Moopyvision 2021: the semi finals - THE RESULTS

[Dark Carnival]

SAM TEEN UP!

 

[ButterTart]

SAM TEEN UP!

No, there’s nothing up but thanks for asking.

 

[Soldi]

I don’t THINK I’m worried about any personal faves dropping out here. Even Belgium has a few fans now.

 

[Diddy]

 

[Iguana]

 

[ZenGiraffe]

(I kind of want his jumper)

 

[D5K]

RIGHT I think that's enough time dithering... now is the time that 39 become 26 (hmmm... not quite as catchy is it?).

 

[D5K]

It's been a wild ride watching the votes coming in, and some songs did move a fair bit in the order in the second half of the voting. But as the results are now locked I can start the reveal, and because it was universally accepted as being "the shit one" I'm going to start with semi final 2!

 

[Iguana]

*the S.hit one

 

[dmlaw]

I don’t know why semi final two is considered the shit one. I found it a lot easier to vote in semi one. It just had a lot of underachieving big name countries.

 

[D5K]

We'll get 13 qualifiers from this bunch of 20 songs, meaning that we lose 7:

Albania: Anxhela Peristeri - Karma
Austria: Vincent Bueno - Amen
Bulgaria: Victoria - Growing Up Is Getting Old
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Omaga
Denmark: Fyr & Flamme - Øve os på hinanden
Estonia: Uku Suviste - The Lucky One
Finland: Blind Channel - Dark Side
France: Barbara Pravi - Voilà
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - You
Greece: Stefania - Last Dance
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - 10 Years
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - The Moon Is Rising
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Sugar
Poland: Rafał - The Ride
Portugal: The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side
San Marino: Senhit feat. Flo Rida - Adrenalina
Serbia: Hurricane - Loco Loco
Spain: Blas Cantó - Voy a quedarme
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Tout l'Univers
United Kingdom: James Newman - Embers


In no particular order our first qualifier is...

San Marino: Senhit feat. Flo Rida - Adrenalina

 

[D5K]

San Marino: Senhit feat. Flo Rida - Adrenalina
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Albania: Anxhela Peristeri - Karma
Austria: Vincent Bueno - Amen
Bulgaria: Victoria - Growing Up Is Getting Old
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Omaga
Denmark: Fyr & Flamme - Øve os på hinanden
Estonia: Uku Suviste - The Lucky One
Finland: Blind Channel - Dark Side
France: Barbara Pravi - Voilà
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - You
Greece: Stefania - Last Dance
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - 10 Years
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - The Moon Is Rising
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Sugar
Poland: Rafał - The Ride
Portugal: The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side
Serbia: Hurricane - Loco Loco
Spain: Blas Cantó - Voy a quedarme
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Tout l'Univers
United Kingdom: James Newman - Embers


Next out of the hat we have...

France: Barbara Pravi - Voilà

 

[D5K]

France: Barbara Pravi - Voilà
San Marino: Senhit feat. Flo Rida - Adrenalina
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Albania: Anxhela Peristeri - Karma
Austria: Vincent Bueno - Amen
Bulgaria: Victoria - Growing Up Is Getting Old
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Omaga
Denmark: Fyr & Flamme - Øve os på hinanden
Estonia: Uku Suviste - The Lucky One
Finland: Blind Channel - Dark Side
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - You
Greece: Stefania - Last Dance
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - 10 Years
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - The Moon Is Rising
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Sugar
Poland: Rafał - The Ride
Portugal: The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side
Serbia: Hurricane - Loco Loco
Spain: Blas Cantó - Voy a quedarme
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Tout l'Univers
United Kingdom: James Newman - Embers



Also making it to the final is:

Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - 10 Years


(still stuck in their hotel room)

 

[D5K]

France: Barbara Pravi - Voilà
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - 10 Years
San Marino: Senhit feat. Flo Rida - Adrenalina
-----
Albania: Anxhela Peristeri - Karma
Austria: Vincent Bueno - Amen
Bulgaria: Victoria - Growing Up Is Getting Old
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Omaga
Denmark: Fyr & Flamme - Øve os på hinanden
Estonia: Uku Suviste - The Lucky One
Finland: Blind Channel - Dark Side
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - You
Greece: Stefania - Last Dance
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - The Moon Is Rising
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Sugar
Poland: Rafał - The Ride
Portugal: The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side
Serbia: Hurricane - Loco Loco
Spain: Blas Cantó - Voy a quedarme
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Tout l'Univers
United Kingdom: James Newman - Embers




Joining those three in the final comes...

Austria: Vincent Bueno - Amen

 

[Iguana]

oh.

