Eurovision Song Contest 2012: Baku, Azerbaijan

Visit My Last FM Page · by **MichielMC** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:08 pm

greek_boy wrote:Safety Net: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HUcsJtLdf4

Would You: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTMLb_mI ... aOhgLO5Ro=

I voted for safety net. Really dumb choice to take the other track. It has less appeal.

http://www.last.fm/user/britlutzn · by **nyla** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:33 pm

Offical video for Croatian entry:

Nina Badric - Nebo

It wouldn`t surprised me if they go with 2Cellos for ESC preformance since they added cellos to song.....

by **Terence** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:13 pm

Whatever happened to the Azeri original song title?

San Marino have been disqualified - song has to be changed!

Belgium's song is nice, maybe way too nice!

Azerbaijan - sounds like 'Drip Drop' in some verses! I love the backing music. As a song it's decent but it doesn't have that oomph factor!

The British entry will be aired tomorrow at 10:00am (UK time)

by **Noahh** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:41 pm

I like the Belgian entry! I'm not sure if it's gonna get them through to the final though!

by **poriel** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:53 pm

I think San Marino's better change the song name like Sweden did in 1987 (Fyra bugg och en Coca-Cola -> Boogaloo)

by **VoteMe** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:01 am

UK's entry: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eurovision/2 ... ideo.shtml

I think its alright actually...

by **summer** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:00 am

nyla wrote:Offical video for Croatian entry:

Nina Badric - Nebo

It wouldn`t surprised me if they go with 2Cellos for ESC preformance since they added cellos to song.....

Nebo means sky? Eurovision is a guilty pleasure for language nerds 8-)

by **GeorgeDK** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:31 pm

Engelbert Humperdinck - Love Will Set You Fee 8-)

by far the best song and the strongest vocals this year

http://www.last.fm/user/britlutzn · by **nyla** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:34 pm

JustForMe wrote:
nyla wrote:Offical video for Croatian entry:

Nina Badric - Nebo

It wouldn`t surprised me if they go with 2Cellos for ESC preformance since they added cellos to song.....
Nebo means sky? Eurovision is a guilty pleasure for language nerds

Yes, nebo means sky

by **jafetsigfinns** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:18 pm

Icelandic Video

by **greek_boy** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:50 pm

oh no

I wanted "Safety net" to represent Belgium in Baku :cry:

The Icelandic song sounds better in Icelandic than English! :roll:

I really like Azerbaijan's ballad!!

much better than "Running Scared"!

UK entry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFNv9pjqZkk

another wonderful ballad

UK will be very high on the scoreboard in the final.

by **ginnyfan** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:15 pm

I love Nina's song, she's my favorite definitely now. When I heard the first version of the song it was such a disappointment but this new version is amazing.

Anyway, she's probably the best singer from this region, has most quality.

by **oye_up** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:22 am

This is the official video for the Spanish entry, so the final version of the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL-s0eRRYTE

Enjoy it!

by **Terence** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:47 am

Running order will be drawn today!

by **Frederic** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:23 pm

The draw for the first Semi-Final:

01. Montenegro
02. Iceland
03. Greece
04. Latvia
05. Albania
06. Romania
07. Switzerland
08. Belgium
09. Finland (wildcard)
10. Israel
11. San Marino
12. Cyprus
13. Denmark
14. Russia
15. Hungary
16. Austria
17. Moldova
18. Ireland (wildcard)

The draw for the second Semi-Final:

01. Serbia
02. FYR Macedonia
03. The Netherlands
04. Malta
05. Belarus
06. Portugal
07. Ukraine (wildcard)
08. Bulgaria
09. Slovenia
10. Croatia
11. Sweden
12. Georgia
13. Turkey
14. Estonia
15. Slovakia
16. Norway
17. Bosnia & Herzegovina
18. Lithuania (wildcard)

The Grand Final:

01. United Kingdom
09. France
10. Italy
13. Azerbaijan
19. Spain (wildcard)
20. Germany

by **Frederic** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:47 pm

The draw for the first Semi-Final:

