One of my favourite nights, Eurovision!
Havn’t blogged in a while, but yeah Eurovision! i personally love it. I don’t know why i think it’s because people in Europe get really into it and theres like an atmosphere around it. This year however the music is genuinly good! I Watched the second semi final last night and i was shocked by how genuinly good the music is this year. With 10 more countries going through i was shocked to see both Sweden and Croatia head out as i thought they both stood a chance. However i was happy to see Ireland get some well deserved praise and Romania, who i loved head through. The Azerbaijani favourite, i think is average at best but it was enjoyable enough. It’s sad that 5 countries have had to pull out this year: Hungary ,San Marino, Montenegro, Andorra and Czech Republic. This is due to money issues but now there are a number of countries in Europe not taking part. These 5 join Italy, Luxembourg and Austria in not compete lowering the number to 39. It will be a good night but i don’t think the UK are going to see the success of last year and to be honest rightfully so. The song is dreadful and the lad isn’t the best singer, we currently lie at 150/1 on Paddy Power for online betting. When i watch tomorrow, i will definatly be backing Moldova, Romania and Turkey (who have finally moved away from belly dancing for something much more exciting). Denmark were also a pleasent suprise as in recent years they have put in poor songs in my opinion. But yes, for the UK, i fear a bottom 3 finish but this year we can’t blame it on the politics. I realy do wish we would enter something good because every year we enter crap songs then blame politics, but no…it’s the song. Last year we entered a good song and a great singer and we were rewarded; when we enter garbage like Scooch, how can we be suprised when we do badly. In the end, it’s all down to the public but my prediction of the top 5 are:
1st Azerbaijan
2nd Armenia
3rd Germany
4th Israel
5th Denmark
However, this is not my ideal finish. I’d rather have something more exciting for a winner but i obviously don’t have the say. my idea top 5 would be
1st Romania
2nd Turkey
3rd Denmark
4th Germany
5th Azerbaijan
So tomorrow, Europe will vote and hopefully make it exciting and a close contest, unlike last year!
My personal favourite song:
