{"id":1104,"date":"2014-05-08T13:26:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T12:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2014-05-08T13:26:16","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T12:26:16","slug":"eurovision-circus-and-the-bearded-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2014\/05\/08\/eurovision-circus-and-the-bearded-lady\/","title":{"rendered":"#Eurovision circus and the bearded lady&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is a rather\u00a0British obsession\u00a0to feel the need to relay information about\u00a0the weather here in Copenhagen. FYI, on Wednesday it was a mixed day of rain showers and sunny spells. More rain than sun, it has to be said.\u00a0That said, even on a damp day it&#8217;s a beautiful city&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-05-20.30.05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1124\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-05-20.30.05-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2014-05-05 20.30.05\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-05-20.30.05-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-05-20.30.05-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>The main business of the day on Wednesday was to attend the first dress rehearsal of the second semi-final. Travelling to and from the arena from my hotel takes approximately 30 minutes. Good metro links take us to the city centre, then we hop on the bus to &#8216;Eurovision island&#8217;. A short walk to the arena and we we&#8217;re back in the thick of it.<\/p>\n<p>The atmosphere was really manic for this visit. This is not as a result of the press and fans, more that there were thousands of excitable school children who had been taking part in a singing competition of their own. It looked like primary schools competing with each other. Clearly they had stayed on for the afternoon for the dress rehearsal. It was nice to feel their energy and enthusiasm &#8211; and at times their cheering was deafening. It must surely have given the performers a lift.<\/p>\n<p>So here are my thoughts about the runners and riders for the second semi-final, which you can see on BB3 at 8pm in the UK, or via www.eurovision.tv.<\/p>\n<p><strong>o1.\u00a0Firelight &#8211; Coming Home (Malta)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a style=\"color: #ff4b33\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.12.18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1106\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.12.18-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2014-05-07 15.12.18\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.12.18-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.12.18-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is a\u00a0gentle start to the second semi, but still a melodic and catchy song from Malta. We will be clapping along in the arena, and I am sure that you will be at home. \u00a0Watch the video below to see the poignancy of song, and it&#8217;s link to the 100th anniversary of the start of WW1. It should make it through to the final.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Firelight - Coming Home (Malta) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qxi5C-lGX2Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>02.\u00a0Mei Finegold &#8211; Same Heart (Israel)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a style=\"color: #ff4b33\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.15.32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1107\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.15.32-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2014-05-07 15.15.32\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.15.32-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.15.32-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A good effort from Israel this year &#8211; there have been some strange song choices from them in the last two years. Uptempo and well performed by singer Mei. There are a few entries in this semi-final that could cancel each other out (for example this with Macedonia), but I would like to see this in the final, as we could do with a few more uptempo tracks in the mix.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mei Finegold - Same Heart (Israel) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_uB4JMw4ctc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>03.\u00a0Carl Espen &#8211; Silent Storm (Norway)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a style=\"color: #ff4b33\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.20.22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1108\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.20.22-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"2014-05-07 15.20.22\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.20.22-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.20.22-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I hope you are playing spot the performer in my pictures, by the way!<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the best songs in the whole competition. It might be a case of &#8216;too good for Eurovision&#8217;, but that is usually said by people who really don&#8217;t appreciate the strength of the songs that are in the mix. Carl Epsen has great tone to his voice, with simple stage presentation. It should sail through, probably with the assistance of the national juries, but I hope that the viewers voting tonight &#8211; including the UK &#8211; will get behind this beautiful song.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carl Espen - Silent Storm (Norway) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2LBOjxBty8U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>04.\u00a0The Shin &amp; Mariko &#8211; Three Minutes To Earth (Georgia)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a style=\"color: #ff4b33\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.24.15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1109\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.24.15-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"2014-05-07 15.24.15\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.24.15-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.24.15-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are always kookie songs in Eurovision. This is one of them! It&#8217;s all kind of crazy: a bit folky, a bit Jethro Tull sounding, with a Charlie Dimmock lookalike on vocals. Oh, and a parachute for whatever reasons. \u00a0It is hashtag bonkers! Surely it will be taxi for Georgia&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Shin &amp; Mariko - Three Minutes To Earth (Georgia) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o9ixkdkbieU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #000000\">05.