01. Montenegro
02. Iceland
03. Greece
04. Latvia
05. Albania
06. Romania
07. Switzerland
08. Belgium
09. Finland (wildcard)
10. Israel
11. San Marino
12. Cyprus
13. Denmark
14. Russia
15. Hungary
16. Austria
17. Moldova
18. Ireland (wildcard)

The draw for the second Semi-Final:

01. Serbia
02. FYR Macedonia
03. The Netherlands
04. Malta
05. Belarus
06. Portugal
07. Ukraine (wildcard)
08. Bulgaria
09. Slovenia
10. Croatia
11. Sweden
12. Georgia
13. Turkey
14. Estonia
15. Slovakia
16. Norway
17. Bosnia & Herzegovina
18. Lithuania (wildcard)

The Grand Final:

01. United Kingdom
09. France
10. Italy
13. Azerbaijan
19. Spain (wildcard)
20. Germany

by **Terence** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:17 pm

LOL Montenegro drawn first for the third time running!

Jedward are lucky again!

Bosnia & Norway have got great draws too! Iceland I'm worried about now!

by **Frederic** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:50 pm

Ah well - the running order has become less relevant anyway since the voting is open throughout the competition!

by **Frederic** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:47 pm

Now that I've heard all the songs, I think 2012 is the best year since 2009!

by **Terence** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:53 pm

We still have to wait for San Marino!

From today's draw, Ireland, Moldova, Russia, Romania and Denmark are guaranteed qualifiers in Semifinal 1.

Bosnia-Herzegovina & Norway are lucky from semifinal 2!

by **Terence** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:36 pm

Front page updated with newly-released videos and the running order!

Personal current ranks:

01. (**) Bosnia & Herzegovina
02. (03) Italy
03. (02) Slovenia
04. (01) Iceland
05. (04) Spain
06. (**) Serbia
07. (06) Cyprus
08. (**) Romania
09. (**) Greece
10. (05) Croatia
11. (11) Norway
12. (**) Sweden
13. (**) Azerbaijan
14. (07) Denmark
15. (10) Latvia
16. (18) Belarus
17. (13) Germany
18. (14) Hungary
19. (**) Russia
20. (**) Moldova
21. (16) Ireland
22. (20) Turkey
23. (17) France
24. (**) United Kingdom
25. (08) Estonia
26. (**) Belgium
27. (09) Netherlands
28. (24) Malta
29. (**) Portugal
30. (12) Bulgaria
31. (23) Ukraine
32. (21) Switzerland
33. (15) Israel
34. (19) Finland
35. (26) Austria
36. (25) FYR Macedonia
37. (28) Albania
38. (**) Slovakia
39. (22) Lithuania
40. (27) Georgia
41. (**) Montenegro

by **Fragola** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:50 pm

The final Italian version. It's bilingual afterall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K8PB8eI ... e=youtu.be

Does San Marino need a little help to re-write the text? We can offer our help...and probably manage to do better than their previous writers

As for the draws, I think
- Belgium and Finland risk to cancel each other out as 2 soft ballads one following the other
- Good for Denmark, away from similar songs
- good for Bosnia as it's separated from the other Balkan ballads. So not good for Croatia/Slovenia
- not good for Bulgaria to immediately follow Ukraine.

by **Frederic** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:59 pm

The Ukrainian entry reminds me of Freefallin' by Zoë Badwi! :lol:

by **Thriller** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:36 am

Out of what I've heard so far I think Sweden have a great entry with a massive chorus and Cyprus have done well at tapping into the sound of the last 12 months. Spain have a strong ballad, France for once are sending something that's pretty good, Italy is catchy, Ireland is a rip-off "When You're Looking Like That" by Westlife, very dated.

by **glamdoll** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:51 pm

i didnt expect to like Uk entry, but it's absolutely beautiful song. Its simple, emotional with wonderful lyrics. Best of luck to UK.