Well it all happens at approximately 5am Sydney time.

If we are curious we will probably get on the internet and see who has won.  Some of the Eurovision faithful will do their best to avoid the news updates so that it doesn’t spoil the surprise that will be seen later on in the day.

Others that own a  satellite connection to Greece’s ERT will have an opportunity to watch it live.  I thought of doing that but the BBC coverage that we get on SBS is much more entertaining.

The final list of participants have now been finalised … see here.

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Someone has gone to through the trouble to conduct a research on the voting for Eurovision.

Many of us have become sceptics ever since the viewer call-in vote was introduced in the competition, wondering whether diplomatic or historical ties influence the voters and therefore the final result.

Have a read of this article and see whether you feel more at ease that the winner will be worthy of the title.

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In anticipation for this week’s Eurovision song contest, I went on a youtube hunt for this year’s entries for a sneak preview.

Firstly I have to admit that I am a Eurovision fan for the last 20 years or so.  So I consider myself a Eurovision expert … kind of.

Anyway back to the original point of this story …

I heard a few songs which will bring a few smiles to us this weekend, mainly because in typical Eurovision fashion, a few songs are just simply wrong but funny.

I then looked for Evridiki’s song to see what the Cypriots will be presenting.  At first I was trying to make out what Evridiki was saying as she does have that husky kind of voice which I admit I do not mind.

After a few seconds of my brain trying to compute the information I was informed by my sis-in-law that it was in French.  I said “In French???  Why would the Cypriots put forward an entry sung in French???”

I guess some of us believe that we should all go back to singing in our native languages rather than most entries now being sung in English – so why not sing in French I guess.

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This year representing Greece with his song “Yiasou Maria” is Sarbel ,who won the national Greek final, and is now qualified to compete at the Eurovision final on 12th May 2007 in Helsinki. The catchy “Yiasou Maria” is composed by Marcus Englof and Alex Papaconstantinou , and is written by Mack. Hopefully Sarbel brings Greece as much success as Rouvas, Paparizou and Vissi were able to achieve in the past!

Meanwhile, Cyprus will be represented by the popular Evridiki.  Evridiki will be singing her hit “Comme ci, Comme ca”, written by Dimitris Korgialas and Poseidonas Giannopoulos.This song is bound to have a positive impact on the voting toll.

The Eurovision Song Contest final will be held on the 12th May in Helsinki and can be viewed on SBS channel.