\u00a0Donatan &amp; Cleo &#8211; My S\u0142owianie &#8211; We Are Slavic (Poland)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a style=\"color: #ff4b33\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.27.03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1110\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.27.03-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2014-05-07 15.27.03\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.27.03-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.27.03-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>When you view the music video (below) for the Polish entry you will be entertained and appalled in equal measure. Or appalled. Or entertained. And you may well think, as most of us do, &#8220;You can&#8217;t do that!&#8221;. The performance on stage, and the television presentation of it, is similarly\u00a0inappropriate. And entertaining.\u00a0Never before on the Eurovision stage will you have seen such inappropriate churning and scrubbing. No really, seeing is believing. Or disbelieving!<\/p>\n<p>As for the song, I quite like it. Reminds me a bit of Gwen Stefani&#8217;s &#8220;Hollaback Girl&#8221;, and it&#8217;s catchy for sure. \u00a0But has the whole package done the\u00a0best for the song? What do you think?! \u00a050-50 whether it goes through.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Shin &amp; Mariko - Three Minutes To Earth (Georgia) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o9ixkdkbieU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>06.\u00a0Conchita Wurst &#8211; Rise Like A Phoenix (Austria)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a style=\"color: #ff4b33\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.35.47.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1111\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.35.47-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"2014-05-07 15.35.47\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.35.47-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.35.47-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is one of may favourite songs of the year, even outside the &#8216;Eurovision bubble&#8217;. Regular readers of my popblog will know that. My dear friend Carol Poole is also a big fan. You might well be intrigued by the performer, Conchita Wurst. Yes, she is a singer in a fabulous dress, with great hair and a beard. This is how she describes herself.<\/p>\n<p>#Why not!\u00a0#We&#8217;re open minded enough to cope with that. #It sounds like a Bond theme. #Shirley Bassey should record it.<\/p>\n<p>Having blogged earlier about how permissive and openminded this Contest is in terms of LGBT, let&#8217;s hope that people listen to the song as much as judge it on Conchita&#8217;s fabulous performance, rather than dismissing it because a drag queen is performing. It&#8217;s in my top ten on my napkin of death today, 110%. We will see it again in the final.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix - ?? Austria - Official Music Video - Eurovision 2014\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ToqNa0rqUtY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>07.\u00a0Vilija Mata\u010di\u016bnait\u0117 &#8211; Attention (Lithuania)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a style=\"color: #ff4b33\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.38.27.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1112\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.38.27-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2014-05-07 15.38.27\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.38.27-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.38.27-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(apols for the blurry\u00a0photo!)<\/p>\n<p>This is all a bit too &#8216;shouty&#8217; for me. And not the best song. I can&#8217;t see this in the final, you might!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vilija Mata\u010di\u016bnait\u0117 - Attention (Lithuania) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PWi0zF6bFto?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>08.\u00a0Softengine &#8211; Something Better (Finland)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The kids went *wild* in the arena for this one, and you will see why. Great song, great performance. The kids are all right on this one &#8211; it&#8217;ll sail through to the final. Boyband good looks and a room full of pre-teens, you can imagine the screaming! Oh wait &#8211; that was the Eurofans&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a style=\"color: #ff4b33\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.42.30.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1114\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.42.30-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2014-05-07 15.42.30\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.42.30-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.42.30-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>09.\u00a0Can-Linn (feat. Kasey Smith) &#8211; Heartbeat (Ireland)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blimey. It&#8217;s twenty years since the Eurovision Song Contest introduced the world to Riverdance. Not that I saw any of that interval act at the time &#8211; I was on the telephone to my best friend Rachel discussing who we thought would win that year! You will hear and see the celtic influence in their entry once again this year. It doesn&#8217;t sound\u00a0particularly fresh and the staging uses the usual, and perhaps now slightly too contrived\/cliche elements. It&#8217;s borderline whether it&#8217;s going through or going home&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a style=\"color: #ff4b33\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.45.50.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1115\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.45.50-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2014-05-07 15.45.50\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.45.50-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.45.50-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Can-Linn (feat. Kasey Smith) - Heartbeat (Ireland) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zc14AzCXUgQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>10.