Eurovision 2023: Reviewing Semi-Final 1 Qualifiers | wiwibloggs 

I’m so happy for Bernardo and the Portuguese delegation. This morning was my first time watching and listening to Mimicat (Aussie fan here) and she absolutely killed it. Well done 🇵🇹 ♥️

I voted for Moldova and Azerbaijan and also liked Israel and Ireland. Proud about my Latvia. Thank you everyone, who supported us!

Mimicat slayed, don't forget the queen ❤️

So happy for Mimi In the final 👏👏 They where fabulous ❤️❤️

Portugal slayed Czechia was excellent Norway was great Moldova I really enjoyed Finland wow loved the energy (song isn't my thing, but go Finland!) Croatia out there proudly flying the flag for "keeping Eurovision weird" and I'm here for it. RIP Ireland and Azerbaijan.

As a Finnish, I have to say that in my heart I wish that final would turn for good for Jere from Vantaa, not for Finland, but Jere as a person. He totally would deserve it, for being such a wonderful ambassodor for our crazy homeland. I have huge respect for our big sister, Sweden too and all the other wonderful contestants. It's just that this green guy has stolen my heart, bringing joy and energy in our lives. It has been an joyfull ride.

I totally agree with William. Latvia and Malta. Especially Latvia. Quality

I wanted Croatia, Czechia, Finland, Latvia, Malta, Moldova, Norway, Portugal, Serbia and Sweden. Luckily most of them qualified.

No disappointment from any of the performances but my favourites killed it!!🇲🇩🇭🇷

im so happy for remo! it shows that also the televoters are into quality and not only the jurys 🇨🇭♥️

I m from norway i love Portugal ❤🇵🇹 quality music and the best presented one I like Serbia 🇷🇸 it was expected

Finland, Norway and Israel didnt have perfect vocals but they still slayed

Im happy about Serbia and Moldova 🎉😊

Finland totally won it, the crowd LOVED it!!😍🔥😍🔥

First time ever, I was able to vote as 'REST OF THE WORLD', so my 20 votes went to MimiCat! Amazing performance, lots of charm and energy!

So sad for latvia

Feels like wiwi promotes lorreen better than commercials...

Voted for Portugal as part of “Rest of the World”! Felt bad for Latvia (voted for them too). ❤❤❤ from the Philippines 🇵🇭

Kaarija 100% won the televote! I'm sure he'll win the public in the finals but jury not so much, they're going for Loreen, it's gonna be soooo close! I hope little circus monkey wins 🍹Also, Moldova ❤️ what a great song! They are such a pleasant surprise!

Mimicat is the dark horse for the final ❤ Watch it 🔝🇵🇹

❤ Portugal Bang! Mimicat 🎉 🔝5 🇵🇹

Portugal!! Mimicat slayed, our Queen of ❤❤

Glad you guys liked Moldova, and I agree, this entry is way too underrated, has potential to do really well!

you forgot Serbia! We want Cinan

Luke Black is amaaazing! He has everything!

You did to Luke no justice, really, to biased here... HE basically slayed dispite terrible things that had happened in Serbia he was a professional and SLAYED.

where is seirba

Nice to see some new faces on wiwi

Portugal. !!!!! … u forgot

I was so glad for Switzerland. I voted for them.

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I voted for Latvia and Azerbaijan, neither of which were my favourites before the live. I think Latvia was beautiful, touching and worked wonderfully live. Azerbaijan was a breath of fresh air after the sandblast of Loreen and the guys were really cute. I was initially going to vote for Serbia and/or Moldova, but the live performances weren't quite as strong as I expected. They both needed a little energy boost, maybe they'll have it for the Final. Portugal was energetic, glad to see them advance. I could have lived without Croatia in the final. Czechia looked beautiful, but I liked the visuals of the video version more. Norway didn't quite pull it off, but I'm happy they got through. Switzerland was, vocally, the best performance all night. And, as a Finn, I think, Käärijä nailed it.💚💚💚

Honestly Loreen was not too 3. I think Loreen is big in inner circles, but objectively, the performance is not spectacular, according to the ones I spoke with first time watchers. Nobody mentioned it.

I agree with William about Norway.

Mimicat absolutely killed everythingggg!!!🔥 She was amazing! ♥️🇵🇹

Sweden, Loreen, was firing on all cylinders for sf1. She was truly excellent.

