Morten Thomassen of ESC NORGE with his short comments on the 15 songs in semi final 1

Moldova – What a banger, great atmosphere

Sweden – Fun song, but low-energy artist

Croatia – Big, strong and powerful performance

Greece – What an energy bomb on stage

Portugal – The most beautiful song of the year, that’s it

Georgia – Weak vocals and messy song

Finland – It definitely smells like a winner here

Montenegro – A lot of screaming and little wool

Estonia – Charmless and bland this unfortunately

Israel – Great vocals, but lacks soul

Belgium – This was tough as ice

Lithuania – Strange and weird, screaming performance

San Marino – Swings like a rock

Poland – Messy and confusing, vocally strong

Serbia – Dark, gloomy and very tough

This is the semi-final where the fight for the 10 final places is the toughest, there is not much difference between 9th and 13th place in the odds and after pondering a bit, I think the following 10 countries will make it to the final:

Moldova, Sweden, Croatia, Greece, Portugal, Finland, Israel, Belgium, San Marino and Serbia.

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