Eurovision 2018 - Semi final 2 predictions

As you may be aware, semi final 1 took place on Tuesday night. Those who follow me on Twitter will  know that the semi lived up to its reputation as one of the toughest in the history of the contest, taking out fan favourites such as Greece and Belgium,  as well as ordinarily strong countries like Azerbaijan and Armenia (who almost never miss the final). On the plus side, I guessed 9/10 of the qualifiers in my predictions post (I admittedly didn't see Ireland coming, grrr). 

Here is a recap of the 10 qualifiers from semi 1:

1. Israel - Netta - "Toy"
2. Czech Republic - Mikolas Josef - "Lie To Me"
3. Estonia - Elina Nechayeva - "La Forza"
4. Cyprus - Eleni Foureira - "Fuego"
5. Austria - Cesár Sampson - "Nobody but You"
6. Bulgaria - EQUINOX - "Bones"
7. Finland - Saara Aalto - "Monsters"
8. Lithuania - Ieva Zasimauskaitė - "When We're Old"
9. Albania - Eugent Bushpepa - "Mall"
10. Ireland - Ryan O'Shaughnessy - "Together"

Despite semi final 1 being coined 'the bloodbath', this was originally said of semi final 2 (which takes place tonight)...although, note that this was said before the majority of the songs were announced. Now that the likes of Romania, Norway and the Netherlands have decided to send absolute trash, this semi suddenly feels far less competitive than semi 1. Despite the quality being far lower overall, the lack of decisive qualifiers (aside from Sweden, Ukraine, Norway and Poland) makes this semi just as open.

Admittedly, I have FAR less of a stake in this semi, so it should be a far easier watch. As before, I will rank who I originally thought would be going through, who I now think will be going through after seeing the rehearsals and who I want to go through:

Who I THOUGHT would go through (pre-rehursals)

1. Sweden - Benjamin Ingrosso - "Dance You Off"
2. Ukraine - Melovin - "Under the Ladder"
3. Norway - Alexander Rybak - "That's How You Write A Song"
4. Denmark - Rasmussen - "Higher Ground"
5. The Netherlands - Waylon - "Outlaw In 'Em"
6. Australia - Jessica Mauboy - "We Got Love"
7. Poland - Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer - "Light Me Up"
8. Russia - Julia Samoylova - "I Won't Break"
9. Moldova - DoReDos - "My Lucky Day"
10. Hungary - AWS - "Viszlát nyár"

Who I THINK will go through (post-rehursals)

1. Sweden - Benjamin Ingrosso - "Dance You Off"
2. Ukraine - Melovin - "Under the Ladder"
3. Norway - Alexander Rybak - "That's How You Write A Song"
4. Denmark - Rasmussen - "Higher Ground"
5. The Netherlands - Waylon - "Outlaw In 'Em"
6. Australia - Jessica Mauboy - "We Got Love"
7. Poland - Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer - "Light Me Up"
8. Malta - Christabelle - "Taboo"
9. Moldova - DoReDos - "My Lucky Day"
10. Hungary - AWS - "Viszlát nyár"

Who I WANT to go through

1. Sweden - Benjamin Ingrosso - "Dance You Off"
2. Ukraine - Melovin - "Under the Ladder"
3. Denmark - Rasmussen - "Higher Ground"
4. Australia - Jessica Mauboy - "We Got Love"
5. Moldova - DoReDos - "My Lucky Day"
6. Hungary - AWS - "Viszlát nyár"
7. Slovenia - Lea Sirk - "Hvala, Ne!"
8. Latvia - Laura Rizzotto - "Funny Girl"
9. Malta - Christabelle - "Taboo"
10. Serbia - Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - "Nova Deca"

Let's wait and see if my predictions are as accurate as they were for semi 1...