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Romania didn't get the 12 from Moldova? Find out why on Eyewitness News

Hosting doesn't guarantee a good placing in the contest, so GB should just consider themselves lucky.

Morning, people. Wow did not expect a 12 right off the bat, so thank you @Griff88, also thanks @vovanA and @bestmen for 2 points each, @dcro for 7 (happy birthday btw) and @Werloc for 11. Also, well done bestmen on your presentation. We can always count on you to bring this contest to life

Well done on the ceremony, @uk12points Russia and Team USA finally got together a few days ago before heading to Brighton tonight for the show Anyway, good luck to everyone tomorrow.

Liam Dutton made pronouncing Llanfair-or-whatever-it-is-called-and-however-you-spell-it-but-i-am-too-lazy-to-copy-and-paste look easy, and not just because the dude is from Wales.

I can't say I'm surprised, but it's always sad to see a country withdraw. In this case, however, that was Russia's own doing. They knew what they were planning and with the intent on making Ukraine look bad next to them. But Russia won't get all of the blame. The EBU dropped the ball on this issue big time. They were in the position to at least mitigate this situation, but decided not to. So, while I have little hope Ukraine and Russia will change their ways, I'm certain the top guns from the EBU and Eurovision will find themselves out of the job come this summer.

Welp, missed opportunity... But we're fine in Sherwood Forest xD

Sherwood Forest... it's a very interesting place. I have to admit, it was tiring getting here from New York. We might go over to Nottingham to meet up with Russia (unless they decide to come to us first), and no, no-no-no-no, Trump will not be discussed because we ain't here for that.

Yeah, I look forward to seeing where team USA will stay and who we pair up with

Guam 1st Issue -- When I Know You're Lying This was difficult, mainly because the only artist from Guam that pretty much 1/5 of the world knows is Pia Mia, but you know me, I tend to back away from the really popular ones unless it's the only option available.

Yes, well done, @dcro, on those stats

I'm down for that

Almost US$27 for pizza? That's like me buying 5 large pizzas and two Coca-Cola bottles from a local pizza shop. That pizza better be good for it to be worth $27

US Virgin Islands Fusion Band -- Get On Pretty easy. Now the search is on for Guam.

I might do the US territories this time, so I guess it's and but not making any promises

In my case, I had this one already made up as soon as it was released.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39354775 Welp, the shitstorm has begun. Ukraine decides to ban Julia Samoylova from entering the country because of her 2015 visit to Crimea. Honestly, both countries are at fault. Ukraine used a dumb law against her, but at the same time, Russia set themselves up for this issue. That's how I see it. I feel bad for Julia, but if it is, it is. Personally, since Russia isn't among my qualifiers this year, I could care less.

I'm working on my top 43 video. It's almost done, just gonna find those special characters some of the contestants have in their names and change the timestamps on others, but I think I did enough for one night.

Yeah, I sent my votes in this morning.

LOL!!!

Usually I wait until all the songs have been chosen so that I could start listening to them, so I set aside the first weekend of voting available to host a listening session. Next weekend I relisten to the shortlisted songs. The weekend after that, which is usually before the deadline, is when I send in my votes. I'm still on the second stage tho. It's all about time and your gut feeling at the moment.

The song is not that great. I think most will agree on this. However, having following a lot of Eurovision fans on Twitter, this announcement has brought out the worst in them... one of them misspoke about booing her because of her ability to sing and is trying to save face (but a few of them arguing with him see through his bullshit). Some others are saying that she is a puppet used by Russian TV to gain sympathy since Ukraine is hosting. And some are comparing her to Monika Kuszynska (spelling?) from 2015. Overall, the reactions from the fans were a mess. And they didn't behave like this when Australia joined the contest

WTF is a San Marino? At this point it should be called 'San Monetta' Seriously, I'm shook. By her, not the song. At least there's an American on board, but it's not saying much, Also, @Werloc I hate to break this to you, but having seen tops from others on the internet, looks like your country will be #43 for like 90% of the time, so it's just a heads up.

While it is true I often divert from the ever popular superfan opinions of the songs chosen, I think I will have to listen to your country's entry a few times before I can firmly decide to love it or not, but actually so far it's one of the better ones. Unfortunately I only have the live version, which makes it hard for me to form an opinion, but once I do get it, I'll let you know.

If nothing else of interest arises (apart from Bulgaria, which even that I'm not expecting much) I think it looks like I'll be heavily backing Iceland this year.