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.

Right, that is fucking it. The half-time act better be Gloria Estefan singing Get On Your Feet with an effing Kalashnikov in her hand and a note of authority in her voice.

I don’t hate this.

If I was drinking, I would be on the floor myself , if I had a drink for everyone who ends up on the floor.

This guy needs to stop wailing. Hideously out of tune.

@OublietteBravo yes we've got them on RTÉ. I could watch BBC but I like Marty.

It’s quite good for San Marino

These boys weren't that bad. I'm not sure why the bookies are certain they won't qualify?!?

Do you want ketchup with that?

Oh- this one is crackers. About Edgar Alan Poe.

Oh lordy the wailing, it was alright until that

San Marino was a lot of fun but the singing was... not good.

This should win the semi

Quoth the Raven “Nevermore"

I approve of this one. They could ruin it by lying down.

Ppe, , poo poo poo
It's reached a new low with this one

Ooh the audience are singing along

Poe rather !

The staging is very Pet Shop Boys.

That rattling noise...it's EAP spinning.

I wish they could sing in tune.

Yeah, Neil and Chris would approve of this staging ! They love a a bit of theatre

I want to hate it.

But at least it had people singing along. Because it had easy lyrics.

The girl in black is putting in much more effort than the one in white?

The signers we right in front of us too. They were utterly amazing. We saw them on the way out and said how amazing they were.