Top 50- 8: Words cannot describe the feeling of a man whose soul is bleeding

Chelsi- Ne Hvataet Eyo Glaz/Every Little Thing She Does

Aww,I used to have that picture on my wall in Guildford last year...I'm not ashamed to admit it :) It's been a disappointing year for Chelsi I think.After the greatness of Ya Ne Umru Bez Tvoi Lyubvi,Krilya,Careless Whisper etc etc from last year,they only produced one good song in 08.Just as well it was a brilliant one then.

Top 50- 9: With every step,I'm closer to the dream

Sergey Lazarev (and Timati)- Lazerboy

And why is there a picture of everyone's favourite GU2 ident maker Sergey sitting naked on a table holding a saw,you ask.Well,it's art :) I wouldn't think sitting on newspaper with no pants on is a very good idea though,personally,but each to their own.I've mentioned Lazerboy loads of times on here,and for good reason- it's fecking fabulous.I need say no more.

Top 50- 11: I'm unusually hard to hold on to

Sara Bareilles- Love Song

Summery and happy and lovely.I can sing it quite passably too,which is always a plus :) I probably would have forgotten this one completely though if I hadn't had a last minute obsession with it around December time.

MGP Round 1

How did Christian-from-a1's song get eliminated from MGP tonight? It's lovely.



Not thinking much of the 2 that got through- Tricky is just boring,and although Det Vart en Storm is a nice song (would be nice to have something in Norwegian in the contest actually),I doubt it would make an impact at ESC.As for the Siste Sjansen songs- I am loving Espen Hana's Two of a Kind.It's very refreshing.We've had loads of new styles in the last few years,some of which have worked,some which haven't.I think this really could though.And Surferosa? More like No Chance than Siste Sjansen.

The Colour of Snow

Is the name of Polarkreis 18's album.I've just bought it.It's rather good.More about that later...

Wot I fink about da Danish National Finalz...

What with Germany being all boring and choosing internally this year,I've adopted Denmark as my new homeland for ESC purposes.It is essentially just Medway on a large scale after all.Anyway,I had a listen to all the songs and wrote stuff down as I did so...

Jeppe Breum Laursen- Lucky boy: 80s tastic. Not as great as I was expecting though. Much like Denmark itself. Being one half of Junior Senior(greatest Danish duo ever, even better than Hej Matematik!), I had high hopes for this song. It’s not bad I suppose, but it’s far from crowd-pleasing. Shame.

Hera Björk- Someday: It’s a ballad, oh wait, no it isn’t! It turns amazing after just over a minute,she had me fooled there. I’ve only listened to 2 songs so far but this so has to win- the chorus contains the phrase “work your magic”, therefore it must be brilliant :) Oh,and the key change…Glorious.Oh,wait,it's "work IT'S magic".Still...


Christina Unhjem- Underneath My Skin: It’s a ballad, oh…yeah, it’s still a ballad after a minute. And after 2 minutes. Boo, it’s boring. Next…

Trine Jepsen- I’ll Never Fall in Love Again: Mmm,again, not what I was expecting from the title. Thought it would be another ballad, but no, it’s more of a flat dance song. Pleasant enough, but no chance. Too old skool ESC.

Sukkerchok- Det’ det: Oh we do love a bit of Danish language here at Europop Mansions Kiel branch. Not bad, I can see this at ESC. Again it’s quite 80s influenced I think. No idea what it’s about, but it really is rather good. I like the ending.

Claus Christensen- Big Bang Baby: Sebastien Tellier’s back…oh,no, it’s another dancy one. I’m loving the bridge and the chorus. Oh wow, check out the key change and that strange sound towards the end. Brilliant.


Jonny Deluxe- Sindssyg: Oh I love this, this is more like what I was expecting from Jeppe. So upbeat you’d never believe the singer was Danish. It’s even making me dance a little bit. Ooh, break it down…will there be a big key change or something….? No…Oh well, it’s still great. This might be my new favourite.

Marie Carmen Koppel- Crying out Your Name: Oh Lord, I hate sax. This had better get going somewhere in the next 20 seconds, or I’m turning it off…It hasn’t.Fine.

Jimmy Jørgensen- Alice in the Wonderland: Yes, THE Wonderland. Oh this is interesting. Different to all the others that’s for sure. Has a lot of potential for a big stage show. Hmmm…eh up- was that a bit of a key change? Very unexpected. This really is pretty good- could be an outsider I think.


Brinck- Believe Again: Litesound is the first thing that comes into my head. And that’s never a bad thing. Ooh, big chorus…yes, I like this one. It really does have Litesound written all over it. Would be good if it won ESC. “Dima Bilan won Eurovision in 2008 with Believe. And in 2009 it was Believe Again…” Shame it’s very un-Eurovision. It’s a really good song.

Well.It's going to be a cracking final I think.And looks like there's quite a big chance that I'll be supporting Denmark this year.Oooh...

Top 50- 12: They call me "Crazy Man"

BiS- Tvoi ili Nichei

It's dramatic,strangely discotastic,Dima has an odd voice and there's a sax solo- what more could you want in a song?! I first saw Vlad on FZ7 singing Chuzhaya Nevesta with Chelsi.It was alright,but I'm really glad he didn't go solo and ended up being in BiS instead,thus creating the coolest Russian boy-duo since Smash.Again,they're a bit different to your normal reality TV stars and that's nearly always a good thing for me.No news about the Russian Eurovision entry for this year,but I really really,really hope it's BiS.I think they'd be super.