TEKO 2017 – Voting in duel 6 is closed! See the results of the duel between Belgium and Switzerland!
After two days, people cast 154 votes in our poll! Remind yourself of the entries:
BELGIUM Blanche – City Lights
SWITZERLAND Timebelle – Apollo
Without further ado, the winner is:
BELGIUM!!!
image credit: eurovision.tv
“City Lights” was written by Emmanuel Delcourt and Pierre Dumoulin, with lyrics by Ellie Delvaux, also known as Blanche! The song was internally chosen by RTBF and it will be performed by Blanche in Kyiv! The full result of the duel is listed below.
114 votes (74%) Belgium – Switzerland 40 votes (26%)
This means that Belgium has moved onto the quarterfinals and that Switzerland is eliminated. Come back tomorrow for the results of duel 7!
The Eurovision Times 
I predict an Italy vs Belgium TEKO final :)
Prediction-wise, I’d agree, but who knows what might happen!
True.
It could also be a Portugal VS Bulgaria (anti-favourite vote)
I agree.
Well, Switzerland should be happy they reached final 16 anyway.
A well deserved winner though I don’t see City Lights winning in May at all! Probably another top 10 but in my opinion it’s not top 3 material. My main concern is that it could repeat a SVN 15
I hate Blanche’s über lazy dictation. It’s like her mouth is full of ice cubes, frasing is horrible especially in the first verse. This Lana Del Ray impersonator is not through to next round in Britain’s got talent as she sounds like reluctant teen. Hmmm, Frans 17?
Couldn’t be expressed better!
😘
Estonia just scored a very respectable 7.00 from wiwibloggs :)
😂
Not as overrated as Switzerland’s 6.81 imo :P
All above Portugal. LOL
The reason being of course that fans of certain sounds gave Portugla 0 or 1 point whereas the more reasonable wiwis still give 2 or 3 points to the songs they don’t like. Alas, the jury being what it is, those scores tell us nothing.
Portugal scored very high points too (9 and 8 from William and Deban f.e) but I agree that the “average” esc Wiwiblogg reviewer must have given it low marks cause Portugal’s average is at 6.56
I checked the individual marks and there were very few middle scores. Many 10s, 9s and 8s … and many 2s, 1s and 0s.
Just as you predicted ;)
Btw, they discuss “Perfect Life” in every NDR songcheck. In the first two the experts *cough* said that the song wasn’t special but that we would come 10th-15th anyway because Levina was such a good singer and lovely onstage. Last night was different: They used nice words but more or less told us to prepare for a bottom 3 result. I like honesty. :)
Forty!
OGAE SERBIA :
12 ITA :)
10 SWE
08 FRA :)
07 BEL
06 FYR
05 HUN :)
04 ISR pfffff
03 PRT :)
02 DNK
01 AZE :)
With 10 OGAE clubs missing :
1. ITA 383 !!!!
2. BEL 264
3. SWE 253
4. FRA 213
5. EST 175
6. BGR 99
7. PRT 89
8. ISR 78
9. FYR 71
10. FIN 49
11. DNK 34
12. HUN 34
13. CHE 34
14. AUS 28
15. NOR 25
16. AZE 24
Flop material candidates :
1.FYR
2.CHE
3.ISR
4.FRA/BEL
5.EST
Underrated
AZE
AUS
ARM
NLD
POL
Azerbaijan is definitely in the possible flop category, Israel and Estonia are definitely not. Armenia, Romania and possibly Austria are the underrated ones here.
Australia along with Belgium are the big question marks of the first semi. I think his televote has the potential be dismal and he will not be helped by appearing third. That semi will most certainly have one or more shock non-qualifiers (perhaps Cyprus instead of Greece? I don’t believe they will both pass, but I think Demy will do better in the end than OGAEs seem to think)
As for the Netherlands, they really have the potential to be bottom-3 in the televote of the second semi, along with Malta and Ireland. Like Australia, they will need all the help they can get from the juries.
Estonia will do an AUT 16 imo (around #12 in Final imo, given the known flawed performance) meaning lower top 10 in televoting and bottom 10 with juries.
