Well, Semi-Final 1 has just come to an end and here are the first points from the "Guess the Final Scoreboard for Baku" game. Remember there are 50 points available from this SF; 5 for every qualifying country. 1st. - BTD - 50 points (all 10 countries guessed). 1st. - Thomas - 50 points (all 10 countries guessed). 2nd. - FeelThePassion - 45 points (missed for ). 2nd. - topditi-mix - 45 points (missed for ). 2nd. - Ljupco - 45 points (missed for ). 2nd. - Matt - 45 points (missed for ). 2nd. - Julio - 45 points (missed for ). 2nd. - Pepe - 45 points (missed for ). 3rd. - James - 40 points (missed for ). 3rd. - Nessie - 40 points (missed for ). 3rd. - Nick - 40 points (missed for ). 3rd. - Gianluca - 40 points (missed for ). 4th. - Jonas - 35 points (missed for ). 4th. - KENAN_TR - 35 points (missed for ). So there you have it! Now let's wait for Semi-Final 2 and see how our placings develop until the Final.
Second Semi-Final 1. Sweden 2. Holland 3. Serbia 4. Turkey 5. Slovenia 6. Norway 7. Slovakia 8. Macedonia 9. Belarus 10. Estonia My prediction
1. Serbia 2. Sweden 3. Macedonia 4. Norway 5. Estonia 6. Ukraine 7.Slovenia 8. Belarus 9. Bosnia and Herzegovina 10. Georgia
Ok, I'll give it a shot. 1. Sweden 2. Serbia 3. Norway 4. Turkey 5. Estonia 6. FYR Macedonia 7. Slovenia 8. Holland 9. Ukraine 10.Portugal
So, here are the results from SF2: 1st. - BTD - 40 points (missed for ). 1st. - FeelThePassion - 40 points (missed for ). 1st. - topditi-mix - 40 points (missed for ). 1st.. - Ljupco - 40 points (missed for ). 1st. - Matt - 40 points (missed for ). 1st. - Pepe - 40 points (missed for ). 2nd. - Thomas - 35 points (missed for ). 2nd. - KENAN_TR - 35 points (missed for ). 2nd. - James - 35 points (missed for ). 2nd. - Julio - 35 points (missed for ). 2nd. - Nessie - 35 points (missed for ). 2nd. - Mina - 35 points (missed for ). 2nd. - aussiegeorge - 35 points (missed for ). 3rd. - JanaJana - 30 points (missed for ). 3rd. - Jonas - 30 points (missed for ). 3rd. - Nick - 30 points (missed for ). 3rd. - Gianluca - 30 points (missed for ). Apparently, we were ALL caught by surprise with the qualification of and (well, except Thomas, who believed in ). ... I'll post the overall scores in a few minutes.
So, here's the overall scores after the 2 semifinals: 1st. - BTD - 90 points. 2nd. - Thomas - 85 points. 2nd. - FeelThePassion - 85 points. 2nd. - topditi-mix - 85 points. 2nd. - Ljupco - 85 points. 2nd. - Matt - 85 points. 2nd. - Pepe - 85 points. 3rd. - Julio - 80 points. 4th. - James - 75 points. 4th. - Nessie - 75 points. 5th. - KENAN_TR - 70 points. 5th. - Nick - 70 points. 5th. - Gianluca - 70 points. 6th. - Jonas - 65 points. 7th. - Mina - 35 points. 7th. - aussiegeorge - 35 points. 8th. - JanaJana - 30 points. As for the Final, let me remind you how points will be awarded: 3 POINTS will be given for every country correctly guessed in exactly the same position as in the Final results. 1 POINT will be given for every country guessed within a ±1 placing difference from their final result. So there it is! Now let's wait to enjoy the Grand Final and wait for the final scoreboard to see who's the winner of the "Guess the Final Scoreboard for Baku" game!
