Who will qualify from Semi Final 1

[RomanFromRussia]

Top-5:
Places from 6 to 10:

11
12
13
14
15
16

 

[Gordon_Shumway]

[MENTION=7176]RomanFromRussia[/MENTION]:
Do you place Finland in the top-5 because you like the "song" yourself or because you think it will qualify as it gets enough votes?

 

[i anixi]

Prediction before the rehearals:

Russia
Estonia Pretty sure these two will qualify, unless there's a major upset.
Albania If she can belt it out
Armenia seen quite an impressive live rehearsal, made me feel positive towards them
Belgium will make for an interesting stand out
Romania solid song, professional band, will get jury support
Greece power ballads always sneak through in the end and she does deliver
Hungary in with a chance of looking different from all the rest, may garner bits of support from here and there.
Denmark happy clappy uptempo, those less exacting will take notice of it.
Belarus Moderately pleasing uptempo, i can sense a promising staging.

Georgia will prove to be too scary for ESC audience
The Netherlands Very catchy but too shallow, older singer won't help.
Serbia cheap gay anthems have been failing steadily
Macedonia Too bland to get noticed
Finland will bomb, too short, too aggressive, not connecting, not easy on the eye.
Moldova, cheap looking singer, shouty song.

It will be interesting to see what changes after the rehaeasals get going.

 

[RomanFromRussia]

[MENTION=7176]RomanFromRussia[/MENTION]:
Do you place Finland in the top-5 because you like the "song" yourself or because you think it will qualify as it gets enough votes?

I placed it in top 5 just because of the hype to their syndrome.

 

[Gordon_Shumway]

I placed it in top 5 just because of the hype to their syndrome.

I understand. At the very beginning I also thought that they might get a lot of pure sympathy votes, but considering the current situation it doesn't look like that any more. The music itself is so far away from the average (and "mainstream") musical taste that it will probably not qualify. I find it awful myself.

 

[RomanFromRussia]

I understand. At the very beginning I also thought that they might get a lot of pure sympathy votes, but considering the current situation it doesn't look like that any more. The music itself is so far away from the average (and "mainstream") musical taste that it will probably not qualify. I find it awful myself.

I thought like you just before the preview shows in some countries, but after it I started to thing about PKN as possible winners of semifinal.

 

[kengaIME]

These are my guesses before rehearsals

Estonia
Russia
Albania
Armenia
Belgium
Greece
The Netherlands
Belarus
Denmark
Macedonia


Georgia
Serbia
Hungary
Romania
Moldova
Finland

 

[lavieenrose]

Final pre-rehearsal picks:
Definitely:
1. Estonia
2. Russia
3. Albania
4. Belgium
Probably:
5. Georgia
6. Finland
7. Armenia
8. Romania
Maybe:
9. Belarus
10. Serbia
11. Greece
12. Netherlands
Probably not:
13. Hungary
14. Macedonia
15. Denmark
16. Moldova

 

[Ritararita]

Definitely:



Probably:





Maybe:



Probably not:




Hopefully not:

 

[Iuris]

My prediction (not my wishes) includes...












I would like to see make into the final instead of , but... and has chances to do.

 

[Marie Jane]

 

[carl1]

Predictions after the first rehearsal:
Guaranteed:
Very likely:
Probably/Borderline:
Might sneak in:
No chance in hell

Polina and Nina will slay this semi final and are dark horses for the victory.

 

[Unites]

Predictions after the first rehearsal:
Guaranteed:
Very likely:
Probably/Borderline:
Might sneak in:
No chance in hell

Polina and Nina will slay this semi final and are dark horses for the victory.

Trijntje is a great vocalist. Maybe the song is not your cup of tea, but she sings it really nice and powerful. This woman has a lot of passion for music and she deserve a place in the final. I think that she will give an excellent performance and that the audience will enjoy her three minutes.

 

[realist]

Based only after the FIRST REHEARSALS:
Random top 10 order:


Positive:


Neutral:


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and the others:


But things will change for sure

 

[RainyWoods]

At this point i'm thinking..

Sailing through



Should be safe



Borderline



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Small fighting chance

 

[lavieenrose]

I tried to phrase my pre-rehearsal predictions as loosely as possible, but I see three categories right now: "Definitely," "Maybe," and "Definitely Not."
Definitely

Maybe
(I think I'd give the last two spots to Greece and Serbia, but I'm really not sure. Belarus is just barely hanging on here.)
Definitely Not

 

[aardvark]

Based only after the FIRST REHEARSALS:
Random top 10 order:


Positive:


Neutral:


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and the others:


But things will change for sure

Excellent top 10 prediction!

I would only swap and around.

 

[Marie Jane]

Predictions after the first rehearsal:
Guaranteed:
Very likely:
Probably/Borderline:
Might sneak in:
No chance in hell

Polina and Nina will slay this semi final and are dark horses for the victory.

Estonia borderline qualifier? Don't think so. After seeing all the rechearsals, ok 30 seconds of them, i'm pretty sure Estonia is a definite qualifier.

 

[Terence]

So far, from the first rehearsals (in no particular order):

(Strong qualification rate should be maintained this year too, strong solid efforts)






And then:

 

[DanielLuis]

My first prediction. I think:

Sure qualifiers:

Likely:

Borderline:

But I think all the others have a chance too, except for