The time has come. After months of selections and weeks of rehearsals, the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 kicked off tonight with semi-final 1.
There were 15 acts competing in Tuesday night’s show, but only 10 of them progressed to the grand final on Saturday.
Taking place in Basel’s St. Jakobshalle arena, we were guided through proceedings by hosts Hazel Brugger and Sandra Studer.
Eurovision 2025: Semi-final 1 results
Qualifiers
Norway: Kyle Alessandro – “Lighter”
Albania: Shkodra Elektronike – “Zjerm”
Sweden: KAJ – “Bara Bada Bastu”
Iceland: VÆB – “RÓA”
Netherlands: Claude – “C’est La Vie”
Poland: Justyna Steczkowska – “GAJA”
San Marino: Gabry Ponte – “Tutta L’Italia”
Estonia: Tommy Cash – “Espresso Macchiato”
Portugal: NAPA – “Deslocado”
Ukraine: Ziferblat – “Bird of Pray”
Non-qualifiers
Slovenia: Klemen – “How Much Time Do We Have Left”
Belgium: Red Sebastian – “Strobe Lights”
Azerbaijan: Mamagama – “Run With U”
Croatia: Marko Bosnjak – “Poison Cake”
Cyprus: Theo Evan – “Shh”
Semi-final 1 running order
In addition to the 15 competing acts, three of the automatic qualifiers — Spain, Italy and Switzerland — also performed during the show.
1. Iceland: VÆB – “RÓA”
2. Poland: Justyna Steczkowska – “GAJA”
3. Slovenia: Klemen – “How Much Time Do We Have Left”
4. Estonia: Tommy Cash – “Espresso Macchiato”
AQ: 
Spain: Melody – “ESA DIVA”
5. Ukraine: Ziferblat – “Bird of Pray”
6. Sweden: KAJ – “Bara Bada Bastu”
7. Portugal: NAPA – “Deslocado”
8. Norway: Kyle Alessandro – “Lighter”
9. Belgium: Red Sebastian – “Strobe Lights”
AQ: 
Italy: Lucio Corsi – “Volevo Essere Un Duro”
10. Azerbaijan: Mamagama – “Run With U”
11. San Marino: Gabry Ponte – “Tutta L’Italia”
12. Albania: Shkodra Elektronike – “Zjerm”
13. Netherlands: Claude – “C’est La Vie”
14. Croatia: Marko Bosnjak – “Poison Cake”
AQ: 🇨🇭 Switzerland: Zoë Më – “Voyage”
15. Cyprus: Theo Evan – “Shh”
Grand final running order draw
Following the semi-final, each of the qualifiers and automatic finalists will draw their position in the grand final.
They can either draw a slot in the first/second half, or they will be given “producer’s choice” — which will allow contest organisers to put them wherever they want.
- Norway: Producer’s Choice
- Albania: Second Half
- Sweden: Producer’s Choice
- Iceland: First Half
- Netherlands: Producer’s Choice
- Poland: Producer’s Choice
- San Marino: Producer’s Choice
- Estonia: Producer’s Choice
- Portugal: Second Half
- Ukraine: First Half
- Spain: First Half
- Italy: Producer’s Choice
As the host nation, Switzerland’s position in the grand final was previously drawn at random. Zoë Më will perform in spot #19 on Saturday.
Regarding belgium, i feel bad cause i woul’ve preferred it qualifying over others
However, they sang off key basically the whole first part, could barely hear them sing cause the music was too loud, so when that long note came it didn’t feel impactful as it was supposed to
And at the end of the day, it was overhyped af, this was no contender for the win at all, it screamed 8th place in semifinal/borderline qualifier, so it’s not as shocking as ppl say
If it’s already feel like twice 17 with the last two songs of semifinal one not qualifying, God forbid we get Serbia not qualifying and a first time winner.
Sometimes the fandom forgets it’s a song contest, and not a show contest, wiwi and others were hyped because of Belgium’s staging, but if the people at home don’t ‘feel’ the song, good staging isn’t enough. Maybe these days Eurovision is more about authenticity than about a million dollar staging. And so it should, because countries with smaller budgets can still win.
