Eurovision Semifinals #2...

[bovil]

So I missed today's semifinal webcast, but the results are posted:

The following countries are going on to Saturday's finals:

• Ukraine (dance pop)
• Croatia (retro dance pop)
• Albania (ballad)
• Iceland (ballad, video is WTF? but the actual performance isn't)
• Georgia (ballad)
• Denmark (alterna-rock)
• Sweden (dance pop)
• Latvia (dance pop, WTF?)
• Turkey (alterna-rock)
• Portugal (ballad)

So we come out of the second semi ballad-heavy, with a pair of relatively mad entries, some dance pop and a bit of good alterna-rock.

Then there are the "Big 4" who get in because they're paying for most of the contest:

• France (WTF?)
• Germany (ballad)
• Spain (WTF? seriously, WTF?)
• United Kingdom (motown)

So we've got more mad, a ballad and, well, another ballad.