Sean's Personal Picks: 1st Semi-Final (Potential) Winners Part 1

The following list is only based from the songs on continuous loop blaring from my iPod. I'm not going off of the videos and/or live performances; in other blog updates I'll go through each video/live performance and shred each one to bits. They can sound incredible on tape, but if crap live they will never get to the final!! Lip syncing is FORBIDDEN at EUROVISION (that's probably why Britney's never "sung" there).

Out of the 18 countries in the 1st semi-final only 10 can go through to the final and my 10 choices are bolded/underlined below; they are not in any specific order of like or non-like or sorta-like:

Montenegro (fun)
Czech Republic (No, No, No - this is just wrong from the start)!
Belgium (um - no - is Elvis back?)
Belarus (not a fan of rock)
Sweden (not a fan of Opera, but enjoy ROK-PERA)
Armenia (very Jia Ho)
Andorra (ahhhh LOVE IT, her rolling Rs is music to my ears - one of my favs!!)
Switzerland (another fav! 80s punk sounding while Nirvana looking)
Turkey (very Euro-average, which makes it perfect for the semi-final plus she's hot)
Israel (LOVE IT another fav - it probably won't win, but should get through)
Bulgaria (catchy ROK-PERA)
Iceland (ahh what a great song! she's a blond beauty w/ a great voice - could win! in my top 10)
F.Y.R. Macedonia (hmm - hmm - i'm gonna pass)
Romania (catchy EuroPop sung by sexy Balkan girls in mini-skirts)
Finland (EuroRap-Trance-Pop - sometimes it works - i think this song still needs to grow on me)
Portugal (i usually don't like Portugal's entries, but this i do)
Malta - (pretty, but not a fav - have to see if the visual changes my thoughts, nice voice though)
Bosnia & Herzegovina (i like, i really like - live the drums)

Ok - I would pick Portugal too, but only 10 can go through. Let's see if any changes after I watch the live performances and official videos.

Extra points if you can guess which country the three pictures are from. Answer in my next blog update :O)