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.

Surely more like the Albanian Von Trapps?

I've decided i prefer songs with a daft message, rather the worthy ones.

Albania has gone with the Ariana Grande hair look.

Albania has sent Ming the merciless.

😂

Lyrics-

'I don't know what's happening,
but I want to make it stop'

And Claire Balding.

I like a bit of regional folky stuff, spirit of Eurovision and all that. Wheres the nose flute when we need it!

Story of my life

Albania deserve to qualify. Very polished compared to everything else tonight.

Aren’t they her parents? The backing singers?

Look out for Emily thornberry on the backing vocals

I feel i should be on holiday ordering a kebab and mixed salad tapping my foot to this one on the speakers

I quite like this.

I believe it is a family

I'm enjoying Albania. Appropriately bonkers and a decent amount of dad dancing.

Emily thornbury !! Lol
She does

I like that it's a family affair.

I'm sure some one wore that same out fit another year though.

and Phil Daniels.

Who?

She looks like she's planning to conquer 12th century Europe. The rest of the family look nice.

Very gimmicky. I love it.

Sorry just switching on now

I liked Albania's warrior chic look

I spotted pink! With boxing gloves
Different

Kick boxing also popular thisnyear

She looks like a young Patsy Kensit

Cilla