ESC United LIVE from Stockholm - As it happened

[moop]

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Yeah, Finland were beneath standards. Congratulations to 666 posts btw, you're now the true devil in this thread.

lol thanks mate

 

[Franco]

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Eurovision.tv is off line. Too many connections, probably.

 

[Dutchball]

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Qualification records were broken...
I'm pretty okay with the results except for one thing: over ? Awestruck. Greta was underrated on 2012 and now again :/

Estonia being Out is fair, The song is great but the performance was disappointing.

Soooo happy for , voted twice for them and cheered when they were called Out.

 

[midnightsun]

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Yaaaaaay, Czech Republic!!!!! Woohoo!

Iceland and Estonia were a surprise. Not that I'm sad, didn't like them anyway.

 

[bstream]

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Pootsman's performance came off as odd, and the stage engulfed him. Greta got lost in the competition, the gimmick became visually tiring at that point.

 

[Franzilein]

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So glad the Netherlands made it. It slowly, but surely becomes my new favourite

 

[ParadiseES]

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Everything went under control until we heard MALTA instead of ICELAND. I don't understand.....

Anyway, I'm happy. 9/10 is rare in Eurovision. Congrats to the qualifiers

 

[Spritez]

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Very happy for and , very sad about , it's visual copy of last year winner it made no sense. Song also is crap... Also sorry

 

[ag89]

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Why surprises about Azerbaijan going through? She was ok, with great stage performance, with a song that was up to date. Her vocals were not that bad. Not the best though, but she had one of the best stage presentations tonight.

 

[FlockOfSeagulls]

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8 out of 10 for me is extremely good. I'd of rather seen Estonia than Czech Republic, though i'm pleased for them qualifying for the first time

 

[Synergise]

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Had 9/10. Had Iceland qualifying instead of Croatia.

I was joking about how Iceland always gets called last, so was so sure Iceland were the 10th qualifier. I found it so shocking. The performance wasn't the best tonight, but a lot of them weren't great vocally tonight, so I didn't think she'd be in trouble.

My boyfriend put £15 on Iceland. Apparently "you should never trust money in Iceland" *coughPanamacough*

 

[VikingTiger]

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Estonia not qualifying.... some weeks ago that would have made me sad. It used to be in my top 10. But I got sort of tired of the song. And, more importantly, after the rehearsals started Juri lost terrain... I though he was cool in the NF. On the stage in Stockholm he has seemed to be lost and out of place - and actually a bit awkward to watch. Thus I dont feel sorry that Estonia is out of the game.

 

[LoveHate]

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Armenia was the best, I'm most happy about Czech Rep. going through. Ideally (for entertainment value) I would have liked to see Montenegro and San Marino in the final, but that was never happening. Pretty good result all in all.

 

[LakZaNokte]

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Qualification in ESC final is currently breaking news in our media

 

[ChrisOL]

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I got 8 out of 10 right, so sad Iceland didn't make it , but I will still fly to Iceland this summer

 

[Daybreak]

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It's going to be an awesome final!

 

[Mii11]

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Poor Lidia - she is an outstanding performer. Sadly some of the broadcasters are cheaters and the contest is no longer only about music.

 

[tsegaye]

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Russia first half, Armenia and Czech Republic second half please

 

[ZoboCamel]

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Poor Greta! Robbed in 2012, and again in this semi. Austria over Iceland was definitely the biggest surprise of the night. Personally I'm even sadder about missing out on Bosnia, who had managed to work their way into my top 5 for the year, but I'd been expecting them to NQ for a while. Would've still preferred both and over any of . Oh well - I got 8/10, which I guess isn't so bad. Plus, congrats to for their first time ever in the final! Looking forward to SF2!

 

[Jay25]

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Nine out of ten, didnt include Croatia but Moldova. A mistake i find ok.
Im quite surprised, there were more good songs and especially a bigher variety than i originally expected.
Still not sure if we have seen the winner yet (Russia as the only candidate so for, but not entirely convincing for me)