OMG moments commence....
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| From Semi one fan pics |
First I have to say that who knew that the draw and the juries would play such a big part in the result.....
Lithuania was the big shocker for us.....and most of the press centre to be honest. But in the cold light of day this was an obvious jury favourite helped by a great draw near the end. She has a brilliant voice but the song was (for us at least) just very plain and kinda boring....
Turkey's fail was the next OMFG moment. Really this just goes to show that no one is safe or guaranteed a place in the final anymore. This is probably a good thing but knowing the guys in the band personally means we are quite upset by their not passing...
Georgia. This was flat as a pancake in the hall. The person sitting next to me thought I was mad having this as a dead cert to qualify. But one always has to remember that the people in the hall are not voting.....
We are overjoyed for the Swiss. Finally they get a place in the final after having sent some real rubbish the last few years......but we didn't think they would make it......glad they did though
On a personal level the biggest disappointment for us was San Marino not making it;-(((( She is one of the best people here and will be so upset about not making it and we fear that they will not be back next year.....
Poland, Norway and Albania probably got 11th, 12th and 13th places.....and thinking out loud here this was probably very close in the votes to be honest. Great performance from all three, right at the start meant there was a long way to go for these to really light up the scoreboard and not cancel each other out....
Well done to Serbia and Russia....we saw one coming a mile off and the other (Serbia) was a pleasant surprise in the end.....Hungary too was looking like a fail at one point but their in too;-)))
Azerbaijan and Greece made it too, and in our opinion Azerbaijan is now a very dangerous contender for the crown......
Iceland....who knew!!!!!!! Seriously WTF!!!!!
And finally Finland. We are fairly sure that this guy one the semi. Perfect. This is going to do very well on Saturday......
So we're of to the Big Five Party this afternoon so will report on that later on, and maybe catch the rehearsal for Semi two this afternoon....