The DSC festival continues, this time with the 2nd semi-final dress rehearsal. Another 15 acts performed for us tonight in the practice run for tomorrow night's big show. Who came out on top and who flopped? DSC.tv analyses the high points.
Another song receiving a lot of hype is Sweden's 'Number One'. It's fair to say that they have picked themselves up from their poor performance last time because this song is fantastic. Their Head of Delegation, lakebeach, guided K'NAAN to victory back in Helsinki, and it is not obscure to say he could do it again. The performance starts with Tove's side profile next to the huge LED wall which explodes with a cloud of colour which engulfs the performance. Tove struts around and dances along to the chorus of this little contemporary pop number.
Undressed froze the Benadir Stadium to the core.
At the halfway point, we came across Scotland. Their performer VÉRITÉ, who was born in New York to a Scottish father, sings alone on stage in this very emotional and dark song. Little icons slowly appear on the screens during the performance as she walks around in the verses before releasing some avant garde choreography in the chorus. VÉRITÉ belts out that high note and the snow starts to fall and she is joined on stage by a male dancer to close the performance. You could hear a pin drop in the audience.
Netsky's performance was 'fuelled by passion'
Belgium closed the show, and what an ending it was. 'Work It Out' is an uplifting dance song about bullying and love which is illustrated with the characters on the screens. The cameras then pan out to show Netsky, who pours so much emotion into the performance. The camera has low shots so the flags and the audience really enhance the feeling of togetherness. It harks back to the style of MÃ¥ns' stage show 1 year ago, which subsequently won. Belgium are back and we wouldn't be surprised to see this win the semi-final.
After the show we asked a sample of 1,000 who their favourites were:
Well, the time has come yet again for another 8 acts to make it through to the Grand Final. It is time to make 15 into 8. Now, the power is in your hands. You can now vote for your favourites yet again to secure their future here in Mogadishu, all you need to do is send in your top 10 with the top 3 getting 12, 10 & 8pts and the we trail on for 7-1pts for the so-called 'best of the rest'. Good Luck! Here is the recap to help you decide...
Phone lines are now OPEN for the next 2 days, and they will close on Friday the 3rd of June. You should send your votes in by PM'ing me with your list. You can vote in both semi-finals, and anyone is allowed to vote. You can still vote in SF1 for another couple hours as well if you want to help determine the outcome of that show.
So, your votes have been counted and verified. In this envelope, I have the names of our 8 qualifiers. Let's reveal who they are:
The first qualifier is...
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We look forward to seeing you again on Saturday Armenia!
The second qualifier is...
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Congratulations Estonia! Good luck in the final Karl!
The third qualifier is...
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Raging, Raging! Grattis Norge! Can they do better than last time?
The fourth qualifier is...
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Good job Asbjørn, welcome back to the final!
The fifth qualifier is...
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ACDC! It sounds like the audience are loving you! We'll see you on Saturday.
The sixth qualifier is...
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What a debut?! Congratulations Cyprus, I hope you've kept Saturday free.
The seventh qualifier is...
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Woop, woop, that was my favourite! You're welcome back anytime!
8 countries are left in the green room, but we only have 1 space left in the final. The last qualifier is...
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No matter what happens, this is Bulgaria's best result ever! Congratulations Poli!
Congratulations to our 8 qualifiers, we'll be seeing them again on Saturday! Thank you to all the delegations for voting in the semi-final. You can still vote in semi-final 2. Their qualifiers will be announced on Friday, so stay tuned. Thank you for watching and good night!
A full voting breakdown of the non-qualifiers will be revealed tomorrow
I used to be an adventurer like you bucks who made the final, guess my chances took a Flecha to the knee
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant." [ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT] Xero Racing
Disclaimer- Most of my posts are me thinking aloud. And most of what I think is rubbish.
Winner of a FIFA Prediction Fair Play Award (a phrase becoming increasingly ironic) "... Because he (me) has a sound tactical mind in general..." jandal7, at 9:30 am GMT on 12th May 2016
Here is the mini-scorecard for SF1. The mini-scoreboard will only tell you the points of the qualifiers, and the full run-down of the non-qualifiers including the countries who ranked them in their top 3.
1st
QUALIFIER
106pts
1st
QUALIFIER
106pts
3rd
QUALIFIER
100pts
4th
QUALIFIER
95pts
5th
QUALIFIER
81pts
6th
QUALIFIER
80pts
7th
QUALIFIER
64pts
7th
QUALIFIER
64pts
Rank
Country
Points
12pts
10pts
8pts
9th
Spain
63pts
12
101010
10th
France
60pts
12
10
8
11th
Sri Lanka
57pts
12
88
12th
Wales
50pts
10
13th
Russia
49pts
12
8
14th
New Zealand
36pts
10
8
15th
Germany
35pts
1010
The full scorecard will be released after the Grand Final results
Guess that's what I get for forgetting to vote.
Estonia to the final!
Spain 
12 
10 
10 
10
France 
12 
10 
Sri Lanka 
Wales 
10
Russia 
12 
New Zealand 
10 
Germany 
10
