Eurovision 2025 Semi Final 2 - Thursday 15th May 8pm

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In Semi 2 we appear to have fallen into an episode of Dr Who down a timewarp. Featuring return of the mullets, women you wouldn’t pick a fight with, living mannequins, a guest appearance from a Bond Villian and an indoor sandstorm

1 AUSTRALIA Milkshake Man Go-Jo
2 MONTENEGRO Dobrodošli Nina Žižić
3 IRELAND Laika Party Emmy
4 LATVIA Bur man laimi Tautumeitas
5 ARMENIA Survivor Parg
6 AUSTRIA Wasted Love JJ
> UNITED KINGDOM What The Hell Just Happened? Remember Monday
7 GREECE Asteromata Klavdia
8 LITHUANIA Tavo akys Katarsis
9 MALTA Serving Miriana Conte
10 GEORGIA Freedom Mariam Shengelia
> FRANCE Maman Louane
11 DENMARK Hallucination Sissal
12 CZECHIA Kiss Kiss Goodbye Adonxs
13 LUXEMBOURG La poupée monte le son Laura Thorn
14 ISRAEL New Day Will Rise Yuval Raphael
> GERMANY Baller Abor & Tynna
15 SERBIA Mila Princ
16 FINLAND Ich komme Erika Vikman

Top Ten to qualify for the final (Spain, Italy and Switzerland have already automatic qualified)
Please keep this thread for the Show itself (if you want to add comments/spoilers before it starts theres already a thread in progress here https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/5270858-eurovision-2025?page=1 )

Semi 1 Comments here:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/5332855-eurovision-semi-final-1-tuesday-13th-may-8pm?page=30&reply=144264622

I like those three too! Italy, Ukraine, Albania. Also Luxembourg and France.

Not quite

Its become something of an annual MN tradition - they are put together from comments from everyone here and I collect them up and post them.

The idea is they are great cheat sheet to jog your memory so you know who to vote for.

Apparently it is the first time since 2015 that Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland have all qualified for the final.

Who is missing? Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden, Norway - all qualified.

For the second year in a row, the three Baltics countries (Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia) have qualified for the final.

So the Final really has gone north this year, especially without Australia!

A certain Norwegian woman

Very interesting!

He often sings Shout at his concerts so he is obviously a massive fan of The Isley Brothers Lulu.

Which is the most northerly NQ country? Belgium or Czechia or Ireland?

https://x.com/LucESC_/status/1923117642623099100

This is a fab clip from the Green Room!

Malta, Denmark and Austria look like they are having a scream!

Breaking news: due to unforeseen circumstances the BBC has literally just announced that Ncuti Gatwa will no longer be our spokesperson.
Now Sophie Ellis Bextor
Hope he’s ok 😬

Ireland
Inishtrahull Island, County Donegal 55°26′N
Malin Head (mainland) 55°23′N

Belgium
Dreef, Antwerp 51°30′N

Czech Republic
Severní 51°02′N

The answer is Ireland.

Uhoh.

That sounds ominious.

Hopefully it’s something minor like he’s got a cold, a bit under the weather?

I put three rehearsal clips on my Instagram stories: Cyprus, Czechia and Italy. I think it’s a curse. I hope Italy doesn’t come last on Saturday. I didn’t like Australia when I first heard it, but it has grown on me and I thought he did a good performance so I’m sad he’s out as well. Mostly happy with who got through although I would replace Greece and possibly Malta with Czechia and Australia.

I wonder whether Portugal, Iceland, Denmark and Armenia have benefited a bit from being the underdogs. I like them all and voted for Denmark and Armenia tonight, but partly because I knew they needed votes based on the odds.

I think Switzerland and the big five all have really strong entries this year, especially now I’ve seen them live. Bring on Saturday night.

I liked France more than Netherlands or Austria. I wonder if she can win the jury vote?

Its Thursday. Its a two minute gig. Literally. If hes a bit under the weather, he'd still have two days to recover.

Don't quite agree. Spain is weak. But otherwise its the strongest showing from the big five in some years imo.

Is it really a strong showing from the big 5, or does it just seem that way because it’s a weak year overall?

Complete Nordic and Baltic representation in the final for the first time ever apparently.

Sad that Australia didn't make the final. I voted for him 3 times. Would have done more but at 15p a go, I'm too stingy.

I have found a nerdmap!

The Finalist Map!

Interesting seeing the West v East thing too.

I’d say UK and Germany better than average (not that difficult)
italy weaker than average (it’s a high bar)
Spain and France in line with average (Spain tend to be poor, France tend to be good - I may be being a bit unfair on France, they might be better than their average)

With switzerland better than average for the host nation