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Little 2009 coverage:

 

Due to a lack of time, I have been unable to update the site for the 2009 contest.  I have made a blog however, with predictions and thoughts.  You can see my predictions for the first semi final here.  You can access the blog anytime in the navigation bar to the left.

Semi-Final One
Tuesday 12th May 2009

Pos
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Country
Singer
Song
1

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Montenegro
Andrea Demirovic
Just Get Out Of My Life
2

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Czech Republic
Gipsy.cz
Aven Romale
3

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Belgium
Copycat
Copycat
4

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Belarus
Petr Elfimov
Eyes That Never Lie
5

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Sweden
Malena Aernman
La Voix
6

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Armenia
Inga & Anush
No Par
7

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Andorra
Susanna Georgi
La Teva Decisio
8

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Switzerland
Lovebugs
The Heighest Heights
9

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Turkey
Hadise
Dum Tek Tek
10

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Israel
Noa & Mira Awad
There Must Be A Better Way
11

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Bulgaria
Krassimir Avromov
My Illusion
12

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Iceland
Yohanna
Is It True?
13

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FYR Macedonia
Next Time
Nesto Sto Ke Ostane
14

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Romania
Elena Gheorge
Balkan Girls
15

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Finland
Waldo's People
Lose Control
16

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Portugal
Dlor De Lis
Todas As Ruas Do Amor
17

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Malta
Chiara
What If We
18

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Bosnia & Herzegovina
Regina
Bistra Voda

Semi-Final Two
Thursday 14th May 2009

Pos
Flag
Country
Singer
Song
1

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Croatia
Igor Cukrov & Andrea Susnjara
Lipeja Tena
2

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Ireland
Sinead Mulvey & Black Daisy
Etcetera
3

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Latvia
Intars Busulis
Probka
4

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Serbia
Marko Kon & Milan Nikolic
Cipela
5

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Poland
Lidia Kopania
I Don't Wanna Leave
6

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Norway
Alexander Rybak
Fairytale
7

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Cyprus
Christina Metaxa
Firefly
8

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Slovakia
Kamil Mikulcik & Nela Pociskova
Let Tmou
9

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Denmark
Niels Brinck
Believe Again
10

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Slovenia
Quartissimo
Love Symphony
11

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Hungary
Zoli Adok
Dance With Me
12

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Azerbaijan
Arash & Aysel
Always
13

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Greece
Sakis Rouvas
This Is Our Night
14

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Lithuania
Sasha Son
Love
15

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Moldova
Nelly Ciobanu
Hora Din Moldova
16

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Albania
Kejsi Tola
Carry Me In Your Dreams
17

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Ukraine
Svetlana Loboda
Be My Valentine
18

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Estonia
Urban Symphony
Randajad

19

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Netherlands
De Toppers
Shine

Grand Final
Saturday 16th May 200

Pos
Flag
Country
Singer
Song
3

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France
Patricia Kaas
Et S'il Fallait Le Faire
10

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Russia
Anastasiya Prihodko
Mamo
17

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Germany
Alex Swings Oscar Sings
Miss Kiss Kiss Bang
23

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United Kingdom
Jade Ewan
It's My Time
25

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Spain
Soraya
La Noche Es Para Mi

News at Je t'adore, Eurovision!
 
21/04/09: Reviews for Czech Republic, Ireland, Belgium, Belarus and Sweden have been added.  Just click on the flag!
14/04/09: Country pages have been added for Croatia, France and Montenegro.  Check them out by clicking on their flags.
14/04/09: Site re-launched for 2009 season! Individual country pages coming soon complete with reviews, predictions and new polls!.

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Je t'adore, Eurovision!
 
Here, you can find information about both this site and the Eurovision Song Contest, with particular attention paid to the upcoming 2009 contest!

Je t'adore, Eurovision!
 
Yes I certainly do and that's why I've created this website (as a hobby!!) based on the Eurovision Song Contest.  The site has now moved on to cover the 2009 season, inluding all the reviews, predictions and polls you could possibly hope for!!  Having gone to Belgrade last year with limited internet access, I wasn't able to spend as much time on the site as I would have liked, but I'm back, bursting with reviews and predictions, and of course, looking forward to seeing how the results pan out in 2009!

A Little Bit Of (Recent) History...

 

As many of you now know, the format has changed and adapted since 2004, making way for the vast amount of countries wanting to play the newfangled and fickled game we now call Eurovision.  This has made way for a whopping 42 countries in total in 2009 - just one country (Georgia) less than Eurovision had last year (but a far cry from a mere 7 taking part in 1956).  Initially in 2004 the format was changed to one Semi-Final and one Grand Final.  The Grand Final would consist of 14 pre-qualified countries, including the Big 4 (France, Germany, Spain and the UK) and the countries which placed in the top ten the previous year.  The other countries wishing to take part had to go through the ordeal of the Semi-Final, in which the countries finishing in the top ten would join those already in the Final and battle it out for the Eurovision crown.  Those who failed to make it through were simply relegated to the Semi-Final the following year.  The same format was kept in 2005, 2006 and 2007, but with a growing number of countries, it was agreed that having to sit through a whopping 28 songs in the 2007 Semi-Final was more than many could take. So to accomodate the growing number of countries the EBU decided it would be best to split the Semi-Final in two - haveing two Semis and a Grand Final.  Last year, 19 songs took part in each Semi-Final, and in general the results were regarded as a success of the new system, with what many thought were the best songs from both east and west making it through.  This year we have 18 countries in the first Semi-Final and 19 in the second.

A Closer Look at 2009...
 
Initially, I wasn't that excited about Eurovision 2009 and I must say that in many respects I don't believe this year's Eurovision is in the same league as it has been in previous years.  Our big eastern cats (Russia, Serbia and Ukraine) who usually send wonderful, exciting entries, seem to be rather dead this year, so it will be interesting to see how they fare with the new format which now includes juries.  Having had the chance to listen to the songs for a bit longer, there certainly are some growers amidst some of the tripe. Being from Great Britain, all eyes are on the new 'serious' take on the contest in the form of Jade Ewan with song 'It's My Time', penned by the very successful ALW with lyrics by Diane Warren.  Scandanavia have given us some of the best songs we've seen for a while, and it will be interesting to see how they get on, especially with Norway coming in as clear favourites - here's hoping they don't do a Kate Ryan!  Choosing 20 qualifiers will be a difficult task but there are some standouts which should easily make it through.  Nonetheless, when the votes are cast who knows what will happen.  Eurovision does tend to be a lottery so we'll just have to see how each country fares on the night!

Reviews
 
As an integral part of the website, I have included reviews on all of the songs from 2006 and will continue to do so this year.  You can check them out at the Review's Page, where you'll also find more detailed predictions.  I have affectionatley created a page for each country taking part from 2006.  The reviews are entirely my opinion and are, what I feel are realistic and personal responses to the songs as I see (or hear) them.  I hope you enjoy reading them!

Predictions
 
I have created a predictions tables and posted them on the site, showing how I think the results will turn out.

Poll
 
I've got several polls up and running on the site now and I'm very excited to see the results!  Please enjoy them an remember to abide by the rules!

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