The producers of the show (yes, the producers, not Christer Björkman alone!) have dcided on the running order based on what half of the show they have drawn themseleves in the press conference. If a country draw itself to the first half, they can't have them performing last. Simple, isn't it? And some have been complaining about favorism and SVT using extra tricks like pyros for some songs. No. pyros and other stuff countries get with money! Yes, they have to pay extra for them. Like Krista Siegfrids. She got a sponsor for the pyros, worth of 20.000 euros. Otherwise there wouldn't be pyros in the Finnish number. Simple as that.
I favor this new procedure. There have been years when we have had 5-6 ballads in a row, killing each others chances and making people switch to another channel understandably. Judging the two semifinals so far, it has been a very enjoyable line up, mixing tempo and styles. And if a song is strong enough it will do well and win anyways. Don't you think Eophoria would have won even if it was drawn 2nd?
1.France 2.Lithuania 3.Moldova 4.Finland 5.Spain 6.Belgium 7.Estonia 8.Belarus 9.Malta 10.Russia 11.Germany 12.Armenia 13.The Netherlands 14.Romania 15.United Kingdom 16.Sweden 17.Hungary 18.Denmark 19.Iceland 20.Azerbaijan 21.Greece 22.Ukraine 23.Italy 24.Norway 25.Georgia 26.Ireland
As for Finland, it will shine between two different songs again, and Krista and her Team Ding Dong are propably just happy be performing early so they can sit and watch the rest of the show, as they are FANS! Denmark starts the group of last third of the song, wherefrom the winner comes most likely as it features all the favorites, including Italy.
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