Two things I quickly noticed:
- All three
Baltic states qualified.
- All of this edition's participating "-stan"s qualified (
).
The results overall are a serve.
SF1: Yay! Austria finally qualified after ages! Very much deserving of it. Congrats!
Catchy, funky. I like this. Deserved to qualify.
Cool and edgy. Happy to see this qualify.
Congrats!
Not shocked.
Deserves the qualification so much.
A standard Greek pop track, but not lackluster enough to be left behind in the semis.
Yes. A final-worthy banger.
YES. Such an amazing duet. I'm glad it qualified.
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Iconic.
I thought this could've qualified, but I wasn't distraught by it NQing either.
I had this song pegged as a sure qualifier. Nigeria is robbed once again for the second edition in a row.
Sadly, not a fan of it. It's too much of a cookie cutter pop track.
This one is forgettable.
Another song that I thought could've qualified. It's nice.
If you're gonna try to do hip hop, go all in (like Nigeria, but they NQ'd too, so there's not much weight to the comparison lol). This didn't.
So underrated. It deserves to qualify.
Too chill, too quiet. Not competitive enough.
Cute, but it failed to stand out.
SF2: I don't specifically remember the last time Turkey qualified, but with this song, it definitely deserves it. My favorite Atiye song since "Abrakadabra".
Congratulations on qualifying in your NNMC debut, Jan.
Another banger courtesy of this Malaysian girl group. Deserved qualification.
SLAAAY! SLAAAY! So happy this is through. <333
Has Tajikistan ever qualified before? Definitely one of the stronger Tajik entries. So happy it qualified.
It's a qualifier.
SLAAAY! SLAAAY! The Baltics are slaaaying! <333
OMG this slays, too! This one is just so powerful. <333
A final-worthy banger.
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Nice song, but failed to stand out.
This failed to stand out to begin with.
I am devastated. Japan has been serving every edition this year so far. This deserves to qualify.
Aww... these could've qualified, too.
Did not have enough "oomph" tbh.
Too laid back and casual.
I like this song, but in comparison to the songs that qualified, this fell behind. As an electronic song, it does feel a tad formulaic.
This would've been a worthy qualifier. It's a nice bop.
I'm mainly sad for the non-qualification because Ivo seemed very excited to send this. Otherwise, I don't think much about this song.
SF3: It's nice. It's a fine qualifier.
Definitely stood out enough to qualify.
YASSS! Nailah finally qualified (for T&T). "Boujee" has been avenged!
And congrats to Chante on T&T's third qualification (and second this year)!
And the Latin pop giant Brazil is back in the final.
Estonia hasn't qualified in some time, so congratulations!
SLAAAY! SLAAAY! I knew about this song for some time, so I'm happy it's doing well so far. <333
Everything about this song (vocals, production, lyrics) demands another appearance in the final.
Another good qualifier.
Did not expect an artist like Sevdaliza to have
beats in a song. This is cool. Happy it's going to be in the final.
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Sounds too lounge-y for a contest.
This was fun and quirky. I thought this could've advanced, especially because it's ROSALÍA.
Not enough of a banger in my opinion.
I'm actually shocked this did not make the final, especially when Thailand has qualified with worse in recent months.
Unremarkable to me.
I love the empowerment.
Really bummed this did not qualify.
Both bangers that deserve qualification.
This song has so much heart, soul, and identity. Sad to see this go.
Not bad. Really catchy. I was in the middle with this in terms of qualifying though.
The third semi was truly a bloodbath as several users in Discord have mentioned.