Daha fazla videoya gözat. Eurovision 2018 | Semi-Final 1 | Qualifiers. I also took a picture with Ieva’s mum. Ugly and blocking the view of the performers. Le feu de la victoire est en Eleni ! Cyphrus had some kind of not working interaction with leds. I predicted 8 out of 10 right. A relaxed and playful melody needed a relaxed and playful vocalist. She never missed a note during the pre parties, but this time, she was not her usual self, maybe because of nerves. That was the underwhelming part, unfortunately. I would have liked Switzerland to qualify, instead of Finland or Ireland. Finland is a circus, she hasn’t got any vocal contention. I’m so happy that my top 3: Albania, Ireland and Cyprus are both qualified! She is representing Cyprus and that’s all. This is why they use the bridge more now. A fully Greek-language song in a Eurovision final is sorely needed. My prediction was 8/10, the 2 that went through and that I didn’t have were very strong performances. While people expect a total show, which is correct by the way. Organisation is terrible. Bookmakers have predicted Malta, Cyprus, Ukraine and 7 others with best odds Eurovision has been on the down fall since 2016!! But on the other two, I just wanted to give a little perspective. Last to be called out has always occupied the 3rd position in the semi (Ireland?). She just represents Cyprus. Happy enough with the qualifiers but the show and staging looked really bad accross the board. Is still art. The camera, what shows at top, stopped working, but they fixed it right before, when Elina sings the last note. Its the most fair for small countries. Your comment sounds like the last will and testament. I doubt that the language was the problem. About the stage: I’m actually very happy with this choice of no LEDs, just lighting + AR. Greece felt short in staging and vocals. The organization is flawless and the arena is magnificent. Yianna has a beautiful voice so I was expecting confident vocals as in Greece 92 and 95 (similar songs). This just was a very tough semi-final, any outcome would have been an injustice to someone. I was hoping that with the pared back music video this year that they’d be able to toss a little more into the staging budget. Meet Your Eurovision … Albania’s Eugent Bushpepa had been a fan favourite ever since he won Festivali i Kenges back in December. The stage was very good and the organization in general looked absolutely decent, at a normal standard. The song, perfect; the staging, her voice, her capability to give to this song the emotions needed, not so much. It is so bad to be eliminated, nor do I want to see the crying reactions of those who have been eliminated. 2:20. and Bulgaria/Estonia/Czech Republic will not win this year. I kind of agree; it’s a poor year looking at the songs and the production is cheap; what a boring night last night. Don’t get me wrong I like the song and Saara is a nice person, but that performance is a mess and will end most probably on the right side, if it wasn’t for the Nordic countries, UK and Ireland, I would predict a bottom 5 for Finland. We are still individuals and no Borg hive. The reveal was stressful, it was intense, but we have our final finalists for Eurovision 2021! Only one question: will it be a 3 contenders match (Big 5 entry) or only 2: that’s the question. The last time it sat out the final was in 2016 in Stockholm. I feel the exact opposite All was good and the results was the best. The following ten countries have qualified for the Grand Final (in order of announcement): Nine countries — Azerbaijan, Iceland, Belgium, Belarus, F.Y.R. Now you’re going to be pretentious and say that it didn’t happen. Don’t worry – you are not welcome! The EBU initially announced on 7 November 2017 that forty-two countries would participate in the contest. It was good, I prefer this tbh than those LEDS on steroids and epi-attack lights. And while his fans have consistently been behind him, even some of them worried that the staging may not be enough to push him through. This is the most stupid comment i ve seen lately… What a show! That is the light one uses today. It’s right the opposite. Who decides what is ”the right dose”? The ten finalists will participate in the Grand Final this Saturday alongside the ten countries who will qualify in the second Semi-Final this Thursday, as well as the ‘Big Five’ and host country Portugal. Macedonia, Croatia, Greece, Armenia and Switzerland — didn't make it through the Semi-Final. Ireland’s Ryan O’Shaughnessy. In the rehearsals they used dancers more, and were accused of having a crowded staging, full of creepy dancers. I have the feeling you’re belgian. I only missed Belgium and Greece. You should take a visit to China to see how welcomed gays and lesbians are among teenagers. Obviously all of this is just speculation because Bulgaria in their semi was called out 1st. Cari Paris. All images on www.wiwibloggs.com are readily available on the internet and believed to be in public domain. When her song was over, I knew it was dead. But at the same time its a TV show about singing. And you’re right, it’s a shame that people get bitter and start dishing out blame. YOU must understand that it doesn’t work that way. Semi-Final One of Eurovision 2021 is over and we now have the first ten qualifiers progressing to Saturday night. The acts are so much more creative this years. The next one will be more exciting to watch heh heh. If Ryan was alone, I swear he was not. You’re aware camera work is chosen by countries themselves, right? Sometimes songs and perfomers don’t match. 