\u00a0Teo &#8211; Cheesecake (Belarus)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">I met this chap yesterday. It&#8217;s funny how much smaller in real life people seem after you&#8217;ve seen them on the telly! One of my top ten songs of the year. The video is\u00a0fun and a bit tongue-in-cheek. The performance is way more sophisticated and smooth. That said, Robin Thicke should\u00a0ask for his suit back! No blurred lines here though, I think this will make it through&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a style=\"color: #ff4b33\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.50.17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1116\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.50.17-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2014-05-07 15.50.17\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.50.17-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.50.17-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Teo - Cheesecake (Belarus) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Qe7YmYgowM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>11.\u00a0Tijana Dap\u010devi\u0107 &#8211; To The Sky (F.Y.R. Macedonia)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As I said earlier, this and Israel may well spilt votes as they are quite similar. It&#8217;s a good effort, well styled and presented. That said, I don&#8217;t find the song particularly memorable. You might have seen Tijana and my buddy Paul Jordan on BBC3 during the semi-final broadcast on Tuesday, being interviewed by Scott Mills. She seems like a great personality, and that might carry the song through. I&#8217;m not convinced&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a style=\"color: #ff4b33\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.54.21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1118\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.54.21-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"2014-05-07 15.54.21\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.54.21-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.54.21-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tijana Dap\u010devi\u0107 - To The Sky (F.Y.R. Macedonia) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest Official Video\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ak73KTgy9nE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>12.\u00a0Sebalter &#8211; Hunter of Stars (Switzerland)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not clapping or tapping to this one &#8211; we&#8217;re whistling! That&#8217;s the main hook of the\u00a0song. The video below really doesn&#8217;t do it justice. Luckily the performance it strong, so it should entertain you, and on the recap the whistling hook should attract votes. Going through, I think&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a style=\"color: #ff4b33\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.58.24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1119\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.58.24-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2014-05-07 15.58.24\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.58.24-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-15.58.24-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sebalter - Hunter of Stars (Switzerland) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kjWG0oNpWog?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>13.\u00a0Freaky Fortune feat. Risky Kidd &#8211; Rise up (Greece)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the best songs in the whole competition. For sure we will see this in the final. Look carefully at my photo. It&#8217;s a spot-the-ball type thing: can you see the trampolining man? You will tonight&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a style=\"color: #ff4b33\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-16.06.37.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1120\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-16.06.37-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2014-05-07 16.06.37\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-16.06.37-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-16.06.37-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Freaky Fortune feat. 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That might be good enough to get her to round two&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a style=\"color: #ff4b33\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-16.08.21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1121\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-16.08.21-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2014-05-07 16.08.21\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-16.08.21-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-16.08.21-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tinkara Kova\u010d - Round And Round (Slovenia) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZMpNkCOMaGU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>15.\u00a0Paula Seling &amp; Ovi &#8211; Miracle (Romania)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paula and Ovi did rather well representing Romania back in 2010, finishing a very respectable third place with a better song than they have this time around. If I was Will.i.am or one of the\u00a0Black Eyed Peas I would call the lawyers\u00a0&#8211; it&#8217;s more than a bit similar to their song &#8220;I Gotta Feeling&#8221;. See what you think. \u00a0Going through for sure, but keep an eye out for the least convincing piano\/keyboard during the performance. Who are they kidding &#8211;\u00a0looks like a piece of painted circular MDF!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a style=\"color: #ff4b33\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-16.17.59.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1122\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-16.17.59-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2014-05-07 16.17.59\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-16.17.59-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2014\/05\/2014-05-07-16.17.59-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paula Seling &amp; Ovi - Miracle (Romania) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RYfyMkwTLPg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So, by the end of the evening there will be ten songs left, and we will lose five. 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