Federer91 2,282 Posted April 22, 2016 #91 Share Posted April 22, 2016 26 minutes ago, africaboy said: What do you think? Of course it doesn't matter now for this year contest - just curiosity. I slightly prefer Moment of Silence to be honest. I think before it was pulled it was on the fence of qualifying, maybe 9-12 place. But like others have said, EBU should have taken that decision either before this year, or after the show, not 2 weeks when the guy has done promotion and expected his participation etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezbee2008 809 Posted April 22, 2016 #92 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Yeah, this is unfortunate for Ovidiu, being in the center of this whole fight between the EBU and TVR. I mean, yes, the EBU should've picked a better time to withdraw services for TVR due to them defaulting on their debt, but at the same time, TVR should've at least made payments since the EBU had been asking for the money. Either way, it's messed up and I can only feel for Ovidiu after everything he has done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,282 Posted May 2, 2016 #93 Share Posted May 2, 2016 First rehearsals today. So far i've read that Armenia has got an awesome staging and that their odds have increased significantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,282 Posted May 3, 2016 #94 Share Posted May 3, 2016 (edited) Okay, semi-final 1 is done with their first rehearsals, so i'll give my thoughts from the short clips. 100% qualifying - Russia, Armenia, definately first and second in this semi-final. Iceland and Malta are also going through, though Ira could go down a few notches from pre-rehearsals, but she will have no problem qualifying. Big improvements that put countries in contention - Greece, Netherlands and Czech Republic. Greece has a bad song, but their staging is a vast improvement and they are surrounded by duds, so with them being very popular country i think they will squeak in, which i didn't think before. Netherlands and CR have a simple, but classy staging and with the good singing performance it will make an impression surrounded with all the visual stuff from others. I think juries will rank them pretty high. Countries that lose positions - Croatia and Azerbaijan. Croatia was a front-runner in the beginning of the campaign, but Ninas weird space video first and now that weird asian dress and very bland staging has it losing positions fast. It can qualify, but i won't be surprised if it is this years big flop from pre-season favouritism. As for Azerbaijan, just Samra looking amazingly beautiful () won't cut it, she needs to sing properly too. I read that she has the flu, but that rehearsal was dead awful. Could we see Azerbaijan not qualifying for the first time? Countries with no change - Hungary, Cyprus, Estonia. I was very optimistic that these three would qualify, but now i'm not so sure that all three will make it. Nothing drastical happened, but they didn't struck me that much. 100 not qualifying - San Marino, Montenegro, Moldova (though i liked the nice routine they have, but that won't be enough), Finnland, Bosnia and Austria. If i had to pick the 10 finalists - Russia, Armenia, Iceland, Malta, Hungary, Cyprus, Greece, Croatia, Czech Rep. and Netherlands. I'm reserving to make changes after the second rehearsals. Edited May 3, 2016 by Federer91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,900 Posted May 3, 2016 Author #95 Share Posted May 3, 2016 57 minut temu, Federer91 napisał: Okay, semi-final 1 is done with their first rehearsals, so i'll give my thoughts from the short clips. 100% qualifying - Russia, Armenia, definately first and second in this semi-final. Iceland and Malta are also going through, though Ira could go down a few notches from pre-rehearsals, but she will have no problem qualifying. Big improvements that put countries in contention - Greece, Netherlands and Czech Republic. Greece has a bad song, but their staging is a vast improvement and they are surrounded by duds, so with them being very popular country i think they will squeak in, which i didn't think before. Netherlands and CR have a simple, but classy staging and with the good singing performance it will make an impression surrounded with all the visual stuff from others. I think juries will rank them pretty high. Countries that lose positions - Croatia and Azerbaijan. Croatia was a front-runner in the beginning of the campaign, but Ninas weird space video first and now that weird asian dress and very bland staging has it losing positions fast. It can qualify, but i won't be surprised if it is this years big flop from pre-season favouritism. As for Azerbaijan, just Samra looking amazingly beautiful () won't cut it, she needs to sing properly too. I read that she has the flu, but that rehearsal was dead awful. Could we see Azerbaijan not qualifying for the first time? Countries with no change - Hungary, Cyprus, Estonia. I was very optimistic that these three would qualify, but now i'm not so sure that all three will make it. Nothing drastical happened, but they didn't struck me that much. 100 not qualifying - San Marino, Montenegro, Moldova (though i liked the nice routine they have, but that won't be enough), Finnland, Bosnia and Austria. If i had to pick the 10 finalists - Russia, Armenia, Iceland, Malta, Hungary, Cyprus, Greece, Croatia, Czech Rep. and Netherlands. I'm reserving to make changes after the second rehearsals. I would swap Netherlands for Estonia and then your 10 finalists are the same as are mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,900 Posted May 3, 2016 Author #96 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Here are links for videos with first rehearsals of songs competing in first semifinal and rehearsal of host country: Finland Greece Moldova Hungary Croatia Netherlands Armenia San Marino Russia Czech Republic Cyprus Austria Estonia Azerbaijan Montenegro Iceland Bosnia and Herzegovina Malta Sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikolaB 411 Posted May 3, 2016 #97 Share Posted May 3, 2016 After first rehearsals in first semi my top 10 is: 1. Russia 2. Armenia 3. Czech Republic 4. The Netherlands 5. Hungary 6. Cyprus 7. Iceland 8. Estonia 9. Austria 10. Croatia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander 53 Posted May 3, 2016 #98 Share Posted May 3, 2016 (edited) Semi #1: 1. Czech Republic 2. Armenia 3. Russia 4. Estonia 5. Malta 6. Hungary --- everyone else. Edited May 4, 2016 by Xander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaniSRB 896 Posted May 4, 2016 #99 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Bosnia will go with the fence on stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,611 Posted May 4, 2016 #100 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Haven't listened to all the songs, but Iceland is by far my favourite so far in the semi final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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