Overall a really good semi final, great to be back in Sweden with my girl Petra! Overall not too mad with the qualifiers, got 9/10 which I'm pleased about. Hopefully we can one up that on Thursday and get 10/10
馃嚪馃嚫 Serbia - Immediately I got a prediction wrong, but my only one. I kept swapping this and Slovenia over and over again and then it ended up that they both made it through. Solid performance, not my favourite but it definitely deserved to qualify and keep Serbia's qualification streak intact!
馃嚨馃嚬 Portugal - Very well deserved! Iolanda has an extremely powerful voice and I love the use of white. Portugal is really in their renaissance era and this was a very pretty performance. 4/4 for Portugal and its been very deserved. Hopefully we return to Lisbon soon <3
馃嚫馃嚠 Slovenia - Toss and turned with Veronika and it went through! Despite it being one of the more forgettable songs of the year for me, Raiven really put her heart into this performance and deserved the qualification. I'm really glad Slovenia is being more appreciated as a country and hope to see it as a contender soon!
馃嚭馃嚘 Ukraine - One of my favourites this year. Really beautiful live. Jerry Heil was amazing but I got CHILLS when alyona alyona came on. As a fan of hers for a while it was really lovely to see her get her chance in the spotlight and they both did an excellent job. Ukraine once again deserved to keep their 100% qualification streak!
馃嚤馃嚬 Lithuania - Another really strong performance. Silvester Belt really is a professional and made the whole thing from second 1 really slick. This will be vibe on Saturday although I am predicting a mid-to-low placement
馃嚝馃嚠 Finland - fuck off
馃嚚馃嚲 Cyprus - Another fun performance. Was starting to get a bit worried for Silia by this point. Thought Poland might have gotten in instead of her. Nothing exciting but it was a good performance and I'm happy to see Cyprus in the final with another Aussie!
馃嚟馃嚪 Croatia - Obvious! This was a moment tonight and if this ended up winning I wouldn't be annoyed. The crowd went wild and I was so happy for him. Zagreb 2025
馃嚠馃嚜 Ireland - Now, this was something special. Ireland over the years has played it safe and it's not worked to their advantage. I'm so proud that they have stepped out their comfort zone and gone with an act that is finally interesting and offers something original and unique. We've not seen anything like this apart from maybe Hatari but even that is a HUNDRETH of the art this was. Bambie is an amazing performer and really sold this song. Every part of this was slick and polished and performed to perfection. It truly was one of the best performances I've seen in my 8 years of watching Eurovision. Up there with the likes of Chanel, this WILL be remembered. I've had such a journey with Bambie, and I'm so glad I get to appreciate their music because they truly are an artiste! Welcome back to the final Ireland we've missed you loads, and hopefully we will see you in the top 10 and maybe Dublin 2025? I'm being serious, don't rule this out as a contender
馃嚤馃嚭 Luxembourg - you see I knew this was going to qualify after seeing who was left. It was obvious they'd reveal the country who had left the contest for 30 years as the last one to qualify from the semi. Tonight was all about Luxembourg and idk, I felt very impartial to it. Probably the only one I felt like downgraded from the studio. Still a really fun performance and I'm glad to see Luxembourg in the final!
NQ's
馃嚨馃嚤 Poland - I got this so wrong! I believed diaspora would work in Poland's favour but this shows noone is safe from the televote. I'm actually a little sad just because I love The Tower and I've been following Luna for a while, but tbf it was somewhat justified. Just didn't really stand out in between all the heavy hitters (Ireland, Ukraine, Croatia). Sad to see you out of the final Poland! Come back soon <3
馃嚥馃嚛 Moldova - Probably the most robbed in my opinion. Natalia really made this into a competent product and sold the shit out of it. It deserved to qualify and I'm always a sucker for a violin now and again. I'm going to go out on a limb and say this got 11th.
馃嚘馃嚭 Australia - You see a small part of me saw a opportunity for Australia and I actually ended up enjoying this, but it was just a weak song that didn't stand out. shame.
馃嚘馃嚳 Azerbaijan -I liked this aswell! I can see why Azerbaijan didn't qualify tho, they have been struggling a lot since the juries got removed from the semi final, then again - can justify it when they send low effort entries
