Semi Final 2 - 24th May 2012

If he wanders around the stage with the drunken looking wander they could sink,if they qualify its going nowhere in the final if thats the stage show,wandering around pissed.You can get Romania in a match bet with Turkey with StanJames at 6/5.Thats awesome value.

From escbet...

I’m not going to spend much time writing this, pretty much because mulling over this semi has taken up far too much of my day already…and it looks set to take up most of tomorrow too...

Only bet so far is 3pts Belarus not to Qualify @ 1.91 with Betfred who are holding the price for quite a while. More tomorrow…

Btw I really like the Belarus song, but their presentation is hopeless.

Ranking at the moment:

18th - Netherlands
17th - Bulgaria
16th - Slovakia
15th – Belarus
14th - Malta
13th - Croatia
12th - Portugal
11th - Georgia
10th - Macedonia
9th – Lithuania
8th - Slovenia
7th - Estonia
6th - Ukraine
5th - Norway
4th - Turkey
3rd - Bosnia
2nd - Serbia
1st - Sweden

Those pesky Georgians are occupying my thoughts tho - someone tell me I'm mad...

The ten qualifiers from the second semi-final are Lithuania,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Serbia,Ukraine,Sweden,FYR Macedonia,Norway,Estonia,Malta and Turkey.
The eight non-qualifiers are Slovenia,Netherlands,Croatia,Bulgaria,Portugal,Belarus,Slovakia and Georgia.
The biggest shock was the failure of Slovenia to qualify due to poor choreography;conversely Malta profited from a better stage performance and the collapse of the Slovakian entry.I know the late money was on Belarus not to qualify:why remains a mystery.
I would expect Sweden to win the Final on Saturday night. Its main rivals are all female vocalists with similar songs,so why not place the different genre first. I don't think Zeljko is strong enough to beat Loreen.