Semifinal One 2016: Who Will Qualify

Tomorrow is the first semifinal of Eurovision, and it's time for me to make my predictions on the countries that will qualify.

The Sure Qualifiers

• Hungary
• Armenia
• Russia
• Malta

The Songs Without A Chance

• Finland
• Moldova
• San Marino
• Montenegro

The Undefined Middle

• Greece
• Croatia
• Netherlands
• Czech Republic
• Cyprus
• Austria
• Estonia
• Azerbaijan
• Iceland
• Bosnia/Herzegovina

As opposed to previous years, I haven't been following the ins and outs of the contest as prior years, so these are more personal guesses that anything else.

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bosnia/Herzegovina
• Czech Republic
• Cyprus
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Malta
• Russia

And as I do every year, I'm putting in a request.  If you are reading this and are in a country that votes in this semifinal, please consider voting for this song.

Gabriela Gunčíková   "I Stand"   Czech Republic

This is a bog standard ballad, but Gunčíková performs it perfectly.  Besides, the Czech Republic have never qualified for the final and this is a good song.