Israel will do a GRC 14 imo and will end up around #20 in final. Song is void.
Netherlands could repeat their last year’s result. Top 10 with juries, bottom 7 with televoting in Final.
Israel is void only here. The style has it’s fans, a lot of them. Just wait and see 😃
Peeople were saying the same about Rise Up :P
Remains to be seen. It’s quite a standout track on album, when listened in shuffle.In the sea of beige it’s pretty prominent. It sounds alive and will look good. Just saying 😃
It will depend on the running order too. Imagine f.e Romania coming 2 songs after Israel :)
It won’t. Both are needed to keep the audience awake 😃
Also since they were given the last spot in semi 2, they won’t be favoured again in the Grand Final (exactly what happened with Belgium last year), so in case they pick first half, chances they will be opening the show for the Grand Final are very high. To sum all up, I don’t see ISR bothering top 15 this year
This
or ISR 17? :p
Pom Pom! Eleni’s Mono Gia Sena beats most songs round here. Sexy and trashy, what’s not to love? 😃
AUT wasn’t in juries top10.
Read carefully βρε :P
AUT was 8th in televoting last year and bottom with juries
OK. Still I believe AUT might not qualify.
Lol we are talking about EST 17 here :P
EST will qualify for sure, AUT might not but I don’t rule it out.
EST will qualify but I can’t see them doing anything remarkable. Cyprus’ qualification, if it comes will not be a shocking event…
In that semi it will be very shocking as far as I am concerned. And I can only see them in only if Greece is put.
*out
I will have to disagree vastly.
It is a top10 material already in many polls and in betting odds. I am not saying it is dead certain but obviously it is among the ones to watch. You should leave your personal views aside IMO. Treating MDA dead certain and Cyprus shocking qualifier IMO is quite overstatement.
I have seen the betting odds on Cyprus and Latvia- I think Poland, Iceland and Finland are much better bets than those two. As I said I don’t see both Greece and Cyprus in the final as the odds seem to suggest.
Eh? Are you sure you are reading the correct thing. All 3 are further down than Cyprus…
I know. That’s why I said they are better bets.
They aren’t better bets. They are ranked lower…
Which means you win more money if you bet on them and they qualify. And since I think they actually have much better chances of passing than either Cyprus or Latvia, I’d bet on them if I did that sort of thing.
That’s about profit-making thinking, not predicting the outcome…
I am predicting that Finland/Poland/Iceland have much better chances of qualifying than Latvia/Cyprus. Since the market says otherwise right now, if I betted (which I don’t) I’d see that as an opportunity. It’s not about making money because I don’t bet. It is about who I believe the current odds overestimate or underestimate.
With the exception of MDA they are doing well. in fact they keep all those countries very close to each other (bar ISL and now POL) and to me it makes sense. Besides, our main argument was about whether Cyprus is a surprising qualifier or not. Based on facts it isn’t.
To me it will be surprising based on the acts, songs and possible voting alliances the three countries I mentioned have compared to Cyprus.
A commanding victory and a deserving one that is.
Jamala tied the knot.Congratulations!
So cute🖤
Congrats
Beautiful bride. May they live happily ever after :)
Congratulations!
Expected.
OGAE UK
12 ITA
10 EST
08 BEL
07 SWE
06 FRA
05 FYR
04 PRT
03 FIN
02 NLD
01 ISR
FYR? As we say Φυρές, Εύβοιας :p
OMG rehearsals are starting this Monday/Tuesday??
Are you excited? Will you skip FdlC results just to watch Cyprus rehearse?
Nooo.
Monday is bank holiday here. I should be doing smth.
International workers’s day…I won’t be working either
They don’t celebrate this day here. It just happened to fall on the same day. The first Monday of May is bank holiday every year here..
They start next Sunday.
30th?
Yes.
So it is this Sunday ;)
They start on Sunday.
So nice❤
He should definitely represent Malta 😎
A nice mash-up.He’s ok but Blanche’s voice is so distinctive and haunting.I realize it even more when i hear someone else singing “City lights”.
