Been listening to the songs today.
Here's what i thought in draw order:
1. Finland-Omg so dull.-Nothing changed.
2. Bosnia & Herzegovina-Bit of fun but can't see this doing anything, surprised chompy flagged this up and draw has finished any chances.-Similar thoughts on night although was entertaining.
3. Denmark-Just ok for me, nothing spectacular and i think will be lost amongst the numbers, especially so early.-felt they were outa tune and ott, yet they did well in the voting.
4. Lithuania-?Nice voice but sounds like she's singing almost for no reason, don't get the song.-yep
5. Hungary-Nice voice and ok song, agree with jamie about singer being bit rough! Feeling might get forgotten, shame as liked the vocal.-yep
6. Ireland-Typical Jedward it's catchy, fun and outa tune. Will have a chance for sure, but don't see any value here at 5-1.-yep
7. Sweden-Teeny boppy song, prob find most who could vote will have been told to go to bed, oh and annoying.-shocked they got so close and thought they were v average.
8. Estonia-Fit singer, shame about the song, can't see what the fuss is about this one.-yep.
9. Greece-Surely wld deserve null points.-i am absolutely shell shocked this did so well, hated it.
10. Russia-Listened to about 5 secs and cldnt bare no more, maybe that's the sign of a winner-but not 4 me!-yep
11. France-I can't believe this was like 6-1 a few weeks back, really like the song, think girls will love the guy too. Even think 13-8 could be value and tempted to back huge.- even tho it seemed weak on the night by its own standards-and kinda felt flat, still such a classy song 4 me-but obv not eurovision-i'll learn, wd jamie.
12. Italy-pianovision anyone?didn't get this one bit.-just like greece shellshocked by this one's peformance, guess it did go down well in the stadium.
13. Switzerland-liked her voice, thought song was strange and don't see this troubling anyone up top.-yep.
14. United Kingdom-Liked the song actually as i thought some of the vocals were decent. Not a fan of the band in gen though, but at least we should be top 10 easily. -so many bum notes and think we were lucky to almost make the top 10-so i was wrong about this 1.
15. Moldova-What hats,unicycle and all round madfest that makes jedward look conserv!Def the quirkiest all round act, 4 laff ive stuck pennies on@300s+same top 4@70s, also bkd top 10 @9-2.Only prob- i think they are taking it seriously.- gave so much hope by crashing in market and def happy i had a sweat on this, soooooooo close to copping top 10 bet too-meh.
16. Germany-Thought this clda been the value b4 hearing the song. I'm out.-yep
17. Romania-Nearly fell asleep to this one.-yep altho managed to pick up a few points here and there-i still dunno why.
18. Austria-Jessie J type, likeish this and backed earlier in the week ew at 50s first 4.-loved this on the night, obv im the only 1!
19. Azerbaijan-Watched the video of this and was impressed, got involved at 12s ew and 5's ew without france. Love their draw, but now ive just heard their semi peformance-thinking of laying much of the win off.- really thought girl sang terribly and didnt feel this peformance from the winners, yet proved me right at least from their favourable draw.
20. Slovenia-If this was anywhere but near the end i'd say no chance, draw gives it faint hope and i've a feeling this cld become a steamer-from looking at betting- i dunno why cos i wont be getting involved-too samey.- was impressed, she was hot too.
21. Iceland-Could not put one pence on this.-yep altho was a nice story.
22. Spain-Oh dear.-again another surprise in that did better on night in terms of song, but predictable in low ranking.
23. Ukraine-Cute song/singer but little bland for me and altho seemed a large price due to draw im gonna leave it.-did better in terms of both song and points on night, top 4 too, meh feeling price was 2 big was correct!
24. Serbia-Like the sound of her voice but really hate the set and whole set up of the song etc.-enjoyed it on the night and thought was treated harshly pointwise.
25. Georgia-Backed earlier ew@100s in week due to arb nature and also rumours of being half decent, kinda think have value but changing their lead singer a month or so bk dsnt inspire hugely. Song is ok-draw is great!!-yep
Am deciding how much to have on france but this could be large. Azers is a great value place bet but like i say may lay off some of the win part. Austria and georgia are small value ew bets with nice draws and moldova is a pure fun one, although i see no reason why fun alone can't make them top tenners and 9-2 seems largeish.
Quoting this for own reference.
What a MEH that was. If i'd not traded halfway thru and just b4 the point scoring azers wlda secured me a healthy profit, despite the france loss.
However due to lumping hugely on the austrian entry-which was robbed imo-and backing a few outsiders who peformed well on the night, plus convincing myself azers had gone short enough to lay-ive barely made a bullseye.
Was interesting to see songs like france's so greatly peformed previously-sound so wooden on that stage-yet others like slovenia, serbia and austria excelling on the night-well certainly compared to prev showings.
Thought azers peformance was distinctly average and they only won due to politics and the draw.
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