Making Your Mind Up is on BBC One at the moment. It's the programme that will decide what song will represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in May.

Unfortunately I missed the first song so I can't comment (yet) but as for the second song, sung by Kym Marsh (of Hear'Say fame), well it wasn't anything special. It's a bit of a ballad (but that is not necessarily a bad thing) but it wasn't anything special. It would probably make the UK Top 10 thanks to the 10 year olds buying it. I just don't think it would stand out in Eurovision.

The third song is starting now and immediately I don't like it. There's some kids singing for the first 30 seconds and then along comes the rapper (Daz Sampson). Is rap really something that will work in Eurovision? Okay it's pop-rap but still. It sounds like it's from 1995 and reminds me of "C U When U Get There" by Coolio.

On to song number four by the City Chix called All About You. It's started okay, but maybe not the strongest singers in the world. It's got a key change for the chorus - that's always a winner but It sounds like it should be a bit faster than it is. I don't think it's a good choice based mainly on the singers. They're not strong enough and are slightly off key on occasions.

Number five now, by Four Story with Hand On My Heart. In a word - crap, crap, crap. Yes I had to say it three times. I don't like this at all. It's a boyband song taken straight out of the late nineties or early noughties. I was hoping based on their little "about the group" clip before the song that it might be a nice upbeat pop song. This trash must not be voted to represent us. It's very boring, and has no flare.

The final song is by Antony Costa called It's A Beautiful Thing. This bloke used to be in Blue so he's got some experience of a successful group which will probably go in his favour. It starts of well, nice and upbeat. The chorus is nice and uplifting with lots of colour of stage. The only thing that may let him down is he doesn't seem overly animated. A lot of the time he's at centre stage, although he does move around on occasions. Out of what I've heard, that one is the best.

So I've placed my vote for song number 6. Hopefully it'll do well. Listening to the clips before voting, song 1 seemed okay, so this is my order of preference:

1. Antony Costa (song 6)

2. Goran Kay (song 1)

3. Daz Sampson (song 3)

4. City Chix (song 4)

5. Kym Marsh (song 2)

6. Four Story (song 5) [CRAP CRAP CRAP]

I'll update this entry when the winner is announced.

Update: 04/03/06, 20:17
So the results are being announced in true Eurovision style, splitting the UK into regions. It looks like Antony Costa is going to get second place to Daz Sampson. They've just got to announce the mobile votes which could change everything however...

Update: 04/03/06, 20:35
Well it's all over. Here's the final order:

1. Daz Sampson

2. Antony Costa

3. City Chix

4. Kym Marsh

5. Four Story

6. Goran Kay

I'm not to sure we can we with the rap song from Daz Sampson. I don't really like it, but it could appeal just because it's a bit mad and will stand out. Eurovision does tend to be a bit mad, so who knows. Maybe we'll get into the top 10. I don't think we'll win though.

Roll on 20 May for the Eurovision Song Contest.

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