2011: Our Final Call

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01 Azerbaijan - cheesy and bland but all those dollars may finally pay off
02 Germany - with all this advantage how can it finish much lower?
03 Austria - romping back with a show stopper ballad
04 France - not a winner but a solid result
05 Russia - they want it again but clearly not as much as when Dima won
06 Bosnia - draw has ruined its chances of winning
07 Finland - despite the draw, this will be remembered
08 Iceland - forget the emotion, this is an Olsens singalong for the over 40s
09 Romania - our Marmite song that we think is safe top ten
10 Ukraine - solid predictable result but no sandie shaw
11 Greece - old fashioned diaspora will see this safe, but surely no higher?
12 Ireland - lets get loud, but hampered by the songs coming right after
13 Georgia - best draw in the world won't save a mishmash but usual neighbour votes
14 Denmark - another killed by the draw but loads of votes from Our Friends
15 Moldova - will get votes from people who like rock and the neighbours
16 Spain - simple singalong that deserves better
17 Italy - enough votes from the oldies to keep them interested
18 Sweden - manages to be annoying, desperate and tedious in three minutes flat
19 Serbia - pleasant but who is going to pick up the phone apart from ex-pats?
20 United Kingdom - live performance is key (or off it), we worry
21 Hungary - fan favourite swallowed up by songs with wider appeal
22 Slovenia - fantastic singer but not memorable enough a tune
23 Estonia - one-time bookies favorite sounds clunky and discordant in Germany
24 Lithuania - lucked into the final by draw, now lucked out of it by same. That's life
25 Switzerland - Grand to see this in the final, don't see where the votes will come from

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