 

[D5K]

Austria: Vincent Bueno - Amen
France: Barbara Pravi - Voilà
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - 10 Years
San Marino: Senhit feat. Flo Rida - Adrenalina
-----
Albania: Anxhela Peristeri - Karma
Bulgaria: Victoria - Growing Up Is Getting Old
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Omaga
Denmark: Fyr & Flamme - Øve os på hinanden
Estonia: Uku Suviste - The Lucky One
Finland: Blind Channel - Dark Side
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - You
Greece: Stefania - Last Dance
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - The Moon Is Rising
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Sugar
Poland: Rafał - The Ride
Portugal: The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side
Serbia: Hurricane - Loco Loco
Spain: Blas Cantó - Voy a quedarme
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Tout l'Univers
United Kingdom: James Newman - Embers




I'll do one more reveal then we can eliminate a couple of songs from the running. However at this stage the fifth song making the Moopyvision 2021 final is...

Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Tout l'Univers

 

[D5K]

Not much difference between those lasst two minipops, apart from the perm.

 

[D5K]

Austria: Vincent Bueno - Amen
France: Barbara Pravi - Voilà
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - 10 Years
San Marino: Senhit feat. Flo Rida - Adrenalina
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Tout l'Univers
-----
Albania: Anxhela Peristeri - Karma
Bulgaria: Victoria - Growing Up Is Getting Old
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Omaga
Denmark: Fyr & Flamme - Øve os på hinanden
Estonia: Uku Suviste - The Lucky One
Finland: Blind Channel - Dark Side
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - You
Greece: Stefania - Last Dance
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - The Moon Is Rising
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Sugar
Poland: Rafał - The Ride
Portugal: The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side
Serbia: Hurricane - Loco Loco
Spain: Blas Cantó - Voy a quedarme
United Kingdom: James Newman - Embers


Let's flush out the bottom two songs now (this stage always confuses a couple of people who don't read things properly).

The bottom two songs in this semi were...















...all a bit Iberian:

19 - Spain: Blas Cantó - Voy a quedarme - 19 points
20 - Portugal: The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side - 14 points

 

[OutSynk]

I don’t know why semi final two is considered the shit one.

It had Iceland, France and Switzerland.

 

[Soldi]

France: Barbara Pravi - Voilà
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - 10 Years
San Marino: Senhit feat. Flo Rida - Adrenalina
-----
Albania: Anxhela Peristeri - Karma
Austria: Vincent Bueno - Amen
Bulgaria: Victoria - Growing Up Is Getting Old
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Omaga
Denmark: Fyr & Flamme - Øve os på hinanden
Estonia: Uku Suviste - The Lucky One
Finland: Blind Channel - Dark Side
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - You
Greece: Stefania - Last Dance
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - The Moon Is Rising
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Sugar
Poland: Rafał - The Ride
Portugal: The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side
Serbia: Hurricane - Loco Loco
Spain: Blas Cantó - Voy a quedarme
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Tout l'Univers
United Kingdom: James Newman - Embers




Joining those three in the final comes...

Austria: Vincent Bueno - Amen

WHAT?!?!?!

 

[Dark Carnival]

Austria: Vincent Bueno - Amen
France: Barbara Pravi - Voilà
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - 10 Years
San Marino: Senhit feat. Flo Rida - Adrenalina
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Tout l'Univers
-----
Albania: Anxhela Peristeri - Karma
Bulgaria: Victoria - Growing Up Is Getting Old
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Omaga
Denmark: Fyr & Flamme - Øve os på hinanden
Estonia: Uku Suviste - The Lucky One
Finland: Blind Channel - Dark Side
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - You
Greece: Stefania - Last Dance
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - The Moon Is Rising
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Sugar
Poland: Rafał - The Ride
Portugal: The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side
Serbia: Hurricane - Loco Loco
Spain: Blas Cantó - Voy a quedarme
United Kingdom: James Newman - Embers


Let's flush out the bottom two songs now (this stage always confuses a couple of people who don't read things properly).

The bottom two songs in this semi were...















...all a bit Iberian:

19 - Spain: Blas Cantó - Voy a quedarme - 19 points
20 - Portugal: The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side - 14 points

GOOD

 

[dmlaw]

I do feel that Spain is a bit unjustly criticised. It’s actually a little better than the Swiss song in my book.

 

[D5K]

Austria: Vincent Bueno - Amen
France: Barbara Pravi - Voilà
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - 10 Years
San Marino: Senhit feat. Flo Rida - Adrenalina
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Tout l'Univers
-----
Albania: Anxhela Peristeri - Karma
Bulgaria: Victoria - Growing Up Is Getting Old
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Omaga
Denmark: Fyr & Flamme - Øve os på hinanden
Estonia: Uku Suviste - The Lucky One
Finland: Blind Channel - Dark Side
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - You
Greece: Stefania - Last Dance
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - The Moon Is Rising
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Sugar
Poland: Rafał - The Ride
Serbia: Hurricane - Loco Loco
United Kingdom: James Newman - Embers
-----
19 - Spain: Blas Cantó - Voy a quedarme - 19 points
20 - Portugal: The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side - 14 points


Back onto the qualifiers now... the next song progressing is:

Serbia: Hurricane - Loco Loco

 

[Iguana]

Give me some


SUGAR

 

[Iguana]

Serbia: Hurricane - Loco Loco

YES!!

