Eurovision 2023 Liverpool: Semi Final 2

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BBC1 8pm Thursday

10 to qualify. 6 to bin.

1 Denmark
2 Armenia
3 Romania
4 Estonia
5 Belgium
6 Cyprus
7 Iceland
8 Greece
9 Poland
10 Slovenia
11 Georgia
12 San Marino
13 Austria
14 Albania
15 Lithuania
16 Australia

Top picks to look for: Austria (though rehearsal looked underwhelming) and Australia (very heavy on the props!)

There's a few more typical Eurovision songs in there than semi one. This semi is more your guilty Eurovision pleasure than your Eurovision winner.

The Ukrainian entry, UK entry and Spanish entry also get a preview. The Ukrainian one is surprisingly good - when I first saw it I thought it was awful but it's really grown on me and the staging looks good.

I like her bracelet

I'm late to the party. We turned it on midway through Romania's performance and nearly turned it straight off again. Flat and weird. It improved a lot after that! Greece was flat though.

That was bad.
I hope they vote it off.

Who's the welsh guy?

I take it this is a complicated scene chsnge?

Luke Evans, star of various films, owner of somewhat dodgy 'tache

Don’t some countries have commercial breaks?

Thanks Sizzles. That 'tash. Oh.Dear.Me.

'Bittersweet Caretakers.' Sounds like an 80s indie band from Manchester.

Only five to go and almost all of them are rubbish.

Mmmmm the lovely Luke Evans!

He was Gaston in beauty and the beast ❤️

He is actually quite a good singer and played Gaston in the Beauty and the Beast remake, much better than Emma Watson at singing!
The 'tache needs to get in the bin though.

Watching this on today I said if it qualified I would eat my pink bucket hat

These boys are nice and smiley! We haven't had enough of that tonight.

Off to IACGMOOH, see ya Saturday!

Jacket without a shirt. At least the 3rd one this evening.

That smile. 😬I wouldn't get in any lift he was already in.

'I can smell you like an animal'

I love trying to keep up with the subtitles.

Deaf leopard print ...

Oh no , it's the floor again
Only briefly , but why ?

I don’t know but on Tuesday the long VTs always preceded something complicated with the staging.

STOP LYING DOWN!!!

DH and his mate went with jacket and no shirt. And LOTS of glitter!!!!

Jacket without a shirt is better than shorts. And much better than pink shorts/jacket without a shirt combo.

I can smell you ..
after you've been lying on that floor