Eurovision Song Contest 2010

In about 20 minutes or so, the 1st semi-finale of the ESC 2010 starts in Oslo, Norway. The 2nd semi-finale is on the 27th. The finale is on Saturday. 25 countries will participate in the finale. Some countries are already qualified for the finale. The other countries are competing in two semi-finals in order to qualify for the finale. Many millions all over the world will watch these shows



Wikipedia: Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Official website




1st Semi-finale

17 countries participate tonight and 10 of them will qualify for the finale.


1 - Moldova
2 - Russia
3 - Estonia
4 - Slovakia
5 - Finland
6 - Latvia
7 - Serbia
8 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
9 - Poland
10 - Belgium
11 - Malta
12 - Albania
13 - Greece
14 - Portugal
15 - Macedonia
16 - Belarus
17 - Iceland



Here is the thread from last year (when Norway won) :
Eurovision 2009 - A Comic Masterpiece

2nd semi-finale

17 countries participate in the 2nd semi-finale (on the 27th) :


1 - Lithuania
2 - Armenia
3 - Israel
4 - Denmark
5 - Switzerland
6 - Sweden
7 - Azerbaijan
8 - Ukraine
9 - Netherlands
10 - Romania
11 - Slovenia
12 - Ireland
13 - Bulgaria
14 - Cyprus
15 - Croatia
16 - Georgia
17 - Turkey

The following countries are already qualified for the finale (on Saturday) :


Spain
Norway
United Kingdom
France
Germany

Of the 17 songs tonight, I think these were the best (in no particular order) :

Slovakia
Greece
Macedonia



The voting ends in 2 minutes.

These 10 countries from the 1st. semi-final will advance to the the final (29 May) :


Bosnia and Herzegovina
Moldova
Russia
Greece
Portugal
Belarus
Serbia
Belgium
Albania
Iceland


These are out of the game:

Estonia
Slovakia
Finland
Latvia
Poland
Malta
F.Y.R. Macedonia

These two were voted out and will unfortunately not participate in the final on Saturday. Why these two were voted out, and some certain others were voted in instead, I have no clue. It must be a conspiracy. I mean, i.e. Serbia's contribution (really? Whaaaa??), and Iceland (granted, the lady can sing. But the song was boring and not so original). But lets see on Saturday how it goes...


Slovakia (Kristina - Horehronie) :


FYR Macedonia (Gjoko Taneski - Jas ja imam silata) :

Originally posted by Hellmutt
These two were voted out and will unfortunately not participate in the final on Saturday. Why these two were voted out, and some certain others were voted in instead, I have no clue. It must be a conspiracy. I mean, i.e. Serbia's contribution (really? Whaaaa??), and Iceland (granted, the lady can sing. But the song was boring and not so original). But lets see on Saturday how it goes...

I'm here!!

To be honest Hellmutt; a large portion of the music on Eurovision Song Contest is so "pop" and overproduced, tired approach, appealing to senior citizens and preteen girls; I find it very hard to muster any interest.

However the production values are great and there is a feeling of festiveness and any event that fosters the drinking of alcohol and pretty women being showcased warrants one of these guys

Also worth mentioning...
It is so refreshing to see European fashion and urban style. Real class!




[edit on 26-5-2010 by whaaa]

The 2nd semi-final starts in 1 hour and 10 minutes. Just a headsup. These will participate tonight, and 10 of them will advance to the final:


1 - Lithuania
2 - Armenia
3 - Israel
4 - Denmark
5 - Switzerland
6 - Sweden
7 - Azerbaijan
8 - Ukraine
9 - Netherlands
10 - Romania
11 - Slovenia
12 - Ireland
13 - Bulgaria
14 - Cyprus
15 - Croatia
16 - Georgia
17 - Turkey



edit: Because I was off by one hour. It doesn't start in 10 minutes, but 1 hour + 10 minutes

[edit on 27 May 2010 by Hellmutt]

10 minutes left of voting (2nd semifinal). IMO, the best songs tonight were: Ukraine, Sweden and Azerbaijan. I'll be very surprised if any of these should not advance to the final. I liked Ukraine best.

These 10 countries from the 2nd. semi-final qualified for the final (29 May) :


Georgia
Ukraine
Turkey
Israel
Ireland
Cyprus
Azerbaijan
Romania
Armenia
Denmark


These are out of the game:

Lithuania
Switzerland
Sweden
The Netherlands
Slovenia
Bulgaria
Croatia

I predict that this one will be the winner of ESC 2010, but let's see on Saturday...


Alyosha - Sweet People (Ukraine)

Sweden is in shock today. This is the first time they are not qualified for the ESC final (since their debut in 1958).




Eurovision 2010 2nd Semi Final recap


Eurovision 2010 1st Semi Final recap

attention sdog!!!

I require a full explanation on this homo erotic performance by greece!!!

ATTENTION SERBSTA!!
I require a full pls eaplin on Serbias hair, clothes and general offensiveness, no wander we fought a war my brother.....

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Was it the black booties?

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Brokeback Mykanos

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:bash:

That's what happens when I play that... lol

I don't know what they're thinkin' choosin that manakin, honestly, facepalm.

The final will start in 1 hour + 40 minutes from now. Here are the 25 contestants, and they'll play in the following order:


01 - Azerbaijan
02 - Spain
03 - Norway
04 - Moldova
05 - Cyprus
06 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
07 - Belgium
08 - Serbia
09 - Belarus
10 - Ireland
11 - Greece
12 - United Kingdom
13 - Georgia
14 - Turkey
15 - Albania
16 - Iceland
17 - Ukraine
18 - France
19 - Romania
20 - Russia
21 - Armenia
22 - Germany
23 - Portugal
24 - Israel
25 - Denmark


May the best song win!

Go Ireland!!

The eurovision is hilarious, its so bad its good.



Edit to add - its not a fair contest nowadays anyway, lots of countries giving the highest scores to their neighbours

Ireland has won it alot in the past tho

[edit on 29-5-2010 by Lady_Tuatha]

The final starts now!


I hope that Ukraine will win, as I believe it's the best song. Her performance in the semi-final was perfect. I hope that she'll make no mistakes tonight.