1. And 2nd of all, the staging was unexistent, no implication in that, the result is absolutely normal. the area and stage are not working well. Ten lucky qualifiers can now look forward to Friday and Saturday while six acts have to face that their Eurovision 2021 journey unfortunately ended here. 3:11. But then you don’t get gems like 2011 and this year. . Some people are so bitter about Greece and Belgium, but for me I get it. Eurovision 2017 Semi Final 2׃ MY QUALIFIERS Random Order. The people… yuck! Australia did. She never said she was rejected because she’s Albanian, both her and Tamta (who is from Georgia) are rumored every single year. This means that jurors were not specifically picking ten songs in each semi-final, but ten songs overall. YouTube: YouTube Data API v3 has not been used in project 864824727489 before or it is disabled. How bad was the sound when the presenters were speaking! I don’t think Yianna and Sennek performed well, both vocally and in their expressions. In your opinion then Switzerland never deserved to go to the final? sorry for my innocent question but would it be possible that the bookies already have the detailed results of the SF 1 ? Foureira is huge here, one of the best performers in the country and the public has always wanted eleni to represent us. But that is eurovision. This Is my prediction of Semifinal 1. France deserves LED, and the same any other song in competition has the right to show better its ideas.… Read more », At this point this discussion is just going in circles. With a strong semi-final, it was however obvious that we tonight would see some good songs leave the competition. You can tell yourself that ESC is a song competition, but is a TV SHOW. But I tried to be as objective as possible with all the songs, so I didn’t say that because I dislike it. and the message was perfectly transmitted! william why you were not happy when you heard that israel qualified???????? I watched Eurovision live in midnight in China. This is true. Russia confirmed their return after their absence the previous edition, while Macedonia's participation was provisionally blocked by the EBU due to unpaid debts by its national broadcaster. Please write in the comments who are your qualifiers It might not be your taste, but to call it garbage is stupid. But i’m not expert, so yeah. Happy that… Read more ». I love you Switzerland !!!! If it was all about perfromnace, then Franka would have gone through, but she hasn’t, has she? After his tasteful and atmospheric performance, haters are definitely eating their words. PS Unless you are an immigrant in Greece you don’t have any right to pull the race card and make such offensive generalizations. Now it is clear: Cyprus is a very strong contender for the final victory (I suspect that bookies got the jury and televoters results). The 10 qualifiers include Lithuania, Israel, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Albania, Cyprus, Ireland, Finland and Austria. People expect from you to deliver a complete and total SHOW. 19 songs competed for the 10 tickets to the Grand Final on Saturday 12 May 2018. LED is no sin, it is part of artistic expression. I hope Hungary is not stolen like Switzerland was. agree with you but i think vocally he is lacking anyway. , I find this a very well reasoned analysis. What an obnoxious and condescending comment. For me it is all about the song and the vocals. She nailed her song, but I spent the performance waiting for something more to happen during her song. In 50 years I suppose LEDs will be so old-fashioned, so whatever, I can live without LEDs this year, it’s not the end of the world.. ”effects of LED etc should help elevate a song that is good, it should not be used as a crutch for weak songs is what I am trying to say.” —————————————- You can’t decide what song is good and deserves LED, and what song is weak, and doesn’t deserve the help of LED. Another year without my favorite country in the final. That is it for the first Semi-Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest! Iceland – Good voice, good artist, however absolutely nothing could have saved not just a dated song, but also… Read more ». ESC is past the era of generic ethnic pop songs performed by a hot lady, they simply don’t do as well as they did back in 2003-2009. Netta for sure is the best artist in the contest…i think they are not using the dancers good enough..they have also anazing personality but thier shots are to far so they get lost…i hope they will improve this…these are the improvments israel need in order to win cause Netta is once in a life time artist. Wouter van Vliet / 9th May 2018 at 01:09 / Eurovision Song Contest, Gallery Straight after the first Semi-Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, the 10 qualifiers had their press conference. The bookies wrote him off long ago. 3 yıl önce | 1 görüntüleme. Nope, I have seen Estonian performances and there was camera angles that failed, also Belarus rose trick was little bit off to me. Based on that camera shot of them looking glum though, they really did want to qualify. Sad for Switzerland and Belarus only. All text herein is property of the web site and may not be copied or