23rd March: Sweden (=) Italy (=) Estonia (=) Australia (=) Slovenia (+2) Finland (-1) Russia (+2) Norway (-2) Azerbaijan (-1) United Kingdom (=) Belgium (=) Latvia (+2) Spain (+2) Greece (-1) Armenia (-3) Iceland (+2) Cyprus (+2) Romania (-2) Malta (-2) Albania (+4) France (+5) Macedonia (+8) Belarus (+2) Denmark (+4) Israel (+2) Lithuania (-4) Holland (-7) Serbia (-7) Austria (=) Hungary (+2) Switzerland (+2) Germany (-9) Montenegro (-2) Moldova (=) Georgia (=) Ireland (=) Poland (=) Czech Republic (=) Portugal (=) San Marino (=)
28th March: Sweden (=) Italy (=) Estonia (=) Slovenia (+1) Australia (-1) Finland (=) Russia (=) Azerbaijan (+1) Norway (-1) United Kingdom (=) Iceland (+5) Belgium (-1) Latvia (-1) Spain (-1) Armenia (=) Greece (-2) Cyprus (=) Romania (=) Malta (=) Macedonia (+2) Belarus (+2) Albania (-2) France (-2) Serbia (+4) Holland (+2) Lithuania (=) Israel (-2) Denmark (-4) Montenegro (+4) Ireland (+6) Hungary (-1) Austria (-3) Switzerland (-2) Georgia (+1) Poland (+2) Germany (-4) Moldova (-3) Czech Republic (=) Portugal (=) San Marino (=)
30th March: Sweden (=) Italy (=) Estonia (=) Slovenia (=) Australia (=) Finland (=) Russia (=) Azerbaijan (=) Norway (=) United Kingdom (=) Iceland (=) Belgium (=) Spain (+1) Latvia (-1) Armenia (=) Greece (=) Cyprus (=) Romania (=) Malta (=) Albania (+2) Belarus (=) Macedonia (-2) France (=) Israel (+3) Serbia (-1) Holland (-1) Lithuania (-1) Ireland (+2) Austria (+3) Georgia (+4) Denmark (-3) Montenegro (-3) Hungary (-2) Germany (+2) Poland (=) Switzerland (-3) Moldova (=) Czech Republic (=) San Marino (+1) Portugal (-1)
13th April: Sweden (=) Italy (=) Estonia (=) Australia (+1) Finland (+1) Slovenia (-2) Russia (=) Norway (+1) Azerbaijan (-1) United Kingdom (=) Iceland (=) Belgium (=) Spain (=) Armenia (+1) Latvia (-1) Albania (+4) Cyprus (=) Greece (-2) Holland (+7) Belarus (+1) Macedonia (+1) Romania (-4) Georgia (+7) Hungary (+9) Austria (+4) Malta (-7) France (-4) Israel (-4) Serbia (-4) Lithuania (-3) Denmark (=) Poland (+3) Germany (+1) Ireland (-6) Montenegro (-3) Switzerland (=) Moldova (=) Czech Republic (=) San Marino (=) Portugal (=)
19th April (after Eurovision in Concert): Sweden (=) Italy (=) Estonia (=) Australia (=) Finland (=) Slovenia (=) Russia (=) Norway (=) Azerbaijan (=) Iceland (+1) United Kingdom (-1) Spain (+1) Belgium (-1) Armenia (=) Albania (+1) Latvia (-1) Greece (+1) Belarus (+2) Cyprus (-2) Romania (+2) Holland (-2) Hungary (+2) Malta (+3) Serbia (+5) Macedonia (-4) France (+1) Lithuania (+3) Georgia (-5) Israel (-1) Ireland (+4) Denmark (=) Poland (=) Austria (-8) Germany (-1) Montenegro (=) Moldova (+1) Switzerland (-1) Czech Republic (=) San Marino (=) Portugal (=) From what I heard about last night, the best reactions were (besides Holland) for France, Australia and oddly, Serbia. From these bookies, it's interesting that both Austria and Georgia won a lot last time and are now back to where they were...
22nd April: Sweden (=) Italy (=) Australia (+1) Estonia (-1) Finland (=) Slovenia (=) Russia (=) Norway (=) Azerbaijan (=) Iceland (=) United Kingdom (=) Spain (=) Belgium (=) Albania (+1) Armenia (-1) Belarus (+2) Cyprus (+2) Latvia (-2) Greece (-2) Holland (+1) Romania (-1) Malta (+2) Hungary (-1) Macedonia (+1) France (+1) Serbia (-2) Israel (+2) Lithuania (-1) Denmark (+2) Ireland (=) Poland (+1) Germany (+2) Austria (=) Montenegro (+1) Georgia (-7) Moldova (=) Switzerland (=) Czech Republic (=) San Marino (=) Portugal (=)
Just helping out Nick with this (hopefully he won't mind) but we're almost to the end of April - so I think it's time we update before we hit May. 01. Sweden (=) 02. Italy (=) 03. Australia (=) 04. Estonia (=) 05. Finland (=) 06. Russia (+1) 07. Norway (+1) 08. Azerbaijan (+1) 09. Slovenia (-3) 10. Iceland (=) 11. United Kingdom (=) 12. Belgium (+1) 13. Spain (-1) 14. Albania (=) 15. Armenia (=) 16. Belarus (=) 17. Israel (+10) 18. Greece (+1) 19. Macedonia (+5) 20. Serbia (+6) 21. Latvia (-3) 22. Cyprus (-5) 23. Ireland (+7) 24. Hungary (-1) 25. Austria (+8) 26. Romania (-5) 27. Poland (+4) 28. Holland (-8) 29. Lithuania (-1) 30. Georgia (+5) 31. Denmark (-2) 32. France (-7) 33. Germany (-1) 34. Malta (-12) 35. Moldova (+1) 36. Montenegro (-2) 37. Switzerland (=) 38. Czech Republic (=) 39. San Marino (=) 40. Portugal (=) Some MASSIVE fluctuating going on - biggest drop is Malta who descends a catastrophic 12 places - biggest jump is Israel who storms up 10 places.