I agree with you, for example Portugal and The Netherlands , they don’t need props and pyros to went through the final. People’s at home resonate with the song. The Netherlands has not much staging, just a one shot take and a professional camera work and it works out great.
Exhibit a: Cyprus. Cyprus seemed to have everything it needed to qualify, the last running order spot and interesting staging, but it didn’t go through because the song wasn’t that great in the first place and Theo Evan’s vocals were rather imperfect.
Theo = Michael Ben David. I don’t think it attracts enough voters.
To be fair the audience was fell asleep with Switzerland, that didn’t help
Great show by Switzerland! Some countries really stood out and will do well in the final. As this was televotes only, I expect Estonia, Sweden and Alba nia to top the results. But I think lots of people are sleeping on San Marino, Gabry Ponte is very popular and the song is mainstream/ quite catchy – he will pull of a great score on Saturday. All the automatik qualifiers were excellent in this semi and I think we can expect great televote support for Italy and jury support for Switzerland in the final, beautiful songs both of them. Right now,… Read more »
I think Italy definitely gave their 12 points to San Marino last night. It’s almost cheating since the song was originally the Sanremo theme song, but every bit helps.
What is even the point of pots… this is an example of exactly what they’re supposed to prevent
This is just my opinion but I think that one of the most overrated songs this year was Latvia. I personally do not think Latvia will qualify for the following reasons. 1) Even though The title translates to “A chant for Happiness” i don’t think a lot of people feel happy afterwards. It scares me at times and has Too much Ailen like lyrics. 2) The lyrics. I don’t think a lot of people will like this song if they don’t understand Latvian. Bearing in mind that Lithuania is voting in their semi final might give them about 6-8 points… Read more »
Famous last words
Congratulations to all Qualifiers! As every year we have shocks, and we have to live with it in the future. Btw, I have an unpolular opinion question. I have nothnig against the Italian entry. To be honest, I was more distracted by the subtitles than the song itself. EBU allowed them to translate the entire song in English. Back in 2022, the Serbian entry In Corpore Sano by Konstrakta had just couple of lines of English subtitles during the entire performance. I remember Konstrakta being interviewed by local TV, and she said that the Serbian delegation initially planned to translate… Read more »
Good question. I don’t know the answer. Could be they just changed the rules.
Actually, I found I could EITHER read the lyrics OR take in the song and performance. I chose the latter and ignored the lyrics completely.
I think having fewer lyrics on screen would have been a better choice for Italy.
As for the rules, they do feel inconsistent and unfair on many levels. Not just in this.
I think Italy missed out with sanremo it should of been Giorgia she was amazing
She’s incredible but I think she would have declined. Lucio is the right choice for Eurovision
No, Olly should’ve been there. He won fair & square and had the best song.
But he had prior touring commitments around the same time as Eurovision and he didn’t wanna break those. Not everything in Italy revolves around Eurovision, even Sanremo.
Were former Swiss participants like Paola and Peter scrapped?
Or maybe they’re in the grand finals
I only Hope my country Spain quits this Circus. You are always disrespectful to us… It doesnt Matter what we send you are always spreading ur sh. It. I Hope Spain quits, and then UK and then Germany. Big 5;countries should quit this and let them have their party without our money.
Downvoters can suck my d1,ck and swallow whatever comes.
Con ese comentario,caes muy bajo y pierdes credibilidad en tu juicio.
Pfff voy pedo y me suda la polla bastante la verdad. Alguien tiene q decirles a estas mariliendres lo repugnantes q son y me ha tocado a mí.
Credibilidad? Anda y cómeme el rabo.
Now I see what u like… U r bit filthy
no way you can say this but you can get banned if you mention the country between montenegro and greece, wiwi come on
Grow up. Spain sent circus this year, so what are you talking about? She will not come last, but the sound is early 2000’s and the performance is exactly what you would expect – a circus.
