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

In the end it is a matter of what the audience likes best. If Pia Maria has some success with the vocal coach the Austrian delegation have assigned to her, then herr and LUM!X could do rather well. Meanwhile MARO could put people to sleep. The more these songs are heard the better they sound, but with one listen it is anyone's game. 

This round goes to... tied. 

This years Portuguese entry sounds a little like something from the first decade and a half of Eurovision. The old style sound is probably why it is popular with older Eurovision fans. With most music in Eurovision aimed at younger fans, songs aimed at the grey (haired) vote have a lot of potential to win, which would be a first for Portugal.

Salvador competed in Idolos 3 in 2009/2010 and finished 7th after performing "Jura", which may have been a cruel elimination. He was on Idolos as a clean cut young man. Since then he has adopted a hipster look and the beard and long hair has aged him about 15 years in only 7.

This years song was written by Salvador's sister, Luísa, who is also an Idolos graduate who finished 3rd in Idolos 1. It still sounds weird that Salvador is singing a love song his sister wrote. Incest is the best, put your sister to the test...

And from music that sounds like grandfather music to music that is grandfather music, Portugal's first entry from 1964

so the first semi is a few days away and the rehearsals are progressing nicely. this is the running order of the first semi. SPOILER WARNING: this has links to rehearsal clips and comments on the rehearsals.

so I think Hungary and Estonia have the best performance this semi and the Netherlands and Moldova are auto non-qualifiers

Performer: Filipa Sousa
Song: Vida Minha

It is possibly not a good idea to import a songwriter who has never won Eurovision, who is from a country that has never won Eurovision to help a country that has never won Eurovision win Eurovision. It could be a fairytale, but it wont be. it will more likely be a powernap. If you dont take the opportunity for the powernap, the song might force it upon you. My god this song is boring!

With 5 backing singers, there is no opportunity to even have an interesting performance for this song. At best, this song should be played at a funeral, to make the mourners leave. 

people talk about Portuguese being a beautiful language. have hey ever actually heard two  women talking in pork and cheese? You know that woman with the annoying voice talking loudly on her phone on the morning train... well multiply that by 10 and then tell me you don't want to slap them. a

Anyways, because of Andrej Babic's contribution to this years entry from Portugal, I have an excuse to play Feminnem's 'Call me'. Then it is Adelaide Ferreira, which can only bad, nothing good can come out of Adelaide (if she didn't warble, it wouldn't have been so bad).