 

[Iguana]

The state of them in that drawing

 

[D5K]

The state of them in that drawing

I scrolled straight past them when trying to find the Serbian image.

 

[D5K]

Austria: Vincent Bueno - Amen
France: Barbara Pravi - Voilà
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - 10 Years
San Marino: Senhit feat. Flo Rida - Adrenalina
Serbia: Hurricane - Loco Loco
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Tout l'Univers
-----
Albania: Anxhela Peristeri - Karma
Bulgaria: Victoria - Growing Up Is Getting Old
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Omaga
Denmark: Fyr & Flamme - Øve os på hinanden
Estonia: Uku Suviste - The Lucky One
Finland: Blind Channel - Dark Side
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - You
Greece: Stefania - Last Dance
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - The Moon Is Rising
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Sugar
Poland: Rafał - The Ride
United Kingdom: James Newman - Embers
-----
19 - Spain: Blas Cantó - Voy a quedarme - 19 points
20 - Portugal: The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side - 14 points


Also into the final goes...

Finland: Blind Channel - Dark Side

 

[dmlaw]

The Serbian minipop appears to be based on a picture of Motley Crue.

 

[D5K]

Austria: Vincent Bueno - Amen
Finland: Blind Channel - Dark Side
France: Barbara Pravi - Voilà
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - 10 Years
San Marino: Senhit feat. Flo Rida - Adrenalina
Serbia: Hurricane - Loco Loco
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Tout l'Univers
-----
Albania: Anxhela Peristeri - Karma
Bulgaria: Victoria - Growing Up Is Getting Old
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Omaga
Denmark: Fyr & Flamme - Øve os på hinanden
Estonia: Uku Suviste - The Lucky One
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - You
Greece: Stefania - Last Dance
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - The Moon Is Rising
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Sugar
Poland: Rafał - The Ride
United Kingdom: James Newman - Embers
-----
19 - Spain: Blas Cantó - Voy a quedarme - 19 points
20 - Portugal: The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side - 14 points



Where next?

Greece: Stefania - Last Dance

 

[D5K]

I wouldn't have had a clue that was Greece without the text below.

 

[dmlaw]

The lack of National Finals this year is making some of the minipops a bit interchangeable.

 

[D5K]

Austria: Vincent Bueno - Amen
Finland: Blind Channel - Dark Side
France: Barbara Pravi - Voilà
Greece: Stefania - Last Dance
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - 10 Years
San Marino: Senhit feat. Flo Rida - Adrenalina
Serbia: Hurricane - Loco Loco
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Tout l'Univers
-----
Albania: Anxhela Peristeri - Karma
Bulgaria: Victoria - Growing Up Is Getting Old
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Omaga
Denmark: Fyr & Flamme - Øve os på hinanden
Estonia: Uku Suviste - The Lucky One
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - You
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - The Moon Is Rising
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Sugar
Poland: Rafał - The Ride
United Kingdom: James Newman - Embers
-----
19 - Spain: Blas Cantó - Voy a quedarme - 19 points
20 - Portugal: The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side - 14 points


Let's have one more qualifier before another couple of songs get chopped. Last one scraping through for now is...

Bulgaria: Victoria - Growing Up Is Getting Old

 

[D5K]

Austria: Vincent Bueno - Amen
Bulgaria: Victoria - Growing Up Is Getting Old
Finland: Blind Channel - Dark Side
France: Barbara Pravi - Voilà
Greece: Stefania - Last Dance
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - 10 Years
San Marino: Senhit feat. Flo Rida - Adrenalina
Serbia: Hurricane - Loco Loco
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Tout l'Univers
-----
Albania: Anxhela Peristeri - Karma
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Omaga
Denmark: Fyr & Flamme - Øve os på hinanden
Estonia: Uku Suviste - The Lucky One
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - You
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - The Moon Is Rising
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Sugar
Poland: Rafał - The Ride
United Kingdom: James Newman - Embers
-----
19 - Spain: Blas Cantó - Voy a quedarme - 19 points
20 - Portugal: The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side - 14 points


Now we'll trim the list out a bit more and chop two more songs. Sadly that means we have to say goodbye to:










17 - Poland: Rafał - The Ride - 31 points (12 voters)
18 - Estonia: Uku Suviste - The Lucky One - 31 points (8 voters)

 

[D5K]

So that leaves us with FOUR songs left to qualify from this batch:

Albania: Anxhela Peristeri - Karma
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Omaga
Denmark: Fyr & Flamme - Øve os på hinanden
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - You
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - The Moon Is Rising
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Sugar
United Kingdom: James Newman - Embers

 

[Soldi]

“Sadly”

 

[Soldi]

Albania & Denmark pleaseeee!!

 

[Diddy]

So far so good
Only really hoping for Moldova now,

 

[Diddy]

Pleased for Vincent! This is what I wanted! Can I get an Amen?

 

[dmlaw]

Surely, Denmark. Latvia and Moldova seem inevitable. Between Albania and UK for the last place?