ESC 2018 General Discussion Thread

[SwedishFailurez]

Why have Czechs odds gone so far down?

Other competitors taking the spotlight maybe...

 

[Jonaxh]

Just a question, does the jury show and family show for the final have fake results as well like the semifinals? Like full fake results? Calling all countries and then televote?

 

[Ana Raquel]

is this the most uptempo eurovision edition or is it my impression?

 

[theditz83]

When will the producers reveal the final running order? It only says "shortly after the semi final 2 results" but that's not a greta help haha

is this the most uptempo eurovision edition or is it my impression?

Considering the final allocation, I think the first half will be like the warm-up acts at a big concert, while the second half will be when the arena explodes with life! It's very heavy on the bangers late on

 

[Ana Raquel]

When will the producers reveal the final running order? It only says "shortly after the semi final 2 results" but that's not a greta help haha



Considering the final allocation, I think the first half will be like the warm-up acts at a big concert, while the second half will be when the arena explodes with life! It's very heavy on the bangers late on

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS

 

[darkap]

So that's it


01. Ukraine
02. Spain
03. Slovenia
04. Lithuania
05. Austria
06. Estonia
07. Norway
08. Portugal
— break
09. United Kingdom
10. Serbia
11. Germany
12. Albania
13. France
14. Czech Republic
15. Denmark
16. Australia
— break
17. Finland
18. Bulgaria
19. Moldova
20. Sweden
21. Hungary
22. Israel
23. The Netherlands
24. Ireland
25. Cyprus
26. Italy

 

[joao]

Cyprus is winning!
Spain will flop.
UK and Finland won't do good. Bottom 10.

And Portugal has once again a short break after it. Does it mean something? Crossing my fingers for a top 10

 

[theditz83]

Congratulations Cyprus - you've just won the final of Eurovision 2018

 

[Realest]

Czech Republic was only 7th in the Semi at Maximum.

 

[SecretsOfFatima]

How do you all think this will benefit (or hinder) Ireland? Very similar to their Semi-Final placement.

 

[DanielLuis]

Just a question, does the jury show and family show for the final have fake results as well like the semifinals? Like full fake results? Calling all countries and then televote?

Yes, they have to rehearse the full voting as well.

 

[DanielLuis]

Czech Republic was only 7th in the Semi at Maximum.

Almost surely! #14 is usually reserved for songs that were borderline qualifiers, especially when it follows a huge favourite at #13 like France is.

 

[ChrisOL]

 

[megzpegz]

Does anyone think Czech Republic was low with the juries outside the top 10 but high in the televoting?

 

[Vektor]

lol, so who was second behind Cyprus in SF1? Albania? (it was likely Israel or Bulgaria, looking at this list)

Yeah, it's over, Cyprus is winning, unless one of the Big5 countries (prob France) surprises.

 

[Chorizo]

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[LalehForWD]

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Pretty amazing even if I'm since ages dead tired of superhero movies (seen deadpool tho)

 

[martin]

Good News for Ireland. It will stand out and could fight for a top 10 Place maybe

 

[A-lister]

The second half is so packed with energetic entries and pre-favorites it's a bloodbath on that part, which actually benefits the entries in the first half, especially the fewer uptempo ones there among the ballads and midtempo entries. Norway got a very good starting slot between two ballads and coming after two ballads and one midtempo song. I think they kind of killed Ukraine though, Björkman insists in the same logic as used in Melodifestivalen with having uptempo/fitting "openers" and "closers", but in a starting order with 26 entries, being first is somewhat of a curse. Also, they say they want diversity, yet they put the two more typical fanboy female ESC Pop entries next to each other (Australia and Finland), and all the "rockier" entries are in the very end, Hungary and Netherlands squeezing poor Israel and Netta and then Italy finishing the show. I think they could have allocated more "diverse" than this, although I admit that it was probably hard to allocate the second half in general due to so many uptempo and energetic songs. This however can benefit Ireland that will obviously stick out from the bunch in the end. Alot of people claim that Cyprus got a great slot, but I think their entry is put way too late and with the hectic second half and 25 entries in, people's minds are already too occupied with various impressions that Eleni might look paler than she actually is. I think we've seen in the past, that 17-23 are the best starting positions. We will see what will happen.

 

[simonPL]

Are they going to admit some girls on the audience during the finals or nah? xshifty