EUROVISION : The Winner Is…

As many in the industry were predicting, Germany has taken out the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Norway. Lena’s song ‘Satellites’ was the favourite all along and bolted across the line in Saturday night’s grand final an incredible 76 points ahead of its nearest competitor Turkey. One of our picks, Romania’s Paula Seling & Ovi, were placed third with their track ‘Playing With Fire’.
But spare a thought for the poor old UK. The British entry – the Pete Waterman penned ‘That Sounds Good To Me’, sung by newcomer Josh Dubovie – finished dead last with a lowly ten points. Even the extraordinarily kitsch Hera Björk from Iceland failed to make too much of an impact, with her drag-anthem-in-waiting ‘Je Ne Sais Quoi’ finishing 19th.
Azerbaijan and Armenia, other favourites to win the prize, finished fifth and seventh respectively.
As a result of Germany’s win, the contest will move there for the 2011 event, but a venue (and indeed a city) are yet to be decided.

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