12 pts - Turkey (a good song)
10 pts - FYR Macedonia (Always like the Macedonian entries)
8 pts - Austria (This song is quite good)
7 pts - Serbia (good ballad and the woman has a good voice)
6 pts - Israel (The rapping Hebrew part is so cool)
5 pts - Andorra (It's different and different is good most of the times)
4 pts - Hungary (not really my style but 4 points for the effort)
3 pts - Belgium (wicked dude!)

I find the rest of the songs quite bad (except for Holland but Im dutch so...)

2 pts - Belarus (All their previous songs were crap, this is less crappy)
1 pt - Moldova (have to give someone this point right? 1 point for her looks )

They should not release the songs before the competition as it is very possible to get bored beforehand when they do...
Best would be, all countries selected the artist but not the song and song would be released when the competition is. No? Yes?

Hmmm..no

no, cause when they will be rehearsing Im sure there is someone making a video with his mobile phone or whatever and then he is gonna put it on the internet and everyone still finds out

12 TURKEY
10 ESTONİA
8 GEORGİA
7 ALBANİZ
6 CROTİA
5 DENMARK
4 SERBİA
3 MACEDONİA
2 İCELAND
1 BELARUS
******12 POİNTS TuRkEy*******
*******Shake İt Up Shekerim******

Wow. I hadn't even noticed that most of my favorite entries (all except France) are in the semifinal.

So here are the results of my unanimous jury:

12p. Israel
10p. Georgia
08p. Hungary
07p. Austria
06p. Bulgaria
05p. Belgium
04p. The Netherlands
03p. Moldova
02p. Malta
01p. Serbia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnX_2sknF6s
best esc clip....
12 points TURKEY

Hello everybody,

i found some nice odds in betting office in germany for the semifinals.Which songs do you think will qualify 100% for the finals????

here the odds, the first one is the odd, the song will qualify, the second odd ist the sondg will not qualify.


237CD 10.05. 21:00 Serbien JA - Serbien NEIN 1.10 5.00
237CE 10.05. 21:00 Belorus JA - Belorus NEIN 1.20 3.60
237CF 10.05. 21:00 Swiss JA - Swiss NEIN 1.20 3.60
237DE 10.05. 21:00 Türkei JA - Türkei NEIN 1.35 2.70
237DF 10.05. 21:00 Zypern JA - Zypern NEIN 1.40 2.50
237EF 10.05. 21:00 Bulgarien JA - Bulgarien NEIN 1.50 2.25
2389A 10.05. 21:00 Andorra JA - Andorra NEIN 1.65 2.00
2389B 10.05. 21:00 Mazedonien JA - Mazedonien NEIN 1.75 1.85
2389C 10.05. 21:00 Lettland JA - Lettland NEIN 1.80 1.80
2389D 10.05. 21:00 Dänemark JA - Dänemark NEIN 2.00 1.65
2389E 10.05. 21:00 Slowenien JA - Slowenien NEIN 2.05 1.60
2389F 10.05. 21:00 Malta JA - Malta NEIN 2.15 1.55
238AB 10.05. 21:00 Israel JA - Israel NEIN 2.15 1.55
238AC 10.05. 21:00 Moldawien JA - Moldawien NEIN 2.25 1.50
238AD 10.05. 21:00 Georgien JA - Georgien NEIN 2.50 1.40
238AE 10.05. 21:00 Island JA - Island NEIN 2.70 1.35
238AF 10.05. 21:00 Hungary JA - Hungary NEIN 2.90 1.30
238BC 10.05. 21:00 Austria JA - Austria NEIN 2.90 1.30
238BD 10.05. 21:00 Polen JA - Polen NEIN 2.90 1.30
238BE 10.05. 21:00 Kroatien JA - Kroatien NEIN 3.20 1.25
238BF 10.05. 21:00 Tschechien JA - Tschechien NEIN 3.60 1.20
238CD 10.05. 21:00 Estland JA - Estland NEIN 4.10 1.15
238CE 10.05. 21:00 Norwegen JA - Norwegen NEIN 4.10 1.15
238CF 10.05. 21:00 Belgien JA - Belgien NEIN 4.10 1.15
238DE 10.05. 21:00 Niederlande JA - NiederlandeNEIN 5.00 1.10
238DF 10.05. 21:00 Albanien JA - Albanien NEIN 6.00 1.05
238EF 10.05. 21:00 Montenegro JA - Montenegro NEIN 6.00 1.05
239AB 10.05. 21:00 Portugal JA - Portugal NEIN 6.00 1.05

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SRBIN-Crnogorac wrote:Hello everybody,

i found some nice odds in betting office in germany for the semifinals.Which songs do you think will qualify 100% for the finals????

here the odds, the first one is the odd, the song will qualify, the second odd ist the sondg will not qualify.


