Hello again, everyone. How have you been?<\/p>\n
It really doesn’t feel\u00a0like a year since I was in\u00a0Malm\u00f6 covering what was, in all honesty, pretty much a sure bet that\u00a0Denmark would\u00a0win the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. It was a deserving winner, and the reason why I am in\u00a0Copenhagen for the next eight days. Indeed,\u00a0I am back in the host country ‘Eurovision bubble’ for the sixth time in seven years, and this is the seventh occasion\u00a0on which\u00a0I will be blogging on all things Eurovision. For regular readers, welcome back. For new readers, welcome! For all,\u00a0I hope to add a little something extra to your Eurovision experience.<\/p>\n
Regular readers, since 2008, will know what’s in store on the blog for the next week: the backstage buzz from the arena, dress rehearsals, press centre and host country, as well as a panel supposed ‘Eurovision experts’ (including me!) predicting the winners and losers in the two semi-finals (broadcast on BBC3, Tuesday and Thursday this week, from 8.00pm), and ultimately naming the winning country, artist and song (BBC1, Saturday 10 May).<\/p>\n
I think that this is a great year for songs – and the outcome is far from\u00a0certain, which makes it much more interesting. A glance at the betting odds sees Armenia installed as the long-running favourite. I like the song, but can’t see it winning. You can see all the songs on the usual social media platforms, as well as the Eurovision web page (www.eurovision.tv), and as usual I’ll be reviewing all the songs after each of the semi-final dress rehearsals.<\/p>\n
The theme for Eurovision this year is\u00a0#JoinUs, and I’m looking forward to the week ahead and hope that you swing by the blog each day to\u00a0#JoinMe.<\/span><\/p>\n More later today…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello again, everyone. How have you been? It really doesn’t feel\u00a0like a year since I was in\u00a0Malm\u00f6 covering what was, in all honesty, pretty much a sure bet that\u00a0Denmark would\u00a0win the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. It was a deserving winner, and the reason why I am in\u00a0Copenhagen for the next eight days. Indeed,\u00a0I am back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n