Winner bet:
Russia - Scream

Loser bet:
Serbia - Kruna

Position bets:
1     Russia - Scream
2     San Marino - Say Na Na Na
3     Iceland - Hatrið mun sigra
4     Malta - Chameleon
5     Estonia - Storm
6     Norway - Spirit in the Sky
7     Cyprus - Replay
8     Switzerland - She Got Me
9     Sweden - Too Late for Love
10     North Macedonia - Proud
11     Azerbaijan - Truth
12     Israel - Home
13     Denmark - Love Is Forever
14     Belarus - Like It
15     Albania - Ktheju tokës
16     Australia - Zero Gravity
17     Germany - Sister
18     Czech Republic - Friend of a Friend
19     Italy - Soldi
20     Slovenia - Sebi
21     France - Roi
22     Spain - La Venda
23     Greece - Better Love
24     United Kingdom - Bigger than us
25     Serbia - Kruna

Ok, Operation Gamma sucks.  It has a competitor, Dust To Dust maze.

a) Winner Bet

Netherlands ~ Duncan Laurence "Arcade"

Czech Republic ~ Lake Malawi "Friend of a Friend"

Iceland ~ Hatari "Hatrið mun sigra"

b) Loser Bet

United Kingdom ~ Michael Rice "Bigger than us"

c) Position Bet

1	Netherlands ~ Duncan Laurence "Arcade"
2	Czech Republic ~ Lake Malawi "Friend of a Friend"
3	Iceland ~ Hatari "Hatrið mun sigra"
4	Cyprus ~ Tamta "Replay"
5	Australia ~ Kate Miller-Heidke "Zero Gravity"
6	Malta ~ Michela "Chameleon"
7	Sweden ~ John Lundvik "Too Late for Love"
8	Albania ~ Jonida Maliqi "Ktheju tokës"
9	San Marino ~ Serhat "Say Na Na Na"
10	North Macedonia ~ Tamara Todevska "Proud"
11	Germany ~ S!sters "Sister"
12	Israel ~ Kobi Marimi "Home"
13	Italy ~ Mahmood "Soldi"
14	Norway ~ KEiiNO "Spirit in the Sky"
15	France ~ Bilal Hassani "Roi"
16	Greece ~ Katerine Duska "Better Love"
17	Azerbaijan ~ Chingiz "Truth"
18	United Kingdom ~ Michael Rice "Bigger than us"
19	Estonia ~ Victor Crone "Storm"
20	Belarus ~ ZENA "Like It"
21	Denmark ~ Leonora "Love Is Forever"
22	Spain ~ Miki "La Venda"
23	Russia ~ Sergey Lazarev "Scream"
24	Switzerland ~ Luca Hänni "She Got Me"
25	Serbia ~ Nevena Božović "Kruna" (Круна)
26	Slovenia ~ Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl "Sebi"

Good Evening Europe!
Excited for euro vision its fun so far.

Winner bets!:

1. Cyprus ~ Tamta "Replay"
2. Netherlands ~ Duncan Laurence "Arcade"
3. Switzerland ~ Luca Hänni "She Got Me"
4. Iceland ~ Hatari "Hatrið mun sigra"
5. Australia ~ Kate Miller-Heidke "Zero Gravity"

Loser bets.

1. United Kingdom ~ Michael Rice "Bigger than us" - Duh!
2. San Marino ~ Serhat "Say Na Na Na"
3. Germany ~ S!sters "Sister"
4. Slovenia ~ Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl "Sebi"
5. Israel ~ Kobi Marimi "Home"

Good evening Stonewall! Here are the results of Chipz' betting considerations:

1 - Winner:
the Netherlands (OMGay I feel I'm jinxing it by writing this down)

2 - Loser bet:
San Marino

3 - Loser bet:
Germany

4 to 10 - Position bets:

2. Switzerland
3. Sweden
4. Russia
5. France
6. Australia
7. Azerbaijan
8. Iceland

Hey folks, this is planet Anarchi-A calling, we are fascinated by this Eurovision Song Contest Thing!
And before I come to my guesses I wanna say I find it incredibly hard to predict this year. So many variables in play with who's gonna score saturday night! Hackers? Children? Fans? Turks? Grandmas?