Cómeme el rabo anda
Uk love Spain my kids went to Turin and the Spanish were sitting next to each other and had friendly banter . Saying what’s happening we are both getting votes
Come on. I and you we both have read the toxic comments of these filthy Eurovision fans to Spain and UK… I am fed Up of playing the civil person. EuroWiwifans are disgusting.
I don’t think anyone disrespects Spain. On the contrary, we all want Spain to be competitive but there’s nothing competitive before or after Chanel. You have the recipe. Try more. Be more creative. Fans love Spain and have high expectations.
Omg you are kind of disturbing… I would never leave children around you.
Sorry dude, but your entry this year is just week… you had amazing acts in Benidorm Fest this year and you chose that screaming chica who thinks she is a diva… Europe is not buying it… 23 points from jury and 7 from televiong (from the Rest of the world Latinos I guess)
Weeeekkkk… Don’t be sorry and suck my dick
I am sorry babies… I know u are the Big Eurovision experts but until Spain came onstage, the show was being totally showless, boring and depressing and after Spain, thanks god Albania came, otherwise i would have just become straight.
The gays do not claim you
Claim me?? As if they could
I have been watching Eurovision for many years, always getting a bit of goosbumps when upon the famous Eurovision theme intro when the competition starts..but this year, I got dissapointed. Such poor quality. Where are the good songs? The point is not who’s going to win but rather who is a little better amongst average to bad songs. Fans seem to discuss issues like jury presence in the semis, Israel and the war, flags, LGBTQ representation, how were the hosts, draw etc but not the elephant in the room: the songs are NOT good. Brings back good songs!!
Personal opinion, but if juries come back to semis, that can lead to good songs coming back to the contest
Same here. In SF 1 there were 2(!) good songs. Portugal and Cyprus. Azerbajan was nice until the live happened. The rest was pure.. yeah.. I wont write it down
There’s always a few songs that I’m not initially sold on at first, but somehow they organically grow and decide to stay in my head. This year I suppose those are Luxemboutgh and… Norway. Kyle was pretty good and I guess it helps that there’s sonething in the melody of the chorus that reminds me of Sam Fox’s I Surrender (To The Spirit Of The Night). 😮 haha
The Belgian song was abysmal. It’s the same every year. The wiwiblog lot wildly over hype the queer entries.
I for one f****** loved it last night. Great show! The stage is excellent and much better than last year where they ruined it for me by having too many side shots that showed the audience fully lit. That was awful. This “portal” works well and camera work was decent. Best performances of the night for me were Italy, and Switzerland, along with Albania, Sweden and Poland. Lucio and Zoe actually brought tears to my eyes.. Zoe showed how less is indeed more. Just magnificent. The qualifiers….uhmmm not many surprises, tho I did expect Azerbaijan (which I liked, but that… Read more »
Here’s my prediction on how the five NQs ranked: 11. Belgium 12. Cyprus 13. Croatia 14. Slovenia 15. Azerbaijan I believe Belgium just missed out at 11th and Cyprus came 12th by virtue of being the closer and getting enough points to not finish last but not enough to cross the line. Croatia might just be saved from a last place finish from being second-last position, so I think the last place is between Slovenia and Azerbaijan for two separate reasons. Slovenia might have finished last because it’s the earliest non-qualifier and thereby could have been forgotten, or Azerbaijan might… Read more »
If they qualify it will go to Armenia
I guess it’s all a matter of taste. For me the best were Switze rland, Spain and Alb ania’s performances. They were stunning in all senses and would be memorable winners. Italy’s was sweet and Netherl ands’ was good, too. Sweden’s is a great comedy but should not win the contest, in terns of song and voices ita not enough. Esto nia’s exceeds the limit of comedy in a song contest. not my cup of tea. All in all, a weak semi, but I really enjoyed the show. Good luck you all!