Out of topic: I'm really disappointed with this results of the last semi still can't believe it, I imagine that the jury instead of helping us and Holland just f****** us more and gave the place to Malta and Lithuania. As for this game I won't make a prediction cause obv I'm not good at it, but I will use what i wish: 01 United Kingdom 02 Iceland 03 Sweden 04 Spain 05 Norway 06 Azerbaijan 07 Germany 08 France 09 Italy 10 Serbia 11 Romania 12 Ireland 13 Ukraine 14 Greece 15 Albania 16 Russia 17 Cyprus 18 Estonia 19 Bosnia & Herzegovina 20 Denmark 21 Macedonia 22 Turkey 23 Moldova 24 Hungary 25 Lithuania 26 Malta
FUN FACTS (they're not THAT fun, actually, but they're facts). From SF1: We all agreed on , and qualifying (14 votes); followed by (13), (12), (12), (11), (10), (10) and (9). Was the country with the least prediction votes to qualify (9 votes)... and did. The country most voted to qualify and didn't was (5 votes); followed by (4), (4), (3), (3) and (James ). With 14 votes, we ALL agreed that and were going to ! Furthermore, 8 people have as the VERY LAST place, while 3 have as their last place in the Semi. FROM SF2: We all agreed on and qualifying (17 votes); followed by (all but Nick ), (15), (15), (14), (13) and (13). We were ALL caught by surprise with and qualifying: there's only one prediction vote for (Thomas) and not a single vote for . The country most voted to qualify and didn't was (15 votes); followed by (11), (7), (7), (4? ), (3) and (2). As for the GRAND FINAL (considering only 14 participating predictions): With 6 votes, is the most voted country to win the contest; followed by (4), (2), (1) and (... Jonas? ). With 4 votes, is the most voted country to end as the runner-up; followed by (3), (3), (3) and (1). As for the third place, is the most voted one with 4 votes; followed by (3), (2), (2), (Nick), (Gianluca ) and (KENAN_TR). In the Top5, the countries with the most mentions are as follow: (12), (12), (9), (9), (8), (6), (3), (2), (2), (Ljupco), (Thomas), (Gianluca), (topditi-mix), (James) and (KENAN_TR). Finally, in the Top10 (counting only 13 predictions, as KENAN_TR only posted his Top5), the mentions are as follow: (13), (13), (12), (12), (11), (10), (9), (8), (7), (7), (4), (3), (3), (3), (3), (2), (2), (Pepe), (Gianluca), (Nessie) and (Nick). Nobody believes that , , , or will make it to the Top10. Well everybody, that's all I can give you from this game's statistics by now. Now what's left to do is enjoy the Grand Final and see what the final scoreboard brings us!
I'm ready for a big surprise!!! 1. Sweden 2. Ireland 3. Hungary 4. Romania 5. Cyprus 6. Russia 7. Ukraine 8. The United Kingdom 9. Italy 10. Serbia 11. Greece 12. Turkey 13. Norway 14. Malta 15. Albania 16. Azerbaijan 17. France 18. Iceland 19. Denmark 20. Germany 21. Spain 22. Estonia 23. Moldova 24. Lithuania 25. Bosnia & Herzegovina 26. F.Y.R. Macedonia
1. ITALY 2. SERBIA 3. SWEDEN 4. ICELAND 5. NORWAY 6. RUSSIA 7. GREECE 8. ROMANIA 9. CYPRUS 10. GERMANY 11. FRANCE 12. UKRAINE 13. TURKEY 14. AZERBAIJAN 15. SPAIN 16. IRELAND 17. MOLDOVA 18. DENMARK 19. MALTA 20. ESTONIA 21. FYR MACEDONIA 22. BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 23. HUNGARY 24. UNITED KINGDOM 25. ALBANIA 26. LITHUANIA I'm hoping for Italy, France, or Spain or anybody else that has not won in a long time. Actually I'm rooting for Greece or Cyprus for the win but that's highly unlikely. As long as it isn't Sweden or Russia, I'll be happy. Let's all hope for a big surprise!