocals are perfect. Give this some good staging, inject some life into Lisa and this'll be jury bait ready to crack the top 10, despite currently sitting third last in the top-10 odds market. - This is very much something we've heard many times before, which could work both for and against Iceland this year. Yes, the song's repetitive, but it's got a catchy, mainstream hook, and we can see from 2009 that Iceland is entirely capable of changing their female, blonde, overlooked soloists with generic but catchy melodies into real contenders.
ParadiseES
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Not sure where is the limit to be considered a dark horse, but I think Lithuania and Slovenia have way more potential that we can see in the odds.
anto475
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and definite dark horses
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some songs who will do better than the odds and this forumi think is
odds have this in bottom my guess is that this could fight in top 10
this is awful, but will stand out and get some points from both jury and televoting to get a final place
well new songs and nobody believe in this. This could surprice
Staging from the same last year. She can sing and people will remember this song. Top 10 i think and maybe top 5
If Måns wins, this could actally win or a least get a new top 3. Italy should hope Måns not win next week
Other songs like Finland, Ireland and Poland could do good too
odds have this in bottom my guess is that this could fight in top 10 this is awful, but will stand out and get some points from both jury and televoting to get a final place well new songs and nobody believe in this. This could surprice Staging from the same last year. She can sing and people will remember this song. Top 10 i think and maybe top 5 If Måns wins, this could actally win or a least get a new top 3. Italy should hope Måns not win next weekOther songs like Finland, Ireland and Poland could do good too
The odds are only about winning chances, and those three countries are not expected to win. That doesnt mean they will fail to qualify.
Ireland is actually a dark horse for me but not for the win, but Top 10.
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Finland!
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I'm expecting a Germany 2009 kinda result.MyHeartIsYours
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THIS!!!