The Wiwis seem determined to repeatedly ignore Portugal's acts this year, for some reason. It is specially annoying considering the time they spend lauding Loreen (a song and a performer I just can't see any appeal to) and other run of the mill performances. Israel, really? A mimic made up to blatantly go after Chanel's act last year? They gave Malta and Latvia more air time than Mimicat. What gives???

Noa was amazing!

What a fantastic semi final. Sweden and Finland were amazing. Another favourite of mine was Malta and I think it was very unlucky not to reach the final. Not surprised Croatia got through but I'm not keen on the song.

THANKS WILLIAM SAYING TO STOP COMPARE NOA AND CHANEL ! Like they’re so different

Controversial but i dont think Sweden was in top 3. I think Loreeen appeals more in the eurovision bubble but outside that I dont think it will land as they predict it to. I think its quite generic and seems like a mock off Euphoria. The performance is cool but in the end feels pretty cold, you never truly connect and I cant understand half of what shes saying! I think Finland connects and lands better with more people. And of course Portugal ❤ Mimicat really nailed it, shes the proof you dont need leds, big backgrounds, props if you have the talent charisma and a great song. Mimicat delivered!

Portugal as well a good performance❤ dark worse ❤ or darkcat❤😊

"When was the last time you saw a unicorn doing pilates in the dance break? Never!" 😂 lmaaaooo

Both anti-war songs (Croatia and Switzerland) went through and flipped Q for a lot of fan favourites. Moldova is the dark horse this year. I'm very sad for Latvia as it was one of my favourites this year but I guess people don't have taste. I won't comment on the Finland/Sweden thing because I like both songs for different reasons and I think the eurofans have decided wrongly on the winner a lot of times in the past. Love x

My whole family called Sweden “too similar to previous years” and thought Finland was too tacky. They loved Moldova and Czechia

I'm happy for Switzerland and Czechia ❤

did the guy on the left watch the show? everyone could easily tell that finland obviously won sf1 with a big margin. my personal favorite of the night was portugal but u can't deny the obvious fact that finland won sf1.

YOU FORGOT SERBIA OMG

Didn't you saw MIMICAT Ai Coração ❤️! Oh, you were sleeping! 😂

I just wanted to hear your commentaries for Portugal

Ireland really need to make a bigger effort next year, as choosing via the Late Show may have been okay in the 80's and 90's, but it just won't wash now. They should go the 'full Sweden' and have a few weeks' events in Dublin with a grand final. The rest of Europe would sit up and take notice then.

In several videos (more than in this one) some of you guys seemed like almost apologising for putting Kaarija over Loreen in your rankings. She is an act like every other, I like it but it is too overrated due to the fact that Loreen is a huge name in the esc bubble. Still it is not apostasy to say that she is not your fave.

I got my prediction almost exactly right, just thought Moldova wouldn’t qualify and that Malta would

i liked portugal. but i love marco mengoni. :)

Bernardo

I think Norway did so badly tonight, 5 of us watching it here simply could not bear to listen to it especially when it gets to that whistle note...😖😖😖

Alessandra was nervous and with good reason. The last rehearsal before the finale, she had technical problems. The problem lay in the wireless in-ear system that the artists have. Alessandra could not hear herself and the sound out was so low....Because of this technical problems (that was not her fault), she got a new rehearsal.

Seriously, have you all stopped talking about Norway?

I am Portuguese and wasn’t expecting Switzerland to even qualify but I fell in love with everything. Great voice. I was hoping for Norway 🇳🇴 and I am happy she passed through. Her voice was not nearly as good as in the rehearsals. Love Finland 🇫🇮 much more than Sweden. She didn’t need that box. Period. Portugal excellent! Biggest disappointment was to see Croatia 🇭🇷 quality. They had no energy and there was no need to get in “cuecas” (underwear). Have to re-watch Latvia 🇱🇻 to see why people think it should have advanced. Biggest support on the arena of the night: Finland hands down. Portugal was also very well received.

I got 10/10 but even tho i did, i wanted to give a shout out to Netherlands male vocalist he truly is an incredible singer and i hope this won't be his last time on a Esc stage come back one day, Latvia on the other hand surprised me with how beautiful their performance was so i hope to see them too again one day. Congrats to the 10 acts that made it, I knew you would make it.

when do we find out the actual positions they came?!

❤Mimicat ❤

Shocking, you made it all about Sweden vs. Finland while ignoring the best vocal performance of the night, Portugal.

Mimicat ❤🇵🇹 the best

Loreen's nails were a dealbreaker for my mom lol

Im scared that Finland will open the Final 😀😀😀

Am I the only who was slightly disappointed with Finland? It sounded like Käärija's voice was a little off sync. It sounded much better in the national contest to me...

