All righty then, it's time to reveal our pick for the second semi-final!
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Cyprus
Georgia
Ireland
Israel
Lithuania
Romania
Sweden
Switzerland
This list might be as far off as it gets when comparing it with the final list Thursday night. Like, there's not much hope for Europe to ignore Turkey with their polished, family friendly rock show, is there? And don't get us started on those pretentious Danes. Croatia has more than a fair chance with the lovely femidoms, and Bulgarian Miro is so kitchy we're almost starting to like him.
And Sieneke! She scares the shit out of us...
Woha, this will be so exciting, we can hardly wait!
The Land of Fire has lit up the ESC world with flames and fireworks since their debut two years ago. The Angel vs Devil act from 2008 is so kitschy and so over the top that you just gotta love it. And when AySel and Arash exclaimed their love from a mountain high last year we were on fire! What is not so charming is Azerbaijan´s ongoing conflict with Armenia which has led to accusations of blurring out the phone number during the broadcasting of Armenia´s performance last year, to prevent Azerbaijani votes, and the alleged interrogations of the poor souls (43 of them!), who still managed to vote for the Armenian entry! Accusations of bribing students in Belarus to vote for Azerbaijan with both Belarusian and Lithuanian SIM-cards is yet another story. It makes you wonder what it would be like if the Azerbaijanis were to host the ESC final, and this might very well happen next year!
Safura has been chosen to represent the Land of Fire with the mid tempo ballad "Drip Drop". This song lacks the distinctive features which made "Always On My Mind" so irresistible, but it´s modern and up to date, the sort of material Rihanna would kill for. How successful it will be, depends a lot on young Safura´s performance. Surely it will collect buckets of votes from all over Europe, but enough to take the victory home to Baku?
Our feelings towards Azerbaijan are very ambivalent. Yay to colourful, irresistible acts on stage, nay to cheating, which is not only stupid, but completely unnecessary when their country´s entries speaks so loudly for themselves.
Astrid and Guri have shared their passion for Eurovision for years. They both grew up in the beautiful middle of nowhere, and as kids, the annual Eurovision final was their only share of glamour. Life has later become somewhat more glamorous, but still nothing can beat the extravaganza of the Eurovision grand final.
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