Friday, May 09, 2014
10.35pm: That's a wrap! Will do my best to make updates for semi-final 2 and Jessica Mauboy's performance tomorrow night.
10.32pm: YES! The Netherlands! Excellent. And Iceland! This is really excellent. Just Latvia and their cake that missed out from my guesses - oh and Portugal. Hm, I think Europe's picked well.
10.32pm: Ukraine's in. And Sweden. Two more.
10.31pm: Armenia was good... knew Azerbaijan, but that means one I like is gone. OH and San Marino gets through! That's pretty awesome.
10.29pm: Montenegro, Hungary and Russia. Three from three... ooh but they're booed...
10.26pm: Alright, previews for the Big Five and previous winner look good, already looking forward to the final. But a whole other semi to go!
And Jon Ola Sand, love to see he's still featured in the broadcast as he looks over the running of the night.
10.23pm: So it's just clear that Eurovision loves Jedward. Australia loves Jedward. They are fair amazing.
10.19pm: So Armenia, Latvia, Sweden, Iceland, Russia, Ukraine, Portugal, The Netherlands, Montenegro and Hungary are my picks for entry into the final. Although Azerbaijan will likely be in there, and likely one or two others instead.
10.10pm: And he pulled out the silver BIG TIME! Ha, and he's still ugly Julia? How mean.
10.08pm: The Ugly Duckling is this semi-final's interval act. How could Denmark not feature something of Hans Christian Andersen? But they've tried to make it modern to say a young guy can't breakdance.
That's what makes this Eurovision. And tomorrow night will be better when I finally see Jessica Mauboy's performance in full.
10.05pm: Ooh, good voice to end the semi-final on. For almost all of it, he faltered at the end. But András Kállay-Saunders brought some DNB to Eurovision. Awesome. That was great. And it's over already.
This is still hard to pick.
10.02pm: DNB!!!
10pm: Sergej Ćetković is not singing in English. And Moj Svijet sounds like a nice song. I like that I don't understand this.
On a different note, is this the first skater since Evgeny Plushenko cameoed for Dima Bilan?
9.56pm: Calm After The Storm from The Netherlands... sung after a trip to Nashville for The Common Linnets. This is beautiful and not Eurovision-y at all. I am calling this as my favourite so far.
9.52pm: I. Called. It. Lace and sheer, lace and sheer. I like that we're finally hearing a song in the native language. Quero Ser Tua is alright Suzy.
9.48pm: Ha. I've always focused on the white... but they're right. Silver is also a winner.
And I'd have both the judges too Julia, but if they're fighting over Portugal we have no chance.
9.40pm: There are only four more songs? This is going to be harder to pick than I thought...
9.38pm: Third time lucky? Valentina Monetta is ironically trying with a song called Maybe. She is clearly San Marino's only export if she's been selected three years running.
She's loving this though. Good on her. It's not bad considering her competition.
9.35pm: Wild Soul by Cristina Scarlat. Moldova! Finally, something that feels a bit more epic. Mad medieval costume... but struggling to love the vocals.
If memory serves right this happened last year, the feeling of there not being any great songs, just a lot of OK or good ones.
9.32pm: Nice Paul Potts reference from Julia. Oh, Axel Hirsoux from Belgium has a back-up dancer in the shadows. His mother I take it. OK, bad pun for a song called Mother. Too bad they've already had their Mother's Day and that Australia can't vote.
9.28pm: Ukraine's Mariya Yaremchuk - she is just beautiful! And love the man in the hamster wheel...
The song Tick-Tock: boppy, would grow on you surely. But I'm not sure if any of these are a massive standout for the win. And so we continue.
9.19pm: Again with the lace... Azerbaijan's ballad Start A Fire sounded beautiful. Wasn't sure if I was meant to understand all the lyrics. But Dilara Kazimova looked enthused.
Meanwhile, was that a cat tattoo on her wrist?
9.13pm: Russia's Tolmachevy Sisters with Shine.
I thought they were going to go around with their hair intertwined the whole time. Fail. This is an ABBA-esque song and look, which I guess is acceptable given the 40th anniversary of their win this year.
9.10pm: Albania. This year's Shakira. Second lace and sheer dress, could be this year's key trend.
Hersi's One Night's Anger is OK. Not a winner, but my guess is that she should get through to the final.
9.05pm: Jedward! I witnessed the act with Eurovision's highest hair in person. Feeling blessed.
9.03pm: "Just stand still and focus on the singing." Sanna Nielsen is beautiful AND clued in. Eurovision, you've changed.
8.56pm: Pollaponk's No Prejudice: Iceland are always entertaining. These guys are suited-up Wiggles with a bit of edge. And some mean beards. Great mix of kitsch and actual singing talent.
8.53pm: Sanna Nielsen from Sweden with Undo, finally on stage after seven attempts to represent her country. She's a stunner. With a really nice voice. Understandably one of the favourites. Do agree with Julia Zemiro that it's Celine Dion-esque. But it's a strong contender so far.
8.47pm: Amazing! The white has ARRIVED! Where's my wine... ah shit. Not tonight. But Tanja from Estonia has my favourite Euro sound with a heavy dance-pop element.
8.45pm: Ask your mother how to bake a cake? Nah, I can make a cake pretty well from scratch, but thanks Aarzemnieki from Latvia. Cake To Bake was sung with a folk sound/look to it.
Mix some dough and add some love. The best lyrics ever?!
8.41pm: You're Not Alone - Armenia's Aram mp3... there we go! The favourite rocking it in a half-military, half-Matrix ensemble. Confusing, but it's alright.
And the stage is epic this year.
8.38pm: Three hosts again. I really think we'll have 10 in another five years... And WOW. Pilou's hair (on left). SO hipster.
8.36pm: Emmelie De Forest is without shoes again. But still looks amazing - and I thought that before Sam Pang. The webcam shots are back.
8.35pm: #JoinUs is a great theme, but the webcam shots seemed a bit... well, I'm not sure really.
8.33pm: Julia's already a bit tiddly getting her facts wrong about Danes voting for Emmelie.
8.28pm: We're getting ready to go, Eurovision 2014 is finally here! I am yet to hear any of the songs so am very curious for what Copenhagen has to show.
I'll be attempting my first live blog tonight, taking you through any quips I have on each song as they come on. Feel free to comment on the blog and make your views known too.
**Please note this is in Central Standard Time**
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