[Benjamin]

Oh, I hope she is ok

Tbf all her songs are in the final, so I guess it didn’t matter as much.

[Ammi]

…good luck everyone....I don’t anticipate final qualifying entries but I do enjoy the search and finding great songs for the first time..

[jones89]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…good luck everyone....I don’t anticipate final qualifying entries but I do enjoy the search and finding great songs for the first time..

Do you have New Zealand in the final already? I like that song.. also, i think Nigeria should 100% be in the final

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by jones89

Do you have New Zealand in the final already? I like that song.. also, i think Nigeria should 100% be in the final

…yes, yes…I do have New Zealand as a qualifier …I think that it might be my first automatic qualifier of any season so bear that in mind that it’s a very special time for me and give generously with your voting……

…I agree with you, I do love Nigeria’s entry too…it has a very joyful beat and Elestee seems an absolute darling…so that’s worth lots of votes also……


…my promo of the day is done…

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Oh, I hope she is ok

Tbf all her songs are in the final, so I guess it didn’t matter as much.

She's OK Ben. She had to go to Italy at short notice.

[Ammi]

…a good thing that Josiah televises this festival across the world…?…so authentic, and now we go to Italy to speak to Vanessa for her votes…buonasera Italia….

[Ammi]

…sending positive thoughts to Italy, Vanessa……

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…a good thing that Josiah televises this festival across the world…?…so authentic, and now we go to Italy to speak to Vanessa for her votes…buonasera Italia….

[Josiah.]

Results coming at 8pm tonight. See you then!

[Josiah.]

1 hour until the Semi-Final results!

[Benjamin]

[jones89]

[Benjamin]

Interested to see how the votes went. Hard one to call this time.

[Josiah.]

I can tell you that it was close with quite a few countries, with 1 point separating 14th and 15th places.

No results of the semi-final points until after the final results next week.

[Josiah.]

Kia ora. Who did you send to the final?


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

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@Ammi @Barry. @Benjamin @jones89 @Kate! @Nicky91 @Vanessa

The qualifiers have been announced! And as mentioned in the video, the running order for the final will be announced later tonight into the overnight hours of tomorrow.

And huge props to Kimbra for performing her song "Replay!" before the results.

[Josiah.]

And for those of you who don't feel like watching the video, the qualifiers are...

Spoiler:

• Austria
• Poland
• Norway
• Canada
• Denmark
• Nigeria
• Sweden
• Montenegro
• South Korea
• Mexico
• Finland
• Scotland
• Australia
• Japan

[Benjamin]

A lot of similar songs making it through this time though which is a bit of a shame.

Was hoping at least one foreign language song (other than Finland) would do it.

[jones89]

How many did everyone get through? Two for me

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by jones89

How many did everyone get through? Two for me

One for me. I knew Mali wouldn’t get through though but I wanted to mix up the semi final so it wasn’t just female dance songs as the others I had in mind were that.

[jones89]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

One for me. I knew Mali wouldn’t get through though but I wanted to mix up the semi final so it wasn’t just female dance songs as the others I had in mind were that.

I did that for Egypt, knowing there was probably no chance of it qualifying

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by jones89

I did that for Egypt, knowing there was probably no chance of it qualifying

….ahhhh no, no, noooooo…..I think that it’s ok to say that one of my countries…(…that was ruthlessly voted out…!!!…)…gave Egypt top points …but it also featured in all of my country points…I had it as a winner…/…great song…Justice for Egypt…!!!!!!….

[Barry.]

Originally Posted by jones89

How many did everyone get through? Two for me

4. Did you guys vote for your own country too?

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Barry.

4. Did you guys vote for your own country too?

…I did vote for some of my own but I don’t think that I voted for all of them, I’d have to check…I did down vote the ones I did though to what I actually thought I would place them if they weren’t mine…/…if that makes sense…

[Josiah.]

And the running order for the final is....

01. Finland
02. New Zealand
03. Japan
04. Greece
05. Mexico
06. Norway
07. Australia
08. United States
09. Nigeria
10. Canada
11. Montenegro
12. Italy
13. Scotland
14. Poland
15. Liechtenstein
16. South Korea
17. Austria
18. Sweden
19. Denmark
20. Ireland

[Benjamin]

Odds for the final:

To win:

Finland - 1/2
New Zealand - 2/1
South Korea - 5/2
Poland - 3/1
Mexico - 7/2
Sweden - 4/1
Italy - 9/2
Norway - 5/1
Austria - 7/1
Liechtenstein - 9/1
Ireland - 10/1
Nigeria - 12/1
Australia - 15/1
Canada - 18/1
Scotland - 20/1
Greece - 25/1
Montenegro - 33/1
Denmark - 40/1
USA - 50/1
Japan - 100/1