Spain and Alb ania saved the show…
I spoke with some of my Belgian friends and of course they all very disappointed. And as a half Belgian, so al I, although I didn’t like the song! But reading some comments about Belgium …I just want to say a few things: First, the Belgian national final was weak. And no Mentissa wouldn’t made it either! Second, of what I’ve read,now the staging was too much, otherwise it’s too little Third, and I’ve said this before, Belgium doesn’t have enough friends in Eurovision land And fourth, no matter what Belgium send, year in year out, there is always a… Read more »
I never ever spotted such a hate for Belgium. Quite the contrary. The fandom is always very supportive. Maybe too supportive and that is the problem! Fans supported massively this song that is simply quite banal and his vocals are simply not good. On the stage it was painful. Everybody in the bubble got convinced that this would top 5 and obviously this was not cut out for it. Also may I recall you of the very 2023 result, which was a surprise for everyone. And why was it a surprise? Because the fans did not connect with that style… Read more »
Belgium getting hate? Even this year there’s so much outrage for them not qualifying.
I would definitely miss Belgium
I listened to all of the songs for the first time during the show and I wasn’t impressed by Belgium’s staging and vocals – similarly to 2018 and 2024 as the song itself was fine.
Every country not doing well seems to think Europe hates them. Until they suddenly do very well. For example Israel before they won in 2018 and UK before they came 2nd in 2022. So really, I hate to break it to you, but I think you’re just not sending good enough songs.
Exactly Denmark has plenty of friends we just usually send songs that are so bad even the friendliness of our neighbours won’t be enough to vote for our crap. I think Sissal is the best we have come up with in decades.
First you don’t have Friends
Second they are not Belgian…
Well the first reason cancels out the second anyway…
But just one question, why are u European people so uptight??
Who’s uptight?
Quote Jonkonfui:
“I only Hope my country Spain quits this Circus. You are always disrespectful to us… It doesnt Matter what we send you are always spreading ur sh. It. I Hope Spain quits, and then UK and then Germany. Big 5;countries should quit this and let them have their party without our money.”
Quoting me?? Did you learn something?
Sorry but I dont really know if uptight is the right translation for: tener un palo metido en el ojete… Too drunk and lazy to ask chatgpt or tpg or whatever
I doubt you are in any way tight
In my opinion, this semifinal feels much stronger than semifinal 2 — at least for me. My personal top picks are Italy, Albania, Estonia, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland. I’m also really happy for Portugal and San Marino — well done!
To round out my top 10, I’d add Finland and Germany.
As for Austria and Sweden… sorry, they’re just not my cup of tea. But hey, para gustos, colores.
Absolutely loved the Netherlands. Also shout out to Albania!
Can’t find the qualifiers group interview with the allocation draw… someone??
Reflections on last night: 1. Norway getting in ahead of Belgium makes me despair for the human race 2. I feel like Slovenia could have made it if they’d ditched the upside down part, which was a jarring jolt away from the emotional feels built up early on 3. Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Croatia all had problems so I understand where they ended up In terms of the qualifiers, Estonia is comedy gold and I expect it to do very well with the televise. Massive joy that Portugal, San Marino and Iceland made it, they all thoroughly deserved it in their own… Read more »
I am beyond upset for belgium! he deserved over norway no offense to alessandro
I have a theory that Ebu it’s pushing countries to win those who accept Israel in the constest
Oh wow, what a wild imagination. I agree. This morning, Martin woke up and said “Let me see which countries support IL. Hmmm, f**k them in the show!”. He has other concerns.
I love team Wiwi, but I wish that sometimes these reaction videos didn’t make it sound like it’s the Eurovision intelligentsia versus the general audience who can’t understand more complicated entries or art. It can read as condescending. In general, I think that Belgium goes too dark with the lighting. Not dark as in atmospheric, that fits this song, and I loved it. As a television viewer, though, it’s sometimes difficult to discern the performer or what’s happening. So, I think Strobe Lights needed more ambient light – not bright, technicolor – just a couple of notches higher overall. I… Read more »
i just watched Belgium on YT his voice was off for the 1st part of the song i am not shocked he failed to qualify
That was truly disappointing. They had Mentissa with Desolé in selections. That was such a cool song. A true song with start, middle and finish not attention seeking chaos with effects that after Nemo win took trends in Eurovision. Although I thought Belgium will go through I can’t pity him. I don’t like his image, his bad vocals on the first part and I can’t move on from eliminating Desolé by Belgians.
