These are intriguing odds:
Germany to give UK 0 points (Jury + Televoting Combined) 5/4France to give UK 0 points (Jury + Televoting Combined) 13/8Italy to give UK 0 points (Jury + Televoting Combined) 2/1
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:11 (six years ago) link
Would this have done any better for Iceland?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpLp9nRmS7U
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:14 (six years ago) link
So market was 9 for 10, had Finland instead of Poland.
Which is how it should have been.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:14 (six years ago) link
Faves among qualifiers -- Belgium, Azerbaijan, Australia (with caveats)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:15 (six years ago) link
xps going for uk getting 4 from roi and 1 each from san marino and malta
― nxd, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:17 (six years ago) link
From the clip they played during the "waiting for votes" section, I didn't hate the UK entry. Spain, on the other hand...
― emil.y, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:26 (six years ago) link
Spain not only needs to die in a fire, but drown.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:28 (six years ago) link
... in a fire?
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:30 (six years ago) link
Burning oil on water, whatever works.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:32 (six years ago) link
Okay, second semi in half an hour...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 May 2017 18:25 (six years ago) link
TMI
― StanM, Thursday, 11 May 2017 18:55 (six years ago) link
I have heard a rumour Ruslana is the interval act today, which would be great.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
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
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
This is painful tho.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:30 (six years ago) link
That last one was good but I was too busy calling him 'Yahtzee Popeye' to notice what country it was. Any help?
― emil.y, Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:41 (six years ago) link
Hungary
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link
Cool, thanks.
― emil.y, Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link
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.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:43 (six years ago) link
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
― mark s, Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:44 (six years ago) link
Denmark: reliably awful
YODEL IT
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:47 (six years ago) link
San Marino: reliably Valentina
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
Valentina in dgaf "what are you going to do, stop selecting me?" mode
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link
And now Croatian Josh Gad.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:54 (six years ago) link
This is remarkable.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
Croatian Jekyll and Hyde: "I am an opera singer"/"I will put mustard on you and eat you"
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:56 (six years ago) link
Simultaneously the campest performer at Eurovision 2017 and "the biggest homophobe in Croatian showbiz".
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:57 (six years ago) link
Perfect combo! Uh.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:58 (six years ago) link
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.
― emil.y, Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
Where are you all watching (US)?
― rb (soda), Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
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
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
i am watching on the bbc bcz i am brexit
― mark s, Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:08 (six years ago) link
switched from BBC to Youtube live stream - so much better when you're doing your own commentary
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
Sofia 2018 imo.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:15 (six years ago) link
with the "Heroes" stage show? hope not
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
Betfair market's ranking for reaching final at end of first reminder round:
Top ten: BUL, ROU, NED, ISR, HUN, DEN, EST, BLR, CRO, AUTThen: NOR, SRB, SUI, MKD, MLT, IRL, LTU, SMR
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
we're not worthy #Eurovision pic.twitter.com/S28ziOyQHQ— Hilary (@exit_everything) May 11, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:39 (six years ago) link
Nostalgia for buying overpriced fruit at Besarabsky Market is just about making me stay with this terrible BBC skit.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:46 (six years ago) link
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).
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 11 May 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
Really surprised by NED but what do I know. Drawing a complete blank on what AUT sound like.
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 11 May 2017 21:15 (six years ago) link
Never be surprised by me.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 May 2017 21:15 (six years ago) link
I should have learned by now
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 11 May 2017 21:18 (six years ago) link
Austria was horrendous, but I knew it'd go through.
― emil.y, Thursday, 11 May 2017 21:43 (six years ago) link
i liked NED
― mark s, Thursday, 11 May 2017 22:34 (six years ago) link
I am perfectly fine with the reincarnation of Wilson Phillips putting my good name forth.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 May 2017 23:48 (six years ago) link
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.
― emil.y, Thursday, 11 May 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
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..
― Mark G, Friday, 12 May 2017 10:00 (six years ago) link
Gigi Dr'agostino
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Friday, 12 May 2017 10:18 (six years ago) link
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.
― emil.y, Friday, 12 May 2017 12:57 (six years ago) link
For those who weren't there -- I was one of the lucky ones! -- Tom Ewing's Pop Conference presentation on Eurovision is now up.
http://freakytrigger.co.uk/nylpm/2017/05/making-your-mind-up-how-eurovision-caused-brexit/
Set aside 20 minutes to watch it all, it's great.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 May 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
Less than two hours to go!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 13 May 2017 17:14 (six years ago) link