CookyMonzta

Here we go. He needs a huge one.

NO WAY! 5 FOR SPAIN??!!

Crap. 46 for Lithuania.

50 for France. 189 for Ukraine.

Crap! 16 for Portugal. 216 for Norway!

DAYUM! Only 9 for the U.K. I was worried she might get blanked.

Croatia 112 points but still way down. They'll finish decently.

Well, there you have it. If Käärijä wants to win, he will have to make up 190 points and quite likely get twice that many points. Loreen needs only 160 to get 500, and Cornelia got a little more than that last year. Somebody is going to need nearly a perfect score on the televote (444). 2,204 televote points are up for grabs.

Sweden just passed 300. I think Loreen is guaranteed to get 500.

Czechs give 12 to Ukraine!

GOOD SPORTS, SWEDEN!!! 12 TO FINLAND!

Aussies give 12 to Belgium. I assume that's their first 12-point score.

12 From Norway to Finland. Did I miss anything? Is that Finland's first 12-point score?

The rest of the world gets one vote on the televote side. 2,146 jury points and 2,204 televote points in all.

Loreen is headed for 300+ points on the jury side. If she is as strong on the televote side as she was in 2012, it's over.

It's already starting to look like a runaway from Loreen. If neither Finland nor Spain come within 80 points of her, it may be over before they get to the televote scores.

And here is how I saw it: 12 points for Spain (9.73) 10 points for Finland (9.72) 8 points for Portugal (9.67) 7 points for France (9.64) 6 points for Sweden (9.60) 5 points for Estonia (9.58) 4 points for Italy (9.58) 3 points for Moldova (9.55) 2 points for Switzerland (9.54) 1 point for Albania (9.53) Slovenia 9.53, Australia 9.52, Lithuania 9.51, Cyprus 9.49, Czechia 9.48; Germany 9.48, Ukraine 9.47, Croatia 9.47, Austria 9.46, Serbia 9.45; United Kingdom 9.44, Israel 9.43, Armenia 9.42, Norway 9.41, Poland 9.40, Belgium 9.38.

Good fun on a serious matter. They made sure the bad guys in the war were mocked thoroughly.

And Slovenia had to really sweat the possibility of elimination Thursday.

Bookies had Noa 3rd as of late. I think they overestimated her by a lot.

Monika might just move into the top-half of the board with that performance. Bookies had her way down on the list.

Between Germany and Australia, I have to go with the Aussies.

Song being too short will work against Ukraine. I don't think they will win. They look like they're winning the war, anyway.

As I look at my scores (rapid-fire snap judgment as I watch the action), I'm afraid that Austria is going to take a nasty nosedive on my scorecard.

Is that a Toyota MR2?