i think also his song had been done before it was an okay song but nothing more it felt to me more like a album filler
Last couple of years Eurovision has really changed to worse. Even though Malmoe edition had quite a few exceptional hits and we had successful Tattoo and Chachacha the EBU is destroying the contest by removing jury vote in semifinals, mixing drag queens and LGBT too much into the music festival targetting the show to narrower group and countries, being politically biased (removing Russia and Belarus and keeping Israël), bending to the knees of Israel (silencing the audience, removing press conferences). Disqualification fan favourite NL after he got provoked, prerecorded backing vocals, adding more AI effects in graphics, war against funs,… Read more »
Jeez, I bet you invited to all the party’s.
No, it’s not perfect and will never please everyone but I was so depressed reading your post.
Rambling on about Drag Queens, Russia and Femboys (whatever that means).
Honestly, life is too short to be this miserable and judgemental.
Or better still, why don’t you give Eurovision a go, you’d be great.
I am quite loyal to the idea of the contest that I have been watching since 1999. But I am closer to let it go. It does not spark the same passion that it used to. I am realistic and honest about what I feel about the contest. And I am gay myself but never felt any fun about prides, queers or drags. I enjoyed Conchita in 2014 but I can’t enjoy 20 Conchitas.
I apologise for my comment and appreciate that we all have different opinions.
I agree that I don’t think it’s one of the best years.
Hopefully another year will spark your passion for the contest again.
I wish you all the happiness x
Thank you Masher! All best to you!
How has LGBT been mixed too much? Self loathing much?
It’s okay to exist, but to be visible? A step too far. I am not homophobic, I just think only hetero people should be allowed.
When I first watched it I didnt know that it’s a gay thing. Now I feel like it’s all
About being non binary
Sweden didn’t sound any winner, not even interesting! The whole semi was weak, hope more from semi 2.
As much as I love the song, it’s not a winning material. It doesn’t stand out enough and it last year wouldn’t compete against Netherlands, Croatia or Switzerland. I have a feeling that Austria will win as that’s nearly the only song that goes deeper to heart. Italy does too but it’s too normal and casual of a song. So I guess Austria is going to win
Unless Austra ends up being the most shocking non-qualifier in history
I didn’t follow Eurovision this year, so I hear most of the songs first time during the semis. I must say that the snippets from the songs of semi 2 seemed MUCH more interesting than semi 1. I only loved Albània in semi 1, then had some that I quite liked and lots of meh.
I have to say that I did not have Icel’and, Portu’gal and San Mar’ino in my personal TOP 10 but I am happy all 3 of them qualified. I honestly would have loved to see Marko (Croa’tia) in the finals too. Nothing special except his amazing personality. Too bad the song did not have too many fans. I am now sad they did not keep the national final performance (which was bad) since the perfromance we saw last night was too dar and so many unnecessary effects. OMG. The other act I am very sad not qualifying is Red Sebastian… Read more »
Two directions that I don’t want Eurovision to go are… joke entries that are not funny like Estonia, and good value acts but booooooring… like Portugal.
What focuses my attention are original, good, well produced acts like Al’banya, Po’land, Au’stria, Bel’gium, Switz’erland…
There has to be some obvious but enjoyable fillers like Nor’way, Nether’lands, Azerbai’jan… and some toilet breakers like Ukraine…
All in all, Belgium will be missed in the Final… and the toilet will be visited at least four times X-D
How is Poland and Switzerland original, please make me understand. I love Switzerland, but I also don’t understand how one considers Portugal boring and, albeit well performed, Switzerland safe by the numbers ballad not boring. I’m genuinely just trying to understand your logic.
