The automatic qualifiers are the usual countries of the \u201cBig Five\u201d, and host country Israel. I\u2019d say that it\u2019s not a particularly strong year all round for these six songs. As you\u2019ll read below, the most interesting aspect from these six countries is perhaps Bilal for France \u2013 but that\u2019s nothing to do with his song!<\/p>\n
So here we go, with full performance footage!<\/p>\n
Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n S!sters – Sister<\/em><\/p>\n What\u2019s that you say \u2013 why don\u2019t we do some staging in the dark, no one else is doing that this year. Erm\u2026 I think it\u2019s a bottom five finish for Germany. You know when a country is desperate these days when they use a fire wall at any point. Azerbaijan used is it at ESC2011, and the overall aesthetic at that time gave their performance the wow factor, and they were the winners of the Contest that year. These days its use smacks of desperation, and more importantly, distraction. Stay tuned as Israel also resort to the fire wall.<\/p>\n