18th May - Start of Eurovision week Sweden (=) Italy (=) Australia (=) Estonia (=) Russia (+1) Finland (-1) Azerbaijan (+1) Slovenia (+1) Norway (-2) Iceland (=) Latvia (+10) Belgium (=) Cyprus (+9) Spain (-1) France (+17) Georgia (+14) United Kingdom (-6) Albania (-4) Israel (-2) Armenia (-5) Greece (-3) Belarus (-6) Austria (+2) Hungary (=) Lithuania (+4) Romania (=) Poland (=) Macedonia (-9) Germany (+4) Denmark (+1) Holland (-3) Ireland (-9) Serbia (-13) Montenegro (+2) Malta (-1) Czech Republic (+2) Switzerland (=) San Marino (+1) Moldova (-4) Portugal (=) So, after the rehearsals, it's France, Cyprus and Latvia shooting up. Interesting.
20th May - After semifinal 1 Sweden (=) Russia (+3) Italy (-1) Australia (-1) Estonia (-1) Serbia (+27) Norway (+2) Azerbaijan (-1) Belgium (+3) Slovenia (-2) Latvia (=) Iceland (-2) Spain (+1) Cyprus (-1) France (=) Georgia (=) Greece (+4) Israel (+1) United Kingdom (-2) Albania (-2) Hungary (+3) Austria (+1) Lithuania (+2) Romania (+2) Armenia (-5) Ireland (+6) Germany (+2) Poland (-1) Malta (+6) Montenegro (+4) Switzerland (+6) Czech Republic (+4) San Marino (+5) Portugal (+6) Belarus (Out - Last position: 22nd) Denmark (Out - Last position: 30th) Finland (Out - Last position: 6th) Holland (Out - Last position: 31st) Macedonia (Out - Last position: 28th) Moldova (Out - - Last position: 39th) What the actual *** is Serbia doing?
I think a lot of people have got carried away based upon the reaction inside the arena, forgetting that Euroqueen and Serb diaspora votes won't be enough to propel it to the top. In fact, if anybody is looking to make some $$$ it's probably quite a good time to bet on Serbia finishing outside of the top 10.
It's very reminiscent of what happened with Hera Björk in 2010 and I suspect it will end in a similar fashion.
The views on the official videos of Tuesday's performances suggest that Serbia's odds shortening so much might not be so ridiculous. has by far the most views (1.8 million), followed by (655k), (650k), (453k) and (426k). I know the views are far from definitive. For example, I suspect Russia's huge total is partially due to its huge population as most of the comments are in Russian, even if I'm still positive that it won the semi quite comfortably. However there is probably something to be said for Serbia and Belgium's impressive totals. (They also confirm that Boggie probably has the juries to thank as the poor girl has even fewer views than .)
But it's bloody horrible! And there's no chance of a horrible song from Serbia winning is there! ...Oh, wait
21st May - One hour before the semi Sweden (=) Italy (+1) Russia (-1) Australia (=) Estonia (=) Serbia (=) Belgium (+2) Norway (-1) Azerbaijan (-1) Slovenia (=) Latvia (=) Spain (+1) Georgia (+3) Cyprus (=) France (=) Iceland (-4) Greece (=) ;il: Israel (=) United Kingdom (=) Albania (=) Romania (+3) Hungary (-1) Lithuania (=) Armenia (+1) Ireland (+1) Poland (+2) Austria (-5) Germany (-1) Malta (=) Montenegro (=) Switzerland (=) Czech Republic (=) San Marino (=) Portugal (=) Belarus (Out - Last position: 22nd) Denmark (Out - Last position: 30th) Finland (Out - Last position: 6th) Holland (Out - Last position: 31st) Macedonia (Out - Last position: 28th) Moldova (Out - - Last position: 39th) These are the odds for the winner, but if we look at who the bookies see as most likely to qualify, we end up with the following ranking for semifinal 2: Sweden Norway Azerbaijan Slovenia Latvia Israel Cyprus Lithuania Iceland Poland Malta Montenegro Czech Republic Switzerland Ireland Portugal San Marino
Final Day - 23rd May Sweden (=) Russia (+1) Italy (-1) Belgium (+3) Australia (-1) Estonia (-1) Serbia (-1) Norway (=) Latvia (+2) Azerbaijan (-1) Israel (+7) Spain (=) Slovenia (-3) Georgia (-1) Greece (+2) Lithuania (+7) Romania (+4) United Kingdom (+1) Cyprus (-5) Albania (=) France (-6) Armenia (+2) Hungary (-1) Austria (+3) Germany (+3) Montenegro (+4) Poland (-1) Finland (Out - Last position: 6th) Iceland (Out - Last position: 16th) Belarus (Out - Last position: 22nd) Ireland (Out - Last position: 25th) Macedonia (Out - Last position: 28th) Malta (Out - Last position: 29th) Denmark (Out - Last position: 30th) Holland (Out - Last position: 31st) Switzerland (Out - Last position: 31st) Czech Republic (Out - Last position: 32nd) San Marino (Out - Last position: 33rd) Portugal (Out - Last position: 34th) Moldova (Out - - Last position: 39th)