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I will add my "5 cents". Olympics will not be cancelled, it's too late for that, too much qualification events are happening or already finished, 75% of athletes already qualified and prepare for life time chance to earn the medals. We had also many other sport events which weren't "super-spreader" and the Games also won't be this super-spreader as IOC and WHO are trying made Olympic Village and sport venues the safest places in the world right now. Japanese people and opposition parties are blaming current government for fourth wave, they have right, because Japan NEVER had proper lockdown as almost every country in the world had in March-April and then in October-January. Such things like banning drinking alcohol outside, closing shops after 21:00 and home office are laughable restrictions. If they would introduced real lockdown way earlier now Japan would have similar number of cases as Australia and New Zealand have. Also having 6k-9k cases per day in country with such huge population is laughable too. They are acting as people would die on the streets and nobody can't get help from nurses and doctors... Most of countries at such number of cases opened everything and are trying return to normal life. But all those protest doesn't make any sense as it would hurts the athletes the most (they will be for 99% separated from Japanese citizens) and cancelling the Games will not improve current situation and additionaly it would destroy worldwide good opinion of country of Japan, which always was presented as the best prepared country to everything and the most developed, sometimes few years above the rest of the world. The real chance for improving situation is vaccination system which doesn't work in Japan, why? Such smart and well behaved people like Japanese are afraid for vaccines? Hilarious, really. Without those vaccines they will have dozens more waves and will never ends there.

I'm sad that Dadi and his band wont be able perform live, second year when they will miss the chance. I hope that if they will qualify to final, which is almost sure, then they will be able to be in the stage. delegation is released from quarantine and will be able to perform tonight in jury show and tomorrow at main show.

Yes

Hi Kamil. I sadly will not compete in the Olympics, I lost chance to qualify via two events, I was first underline at World Championships and in the final regatta I was third missing quota by one place and 2 seconds...

rower Natan says hi.

Also, it's first time ever (from 2015 to be clear) that will miss the final. Not surprise at all but still something.

With and not qualified to final will try save honor of ex-Yug countries in the final. I hope that Hurricane will make it, Loco Loco recently growed on me very much.

I like French song too but I don't get hype around

I'm sorry for Lesley and Roxen for staying in semifnal, I liked their songs But congrats to finalists, most of these songs which I wanted to have in final are there.

Which two other songs are in your top5?

I would want to see in final

Stunning !! I love those Arabic sounds. Efendi deserve to be at least on top5 in final!

Good performance from Roxen, I hope that she will qualify to final

What the hell Eden have on her head?

was good but the outfits are one, big meh

Eleni have big chances to bring another top5 result for in the final

just passed and in odds

@OlympicIRL what do you think about Lesley performance?

Lesley is so happy to be here I like her song but the performance wasn't the best, sadly

I have the same with Belgium and Serbia

Now it's time for live-on-tape performance.

Amazing performance from well done!

Good to see flags here despite the country is absent this year.

Ahh, @Werloc should be there now, but let's see if The Roop will manage the final.

It's so nice to see fans inside arena