Semi Final 2
Qualifiers
Israel (Strong, and powerful ballad. Juries will love the use of Hebrew...should do averagely well on the tele-vote.)
Armenia (I think it's the dark horse, and criminally underrated. I think this will qualify, averagely with public and juries.)
Bulgaria (Good established act, with much charisma. Will do well with the public, depends if the juries will like it too.)
Greece (Will do great with the tele-vote, I think it'll be very low on the juries though...so that's the main flaw of Greece.)
Norway (Should do relatively well, on the public vote. Unsure how the juries will approach this alternative electro-pop.)
Romania (I expect this to be a high tele-vote, with such a unique and astounding act. The juries may just like it too.)
Georgia (Typical cheap ballad, but will do well...you just know it.)
Iceland (I think it will be favoured by the juries, for it's finally in Icelandic! Unsure how the public will see it.)
Azerbaijan (Can pretty much guarantee, with no Turkey mass Turkish support will be for Azerbaijan. Expect a high tele-vote and fairly good jury vote...too maybe?)
San Marino (Dark horse, Valentina has a very eccentric ballad...will be adored by the jury. But I think it'll be on the brink of qualification. Or it could not make it at all.)
Non Qualifiers
Switzerland (Will be hard to stand out, in-between Georgia and Romania. It lacks some oomph.)
Hungary (Still unsure about this one, I think it'll be near qualification. It could make it! But I have slight doubts.)
Albania (Deserves to do well, but I don't see this getting a lot of attention from the public or juries, which is disappointing.)
Malta (Sweet song, but I think it will be totally forgotten about...it doesn't stand out enough. Being Inbetween FINLAND and BULGARIA two very lively acts, it'll suffer.)
Finland (Another song, that could brink qualification...but for me, I think it could miss out. Should be a good one for the public.)
Macedonia (Has potential, Esma could easily get some comical voting. So Macedonia could get a fairly good tele-vote. But the juries won't be the same.)
Latvia (It's just poor, and unsatisfying...in a semi final containing many strong songs. I think this will be this years last. :/)
Austria
Slovenia
Croatia
Denmark
Russia
Ukraine
Moldova
Ireland
Belgium
Serbia
The Netherlands
Belarus
Cyprus
Estonia
Lithuania
Montenegro
Serbia (Performs last, Balkan support...and expecting a good tele-vote position.)
Croatia (Absolute art and class, juries will love it. As should the Balkans and hopefully everyone else.)
Estonia (Has potential, Estonia could score well with the jury and maybe other naitons too.)
Ukraine (Could win the night, will do great with juries and tele-voters alike.)
Moldova (Dark horse, I'd say...should do averagely well.)
Cyprus (Another I think is a dark horse, Despina has potential...I believe in her.)
Ireland (It's Ireland, not such a great song...but people will vote for it.)
Russia (Typical strong ballad, will grace the judges and televoters...could be Ukraine's competition.)
Denmark (Believe it'll top the tele-vote, unsure what the juries will think. Definite qualifier though.)
Netherlands (Should do well, on both accounts, of juries and public.)
Belarus (Weaker, compared to most other acts.)
Austria (Doesn't stand out enough, and performing first is a big disadvantage to Natalia.)
Belgium (I have doubts on it, I don't think it's strong enough. Although, it could reach the brink of qualification.)
Lithuania (Might be on the brink to qualify, but I have doubts.)
Slovenia (Trying to get the gay vote, don't think it'll work...I think the juries will be very picky with this one.)
Montenegro (Not the juries favourite style, but could do well in the tele-vote. Could qualify, but I doubt it.)