Pre-opinion: I mostly remember the eye, the burning structure and Melovin's brave attempt at 'English', the song itself hasn't left much impression. Rather certain they have someting to sell to make it to the final though.
First runthrough: Help! He's been tied to a cocoon by a giant spider. But then the thing (which is actually a piano) releases him and helps him down. But he decides to come back to the piano, sudden tempo change, now it's a piano ballad, picks back up in the last chorus. Fire on the stairs leading to the piano.
Second run: They're really playing on his vampire looks and try to make this look creepy, and it works quite well. The change of tempo near the end almost makes it seem like the music stopped, but maybe I'm just paranoid after Slovenia.
Since I don't have good words to explain what the first scene looks like, this is him inside the spider prey/cocoon/coffin/beetle:
Last run: Wind machine made his hair stick awkwardly to his forehead. He fixes it going up the stairs. No pyro at all, stairs must have run out of gas. Bottom line: This is very Ukraine in Eurovision, make of it what you will.
Slovenia
Pre-opinion: She's one of the best singers in here, it's a cool song and yet it does very little to engage non-Slovenian viewers. I have it down as least likely to qualify, unless they do something super spectacular.
First run-through: Blue stage with a bit of pink projections on the back (pinker than the hair). About the same routine as the NF, but making use of the outer ring, which looks nice. Music dies half-way, Lea is quite fun dealing with it. And we're back. Last chorus in Portuguese (the Syllable Nazi in me itches)
Second run: Music 'died' again (So, scripted. Barei says hey). Feels a bit silly and too long without music. Otherwise, good use of the stage again, especially the crossing the bridge and walking around the ring part.
Third run: Vocals are good, there's a hidden backing singer in the pre-chorus. The fake malfunction is still weird and the Portuguese last chorus ('gada não não) sounds like she's saying "got it now now". Lea, why why?
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