Eurovision Guide

8pm tonight BBC1 - Eurovision 2007
I know everyone takes the p out of it, and most won't admit to watching it, but I've always found it good entertainment
The tactical voting is criminal Britain don't stand a hope in hell even if we did manage a good song / artist combination.
Just don't take it seriously (turn the sound down and just look at the birds )
I thought the Poland and Swiss entries were best, but they got knocked out in the semi's?

Anyway here's my guide to tonight's show
(if you really have nothing better to do )

1 Bosnia Herzegovina - Maria ŠESTIĆ - Rijeka Bez Imena - Quite like this, won't win
2 Spain - D'NASH - I Love You Mi Vida - Spanish boy band, not a hope
3 Belarus - Koldun - Work Your Magic - Soft rock, like Bon Jovi in a Belarus style
4 Ireland - DERVISH - They Can't Stop The Spring - Typically Irish, not this time
5 Finland - Hanna PAKARINEN - Leave Me Alone - Sexy singer and rock music, OK by me
6 FYR Macedonia - Karolina Mojot - Svet - Girl singer totally unmemorable
7 Slovenia - Alenka GOTAR - Cvet Z Juga - Operatic nonsense
8 Hungary - Magdi RÚZSA - Unsubstantial Blues - Gravel voiced female singer, awful song
9 Lithuania - 4FUN - Love Or Leave - Pleasant enough, no chance of winning
10 Greece - Sarbel - Yassou Maria - The Greek Ricky Martin, outside chance?
11 Georgia - Sopho - Visionary Dream - Excellent singer, not catchy enough to win
12 Sweden - THE ARK - The Worrying Kind - Swedish glam rock, should do well
13 France - LES FATALS PICARDS - L'amour À La Française - Nil points, worst song of the competition
14 Latvia - BONAPARTI.LV - Questa Notte - 6 guys in jeans and top hats? sort of G4 awful
15 Russia - SEREBRO - Song 1 - My favourite, Tatu meets Girls aloud, worth watching
16 Germany - Roger CICERO - Frauen Regier'n Die Welt - German swing!! not that bad, but no chance
17 Serbia - Marija ŠERIFOVIĆ - Molitva - God I hate this, ugly fat bird, no idea why it's one of the favourites?
18 Ukraine - Verka SERDUCHKA - Dancing Lasha Tumbai - Ugly drag queen, terrible and yet it's favourite
19 United Kingdom - SCOOCH - Flying The Flag - Tacky horrible, would have won 30 years ago
20 Romania - TODOMONDO - Liubi Liubi I Love You - Catchy little tune sung in different languages, no hope
21 Bulgaria - Elitsa TODOROVA - Water - Weird, nice girl, moody lyrics, outside chance
22 Turkey - Kenan DOĞULU - Shake It Up Shekerim - Europop song, will appeal to some, not me
23 Armenia - Hayko - Anytime You Need - Nice enough male ballad singer, will get some votes
24 Moldova - Natalia BARBU - Fight - Violin playing Rock chick, not a chance

Betting
5/2 Ukraine
5/1 Serbia, Belarus
6/1 Latvia
9/1 Sweden
10/1 Russia
12/1 Bulgaria
20/1 United Kingdom
25/1 Turkey, Slovenia, Greece, Germany
33/1 Romania, Hungary
40/1 Moldova, Ireland, Georgia, FYR Macedonia, Armenia
50/1 Finland
66/1 Spain, France
100/1 Lithuania, Bosnia Herzegovina

Personal favourites are Georgia and Russia but don't expect them to win.
My money went on Sweden at 9/1 EW, don't really like it, but hot tip
The Ukranian, Serbian and Latvian songs are all highly fancied, I think all 3 are crap so I'll never understand the logic of this competition