Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

We have all seen Priscilla the Queen of desert and it's fantastic opening act , right? Guess what? It's a Motown song! By one hit wonder Charlene, even a white woman. How random is that?  The song's story is one of the weirdest in the music history: originally released in 1977 it ddn't go anywehere really. #97. The song was also recorded and releaed by Randy Crawford (the first pubished version really), Nancy Wilson and Walter Jackson. Mary McGregor tried her luck the year after. Nothing. Marti Cane. Nothing. Even Eurovision veteran Mary Roos had a take on it in German.  In 1982 a Tampa radiodj started playing it on radio and all of sudden time was right. Motown signed and re-released it after tracking her down from London where she had gone to marry and become a hosuewife as she was convinced her career didn't go anywhere. The rest is history. #1 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK #3 in US, #5 New Zealand, Norway, #7 Belgium, the Netherlands.... Sadly sh...

Malta has come to its 5th semifinal last night and one can only wonder when we will hear the winner - or have we already?! Petra Zammit offered a nice laid back soul number in pure Motown 80's style. Pamela followed with another mid tempo song that turned into some sort of operetta in the chorus promising much more than she or the song delivered in the end. Nadine Axisa & Clifford Galea had a sugary Disney tune in classic Eurovision style. Priscilla & Kurt , another duet. Another Disney/ESC thing heard about a zillion times before. Crazy violins of Baklava are back, too. And they have a female singer this time around - thank God for that! Quite chaotic and messy but it's hard to judge with this video quality. Last but not least Rosman Pace who might have a good one. Maybe. Or does it just sound like something out of Melodifestivalen? So, out of these who should I pick up...  Baklava and Rosman Pace might work best in Eurovision but I liked most Petra Zammit, that...