Time for a mega post of mine:
I don't think I can judge her vocals as I hardly heard her voice, but the performance was a bit weird and her make up way too glittery.
We all knew he was going to NQ. He had quite a good performance and his vocals were great.
And omg he was crying at the end!
He was pretty good not gonna lie. Yet an unexpected finalist.
Btw. is his drummer a woman or just a too thin man?
Her vocals were alright I think. I'm not the biggest fan of the staging and her dress was ... uhm interesting (?) I'm not too much into the song so I won't miss her.
Btw. I live how the runner-up of
Laurinda's video flopped.
After 20 seconds I was 100% sure he'd be in! That staging was lit!
My favourite parts were when they were shaking their booties. That looked so weird I was actually laughing out loud.
That was a very beautiful performance! Especially the end when her husband appeared (btw. did she sing in Lithuanian there?).
Was she wearing a nightdress?
And omg according to the odds she's reaching the top 5!
Her backing vocalists were a bit weird, yet hilarious.
Can we talk about those 2 shelves with the cat figures behind her?
That's the definition of weird! And I found the ending where he showed his back a bit disgusting, but that's just me.
Btw. I was laughing out loud when the camera was shown, but before actually enjoyed the part he was giving the flower to the girl via camera.
Expected amazing performance. Btw. is it true that they spent EUR 75'000 just on the projections?
Idk, but I'm lowkey disappointed there. But I think they were really good vocally.
I was having literally 0 hopes for it. However I must say that they surprised me a little bit yet even the performance was too messy.
Vocally she was one of the best that evening not gonna lie. But the staging as a whole was quite poor tho. An expected non-qualifier, but I dislike that she's doing worse than Jacques did in Kiev.
It shocked me a little seeing basically the whole center part of the stage lifted up.
What on earth did he wear?
I actually liked her although her vocals weren't the best. I also don't think the blue hand was something I understood. Despite her recent free fall in the odds, I never doubted her final qualification.
However the sobg was really beautiful and I hope we'll see something like that again soon.
Omg that staging was lit!
Especially that wheel in the beginning. Definitely in the top 2 of the whole semi there. For a reason I was still afraid she may fail - and even more when Eleni was in.
Armenia I found it a rather weak staging tbh. However his vocals were pretty good, but all in all an expected elimination.
I'm ofc sad about another NQ of ours, but I think in the other semi they'd have probably made it.
But if I may be honest even though I really like Stones I don't find it any catchy at all. Just like my dad who really heard it for the first time yesterday and we agreed to rather vote for the performance than the actual song there.
Well it's a beautiful song and a pretty good staging.
The piano player being a girl was so obvious.
But all in all I keep thinking that it would fit better into a little concert that the huge Eurovision.
Just one question: What was she wearing?
About the show itself:
First of all I can't believe there are almost only comments about the qualifiers.
Anyway, all in all I really liked it. The hosts did an amazing job and one could really see that they're having lots of fun
My favourite so far is Filomena. Also I liked that she actually went to people unlike Timur last year.
My highlights besides the songs:
The boardgame scene and Eleni and Catherina cheating.
The introduction of Surie was hilarious
whereas Alfred & Amaia were like "Wtf are we doing" and I can't even remember Claudia & Isaura.
The documentation about Portugal was only alright, but I already wasn't the biggest fan of Verka's last year so that's okay. What I really liked though is the Esclopedia.
The pictures of Kiev 2017 and the cover of Amar pelos dois were enjoyable (I didn't know
Lasse could sing.
). O love how a few people there were like "Wtf are those words?".
The probably only thing to criticize is the basically inexistent opening (the everyday scenes of Lisbon were beautiful tho)...
And why didn't they say "Thanks to Ukraine for last year's contest..." yet? Booooo
Switzerland 
Azerbaijan - It was already obvious from last year, when 
Greece qualified 10th in the final, that the so called "dream team" of Dimitris Kontopoulos and Fokas Evaggelinos had quite lost its power. I had actually pedicted this to be the first elimination of the country from the Grand Final and I was proven right apparently. It was a "flat good" staging and performance. It would've qualified, had it been in the 2nd semi final probably but it was just not enough for this bloody hard semi...
Iceland - I am probably one of the very few people who like this song. However, I personally knew it wouldn't go far so its elimination didn't really surprise me.
Albania - This was one of the countries I had in my qualifiers prediction and fortunately I was right! Despite being in such a tough semi and having the "unlucky" 3rd spot in the running order, Eugent really seems to have impressed. I was pretty sure the juries would appreciate this song and fortunately, rock fans also voted for him. Really happy my favorite of the year is through to the finals! 
Belgium - Another correct prediction of mine. I had been hearing that the staging was not good enough and indeed, it wasn't. It was quite expected they wouldn't go through at the end; announcing them as the last qualifier for the 3rd year in a row would've been way too harsh 
Czech Republic - A fun and enjoyable performance. This was obviously going to qualify and it did! Congrats to them for their 2nd qualification in their participation history! 
Lithuania - Actually predicted this to be 6th in the semi, right below the 5 biggest faves of this semi (which all qualified btw) and I guess it might've been even higher than 6th. Ieva really gave a stunning performance, it was a moving moment of the night and I am sure the juries really helped her in this case.
Israel - A little bit "too much" in terms of staging from them; yet that was enough for Netta to make it, as expected of course! 
Belarus - Those close shots were not really helpful as you could see him shaking from anxiety. The entry had no chances in that tough semi final but at least he improved vocally (compared to what we had heard in the National Final).
Estonia - I wouldn't be surprised if this has actually won the semi final. A gorgeous performance which was obviously going to pass! 
Bulgaria - The staging was a bit "too dark" for my taste but I thought they would qualify anyway; after all they had a nice song.
FYR Macedonia - If you have a good song and want to ruin all your chances of qualifying, just give it to this country and the staging you'll get will be a total disaster. This was in my TOP 10 personally before the contest but while watching their performance, my brain was like "what the actual fuck is going on here?". Really messy and badly staged; otherwise it would've stood some chances...
Croatia - Many people saw this as a "dark horse". I was personally impressed by her vocal skills but the staging was just too "empty" and although she tried her best, I could feel there was something missing from this. A pity because Franka is a great singer.
Austria - This was quite expected to qualify as it sounded like a song the juries would like. It grew on me after the performance; I think they did a good job with the staging as well. It was simple, yet efficient for this song.
Finland - I didn't get this right in my prediction as I thought the performance was a bit "over the top" but in Eurovision, this kind of performances usually get rewarded so if I think of it better now, it seems quite obvious why they qualified. Never been a big fan of the song personally but Saara was very good last night.
Armenia - I really hoped this would go through and it was one of the 2 countries (along with 
Switzerland - I was convinced they wouldn't qualify but the performance made me think that they actually stood some good chances. However, my initial prediction was apparently correct. I really wouldn't have minded seeing this qualifying though.
Ireland - This was the biggest shocker of the qualifiers in my opinion. I am really happy it made it as it was in my TOP 10 and the performance was really good. Slick vocals, nice presentation, simple but beautiful staging; exactly what this song needed. I still thought it would be overshadowed by 
Cyprus but apparently I was wrong! 
Fully deserved qualification 
anyway. I was sure that this won't qualify. I think a very hard semi final.
