Eurovision Song Contest 2017 • Semi Final 2

[Vaios]

yaaaasss
Also really glad that Bulgaria, Austria & The Netherlands made it

This semi-final was way more open and strong, so a lot of my favs missed out the final e.g.
Really didn't expect these countries to qualify...

Omg the pregnancy and the proposal were the highlights of the night wow

Btw I voted 2x , 1x & 1x

[Aglan]

Slay!
Why this overrated and boring mess got to final?

Sad too see other half of my top 10 out.

[Vaios]

May 12, 2017 13:55:55 GMT 1 Aglan said:

Why this overrated and boring mess got to final?

I think Nathan with his charisma, his personality and his promotion made the song grow onto people and therefore Austria qualified, I think otherwise the song had no real chances.

[Aglan]

May 12, 2017 16:01:57 GMT 1 Vaios said:

May 12, 2017 13:55:55 GMT 1 Aglan said:

Why this overrated and boring mess got to final?

I think Nathan with his charisma, his personality and his promotion made the song grow onto people and therefore Austria qualified, I think otherwise the song had no real chances.

I love Nathan he is one of my favourite as person but the song it too flat and boring for me.

[Matilda]

Argh. I really love this song, and the live wasn't vocally as weak as I feared. She still was one of the weaker voices in he semi, so I'm not surprised that it failed, especially with draw number 1. At least this proves that even with the new voting system you can't rely on diaspora votes only.
despite the probably worst position (early and between two fan favorites), it somehow managed to qualify. I'm happy for the person and singer Nathan, but really not a friend of the song at all.
My personal favorite, and it stays that. I didn't expect it to qualify before, so I'm not surprised here. But the performance was really good, even with some flaws, so I'm even more sad than anyways. Also really bad for who has now the longest NQ-streak. At least Jana found her personal luck as I said already earlier.
This were some really strong live vocals, but in the end the song was simply too boring to qualify apparently.
Well the song was the expected mess and the live performance was useless. Why were they cannons, why that colorful and annoying background. It wasn't even somehow entertaining. It was expected to go through, but I didn't want it to. Also again complaints here about the camera angles here.
they sounded great and I liked the simple staging of it. The song stays full of clichés and boring for me, even after hat good performance. I was quite surprised that this qualified in he end.
My only 12 going through today. But what a great performance, great staging, everything really fit and he hit the slogan perfectly. Dance, a not too annoying violinist, and song worked perfectly together here.
surprisingly she was among the weaker vocalists that night, and despite me predicting it not only to qualify but to do well, I doubted her qualification there for a moment, mostly because I was unsure about how her "screaming" during the chorus was seen by the public.
nice live vocals, boring song, meaningless pseudo staging. I'm neither mad not surprised that this failed.
This was a surprisingly enjoyable performance, with good vocals and you saw how they enjoyed both the performance. But you could also see that the SM budget for staging was likely close to 0. They did the best out of their situation in the end, but it needed a small miracle for them to qualify.
the performance was a bit underwhelming imo, maybe because with Sweden it was the only one I knew before and it was basically the same as in the NS. The song is nice and catchy, but somehow I feel like it didn't belong in the final.
I don't get the fuss about the color of the dress, but the performance was not standing out and she failed some big notes there. I expected this to be safely in before the semi, but with the live I wouldn't be surprised if this got last, which would be an awful streak for .
I don't know what to think of the performance. I expected some more joy and activity instead of them two just walking on a motor boat (why even?). It stood out because of its style, but it still doesn't really catch me.
The singing was awesome here, and they managed to "fill" the instrumental part on stage well. But all in all the performance was a bit boring with just some effects for the TV viewer thrown in.
I unironically enjoyed the song, and they delivered a nice show which was but funny even. And song wise I actually like this anyways.
I don't use this word often because this word is overused, but this performance was really CRINGE. It was funny af, but in an unintentional way. Just Koits views into the camera . I expected this to qualify, and I'm really shocked it didn't, I guess it was too much of everything in the end for the televote. RiP Baltics now.
Really nice performance, one of the better songs of the semi delivered here.

Some general stuff:
I liked the opening and the two hosts gained plus points at me for that. But the dancing performance was boring.
The cameras were still often too far away, but at least at one point they heard me: the background music was way louder yesterday.

[Shaun]

'Better late than never' thoughts:

