Eurovision 2024 preview: a roundup, plus my favourites and predictions
So how's Eurovision 2024 shaping up? After my experience in 2023, where I had 3 very strong favourite songs and a long tail of entires that I appreciated, I was careful to lower my expectations for 2024. I think that was a wise move, but I'm still very pleased with the music I've discovered and I think the contest itself should be a good one as long as all the interesting entries don't get knocked out at the semi-final stage. You can read my reviews of all 37 recorded songs in my previous posts (see Part 1 and Part 2 ). Without going into excruciating detail (I feel no desire to rank all 37 entries!) here's my summary of the entries for Eurovision 2024. First, a quick roundup of the themes and patterns I see in this year's entries. Then: who do I think deserves to get knocked out in the semi-finals and who are my favourite entrants? And finally, trying to put aside my own musical taste, which entries do I think will do well and which stand a chance of winning? ...