After watching last night’s show I’m still less the wiser, but a few thing began to become apparent. Here’s how they all looked from my jaded eye…
Montenegro – Drab, chorus free and doomed
Israel – Getting better all the time, but not terribly instant
Estonia – Love it mucho mucho, but borderline qualifier
Moldova – Very dull, but outside bet for surprise of the night
San Marino – Sweeping, bright and consigned to the pit of first time failures
Belgium – Children were dancing in the hall, folks clapped spontaneously. Hmm…
Azerbaijan – Cluttered, but its narrative string saves it from confusion.
Slovenia – nThis one’s got Oxenryd written all over it. Everyone’s 11th favourite…
Norway – Can’t call this. Well performed, if not a little generic. May qualify low down.
Poland – Suddenly fell off the edge into the chasm of the damned. Not sure why.
Ireland – Too busy, and you can hardly pick out the wee fella’s gobble.
Andorra – Ludicrous headgear kills of its meager chances.
Bosnia – I don’t care how this does, it’s just a special big moment that I love!
Armenia – I’m underwhelmed by this, but it’s inexplicably popular so may sneak though.
Netherlands – Another tricky to call song. Good performance, smashing gal – folks may forget to vote.
Finland – Works far better than I could have imagined. Even the grans were headbanging!
Romania – Of the ballads, this is humble enough to be the banker, I feel.
Russia – Quite horrible, over mannered and twitchy – the only guaranteed qualifier.
Greece – I really hope folks see this for the squeaky poo it really is. I don’t think they will.
So my guess for the serviette of doom?
Estonia
Belgium
Azerbaijan
Norway
Bosnia
Armenia
Finland
Romania
Russia
Greece
Although I’m only confident on about three of those. Heck this is hard, despite our Franko’s protestations!