Let's see what we have. This is a telephone voting only, so there will be the usual diaspora / neighbour votes. Plus, this year, we have also non participating countries voting. They are combined to one set of points only but songs that are easy listening, radio friendly are of advantage there. Maybe it’s the one or other point that turns the scale!
Semi 1
The only safe songs imho are
and
.
Otherwise, a lot can happen and we have seen favourites fall in the past.
is very likely, yet this is a contender for a FFF in the final.
In it to win it but maybe borderline:
and
will steal the votes from the Slavic countries from them.
A shocking Q'er could be
.
The last two spots I leave open for when we know all the songs.
Semi 2
First safe one is
This is something I can see doing well especially around the globe and Scandinavia / Middle Europe.
Also pretty safe:
The televote has almost always saved them in past years and I see a lot of Southern Europe voting for this.
is in as well I think.
will sing its way off-key to the final thanks to the Eastern European countries and popular around the world. Diaspora votes will not be massive like in the past but they can surely activate some.
Now it’s getting more difficult.
I wish I could say that
is a safe bet but with this country you never now. Like Czechia it hasn’t many "friends" and does not have a groundbreaking record of top songs going through on a regular basis. It’s still in danger despite the hype, but due to the lack of amount of good songs it will make it.
and
will make it too. Estonia is the only real ballad and Lithuania… let’s face it… manages to gather some neighboring or diaspora votes (even if not as much as in the past).
To complete the Semi,
and
are in.
And last, but not least:
unless Armenia or Greece send a banger!