2nd Semifinal Predictions

It's three hours to the second semifinal of Eurovision and it's time for me to post my predictions. I haven't been reading any of the coverage of the dress rehearsals because I've been busy until today, so I don't really have any rehearsal impressions. I'm going to test my luck and include my top seven from my rankings again, but from what I've seen of the earlier rehearsals I think they have a shot.

Even though I don't really "get" Estonia's song it seems a lot of people do, so I think it would qualify, either by viewer votes or as jury pick. Serbia is also outside my top 10 in my ranking, but it seems that the live performance looks very entertaining. Just based on the song alone I'd rather see Hungary and Ireland in the place of those two, but based on the live performances I'm not sure that would happen. I just have a feeling that Denmark and Netherlands won't qualify. I'll probably be proven wrong about Denmark, but even with the draw I will be shocked and cry "jury pick!" if Netherlands qualifies. That, or "drunk dialing."

Here are my 10 predicted qualifiers for the second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009:

ALBANIA
AZERBAIJAN
CROATIA
ESTONIA
GREECE
LITHUANIA
MOLDOVA
NORWAY
SERBIA
UKRAINE

Good luck to all the performers, and the journalists giving such great coverage of the event so computer-bound viewers like me can see a glimpse of what's happening behind the scenes in Moscow.