eiffel_71 | Ding-A-Dong

I cast a few votes for young Molly from Ireland last night - hers was a nice song and, after all, in Eurovision nowadays everybody needs good neighbours - but not surprised she didn't go through. My favourite was Lithuania; delighted they, Slovenia and Poland went through, with massive kudos to the Polish lady for showing off her attractiveness to the full from her wheelchair. Gutted, though, for lovely Mélanie from Switzerland. Her performance was amazing, yet she was eliminated while a couple of really duff songs qualified. Yes, I'm looking at you, Azerbaijan, a couple of dancing hobbits should not be enough to carry a stultifyingly dull song to the final.

Having heard all the semi-finalists and snatches of all the Big 7 (and our song in full) I can honestly say Electro Velvet is my favourite! Being my favourite is normally the kiss of death, but the one and only time my favourite did win it was the UK entry (Katrina and the Waves) so fingers crossed...