Fantastic!! Switzerland send another great song to Eurovision!  The Swiss seem to be one of the most under-rated countries in the Eurovision Song Contest, but after one listen to this, you could safely say that this could be about to change.  If this doesn’t put Switzerland back on the Eurovision map, I really don’t know what will.  The song, ‘Vampire’s are alive’ is a catchy eurodance number which is bound to be memorable and visually impressive onstage.  The song should appeal across the board, and DJ Bobo, who by the way is a very experienced musician, seems keen to promote the song in the less likely countries to vote for it (ie. The Balkans – surprise, surprise!!).  Based on the song, this should be strong enough to qualify, but with such an early draw nothing’s going to be a cert.  Douze points from me though.

Well, it seemed my inhibitions about the Swiss entry (despite loving the song) were far from null and void.  They didn’t manage to keep the whole thing as tight as it should have been - the girl simply couldn’t pull off the chorus, which, by any means was the most important part of the song.  At points she was flat, out of tune and sounded nervous with a quivering vocal.  The dance wasn’t bad, and the mannequins looked well, coupled with the beautiful candle holders making the stage look rather authentic.  However, as I’ve said, if you can’t pull off the vocal, it’s really unlikely you’ll do well in Eurovision, and I reckon this is where Switzerland stumbled.  As for my prediction, while I was being bold suggesting they wouldn’t qualify, it would seem I wasn’t bold enough and they finished a further 7 places outside my prediction bracket, so I’m wrong again!  The lesson here though is simple, and so many other entries in the past have suffered from it as well: if you can’t sing and dance at the same time, don’t.