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00:00 We had some surprises with the semi-final.
00:02 Two songs that were expected to go through from Iceland and Denmark did not go through.
00:07 That may have been because of some quite weak vocals on the night.
00:11 The other three countries that didn't go through were Georgia, San Marino, blanking on the
00:17 other one.
00:18 But the ten songs that were chosen to go through will now join the other ten that were selected
00:23 on Tuesday night, and also the big five.
00:26 So those are the five biggest countries in Eurovision, the UK, Spain, Germany, France
00:33 and Italy.
00:34 They don't have to compete in the semi-finals, they go straight through.
00:38 Now the bookies actually give France a pretty good shot this year.
00:41 They have them third in the possibility to win.
00:44 The number one with the bookies right now is Sweden, and number two is Finland.
00:49 But there's some thoughts that Sweden and Finland might kind of cancel each other out
00:53 because they're kind of appealing to the same demographic.
00:55 It's a big, glitzy stage show, quite camp.
00:59 The French entry is going back to the successful model that they had two years ago with Barbara
01:03 Pravi.
01:04 The song is by Lazare, it's called "Evidemment."
01:07 It's her on the stage singing a quite dramatic song, but it's also got a little bit of a
01:11 disco beat.
01:12 And it's thought that maybe if that vote that really likes the big theatrical numbers, if
01:18 that's split between Sweden and Finland, France could be in there with a shot.