TEOTH? 

Uh . . . no?  Have you seen Asher's stats across the board?  Nathan could come in second to him, though.

Top 5 Voting Potential   Madison Asher Maddi Josh   Instant Save Winner Nathan or Bryan or Karen I think they will push Team Legend in the Finale though   Low chance of making it through Serenity Tae   Preferred Top 5   Asher Nathan Madison Maddi   Bryan or Serenity

Just rewatched Serenity and maddie's performance and their tones were so gorgeous. Make sure to vote for team chance and Nathan next week

And here I go...   9.40 (11) Cyprus My benchmark for the contenders yet to come; and when all was said and done, I thought Silia was riding the razor's edge more toward defeat.  Not every performance centered around dance gets an easy pass.   9.45 (8) Serbia Teya was a razor's edge non-qualifier for me before this contest started.  I have little doubt the stage setup changed her fortunes here.   9.52 (5) Lithuania Where I think Silia was on the borderline, Silvester clearly was miles ahead simply because he put on a more convincing show; not to mention the music was more unique.   9.58 (2) Ireland Should it be any surprise that Ireland qualified for the first time in 6 years?  Bambie Thug's performance is an example of theater done right on the Eurovision stage!  Will Bambie's sorcery earn Ireland its first top-5 spot in eons, if not steal the show?  Never again will they have to rely solely on generic pop tunes to qualify!   9.55 (4) Ukraine Neither Alyona nor Jerry had to mention even one word in reference to the war to reinforce the concept of resilience; and this time, with a message to the girls and women fighting their own personal battles.  Lyrics definitely matter when the music is almost monotone in nature.   9.37 (13) Poland This is the second time in 3 years (Rafał, 2021) that Poland sent synthwave to the Eurovision stage; and yet, they fail once again; and yet, Luna was way better.  I am disappointed with her stage, set design and wardrobe team, because they took the subgenre just a bit too far with that Flash Gordon outfit.  On top of that, they would have been better off bringing the dance routine from the music video to the stage.   9.70 (1) Croatia When you have a rock song like this, always bring the band with you!  Should it be any surprise that audience participation was a foregone conclusion with the lyrics?  Baby Lasagna quite likely won the televote, and will probably do so again on Saturday.   9.37 (12) Iceland The Söngvakeppnin voters played it safe (maybe too safe), snubbed Bashar Murad, sent Hera with a generic song, and it was quickly sent packing.  Would her backups on stage have helped?  Probably not.   9.45 (9) Slovenia Someone on YouTube likened Raiven's music video performance to that of a vampire queen, much of which she brought to the Eurovision stage.  Bookies were ready to write her off.   9.34 (15) Finland I sort of expected a repeat of the UMK stage performance; but I also expected that maybe Windows95man in the buff would chase away many of his would-be voters, with Henri's vocals unable to save them.  Be that as it may, the rave contingent has 2 in the final, with 3 more to go.   9.42 (10) Moldova Given the stage design (which fit perfectly with the performance and violin solo), I thought Natalia would squeak in and steal a spot.  She might have had that chance if her team had also brought along her backup violinists.   9.49 (6) Azerbaijan Big mistake it was for Fahree and Ilkin to leave their band (the keyboardist and 2 violinists) home.  It would have made for a much nicer and more convincing setting, just as those 2 videos (presentation and official music video) did.  But then again, did politics enter into the thoughts of the voters?  In any case, it is becoming quite a foregone conclusion that Azerbaijan can't qualify on televotes alone, and it remains to be seen if they participate next year.   9.35 (14) Australia There is little doubt that Electric Fields' entry was being thoroughly compared to their 2019 national contest entry, "2000 And Whatever"; for which "One Milkali" failed on too many aspects.   9.56 (3) Portugal Once again, with Portugal, less is more; and Iolanda and her team delivered; and I once thought the dance routine by the backups didn't fit the song.   9.47 (7) Luxembourg Not quite the dance routine that was in the music video; but the song was strong enough that I expected Tali to qualify.   [To be continued; it's getting very late here.]