reproduced without explicit permission. Don’t know if anyone still mentioned, but kudos to Saara Aalto performance! Last night it looked extremely cheap and I had the feeling I was 20 years back in time. Two years ago she said that her grandfather was Greek and confirmed that she felt herself Greek, even though she was born in Albania. NORWAY (WHAT HORROR!) I want Switzerland in the final !!!!!!!!! Idiots are everywhere. Oh, I have to disagree. And yes, France is two weird mimes dressed in black, that move their hands like they want to throw something. haha the worst fans ever…. Congratulations to Estonia, Lithuania, Albania and Cyprus, good luck in the final !!!!! On a personal note, I am so delighted for Eugent. Another surprise? Imo none of them wanted to express Albanian nationalism but it… Read more ». Saara, you are so right about Estonia. Tweet. Also the staging was shocking and the rose concept so dated. Real emotion, and a staging that fitted the song. And I’m sure Austria weren’t 3rd in their semi last year. Main site: Follow us for more #eurovision videos and news:Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: Pinterest: Tumblr: Snapchat: wiwibloggs In second semi Switzerland could pass easely. Everything is very practical for the best effect now. What the hell were Belarus thinking by changing the tempo of the song for the semi final. Israel’s Netta Barzilai dropped a cappella sounds before a wall of Japanese maneki-neko cats. There was a bit of controversy about the photo with Eugent with the Albanian eagle, because it’s sometimes used as a sign for Albanian nationalism, and because she always claims that she feels Greek. Belgium seemed to me really bad, I mean these moves, this dress, c’mon. I don’t like Ireland at all, Ryan seems to be very arrogant and the song is a bit… Read more ». If it tells something is that Lithuania hasn’t been borderline, maybe even top 3. Awesome voice, stage presence and experience, she got it all. I might have been wrong cause last night she put it right on stage. Your wish may come true this year! What is the point of these massive stages?! A country like Switzerland will only go to the final if it sends garbage like Austria, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Israel sent. It’s the perfect size actually. and i find that the mixing between the colours of her dress during the second half of her performance and the background stage was not beautiful The 10 qualifiers include Lithuania, Israel, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Albania, Cyprus, Ireland, Finland and Austria. and now they qualify almost every year. Switzerland is never going to the final, I want them in the final with a great song as they always offer us! Crazy. You picked exactly the one that was one of the best…. And she looked like that lady from the video indeed (beautiful and elegant). I thought Greece was one of the better performances tonight but I can understand that, with the technical issues it had during their past rehearsals, they weren’t able to create the vision they want to go with in bringing the song to life. Eleni was the victim of a political farce which is a very common thing in Greece, especially with this government. POLAND. And Russia in 2016 were called out 2nd. We react to the Eurovision 2018 semi-final 1 results inside the press centre in Lisbon. Please enable JavaScript to view the I agree, it was great to see traditional staging for once. I knew greeks were gonna claim Eleni is greek after Yianna Terzi failed to qualify. I am also loving Lisbon. MOLDAVIA Not surprised at all by the non-qualification of greece But we love the rest of the world. Simplicity worked so well! Destination Eurovision: Here are the Semi-Final 1 Qualifiers! The stage was really messy sometimes. LEDs are so 2000’s. But there are a lot of other channels for Chinese Eurovision fans to watch such as Netease Music or B Website and so on. The whole package matters. News by eurovisionunion January 14, 2018 January 14, 2018 It was the national final that fans worldwide were looking forward to, and now we know the first qualifiers for France’s national selection, Destination Eurovision. Semi 1 was not so dramatic. 1:03. Worst staging of the night for sure. Voting: Combination of 50% televoting and 50% national juries. Czech Republic did not go through the cause of music, it was trash, music, singer and stage. Croatia was disappointingly empty. Albania, Ireland and Lithuania had performances that were genuine. Eurovision 2018: Semi-Final 1 Qualifiers (Reaction) Perfect Video. But on all the rest the show is one of the bests maybe in five years or so. Portugal is being very avant-grade by not having LEDs. You won’t get it from me though! Sri Lanka vs Netherland - Womens World T20 Qualifiers Semi Final. Azerbaijan was underwhelming so its non-qualification was a pleasant shock of a surprise. If you consider your self having good taste in music you are watching the wrong competition. And this year it was made clear that Greek lyrics is a must. So many great songs to choose from… it was so sad seeing amazing songs out of the final. I was rooting for Switzerland, Azerbaijan, Iceland, Macedonia, and Belarus. Cyprus going to make the biggest impact in Lisbon on Saturday!!! Yes, you’re right, I dislike not Netta (which is a great singer from what I was listening from her) but ‘Toy’ simply because it was a