[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Barry.

I know I voted today but I wasn’t much online so to say if Nicky was online everyday posting but not posting on this thread it’s kind of sus

And you still managed to get yours in on time.

He was making new threads and posting in the actual Eurovision thread most days.

[Josiah.]

Due to the voting shenanigans that have caused me to redo the qualifiers video; for the Grand Final, I am making a new rule: If the voting deadline gets moved forward and you fail to vote or vote after the deadline lapses, your votes will be deemed null.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Josiah.

Due to the voting shenanigans that have caused me to redo the qualifiers video; for the Grand Final, I am making a new rule: If the voting deadline gets moved forward and you fail to vote or vote after the deadline lapses, your votes will be deemed null.

Seems fair (as long as you give enough notice). I’ll likely to do mine on the Sat when you post it or Sunday as I’m not working I can watch the full video.

[Benjamin]

Will be interesting to see which two songs would have made the final and got cut at the last minute

[Josiah.]

I'm pulling the show to 7pm if that's okay with everyone. Gives Ben a bit more time to do BenjiBet odds for the finalists.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Josiah.

I'm pulling the show to 7pm if that's okay with everyone. Gives Ben a bit more time to do BenjiBet odds for the finalists.

Fine for me

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Josiah.

I'm pulling the show to 7pm if that's okay with everyone. Gives Ben a bit more time to do BenjiBet odds for the finalists.

Oh yay!

[Ammi]

…7pm is perfect…..

[Josiah.]

Who Captivated You in the Semi-Final? Let's Find Out!


(click the picture to watch the video, and then come back to this post)

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This was definitely a semi-final that had quite a competitive edge, especially with 1 set of points for each country. But, the votes have been counted (even with a last-second set of votes). The qualifiers have been revealed, and are now listed on the website and wiki.

Congratulations to the countries who qualified, and commiserations to those who didn't. However, all is not lost, as everyone will get to vote on the 20 finalists starting on Saturday when the recap for the final is posted.

And now that we have our finalists (and once the running order for the final is posted here in a bit), behold the return of BenjiBet.

Good luck to all! Bonne chance à tous!

[Benjamin]

Awww yay all mine made it through.

I’m sad for Slovakia, Bosnia and Mexico. I really like those songs

[Vanessa]

Very happy with that. Woooo

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

Very happy with that. Woooo

….woooooooo indeed…we’re Eurovision finalists, Vanessa……

[Benjamin]

Not bad.


To make the final

Ireland - 1/2
Puerto Rico - 2/1
Scotland - 5/2
Greece - 3/1
Liechtenstein - 7/2
New Zealand - 4/1
France - 9/2
England - 5/1
Italy - 6/1
Wales - 7/1
Zimbabwe - 8/1
Barbados - 8/1
Iceland - 9/1
Malta - 10/1
Bosnia & Herzegovina - 11/1
Denmark - 12/1
Canada - 14/1
Finland - 15/1
Spain - 16/1
Netherlands - 17/1
Türkiye - 18/1
Mexico - 18/1
Colombia - 20/1
Ghana - 25/1
Slovakia - 33/1
Albania - 50/1

[Ammi]

…so I got one through, is that correct…?…are the red ones all out Benjibet…?…

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…so I got one through, is that correct…?…are the red ones all out Benjibet…?…

Yeah, they are.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Yeah, they are.

…ahhhhhh, I’m thrilled that one of mine went through but I hoped that it would be Finland just because I personally liked that one…

[Ammi]

…well done everyone……I’ll start my listen to them all again tomorrow so I know them all really well before the final…

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…well done everyone……I’ll start my listen to them all again tomorrow so I know them all really well before the final…

You’re best waiting for Josiah to post his vid on Saturday as there were automatic qualifiers we haven’t really listened to much

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

You’re best waiting for Josiah to post his vid on Saturday as there were automatic qualifiers we haven’t really listened to much

…oh yes of course and I didn’t listen to those for semi final vote, I just listened to the vote applicable ones…I will start listening to all of your poor raggedy flea bitten entries, though…I’m NOT BITTER…

[Kate!]

I have 3 countries in the final

[Benjamin]

No offence to well known songs but glad to see most of the songs are not well known.

[Josiah.]

And here is the running order of the Grand Final of the TiBB Music Festival 16:

[Benjamin]

USA opening.

[Benjamin]

BenjiBet odds

Please note this is not a reflection on how I would rank the songs, but how likely they are to win based on past forum voting.

This is also not a prediction for the finishing order!

To Win

Ireland - 1/2
Greece - 5/4
Sweden - 2/1
New Zealand - 5/2
Wales - 3/1
Italy - 4/1
Malta - 5/1
Liechtenstein- 6/1
England - 7/1
USA - 8/1
Barbados - 9/1
France - 10/1
Australia - 15/1
Canada - 18/1
Zimbabwe - 20/1
Colombia - 22/1
Czech Republic - 25/1
Norway - 50/1
Albania - 75/1
Angola - 100/1

[Benjamin]

Spoiler:

Originally Posted by Benjamin

To Win

Ireland - 1/2 - (6th)
Greece - 5/4 - (3rd)
Sweden - 2/1 - (11th)
New Zealand - 5/2 - (1st)
Wales - 3/1 - (7th)
Italy - 4/1 - (5th)
Malta - 5/1 - (15th)
Liechtenstein- 6/1 - (4th)
England - 7/1 - (16th)
USA - 8/1 - (2nd)
Barbados - 9/1 (12th)
France - 10/1 - (14th)
Australia - 15/1 - (8th)
Canada - 18/1 - (10th)
Zimbabwe - 20/1 - (9th)
Colombia - 22/1 - (13th)
Czech Republic - 25/1 - (20th)
Norway - 50/1 - (18th)
Albania - 75/1 - (19th)
Angola - 100/1 - (17th)

If anyone was wondering how I did with the odds