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  • You Wouldn’t Believe the Voice of this Girl!

    Bernadette Berroya or Benneth for short is my castmate from #LuckyStiffMNL. She played one of the lead roles, Annabelle: a woman very passionate about dogs that she had two songs dedicated for them.

    The very first time I heard Benneth sang was from a video of her singing For the First Time in Forever from Frozen in our theater workshop. In that moment, I was blown away. I was an instant fan. Her voice sounded like how I imagine angels sing to the departed when they enter heaven. She is unbelievably talented and all this talent is packaged in her cute and small stature. What made me like her even more is her genuine personality. She is naturally humble and kind that no one (I think) expects her to do anything close to an ounce of evilness.

    I believe in this girl and her talent. I believe that Ellen reads this post and she would fly Benneth to her show. Someday, she will make it big.

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  • Eurovision 2015 Semi Final 2 Results + Postmortem

    Eurovision 2015 Semi Final 2 Results + Postmortem

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    I got to watch the Second Semi-final of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest after the fact, albeit a bit earlier than the first. Watch the full Eurovision 2015 SF2 on Youtube, and also check out the International Sign Language version, which is a new addition to the contest this year.

    © Andres Putting (EBU)

    To start things off, let’s find out how Europe (and Australia!) voted on the songs that are part of Semi-final 2. Here are the second semi-final results in their running order (the ones marked in bold qualified to the final):

    1. Lithuania — Qualified to the Final
    2. Ireland
    3. San Marino
    4. Montenegro — QF
    5. Malta
    6. Norway — QF
    7. Portugal
    8. Czech Republic
    9. Israel — QF
    10. Latvia — QF
    11. Azerbaijan — QF
    12. Iceland 😮
    13. Sweden — QF
    14. Switzerland
    15. Cyprus — QF
    16. Slovenia — QF
    17. Poland — QF

    Thanks to the votes from all across Europe (and Australia!) Sweden, Slovenia, Poland, Norway, Montenegro, Lithuania, Latvia, Israel, Cyprus, and Azerbaijan are all through to the finals on Saturday (Sunday morning in Australia, and where I live). Now that I’ve watched the full second semi-finals show (thanks to Youtube), here is how I rank the qualifiers going into the final:

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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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  • Amiciness Picks Eurovision Song Contest 2015 Top 20-11

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    Here is the third part of four of my countdown, i.e. from my least favorite to most favorite to win, for my Eurovision picks this year. (Read my previous Eurovision post for my picks 30-21.)

    20. Israel
    Nadav Guedj — Golden Boy

    Sounds like three different songs mashed together, one of which is an Ed Sheeran sound-alike. And nobody believes Nadav is a teenager. But to hell with all of that, this is the funnest song this year. You know, the kind you sing along to at the club in your drunken state. I’m a golden booo-ooo-oy.

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