4 ricktworick1, May 5, 2018
LOVE:
1. Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - Fuego (=) - already loved her song, but damn that staging really exceeded my expectations
2. France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy (+7) - simple yet so GOOD
3. Greece: Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou (+1) - song is great but the staging at the moment is legit nothing
4. Ukraine: MÉLOVIN - Under the Ladder (+4) - probably winning SF2
5. Israel: Netta Barzilai - Toy (-3) - hype is kind of dying down now
6. Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground (-3) - ok staging
7. Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne! (+5) - she probably won't qualify but hey it's a tune and the staging is nice as well
8. Czech Republic: Mikolas Josef - Lie to Me (-2) - hot and recently injured what a combo
9. Poland: Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up (-2) - an ok staging for this catchy tune
10. FYR Macedonia: Eye Cue - Lost and Found (-5) - WILL MACEDONIA EVER GET STAGING RIGHT?
LIKE:
11. Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters (+2) - the staging may help the song scrape into the finals
12. Portugal: Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim (-2) - her new hairdye needs to GO
13. Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La Forza (+6) - great staging and the song is growing on me
14. Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off (+2) - as usual good staging from Sweden
15. Malta: Christabelle - Taboo (-4) - suffering from the problem of extremely short camera shots
16. Belgium: Sennek - A Matter of Time (-2) - she sounds better live but that dress...yikes
17. Serbia: Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca (-2) - their staging is just lol
OK
18. Moldova: DoReDos - My Lucky Day (+10) - can't believe this horrid trainwreck of a song is growing on me, but i must admit their staging is one of the best
19. Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall (+1) - maybe or maybe not
20. Switzerland: Zibbz - Stones (-3) - nice energetic performance
21. Hungary: AWS - Viszlát nyár (+2) - another country benefitting from good staging
22. Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old (+15) - another grower with good staging
23. Italy: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente (-5) - not bad but nothing outstanding
24. San Marino: Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are (+10) - moves up a lot bc the robots are just a GAG #JusticeForValentina
25. Austria: Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You (-4) - expected more from the rehearsals
26. Croatia: Franka - Crazy (+5) - her performance brings the otherwise mediocre song slightly up there
27. Belarus: Alekseev - Forever (+5) - slightly growing on me, but damn this staging is so tacky
28. Spain: Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción (-2) - well their rehearsal was ranked last for the big 5 + host
29. Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw in 'Em (-7) - seems like they want to sabotage themselves
MEH
30. Azerbaijan: AISEL - X My Heart (+6) - slightly growing on me plus the staging is quite nice
31. Bulgaria: EQUINOX - Bones (-2) - surprisingly their rehearsals were not very good
32. Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love (-8) - meanwhile jessica..