The Maltese and ESC. A love affair. Alas, they will be very disappointed in May.
Rightfully so…We have fed up with same faces singing the same tune
Just like in some bigger countries, credible artists won’t go near ESC on Malta. Corazon Mizzi was an exception but alas she always corrupted her style with the intention to adapt.
OGAE BELGIUM:
01 pt—-AUSTRALIA
02 pts—CYPRUS
03 pts—BULGARIA
04 pts—ISRAEL
05 pts—FINLAND
06 pts—FYROM
07 pts—ESTONIA
08 pts—FRANCE
10 pts—SWEDEN
12 pts—ITALY
2314 voters in EscNation’s poll and current semi results look like this :
Semi 1 :
1. BEL 215
2. SWE 129
3. GRC 103
4. AZE 102
5. PRT 89
6. FIN 84
7. CYP 81
8. MNE !!! 59
9. LVA 55
10. POL 51
11. ALB 49
12. ISL 46
13. SVN 37
14. ARM 37
15. AUS !!! 34
16. CZE 21
17. MDA 14
18. GEO 12
SEMI 2:
1. MKD 187
2. SRB!!! 162
3. BGR 134
4. HUN 123
5. DNK 94
6. EST 93
7. CHE 92
8. ISR 79
9. AUT 78
10. BLR 39
11. NOR 37
12. ROU 24
13. SMR 21
14. HRV 17
15. NLD 12
16. IRL 2
17. MLT 1
18. LTU 0
PS : You can’t vote for your country, IPs are checked.
Does this mean we get a hint of the televoting tendencies and preferences?
Svala singing “1944” :
Manel Navarro’s new tattoo.
Facts and Fakenews about Finland 17:
If you are ready, this is my part 2 of alternative titles for this year’s ESC entries. Let the bitchiness begin!
Portugal: Brother can you spare a dime?
Greece: Beautiful but wronged
Croatia: Bipolar disorder
Finland: Dark wings, dark words
Israel: He can keep his pants off
Moldova: Bachelor party
Denmark: Blond vortex
Latvia: Sniff a line
Poland: Investigation light
France: Profiterole for the ears
FYRoM: Dancing with my autotune
Austria: Cruising in the mountains
INTERVAL ACT
Ukraine: Time to pee
Sweden: I look so freakin’ gorgeous
Bulgaria: Teachers’ pet
Estonia: Star-crossed older lovers
Iceland: Stationery and office supplies
Ireland: Trying to cry
Romania: Milkmaid and the hipster
Armenia: Higher than a kite
Hungary: Macho but heartbroken
Georgia: Attack of the giant perm
Belgium: All blanched out in the universe
Australia: Bambi takes a nap
Azerbaijan: Orthopedics’ convention
And last but not least:
Italy: The monkey and the donkey
“Trying to cry” goes nicely with opening line ” Take a leak.” 😃
Today’s battle: Rock it out!
Hoping Bulgaria don’t win TEKO or the Eurovision – that would bene dull victory just like Ukraine last year !
Always trying to find out things i thiught could this tic tac toe game with the hearts be projected on the stage floor and the dancers revealing the hearts by stepping on them?Just a speculation. :P
Wiwibloggs prediction
Semi 1 :
Both William & Deban predict SWE, BEL, PRT, GRC, LVA and POL as qualifiers.
Then FIN, MDA, AUS, ARM, AZE, GEO, MNE, ISL and ALB in the danger zone
while CYP, CZE and SVN stand no chance for the moment.
Semi 2 :
AUT, HUN, BGR, BLR, EST, NLD and HRV!!! are predicted through.
LTU and SMR are written off.
ROU, NOR, ISR, IRL, SRB and MLT are the borderline ones.
Surprised cause CHE, MKD and DNK seem to struggle with them!
Some very bold predictions indeed.
One week until we go to Kyiv! Sadly we’ll not be there for the first rehearsals, but are very excited about going now.
I hope that you’ll enjoy your time in Kyiv. :)
Have a safe trip and enjoy your stay there. :)