[Ammi]

…or maybe they are…

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…or maybe they are…

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

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

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…

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

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

Not bad

[Josiah.]

The semi-final is on Saturday!

[Benjamin]

It’s the day!

[Kate!]

Oh flip I've not voted. Been busy.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Kate!

Oh flip I've not voted. Been busy.

Voting opens today/this evening.

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Voting opens today/this evening.

Oh I thought the actual semi was today.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Kate!

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.

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

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.

[Josiah.]

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

[Barry.]

Can’t wait

[Josiah.]

20 minutes to go!

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Josiah.

20 minutes to go!

Woop. I'm here.

[Barry.]

Here

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Josiah.

20 minutes to go!

Originally Posted by Barry.

Here

Hurray. It's time.

[Benjamin]

[Josiah.]

Kia ora, tēnā tatou koa! TiBB Shapes Music in the Semi-Final.


(click the picture to watch the YouTube playlist, and then come back to this post to view voting details)

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@Ammi @Barry. @Benjamin @jones89 @Kate! @Nicky91 @Vanessa You can vote by sending me a private message.

You must send in 1 set of 1-8, 10, and 12 points (as televoting) for each country you are participating as. Countries cannot vote for themselves but can vote for others (including others you are participating as). Please send each country's votes in separate PMs (example: send a PM for the Swedish televote and another PM for Liechtenstein's televote). Kate, if you would like to vote in a similar manner of how you voted in the last edition, please feel free to. If you do not vote, your votes will be replaced by aggregated results. To other forum members, if you plan to vote in the Rest of the Forum vote, please rank all songs from 1 to 24.

Voting closes at 5.59pm on Thursday 12 June.

The 14 countries with the most points will qualify for the final.

Good luck to all and...

TiBB, START VOTING NOW!

[Kate!]

I'll do this smartish.

[Benjamin]

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

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

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

…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……

[Josiah.]

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

[Josiah.]

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.

[Ammi]

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


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