First qualification odds for Semi-Final 2

First qualification odds for Semi-Final 1

Vibe check.

Norway 🇳🇴 as a closer is certainly a choice, thought Denmark 🇩🇰 were a much better option for that. Bulgaria 🇧🇬 will be a good opener. Albania 🇦🇱 and Malta 🇲🇹 after each other is strange. Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 doa but that was always true regardless.

Sweden 🇸🇪 will be fine even from 2nd, Montenegro 🇲🇪 massively screwed over. Moldova 🇲🇩 and Serbia 🇷🇸 are a good opener and closer.

Bhutan 🇧🇹 is finally vindicated after jumping the gun by a whole year 😭.

Estonia going from lock NQ to guaranteed top 10 on the back of this groundbreaking information.

Screw it putting Switzerland 🇨🇭 in my top 10.

One more time for all the good times.

I like it. Very good beat and feels very Georgian. Do worry it might be a hard song to convey live without it appearing messy, but we'll see.

Feels like I just got hit by a train 😅. Not really to my taste personally, but it'll have its audience.

Yeah I like it. Don't know how competitive it is in an ESC context, but as a song I like it. Will definitely be different from anything else that's for sure.

Seen some people call this a win contender and others call it a lock NQ and I'm just like wow it's neither of those things.

Got 10/25. Not bad all things considered.

Laughably bad.

Not the best ranking you've ever seen but also not the worst.

Well I'm glad she's getting the chance after 2020. Just wish the song was better.

Almost at the finish line now.

The expected winner, but no less well deserved from Felicia. Great performance and staging, and she did well to win both votes. Should do well but don't really see a universe where it wins ESC. EDM songs tend to always have a ceiling with the general public.

My ranking of the whole selection

My (after the fact) ranking of San Marino Song Contest 🇸🇲. No idea how Dolcenera didn't win she was way better than everyone else.

I'd like to dedicate this ranking to everyone that survived San Marino Song Contest 2026. You guys are the real ones.

All of that just to send a criminal. Thanks for nothing San Marino.

Time for my country's entry. In short, I like it. Very dramatic, and given Monroe has good vocals it can definitely leave an impression live if the staging is right. Will definitely attract some of familiar criticisms about France 🇫🇷, but I think it's another good entry from us.

What if the real ranking was the friends we made along the way?

I'm warming up to it a bit from my first impression. Still kind of loses me in the 2nd half, and I just wish the melody was just a little bit stronger, but it's very distinct and very British. If Sam can sell it live I could see this getting some public support.

The more I listen to this the more Expedition 33 vibes I get and I wouldn't be surprised if its success is having an influence, especially since we're supposedly going with a opera singer as our artist.

So Denmark 🇩🇰 has to be closing right? Like they're not going to give it to Cyprus 🇨🇾 2 years in a row and the rest of the songs don't really seem like something you'd close on unless they're looking to switch things up.

I could've done anything in my life and I chose to make this ranking.