^What about the front runner Poland with the impending WW smash Cool Me D-
no wait
Still can't believe they REJECTED an ESC win like that. Hopefully talent pulls thru and CMW becomes a EU hit ala Bonbon. Szupak can stay forgotten the minute his semifinal ends.
Did Poland want to win the competition at all, though? If TVP had wanted to try to win, they would've rejected Szpak's song after the plagiarism accusations right away.
I don't think either is winning, but if I had to choose between the two I wouldn't vote for either. I prefer Russia's song (I simply can't make myself like a song half in French and half in English--it sounds so bad to me--with Emmelie de Forest sounds and David Guetta production), but I wouldn't want the Eurovision in a country with appalling human rights.
EBU won't let a poor country win so they'll tell the juries to vote for a country that can afford to host (just like they've been doing since 2009), but I'll stick with Croatia and Bulgaria and support them until the end
I think EBU is trying to push Australia and Malta a lot, but both will flop miserably.
Who I want to qualify in the first semi/think will:
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Croatia
Czech Republic(their first time qualifying ever!)
Estonia
Hungary
Iceland
Malta
Netherlands
Russia
I like all of the songs listed except Russia's (I'd gladly switch it with Austria's song) but there's no way it won't qualify.
Cyprus will 100% qualify, it's an outstanding song and it's the only powerpop/rock song this year. Replace it with Estonia's boring mess and you'll have the same list as me.
