Next we have the biggest pre-contest name, a living legend.... Internationally that is. Locally the biggest star comes from Italy where Marco Mengoni is the hottest thing on earth right now and his army of fans, esercito is ferocius and determined that he will do well.
UNITED KINGDOM - Bonnie Tyler - Believe in me
Next and second to last on stage is Bonnie Tyler. She apparently had a lot of technical problems with soundcheck and even a wrong backing track! It can only get better now. She has her backing group on stage with her, all with instruments to give it a real concert feel. She's also using the catwalk towards the end and guess what? It is raised in true Tina Turner style! I really want her to do well but can she win, make Europeans believe in her remains to be seen.
ITALY - Marco Mengoni - L'Essenziale
Save the best for last. Essential indeed. It seems Italy has no staging, no backdrop but the basic blue, Mengoni does nothing but stands by the microphone and delivers his song (and his Ferragamo suit for the final) And you know, I think it's all that is needed. One should just sit back and listen and let him deliver. If placed in the final between likes of Romania, Finland and Azerbaijan, it will stand out even more. This culminates the idea of this Eurovision 2013 here in Malmö; didn't they want to downscale it and bring the focus back in music? This is it. And Italy should win for that reason alone. But they also have clearly one of the best songs and artists in the competition so I repeat. Italy should win. Period.
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