Even if you have your mates in the semi, it’s not guaranteed to get you through. No Ex-Yugoslav countries out of the four in the so-called bloc got a sniff of the final – that could also be because, shockingly, the decent songs got through. The EBU must be fuming.
Austria … didn’t get through because she screwed up the jury final – they stopped scoring her about 40 seconds into the performance, classic UK-style failure.
Croatia … because Europe didn’t get it – the juries probably did but …
Serbia … because dressing people in silly outfits and a bad song is a great idea (said no televoter ever).
Slovenia … because Hannah buggered up the jury performance and it was a weak song. Weaker than a weak thing performed weakly. The arena crowd went mad because it was something up-tempo, but everyone else saw right through it.
Cyprus … because no matter how hard you tried, the song simply wasn’t good enough.
Montenegro … spacesuits seemed a good idea to us, but then again …
