JOY Eurovision

14 Apr 2018

Eurovision 2018: Previewing the first half of Semi Final 1

JOYEurovision: The Show, Music, Society & Culture

Eurovision is only weeks away and the JOYEurovision team are ready to preview the songs you’ll be hearing in Lisbon.

This week, Michael, Liam, Mark and Hikaru got together to listen to the songs in the first half of Semi Final 1.

With bops from Azerbaijan, Czech Republic and Israel up against huge tunes from Belgium, Lithuania and Estonia, the team had different opinions what what’s being sent to Portugal.

Who is the European version of Diesel at the AFL Grand Final?

Which entry does Hikaru not quite get?

What entry is accused of not having soul?

It’s all in the podcast. Plus vote for your favourite below to go in the draw for some fantastic prizes.

Loving the songs? Stream, buy and enjoy the official album.

The playlist

	Aisel – X My Heart [Azerbaijan]
	Ari Ólafsson – Our Choice [Iceland]
	Eugent Bushpepa – Mall [Albania]
	Sennek – A Matter Of Time [Belgium]
	Mikolas Josef – Lie To Me [Czech Republic]
	Ieva Zasimauskaitė – When We’re Old [Lithuania]
	Netta – TOY [Israel]
	ALEKSEEV – Forever [Belarus]
	Elina Nechayeva – La Forza [Estonia]
	EQUINOX – Bones [Bulgaria]

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