2018 Eurovision Semi 2 Live Thread - Now That's How A Song Goes Wrong

[allezfred]

Live Stream (Geo blocked in certain countries)

Running Order:

01 Norway Alexander Rybak That's How You Write A Song 0
02 Romania The Humans Goodbye 0
03 Serbia Sanja Ilić & Balkanika Nova Deca 0
04 San Marino Jessika featuring Jenifer Brening Who We Are 0
05 Denmark Rasmussen Higher Ground 0
06 Russia Julia Samoylova I Won't Break 0
07 Moldova DoReDoS My Lucky Day 0
08 The Netherlands Waylon Outlaw In 'Em 0
09 Australia Jessica Mauboy We Got Love 0
10 Georgia Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao For You 0
11 Poland Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer Light Me Up 0
12 Malta Christabelle Taboo 0
13 Hungary AWS Viszlát Nyár 0
14 Latvia Laura Rizzotto Funny Girl 0
15 Sweden Benjamin Ingrosso Dance You Off 0
16 Montenegro Vanja Radovanović Inje 0
17 Slovenia Lea Sirk Hvala, ne! 0
18 Ukraine MELOVIN Under The Ladder 0

Less than 30 minutes to go!

 

[shah]

The title . Honestly, I wouldn't mind if Rybak didn't qualify with this piece of garbage of a song...

Btw, there are only 4 countries left which would always qualify from the semi - Russia, Romania, Ukraine and Australia. Until Tuesday, it used to be 5 (Azerbaijan) - will we see more history in the making tonight?

 

[Aerobicidal]

I am rooting against Norway and Sweden. Go Latvia and Hungary! Go drinking wine at 2:00 p.m. on a weekday!

ETA: Meant to say Slovenia, not Latvia.

 

[Finnice]

Sweden is a big disappointment. They usually have good songs.

 

[Aerobicidal]

These hosts are giving the least compelling performance I've seen since the last time Sonia Lafuente skated.

 

[Jenya]

I was over Rybak's fiddle shtick in 2009 and it's even worse this time around

 

[Hanna]

Ok, I am completely out of the loop when it comes to semi 2. Rybak????

 

[Aerobicidal]

Step 1: Make whimsical faces that make me want to punch you.
Step 2: Mime playing musical instruments while looking happy and smug.
Step 3: Scat.

That's how you make me slam my wine.

 

[cocotaffy]

Now that's the semi final I know best having voted for this. Keep an eye for Moldova, my most Eurovison song pick of this 2018 batch. It wins the Yodeling prize for me.
Otherwise, go Hungary and Latvia (love her voice)

 

[Aerobicidal]

I love that Romania's entry is "Goodbye" by The Humans. What finished second in their national qualifier? "Song" by The Singer?

 

[Jenya]

I guess that's one way to get around the rule limiting the number of people on stage

 

[Finnice]

Mr Finnice is disappointed that Romania has not real rubber suit dancers.

 

[Jenya]

Serbia should just send Zeljko Joksimovic every year rather than cheap knockoffs

 

[cocotaffy]

They read the memo about picking a traditional instrument played by an older person

 

[Finnice]

Mr. Finnice feels Serbia is a good sedative. Fine. Now I can snark chez FSU. But I agree with him.

 

[Jenya]

San Marino brought a robot instead of Valentina this year?

 

[Aerobicidal]

"We are who we are/ And who we are is who we wanna be."

Someone deserves a Nobel Prize for Literature.

OMG This rap! It makes "Take That" from Teen Witch look like NWA by comparison.

 

[cocotaffy]

Those robots, what the heck This was sponsored by Elon Musk.

 

[cocotaffy]

The best rap session since the Fresh Prince from Will Smith

 

[Finnice]

I miss Valentina Monetta.

 

[cocotaffy]

Has San Marino ever qualified to the final ?

 

[Aerobicidal]

Has San Marino ever qualified to the final ?

Valentina Monetta made the final in one of her 37 attempts.

 

[cocotaffy]

He's a cross between Ragnar and Jared Leto

 

[Lorac]

Denmark are like a bunch of Vikings in leather coats!!!

 

[Aerobicidal]

These Vikings couldn't sail across an Olympic-sized pool.

And I love how their "choreography" is slowly walking in place.

 

[cocotaffy]

Denmark are like a bunch of Vikings in leather coats!!!

...walking on higher ground too

 

[Finnice]

The Vikings are so nonsexy that I cry.

 

[cocotaffy]

The Vikings are so nonsexy that I cry.

Main reason why I picked Denmark so I could avoid voting for non sexy Vikings, how dare they ?

 

[Lorac]

The Vikings are so nonsexy that I cry.

They drove me to the kitchen for a glass (bottle) of wine!!!

 

[Aerobicidal]

They drive me to the kitchen for a glass (bottle) of wine!!!

I had a bottle in front of me before this thing started.

I'm glad that Samoylova got to compete here, but the song is shit and her singing is noticeably off-key.