From Paris to Berlin...

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I have not one, but two shameful confessions.

Firstly, I love Europop. It may be cheesy and kitsch but I don't care, the more it sounds like the work of someone driven crazy by over-consumption of sweets, the more I like it.

Secondly, I love the Eurovision Song Contest as it is the one night where I can wallow in my bad taste. This parade of the zany, overly-earnest and frankly inexplicable with widely diverse styles of music is such fabulous entertainment. Also Eurovision provides great insight into relations between European Countries. For example, Greece and Cyprus will always give each other high scores, as will the Scandanavian countries, whereas Germany usually doesn't do so well.

So I shall be watching tomorrow night munching on a big bag of sweets. Apparently the Finnish entry is a death metal with reptile costumes. How can that fail to be anything other then quality entertainment?

My prediction: I think Kate Ryan, representing Belgium will win.