I admit I thought Lena's victory with Satellite in 2010 was a bit of a fluke - I would never have thought we could be heading to Germany twice in three years.
To illustrate my point, may I remind you of the standard of German entries in years gone by:
However I'd be willing to bet that if you heard Roman Lob's Standing Still on the radio, you'd never guess it was a Eurovision song.
The Germans are now clearly in it to win it:
It's simple and contemporary - and a refreshing change from some of the more frantic entries surrounding it in the running order.
Standing Still is written by Brit jazz muso Jamie Cullum, and you'd have to imagine the UK camp must be a bit pissed that didn't decide to write his own nation's entry - Engelbert notwithstanding of course.
And at least we know the Germans can afford to host the event next year if they win.
