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8.5.03

25 Sweden – Give Me Your Love – Fame
In this year’s sub-category of blond, male and female duos doing poppy songs, this one is going head-to-head with the UK. It’s a safe bet that Sweden will win the battle hands down, and ironically the UK’s voters will be partly responsible, as I’m sure we’ll give this at least 6 points. But can this win? Well, possibly. Sweden knew before Melodifestivalen that they had the second last slot to fill, a prime position to take advantage and win Eurovision, but in my opinion they blew it. Either of the songs which came second and third after the regional juries had voted could have walked away with the Eurovision trophy, but the voters blew their chances on this instead. It’s a good pop song, but it’s a slightly watered down version of the Scandipop we’ve heard many times before. What I will say though, is that not only do the two of them look great, but they can really sing it well, and that, in the end, could clinch it for them. So, in the end, a strong contender, which should do better than last year’s 8th place for Afro-dite , which was treated as a national disaster by the Swedish media. Thank goodness they weren’t singing for Germany.

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