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I crossed my fingers for ... and I feel sorry for Poland! The entries, which I didn't like at all from the first semi are

Bonjour Benjamin, my name is Martin. I'm sorry, but I'm a German. I am from Hamburg (Northern Germany), but I do live in Austria. My name is Martin - I might should do some advertising among my Austrian friends to join the forum...

I avoid to watch the rehearsals this year - I want to have the "fresh" impression of the staging/singing during the shows like it was back in the "old" times... My ranking is based on the studio versions - I didn't even watch the videos...

Hello everybody, I am new to this forum - I am a huge fan of the Olympic Games and Eurovision as well. I had been to London and Rio in 2012 and 2016 - furthermore I had been to Düsseldorf 2011, Malmö 2013, København 2014, Wien 2015, Stockholm 2016 and Lisboa 2018. I follow Eurovision since 1976 closely and the Olympics since Sarajevo 1984. I cross my fingers for the following six songs/countries to qualify from semi 1: Hrvatska, Ireland/Eire, Lietuva, Luxembourg, Polska, Slovenija I cross my fingers for the following two songs/countries to qualify from semi 2: Nederlanden, Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera My favourite TOP TEN this year: France, Hrvatska, Ireland/Eire, Italia, Lietuva, Luxembourg, Nederlanden, Polska, Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera, Slovenija