Eurovision 2017: Will My Country Qualify? – A Press Poll summary
All 36 semifinalists have now rehearsed for the first time. Let’s take a look at the output of the daily press polls and try to get a better image on our Semifinals
The Press Poll is a prediction toll introduced by ESCToday in 2015 in order to get a summary of each day of first rehearsals by presenting a simple question total of 35 members of the press in the press centre: Which three countries had the best three rehearsals today? Based on vocals, staging, backdrops, camera work and choreography. From each voter, five points are awarded to the first place, three to the second and one to the third. The maximum amount of points that a country can get is 175, with the record so far being 119 for Ukraine in 2016
The poll is used mainly to show trends and get a first prediction regarding this year’s ESC. It is also stands as a reflection for delegations to understand whether they are on the right way or if some actions should be taken prior to the upcoming rehearsals.
In 2016, the press poll has managed to predict 18 out of the 20 qualifiers as well as the exact top 3 of the final in the right order (Ukraine-Australia-Russia)
As votes for each day are given separately, it is impossible to simply sort the countries by the total result. Further analysis must be taken into account, and luckily we did that for you
Let’s take a look at this year’s results, and divide the countries into three groups
D (
Direct Qualification) – Countries with a strong first rehearsal that should qualify to the final without problems
S (
Swinging Qualification) – Countries that should qualify depends on improvement in further rehearsals or further less predictable factors as voting patterns
N (
Non Qualification) – Countries that are unlikely to qualify without huge improvements or should qualify based on less predictable factors
In both semifinals, the first half is stronger than the second one. Hence, countries from the first half with lower score might end up higher than countries with higher score from the second half
Semifinal 1
Country Entry Score
1 D Armenia Artsvik – Fly with me 100
2 D Finland Norma John – Blackbird 72
3 D Moldova SunStroke Project – Hey mamma! 69
4 D Azerbaijan Dihaj – Skeletons 65
5 D Portugal Salvador Sobral – Amar pelos dois 64
6 D Sweden Robin Bengtsson – I can’t go on 39
7 D Australia Isaiah – Don’t come easy 37
8 S Cyprus Hovig – Gravity 40
9 S Latvia Triana Park – Line 30
10 S Greece Demy – This is love 22
11 S Poland Kasia Moś – Flashlight 20
12 S Slovenia Omar Naber – On my way 17
13 N Montenegro Slavko Kalezić – Space 16
14 N Georgia Tamara Gachechiladze – Keep the faith 13
15 N Iceland Svala – Paper 11
16 N Albania Lindita – World 9
17 N Czech Republic Martina Bárta – My turn 6
18 N Belgium Blanche – City lights 0
Semifinal 2
Country Entry Score
1 D Bulgaria Kristian Kostov – Beautiful mess 97
2 D Austria Nathan Trent – Running on air 79
3 D Romania Ilinca and Alex Florea – Yodel it! 72
4 D The Netherlands OG3NE – Lights and shadows 54
5 D Hungary Joci Pápai – Origo 39
6 D Croatia Jacques Houdek – My friend 50
7 D Estonia Koit Toome & Laura – Verona 43
8 D Belarus NAVIBAND – Story of my life 43
9 S Denmark Anja – Where I am 29
10 S Norway JOWST – Grab the moment 30
11 S San Marino Valentina Monetta & Jimmie Wilson – Spirit of the night 27
12 S FYR Macedonia Jana Burčeska – Dance alone 18
13 S Israel IMRI – I feel alive 16
14 N Ireland Brendan Murray – Dying to try 14
15 N Malta Claudia Faniello – Breathlessly 10
16 N Switzerland Timebelle – Apollo 6
17 N Serbia Tijana Bogićević – In too deep 0
18 N Lithuania Fusedmarc – Rain of revolution 3
The Press poll will continue on Friday, 5 May, with the first rehearsals of the host country and the big 5, and will come back for a final round at the jury final on 12 May to check who will win the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
http://esctoday.com/146753/eurovision-2017-will-country-qualify-press-poll-summary/
