Next stop: Exams

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The semester is about to end and the examination session is about to start, well actually it did start for me this week with the English exam which went perfectly well. My goal is to pass all the exams with high grades in order to receive a scholarship and to make it look good on the diploma but still the most important thing is to improve myself in this domain to get a well paid job in the future.

Gotta run and start reading books about finance and accountancy. Have a great weekend everyone!

Azerbaijan - we want you OUT!

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That period of the year arrived when most of the ESC fans suffer of PED - Post Eurovision Depression. I just can't believe that it ended so quickly and so badly. Well... the good part is that Denmark won but sadly some countries preferred to buy votes instead of earning them rightfully. Of course I'm talking about the one and only:Azerbaijan. It seems that this country didn't just bought votes in 15 different countries but paid big Eurovision fan websites to aggressively promote Farid and defend Azerbaijan just in case someone dared to tell the truth.

It's so sad to see how Azerbaijan desperately wants to enter top 10 every year using money to pay judges. Will the EBU do something about this? Is there a possibility to see Azerbaijan out of the Eurovision Song Contest soon?

Eurovision fans started a petition for EBU to clarify things and of course to reveal the full split results from EACH country. You can sign up the petition here. Also, you can read an interesting article about this whole situation here.

Congratulations Denmark!

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After a shocking night, Denmark won the 58th Edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. I love the song but still Loreen is the best Eurovision winner ever! I was terribly disappointed on how the swedes organized the show...it's 2013 and they had problems with the scoreboard? They revealed the winner and the voting didn't ended? What the f*ck was that?

My country did surprisingly well, never expected a top 10 but 13th place seems fair for me. Pity for Sweden, definitively deserved a higher position. Anyway, congratulations to Emmelie de Forest and her team, the show was simply amazing! Can't wait for the next adventure to start. See you in Copenhagen next year :-)

The winner of the Eurovision 2013 T-shirt is Helen from Austria. Please send an email containing your address and full name to eurovisionmemories@outlook.com

Tonight: The Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013!

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Eurovision 2013 - Running Order

Finally the big day arrived, the day when a new Eurovision winner is crowned. There are A LOT of speculations but hopefully the winner will be fairly chosen. Many people say that Italy or Georgia could easily win this year but I sort of doubt that. Italy has a very boring ballad while Georgia is just a cheap copy of Azerbaijan 2011 and Spain 2012, which hopefully will end out of Top 10 tonight.

I also don't like the idea of Azerbaijan winning again this year, the show is just amazing but vocally speaking, Farid sucks. As well as Denmark, the show is incredible especially in the second part of the song but the backing vocals ruins everything and Emmelie doesn't concentrate enough on stage. Norway sounds like the perfect winner but I'm not sure this will ever happen.

Good luck to everyone tonight and let the political voting start! Actually this year the political voting will be a bit avoided since Yugoslavia FINALLY is out of the Grand Final. But still Russia is in.

Have a great ESC Day!

Download the Eurovision 2013 Grand Final Scorecard

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Good morning everyone! Firstly I want to thank you for downloading and using my handmade scorecards to judge Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Today I will release the scorecard for the Grand Final and you can rate the voice, song, first impression and outfits of the artists.

You can download the Grand Final Scorecard here.

Over 3000 people downloaded Florin's Blog Scorecards this year.

Eurovision 2013 shocking as hell

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Wow, wow and WOW! The Eurovision 2013 Semifinals came up to be a big, very big surprise. I predicted 8 out of 10 qualifiers in the first Semifinal and 7 out of 10 qualifiers in the second Semifinal. I have to admit though that I didn't expect Romania to qualify at all but I'm very happy because of qualification record stands up and our percentage of qualifications is still 100%.

Also I didn't expect to see Hungary and Armenia in the Final but it's Eurovision and not only fan prediction after all. Pity for Austria, Israel and Switzerland this year, they surely deserved to be in the Grand Final but probably diaspora as a word to say too.

Remember that you can win a Eurovision 2013 T-shirt, just follow the steps here. The winner will be announced this Saturday after the Grand Final Show.

I'm also a bit disappointed of Denmark's performance, the backing vocals sounded terrible and her concentration on stage wasn't enough to be declared a winner. I don't know if Denmark really deserves to win this year (it would be extremely unfair). I will vote for Norway and Moldova tomorrow. Who is your personal winner this year?

Here are some amazing performance from the Semifinals

Semifinal one is finally here!

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Yes! Ladies and gentlemen, tonight the first semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 will take place and we will witness an amazing show! After the long national finals season, Eurovision finally starts tonight at 21:00 CET on your national broadcaster TV programme.

Here are tonight's participants:

Austria – Natalia Kelly – Shine
Estonia – Birgit – Et Uus Saaks Alguse
Slovenia – Hannah – Straight Into Love
Croatia – Klapa s Mora – Mizerija
Denmark – Emmelie De Forest – Only Teardrops
Russia – Dina Garipiva – What If
Ukraine – Zlata Ognevich – Gravity
The Netherlands – Anouk – Birds
Montenegro – Who See – Igranka
Lithuania – Andrius Pojavis – Something
Belarus – Alyona Lanskaya – Solayoh
Moldova – Aliona Moon – O Mie
Ireland – Ryan Dolan – Only Love Survives
Cyprus – Despina Olympiou – An Me Thimase
Belgium – Roberto Bellarosa – Love Kills
Serbia – Moje 3 – Ljubav Je Svuda

Countries that really deserve to qualify (random order): Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Belgium, Belarus, Croatia and the Netherlands.

Good luck to everyone tonight!

Read my reactions of Semifinal 1 HERE.

Win a Eurovision 2013 T-shirt!

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That's right! You now have the chance to win a Eurovision T-shirt just by following three simple steps:

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The Prize: One Eurovision 2013 Exclusive Tshirt. You get to choose one from three different models:

The winner will be selected using random.org on 18th May

Eurovision 2013: Closer and closer!

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Only two days left until the big event will finally start and STV - the Swedish Broadcaster is arranging the final details. Petra Mede's dress was revealed today (click here to see it) and also SVT will make special TV shows dedicated entirely to the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest. For every event (the semifinals + the grand final), SVT will make a 1 hour show before the big event starts, secrets behind the stage and many more. You can find the exact list of the shows here.

Also to stay in touch with recent details make sure you check this link: http://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/

Eric Saade to host the Green Room!

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Earlier today, SVT - the Swedish Broadcaster revealed that Eric Saade, who represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, will host the Green Room with all the participants while the main host, Petra Mede will take care of the shows. Also for the first time, the Green Room is outside the Arena and looks quite cheap if you asked me.