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After hearing (and watching) the second semi-final I have to say that my pre-contest favourite Albania was a disappointment live.

My favourite tonight was instead Denmark. Yes, it sounds dated, but it sounds like the 1980s, and that is never a bad thing.... 

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Recap of the 2nd semi-final:

 

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The following countries qualified from the 2nd semi-final:

  • Albania
  • Bulgaria
  • Finland
  • Greece
  • Iceland
  • Moldova
  • Portugal
  • San Marino
  • Serbia
  • Switzerland

The following countries did not qualify:

  • Austria
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Georgia
  • Latvia
  • Poland
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Yeah, Denmark is the only song that I will dearly miss in the final.

 

Running order for Saturday:

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    Cyprus / Elena Tsagrinou – "El Diablo"
  2. Albania / Anxhela Peristeri – "Karma"
  3. Israel / Eden Alene – "Set Me Free"
  4. Belgium / Hooverphonic – "The Wrong Place"
  5. Russia / Manizha – "Russian Woman"
  6. Malta / Destiny – "Je me casse"
  7. Portugal / The Black Mamba – "Love Is on My Side"
  8. Serbia / Hurricane – "Loco Loco"
  9. United Kingdom / James Newman – "Embers"
  10. Greece / Stefania – "Last Dance"
  11. Switzerland / Gjon's Tears – "Tout l'Univers"
  12. Iceland / Da∂i Freyr og Gagnamagni∂ – "10 Years"
  13. Spain / Blas Cantó – "Voy a querdarme"
  14. Moldova / Natalia Gordienko – "Sugar"
  15. Germany / Jendrik – "I Don't Feel Hate"
  16. Finland / Blind Channel – "Dark Side"
  17. Bulgaria / Victoria – "Growing Up is Getting Old"
  18. Lithuania / The Roop – "Discoteque"
  19. Ukraine / Go_A – "Shum"
  20. France / Barbara Pravi – "Voilà"
  21. Azerbaijan / Efendi – "Mata Hari"
  22. Norway / TIX – "Fallen Angel"
  23. The Netherlands / Jeangu Macrooy – "Birth of a New Age"
  24. Italy / Måneskin – "Zitti e buoni"
  25. Sweden / Tusse – "Voices"
  26. San Marino / Senhit feat. Flo-Rida – "Adrenalina"

This is quite an open race this year ... I hope that Italy win.

 

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14 countries have participated in a poll arranged by the Dutch broadcaster NPO, to choose the top 50 most popular ESC songs of all time, and this was the result:

 

 

