This year is turning out pretty pop-rock heavy.
With Australia, Slovenia, San Marino all in the second half of our semi, I wonder how Ollie would have measured up. I think he still would have qualified & beat San Marino at least.
But we shall never know what the end result would have been. I reckon he would have ended up midtable in the final, with Finland (and Australia/Slovenia) kind of stealing his thunder. Someone in an alternate dimension might know for sure, but no way to ask them I guess.
Alika has less competition in the ballad front thus far, but I don't think I'm going to be confident about her qualification until it actually happens.
But that's usually the case with most of our entries. Even with ones that were topping the odds, there's always that possibility it'll actually flop (*cough* Getter), so I'm rarely 100% confident. But we shall have to see!
And hope for the best! Doubt we'll be getting any info this early, but I hope they share their staging plans at some point too. Curious to hear if the piano is gone or not.