Engelbert Humperdinck said he was going to 'channel the spirit of Elvis within his performance on Eurovision in a bid to win the contest'. In this instance i think its a case of 'return to sender'

The Eurovision song contest, an annual chance for countries to put their own individual quirky spin to European music. We've had the likes of Bucks Fizz, ABBA, and Celion Dion as winners in the past , who have been most notable in Eurovision history.
                               

     

Humperdinck and Elvis

     This year, representing us was the one and only Engelbert Humperdinck singing  'Love Will Set You Free' which for the UK was slightly left field rather than sticking to the predictable Euro-trash we have been used to with the likes of Javine and Sonia. Humperdinck  had been wearing a pendant throughout the contest, that the late 1950's star Elvis Presley had given him , reckoned to be worth up to £2million that was supposed to have brought  him luck.  Unfortunately the luck was not in Humperdinck's favour when he came second to last defeating just Norway by a few points. 

Sweden at Eurovision

Although the song was 'out going' for Eurovision it was not for us and Humperdinck to win, instead Sweden were quite the 'hoo har' for countries to vote for suggesting that the traditional political voting system of Eurovision had been put to side while voting. On the other hand Finland did have their handful of points at Swedens side.
Sweden's Loreen gave an unusual performance that was choreographed to perfection and pretty pitch perfect. The song was said to become a 'top hit in Sweden and hopefully throughout Europe'. Ha. We shall see with that one. Me, personally thought it was a shame Humperdinck didn't do better then he did, the song was well written but maybe Eurovision just isn't the place for it. In the future I think we should stick to the cheesy, over the top, quirky structure for our performances and bring back the fizz  that we once had. Lets look forward to next years! 




Beau x