Saturday, 10 May 2014

Some Final Thoughts...

With just a few hours left until the big show gets underway here in Copenhagen, everyone is completely in the dark about who's going to take out the contest this year.


If you listen to all the fans, and the roars of the crowd at Thursday night's second semi final, then Austria's Conchita Wurst is an absolute shoe-in.

However, as others have mentioned, Eastern Europe and pseudo-European nations Azerbaijan and Armenia are still incredibly homophobic, so that may mean she suffers in the televoting.

The Netherlands is another big mover in the betting markets after the success of their first semi final performance, with their country-esque song injecting something very different into the contest.

Both Austria and the Netherlands haven't been in contention at Eurovision since the 1970s - could it be time for a renaissance?

Then there's Sweden, consistently at the top of the betting for the past few months and with a slickly produced stage show and great singer.

But Sanna Nielsen is performing early in the running order, which might hurt her chances - plus the contest was only in Sweden last year, perhaps it's time to give someone outside Scandinavia a go?

And finally there's the UK. It's hard to believe they're actually in the running, but they are - and Molly has impressed crowds in all her rehearsals this week.

She's performing last in the running order, so will be fresh in voters' minds, and her song is catchy, anthemic and likely to grab votes from all over Europe. 

But then again, it's the first time voters have seen the song, and it's always harder for the Big 5 to win when they haven't had the exposure of the semi finals to build their audience.

So as you can see, it's all very up in the air, which means the voting is likely to be incredibly close...we might even have to wait until the last country phones in with their votes to find out the winner.

It all makes for the most exciting Eurovision in years, and I'll be here soaking up the atmosphere and reporting back tomorrow!