Artist

Song

Country

Year

Result

50

Teach-In

Ding-a-Dong

The Netherlands

1975

1

49

Sertab

Everyway that I can

Turkey

2003

1

48

Dschingis Khan

Dschingis Khan

West Germany

1979

4

47

Udo Jürgens

Merci chérie

Austria

1966

1

46

Francesco Gabbani

Occidentali’s karma

Italy

2017

6

45

Anne-Marie David

Tu te reconnaîtras

Luxembourg

1973

1

44

Sergey Lazarev

You’re the only one

Russia

2016

3

43

Domenico Modugno

Nel blu dipinto di blu

Italy

1958

3

42

Toto Cutugno

Insieme: 1992

Italy

1990

1

41

Polina Gagarina

A million voices

Russia

2015

2

40

Blanche

City lights

Belgium

2017

4

39

Loïc Nottet

Rhythm inside

Belgium

2015

4

38

Netta

Toy

Israel

2018

1

37

Sandra Kim

J’aime la vie

Belgium

1986

1

36

Cliff Richard

Congratulations

United Kingdom

1968

2

35

Dana

All kinds of everything

Ireland

1970

1

34

Vicky Leandros

Après toi

Luxembourg

1972

1

33

Bucks Fizz

Making your mind up

United Kingdom

1981

1

32

Verka Serduchka

Dancing lasha tumbai

Ukraine

2007

2

31

Mocedades

Eres tú

Spain

1973

2

30

France Gall

Poupée de cire, poupée de son

Luxembourg

1965

1

29

Sandie Shaw

Puppet on a string

United Kingdom

1967

1

28

Marija Šerifović

Molitva

Serbia

2007

1

27

Emmelie de Forest

Only teardrops

Denmark

2013

1

26

Dana International

Diva

Israel

1998

1

25

Gali Atari & Milk and Honey

Hallelujah

Israel

1979

1

24

Ruslana

Wild dances

Ukraine

2004

1

23

Keiino

Spirit in the sky

Norway

2019

6

22

Helena Paparizou

My number one

Greece

2005

1

21

Umberto Tozzi & Raf

Gente di mare

Italy

1987

3

20

Brotherhood of Man

Save your kisses for me

United Kingdom

1976

1

19

Olsen Brothers

Fly on the wings of love

Denmark

2000

1

18

The Common Linnets

Calm after the storm

The Netherlands

2014

2

17

Johnny Logan

What’s another year

Ireland

1980

1

16

Salvador Sobral

Amar pelos dois

Portugal

2017

1

15

Il Volo

Grande amore

Italy

2015

3

14

Nicole

Ein biβchen frieden

West Germany

1982

1

13

Céline Dion

Ne partez pas sans moi

Switzerland

1988

1

12

Katrina & the Waves

Love shine a light

United Kingdom

1997

1

11

Eleni Foureira

Fuego

Cyprus

2018

2

10

Lordi

Hard rock hallelujah

Finland

2006

1

9

Johnny Logan

Hold me now

Ireland

1987

1

8

Conchita Wurst

Rise like a phoenix

Austria

2014

1

7

Lena

Satellite

Germany

2010

1

6

Mahmood

Soldi

Italy

2019

2

5

Duncan Laurence

Arcade

The Netherlands

2019

1

4

Alexander Rybak

Fairytale

Norway

2009

1

3

Måns Zelmerlöw

Heroes

Sweden

2015

1

2

Loreen

Euphoria

Sweden

2012

1

1

ABBA

Waterloo

Sweden

1974

1

 

Interesting result....

Not exactly how the list would have looked if I ranked my top 50 I must say.

 

 

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Måneskin from Italy won the 65th Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Zitti e buoni". This was Italy's 3rd win.

 

Winning performance:

 

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France received their best placing since 1991.

 

Four countries received zero points in the televoting: Hosts Netherlands, plus Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom finished with no points at all.

 

Recap:

 

 

Full results:

  1. Italy (524)
  2. France (499)
  3. Switzerland (432)
  4. Iceland (378)
  5. Ukraine (364)
  6. Finland (301)
  7. Malta (255)
  8. Lithuania (220)
  9. Russia (204)
  10. Greece (170)
  11. Bulgaria (170)
  12. Portugal (153)
  13. Moldova (115)
  14. Sweden (109)
  15. Serbia (102)
  16. Cyprus (94)
  17. Israel (93)
  18. Belgium (74)
  19. Norway (75)
  20. Azerbaijan (65)
  21. Albania (57)
  22. San Marino (50)
  23. The Netherlands (11)
  24. Spain (6)
  25. Germany (3)
  26. United Kingdom (0)

 

In the semi-finals, Ireland and Latvia came last.

 

Semi-final 1:

With televoting only, Croatia would have qualified instead of Belgium.

With jury voting only, Romania and Croatia would have qualified instead of Norway and Azerbaijan.

 

Semi-final 2:

Czech Republic received zero points in the televoting.

With televoting only, Denmark would have qualified instead of Albania.

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Italy winning was preferable to the pretentious ballad from Switzerland or the cheap Edith Piaf-knockoff from France.

And I kind of feel bad for the UK. There were a lot of far worse songs than their's last night: Spain, Germany, Russia and Bulgaria for instance.

But their song was bland and very forgettable and that is the cardinal sin in the ESC.

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