but are you in the mood for Eurovision? Cos if you’re not you better hurry up and get in the mood cos it’s only a few hours away! Here are my top tips for readying yourself for the most exciting moment in every Europop fan’s year:
1. Read up on all the highlarious moments backstage and get some top tips for who is likely to win, lose, and make everyone stare in wonderment at where on earth did they get those clothes/dance routines/people, by visiting the acest Eurovision blog, Schlager Blog!
2. Since Belgium, Iceland, Poland and Estonia are very unfairly out of the competition, Sweden is being represented by a woman who seems to think her children were created by immaculate conception and the UK by a man who probably doesn’t even know what that is, I’ve decided to state my allegiance with the 2 cute young boys of the East, Arsenium and Dima Bilan. I won’t spoil what they’re doing tonight but to give you a taster, why not watch their previous best videos (in fact these songs are even more acetastic than the Eurovision ones but lets not mention that) on You Tube and if you like them (you will), join me and support them tonight!
Arsenium:
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Well, I can’t seem to find Dima’s anywhere so I’ll provide an mp3 link instead – it’s off his official site so actually legit for once:
Dima Bilan – It’s Not That Simple
The above was actually one of my absolute favourite songs of last year, definitely among the very best male ballads of the year, so I had high expectations for his Eurovision entry (and was very excited to hear he was entering) which were well met with Never Let You Go, a more catchy mid-tempo pop song. It got through the semi-final so here’s hoping it could go all the way – we’ve not had a male solo winner for a very long time so maybe Dima or Arsenie could be the one to break the trend! I don’t think Arsenie has a huge chance since I think latino-r’n’b style of song will appeal more to the young audience and not to the older people who are very necessary if you want to win, but it’s extremely catchy and I personally love it. It is quite bizarre, though, when so many great acts have been knocked out that I’m left with a guy with Arse in his name and a guy with a mullet as my favourites, but they really are 2 very ace pop stars. I don’t think they have much chance of winning but I’ve no idea who does, so they’ll be getting my support for sure, with a little going to the Andreas from Alcazar-shaped sixth of the Swiss entry.
3. Go and download the 2 Eurovision-related songs on Into The Groove at the moment, one of Kate Ryan’s greatest hits and my favourite British entry ever (just beating Gina G).