It's another busy Saturday night in the Eurovision calendar.
The first heat of Sweden's Melodifestivalen takes place in Gothenburg, and we're predicting that MF stalwarts, Shirley Clamp and Alcazar, will book themselves a space in the final.
Norway holds its 3 round, and all eyes will be on Alexander Rybak, who is hot favourite to win this year's MGP with Fairytale. Can he cut it live? Soon we will know.
There's a second semi-final in Lithuania, and the 10 songs in Eesti Laul, Estonia's national final, will be presented, ahead of next month's final.
But the main events are in Cyprus and Malta, who are both holding their national finals tonight. None of the Cypriot songs have been made available, so we've no idea what to expect, although Alex Panayi (1995/2000) and Marlain (1999) are both in contention.
There are new fewer than 20 songs in the Maltese final, and it's very hard to pick a winner. Chiara (1998/2005) must stand a good chance, although we're not as impressed with her song, What If, as we'd like to be. We're hoping that the Siegel/Meinunger penned, Tonight At The Opera (below) by Classic Rebels makes it through. Think Let's Get Happy with an operatic twist! The UK and Turkish entries will also both perform at the Maltese final, so we'll get a chance to see how the songs go down with the locals.
2 comments:
I hope they don't pick Chiara! It has to be Trilogy to Moscow!
I have never seen something like this before ?? Unbelivably bad that it is so funny !!!! Thank god Malta did not choose this ! Coucou
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