What do you think about Croatia? Could it be on top10? Im pretty sure that Malta or Netherlands was 11th and didn´t lose more than 10 points to last qualifier. Azerbaijan and Ireland probably got like 7 points each :D

Where is Serbia?

No hay factor WAO porque tenemos muchas expectativas. Esto es para enamorar a Europa.

I love Latvia. If they were in semi 2 I think they would have qualified.

Totally agree that Finland need a massive televote to pull the win Loreen was superb.......but this is not a two horse race........Alors La France!!!!!!!

I have 90% correct in my SF1 qualifiers. I think the most I ever had correct. hope my SF2 80% or higher correct. I'm a bit sad Malta didn't go through but I think it's the camera shot or the artist forget to look at the camera for long period of time. It's not perfect. I think that's a dropback. I wonder anybody agree with me. I do like the song and the performance in their (Malta) national final but this one falters a bit. However I prefer Malta over Croatia. Congrats to Croatia anyway. They haven't been qualify for a while (but so is several other countries particularly Ireland). Ireland I like the lead singer costume (very glam, glittery) but it's the vocal part that may be mess up. I feel not impactful strong enough so I'm not surprised it didn't qualify. Better luck next year. Overall, it's a strong SF.

Many are saying that Sweden will win the Jury vote and Finland the televote, with the televote being more significant to enable a Finnish win. I think that everyone's televote will be curtailed by Ukraine, which we now know will stand out in half two. No-one is going to get a televote like the Kalush Orchestra last year.

Where is Deban???

Mimicat your great ❤❤❤❤

Wow, thx Wiwiblogs for giving Croatia whole 15 seconds of their time.They are worst than jury! 🤣CS!

Sorry?!..,what about Mimicat?...she was HUGE!!!....

Tom (the tall guy?) He looks like Robert Lewandowski

William - you made great great prediction for 1.semifinal ! Bravo! But your Deban is catastrophic !

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I think people are underestimating Sweden’s televote and overestimating Finland’s. Finland might win the televote but like was said: it’s not as accessible as Sweden. Sweden might nog win the jury but it will get enough of a lead to beat Finland.

I agree with Bernardo, Noa is great, but she needed a better song; Israel sounded like a cheerleading song; it felt like she was cheerleading for an American football team! As Tom said, it feels like two separate performances; there was an awkward break, with no fluidity from the singing part to the dancing, but the LED was beautiful; no worries, we all know she will do well in the final. I loved Switzerland; his fantastic voice and the visual effects were terrific; the visual effects really enhanced the whole performance! Croatia was not my cup of tea; it surprised me that people would vote for semi-naked middle-aged men flaunting their, you know what repeating the same lyrics throughout the entire song...If it was up to me, I would have replaced Croatia with Latvia, I'm sad for the other songs that didn't go thru, but we all know only 10 will be in the final...looking forward to the next semi on Thursday!

Switzerland did it so well. He is deservedly in the final! I'm so happy for Switzerland!🇨🇭

Finland will need y0ur v0te pe0ple in the final! Jury will n0t give en0ugh t0 him s0 he reallllly needs y0ur v0tes!!!

The audio mixing was awful in SF1.

PORTUGAL’S song is absolutely brilliant ! Superb !!! Get ready for Lisbon 2024 !!!

Serbia is amazing.👏👏👏

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Why is everyone saying the jury won’t go for Finland - so annoying . They should get how fab kaarija is. Enough said. Do your job jury 😊

So BBC dont alow the leds and the sofa to Portugal, but Sweden have the box, and Israel the archs

Snuggle up Bernardo LOL

Not just European tele-voters, William…the Americas voted too! Also, no commentary on Serbia. 😑 Bring in Cinan plz

Mimicat it was playing golf ⛳ while others were singing for sure for so less words and review over the amazing performance...

Croatia🇭🇷 brought Charlie Chaplin (The Great Dictator) returns... that was great entertainment😃😃😃👌 greatings from Switzerland🇨🇭

Sweden, Norway and Israel have a lot of out of tone moments. Portugal has the best vocals for sure. I like Serbia and Finland 🥳 Good luck everybody in the final 🔥

7:26 but William do you think she's Phenomen- Phenomen- Phenomenal?

Mimicat❤

Croatia is in the final after 6 years..wow😊

The Loreen dynamic that has been established this year made the contest lack fun tbh. It is evident she will win, people apologise when they criticise her act (like wtf it is just another act). At this point it is just a coronation, how dull