The best, the worst and why Guy Sebastian will win votes. Eurovision 2. 01. Guy Sebastian takes centre stage Making world history, Guy Sebastian represents Australia in the Eurovision finals with his performance of Tonight Again.
PT0. M5. 1Shttp: //www. Embedded. Player? May 2. 4, 2. 01. 5There is a glorious madness to the Eurovision Song Contest, coming off a six decade history which has been largely defined by glittery pantsuits, typically worn by men with unnaturally hairy chests, and song names like Boom Bang- a- Bang, Ding- a- Dong and Diggi- Loo Diggi- Ley. Though much of that madness survives into the present day in subtle and disturbing ways, there is a whiff of legitimacy about the slowly modernising Eurovision Song Contest which seems almost out of place. It's enough to give the real Eurovision cognoscenti a case of the shivers. Maria Elena Kyriakou performs Greece's entry, One Last Breath, on stage during rehearsals for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2. May 2. 2, 2. 01. 5 in Vienna, Austria.
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Photo: Getty Images. But how else do we explain the emergence of great songs and great artists at a competition which was defined, at least during the mad, bad 1. Advertisement. The two - great song, great singer - don't always go together, but when they do they can create a certain spark of magic that could send a song (and artist) hurtling to the top of the Eurovision leaderboard and on to victory.
During the second half of the show, each country is scored by the other competing countries, and each awards one through eight, 1. Bojana Stamenov from Serbia stormed out of the blocks with her song and is a legitimate contender. The final of the 6. Eurovision Song Contest with 2.
Play our Eurovision bingo game; Review: The winning formula behind Guy's song; Why SBS paid for Guy to be in the final; There is a glorious madness to the Eurovision. Lyrics to 'Battle Scars' by Guy Sebastian. The wound heals but it never does / That's cause you're at war with love / You're at war with love, yeah / These. The Big Bad Wolf is the main antagonist from the Silly Symphonies short The Three Little Pigs. Lyrics to 'Don't Worry Be Happy' song by GUY SEBASTIAN: I was driving, driving, driving down the 101 Singing 'California Dreaming' at the top of my lungs Un.
May 2. 3, 2. 01. 5. Photo: AFPWhat makes Eurovision so fascinating is that although much of the focus is on which countries are awarded the highest score - 1. In fact, it's almost easier to. Countries which score 1.
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Once the big points have been played for politics, as this year's politically neutral wildcard we may scoop enough of the second layer to actually take the cake. Though the buzz surrounding Australia's Guy Sebastian in Vienna is palpable, ditto Sweden's Måns Zelmerlöw, there are in fact five genuine contenders. And two honourable mentions. And three songs that will genuinely leave you scratching your head. Talk of the town: Guy Sebastian. Photo: AFPThe five best. Sweden: Måns Zelmerlöw singing Heroes.
Using a similar strategy to Australia, Sweden has sent an established pop star to represent them. Like Guy Sebastian, Zelmerlöw has been given The Beatles treatment by the locals and the Eurovision fans, mobbed wherever he goes. There's a risk, though. He's going in as the competition favourite, and from there, the only way is down. Australia: Guy Sebastian singing Tonight Again.
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From the moment he arrived in Vienna, Sebastian has been the talk of the town. He has, according to those who are experts in these things, the best song - the most critical factor in winning. The clue is in the name of the contest.) Many are tipping either "top three" or the win. And as the new toy in the toybox, Australia may tilt the leaderboard for the win. Nina Sublatti from Georgia has a strong chance with her song Warrior.
Photo: AFPSerbia: Bojana Stamenov singing Beauty Never Lies. Big girl, big song and big performance. Stamenov, to some extent, entered the semi- finals an outsider, but once the audience had a glimpse of that towering performance on stage they were screaming in their seats.
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As a result, Stamenov is going into the final a legitimate contender. Italy: Il Volo singing Grande Amore. An Italian "operatic pop" trio, tenors Piero Barone and Ignazio Boschetto and baritone Gianluca Ginoble are perhaps the darlings of the competition. They won this year's Sanremo Music Festival and have been described as a young Three Tenors.
The comparison is legitimate. From the moment they open their mouths these boys channel Domingo, Carreras and Pavarotti.
They're future superstars. Russia: Polina Gagarina singing A Million Voices. A stunning performance from the Conchita Wurst school of choreography: keep it simple, sing it strong and wear a knockout dress. Gagarina is one of the favourites in competition but she goes into the final with an intense cluster of competition around her. She's also positioned well in the running order: close to the finish, just before the voting opens. The honourable mentions. France: Lisa Angell singing N'oubliez Pas.
How can you go wrong with a song which moves to a drumbeat, some French lyrics and an army of virtual and real soldiers walking behind you? Les Miserables, anyone? Angell's song is beautiful and anthemic. But it's got a structural disadvantage in competition: it's positioned second in a long running order.
According to backstage urban myth, no song has ever won from second position in Eurovision's 6. Cyprus: John Karayiannis singing One Thing I Should Have Done. A genuinely stunning artist, singing a genuinely great song. Those two reasons, perhaps, give him a disadvantage in a competition which can take either, but perhaps not both.
Even the stage presentation here, understated and intimate, almost contravenes Eurovision logic. All of that aside, Karayiannis is one of the genuine talents in the competition. And three cases of "what were they thinking?" Hungary: Boggie singing Wars for Nothing. A case of too little, too late. Hungary's entrant in this year's Eurovision reveals a little of how the competition plays out, as a handful of strong contenders pull away from the pack.
The art is in making sure you're among the contenders and not left, as Hungary was, trailing at the back of the back. Both performer and song here lack the kind of oomph needed to make Eurovision noise. Moldova: Eduard Romanyuta singing I Want Your Love. What do you call a bunch of people dressed as cops dancing on what appears to be a large Meccano set? If you answered "strippers" then you would be correct. If you answered "Moldova's entrant in this year's Eurovision Song Contest" then you would also be correct, but you'd be in line for a rude shock. There's camp, and then there's cramp.
And I Want Your Love is very much the latter. San Marino: Michele Perniola and Anita Simoncini singing Chain of Lights. A powerful lesson in why the song is actually more important than the artist at the Eurovision Song Contest. It doesn't matter how you apply the sequins, who you sign to sing your song or how many fireworks you set off on stage, at the end of the day if the song isn't up to it, it isn't going to count a jot. This is unequivocally the weakest song in competition. The 6. 0th annual Eurovision Song Contest final will air on SBS live on Sunday, May 2.