Eurovision 2019

Portugal had a lot of charm and was much more unique - the Netherlands just comes across much worse performed than in the studio - it is competing in the same market as other similar songs and lacks stuff they do. It's a shame.

I got 8/10 on Tuesday. I have a feeling tonight will be more like 5/10 for me and my parents.
My songs to go through (Order of pefromance)
Ireland
Moldova
Switzerland
Latvia
Denmark
Sweden
Malta
Russia
The Netherlands
Azerbaijan.

It had as much charm as a rusty spoon I'm sorry to say.

Can see this being a five horse race between, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Sweden, Russia and Australia.

I think the Netherlands might be this year's highly rated song which under-performs.

After listening to the album a lot over the past few weeks some songs improved with the performance and some remain as catchy, such as Norway with ‘Spirit in the Sky’ and Denmark’s ‘Love is Forever’.

I’ve found this performance beautiful from Shalva, showing not only how a disability should not hold people back or not be discriminated against but also how brilliant written the greatest showman soundtrack is.

The Netherlands has a very catchy part, but will that be enough to see it through?

A My Heritage managed to slip through then on BBC4.

Some I’d agree on...but... for me not Latvia, The Netherlands or Russia... but I’d like to see Norway, Romania and Croatia go through.

Have the BBC switched feeds? They just cut away while they were going to the break and briefly showed the sponsored break bumper.

I'm currently enjoying the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 Second Semi-Final. Here are my preferences based solely on all of tonight's performances:
Definitely want to qualify: Switzerland, Sweden, Croatia, Malta, Russia, Albania, Norway, The Netherlands.
Wouldn't mind qualifying: Denmark, Austria, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Azerbaijan.
Prefer not to qualify: Armenia, Ireland, Moldova.
Definitely don't want to qualify: Latvia, Romania.

So these are the ones I want to see Saturday night: Switzerland, Sweden, Croatia, Malta, Russia, Albania, Norway, The Netherlands; plus two (and no more!) of Denmark, Austria, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Azerbaijan.

Now that the lines have just closed (21:47 BST), I can reveal that I voted for Switzerland, Sweden, Croatia, Malta, Russia, Albania, Norway, The Netherlands.

My comments about tonight's songs are here:
https://nemesis-nick.blogspot.com/2019/05/eurovision-song-contest-2019-second.html

Pregnant Pause on the main feed before the big 6 section then.

The 2 My Heritage montages were excellent. They were the best part of Eurovision for this year.

Second time I screamed into cringed out laughter tonight. First time was Scott and Rylan's reaction to the rehearsed shock to the mind reading.