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

Most Wins: Ireland 7 (Poland 0 - Best result was second to Ireland)
Most entries: Ireland 54 (Poland 23)
Bookies favourite: Poland 20/1 (Ireland 300/1)

Brooke competed in The Voice UK in 2020 and after finishing third went into the Irish National final Eurosong 2022 where she won the international Jury and the public vote. Ochman was also a voice contestant in 2020 in The Voice of Poland which he won and went on to win Tu bije serce Europy! Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję with over 50% of public vote in the 3 artist super final. Even without the jury backing, Ochman is proving popular with the people, not just in Poland. 

Though both performed in musical theatre in high school, they are both taking it different directions. Brooke is definitely all about the drama and her song is ALL the drama. Not to be done Ochman song starts dramatic in a Gary Jules 'Mad World' kinda way before breaking it down. Though the drama in the song doesn't really end, Ochman is more about the singing, He is the grandsons of a famous Tenor afterall. 

In the end River is more of a Eurovision song, whereas That's Rich is an Essex Chick kind of song. Initially That's Rich is a really annoying song that annoys the purists, but it has youth appeal and the bookies are probably a bit cruel. Still River is the better song despite the 'breakling it down' moment in the song ruining the drama a lot. 

This round goes to Poland just. 
 

It is good to see that there are still castrati in Ireland and surprisingly Brendan is only 20. Hopefully he will look his age with the right lighting.

Brendan is from an almost unknown boyband called Hometown who, after releasing one album decided to pursue solo projects. Hometown was managed by Louis Walsh, who has also managed reputable boybands like Westlife and Boyzone, as well as Jedward.

The Swedish music factories are well represented in this year’s Eurovision. Usually the bio of the writer lists all of the current pop artists they have written for, and Jörgen Elofsson’s is no exception. Additionally to the usual pop stars his bio includes Agnetha Fältskog, which achieves a lot of Eurovision kudos and is great but even cooler is that he wrote “True Survivor” for Kung Fury. With all that cool stuff, I guess he would also have some seconds filed away and Ireland was happy to take one off his hands.

In a year where we celebrate diversity, in some ways it was not as diverse as 1972. 1972 was a year of diverse languages, including from Ireland.

You may remember Jedward for last year... yes this is the same Jedward, they are back to inflict more pain on the Eurovision audience. This year they have a song that sounds like it belongs on Glee! I hate Glee! though this song is catchy, I hate it. The more likeable it is the more I hate it

My mate who i was having coffee with today pointed out how with the amount of product they have in their hair, how flammable that that makes them...  how do we get them close enough to a flame? also did Jedward meet Dima Bilan last year at Eurovision or something, because one of them has possibly got into the former winners stash... If you know what I mean....

This song is so annoyingly catchy and so well aimed at the tweenie market that it could plausibly do very well, that is not the worst thing though. the worst thing is that they are only 'close to the Waterline' and not beneath it. Also are they wearing leggings with cod-pieces in them? 

If you want an annoyingly likelable song, go to Iceland as opposed to Ireland. Sylvia Nott was one of the best, though her song was satirical and the joke was missed on the audience. Waterline is so annoyingly likeable. The final version of 'Waterline' is Better than last years 'Lipstick', though they seem to have something about simple song titles.