I'm just pretty sure we're in for surprises. I don't know. Europe is strange these days, you never know. So I'm just going for some wild guesses and I'm gonna leave out Russia and Azerbaijan completely. I think they're gonna score somewhere in Top 10 but I just can't tell where. Similar for France, soooo hard to say what's probably gonna happen. Will these three get lost because their songs are not strong, or will they get carried by interest votes who don't actually have anything to do with the song? All three good singers with a not-so-strong song and stagings that have a risk of reaching too small parts of the audience, missing the mass you need to place really high. Hard to say here what bloc-voting will be able to do! So I decided to leave these three out.

Now here are my bets:

Loser Bet    for    Germany
    because they aren't even sisters, their staging is not so good and one of them is off-key sometimes.

Loser Bet    for    Slovenia
    because they told everyone they don't want to be there. Give your spot to people who'd love that chance, then!

14th place    for     Israel
    Betting odds see Kobi at the end BUT I think the host nation will collect a few votes everywhere.

7th place    for    Macedonia
    Love this song. Would like to see it higher up but 7th would still be Macedonias best, so go Tamara!

6th place    for    Netherlands
    I call this 'Occidentalis Karma Effect' when everyone is sure one artist will win and then too little people call.

4th place    for     Malta
    Yalala! Colours and beat and freshness. Last year loved Fuego, I think this might be this years fire.

3rd place    for    Italy
    It's my favourite song BUT traditionally juries don't give much to Italy and he can't win against them.

2nd place    for    Norway
    The semi audience loved it most, good Eurobeat with special Joik and a message, don't count them out!

Winner Bet    for     Italy
    because Soldi is my favourite. I would just love to see this win but I fear for him with the Juries.

Winner Bet    for    Australia
    So uplifting! ESC might go down under if Juries, pseudo-classic lovers and acrobatics-fans add up.

Winner Bet    for     San Marino
    No, just kidding. Not enough turks in the world to pull that off. But it's gonna be San Marinos best result!

    Aaaaaaaaand I really wanted a reason to end this post with my new motto:
   
    Keep calm, don't panic and Say Na Na Na!

punk out.
#yourovision19

Hello Yourope,

this is Vulcan calling! It was very hard to make a logical guess on who will place where in the Grand Final, but finally I've come to a conclusion. First let me say that there were wonderful shows and stunning events that I've much enjoyed, in an unemotional way of course. It is great to be a part of an amazing community and I feel very honored to serve in the Stonewall Fleet. Thank you all, and that said, here are my votes:

1. Italy ~ Mahmood "Soldi"
2. Australia ~ Kate Miller-Heidke "Zero Gravity"
3. Norway ~ KEiiNO "Spirit in the Sky"
4. Malta ~ Michela "Chameleon"
5. San Marino ~ Serhat "Say Na Na Na"
6. Russia ~ Sergey Lazarev "Scream"
7. Netherlands ~ Duncan Laurence "Arcade"
8. Sweden ~ John Lundvik "Too Late for Love"
9. North Macedonia ~ Tamara Todevska "Proud"
10. Czech Republic ~ Lake Malawi "Friend of a Friend"
11. Belarus ~ ZENA "Like It"
12. Cyprus ~ Tamta "Replay"
13. Azerbaijan ~ Chingiz "Truth"
14. Greece ~ Katerine Duska "Better Love"
15. Estonia ~ Victor Crone "Storm"
16. Serbia ~ Nevena Božović "Kruna" (Круна)
17. Denmark ~ Leonora "Love Is Forever"
18. Israel ~ Kobi Marimi "Home"
19. France ~ Bilal Hassani "Roi"
20. United Kingdom ~ Michael Rice "Bigger than us"
21. Iceland ~ Hatari "Hatrið mun sigra"
22. Switzerland ~ Luca Hänni "She Got Me"
23. Spain ~ Miki "La Venda"
24. Albania ~ Jonida Maliqi "Ktheju tokës"
25. Slovenia ~ Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl "Sebi"
26. Germany ~ S!sters "Sister"

I place my bets on the red marked ones, including one loser bet. I've posted the rest in the interest of completeness. Live long and prosper.

#yourovision19

You can now place your bets on the results of the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.
Here is how it works:

Every correct bet in the Grand Final wins! You are allowed to place 10 different bets on the results.

Three types of bets are possible:
a) Winner Bet
Predict a nation to win. You can have various winner bets with different countries. You can not bet on the same country more than one time.
b) Loser Bet
Predict a nation to receive null points (or the least amount overall) in the end result. Like with the winners, you can have several loser-bets with different nations, but only one bet per country.
c) Position Bet
Predict which nation will take a certain position, for example the second place or the fifth. Position Bets are limited to only one Postion Bet per position and per country.
You can neither put the same country in a lot of places nor can you bet on different nations in the same position. Make your mind up and bet on a set of different places and different nations!

