At Last

Sitting in the huge Eurovision press center at the Olympic Arena in Athens last May, Olivia Lewis' boyfriend handed me his mobile phone and said, "...here, say hello." I did, and I added that I was sorry she wasn't right there with us in Greece.

This sort of situation will not repeat itself if I make it to Helsinki this year, simply because Olivia will be representing Malta at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest.

Yes, she finally did it! While many may feel that it's about time too, my feeling is that this is a really good time for Olivia to sing Malta's Eurovision entry. Last year's dismal result needs to be followed by the sort of performance package that Vertigo has. I'd be very surprised if it doesn't make it through the May 10 semi-final to the May 12 final in Finland.

I would not like to put any unnecessary pressure on Olivia and her team towards any result in May, but I am confident that Olivia's team has the right amount of experience to provide the appropriate delivery expected by Eurovision fans.

Please join me in wishing Olivia and her team all the best towards Malta's entry at this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

I said most of what I wanted to say about Vertigo in yesterday's podcast, so if you haven't heard it yet and/or read yesterday's blog entry just check it out.

You may also want to take a look at other blogs writing about Olivia's winning song: Jelly, MaltaGirl, Andre, Athena, Chig, and Grego The Schlager Boys are a must read; they are avid Eurovision fans.