And if Saturday the "golden boy" of Eurovision was Nadav Guedj? When the Franco-Israeli won the final qualifier ticket for the final, the Stadthalle Vienna (Austria) exulted. And out of the room, his supporters époumonaient on the chorus of Goldenboy ... several other spectators resumed in chorus. This festive song has clearly distinguished itself in the middle of ballads and allowed Israel to qualify for the final after four consecutive elimination in the semifinals.
As for the other lucky winners, surprises are Cyprus, the song has yet plunged the room into lethargy for three minutes, and Montenegro, who convinced the skeptics with his pop-folk in the national language (it changes English). Apart from that, the big favorites are there. Starting with the Swedes Måns Zelmerlöw. I must say that his song is calibrated to recover points from Reykjavik to Canberra, to the point that the more or less experienced tipsters guarantee him victory.
Slovenia, Norway and Azerbaijan, present in the top 10 bookmakers, also assured the job. Lithuania, which has shown on stage all combinations of kisses (between man and woman, between men and women) and Latvia, which has driven love deeply with his bass Love Injected, join Estonia final. We must therefore reckon with the Baltic trio. The Polish singer tops the list of the ten qualified.
September eliminated countries As for disposal, the disappointment is great for Iceland and Malta, acclaimed by the fans. The Czech Republic, which was back in the contest, had no better luck. Ireland, Portugal and San Marino also leave Vienna at the end of the evening.
The ten qualified this Thursday evening join the other ten the semifinals Tuesday and seven qualified automatically (France, Italy, Britain, Germany, Spain, Austria and Australia). The final looks pretty open, with at least five serious candidates for victory: Sweden, Italy, Australia, Russia. So Israel and its "king of fun."