The running order of the Grand Final has been revealed. Here it is:

1. Malta ~ Michela "Chameleon"
2. Albania ~ Jonida Maliqi "Ktheju tokës"
3. Czech Republic ~ Lake Malawi "Friend of a Friend"
4. Germany ~ S!sters "Sister"
5. Russia ~ Sergey Lazarev "Scream"
6. Denmark ~ Leonora "Love Is Forever"
7. San Marino ~ Serhat "Say Na Na Na"
8. North Macedonia ~ Tamara Todevska "Proud"
9. Sweden ~ John Lundvik "Too Late for Love"
10. Slovenia ~ Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl "Sebi"
11. Cyprus ~ Tamta "Replay"
12. Netherlands ~ Duncan Laurence "Arcade"
13. Greece ~ Katerine Duska "Better Love"
14. Israel ~ Kobi Marimi "Home"
15. Norway ~ KEiiNO "Spirit in the Sky"
16. United Kingdom ~ Michael Rice "Bigger than us"
17. Iceland ~ Hatari "Hatrið mun sigra"
18. Estonia ~ Victor Crone "Storm"
19. Belarus ~ ZENA "Like It"
20. Azerbaijan ~ Chingiz "Truth"
21. France ~ Bilal Hassani "Roi"
22. Italy ~ Mahmood "Soldi"
23. Serbia ~ Nevena Božović "Kruna" (Круна)
24. Switzerland ~ Luca Hänni "She Got Me"
25. Australia ~ Kate Miller-Heidke "Zero Gravity"
26. Spain ~ Miki "La Venda"

Good luck! May the best song win!
#yourovision19

Oh, what a great Idea, we love it! Thank you Gareth!

And the second Semi Final is over! Which results, and what a show!
This time, much more as we expected:

Qualifiers of the second Semi Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019
(in order of Announcement)

1. North Macedonia
2. The Netherlands
3. Albania
4. Sweden
5. Russia
6. Azerbaijan
7. Denmark
8. Norway
9. Switzerland
10. Malta

#yourovision19

Piggy Backing Tlara's post..
Why not join us in SGNs Discord Text Chat
On Sat 18th, 19:00 UST/15:00EST



We will open a special text chat room, where we can live comment on the acts and preformances of the grand final night.
Maybe even keep score of your favoirites see if they win... comment on costumes, preformances, how hot some of them are.. etc..
For the last couple of years we have always watched and chatted along in STO chat while we watched, but this time we will now have a dedicated room for one night only.

Come join in the chat party as we all watch together!

Hello Euro Neuro's,

please remember to vote for your favorites for the Semi Finals! Votes for the second Semi Fimal will be accepted until 21:00 CEST (that's in four and a half hours from now).

To watch the second Semi Final click here!
(if this link is geoblocked in your country, please check out this post)

Have fun

p.S. 'Euro Neuro' is the Eurovision Song from Montenegro 2012 from Rambo Amadeus. Watch it here!

ThanQ for the tip, DoCTheop!

The alienware are all gone, but steeseries is still alive! Great!

Quote by TLara

The first Semi Final is over! What a show, and which results!
As always, this was not expected:

Qualifiers of the first Semi Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019
(in order of Announcement)

1. Greece
2. Belarus
3. Serbia
4. Cyprus
5. Estonia
6. Czech Republic
7. Australia
8. Iceland
9. San Marino
10. Slovenia

#yourovision19

Yaaaas!!  7 of my 10 #yourovision19 guesses for the first semi-final made it through!  That's some pretty good guessing, if I do say so myself!

2 more STO Giveaways tied to RISE OF DISCOVERY launch:

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Disco uniforms, Oberth T1 ship

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Disco uniforms, NX Class T1 ship

The first Semi Final is over! What a show, and which results!
As always, this was not expected:

Qualifiers of the first Semi Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019
(in order of Announcement)

1. Greece
2. Belarus
3. Serbia
4. Cyprus
5. Estonia
6. Czech Republic
7. Australia
8. Iceland
9. San Marino
10. Slovenia

#yourovision19

Hello Youro Neuro's,

please remember to vote for your favorites for the Semi Finals! Votes for the first Semi Fimal will be accepted until 21:00 CEST (that's in four hours from now).

To watch the first Semi Final click here!

Have fun

Thanks muchly for putting on the event!  We all had a great time!

Amazing event I'm so glad to be involved,! 

[Gay gasp!]