The highlight of the musical year – Eurovision 2016 is almost upon us and having reviewed all the entries here are my predictions of who will qualify from Semi Final One to go on to compete in the grand final in Stockholm…which I will be attending!

From each semi final only 10 acts will qualify to the grand final. The Big Five countries (UK, Italy, France, Spain and Germany) and the host country (Sweden) will automatically get to the final.

These are my predictions to qualify, watch the videos in the playlist below and then take a look underneath for all song reviews for the semi final…

My qualifiers…

AUSTRIA – “LOIN D’ICI” BY ZOË

 

AZERBAIJAN – “MIRACLE” BY SAMRA

 

CROATIA – “LIGHTHOUSE” BY NINA KRALJIĆ

 

CYPRUS – “ALTER EGO” BY MINUS ONE

 

CZECH REPUBLIC – “I STAND” BY GABRIELA GUNČÍKOVÁ

 

ESTONIA – “PLAY” BY JÜRI POOTSMANN

 

MALTA – “WALK ON WATER” BY IRA LOSCO

 

MOLDOVA – “FALLING STARS” BY LIDIA ISAC

 

RUSSIA – “YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE” BY SERGEY LAZAREV

 

THE NETHERLANDS – “SLOW DOWN” BY DOUWE BOB

These two were border line but I had to let them go…

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – “LJUBAV JE” BY DALAL & DEEN FEAT. ANA RUCNER AND JALA

 

HUNGARY – “PIONEER” BY FREDDIE

And all the others…

ARMENIA – “LOVEWAVE” BY IVETA MUKUCHYAN

 

FINLAND – “SING IT AWAY” BY SANDHJA
GREECE – “UTOPIAN LAND” BY ARGO

 

ICELAND – “ICEBREAKER” BY AGNETE

 

MONTENEGRO – “THE REAL THING” BY HIGHWAY

 

SAN MARINO – “I DIDN’T KNOW” BY SERHAT

 

What do you think? Let me know who you think will qualify in the comments below and don’t forget to tune into my live tweets @PopAndTalk on Twitter during the live show 9th May 20:00 GMT

Written by Steve

I’m Steve and live in a village called Alford (home of Emeli Sande & birthplace of the Aberdeen Angus cow) in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. I currently work in the IT industry (yawn) I just want to share my ideas, findings and general reflections with whoever wants to listen.