A comparison with last time is interesting. The eighties semi had exactly the same songs except that Pride made it instead of RTSS. Pride and SBS went first in a tie, then Out of Control followed by TEC, and Gloria was last to go (the rest progressed to the grand final, as we ran a larger final that time). So OOC and especially TEC have under-performed this time compared to last; Gloria will too if it dies in this round; SBS and especially RTSS, on the other hand, are having a good run.
Still, even though Boy/October songs did better last time, none of them did well enough to reach the grand final (even if Gloria was very close!).