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

LPS (Last Pizza Slice) is a teenaged group formed 4 years ago at school who have released and EP and 2 singles in their career which has brought them to Eurovision this year for the first time. Zdob şi Zdub  have been around for over 25 years and released 10 albums and have already been to Eurovision in 2005 and 2011. Zdob şi Zdub have added Frații Advahov for this years Eurovision, and LPS could learn from this. add something loves

To be fair on LPS, this is probably their least good song that they have released. Their other single "Silence in My Head" is way better. Zdob şi Zdub on the other hand have just been getting better. Trenulețul is the most toe-tapping song and is surely under-rated by the bookmakers. 

In the end it is probable that neither of these songs will win, it is just a matter of either will qualify for the final. Disko lacks energy, something Trenulețul has in abundance and Moldova just rocks with the novelty songs

For some Eurovision makes their career, it is Euphoria. Others is is their Waterloo. Can you take me to your heaven where we could be Heroes. Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley, Fångad av en stormvind... well there is enough proof any crap can win Eurovision, even these songs. 

Since Rehearsals started this week, the odds have changed a bit and now Sweden are second favourite. Anna Sounds to Celine and I never liked Celine so I am going with the bookmakers. I am going Sweden. 

Moldova
Semi Final 1
Artist: SunStroke Project
Song: Hey, Mamma
Odds: $17

Word of the day:
primit insolație - Got SunStroke
...while in the army and they thought it would be a good name for a music act...

This song came in with such hope and is giving Eurovision such disappointment. Last time SunStroke Project appeared at Eurovision they gave the world Epic Sax Guy, as well as a passable song. This time they have just given us Engrish. What is this song about anyways?

DJs across the globe have probably already picked up samples of this song, and that's about all it is good for. This will be a fun performance on the night, if it makes it there. With Russia's recent ban and the fact that SunStroke have a number of connections with Russian music, they may not even get the the Ukraine. Possibly a good thing. A festival containing 43 acts has got to be a bitch to produce and anything to cull the numbers would ease the pain.

This song is all about the catchy dance routine and the saxophone. They will make the running man fashionable again if only for a night.

As is tradition with repeat offenders, The flashback is their previous entry from 2010

Moldova is the country that Zdob şi Zdub (twice) and Epic Sax Guy. More recently Moldova has decided to start taking Eurovision seriously. This year they are so serious they are sending what could almost be a James Bond theme.

Artist: Cristina Scarlat
Song: Wild Soul

I was reading the info on the song from Eurovision.tv thinking 'surely someone edits this crap before it is posted and removes the engrish'. Apparently not because "Cristina gained a great experience by competing and winning prises in a wide range of festivals" and as for the composer "Ivan started to write music already as a teenager"

This is not a good song to start that adventure of the 2014 song contest with. it is not a particularly good song at all. I don't know if that is the fault of the lyricist (who incidentally is the singers niece) or the engrish or that I really hate that lofty bit at the end of the chorus. I feared that section would be the greatest flaw on the night, but a live version shows she cant do the low bits. maybe Mercy is what she is hoping for in May.

So I googled the lyrics and not I understand them and wow, this song is a pile of wank. The vocals show that this song could be a complete train wreck. this could be the wankiest train wreck in Eurovision history. I love Schadenfreude so I am looking forward to this song on the night.

If you want to do a crap James bond theme, You need to look at Belarus from 2007

Performer: Pasha Parfeny
Song: Lăutar

I think if the Cat Empire were from Moldova, this is what they could sound like. Oh yeah it is ethno pop, but this is currently my favourite song in this years Eurovision. Bow-ties are cool. this song is so fun

Maybe it is the cute boys in the clip that makes me forgive the engrish, or maybe I just like the innuendo in the line 'This trumpet makes you my girl'. I want to see someone use that as a pick up line. I guess I would have to go to Moldova for that though. Did I mention that this song is fun?

This song is no where near the favourites, it sits around 100/1, but it is so fun. It most reminds me of Crazy Summer Dance, the song that should have gone to Eurovision for Serbia and Montenegro in 2006 (yes I will never get over that), but this is going to Eurovision and it is fun. I want it to qualify for the final just so I can drunkenly dance around the house to it twice. It is so fun!

Moldova Has sent us some of the most interesting songs in Eurovision. Until 2009, Pasha was a member of the band that represented Moldova in 2010, you know the one with the epic Sax guy? he even performed with Sunstroke project in their attempt to qualify for the 2009 Eurovision (where they came third in national selection and were a bit crap). talking about crap, This is the usual attempt at ethno-pop for Eurovision, though Turkey sent a singer from Belgium to sing Dum Tek Tek. What a wondrous and truly international contest this Eurovision is