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San Marino giving massive points to Italy, who knew. Greece already voted for Cyprus before the vote even opened

God the Underpant Band is....yeah. Next

What's with the Slovenians shaving but not shaving their 'moustaches'?

That super suggestive pose Armenia ended with, damn

Australia is fantastic this year

I know they don't have a serious chance, but I would definitely also be happy with as winner

I've already had some (port, not beer), maybe that helps But still, Finland would be such a fantastic closing of the evening, whereas Loreen would be a bit of a downer...

This is REALLY the song of the evening that should be played after the winner has been announced, the ultimate party song

Finland!

I watched Sweden together with my parents and we all agreed Loreen sounded very...odd. Nasal, sort of. Very uneasy on the ear

To be fair to that: odds for last place are often a lot harder to get right than the odds for first place.

I genuinely don't get why Albania is dead-last in the odds lists. I mean, sure, I can get why they're not the favourite, but seriously...last?!

Which is fun, because basically only Albania is lower in the odds

Loreen is the top favourite, but it sounded....unpleasant (in my ears). The song is kinda nice, but her voice sounded so forced...

Serbia showing why it's one of the bottom countries in the bookmaker lists.

Oddly enough it's made by the same team as Switzerland's song, which is the exact opposite: probably quite a lot of jury points but no televoting points

Apparently the Polish song is actually entirely in English. Who knew. And of course 'Show ya' rhymes with 'Solo'. This could be the first of the songs that get quite some televoting points (hello Polish diaspora all over Europe ), but barely any - if any at all - jury points.

That was as boring as expected with this kind of course. I read that they will now use footage of today's stage to replace the waterboarding in Guantanamo Bay.

Will the Germans in the peloton be allowed to go up the Gran Sasso today?

To be fair, Duncan showed that even a relatively unknown artist can have a fantastic performance, so I'm fine with not sending big stars for the sake of it. It is good to see recent years though, Anouk really did sort of turn the tides with her participation.

I had never in my life heard of the Dutch duo of this year, whose names I actually will have to Google if I want to incorporate them into this answer I feel like the girl is....Mia? Nia? No idea about the guy. In 2018 we had Waylon and in 2015 Trijntje Oosterhuis. Can't say they're superstars, but at least they were pretty well known (especially Waylon) Anouk in 2013 was the only time I remember we really had a big name with a well-known career participating. Edit: of course there was 2014 with The Common Linnets, who were not at all a known duo, but individually Waylon and especially Ilse DeLange were definitely well known.

So, one slight surprise in Georgia being out, and the rest went perfectly according to the odds

Georgia and Slovenia to round it out. Oh Armenia, of course Estonia and Albania are both through, so Georgia or Slovenia will be out.

That whole intermezzo is when I started catching up on some of today's sports...

Never understood why some acts like to focus on the music instruments so much, considering they're not actually being played