David

I think Greece will do better, but I prefer Cyprus. Never know though, who'd have thought Turkey and Armenia would fail to qualify last year?!

Oh I love this. I fully expect this and 'La La Love' to sail through to the final, and the better live vocal will secure a top ten finish whilst the other finishes lower half. I think it's more likely that Cyprus will finish the lower of the two as well, unfortunately. :(

Actually I've changed my mind slightly on this... It really isn't that good, and I think we're probably overestimating it slightly, like most of us did with Sakis in 2009. This will certainly finish top ten, but I actually think 6th-10th might be more likely.

If we were still in the days of televoting only, the grannies would probably walk it seeing as they're from Russia. Didn't 'Get You' finish seventh or something in the televoting and bottom in the jury vote last year? I reckon they could well top the televote this year and finish somewhere between 21st and 26th with the juries. Hopefully. That'd secure a mid-table finish for them, or higher, depending on how well they do with the public.

Reasonable song, and he's fit. Reminds me of a cross between 'Ovo Je Balkan' and Israel's 2003 entry.

Oh god, this will be hard... 2000: United Kingdom: Nicki French - Don't Play That Song Again (16th) 2001: France: Natasha St-Pier - Je N'ai Que Mon Ame (4th) / Greece: Antique - Die for You (3rd) 2002: United Kingdom: Jessica Garlick - Come Back (3rd) 2003: Turkey: Sertab Erener - Everyway That I Can (1st) 2004: Belgium: Xandee - One Life (22nd) 2005: Greece: Helena Paparizou - My Number One (1st) 2006: Russia: Dima Bilan - Never Let You Go (2nd) 2007: Moldova: Natalia Barbu - Fight (10th) 2008: Sweden: Charlotte Perrelli - Hero (18th) 2009: Norway: Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (1st) 2010: Croatia: Femminem - Lako Je Sve (DNQ) 2011: Hungary: Kati Wolf - What About My Dreams (22nd) 2012: Italy: Nina Zilli - Per Sempre

Hmm...I quite like this, but it's not up there with his previous efforts I feel. :( Shoe-in for a top five finish though.

Absolutely love this! Good choice Romania!

Italy are going to be the big winners with the juries this year, I'm near sure of it! Spain have a good ballad too, but it's not up there with 'Per Sempre' in all honesty. Could this be the year that all of the big five finish in the top half?! When was the last time that happened with the big four/five?

Have you ever seen Cyndi - I'll Leave My Heart? The song that Scooch and Barrowman knocked into second. :arrr:

Okay, I love this. Cannot stop watching the lollable performance. That small one looks so confused at the start!

I literally can't bring myself to watch anything from the 2007 MYMU after Cyndi-gate. I'm still not over that.

What's happened to eurovision.tv?! All I'm getting is a page full of spam links. :wacko:

Pixie Lott nearly went? Good god, who is this Katie woman? She needs to be shot.

I downloaded it last week...I guess that had some impact?! I can't imagine a song needing much more than three or four downloads to make the top 1000 would it?! Also...I hope 'Euphoria' doesn't become a 'Satellite' and not be available for download until about three days after the Eurovision (if it qualifies and does well). :manson:

Can't get this bloody song out of my head. :arrr:

This is actually reasonable from Slovakia. Not amazing, but could well scrape through to the final.

Good song, but this will get completely overshadowed by the far superior 'Per Sempre' if drawn anywhere near it.

Excellent that it's definitely 'Per Sempre'. A bilingual version would be good actually, and I can genuinely see this winning.

That Danny Saucedo is absolutely terrible. Such a cringefest. Loreen had better be selected!

I really don't know... I'm not massively hopeful, but I reckon the jury vote will do well for us. Excited to hear the song anyway!

I love 'Euphoria'... Surely that'll get chosen, and with the standard at what it's at currently, more than likely win (or come close)?!

Top few Ladbrokes odds right now... Sweden 4/1 Serbia 8/1 Norway 10/1 Russia 10/1 Denmark 12/1 Ireland 12/1 Ukraine 16/1 United Kingdom 16/1 Azerbaijan 20/1 Cyprus 20/1 Germany 20/1 Greece 25/1 Iceland 25/1 Italy 25/1 Slovenia 25/1 Turkey 25/1 This year is fast turning into an absolute nightmare of dreadful songs. Really banking on Serbia, Sweden, Russia, Greece, the United Kingdom and Azerbaijan to pull it out of the bag! And for Italy to confirm 'Per Sempre' as their entry.

It was on ESC Today the other day, but the video has since been removed. Wasn't much good from what I remember.

I still definitely think it's going to be Jade Ewen! Also, slightly off topic, but the official Eurovision Twitter account totes tweeted me today, and we had quite a conversation going! I didn't even tweet them first either, just hashtagged #Eurovision and #ESC lolz.