The Eurovision Song Contest will take place tomorrow, and we genuinely could be more excited if you made us a chocolate Shakira.
Over the last month, we've looked at 36 Eurovision Song Contest entries. Wait – 36? But aren't there 37 Eurovision songs this year? That's right – we've yet to look at the mighty Daz Sampson from the UK.
Don't forget to place a Eurovision bet while you still can – we know we have – and you still have time to take advantage of PaddyPower's fantastic £10 free offer. Go on…
But first, last night saw the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final – so now we know exactly who'll be appearing tomorrow night. Good news for our favourites (Finland, Croatia and the mighty Lithuania) and bad news for snotty Icelandic pop princesses who actually stop their song midway through to have a conversation with God on the telephone. Here's the full Eurovision list:
Switzerland, Moldova, Israel, Latvia, Norway, Spain, Malta, Germany, Denmark, Russia, FYR Macedonia, Romania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Lithuania, United Kingdom, Greece, Finland, Ukraine, France, Croatia, Ireland, Sweden, Turkey and Armenia.
So here, for the final time, are the latest Eurovision betting odds for the United Kingdom, with help from PaddyPower…
United Kingdom (pop. 59,553,800; a country in western Europe) – Daz Sampson, Teenage Life. After a never-ending stream of Eurovision failures with alternating years of bad discopop or bad ballads, the United Kingdom is trying out something new, something brave. Daz Sampson – a middle-aged white man in council estate denims – rapping about going to school while a bunch of Nuts covergirl rejects in school uniforms dancing around behind him. And it's so incredibly weird that we're not even sure if it's good or bad. "Now my bad old ways/ Were during my school days/ Messing on those grade A's/ My life is just a haze," Daz raps. By now, you know that Daz is the 'brain' behind all kinds of wedding reception howlers, like remixes of Kung Fu Fighting and Rhinestone Cowboy. Is Teenage Life the new Hardknock Life? Don't be so bloody daft. Current Eurovision betting odds – 14/1
That's your lot. 37 singers, 37 songs, 37 different betting options. Can Daz Sampson make it? Or the comedy German cowboys? Or – fingers crossed – the Finnish heavy metal overloads? Time will only tell. Be sure to tune into the Eurovision Song Contest tomorrow night to find out.
Our fragile mental health willing, hecklerspray is also going to be there to liveblog the arse off Eurovision tomorrow night. That's right – a minute-by-minute account of Eurovision, from start to finish whatever time we burst into tears and try to work out what went so very wrong in our lives.
And bet, damnit – Paddypower will even give you a free £10 bet when you open an account with them. Good luck!
[story by Stuart Heritage]
caz says
i love this song