01. Serbia: As much as I obviously wanted this to qualify, I knew deep down that the quite bland staging and not outstanding vocal combined with having to open the show would mean my winner would not qualify for the second year in a row. 
02. Austria: I thought this would end up being a borderline qualifier, but the fact it was announced last makes me think actually it could have come around 6th or 7th. His charisma is what lifted this song into the final.
03. Macedonia: She's revealed she's pregnant, got engaged and then failed to qualify in the space of 2 hours. Gutted for her. One of the best songs this year, a good live performance, but clearly it was not as popular with the voters.  x2
04. Malta: A great vocal performance was never gonna be enough to transform a song that is incredibly boring into a final-worthy song. Shame that the year she won MESC had to be with a meh song.
05. Romania: At first I doubted this would qualify, and I don't think it did great with the juries, but I think the televoters loved this and I'm pleased to see it through.
06. The Netherlands: As expected, a stellar vocal performance. The song does sound a bit dated but that doesn't mean at all that I dislike it. Very happy they've made it through. Just need to work out if it's OG3NE or O'G3NE...
07. Hungary: Not surprised here. It's not particularly something I'd listen to, but kudos for Hungary really 'celebrating diversity' with this. It's good and an expected qualifier.
08. Denmark: Not sure what it is, but something is stopping me from loving the entry. I think it might be the audio in the arena, because I loved this one on DMGP and in the studio, but something just doesn't do it for me. Still pleased it qualified though.
09. Ireland: And we thought that Ireland had hit an all time low with 'Sunlight'... actually that's a bit harsh, the song is fine, but something about Brendan's vocals is really offputting for me. 
10. San Marino: It amuses me to say that this was one of the better vocal performances. She enjoyed herself and I hope that at least they didn't do totally awfully with the televote. I look forward to hearing her song for next year 
11. Croatia: I had a suspicion this would qualify, although it's one of my least favourite songs. I don't know whether to enjoy this one or hate it, but I'm moving ever closer to 'enjoy it'.
12. Norway: This was a surefire qualifier after the live performance. It's again not one of my favourites nor something I intend to regularly listen to, but I can't complain about this one making it through.
13. Switzerland: I have a suspicion that if they'd remastered the NF staging this could've made it. As much as I love the song, I really wasn't a fan of the staging. But if this gets last again I feel Switzerland could sit out of ESC 2018...
14. Belarus: Not sure about the boat, but I'm so, so pleased they made it, because I would never want to see quite literally the two happiest people on earth sad 
15. Bulgaria: Announcing this first makes me doubt it won the semi, but I still think this could be a massive contender to win on Saturday. But position 25 has not seen a winner yet and it's right after two other favourites, so this could go either way...
16. Lithuania: This was never an outstanding song, but I respect them for giving it huge energy, It's grown on me a lot, but I would've been incredibly shocked if this made it through.
17. Estonia: The vocals were quite average, technical difficulties at the start, and this was destined to be the bookies' qualifier that would not be. Parting is such sweet sorrow...
18. Israel: This was a surefire qualifier from the get-go. The vocals were slightly underwhelming but still with the audio that seems to be failing everyone, Imri did quite well. As song 1 on Saturday, I fear for another repeat of the issues that Robin suffered or the getting lost that Tijana suffered, but as it's not one of my standout favourites I'm not bothered too much where it comes 

Summary:
Underrated:
Overrated:

[Wysteria]

SPOILER: Click to show

this kinda made me depressed a lot well I thought we would make it somehow cause diaspora voting and song isn't bad and performance wasn't cliche unlike other 2 our NQ.I am just sad this song had to fail and songs like Balkan or Caroban make it through that would do a lot worse then Tijana would so rip
rip my 2nd and 3rd
Sorry if this is rude but I am happy this is out,I used to tell if we are going to fail, lets take this with us lmao
surprising, lmao Didn't expected this at all,well Congrats Croatia, you might do really well but it depends how juries will like it
all other qualifiers were predictable maybe thought wouldn't qualify cause live was weaker but still love it so yey
would prob replace with flag macedonia or
live was a let down so I think I wouldn't put it as qualifier in the end

[Aleks Džehverović]

Again my top, and that from my best friend and my mum

Mine//Mother//Best Friend

01. Macedonia // Belarus // Netherlands
02. Belarus // Netherlands // Belarus
03. Bulgaria // Macedonia // Norway
04. Hungary // Hungary // Bulgaria
05. Norway // Denmark // Israel
06. Israel // Bulgaria // Macedonia
07. Netherlands // Israel // Denmark
08. Ireland // Ireland // Hungary
09. Denmark // Norway // Malta
10. Serbia // Croatia // Austria
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11. Switzerland // Serbia // Serbia
12. San Marino // Austria // San Marino
13. Lithuania // San Marino // Switzerland
14. Austria // Malta // Estonia
15. Malta // Lithuania // Lithuania
16. Estonia // Switzerland // Ireland
17. Romania // Estonia // Romania
18. Croatia // Romania // Croatia


I only do not agree with Romania and Croatia, they should've been replaced by Macedonia and Serbia, Ireland or Switzerland.
Austria he has something that is good, but I don't like his voice and the song, but he deserved a final spot.

I voted:
10x Belarus
6x Macedonia
2x Bulgaria
1x Ireland
1x Israel

[Gilberto]

May 11, 2017 22:53:34 GMT 1 Tufkai said:

- Omfg it actually got through. I legit thought everyone was crazy and this was a false alarm like 2015 and 2014 but no...this reminds me of when Turkmenistan qualified in NNMC. The song wasn't that good but I'm kind of happy they're doing well after all these years

u m

[fabbi]

May 11, 2017 23:45:15 GMT 1 MG said:

May 11, 2017 23:11:22 GMT 1 fabbi said:

The revelation of her pregnancy was my secret highlight of the show.
I'm very shocked she's out now - I mean I predicted her in top 10. Her backing vocalists did bad there imho.

I actually enjoyed the backing vocalists

Yeah I confused her with someone else back then.