The first semi-final, which took place on Tuesday, was not broadcast in Poland. I guess since the Polish song competes tonight in the second part, TVP1 (Polish TV, channel 1) didn’t see any reason to show it. They showed re-runs of “Heroes” instead.<\/p>\n
Well, tonight is the night. The Polish song “I Don’t Wanna Leave” is not utterly hideous, but it’s nothing exceptional either. The singer, Lidia Kopania<\/strong> is a pretty girl, she sings alright, so we’ll see what happens. Anything would be an improvement over the horror of last year’s Isis whatsherface performance.<\/p>\n The show has just begun and I’m planning to blog it for you live. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Croatia goes first, Poland has number 5. OK, here we go!<\/p>\n I have listened to all the songs in this year’s contest, and my favorites are: Iceland and Azerbaijan. Iceland qualified to the final, and we will find out about Azerbaijan tonight.<\/p>\n After Croatia (sappy Balkan flavored ballad) we have Ireland. The all-girl band sounds like a poor imitation of Sahara Hotnights. With apologies to my Irish readers, but while this is better than the singing chicken you guys sent last year, this is not really a song that people in the donkey cart countries will vote for.<\/p>\n Latvia, oh no… a dreadful Russian-language macabre sung by a guy who thinks he’s either Mika or Anthony Keidis. Exactly the type of song that will get through to the final.<\/p>\n Serbia – the tile of the song is “Cipela” which brings some very weird thoughts to the Polish-speaking part of my mind. OK, what do we have? An accordion? Check. Guys in wigs? Check. Goofy dancing? Check. Some kind of very strange cabaret? Check. Definitely a Eurovision final material.<\/p>\n Ok, Poland. Lidia Kopania<\/strong>. Ay, Lidia<\/strong>, Mariah Carey you’re not, that’s for sure… But Lidia<\/strong> looked beautiful and it wasn’t a bad performance at all.<\/p>\n I can’t find the semi-final version on the internet yet, so instead, take a look at the official music video:<\/p>\n