JAAAAAY! The semis

For us here at Bobbysox headquarters the semi-finals is probably the most important part of the whole Eurovision hoopla.
This will be our first look at the performance as a whole, on stage in Stockholm.
This means we'll be hard at work analyzing and reviewing all the performances of this years contest. Just for you, our lovely readers.
We will of course be watching closely and giving you our two cents about everything from song to wind machine usage.

Updates will be as close as we can get to real time. And everything happens here; on this very blog.
Sooo much to look forward to!! We can hardly wait!

Anyways...
Here's the running order of the two semifinals.

Semi-Final 1: May 10th

1. Finland

2. Greece

3. Moldova

4. Hungary

5. Croatia

6. The Netherlands

7. Armenia

8. San Marino

9. Russia

10. Czech Republic

11. Cyprus

12. Austria

13. Estonia

14. Azerbaijan

15. Montenegro

16. Iceland

17. Bosnia & Herzegovina

18. Malta


Here's an official recap of the 1.semis songs from the good people at Eurovision

Needless to say, we are rooting for Russia and the glorious Sergey Lazarev. For our thoughts on the rest of them you just have to tune in on may10th.

Semi-Final 2: May 12th

The official Eurovision web site haven't changed this order (or article) since Romania got booted , but the second semi had one contestant more than the first, so we assume that they will just throw Romania out of the order and proceed.

1. Latvia

2. Poland

3. Switzerland

4. Israel

5. Belarus

6. Serbia

7. Ireland

8. FYR Macedonia

9. Lithuania

10. Australia

11. Slovenia

12. Romania

13. Bulgaria

14. Denmark

15. Ukraine

16. Norway

17. Georgia

18. Albania

19. Belgium

And here's the recap:

The real excitement here is wether Norway's own Agnete, and her deadly dull song Icebreaker will make the cut. She's sandwiched in nicely between Ukraine and Georgia as the forth last contestant, which is good since the public might not have forgotten all about her when it's time to vote...   

And Agnete, if you are reading this; Your song is only deadly dull for Eurovision purposes. Otherwise it's perfectly fine. And your outfit is FAAAAAB! (Which is, of course, very, very important)

Matt here. Of course, I don't have a dog in this fights, the UK being one of the so-called 'Big 5' along with Germany, France, Italy and Spain that don't have to qualify due to paying the the most for the annual charade. Which is a shame - going out every year in the semis might be the humiliation that broke the British camel's back, and we might start sending some decent stuff for once.

Although, unlikely.