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The United Kingdom: Blue - I Can

If you thought the era of boybands was over you better guess again. After having finished dead¨ last in Oslo, the UK has finally decided to bring out some of their good stuff and really start to take this contest seriously again. This time they’re shipping Blue off to defend their honor as this old ESC giant has some serious image re-building to do. Ok so it’s an old boyband that everybody had forgotten about, but Blue still remembers what to do on stage and it’s obviously still working for them. The concept is the same, they dance around in that classic boyband way with fists in the air and square formations - I had forgotten that bands used to do that. Also they haven’t aged at all, so you can just dust of that old poster in the attic and put it back on your wall because Blue is back in business and ready for world domination once more

“I Can” is a typical boyband song that you’ve heard a million times before, but it’s been a while since these kinds of songs were on the radio 24-7 so it’s not a big problem. It’s not Blue at their very best, they had that version of “Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word” with Elton John back in the days, and had they managed to get him to tag along to Düsseldorf they would probably have been unbeatable. But with or without Elton, this is one of the numbers that should place in the top ten and maybe even fight in the very top for the victory.

This is by far one of the most professional acts in this year’s ESC, which will give the UK a big advantage as many of the contestants cracks on stage due to lack of experience. And it’s always a thrill to see an artist you already know perform in the ESC. Perhaps if Blue does well, which I believe they will, it could lead to even bigger stars from the UK in the ESC. Who wouldn’t like to see Lily Allen or Coldplay represent the UK? Alright so nobody’s going to bet on that, but they did get Andrew Lloyd Weber two years ago and now Blue – so this is all very promising from the UK.