2012 Eurovision UK Entry

I still don't understand Eurovision at all but it still makes me very, very happy

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Jonathan Ross at the age of 87 / a melted Terry Wogan?

The UK flag makes him look like a Presidential candidate.

That doesn't make much sense, but coming after 'a melted Terry Wogan' I thought I could get away with it.

And how nice of Engelbert to wear a black tie in anticipation of our song getting buried by the competition.

Surprisingly good for an Engelbert song. Still don't think it would be a potential winner, but may appeal well to many older watchers.

The UK flag makes him look like a Presidential candidate

You mean, the UK has a president? :)

The UK has been drawn first. Oh well!

As a song, it's OK and no more; the key changes are over-obvious and were clearly put in to prove that EH still has a voice. It's stuck with me since I heard it, though. Nice rusty Kenny Rogers edges to his voice; another candidate for the Rick Rubin treatment? In the video he looks like Bryan Ferry's unfunny uncle but the closing blackout is haunting - he's not saying goodbye, of course, but it comes across that way.

Alas, since it's first on it'll probably be forgotten when it comes to voting. Not sure if it'll be that big a chart hit either but that's perhaps the fault of the charts rather than Mr Humperdinck.

So San Marino's entry has been amended to "The Social Network Song". Still classic.

BBC's trailers for the final are already going for the lulz. "Get behind the Hump", says Graham Norton.