It’s almost here again! … yes, on Saturday the glitz, kitsch and complete insanity that is the wonderful Eurovision Song Contest will grace our screens for 3 hours!! Two evenings this week have been spent sifting the awful from the very awful and now we have the ‘best’ 20 plus the ‘big 5’ and last year’s winning country, all lined up for 8pm on Saturday in Copenhagen to do battle.
Some interesting entries to look out for – woman on roller blades (think that was Montenegro), Romania’s circular piano, man in a hamster wheel (Ukraine I think!), Conchita Sausage from Austria (the bearded lady), a whistling Swiss bloke and Greeks on a trampoline! Then of course there is the UK entry – Molly. The song is mediocre and we will be lucky to get in the top half , but what do I know? Now I’ve committed this to the blog we will probably go and win!!
Ireland will be disappointed not to have made it to the final. Jonny Logan will be shedding a tear in his Guinness – do you who recall the heady days in the early 80’s when Ireland couldn’t stop winning? I have a copy of ‘What’s Another Year’ somewhere although I remember it warped in the sun and was never the same again!!
Graham Norton will be entertaining as usual and all the political voting comments will be rolled out again – with Russia and Ukraine both having qualified, there may even be some changes in who gives who 12 points!
Who will win? On first listen I think Sweden have a good chance, or perhaps Italy, or Austria, or …? I’ve been watching every year since I can remember and I never get it right, but then that’s half the fun!!
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