A few weeks ago the BBC announced that they had internally selected Englebert Humperdink to represent the UK in Baku
The song is quite a typical Englebert song - a romantic, slow, waltzing ballad with a big finish. It starts of very quiet and haunting. The voice and guitar work at the start really sets the atmosphere of the song. After 2 verses and choruses the song really starts to ratchet up and springs into a fifth gear when he goes for the key change at 2:20 and the big note at the end really makes the song very memorable. The song is very well constructed and will do well in the contest. It does finish a bit short though and he could string the final note out or make the backing for that part even bigger to get it to the full 3 minutes.
Englebert is very experienced and I think most people are confident that he will be able pull of a good performance on in a vocal way. Obviously the video does not show off or showcase this but I think he will do a good job. Cannot wait to see a live performance though! It really does have an old fashioned chanson feel to it and I almost feel like the song could have sounded even better in French. I terms of visual performance I think they could go two ways. They could have him on his own with a very central focussed individual performer or have musicians/dancers involved n the periphery. Either way I think Englbert will not be doing a costume change or bursting into a dance routine!
This is a very good, classy choice and I feel that it should do well – especially with the juries as well as the schlager community. This is a very tasteful choice and I think many countries in Europe will be seeing this as a very serious contender.
SONG – Love will set you free
ARTIST – Englebert Humperdink
COMPOSERS - Martin Terefe, Sacha Skarbek
LANGUAGE – English
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