237CD 10.05. 21:00 Serbien JA - Serbien NEIN 1.10 5.00
237CE 10.05. 21:00 Belorus JA - Belorus NEIN 1.20 3.60
237CF 10.05. 21:00 Swiss JA - Swiss NEIN 1.20 3.60
237DE 10.05. 21:00 Türkei JA - Türkei NEIN 1.35 2.70
237DF 10.05. 21:00 Zypern JA - Zypern NEIN 1.40 2.50
237EF 10.05. 21:00 Bulgarien JA - Bulgarien NEIN 1.50 2.25
2389A 10.05. 21:00 Andorra JA - Andorra NEIN 1.65 2.00
2389B 10.05. 21:00 Mazedonien JA - Mazedonien NEIN 1.75 1.85
2389C 10.05. 21:00 Lettland JA - Lettland NEIN 1.80 1.80
2389D 10.05. 21:00 Dänemark JA - Dänemark NEIN 2.00 1.65
2389E 10.05. 21:00 Slowenien JA - Slowenien NEIN 2.05 1.60
2389F 10.05. 21:00 Malta JA - Malta NEIN 2.15 1.55
238AB 10.05. 21:00 Israel JA - Israel NEIN 2.15 1.55
238AC 10.05. 21:00 Moldawien JA - Moldawien NEIN 2.25 1.50
238AD 10.05. 21:00 Georgien JA - Georgien NEIN 2.50 1.40
238AE 10.05. 21:00 Island JA - Island NEIN 2.70 1.35
238AF 10.05. 21:00 Hungary JA - Hungary NEIN 2.90 1.30
238BC 10.05. 21:00 Austria JA - Austria NEIN 2.90 1.30
238BD 10.05. 21:00 Polen JA - Polen NEIN 2.90 1.30
238BE 10.05. 21:00 Kroatien JA - Kroatien NEIN 3.20 1.25
238BF 10.05. 21:00 Tschechien JA - Tschechien NEIN 3.60 1.20
238CD 10.05. 21:00 Estland JA - Estland NEIN 4.10 1.15
238CE 10.05. 21:00 Norwegen JA - Norwegen NEIN 4.10 1.15
238CF 10.05. 21:00 Belgien JA - Belgien NEIN 4.10 1.15
238DE 10.05. 21:00 Niederlande JA - NiederlandeNEIN 5.00 1.10
238DF 10.05. 21:00 Albanien JA - Albanien NEIN 6.00 1.05
238EF 10.05. 21:00 Montenegro JA - Montenegro NEIN 6.00 1.05
239AB 10.05. 21:00 Portugal JA - Portugal NEIN 6.00 1.05

I think the names with bold shouldn't be where they are. Hungary has good chances of qualifying. Very good chances. I'd say 1.50 - 1.75.
Let me ask you one thing. Is there some person who did this or the voting of the German people?

Hehe it's funny how similar the names of countries are in Icelandic-German. I had no idea! I didn't know any country besides Iceland used Lettland, since it's Latvia. And we use E(i)stland, too.

Viking Shaman wrote:

SRBIN-Crnogorac wrote:Hello everybody,

i found some nice odds in betting office in germany for the semifinals.Which songs do you think will qualify 100% for the finals????

here the odds, the first one is the odd, the song will qualify, the second odd ist the sondg will not qualify.


237CD 10.05. 21:00 Serbien JA - Serbien NEIN 1.10 5.00
237CE 10.05. 21:00 Belorus JA - Belorus NEIN 1.20 3.60
237CF 10.05. 21:00 Swiss JA - Swiss NEIN 1.20 3.60
237DE 10.05. 21:00 Türkei JA - Türkei NEIN 1.35 2.70
237DF 10.05. 21:00 Zypern JA - Zypern NEIN 1.40 2.50
237EF 10.05. 21:00 Bulgarien JA - Bulgarien NEIN 1.50 2.25
2389A 10.05. 21:00 Andorra JA - Andorra NEIN 1.65 2.00
2389B 10.05. 21:00 Mazedonien JA - Mazedonien NEIN 1.75 1.85
2389C 10.05. 21:00 Lettland JA - Lettland NEIN 1.80 1.80
2389D 10.05. 21:00 Dänemark JA - Dänemark NEIN 2.00 1.65
2389E 10.05. 21:00 Slowenien JA - Slowenien NEIN 2.05 1.60
2389F 10.05. 21:00 Malta JA - Malta NEIN 2.15 1.55
238AB 10.05. 21:00 Israel JA - Israel NEIN 2.15 1.55
238AC 10.05. 21:00 Moldawien JA - Moldawien NEIN 2.25 1.50
238AD 10.05. 21:00 Georgien JA - Georgien NEIN 2.50 1.40
238AE 10.05. 21:00 Island JA - Island NEIN 2.70 1.35
238AF 10.05. 21:00 Hungary JA - Hungary NEIN 2.90 1.30
238BC 10.05. 21:00 Austria JA - Austria NEIN 2.90 1.30
238BD 10.05. 21:00 Polen JA - Polen NEIN 2.90 1.30
238BE 10.05. 21:00 Kroatien JA - Kroatien NEIN 3.20 1.25
238BF 10.05. 21:00 Tschechien JA - Tschechien NEIN 3.60 1.20
238CD 10.05. 21:00 Estland JA - Estland NEIN 4.10 1.15
238CE 10.05. 21:00 Norwegen JA - Norwegen NEIN 4.10 1.15
238CF 10.05. 21:00 Belgien JA - Belgien NEIN 4.10 1.15
238DE 10.05. 21:00 Niederlande JA - NiederlandeNEIN 5.00 1.10
238DF 10.05. 21:00 Albanien JA - Albanien NEIN 6.00 1.05
238EF 10.05. 21:00 Montenegro JA - Montenegro NEIN 6.00 1.05
239AB 10.05. 21:00 Portugal JA - Portugal NEIN 6.00 1.05