I can not make you understand. Only you can or can’t do it… And it’s not “my” logic. It’s logic. Logic is logic. I will not convince you to my opinion because my opinion is mine and it doesn’t have to be yours. And that’s logic as well. I keep my fingers crossed for your trying understanding logic. Practise makes a master. Greetings! And have fun on Saturday liking or disliking my posts here and any ESC act you want. 🙂
Re-listening to the show, some new conclusions -I’ve noted that the audience is quite more audible during Poland’s performance than any other (due to audio edition, I’m not saying it was the most supported entry). -Completely understandable that Cyprus got a nq -Justyna Steczkowska (or smth like that) ate -Enjoyed more the norwegian and ukrainian songs, but I still think Belgium was a little bit better (Red Sebastian’s choreo wasn’t well executed tbh) -The best staging of the night was the one that didn’t use the stage itself: Switzerland. I insist the stage is TOO big for a maximum of… Read more »
Austria will win.
Inshallah!
calling swiss entry as a best choreo – when than fail…
My favorite ones yesterday were Albània and Switzerland, by far. I loved the staging of Albània so much, it was hypnotizing, especially the moments where she stopped singing and either danced or walked to the sound of that repeating word. And Switzerland can win again if you ask me, her entry is from another world. Also it’s interesting tgat hosting countries sometimes use completely different staging techniques than the rest, I wonder how does it work.
A compliment to any Swiss readers… Amazing job last night. The opener and interval act (it was especially good) were amazing, and presenters were perfect. Real ambassadors for your country. Two shows to go.
Really..? The presentation was very boring and cringe. Especially the green room part.
I think it was fun and I really like the presenters. I think it has been a great show so far. Well done Switzerland.
What is with Albánia sabotage here this year? The name needs approval and the comments about it are being massively downvoted. Ooooh, someone rally doesn’t want Albánia to win.
Calm down and enjoy the contest. If they win, well done. No sabotage and drama, please.
I’d think it’s an error, I don’t imagine someone trying to sabotage shqip, it would be rare as it’s a country that usually doesn’t compete well in esc
I really can’t understand the hype with Sweden and Albania ….
Having “producers choice” as a choice seems pointless – why bother having a random draw when most of the songs are going to be placed by the producers anyway! Bring back just 1st half 2nd half in the bowl, it’s more fair.
Loved how Martin is now safely behind the perspex and simply gives a thumbs up…….not even a good to go.
Does anyone know who staged the Belgian entry? I thought the way they used the space , the stage ( from right to left and left to right) the choreography and the camera work were brilliant! It suited the song perfectly but, sadly,that wasn’t enough.
The vocals were weak, the falsetto did not live up to the recorded version. Same with Cyprus, no shock to me they didn’t qualify. Absolutely over ambitious with the staging which led to vocals suffering.
Hans Pannecoucke. He also did Gustaph, Sennek, Duncan Laurence, The Common Linnets, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Manel Navarro. So some successes and some utter failures.
Thanks for the information .
Pannecoucke is the director. Yves Ruth is the creative director and choreographer for Belgium.
It’s incredible how the comments section disrespects so many countries, especially Portugal and San Marino. Portugal has been doing well with the public in recent years, and in my opinion, very well deserved. They don’t follow trends; they always present artists with immense talent. In my opinion, Iolanda achieved the best staging and perhaps the best voice of last year… This year they are presenting a ballad about the lives of immigrants, and obviously, it stood out for such a clean performance that contrasted with so many “joke entries” competing in the semi-final. Enough with the hate, and respect everyone!
I *think* I’ve recovered from last night. Biggest surprise for me (a very happy surprise) was Portugal qualifying. I’m so delighted one of my comfort songs this year actually managed to get through! On the other hand, I had San Marino down as a non-qualifier after the performance. Maybe having Italy voting yesterday helped a bunch, but you never know. Happy with the rest.
But pleeeeease, EBU, don’t make me go into the foetal position like last night when two of my faves were last to qualify again! I’m begging you (lol)
Sorry but Ukraine, Iceland should not have passed.
Slovenia, Azerbaijan and Belgium should have went through.
Delighted for A lba n!a and Portugal though
Run with U isn’t a bad song, but his vocals were very weak. It definitely didn’t deserve to go through.
Perhaps but when you look at the other qualifiers, especially Ukraine, they definitely should have made it through.
