Moopyvision 2020: Semi 2: RESULTS

[lolly]

'Top ten' really is a relative term, isnt it?

 

[Alla]

Well I won't be crying if half of my votes don't qualify.

 

[Zu]

I think my bottom five (of the ten) were based on what I disliked LEAST

 

[D5K]

CLOSED!

Anyone up for some results?

 

[Alla]

I'm not here

 

[Lucille]

Yes! I have two hours to kill before I hit the bottle!

 

[D5K]

Yes! I have two hours to kill before I hit the bottle!

You're definitely not ready for this then.

 

[Zu]

I’m here! Sarcastic commentary at the ready!

 

[Alla]

I can't believe that qualified, what a poor effort!

Please apply that comment to most of the qualifiers

 

[D5K]

Right... we had 21 songs in this heat, which means that 13 progress and 8 are eliminated.

Albania: Arilena Ara - "Fall from the Sky"
Armenia: Athena Manoukian - "Chains on You"
Austria: Vincent Bueno - "Alive"
Bulgaria: Victoria - "Tears Getting Sober"
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - "Kemama"
Denmark: Ben & Tan - "Yes"
Estonia: Uku Suviste - "What Love Is"
Finland: Aksel - "Looking Back"
France: Tom Leeb - "Mon alliée (The Best in Me)"
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - "Take Me as I Am"
Greece: Stefania - "Supergirl"
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - "Think About Things"
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - "Still Breathing"
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - "Prison"
Poland: Alicja - "Empires"
Portugal: Elisa - "Medo de sentir"
San Marino: Senhit - "Freaky!"
Serbia: Hurricane - "Hasta la vista"
Spain: Blas Cantó - "Universo"
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - "Répondez-moi"
United Kingdom: James Newman - "My Last Breath"


The first song into the final is...

UNITED KINGDOM!

 

[Zu]

If Switzerland doesn’t win this semi, I’m emigrating to Popjustice and NEVER COMING BACK!

*gets banned after 30 seconds*

 

[Zu]

Oh HURRAH! Congratulations James! Round in 5 with a bottle of Pomagne and a gaping maw!

 

[Zu]

GO LATVIA!

 

[Alla]

Well after his SIXTH place in Swedenvision it was an obvious qualifier

 

[Zu]

AUSTRIA FTW!

 

[Lucille]

GO LATVIA!

I’ve grown to LOVE Latvia. I scored it very highly!

 

[D5K]

United Kingdom: James Newman - "My Last Breath"
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Albania: Arilena Ara - "Fall from the Sky"
Armenia: Athena Manoukian - "Chains on You"
Austria: Vincent Bueno - "Alive"
Bulgaria: Victoria - "Tears Getting Sober"
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - "Kemama"
Denmark: Ben & Tan - "Yes"
Estonia: Uku Suviste - "What Love Is"
Finland: Aksel - "Looking Back"
France: Tom Leeb - "Mon alliée (The Best in Me)"
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - "Take Me as I Am"
Greece: Stefania - "Supergirl"
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - "Think About Things"
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - "Still Breathing"
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - "Prison"
Poland: Alicja - "Empires"
Portugal: Elisa - "Medo de sentir"
San Marino: Senhit - "Freaky!"
Serbia: Hurricane - "Hasta la vista"
Spain: Blas Cantó - "Universo"
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - "Répondez-moi"


The second qualifier is...

MOLDOVA!

 

[Lucille]

United Kingdom: James Newman - "My Last Breath"
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Albania: Arilena Ara - "Fall from the Sky"
Armenia: Athena Manoukian - "Chains on You"
Austria: Vincent Bueno - "Alive"
Bulgaria: Victoria - "Tears Getting Sober"
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - "Kemama"
Denmark: Ben & Tan - "Yes"
Estonia: Uku Suviste - "What Love Is"
Finland: Aksel - "Looking Back"
France: Tom Leeb - "Mon alliée (The Best in Me)"
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - "Take Me as I Am"
Greece: Stefania - "Supergirl"
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - "Think About Things"
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - "Still Breathing"
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - "Prison"
Poland: Alicja - "Empires"
Portugal: Elisa - "Medo de sentir"
San Marino: Senhit - "Freaky!"
Serbia: Hurricane - "Hasta la vista"
Spain: Blas Cantó - "Universo"
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - "Répondez-moi"


The second qualifier is...

MOLDOVA!

 

[Alla]

I don't remember most of the songs, to be honest.

 

[Zu]

Oh thank goodness on the Moldova front and I’m NOT being sarcastic!