big favourite for a message which is even not suited for our days, not for its music. I got that, and I agree in Franka’s case. Sorry but I do not agree. Fellow Albanian, Eleni Foureira from Cyprus!?!? They’re overused (especially by greece) and mostly outdated. They need to sort that!! I will never forgive Portugal for not having LED. It remains on my ESC playlist even past non-qualification. That is it for the first Semi-Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest! The tension rose when the qualifiers of the first Semi-Final were announced. Did the song really need much on stage to happen? can argue about elina, a LOT people said that it would be way better without the dress and with some more movement and different staging. Franka’s song couldn’t be saved. The best thing we will NEVER only get televoting again. Only 5 of my top 10 qualified. The public broadcaster is the one who kept rejecting her. Well said! The stage feels really modern and and contemporary with lots of identity, which the previous didn’t have. They fixed it, But, it was little late, just my humble opinion. I think Ireland was called out last for suspense simply because a lot of folks did not expect them to qualify. European Broadcasting Union, Sheila Foster. You need subtitles like Meta Moro, or images/pictures on screen. Who was done wrong? China, the one country that really needs gay marriages since they have 200 million more men than women due to selective abortions from their birthing policy, they are the ones who censor it. My ESC 2012 Semi-final 1 qualifiers. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use. But that day will surely come. Random lights. Azerbaijan – Nice staging, good efforts, a good interpretation live, a quite pleasant surprise. It’s almost as boring as the Albanian that write in every single comment “Go Eugent, Go Eleni, Go Albanian” … in fact it seems just stupid. Belgium was bad (people could not have patience with her shyness, like they had with Blanche, enough is enough, send a good performer), and Greece was Jamala wanna be (give me a break). All countries participating in Semi-final 1 could vote along with three pre-qualified countries ( Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom – determined by allocation draw ). You may dislike Netta and Toy as much as you want, but the staging was brilliant, perfect. The last 3 announced were those who weren’t sure qualifiers. This is what Europe thinks when they think about Greece, just like a summer vacation. If Franka, who was also all alone, had performed either Greece or Belgium these songs would still be contenders. We can disagree but with good language :). The people who hated her on youtube are not necessarily the very same people who love her now. Can you explain why so much hate? The have a lot of small Japanese cats and 3 dancers who act like 3 monkeys. Ukraine back in 2016 were also called out 5th. the camera angles during elina’s performance were not satisfying at all; They pulled a 2015 when they held out on Israel and Latvia at the last minute. Now I cannot choose between France and Lithuania…, Okay, I couldn’t watch the show yesterday so I watched it for the first time this afternoon, without looking at the odds or hearing any news about the qualifiers. The music was catchy BUT Marijah was not suited to it. For me it’s obvious that this is because the staging, I don’t say I might be wrong. , its funny how Estonia just copy/paste J Lo dress trick , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcZklMr57lM, J Lo is not the first one to do that either, bye. But everything else was amazing. And Netta is filmed close now, the camera is focused on her like in the official video. About your comment on Finland’s performance – she came second in the X-Factor UK, a competition she HAD to sing live, Have you watched her performance on X-Factor Finland, Eurovision Party in Amsterdam and in Lithuania? This is the WORST Eurovision! Ukraine just won overall based on the final. And davve and Dennis and so many other nicknames. Qualification: The best 10 songs qualify for the Grand Final. The early light LEDs has developed. They focus on dancers only when Netta leaves the looper and changes her place on stage. But hey, I can not take you seriously because you think its ok to say Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Israel are “garbage” . LED is art too. Can somebody explain to me in all honesty how… Read more », And that is why you post your opinion? I wished them success and the lady said – actually Ieva is my daughter. It really is about the quality of the song and performance of the artists + a hint of modernity with AR elements. I think it was worse than last year. But hype had subsided and the bookies thought he was out. And Estonia’s Elina Nechayeva hit the highest of high notes while wearing a a 60,000 euro projection dress. Yes, different from the goblin that his country (Sweden) trash will sing in the semi2. Fuego is an exception solely because Foureira’s stage performance is on a whole new level but Greece (or any country for that matter) can’t pull out that kind of performance every other year because Foureira is the… Read more ». On these websites we can watch the whole version. iI m little bet more realistic and Lithuania was between 8-10 place. Completely out! So there’s definitely a… Read more ». That’s the problem right there.