Weak vocals was clearly not an issue for many qualifiers last night
Ive seen a lot of “his vocals were very weak” comments with azerbaijan, belgium…Estonia had the worst vocals and he passed.Its more of popularity than vocals…bring back the jury, there you will see who is vocally correct
no Azerbaijan was so weak. One of the people I watched Eurovision with had this reaction when he sang “what’s wrong with his voice?”
Sorry but Ukraine, Iceland should not have passed.
Slovenia, Azerbaijan and Belgium should have went through.
Delighted for Albania and Portugal though
I was impressed with Al ban ia last night: that performance felt exciting! Also proud of The Netherlands. Surprised about Belgium’s fate.
I wasn’t. Belgium’s song was very jarring. Vocals were good, but were also very irritating with strained high notes. I just think this was a very overrated song.
What seems to kicked Belgium out is the fact that all Scandinavians went through, probably giving high votes to each other, that we had Albania who got a lot of diaspora votes from them, and that left Belgium fighting for votes in southern Europe. Plus the performance was bad and the vocals were bad. What could be the deciding fact is that Portuguese diaspora from Belgium probably voted in high numbers, and it could end that Belgium kicked itself out of the finals. On San Marino, well it was fun, they had Italy, Portugal, Albania, Cyprus, Switzerland in this semi,… Read more »
Overjoyed by Iceland & San Marion getting through!! But Portugal’s sleeping pill had no place in final to me. (Glad other sleeping pills were eliminated, though.) And those shock NQ’s were eally quite a shock…
Btw Wiwiblogss why does the word Alb@nia need approval? It’s a country name…
Denmark
Why are there so many producer’s choices? I feel like there should only be four max. They might as well decide the whole running order… That being said, I’m happy about Albania getting second half.
Have you noticed that all non qualifying songs are all… in English? C’est formidable de voir que les langues nationales progressent ! Enfin !
C’est vrai les gens veulent de l’authenticité
Oui. La sincérité et l’authenticité, ça marche toujours !
Yeap. I hope the whole top 10 will be in native languages
Al ba nia in finale and Belgium no ? Is a crime
It seems to me an inappropriate comparison. This year Alba nia plays in a different championship than Belgium. If you want to play this game, first ask yourself why Norway made it to the final and Belgium didn’t.
Seppe is a good guy with strong vocals, but the song was just another EDM track. He needs to come back in with a better song. The staging was overwhelming. Because of all the tiggers difficult to watch.
Absolutely no, and leave the crimes to Israel
Trying again … extremely happy for Portugal. I have a feeling we will have a surprise result in the final, whereas Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Estonia will share the televotes and thereby get less. Some jury favourite will sail on up, ie Italy, Switzerland, Alba.ia or France. And then we have Austria, I have a feeling they will do good with juries, but Im not sure about televote, it might be to simliar to last years winner, and so far the more queer-ish songs were not supported. We will se, anyway exciting!
There is no way that juries will not help their darling Sweden as much as they can. They always vote massively for Sweden while they vote down it’s closest ‘rivals’
Yeah, that is so sad! But if they do it this year, while having previously voted down all other “comedic” acts, it’s more than clear fo everyone that they just favour Sweden – favoritism at its worst, TBH!
But I wonder if they might be slightly more reserved with Sweden this year because they did just win two years ago.
IMO Iceland, Estonia and Sweden (+ any comedy acts coming from 2nd semi) are actually sharing & fighting for the same televotes, Finland not so much 😉 As it’s not a comedy act.
The first semi is over and it was fantastic production-wise (well done, Swiss!!), the interval act was amazing and overall it was fun and happy. Congrats, SRG! Song-wise, it was very weak. I only liked: Belgium, Sweden, Albania and Italy + Switzerland. Then there was a bunch of songs that were okay, not exciting, not bad, but nothing to die for, like Poland, Netherlands (I explain below), Norway, San Marino. The real revelation for me were Italy and Switzerland. Lucio was so authentic (and I usually don’t like the Italian entries), it should get massive jury votes. Switzerland gave me… Read more »
On one hand surprise results are fun and keep the suspense going. On the other hand I didn’t like these results. Being a really weak year makes it even more unfair for countries like Cyprus, Belgium and Slovenia not going through.