Did the ‘napkin of death’ do its job?
Ever since Karen, Brian, Milija and I travelled to Belgrade for Eurovsion back in 2008, we have attempted to predict who we think will survive the semi-final phase of the ESC, and make it to the grand final. This started with pen and a napkin (duh) over dinner, and so a ritual was established. We try to be flashy and do it on a laptop, but it’s just not the same.
Apologies for posting the votes from ‘team Oslo’ a day late. We did rather well last year, but I think that my lack of Eurovision mojo is reflected in my success last night! Here are our predictions. For this semi-final it’s Karen, Apostolos, Milija and myself predicting that the following would go through…
01 MOLDOVA
We all said YES! We were all right!
02 RUSSIA
I was the only one to say no. I got it wrong (swapped it for Estonia at the last minute!).
03 ESTONIA
Apostolos and I said YES – we were wrong!
04 SLOVAKIA
We all said YES – we were all wrong!
o5 FINLAND
We all said YES – we were all wrong!
06 LATVIA
I said YES – and guess what, I was wrong!
07 SERBIA
We all said YES – and we were all RIGHT!
08 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
I was the only one to say NO – and I was wrong!
09 POLAND
We all said NO – and we were all RIGHT!
10 BELGIUM
We all said YES – and we were all RIGHT!
11 MALTA
I was the only one to say YES – and I was wrong!
12 ALBANIA
I was the only one to say NO – and I was wrong!
13 GREECE
We all said YES – and we were all RIGHT!
14 PORTUGAL
We all said NO – and we were all wrong!
15 F.Y.R. MACEDONIA
We all said NO – and we were all RIGHT!
16 BELARUS
Only Milija said YES – and he was RIGHT!
17 ICELAND
We all said YES – and we were all RIGHT!
So, that’s 6/10 for me, isn’t it. A moderate prediction! I’d like to say that I’ll do better on Thursday – but that’s the better semi-final and the songs are much stronger. ‘Team Oslo’ are disappointed that Slovakia and Estonia didn’t get through. Latvia deserved not to get through – she sounded really flat in the arena.
Team Olso, out…