One has all 30 songs, the other has just the 24 semi-finalists.

…so I’ve had a first listen to the first 24 semi final ones in this link…

https://sites.google.com/view/tibb-m...al/auckland-17

…and the 6 below are automatic qualifiers to the final so we don’t have to score them in the semi final first round, yes…?…


…these are all excellent btw, this isn’t going to be in any way easy…I have a few favourites but beyond those they’re all equally qualifying worthy…

Correct.

…perfect, thank you…:love:…I haven’t listened to all of the 6 qualifiers yet, I’ll do that more leisurely after we know all of the finalists…

Going to listen to the semi finalists this week and do so a few times as I find I can get a good feel for them then.

Question to those playing. With odds would you rather I wait until the final and people have already voted before I do some?

I ask as I don’t want my odds affecting peoples votes for semi final and final.

Good question. Your odds wouldn't change my voting. Over to the others though for their thoughts.

I’ve also listened to the semi finalists songs all the way through this morning whilst doing post holiday chores (helped get me through haha).

Quite a few great songs I’ve never heard before. Not going to spoil much but the singer for Mexico (not sure who picked this) is nice and I’m going to check more of her stuff out.

Ok, so these odds are not a prediction of who will win, that usually changes drastically once we know the finalists. These are also not an indication of my voting. These are purely how likely I reckon each song is to make the finals.

They may change over the next week or so as it’s quite hard to call this one.

To make the final:

Austria - 2/5
Finland - 4/5
Australia - 1/1
South Korea - 2/1
Poland - 2/1
Sweden - 3/1
Norway - 3/1
San Marino - 4/1
England - 4/1
Nigeria - 4/1
Canada - 4/1
Scotland - 5/1
Mexico - 5/1
Montenegro - 6/1
Czechia - 6/1
Denmark - 7/1
Germany - 7/1
Netherlands - 8/1
Mali - 9/1
Barbados - 10/1
Japan - 12/1
Egypt - 15/1
Taiwan - 20/1
Turkey - 25/1


Highest placing auto-qualifier in the final results:

Italy - 1/1
Liechtenstein - 2/1
New Zealand - 3/1
Ireland - 5/1
Greece - 8/1
USA - 12/1


Winner to be a song in English:

Yes - 4/5
No - 4/1


Winning country to have won the contest before:

Yes - 2/1
No - 5/1

…interesting…my listening ears and those odds might not be in harmony at all…

…or maybe they are…

It’s a hard one to call this time as there’s quite a few similar songs.

…there are some very similar ones that are hard to separate and place but interestingly…in my first listen I had a stand out favourite from all of the others…

Yeah, I had two songs which really stood out for me in the semi finalists.

…if they’re not my chosen songs…?…no1curr….:insertno1currsmiley:…

I didn’t bother listening you yours. :fan:

…I didn’t listen to mine either, I just popped a couple of random songs in there is my way …style over substance, baby…:dazzler:…

The semi-final is on Saturday!

It’s the day! :amazed:

Oh flip I've not voted. Been busy.

Voting opens today/this evening.

Oh I thought the actual semi was today.

Nah, the semi finals show is today. We then vote. The finals show is next sat so we then vote for the final from then. I believe.

Thank you Sir.

The Semi-Final is incoming at 8pm. See you then!

Can’t wait

20 minutes to go!

Woop. I'm here.

Here

:dazzler:

Hurray. It's time.

I'll do this smartish.

Going to listen to all the songs fully through once more before settling on my points.

Typed-out Song List:
01. Mali - "Sénégal Fast Food" by Amadou & Mariam ft. Manu Chao
02. Scotland - "Is This What You've Been Waiting For?" by Amy Macdonald
03. Türkiye - "Bebeğim" by Mehmet Yenigün
04. Mexico - "Don't Look Back" by Thalia
05. Austria - "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco
06. Germany - "Stärker als die Ewigkeit" by Bernhard Brink
07. England - "Colour My Heart" by Charlotte OC
08. Denmark - "Cheat Code" by Lukas Graham
09. Taiwan - "LUCY!!!!!!" by babyMINT
10. Netherlands - "Echte Liefde is te Koop" by Samuel Welten
11. South Korea - "Billionaire" by BABYMONSTER
12. Canada - "Woman on the Moon" by Tyler Shaw
13. Egypt - "Zambahola" by Sharmoofers ft. Akram Hosny
14. Czechia - "Nie znam tego miejsca" by Ewa Farna
15. Japan - "Chocolate Disco" by Perfume
16. Poland - "The Tower" by LUNA
17. San Marino - "Pink (Freak)" by Elliot Lee
18. Australia - "Show Me Heaven" by Tina Arena
19. Finland - "Syntisten pöytä" by Erika Vikman
20. Nigeria - "Butterflies" by Elestee
21. Barbados - "Right Now" by Rihanna ft. David Guetta
22. Sweden - "Pumpin Blood" by NONONO
23. Norway - "Love Again" by Skrellex
24. Montenegro - "Just Get Out Of My Life" by Andrea Demirović

…also going to listen through all of them again and will send them back soon, Josiah…and thank you for that, lots of work and very polished and slick as always…:flutter:…

Voted So Far:
[X] Ammi
[O] Barry.
[X] Benjamin
[O] jones89
[X] Josiah.
[X] Kate!
[O] Nicky91
[O] Vanessa

Note: 'X' means someone has voted. 'O' means that someone has yet to vote.

….gosh, this is difficult…:laugh:…just before my countries start voting, good luck all in hopefully placing in the final…:love:…


…can I just confirm something, Josiah…?…all of Vanessa’s country choices were all automatic qualifiers, yes…?…/…so none in this semi final round…?…

That is correct Ammi.

…thank you…:love:…somehow it felt as though my countries were cancelling Vanessa in their votes…