semi 2 predictions

[jawnbc]

Semi-2

	Draw	Country	Title [SHOW ALL VERSIONS]	Artist(s)
	1.	Iceland	This is my life (English) Fullkomið líf (Icelandic) This is my life [demo] (English) • karaoke version (English) • karaoke version	Euroband
	2.	Sweden	Hero (English) • karaoke version	Charlotte Perrelli
	3.	Turkey	Deli (Turkish)	Mor ve Ötesi
	4.	Ukraine	Shady lady (English) S neba v nebo /   С неба в небо (Russian)	Ani Lorak / Ані Лорак
	5.	Lithuania	Nomads in the night (English)	Jeronimas Milius
	6.	Albania	Zemrën e lamë peng (Albanian) • long version (Albanian) [3:25]	Olta Boka
	7.	Switzerland	Era stupendo (Italian) • long version (Italian) [3:32]	Paolo Meneguzzi
	8.	Czech Republic	Have some fun (English) Have some fun [long] (English) [3:41]	Tereza Kerndlová
	9.	Belarus	Hasta la vista (English) Hasta la vista (Russian) Hasta la vista [demo] (English)	Ruslan Alenho / Руслан Аляхно
	10.	Latvia	Wolves of the sea (English)	Pirates of the Sea
	11.	Croatia	Romanca (Croatian) Romantsa (*) /   Рomaнцa (*) (Russian)	Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents
	12.	Bulgaria	DJ, take me away (English) • short version (English) [2:18] • original extended mix (English) [3:31] • main club mix (English) [4:35] • radio club mix (English) [6:33] • dub mix (English) [6:33] • minimal remix (English) [6:38] • Hugo Rizzo remix (English) [7:42] • electro remix (English) [6:25]	Deep Zone & Balthazar
	13.	Denmark	All night long (English)	Simon Mathew
	14.	Georgia	Peace will come (English)	Diana Gurtskaya / დიანა ღურწკაია
	15.	Hungary	Candlelight (English/Hungarian) Szívverés (Hungarian) Candlelight (English)	Csézy
	16.	Malta	Vodka (English) • club remix (English)	Morena
	17.	Cyprus	Femme fatale (Greek) Femme fatale [demo] (Greek)	Evdokia Kadi / Ευδοκία Καδή
	18.	FYR Macedonia	Let me love you (English) Vo ime na ljubovta /   Во име на љубовта (Macedonian) Vo ima ljubvi  /   Во имя любви (Russian/English) Tebe volim (*) (Serbian/English) Dashuri mistke (Albanian/English) Yoksun (Turkish)	Tamara, Vrčak & Adrijan /   Тамара, Врчак & Адријан
	19.	Portugal	Senhora do mar (Negras águas) (Portuguese) Lady of the sea (*) (English)	Vânia Fernandes

Portugal, Bulgaria, Croatia, Sweden, Switzlerand, Malta, Hungary, Ukraine, Iceland. Jury will be Albania or Turkey

Why: Portugal EWN and EBN and best of the last 3. Potential winner. Bulgaria stands out by a mile and could be the winner with the fewest words since Nocturne in 1995. Croatia is charming, Sweden schlager 101. Switzerland is a vocallist rather than a singer and sells this lovely one very well--croak and all. Malta is just fun and we all love the wee island nation. Hungary is class and polish. Ukraine is EBN but a tad too Vegas for young voters to win. Iceland is a strong opener, which usually gets rewarded.

Comments

[jamaisneutral.livejournal.com]

I'd be thrilled with this result. Though I have to admit to liking Cyprus and hating Switzerland, so I'll just switch those :-)

[zurcherart.livejournal.com]

STOP!

(You're just sore about Sabena)

[jamaisneutral.livejournal.com]

Well they stole it from us! Those "neutral" thieves!

[rudic-ivan.livejournal.com]

Are you crazy or what? This is Croatian worsest entry.

[zurcherart.livejournal.com]

Well I can't argue with that.

(Did I ever tell you that it was a Sabena project that brought m to Switzerland - no thievery though).

[jawnbc]

The music fits a lot of countries' cultures (roma, klezmer, folk) and the old guy is gonna get a lot of "oh he's cooool" votes. Just like the Moldovan grandmother drummer in 2005.

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

Hehehe, yes, Portugal is a potential winner. It's easily my fave tune in the whole contest!

But Switzerland passing into the finals? Not likely. Have you seen/heard the rehearsals? Paolo keeps slaughtering the tunes and his dancers keep doing this eerie vogue thing.