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  • Eurovision 2015 Semi Final 1 Results + Postmortem

    Eurovision 2015 Semi Final 1 Results + Postmortem

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    Since I’m both a Eurovision fan and timezone-challenged, I only got to watch the First Semi-final of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest after the fact. However, I’m luckier than the Aussie fans who have to watch this at 5 in the morning. The dedication!

    To start things off, let’s find out how Europe (and Australia!) voted on the songs that are part of Semi-final 1. In their running order (the ones marked in bold qualified to the final):

    1. Moldova
    2. Armenia — Qualified to the Final
    3. Belgium — QF
    4. The Netherlands
    5. Finland
    6. Greece — QF
    7. Estonia — QF
    8. F.Y.R. Macedonia 😢
    9. Serbia — QF
    10. Hungary — QF
    11. Belarus 😭
    12. Russia — QF
    13. Denmark
    14. Albania — QF
    15. Romania — QF
    16. Georgia — QF

    Thanks to the votes from all across Europe (and Australia!) Albania, Armenia, Belgium, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Serbia are all through to the finals on Saturday (Sunday morning in Australia, and where I live). Now that I’ve watched the full first semi-finals show (thanks to Youtube), here is how I rank the qualifiers going into the final:

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  • Amiciness Picks Eurovision Song Contest 2015 Top 10

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    Here are my top ten picks for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Fingers crossed that all of them score high on the finals scoreboard. (Read my previous Eurovision post for my picks 20-11.)

    10. Austria
    The Makemakes — I’m Yours

    This sounds like a classic rock ballad from yesteryear. That’s a good thing considering this sound is sort of making a comeback on the airwaves, with the popularity of Sam Smith and Hozier among many. Will this song win? Probably not. But I’m expecting this to at least be on the left side of the scoreboard come finals.

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