 

[D5K]

Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - "Prison"
United Kingdom: James Newman - "My Last Breath"
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Albania: Arilena Ara - "Fall from the Sky"
Armenia: Athena Manoukian - "Chains on You"
Austria: Vincent Bueno - "Alive"
Bulgaria: Victoria - "Tears Getting Sober"
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - "Kemama"
Denmark: Ben & Tan - "Yes"
Estonia: Uku Suviste - "What Love Is"
Finland: Aksel - "Looking Back"
France: Tom Leeb - "Mon alliée (The Best in Me)"
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - "Take Me as I Am"
Greece: Stefania - "Supergirl"
Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - "Think About Things"
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - "Still Breathing"
Poland: Alicja - "Empires"
Portugal: Elisa - "Medo de sentir"
San Marino: Senhit - "Freaky!"
Serbia: Hurricane - "Hasta la vista"
Spain: Blas Cantó - "Universo"
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - "Répondez-moi"


Also into the final is...

ICELAND!

 

[Lucille]

GASP!

 

[Zu]

 

[Soldi]

Ooh I’m LATE

 

[Soldi]

The UTTER SHOCK at the U.K. not being a surprising qualifier

 

[Jacques]

I hoped that was THE reason why people were saying the semi was so shit

 

[Lucille]

CZECH REPUBLIC was also a grower for me this round.

 

[dmlaw]

Iceland was never going to miss out on the final. It will just be all the more satisfying when it comes 16th in the final, like it deserves.

 

[Jacques]

Yay for Moldova, that was one of the songs I would've most expected to be elevated by some fabulous staging

 

[Alla]

The UTTER SHOCK at the U.K. not being a surprising qualifier

It's a fan favourite in Scandinavia

 

[Zu]

FRANCE FTW!

 

[D5K]

Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - "Think About Things"
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - "Prison"
United Kingdom: James Newman - "My Last Breath"
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Albania: Arilena Ara - "Fall from the Sky"
Armenia: Athena Manoukian - "Chains on You"
Austria: Vincent Bueno - "Alive"
Bulgaria: Victoria - "Tears Getting Sober"
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - "Kemama"
Denmark: Ben & Tan - "Yes"
Estonia: Uku Suviste - "What Love Is"
Finland: Aksel - "Looking Back"
France: Tom Leeb - "Mon alliée (The Best in Me)"
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - "Take Me as I Am"
Greece: Stefania - "Supergirl"
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - "Still Breathing"
Poland: Alicja - "Empires"
Portugal: Elisa - "Medo de sentir"
San Marino: Senhit - "Freaky!"
Serbia: Hurricane - "Hasta la vista"
Spain: Blas Cantó - "Universo"
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - "Répondez-moi"


The fourth country into the Moopyvision final is...

POLAND!

 

[Zu]

I don’t know about you girls but I’ve got high hopes for LUXEMBOURG getting through

 

[win_the_game]

FINGERS CROSSED FOR PORTUGAL!

 

[Lucille]

Poland was just THERE for me.

 

[Lucille]

FINGERS CROSSED FOR PORTUGAL!

I have NO MEMORY of Portugal!

 

[D5K]

Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið - "Think About Things"
Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - "Prison"
Poland: Alicja - "Empires"
United Kingdom: James Newman - "My Last Breath"
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Albania: Arilena Ara - "Fall from the Sky"
Armenia: Athena Manoukian - "Chains on You"
Austria: Vincent Bueno - "Alive"
Bulgaria: Victoria - "Tears Getting Sober"
Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - "Kemama"
Denmark: Ben & Tan - "Yes"
Estonia: Uku Suviste - "What Love Is"
Finland: Aksel - "Looking Back"
France: Tom Leeb - "Mon alliée (The Best in Me)"
Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - "Take Me as I Am"
Greece: Stefania - "Supergirl"
Latvia: Samanta Tīna - "Still Breathing"
Portugal: Elisa - "Medo de sentir"
San Marino: Senhit - "Freaky!"
Serbia: Hurricane - "Hasta la vista"
Spain: Blas Cantó - "Universo"
Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - "Répondez-moi"


Also qualifying to the big show is...

DENMARK!

 

[Soldi]

SAY YES SAY YES

 

[Zu]

I have NO MEMORY of Portugal!

I hadn’t until I watched it for the purposes of voting in this. I did wonder whether it was supposed to sound like that but maybe that’s Portugalese for you

 

[dmlaw]

The only good thing I have to say about this year's Portugeuse entry is that at least she wasn't blithering atonally about telephones whilst dressed up as a booth in a provincial Indian restaurant.