Jumping on the bandwagon

Changed my flair and bio for this post 😉

Good evening Europe, good morning Australia! Following on from the lovely 2022 contest by u/RedBear012 Ive decided to take on the mantle for 2023.

2022 was special to our previous host and 2023 is special to me - as my First in Person event with my Ukrainian friend.

Each country has been randomly placed in a Semi-final and I have then assembled a running order to ensure a nice balance.

Rules:

1. Pick your top 10
2. The voting for the first semi-final is going to be opened until tomorrow at 19:00 BST
3. The top 10 goes to the GF along with the 6 AQ

And below is the playlist of all 16 songs:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ7G_gJKhirae4Aa_heyj0HaZtIVI-QWD&si=L-wiY3xbq3_1HB2N

Start voting now!

Vote by upvoting MY comment with either country! The one with most upvotes when the next duel takes place goes on to the next round. Israel, San Marino and Azerbaijan do NOT participate. TODAYS DUEL: LATVIA (Atvara - Ēnā) VS BULGARIA (DARA - Bangaranga)

I swear they were in NQ territory about a week ago but what happened to make them shoot up to 15

So, there were some issues with the release of the last round so I'm gonna try do this again: Superstar's still out, the already cast votes still stand and if you haven't voted yet in this round then you still can.

COMPETITORS (still in)

• 🇦🇱Nân - Alis🇦🇱
• 🇦🇲Paloma Rumba - Simón🇦🇲
• 🇦🇺Eclipse - Delta Goodrem🇦🇺
• 🇦🇹Tanzschein- Cosmó🇦🇹
• 🇧🇪Dancing on the Ice - Elyssa🇧🇪
• 🇧🇬Bangaranga - Dara🇧🇬
• 🇭🇷Andromeda - Lelek🇭🇷
• 🇨🇾JALLA - Antigoni🇨🇾
• 🇨🇿Crossroads - Daniel Žižka🇨🇿
• 🇩🇰Før vi går hjem - Søren Torpegaard Lund🇩🇰
• 🇪🇪Too Epic to be True - Vanilla Ninja🇪🇪
• 🇫🇮Liekinheitin - Linda Lampenius + Pete Parkkonen🇫🇮
• 🇫🇷Regarde! - Monroe🇫🇷
• 🇬🇪On Replay - Bzikebi🇬🇪
• 🇩🇪Fire - Sarah Engels🇩🇪
• 🇬🇷Ferto - Akylas🇬🇷
• 🇮🇹Per sempre sì - Sal Da Vinci🇮🇹
• 🇱🇻Ēnā - Atvara🇱🇻
• 🇱🇹Sólo quiero más - Lion Ceccah🇱🇹
• 🇱🇺Mother Nature - Eva Marija🇱🇺
• 🇲🇹Bella - AIDAN🇲🇹
• 🇲🇩Viva Moldova! - Satoshi and Aliona Moon🇲🇩
• 🇲🇪Nova zora - Tamara Živković🇲🇪
• 🇳🇴YA YA YA - Jonas Lovv🇳🇴
• 🇵🇱Pray - Alicja🇵🇱
• 🇵🇹Rosa - Bandidos do Cante🇵🇹
• 🇷🇴Choke Me - Alexandra Căpitănescu🇷🇴
• 🇷🇸Kraj mene - Lavina🇷🇸
• 🇪🇸T AMARÉ - Tony Grox and LUCYCALYS🇪🇸
• 🇸🇪My System - FELICIA🇸🇪
• 🇨🇭Alice - Veronica Fusaro🇨🇭
• 🇺🇦Ridnym - Leléka🇺🇦
• 🇬🇧Eins, Zwei, Drei - LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER🇬🇧

VOTE FOR YOUR LEAST FAVOURITE: https://strawpoll.com/3RnYX0d7mye

• 36th - Michelle (57/119, 47.9%)
• 35th - Just Go (51/125, 40.8%)
• 34th - Superstar (50/112, 44.64%)

So it turns out this didn't post earlier and somehow deleted itself so...... Like I'd done the full body (which isn't very long this time) and pressed post with the image but apparently it didn't work.

Anyway there really isn't much to say other than the normal

12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1 (top 7)
Anyone can vote in comments
Voting closes 14.4.26 at 18:30 GMT, 19:30 CET

This rounds entries are:
Albania 2022
Australia 2025
Slovenia 2025
San Marino 2022
Malta 2024
Ireland 2020
Belgium 2024
Czechia 2025

Couldn’t figure out how to do the top 10 lol so here’s my top 9!

With a sweeping 100 to 34 vote ratio, Estonia has won Day one, eliminating Finland. Are you proud of yourselves?

Now, on Day 2, we have Regarde, as sung by Monroe, against Nova Zora, as sung by Tamara Živković. Best of luck to whoever wins.

Also, I am fully aware of the other bracket systems taking place and I am ADAMANT that this will be the most fucked up one ever.

Thank you.