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delphinia13 · 5 years

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Ok I’ve had some time to calm down and think about the results, so here’s my thoughts on each of the qualifiers and non-qualifiers

Qualifiers:

Greece: This is a song I can appreciate but it’s not for me. She’s got a unique voice with a great range but I don’t like the lyrics or the aesthetic. Still, it’s a deserved qualifier and I’m glad it went through

Belarus: The first of the ones I don’t really understand... I guess the staging was good and the dancers were great but I still find it repetitive and annoying. Zena’s great though, it’s the song that’s the issue, not her.

Serbia: I had predicted this to qualify and it is in my personal top 10 of the semi so I’m happy, though I think there were more deserving songs

Cyprus: Another song I knew was going through that I’m not a fan of, but I’m not a fan of this type of pop song in general. I cannot see this doing as well as Fuego did last year, however

Estonia: The other song I can’t understand. I liked the song in Eesti Laul, it was actually my third favourite there, but Victor struggles to sing it properly and compared to the other songs in this semi it’s really nothing special. I’ll be upset if the juries pushed this through because I feel they should award vocals and songs with meaning and good lyrics (who rhymes ‘this’ with ‘this’?), but I guess I’ll understand if an audience overwhelmed with the diversity in this semi put something safe through.

Czechia: Like last year I didn’t like this song at first but I am so glad it got through, good to see Czechia continuing their momentum from last year, it’s a good fun song, though the lyrics are still questionable

Australia: What we lost in the national final will always cloud my judgement of this song but that shouldn’t affect what it deserves at Eurovision. I find the song ok but the staging absolutely elevated it (literally) and I’m glad it’s through

Iceland: My absolute favourites of the entire contest, I was so scared they’d be too much for Europe but I’m elated they’re through! The hosts really had to stress me out by announcing this so late though!

San Marino: Serhat qualifying almost made up for the disappointment of losing some of my faves in this semi. The song isn’t great, and neither are his vocals if I’m completely honest but the song is so unashamedly happy I can’t help but love it, and I always root for San Marino, at least a little

Slovenia: It took me a while to love this song as much as I’ve seen other people love it. Like Australia, I’m sure that’s partly due to the national final. My favourite song out of all the national final songs was in that selection and Sebi only ranked 6th there, but I’ve come to love it and I’m really glad they made it. They don’t deserve the disrespect I’ve seen them getting, the BBC commentators could also try not calling them creepy maybe

Non-Qualifiers:

Belgium: I like this song, and I’ve had it as a borderline qualifier because I thought the juries might flock to it in the midst of all the weirdness in this semi, but as soon as I heard him live tonight I knew he was out. Hopefully this will push Belgium to shake up the formula

Finland: Another song I like a bit, but am glad it’s out to leave space for better songs. Also could serve as a wakeup call to bring back the old UMK

Georgia: I really like this song but I knew it wasn’t getting through, I’ve seen a lot of negativity from the fan reactions and I figured the juries would mirror that. Georgia really are cementing themselves as one of my favourite countries at Eurovision though

Hungary: Now it gets painful. This is my fourth favourite song overall this year. I think Origo was better, but as far as songs about fathers go it’s better than Germany last year (which I really loved also). I was actually sure it was gonna qualify, so this was the big shock for me. I’m gonna miss Hungary in the finals... Though I can’t help but feel there’s some karma here after the juries in A Dal killed every other good song they had, and they had some brilliant songs that I feel could have even challenged for the win if they’d been sent

Montenegro: One thing was certain tonight, and that was Montenegro not qualifying. I don’t hate this song, but that’s about it.

Poland: I thought this song would be too different to qualify, so I’m not surprised with this. It’s one of those songs that I’m really glad is in the contest though, and I’m gonna listen to it again

Portugal: And my second favourite song this year fell... This song is absolutely brilliant and it’s such a shame it didn’t go through. I know there were some concerns that the staging and outfits would be too weird but I was still hoping... Though I was prepared for this to happen, it’s still disappointing.

In conclusion, it’s not as bad as I first thought. Of the qualifiers, there’s five songs I really wanted to qualify, another two I felt deserved it, one I knew would no matter what, and two that I’m personally not happy with. There’s two songs I’m disappointed didn’t make it, but I always have one or two of my top five knocked out in the semis (Blackbird and Stones the most recent and painful) so hopefully Norway get through tomorrow? The results can’t please everyone and I feel overall it’s a pretty fair set of qualifiers. And honestly, Iceland and San Marino both made it so what more could I ask for?

#del learns to blog #esc #eurovision #I think next year I'm gonna make a eurovision side blog #I have a lot of thoughts and feelings about these songs #I'm gonna clog up your dashes with them this year sorry #if Eurovision was predictable it wouldn't be fun #overall I really enjoyed tonight #onto semi two!

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