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
