It is politically incorrect to say that the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the Eurovision.tv picture of Sarah was “Single Mother”? Anyway, moving on to the song and without reading the lyrics I’m not sure whether the titular 22 is a bus, number of her boyfriend or age or what.
The song is bang average and therein lies its major flaw. It’s unremarkable in a sea of unremarkable. Well written? Yes. Performed well? Yes. Strong enough to actively pick the phone up? No… not at all because there are, as we have said before, already twelve songs battling for ten spots to start, couple that with it being in the first half up against Sweden, Switzerland, Austria and Armenia, and it’s easy to see how this gets forgotten.
Phil’s score – 3 points.
