Eurovision 2017

Whoops, I missed POL in the market ranking. They were at #11, top non-qualifier.

So market was 9 for 10, had Finland instead of Poland.

These are intriguing odds:

Germany to give UK 0 points (Jury + Televoting Combined) 5/4
France to give UK 0 points (Jury + Televoting Combined) 13/8
Italy to give UK 0 points (Jury + Televoting Combined) 2/1

Would this have done any better for Iceland?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpLp9nRmS7U

So market was 9 for 10, had Finland instead of Poland.

Which is how it should have been.

Faves among qualifiers -- Belgium, Azerbaijan, Australia (with caveats)

xps going for uk getting 4 from roi and 1 each from san marino and malta

From the clip they played during the "waiting for votes" section, I didn't hate the UK entry. Spain, on the other hand...

Spain not only needs to die in a fire, but drown.

... in a fire?

Burning oil on water, whatever works.

Okay, second semi in half an hour...

TMI

I have heard a rumour Ruslana is the interval act today, which would be great.

It's all very well being sniffy about this, but in 1997 we nearly entered a song called Yodel In The Canyon Of Love https://t.co/o1abJEkHWe

— Kit Lovelace (@kitlovelace) May 11, 2017

This is painful tho.

That last one was good but I was too busy calling him 'Yahtzee Popeye' to notice what country it was. Any help?

Hungary

Cool, thanks.

As a side note, given the direction the country is going in, it's good to see a Roma singer performing for Hungary. Decent song too.

routinely check to see if ruslana has blotted her copybook in re the darkside of maidan (as a sometime MP etc), but so far she seems to be more or less on the side of good

Denmark: reliably awful

YODEL IT

San Marino: reliably Valentina

Valentina in dgaf "what are you going to do, stop selecting me?" mode

And now Croatian Josh Gad.

This is remarkable.

Croatian Jekyll and Hyde: "I am an opera singer"/"I will put mustard on you and eat you"

Simultaneously the campest performer at Eurovision 2017 and "the biggest homophobe in Croatian showbiz".

Perfect combo! Uh.

Yeah, such a shame, I liked the Croatia song. Also quite liked the Switzerland one, tbh, though I'm not sure what makes it stand out from the other mid-tempo belters that I've been dismissing these semis.

Where are you all watching (US)?

Swedish feed

https://www.svtplay.se/video/13572909/eurovision-song-contest/eurovision-song-contest-2017-semifinal-2-11-maj-21-00?start=auto&tab=kommande

i am watching on the bbc bcz i am brexit

switched from BBC to Youtube live stream - so much better when you're doing your own commentary

Sofia 2018 imo.

with the "Heroes" stage show? hope not

Betfair market's ranking for reaching final at end of first reminder round:

Top ten: BUL, ROU, NED, ISR, HUN, DEN, EST, BLR, CRO, AUT
Then: NOR, SRB, SUI, MKD, MLT, IRL, LTU, SMR

we're not worthy #Eurovision pic.twitter.com/S28ziOyQHQ

— Hilary (@exit_everything) May 11, 2017

Nostalgia for buying overpriced fruit at Besarabsky Market is just about making me stay with this terrible BBC skit.

Once again, market goes 9 for 10, with the 11th-ranked going through instead of one of the top 10 (#8 on Tuesday, #7 tonight).

Really surprised by NED but what do I know. Drawing a complete blank on what AUT sound like.

Never be surprised by me.

I should have learned by now

Austria was horrendous, but I knew it'd go through.

i liked NED

I am perfectly fine with the reincarnation of Wilson Phillips putting my good name forth.

I initially haaated them, but by the end there was definitely something that won me round. Not to the extent of particularly loving it, but definitely dissuading me from hatred.

I heard a yodelling one, the commentators were all lol, but I thought "it's not that far from Dragostino Din Tei", or however it's spelled..

Gigi Dr'agostino

I was just all "it's no Edelweiss" about that one. I love the idea of rap yodelling astride big cannons, but it was surprisingly non-interesting.

probably no need for a 2018 thread just yet
but whigfield has made it to the final 10 for denmarks entry

can't think of a better reason to kick off the 2018 season!