my prediction for the qualifiers from each semi-final (and why)

[jawnbc]

Semi-final 1 (Tuesday 20 May)

	1.	Montenegro	Zauvijek volim te (Montenegrin) Never forget that I love you (English)	Stefan Filipović
	2.	Israel	The fire in your eyes (Ke'ilu kan) /   כאילו כאן (Hebrew/English)	Boaz Mauda /   בועז מעודה
	3.	Estonia	Leto svet (Serbian/German/Finnish)	Kreisiraadio
	4.	Moldova	A century of love (English) A century of love [demo] (English)	Geta Burlacu
	5.	San Marino	Complice (Italian)	Miodio
	6.	Belgium	O julissi (Imaginary)	Ishtar
	7.	Azerbaijan	Day after day (English) Day after day [demo] (English)	Elnur & Samir
	8.	Slovenia	Vrag naj vzame (Slovene) Heavy weather (English) Kao stranci (*) (Croatian) • demo version (Slovene) • remix (English) • remix (Croatian) • karaoke version	Rebeka Dremelj
	9.	Norway	Hold on be strong (English) • Deepfrost radio remix (English) [2:56]	Maria Haukaas Storeng
	10.	Poland	For life (English) For life [demo] (English)	Isis Gee
	11.	Ireland	Irelande douze pointe (English)	Dustin the Turkey
	12.	Andorra	Casanova (English)	Gisela
	13.	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Pokušaj (Bosnian) Pokušaj (English/Bosnian)	Laka
	14.	Armenia	Qele qele /   Քելե քելե (English/Armenian)	Sirusho /   Սիրուշո
	15.	Netherlands	Your heart belongs to me (English)	Hind
	16.	Finland	Missä miehet ratsastaa (Finnish) • long version (Finnish) [3:52]	Teräsbetoni
	17.	Romania	Pe-o margine de lume (Italian/Romanian)	Nico & Vlad
	18.	Russia	Believe (English) Creer (Spanish)	Dima Bilan / Дима Билан
	19.	Greece	Secret combination (English)	Kalomira / Καλομοίρα
		Jury song	Complice (San Marino) or Fire in your eyes (israel)

1. Romania, 2., Armenia, 3 Ireland, 4. Greece, 5. Russia, 6 Bosnia, 7 Belgium 8 Norway 9 Poland

And why: Romania is the polished well sung duet that makes sense to voters from Baku to Reykjavik. Armenia's opening EWV. Ireland is so ridiculously self-pardoying and he's got lots of advance media. Greece is Greece EBN. Russia has diaspora votes and a good song..if he isn't totally camp he could win. Bosnia is unique and fun. Belgium is the first song to stand out at all. Norway is also EBN (pretty girl, sings well with heart, pretty frock, schlager light. Poland gets more for her presence than her voice.

EWN: Eurovision Winning Note: a big "look i'm a great singer" note

EBN: Eurovision By the Numbers: pretty girl sings nicely ballad or schlager anthem.

Comments

[jamaisneutral.livejournal.com]

...and why?

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

I had high hopes for Andorra too. I guess that'll show me!

I agree wth most of your picks, except for (no, NOT Ireland) Belgium. It looks like a total car wreck!!

[paterson-si.livejournal.com]

Seven, maybe 8 out of ten... you're not doing bad :)