Final insight

So what will tonight hold? Who knows - and that is why we watch!!!

Firstly this years’ draw is very intesresting.

Firstly we start with Finland. A very simple song. Being first could radically affect his chances – and this will depend on his performance. Bosnia, unfortunately has the death position of 2. Denmark and Lithuania follow and then we have a very interesting run of entries.
We have Hungary, Ireland, Sweden and Estonia back to back, although there may be a short break in between two of these. The thinking about this is that all being all quite similar up-tempo numbers they may just cancel themselves out. If one act has a good vocal and the others don’t, it will be more noticeable (and vice versa of course)

Then we have Greece followed by Russia. Recent reports have seen man technical things go wrong with their performance (mainly due to lighting) and that his voice is getting worse by the day. Next is France. If Alex has a bad day then Amaury will make sure any chances Russia has of winning is in a wooden box six foot under. Poor Italy then has to follow this which will be a daunting task.
Switzerland UK, Moldova, Germany and Romania are next. This five-some has the opposite problem as all 5 are such different styles and if one of these entries really gets the audience behind them, hey might get an extra push for votes.

Then we have a girly sandwich – Austria, Azerbaijan and Slovenia. As she proved in the semi, Nadine Beiler has one hell of a voice and if any of the songs around her hit a bum note this girl will show it up. Possibly the best technical female singer we have this year. Take note Azerbaijan. Although this is possibly the best and more contemporary song, the vocals (especially Nigar’s) is slightly pathetic and it will be punished between the two power girls. Slovenia’s Maja is a singer in they style of Christina Aguilera. Her voice is a little harsh at time but here tone is very interesting and is very striking to look at.
Next is Iceland. 21st is not a bad result for the boys and I think this spot will gain them a few extra votes. Following this is the strange bed fellows of Spain, Ukraine, Serbia and Georgia, who being last and having such a bizarre stage act, will gain a bit more attention than normal.

So who will win? The sensible money is on France and UK. There is plenty of money on Azerbaijan, Ireland, Estonia, Hungary and Sweden but I actually don’t think there is enough there to warrant a win. Possible dark horses are Austria, Iceland and Finland