I think the names with bold shouldn't be where they are. Hungary has good chances of qualifying. Very good chances. I'd say 1.50 - 1.75.
Let me ask you one thing. Is there some person who did this or the voting of the German people?

Hehe it's funny how similar the names of countries are in Icelandic-German. I had no idea! I didn't know any country besides Iceland used Lettland, since it's Latvia. And we use E(i)stland, too.

Hello,

some names i changed to english,like swiss,hungary and belorus, because the german names are Ungarn,Weissrussland and Schweiz.

This is no voting,these are the official odds in a german betting office "www.digibet.com"
I think some odds are really nice for making some nice money

Netherlands at 5.00 seems ridiculously cheap. Peter at AKOE predicted it as a qualifier (and he got nine out of ten right last year).

This top ten almost exactly matches my predicted top ten. I have Slovenia (number 11 on this list) in my predicted qualifiers instead of Malta (number 10).

Here are the results from my jury:

12 pts - Belarus
10 pts - Cyprus
8 pts - Bulgaria
7 pts - Turkey
6 pts - Austria
5 pts - Moldova
4 pts - Hungary
3 pts - Macedonia
2 pts - Andorra
1 pt - Serbia

Here are my votes for the semifinal

1 point - Turkey (professional performance)
2 points - Georgia (like the Bjork/Madonna sound)
3 points - Andorra (catchy, good for the contest)
4 points - Hungary (lovely blues, good for the contest)
5 points - Switzerland (catchy, but may loose points with regard to vocals)
6 points - Moldova (interesting, feels modern)
7 points - Cyprus (good song, great vocals)
8 points - Denmark (fun, good vocals (for being a guy singing girlish))

10 points - Belarus (very good Bond-theme-like song, but may loose points on bad vocals)

12 points - Serbia (lovely ballad with great melody - performance is quite bad, but song is good enough)

12 points TURKEYYYYY

my votes: (excluding Turkey)

12 - netherlands
10 - georgia

8 - poland
7 - norway
6 - hungary
5 - macedonia
4 - moldova
3 - malta
2 - belgium
1 - iceland

My votes based solely on the night...

12 -Serbia

10 -Moldova

8 - Iceland 7
7 - Macedonia
6- Hungary
5- Cyprus
4- Norway
3- Malta
2- Andorra
1- Austria

Well, I saw the semifinal songs and heard them for the first time tonight, and here are my votes:

01...Turkey
02...Georgia
03...Latvia
04...Netherlands
05...Serbia
06...Norway
07...Malta
08...Cyprus
10...Poland
12...SLOVENIA!

Viking Shaman wrote:
Hehe it's funny how similar the names of countries are in Icelandic-German. I had no idea! I didn't know any country besides Iceland used Lettland, since it's Latvia. And we use E(i)stland, too.

In Swedish it's also Lettland and Estland.

12. Serbia
10. Georgia
8. Switzerland
7. Hungary
6. Norway
5. Portugal
4. Belarus
3. Austria
2. Moldova
1. Denmark

I wish I could rub the results of the semi in the faces of those who always predict/want Portugal to finish last! You can't imagine the pleasure it gave when I found out that Portugal was only 3 points away from qualiying and beating so many favourites! What a big slap it was, hehehe!

I couldn't believe it myself as well: I didn't find Portugal such a great song. On the contrary.

NinjaLove wrote:I couldn't believe it myself as well: I didn't find Portugal such a great song. On the contrary.

It seems that many people thought it was nice, otherwise Portugal wouldn't be 11th in a semifinal with 28 countries.

Neomoon wrote:

NinjaLove wrote:I couldn't believe it myself as well: I didn't find Portugal such a great song. On the contrary.

It seems that many people thought it was nice, otherwise Portugal wouldn't be 11th in a semifinal with 28 countries.

That's why it was a surprise to me. There were more songs which I personally would give a different rank but it doesn't matter as long as there is a deserved winner!

12pts Belarus (i think 'Work Your Magic' definitely deserved to win the whole thing)
10pts Israel (why does no-one like this one? The French bit is awesome!)
8pts Switzerland (i can't believe this didn't get through to the finals!)
7pts Denmark
6pts F.Y.R. Macedonia
5pts Belgium
4pts Turkey
3pts Norway
2pts Georgia
1pt Austria