Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

NORWAY - ALEXANDER RYBAK - THAT'S HOW YOU WRITE A SONG Enjoy the small things with time they will get big Vocals **** Staging **** Song *** Overall **** Qualifier ROMANIA - THE HUMANS - GOODBYE Why don’t you see the beauty that surrounds you everywhere Vocals *** Staging * Song ** Overall ** Non qualifier SERBIA - SANJA ILIC & BALKANIKA - NOVA DECA Happiness is achievable, grab it. Vocals **** Staging ** Song **** Overall *** Sadly non qualifier SAN MARINO - JESSIKA feat. JENIFER BRENING - WHO WE ARE They can make us silent But in our hearts we’ll never be Vocals *** Staging *** Song ** Overall *** Non qualifier DENMARK - RASMUSSEN - HIGHER GROUND Freeze the arrow in the air Vocals **** Staging **** Song *** Overall *** Likely qualifier

Here we go again. Day 3 and we get to see the first half of the second semi-final act display their cards aka staging. Among them Eurovision 2009 winner Alexander Rybak who has rocketed up in the betting odds the past 24 hrs or so but also underdogs San Marino, questionable Russia and favorite Australia. Norway - Alexander Rybak - That's how you write a song When something is good and works, why change it? Rybak brings the same MGP performance here with on-screen graphics with air instruments, four dancers and a lot of energy and humour. The backing group has apparently changed though, the rest remains. He oozes charisma (if you like him) and is the plain old (if you don't) but for certain this is a solid, well choreographed fun performance and will go very far, no matter what the euroboys in the bubble say. A lot better than I wanna that won with a fun and energetic performance and not much of a song.... "Playful", "Cheerful", "Energe...