I am a dung beetle.... constantly pushing shit around

Country: Sweden

History...
Debut: 1958
Previous Appearances: 52
Wins: 5 (1974 – ABBA 'Waterloo', 1984 – Herreys 'Diggi-loo Diggi-ley', 1991 – Carola 'Fångad av en stormvind', 1999 – Charlotte Nilsson 'Take Me To Your Heaven', 2012 – Loreen 'Euphoria')

2013...
Artist: Robin Stjernberg
Song: You



Sweden are desperate to ensure they don't have two wins in a row with this song. He needs to work on the first couple high notes because in this clip they hurt.

Remarkably, this song is quite well rated by the bookies. Seriously. Obviously the boomakers don’t listen to the songs before taken bets or making odds. Or maybe, like a lot of the acts and many of the viewers who vote and judges that determine the scores, they are completely tone deaf.

When he hits his stride, this is not completely dire. It may go top ten. This could be to the detriment of a couple of Swedens neighbours, namely Norway and Denmark who are a couple of the favourites.

Is Eurovision like a nightmare or Som en dröm

Country: France

History...
Debut: 1956
Previous Appearances: 55
Wins: 5 (1958 - André Claveau 'Dors, mon amour', 1960 - Jacqueline Boyer 'Tom Pillibi', 1962 - Isabelle Aubret 'Un premier amour', tie 1969 - Frida Boccara 'Un jour, un enfant', 1977 - Marie Myriam 'L'oiseau et l'enfant')

2013...
Artist: Amandine Bourgeois
Song: L'Enfer Et Moi



France has be trying a few things over the last few years to win the title that has eluded them for the last 36 years, they have even started using words in their songs that are not *shock* French. These attempts at change made the songs more interesting. This song remains in french and is possible as interesting, if not more so than anything they have sent to Eurovision in the last decade.

The singer is like a cross between Courtney Love and Amy Winehouse.... I don't know if she has the same additives in her body as they do though. It is a shame she was an idol winner because that implies she is quite the performer more than an actual talent.

The bookies don't rate this, but I wouldn't be surprised if it goes top ten just for being interesting

and this is over in Un, Deux, Trois

Country: Italy

History...
Debut: 1956
Previous Appearances: 38
Wins: 2 (1964 - Gigliola Cinquetti 'Non ho l'età', 1990 - Toto Cutugno 'Insieme: 1992')

2013...
Artist: Marco Mengoni
Song: L'Essenziale



Oh my, it looks like he is trying to use his hair to poke the clouds to make it rain. What is with that hair? I think he needs to put a light on it to warn aricraft it is there so they don't fly into it. Maybe he thinks he is a unicorn or something, I don't know, but there is Something About Mary about that hair.

Other than the hair, I guess he is less sleazy and greasy than your average italian, but I really cannot get over that hair. The best bit of this clip is three minutes in when he goes into the water and loses the hair. Yay for the water!

There is nothing to fear with this song and even the bookies don't think it will win.

Anyway that's it with Italy, Addio, Addio