If your definition of “Eurovision Winner” in the big bad book o’ Eurovision contains the words “mumbling”, “hand gestures” and “dandruff”, then it also has a picture of Loreen next to it.
The hype around this song is Greek-esque in its silliness. She doesn’t do anything she didn’t already do at Melodifestivalen, so us fans have seen the song a billion times.
My issue is the one it’s always been, and this performance confirms it. It raises two significant questions:
1. Are the juries going to be sufficiently “directed” to vote in its favour?
2. Are the televoters across Europe going to see it as winner material?
For me, answer 1 is “no”: there are better songs that deserve more jury points. Answer 2 is “not sure”…
Qualifying — yes. Top 5 — for sure. Winner… not so much.
