Tuesday, 22 May 2012

#4 ICELAND Gréta Salóme and Jónsi - Never Forget

I have a confession to make.

This is my favourite song in this year's contest.

So why do I only have it listed as my number 4 pick?

Well, two reasons.

Firstly, Iceland still needs to qualify through tonight's semi-final, and so isn't assured of a place in Saturday night's final.

And secondly, we all know that my favourite songs never do well (poor France) so I don't want to jinx the marvellous Gréta and Jónsi.

Seriously, watch their video for Never Forget and you'll understand why I really hope we're going to Reykjavík next year:


I think this song has everything: two really strong singers, a dramatic opening, a stirring chorus and a violin (never underestimate the power of the fiddle at Eurovision).

Plus Icelandic people seem to be astonishingly pretty, so there's eye candy for everyone.

When I first listened to it, I thought there'd been a typo in the country name and this was actually Ireland's entry.

It sounds a lot like the excellent ballads they used to enter (the inestimable Brian Kennedy back in 2006) before they had a breakdown and started sending stupid rubbish like Dustin the turkey puppet and Jedward.

So fingers crossed this goes through tonight (it will be shown on Friday night on SBS) and gets a good draw in the final.  

Iceland, douze points!