Now we have something brilliant to send to Eurovision I am getting very excited about the competition in May, so to ensure that you are excited too, I am going to review the finals by 2 of my favourite European countries, Norway and Sweden. The Norwegian final was tonight and you can still watch it here.
The finalists:
L-R: Jorun Erdal, Cheezy Keys, Andreea Proteasa, Kathrine Strugstad, Jahn Teigen, Blissed, Seppo, Wigwam.
Jorun Erdal – I Am Rock’n’Roll
Very cheesy title but the song is actually quite good. Not a winner though. I just noticed that all of the songs are in English, none in Norwegian, quite a contrast to Sweden where it’s about 50:50, excluding the one boy in the semi-finals who sang in his own made-up language!
Cheezy Keys – Feel The Beat
Who knew that Cheezy Keys would turn out to be a 5-piece boyband, and with no keyboards or even an accordian in sight?! The song is surprisingly brilliant and the band are quite buff – I am shocked!
Andreea Proteasa – Kingdom Come
This girl should meet Tricolore cos her song also sounds like it should have been on the Lion King soundtrack. Actually this is a rather nice song but a little boring.
Kathrine Strugstad – Velvet Blue
A Europop princess at last, this is a pretty good dance-pop song and she has a nice line in sparkly blue feather wristbands as well as some rather flexible semi-buff denim-clad boy dancers. Not special enough to do really well though.
Jahn Teigen – My Heart Is My Home
The ugliest Eurovision hopeful since last year’s Maltese boy, Ludwig. The song is extremely rubbish too.
Blissed – You Are The One
A nice girl/boy pop band now, hooray! Notable features are that they are all dressed in black and one of the girls has a ‘mohican’ hairdo. A bit like Alcazar if Annika was replaced by a wannabe punk. They’re very cheesy but they are pure pop with literal dance routines and that is always a plus point. Oooh! Key change! The boys’ jackets have “winner” printed on the back. Excitement!
Seppo – Can You Hear Me
A piano player & singer duet. Really really boring.
Wigwam – In My Dreams
A comedy 70s/80s (I don’t know, I wasn’t born yet!) glam rock band! They look old enough to have actually been a band in the 70s too. It’s quite good too.
And the winner was…
Wigwam! I think Norway are going to do quite well this year. At least they’ll be noticed, unlike Knut from last year who needed to be a bit more knutty.