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.

Self healing and inner peace ( and boxing gloves)

Standing...Not so much.

Impressive shoulder padding from Albania.

It’s a bit Lion King

Near enough for me

She is very pretty but this is a it dull for me / Eurovision

I really enjoyed Albania!

Is she singing 'go two tone'?

Shoe doe do doe

I heard shugo a lugo

That's one of the nicest ones tonight, and they've managed to do it standing up 🤯

Dey do doh don't deh doe

DD: I don’t like her eyebrows. I’m voting for all of her except her eyebrows

(DD is 18)

'Shoot a lot of blue dough?'

Those girls deserve to go through

Definitely 'shoe doe do doe'.

She is very good, just not sure what she is singing in the bridge

It's Vagner Louis!

Really like Lithuania

This is very 80s music video.

Is it cruel of me to want them to go out in the semi-final? I mean, for the beards alone.

I'm likening the 80s vibe from Australia

Oh god, it is !

Tesco Mary and Wagner , in the same week.

Points for Australia for bringing a prop!